Kitchen Table Quarterly amplifies work that lays history bare—cultural, political, medical, sexual, etc.—and explores the ways in which they interact to form who people are. The editors are looking for work that spills secrets and wipes...
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Reading Period: Oct 1 to Nov 1, Mar 1 to Apr 1, Jul 1 to Aug 1Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Poetry -
Kweli is a quarterly literary publication that celebrates cultural kinships and the role of the literary imagination. It seeks literature and poems “full of vitamins,” that sing the truth. High-quality literary work that is beautiful,...
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La Piccioletta Barca is an arts journal publishing: short stories, poetry, prose, essays, interviews, and translations. They will only be receiving submissions through their Submittable profile. The editors do not discriminate...
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LETTERS journal is published with the support of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM), and is edited by students at the ISM and Yale Divinity School. The editors seek to engage creative expression with religion, spirituality, and...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 1, Feb 1 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Religious/Spiritual -
Levitate aims to be inclusive, both in terms of the authors and the types of work they accept. They want to create a safe and comfortable place for writers of all backgrounds. They recognize that the writing industry has been predominantly...
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The Lindenwood Review, an annual online literary journal, publishes fiction (short stories and flash fiction), creative nonfiction (personal essays, lyric essays, and flash nonfiction), and prose poems (block format). A contest for...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
The Literary Fantasy Magazine is on a quest to find the best that Fantasy has to offer. The editors want stories that challenge their convictions, paint new horizons, and put them in the shoes of someone in a land far, far away—be they...
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Literary Mama celebrates the physical, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual processes of motherhood across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, material resources, or status. The journal publishes six times a year,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Translation -
The Literary Times, is an independent literary arts platform, where the editors welcome multitude of genres. They aim at creating a safe space for creators, writers and artists to share their ideas and expression without any bias or...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 21 to May 18, Jun 5 to Jun 26Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Literary Veganism is looking for animal or environmentally friendly writing. Authors do not have to be vegan to submit, but many readers are vegan.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Literary Wire is a digital-first publisher dedicated to innovative storytelling across literary forms. Through its Journalistic Poetry Project, it explores the intersection of journalism and verse. The publication welcomes poetry,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Historical, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, War, Young Adult -
Litmosphere—formerly home for Charlotte Lit’s Lit/South Awards winners and finalists—is now an open submission, paying online literary and art journal, published twice a year. Submissions of art, flash (fiction and nonfiction up...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
Litro USA fosters a national community for innovative writing and creative works. They connect cultures, encourage dialogues via technology and arts, and ensure literature’s prominence in popular culture by backing writers and artists...
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The Little Journal of Northeast India is interested in the everyday stories of people, places and things based on or inspired from northeast India. Their published poems, flash fiction, photographs, artwork, interviews, and essays...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Regional -
Founded in 1997, the Long River Review is an annual journal of literature and art staffed by undergraduates at the University of Connecticut. Today, Long River Review is dedicated to championing the best work from emerging...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Founded in 2009, Lowestoft Chronicle is an online literary magazine, published quarterly, accepting flash fiction, short stories, poetry, interviews, and creative nonfiction. Preference is given to humorous submissions with an emphasis...
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Lucky Jefferson’s mission is simple: publish social change. They reimagine books by creating interactive and collaborative community experiences that center the writer and artist and cultivate inclusive representation in...
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Published trianually at Schoolcraft College, The MacGuffin is a print-only lit mag featuring poetry, prose, and fine art from both home and abroad. The magazine aims to highlight writing that takes risk with form and expands genres, along...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
MacQueen’s Quinterly is a smorgasbord of memorable works of art and literature, in multiple genres and short forms: prose poetry; flash and microfiction; essays and creative nonfiction; photographs, drawings, and fine art; poetry, both...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 17, Jun 1 to Jun 17, Oct 21 to Nov 7Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Magazine1 serves as both a showcase of excellent writing from around the world, and a literary hub for the Sarasota / Saint Pete / Tampa area. The editors want to showcase work that challenges their understanding of what writing is and...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 25 to Jan 26Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The editors want writing that is strange, unexpected, hopeful, complex, well-wrought. They want your gut punches, your urban graffiti, your chewed-up paper, your loud-as-a-car-alarm confessions. Send them something no one else would have written...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 18 to Feb 19Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry -
The Maine Review is a biannual online literary journal that publishes culturally significant and innovative writing by writers living in Maine, across the country, and around the world. Maine Review Publications is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31, May 1 to Jul 31, Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Mannequin haus publishes experimental fiction, video art, gif, scanner art, photography, painting, collage, print, comics, scribbles, found art, interviews and reviews. Anything submitted with surreal, descriptive, textural and original...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Marrow is a literary magazine committed to publishing work that explores dark spaces. The editors are interested in writing that uses compelling language and imagery to remind them what it means to be human, that makes wonderful the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Poetry -
The Masters Review publishes new and emerging writers and is open to any writer who does not have a novel under contract with a major press. Stories are published online and in print.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Fiction
