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.
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Established by combat veterans and maintained by a diverse board of veterans, military spouses, and writers compelled by themes of social justice and human resilience, the Wrath-Bearing Tree publishes essays, reviews, fiction, and poetry...
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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 -
Yalobusha Review is a journal of new writing, founded in 1995 and operated by the graduate writing program at the University of Mississippi.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Young Writers Journal is an online literary journal for writers around the world regardless of race, gender, location, or age. They feature writers on their Instagram account weekly, and awards are given to the top submissions of the...
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The Zodiac Review is a quality magazine for new, emerging and established writers of “literary/genre” fiction, the merger of literary fiction and any genre that cares to join it. You may know this blend of writing as “slipstream,” “...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction
