Please See Me is an online literary journal that features health-related stories. The mission of the publication is to elevate the voices and stories of vulnerable and underserved populations and those who care for them. At the heart of...
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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: Jul 21 to Sep 6Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Pleiades: Literature in Context is a literary biannual featuring poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews by authors from around the world. Past contributors include winners of the Nobel, Ruth Lilly, Pulitzer, Bollingen, Prix de la Liberté,...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry -
The Plentitudes is a quarterly international literary journal showcasing captivating short stories, personal essays, and poetry from diverse voices. We believe in the power of writing—in its plentitudes of forms, styles, and modes of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Apr 1 to Apr 30, Jul 1 to Jul 31, Oct 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Formal Poetry, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
Ploughshares is a journal of new writing, and two out of three issues per year are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with each year's Winter issue staff-edited. 50...
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Plume is a magazine dedicated to publishing the very best of contemporary poetry. To that end, the editors are highly selective, offering twelve poems per monthly issue.
Reading Period: Apr 15 to May 15, Sep 15 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry -
Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry is a sporadically published online literary journal devoted to all kinds of poetry. Its founding principle is change. Each issue focuses on a different kind or aspect of poetry,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jul 15Genre: Poetry -
We enjoy poetry from accomplished as well as emerging poets. Each issue has a unique theme and we encourage unique perspectives and interpretations of each theme. We like all forms of poetry, but tend to shy away from sing-songy forced rhyme. We...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Oct 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Poetry -
Established in 1889, Poet Lore is the oldest continuously published poetry magazine in the United States. Poet Lore publishes semi-annual installments of the finest contemporary poetry both by established writers and those breaking into...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to May 31, Oct 1 to Nov 30Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Poetry, Translation -
Editors are interested in works that have the courage to acknowledge, challenge, and celebrate modern Jewish life beyond distinctions of secular and sacred.
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We like accessible works that find fresh meaning in old traditions that recognize ...Reading Period: Mar 1 to Aug 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Poetry, Religious/Spiritual -
Poetry embraces the “open-door policy” set forth by founding editor, Harriet Monroe. Poetry desires to print, as Monroe put it, “the best English verse which is being written today, regardless of where, by whom, or under what...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Poetry East, edited by Richard Jones, is committed to an art that is immediate, accessible, and universal. Poetry East is described by Choice as “one of the best current journals of poetry” and ranked by London’s Poetry Review as one of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry -
Poetry International is a celebration of poetry on a global scale. Each issue is a unique collection of original works, translations, and reviews, with every issue showcasing the contemporary poetry of one nation. Some recent examples...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Apr 30, Sep 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry -
After more than 60 years, Poetry Northwest remains committed to publishing the best in contemporary poetry, especially work willing to take risks and push readers to the emotional and intellectual edge of what poetry makes possible. Edited and...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Nov 30, Feb 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Nonfiction, Poetry -
Established in Vancouver, Canada, on the Remembrance Day of 2012, Poetry Pacific is a literary publication committed to promoting cultural exchange by featuring the very 'best' contemporary poetry in English it can find.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Translation -
The Poetry Porch is a magazine on the Internet for poets, teachers, and their students. First appearing online in 1997, it is only published online. It is interested in original unpublished poems, essays, reviews, memoirs, and fiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Formal Poetry, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Prose Poetry -
The Poetry Project Newsletter is the Project’s quarterly publication for reviews, essays, interviews, poems, remembrances, and arts criticism. Published continuously since 1972 and freely available online and at our public events, the...
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Poetry South is an international journal that considers all kinds of poetry. Though we pay particular attention to writers from the American South (born, raised, or living here), the magazine has a tradition of including poets from other...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Translation -
The mission of the Poetry Super Highway is to expose as many people to as many other people's poetry as possible. There are no content or style restrictions. We publish a wide variety of styles, form and otherwise. Read past issues for...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Points in Case is a daily literary humor publication featuring enlightening and irreverent comedy from seasoned writers and fresh voices.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Humor -
Polaris publishes in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. The editors want to see the best that the undergraduate student has to offer and showcase the unique voice of the developing and emerging writer.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Feb 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The mission of Polyphony Lit is to create a high-quality literary magazine written, edited, and published by high school students.
Reading Period: Jul 1 to Sep 30, Nov 1 to Jan 31, Mar 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Ponder Review seeks stories that challenge, stories that shift our view, ignite our imaginations, spark conversations, and linger with us long after our eyes leave the page. We invite you to explore, expound, and inspire through short...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 15 to Sep 15, Dec 15 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Poor Yorick Literary Journal is a free, online literary journal of the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative and Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Popshot is an illustrated literary magazine that publishes short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from the literary new blood. The magazine is published bi-annually, releasing a new issue every April and October. Each issue is themed,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
The magazine's mission is in its name: El Portal means the door. The editors open their doors to works that move them.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
