Full Bleed exists to cultivate that fertile ground where the visual and literary arts intersect. The editors are happy to consider criticism, belle-lettres, visual art, illustration, fiction, poetry, and...
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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: Aug 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Furious Gazelle is striving to provide the best collection of original writing and art from across the World Wide Web.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Gemini Magazine celebrates compelling fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art. The editors hold three annual contests for flash fiction, poetry, and short stories, each with a $1,000 top prize. Work from Gemini has won...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, War -
Gigantic Sequins is print-based and annual. Its black and white journal is known for its quality writing and its unique design/aesthetic. It accepts work from unpublished writers in addition to those who have an already established voice...
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Ginosko: a Greek word meaning to perceive, understand, realize, come to know; knowledge that has an inception, a progress, an attainment. The recognition of truth from experience.
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The Glacier is an annual online literary journal based at Indiana University South Bend. The journal accepts submissions of poetry, visual art, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Glacier is interested...
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Glassworks is a publication of Rowan University’s Master of Arts in Writing program. In addition to providing opportunities for graduate students to participate as literary citizens, Glassworks publishes literary work from both...
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Gone Lawn likes the magical and shiny things, and unusual and/or innovative works that baffle the fence-setters of our verdant lands and whisk away all of their dreary tools. Gone Lawn is especially partial to odd garden animals...
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
The Gravity of the Thing is an independent publisher of defamiliarized creative writing. Its ongoing goal is to publish work that defamiliarizes, writing that stranges in pursuit of a renewed sense of discovery.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Apr 30, Oct 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Gulf Stream Magazine, started in 1989, is a national literary magazine published by the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University. It is a biannual online journal dedicated to publishing great fiction, nonfiction,...
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The Haiku Shack Magazine focuses on very short poetry and microfiction that seek to make an emotional impact. Every issue is inspired by a specific theme and photograph. Writers are invited to send their own interpretations of one or...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Poetry -
Established in 2015, Half Mystic Journal is an international, independent, and interdisciplinary literary magazine dedicated to the celebration of music in all its forms.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation -
The Headlight Review features new creative writing that demonstrates the persistent value of imaginative literature. The editors seek submissions that push the boundaries of form, langauge, plot, character, and prosody, especially from...
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Heart of Flesh is a semiannual literary journal that seeks quality writing and art with Christian themes.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 28, Aug 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Hemlock Journal’s focus is on the quality of the submissions regardless of the background of the writers or the poets. The editors believe literature belongs to all and must empower each and everyone.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 15, Nov 1 to Dec 15, Apr 1 to May 15, Jun 1 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, Young Adult -
Hidden Peak Review is a magazine of poetry, short fiction and flash fiction based in Colorado that showcases gut-punch free verse and eye-opening prose from across the United States and abroad. A literary magazine at the confluence of...
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Hoot is a magazine on postcards. It publishes standalone pieces of writing under 150 words, with art to match. The idea is that current, quality literature should be shareable and accessible and that there is no reason why people can’t...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1, Jun 1 to Aug 1, Oct 1 to Nov 27Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Humana Obscura is looking for poetry that is accessible, prose that is poetic, and artwork of the natural world that will wow them. They seek work that is nuanced, raw, and imagistic with strong elements of the natural world or hints to...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Feb 1, Mar 1 to May 1, Jun 1 to Aug 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Hunger Mountain is created by the faculty and students in the Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. The editors share VCFA’s belief that the arts are central to the human experience and have the ability not only to reflect...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 30, Feb 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
I-70 Review prefers writing grounded in fresh language, imagery, and metaphor. The editors prefer free verse with sound and rhythm of language. The magazine seeks individual voices with a good lyric voice or a strong narrative.
Reading Period: Jul 1 to Nov 30Subgenres: Flash Fiction -
The Ilanot Review publishes experimental as well as traditional work in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid literature, interviews, and graphic literature/art. It especially encourages translations.
Each issue is themed and edited...
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Image fosters contemporary art and writing that grapple with the mystery of being human by curating, cultivating, convening, and celebrating work that explores religious faith and spiritual questions.
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Another New Calligraphy’s online journal Impossible Task publishes short works connected in its exploration of conflict, a term open to interpretation though ever present in these increasingly challenging times.
As in ANC’s other...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War -
indicia seeks to showcase a dynamic collage of passionate and profound voices hungry to produce art and write primarily in the English language. indicia enjoys feeling out the lengths to which language can be stretched, whether ...
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“A magazine of poised prose, precarious poetry, and photography to pilot our own realms again.” Ink In Thirds is a boutique literary magazine established in 2016 that publishes poetry, prose, and visual art. The focus is on the emotive,...
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