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Literary Magazines
Connect your poems, stories, essays, and reviews to the right audiences by researching over twelve hundred literary magazines in our database. Here, you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, contact information—everything you need to direct your work to the publications most amenable to your vision.
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Gathering Storm Magazine (GSM) publishes fictional short stories of 2,000 words or less based on the themes for that issue, always an old saying, proverb, or maxim. All genres accepted, but preference to horror, sic-fi, and fantasy.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Serialized Fiction -
We publish the best fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and art we can find. We hold three annual contests for flash fiction, poetry and short stories, each with a $1,000 top prize.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, War -
We’re here to observe the strange color of the sky and how some of the trees fail to look majestic. There’s beauty in all the weird and wild and we’re ready to wade into the water surrounded by the strange wood and words that you’re willing to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
The Gravity of the Thing is an independent literary magazine dedicated to the publication of innovative and defamiliarized writing. We publish work that is aware of its literary form, writing that defamiliarizes in craft or content for an ...
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Founded in 1952, Grub Street is Towson University’s literary journal. Produced annually, we publish works of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and visual art.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Jan 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Gyroscope Review publishes fine contemporary poetry in a variety of forms and themes. We welcome both new and established writers. Co-editors: Constance Brewer and Kathleen Cassen Mickelson.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Poetry -
We publish poetry with mystical undertones, making religious imagery your own. We publish protest poems from the frontlines. We don't want timid or ranting verse. We want your heart, your love, your tenderness. We want you to learn to be honest...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Love, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
The Harpoon Review is dedicated to publishing fine works of poetry, prose, and short fiction. We take submissions on a rolling basis and publish monthly.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry -
Poetry, short stories and personal essays from diverse perspectives. We often feature work from Hawaii and the Pacific region, but we are interested in great writing from anywhere in the world.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Regional -
Theme: GREEN. Deadline: 10th February 2020. Here Comes Everyone (HCE) is a literary magazine of poetry, fiction, articles & artwork based around topical & interesting themes. We aim to provide innovative content & an...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 8 to Feb 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Hungry Chimera is a quarterly magazine devoted to fiction, poetry, and art (including photography). We publish work that is thought-provoking, strange, daring, raw, experimental, beautiful. Every issue is free to view online and available in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Iceview Magazine is a nonprofit, bilingual literary and art publication based in Iceland. We publish biannual collections of creative writing, critical inquiry, and visual art concerning travel, tourism, geographies, and movement.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
We are open to a wide range of literary work. No genre fiction please.
Reading Period: Sep 15 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation -
IHRAF Publishes is a growing platform for writers to submit poetry, creative nonfiction, short fiction, essays or any other format that focuses on activism. We base our work on the values of beauty, sincerity, vulnerability and engagement...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry -
Impossible Archetype is an international online journal of LGBTQ+ poetry. We welcome work from LGBTQ+ poets of all genders.
Excellent poetry by LGBTQ+ folk. All styles and forms welcome, from page poetry, to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Another New Calligraphy's online journal 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 endeavors, Impossible...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War -
A magazine of poised prose, precarious poetry, and photography to pilot our own realms again.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Inkwell Journal, a yearly anthology published through the MFA program at Manhattanville College, seeks submissions in English of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction/memoir, graphic novel/memoir excerpts, visual art, and genre-blurring...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry -
Into the Void is an award-winning literary magazine that publishes world-class fiction, flash, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art from people of all kinds all over the world. Into the Void strives to be a home where diversity is...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
From the first issue onward, Jubilat has aimed to publish not only the best in contemporary American poetry, but to place it alongside a varied selection of reprints, found pieces, lyric prose, art, and interviews with poets and other artists....
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Poetry -
The juke joint has always been a place beyond the margin, somewhere along the line. Barrelhouses of the South, juke joints served as a place for sharecroppers & plantation workers to socialize & celebrate counterculture in a society...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
JuxtaProse is an online literary journal that publishes fiction, nonfiction and poetry from around the world. Our contributors have included Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and Man Booker Prize winners, and other acclaimed authors from...
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La Piccioletta Barca aims to collect and publish high quality art, regardless of the medium. We do not discriminate between new and established authors, and accept anything from classical to experimental art, as long as it is of a high...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
We focus on many different themes and styles but we stay close to our goal of establishing exceptional faith inspired work.
Reading Period: Mar 3 to Apr 20Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
