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...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: 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...
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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: Sep 1 to Sep 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 It is interested in original unpublished poems, essays, reviews, memoirs, and fiction,...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 the Project’s public...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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 -
Inspired by the legacy of Katherine Anne Porter, Porter House Review seeks to publish bold and incisive writing that interrogates not only the complexities of the human experience, but also the prevailing social challenges of our time....
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Portland Review has been publishing exceptional prose, poetry, and art since 1956. The journal is produced by the graduate students of Portland State University’s English Department, and for over sixty years Portland Review has...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Dec 15, Jan 15 to Jun 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Posit publishes carefully curated, finely crafted contemporary poetry, very short fiction, hybrid literary forms, and visual art. We are looking for innovation, aesthetic vision, and accomplished craftsmanship. Our tastes are broad, with...
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Post Road seeks to publish up-and-coming writers along with more established names. It publishes a wide range of styles, from realist to experimental and everything in between.
Reading Period: Sep 15 to Nov 14, Feb 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
After 95 years of continuous publication, Prairie Schooner still seeks new work from established, mid-career, and beginning prose writers and poets. At once international and regional, the Schooner is varied in sensibility,...
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Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry publishes poems on the basis of their artistic excellence, rather than on the basis of the author's professed creed or because the subject matter is explicitly Catholic. The poems in this journal...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry -
We aim to publish art and words for the future by artists and writers who believe they're carrying, on their hunched-over-computer shoulders, a pretty heavy yet very pretty burden—to offer us all a way into ourselves so that we...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Visual Poetry -
Prime Number Magazine’s goal is to publish distinctive works of poetry and short fiction, regardless of theme or style. As of January 2023, Prime Number Magazine will be published every four months, with guest editors for each...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31, May 1 to Jun 30, Sep 1 to Oct 31Subgenres: BIPOC Voices, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
PRISM International is a quarterly magazine whose mandate is to publish the best in contemporary writing and translation from Canada and around the world. Writing from PRISM has been featured in Best American Stories, Best...
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Published by the University of La Verne, Prism Review is an annual journal of contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction from established and emerging writers. Alongside its literary works, Prism Review also publishes...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction
