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Literary Magazines
Find a home for your poems, stories, essays, and reviews by researching the publications vetted by our editorial staff and listed in the Literary Magazines database. Here you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, and contact information—everything you need to determine which publications match your vision for your writing and your writing life. Use the filters below to find magazines with reading periods that are open now or opening soon (within the next thirty days), accept unsolicited submissions, and match all of your criteria for the perfect publisher of your work.
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Based at 7,000 feet, Thin Air Magazine has no choice but to invite work that takes us to dizzying heights with its innovation and insight. The editors aspire to foster diversity, authenticity, surprise, and excitement while making the...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
TINGE Magazine, Temple University’s online literary journal, is published one to two times a year.
Reading Period: Aug 15 to Nov 15, Jan 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Tractor Beam is a new quarterly speculative and science fiction publication dedicated to soilpunk: radical visions of hopeful futures built from the ground up. Its editorial mandate is to explore audacious and provocative ideas...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 22 to Oct 15Genre: Fiction -
The Tusculum Review fosters a vibrant community for both professional and emerging writers. The editors engage a diverse audience with captivating works across four genres that reflect the complexities of contemporary life.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Twin Bill is a quarterly literary baseball publication founded in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. The editors celebrate the rich history of the game while also recognizing its vibrant present through essays, fiction, poetry,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Mainly work by Zambian writers, except for January, when work by African writers living in Africa is also considered.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, May 1 to May 31, Jul 1 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Uncommon GRACkle seeks works with deep, emotional resonance and empathy for the human experience. We welcome all creators from all demographics, including marginalized writers/artists who identify as...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Variety Pack tries to live up their namesake! A bedrock of diverse voices, expressing a variety of arts & letters. Open to both genre and literary. Sure there’s an aesthetic, but it’s a broad atlas rather than a narrow stream!
Reading Period: May 1 to Jun 15, Sep 1 to Oct 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult -
A Velvet Giant is a literary journal for work that exists outside the boundaries of genre.
Reading Period: Mar 15 to May 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Black Sun Lit is the publisher of Vestiges, an irregularly printed journal of poetry, prose, essay, translation, art, and ontological inquiry.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 30, Oct 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Wallstrait is all about publishing quality, hard-to-define proseand treating writers right. They love discovering and championing great fiction across all genres, especially bold stories that don’t quite fit the aesthetic of other...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 1, Mar 1 to Jun 1Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The moon is dynamic, always moving forward, night after night, revitalizing life as it shifts through its phases, a vital piece of this evermoving universe. Work submitted here should represent this. It should move the editors. It should move...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Waxwing is a literary journal promoting the tremendous cultural diversity of contemporary American literature, alongside international voices in translation. The editors believe that American voices are, at their cores, both...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Wayne Literary Review is a yearly literary journal published in Detroit, Michigan, by Wayne State Press. They publish writing that inspires, experiments, and pushes language in new and interesting directions. They are edited by Wayne...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Feb 20Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
West Trade Review strives to put forth the best contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction (memoir/personal essays) and publishes a mix of established and up-and-coming writers. It is committed to the principles of diversity,...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Aug 1, Aug 15 to Dec 15, Jan 15 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Whale Road Review publishes poetry, flash fiction, and micro essays that don’t demand too much time up front, but somehow leave readers changed.
Reading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 15, Dec 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
An online literary and poetry journal since 2007, Why Vandalism? features poetry and prose, new writing, speculative fiction, fantasy, science fiction, horror, experimental and sound art, curated from international contributors.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Wilderness House Literary Review is a publication devoted to excellence in literature and the arts.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Since 1977, Willow Springs has published the finest in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as interviews with notable authors including Marilynne Robinson, Stuart Dybek, Aimee Bender, Robert Wrigley, Joyce Carol Oates,...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
wind-up mice wants to publish distinct voices, unforgettable imagery, your experiments. They love blending forms until they are unrecognizable. They seek the intimate, the mystical within mundanity. Give them your thoughts on the evening...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 3 to Jul 1Genre: Poetry -
Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature is a digital, open access, biannual journal of disability poetry, literature, and the arts.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to May 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
World Literature Today is the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, founded in 1927. The editors welcome submissions on contemporary literary and cultural topics addressing any...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Dec 31, Jun 1 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Literary Fiction, Poetry, Translation -
The Woven Tale Press magazine is a true hybrid of noteworthy writing and visual arts—at once a fine art magazine and literary journal. The magazine regularly features a rich and resonate roster of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Writer’s Foundry Review is a print and online journal featuring poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art. The Review is a publication of the Brooklyn Writers Foundry, the MFA Creative Writing program at St...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 10 to Mar 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
