Poetry: We like poems that are comprehensible to most readers. We like to give each poem its own page, which also means the poem should be substantial enough to look good on a page.
Short fiction: 600-3,000 words.
Memoir: An...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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SPANK the CARP publishes unique, thought-provoking fiction and poetry that isn't obscure or pretentious. Its goal is to invite readers to wade into the stream, not make them afraid of water for fear it's too cold. We look for tight,...
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We aim for content that reminds us that our lenses matter—they focus, distort, clarify, conceal. We are committed to publishing work from under-represented voices, including people of color, women, people from LGBTQIA+ communities, and people who...
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Speculative City is a bi-annual magazine featuring literary works that explore themes, characters, and landscapes exclusive to urban environments and that highlight voices often unheard. Each magazine issue is relevant to the magazine...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Speculative Fiction -
A “speculative essay” concerns itself with the figurative over the literal, ambiguity over knowing, meditation over reportage. Thus we propose the lens of speculative nonfiction. With this journal we hope to begin a new dialogue about this...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Nonfiction -
Split Lip Magazine is voice-driven literary magazine with a pop culture twist. We publish online monthly and in print annually.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Pop Culture -
Split Rock Review publishes innovative place-based and environmental poetry, creative nonfiction, graphic narratives, comics, and art. We also host an annual poetry chapbook contest and publish themed anthologies.
We only accept ...
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Spry is a literary journal that features undiscovered and established writers’ concise, experimental, hybrid, modern, vintage or just plain vulnerable writing. This is a place for people who excel at taking risks, who thrive under...
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Star 82 Review is a full-color, online and print magazine. We are especially open to writers who make art and artists who write but are interested excellent work, whatever it may be. Each issue may feature microfiction and creative nonfiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry -
Star*Line is a journal of speculative poetry, including not only science fiction, but fantasy, horror, and what lies between these genres. We also publish relevant articles and SF poetry book reviews.
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Steam Ticket, A Third Coast Review, is published each April. It is the national literary magazine of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. We aspire to publish high-quality poetry, fiction, and essays from both experienced and emerging...
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We publish interesting fiction, poetry, essays, and multimedia work from all over the world. However, preference is given to writers, artists, and subject matter with some connection to the South. We are particularly interested in work that uses...
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StepAway Magazine is an online literary magazine publishing the best urban flash fiction and poetry by writers from across the globe. The title of the magazine draws inspiration from Frank O’ Hara’s landmark flâneur poem, “A Step Away...
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STILL POINT ARTS QUARTERLY has a clear focus on nature, art, and spirit as it explores a unique theme with each issue. The publication has been praised for its rich content and splendid layout and design. It is, quite simply, a beautiful...
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The Stillwater Review was founded back in 2010 at Sussex County Community College by poet and now retired professor Priscilla Orr and is made possible through the support of the Betty June Silconas Poetry Center. The journal maintains a...
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Stone Canoe showcases the work of a diverse mix of emerging and well-established artists and writers who are current or former residents of Upstate New York. In doing so, the journal supports the YMCA's Downtown Writers Center's ongoing...
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Stone is an online poetry journal that publishes poems ranging from the visceral to the cerebral across a full scope of human experience and awareness. Stone prefers to publish poems that...
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Stoneboat is an online, independent journal of literature and arts dedicated to publishing quality fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, artwork, and graphic literature. We strive to showcase outstanding and diverse work from both emerging and...
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The Stonecoast Review is a literary arts journal edited by students and alumni from Stonecoast’s MFA program in Creative Writing. We welcome writing in the genres of creative nonfiction, fiction, dramatic works, poetry, and experimental. The...
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We are looking for original literary work of the highest quality in many styles, surprising and affecting, formally and affectively innovative. We publish both fresh and experienced voices. We welcome submissions by authors from all walks of life...
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Story is an independent literary journal of narrative fiction and nonfiction aimed to enrich the American literary life through a publication of a diverse and inclusive roster of contemporary voices. Founded in 1931, Story has...
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Story Unlikely is a monthly email publication that features quality fiction and nonfiction that focuses on storytelling.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Sep 30Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in 1975, StoryQuarterly has been publishing emerging and established writers for over thirty years.
Reading Period: Mar 20 to Jul 1Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We're looking for fiction, poetry, memoir and art—especially pieces that reflect a sense of place.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We publish writing we love, whether from established writers or new voices. On the fiction side we sometimes tend towards the slipstream end of things. We print poetry in translation and original verse in English.
Reading Period: Jul 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry
