3Elements Literary Review is a quarterly, online literary journal founded in Chicago in 2013, now based in Des Moines, IA. It publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography.
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 NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Prose Poetry -
The stories you tell yourself.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
86 Logic is a quarterly magazine representing artists with roots in the hospitality industry. It is made up of a team of veteran bartenders, servers, and hosts who love discovering how art and hospitality intersect. Submissions are open...
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Abandon Journal exists to showcase writing and artwork that has been created with abandon. The editors are open to hybrid work, genre, visual art, and more. Each issue showcases work that “abandons form,” and every other issue will be a...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
About Place Journal is the literary publication of the Black Earth Institute. BEI is dedicated to art serving the causes of spirit, earth, and society. Issues are guest-edited by fellows of the Institute. Themes (titles of issues) are...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 15, Jun 1 to Aug 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Acentos Review publishes poetry, fiction, memoir, interviews, translations, and artwork by emerging and established Latinx writers, artists, and creatives four times a year. It welcomes submissions in English, Spanish, Spanglish,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
Each year, After Happy Hour publishes two regular online issues (summer and fall/winter) and one themed contest issue, published in print every spring. The journal is open to work from any and all genres, including fiction, CNF, poetry,...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 15 to Jan 15, Mar 1 to Apr 30, Jul 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
After the Art seeks personal review essays that explore the ways reading can enrich the experience of looking at art. Each essay must be about a piece of art as well as a written text.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated, Nonfiction -
Alchemy publishes fresh, engaging textual and visual translations as well as experimental works that challenge the act of translation. Alchemy welcomes translations of poetry, prose, dramatic works/dialogues, letters, reviews, cross-genre/...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 15, Apr 1 to Jun 15Genre: Translation -
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose is a multi-genre print and online publication. Allium publishes three issues per year: Spring print, Summer online, and Fall online. Allium publishes diverse creative voices,...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 15 to Feb 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Ang(st) focuses on feminist bodies and physical experiences. It is a space for marginalized voices and identities: bodies that are considered outside the realm of ‘normal’ and ‘able’. It publishes BIPOC, LGBTQ+, differently abled, and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31, Jul 1 to Sep 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Anomaly is an international journal of literature and the arts. It provides a platform for works of art that challenge conventions of form and format, of voice and genre. Anomaly is committed to actively seeking out and promoting the...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Mar 1, Jun 1 to Sep 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Another Chicago Magazine seeks work that is urgent and beautiful, that was written with lightning and a sense that tomorrow may never come. The magazine loves work that is personal and political—political in the largest sense, as in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry, War -
Apocalypse Confidential is a web magazine of edgy extrapolations, fringe fascinations, occult obsessions, risky ruminations, and aberrant associations. It is a literary journal obsessed with the underworld, both demonological and...
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Established in 2015, Apricity Press was created to fill an immense void in the publishing world. While there are a myriad of presses, literary journals and magazines, many lack the ability to publish multi-genre works, especially dance...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Arkana is the journal of mysteries and marginalized voices. It seeks and fosters a sense of shared wonder by publishing inclusive art that asks questions, explores mystery, and works to make visible the marginalized, the overlooked, and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Asymptote welcomes submissions of translated poetry, fiction, nonfiction and drama; certain types of original English-language nonfiction, including literary and critical writing; interviews as well as visual art. An annual English-...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The aim of Atticus Review is to provoke and encourage conversation through the publishing of art and literature from under-represented artists and writers. It seeks to give visibility to its contributors by promoting, nurturing, and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Aura Literary Arts Review is an award-winning creative literary magazine that is published through the Student Media division of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The publication is led and run by UAB students from various...
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The AutoEthnographer is an award-winning, non-profit, open-access, peer-reviewed literary and arts magazine dedicated to presenting the creative side of autoethnography, a qualitative research method that unites autobiography and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Love, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult -
The world of literature holds no boundaries and the editors at the Bangalore Review are committed to publishing exemplary writing from all over. The magazine publishes literary fiction and non-fiction, reviews, poetry, art, and...
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The BeZine is an online quarterly magazine that publishes poetry, creative non-fiction, photo essays, fiction, and art related to social issues and spirituality (broadly defined). It focuses on the themes of peace, environmental...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Mar 15, Apr 15 to May 15, Jul 15 to Aug 15, Oct 15 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Bi Women Quarterly is a grassroots publication produced by the Boston Bisexual Women’s Network. It has been in continuous publication since 1983, and is the oldest bisexual+ women’s publication in the world, with an international...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Big Other welcomes submissions in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, lyric essay, art, video, short drama, and hybrid work from both established and emerging writers and artists. We are especially interested in experimental and innovative art...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Blood Tree Literature favors lyrical pieces despite genre that do not withhold depth or resonance. With that in mind, submit us your best, the box under your bed marked UNSHARABLE, the orphan poem or black sheep fiction...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 30 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Blue Mesa Review is a literary magazine published by the creative writing department at the University of New Mexico. It accepts previously unpublished work in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, book reviews, interviews, graphic novels, and...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
Established in 2009, Booth publishes two print issues a year, usually in winter and summer. We invite submissions of art, poetry, prose, audio, lists, and literary comics. The editors welcome submissions by both...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in 2011, Border Crossing is a literary and arts journal published by the Lake Superior State University Creative Writing Program. Uniquely situated on the border of the United States and Canada, we're committed to publishing the...
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Bridge Ink focuses on young adult creative writers, ages 13 to 18. All genres are accepted with a focus on poetry.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal publishes original work by writers and artists age 14-24. The editors look for work that demonstrates virtuosity and wonder, work that interrogates norms and assumptions, and delights us...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, War -
We’re a collection of independent writers and visual artists looking to explore the (seemingly empty) space between ourselves and the other, whether it be another person, the natural world or maybe even another plane of existence.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Erotica, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry, Serialized Fiction -
Cagibi is invested in sharing the universal human experiences to be found in works of prose and poetry set within places unfamiliar to readers; thus, an expressed interest in international—or world—literature and works in translation. ...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
At carte blanche we believe there is more than one way to tell a story. Our mandate is to provide a venue for narrative of all forms. We accept previously unpublished works of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, translations, comics,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 10 to Mar 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Translation -
Chaotic Merge is a literary/multi-media magazine that is home to obscure and honest work from the new and rising artists around the world. If we put all our diverse and different stories, we can create a knowledgeable and authentic...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 11 to Dec 11Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Cleaver shares cutting-edge art and literary work from a mix of established and emerging voices. It publishes poetry, short stories, essays, flash prose, graphic narratives, and visual art on a quarterly basis. It publishes new book...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Cobalt is a quarterly literary magazine published online. We also publish an annual print issue, and will be rolling out an all-baseball issue in July 2013. Each issue will feature fiction, non-fiction and poetry of the highest caliber,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in 2001, Collision Literary Magazine is a student-run publication that accepts poetry, creative non-fiction prose, literary criticism, art, and photography by undergraduate students. Their goal is to represent a variety of young...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Feb 25Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
The Common is a print and digital literary journal published biannually, in the fall and spring. Inspired by the role of the town common, a public gathering place for the display and exchange of ideas, The Common seeks to deepen...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Jun 1, Sep 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Consequence addresses the human consequences and realities of war and geopolitical violence through literature and art, offering intellectual and emotional access to the experiences of combatants, victims, and witnesses. We provide the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Apr 15, Jul 15 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Translation, War -
Cordella Magazine is a biannual online magazine with an annual print edition, featuring the work of women-identified and nonbinary creatives, published by Cordella Press. We only accept work from women-identifying and nonbinary people....
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry -
Cordite Poetry Review is a quarterly Australian journal of poetry and its criticism. International authors are most welcome. Each issue is themed (broadly), so please be sure to look at our submissions page. Cordite Scholarly is a fully...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jul 3Genre: Poetry -
Cream City Review is Milwaukee’s leading literary journal devoted to publishing memorable and energetic pieces that push the boundaries of writing. Continually seeking to explore the relationship between form and content, Cream City...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 1, Aug 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Creative Nonfiction draws heavily from unsolicited submissions. Its editors believe that providing a platform for emerging writers and helping them find readers is an essential role of literary magazines. A typical issue of CNF ...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative Nonfiction -
The Dark Sire Literary Journal (TDS) is now an online literary journal that publishes weekly featured creatives (authors, artists, poets), monthly serialized fiction, and twice-yearly paperback issues (Fall and Spring). Publishing gothic...
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Since 1958, december has been committed to distributing the work of emerging writers and artists and celebrating more seasoned voices through a semi-annual nonprofit literary magazine featuring fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art...
Reading Period: Oct 1 to May 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Diagram is an electronic journal of text and art. As its name indicates, the editors are interested in representations. In naming. In indicating. In schematics. In the labeling and taxonomy of things. In poems that masquerade as stories...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Diode Poetry Journal is looking for poetry that excites and energizes, that uses language that crackles and sparks. It is looking for poetry from all points on the arc, from formal to experimental.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
John Updike once said, "Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better." At Driftwood Press, we are actively searching for artists who care about doing it...
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Drunk Monkeys is a literary magazine and film blog founded in 2011 featuring short stories, flash fiction, poetry, film articles, movie reviews, and more.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Eoagh is dedicated to the idea of reading as a process, the productive chaos of investigative poetic work. It seeks to foreground the writing of experimental women, trans, feminist, BIPOC, anti-racist, LGBT, and queer authors. It seeks...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to May 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Translation -
Epiphany publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry and art from both established and emerging writers and artists.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to Jan 1, Apr 1 to Jun 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
Evocations Review publishes work that addresses feminism, queer topics, pop-culture, politics, mindfulness, and environmentalism. Evocations is dedicated to publishing works featuring non-mainstream, non-patriarchal, LGBTQ+, PoC...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to May 31, Aug 8 to Oct 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Feminist, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture -
Exposition Review is an independent, multi-genre literary journal that publishes narratives by new, emerging, and established writers in the genres of fiction, flash fiction nonfiction, poetry, stage and screen, experimental, visual art,...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Dec 31, Feb 4 to Mar 5, Apr 4 to May 5, Jun 4 to Jul 5, Aug 4 to Sep 5Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Fecund highlights exceptional works of new abundance. The magazine is a medium through which writers and visual artists are exquisitely showcased and paid for their work. Fecund publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, theory,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
FishFood Magazine is dedicated to all forms of creative expression and talent. FishFood Magazine encourages self-expression from daily life through art. Art tends to serve as a coping mechanism from regular shenanigans and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Fjords publishes a number of styles, approaches, and voices.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Flare is an international literary journal founded by a dedicated group of writers, photographers, and artists to explore the complexity of the human experience. They hope that their journal is able to empower through that mission.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult -
Flora Fiction is dedicated to artists of all types: poets, writers, photographers, and illustrations. We're here to provide a platform for emerging creatives to showcase their work. Our literary magazine comes out every quarter. We are...
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The Florida Review publishes exciting new work from around the world from writers both emerging and well-known. It is not Florida-exclusive, though it strives to continue offering a home for many Florida writers.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
Fourth Genre is devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in literary (creative) nonfiction, and are especially looking to provide space to voices less seldom heard from in literary publications.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental -
Fterota Logia aims to encapsulate the essence of young adult literature, while also providing a space for open discussion and theorizing of the genre.
Its mission is to create a forum where new works of young adult fiction will be...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult -
The Furious Gazelle is striving to provide the best collection of original writing and art from across the World Wide Web.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We want art that guts us with surgical precision. Make everything useful.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to Feb 1, May 1 to Aug 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Gemini Magazine celebrates compelling fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art. It holds three annual contests for flash fiction, poetry, and short stories, each with a $1,000 top prize. Work from Gemini has won Best of the Net and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, War -
Gigantic Sequins is print-based and biannual. Its black & white journal is known for its quality writing and its unique design/aesthetic. It accepts work from unpublished writers in addition to those who have an already established...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Glint Literary Journal celebrates innovation in style and voice. It welcomes submissions in poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid genre, book reviews, and visual art from persons of diverse cultures, nationalities, and...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Gone Lawn welcomes fiction, prose, and prose poetry, as well as visual narratives and work involving sound and motion.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsSubgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Founded in 1952, Grub Street is Towson University’s literary journal. Produced annually, it publishes works of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and visual art.
Reading Period: Aug 31 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Hoot is a magazine on postcards. It publishes stand-alone pieces of writing under 150 words, with art to match. The idea is that current, quality literature should be shareable and accessible and that there is no reason why people can't...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Ilanot Journal publishes experimental as well as traditional work in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid literature, interviews, and graphic literature/art. It especially encourages translations.
Each issue is themed and...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jul 31, Dec 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
We are looking for fun and upbeat short stories, creative non-fiction, poetry and artwork. Send up to 5 poems or 15 pages of prose. We are an online only publication.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
Another New Calligraphy’s online journal Impossible Task 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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War -
Founded in 1944 by poet Wilber Stevens, Interim is edited by Claudia Keelan and Andrew Nicholson. We are international literary journal that publishes art, flash and experimental fiction, hybrid texts, literary nonfiction, poetry,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Sep 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine is a literary journal dedicated to promoting the theory and practice of narrative medicine, an interdisciplinary field that enhances healthcare through the effective communication, empathy and...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Sep 1, Feb 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Invisible City publishes fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry. We seek work that encourages us to see the world from new perspectives and different angles, ones that we may not have previously considered or imagined.
Reading Period: Mar 16 to Apr 16, Sep 16 to Oct 16Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in 1994, Kansas City Voices is a magazine that highlights regional talent and welcomes creative work from around the globe.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Kithe (kai-the) is an old Scottish word that means to make or become known. To that end, Kithe is a hybrid literary and art journal. It features art and writing that holds the undiscovered and engages in kithing the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 15, Jul 1 to Sep 11Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Nonfiction -
In the words of a great professor: “Poetry should be a movie you can taste and smell.” Last Leaves Magazine wants images and emotion. It wants poetry that sticks with its editors and makes them think and feel. They don’t care if this is...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Jan 31, Jun 1 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, TranslationSubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
The Letters Page literary journal is published by the University of Nottingham School of English, and edited by writer in residence, Professor Jon McGregor. It is interested in exploring what letter writing means to people—and has meant...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Translation, War -
Literary Mama celebrates the physical, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual processes of motherhood across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, material resources, or status. The journal publishes six times a year,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Translation -
Lucky Jefferson’s mission is simple: we publish social change.
We reimagine books by creating interactive and collaborative community experiences that center the writer and artist and cultivate inclusion and representation...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Poetry -
The MacGuffin is an international publication based out of Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan. Published three times a year, it strives to usher in the best poetry, fiction, and artwork that they receive to the literary community...
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Mannequin haus publishes experimental fiction, video art, gif, scanner art, photography, painting, collage, block prints, etchings, scribbles, comics, found art, painting, drawing, design, interviews, reviews + anything submitted with surreal...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
MASKS Literary Magazineis a Weisman Award-winning print and online journal based out of the Columbia College Chicago Aesthetics of Research. It provides a space to showcase new and unexpected perspectives. It sponsors contests and...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 15 to Mar 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Massachusetts Review is an independent quarterly journal of literature, the arts, and public affairs. MR has deep local roots but an international scope, with an emphasis on work that provokes debate, challenges ideology,...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Midway Journal accepts submissions of aesthetically ambitious work that occupies the realms between both the traditional and experimental.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Midwest Review looks for well-crafted, thoughtful, and thought-provoking writing and visual art that examines, interprets, and redefines the full spectrum of life, past and present, in the Midwest. The Midwest is the region of the north central...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 15 to May 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Mithila Review is an international speculative arts and culture magazine. It is open to original submissions as well as translations from around the world.
Along with original speculative fiction and poetry, it will host reviews,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Newfound publishes pieces that explore how place shapes identity, imagination, and understanding. The journal is published bi-annually online and features fiction, poetry, nonfiction, visual arts, reviews, and more.
Reading Period: May 15 to Aug 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Translation, War -
Night Picnic is a journal of literature and art that publishes novels, novellas, plays, short and flash stories, fairytales for adults, poetry, interviews, essays (including popular science essays), letters to the editors, and artwork...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
No Tokens is a journal celebrating work that is felt in the spine. It is run entirely by women, queer, trans, and non-binary individuals, dedicated to featuring the words and artwork of all voices of the past, present, and future.
Reading Period: May 31 to Jul 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Each issue is themed, and NonBinary Review explores the edges of those themes. We're looking for works that approach our themes in unexpected but completely fitting ways.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The literary journal Nostos, containing poetry, short fiction, and art usually focused on a theme, is published by Longship Press. Our current submission period for the 9th edition of Nostos is December 15 to April 1, 2023. The theme of...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 15 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry -
Obsidian cultivates, through publication and critical inquiry, Black imagination, innovation, and excellence—supporting Black, African, and African Diaspora creatives globally.
Reading Period: May 15 to Oct 15, Oct 15 to Jan 1Subgenres: Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry -
October Hill Magazine believes strongly in the need for a digital platform from which new and aspiring writers can express their creativity. The editors believe in honoring new talent and publishing the very best of new literary and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Sep 15Subgenres: Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
The mission of Ofi Press Magazine is to promote superb work from all over the world as well as translated work from Mexican poets.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Translation -
Old Pal is an online magazine based out of Portland, Oregon, since 2018. The magazine has published work that includes experimental writing, the hybrid genre, and critical inquiries from the Portland local community and beyond. It...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 24 to May 20, Sep 22 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
Oregon Humanities is a magazine about the experiences, ideas, and beliefs of Oregonians. In each issue, Oregon writers, artists, and readers explore diverse perspectives and challenging questions relating to the place we live and the...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 15 to Apr 30, Jul 1 to Aug 15, Nov 15 to Dec 20Genre: Creative Nonfiction -
Oroboro is a literary journal published bi-annually by Death Rattle, aimed at publishing and promoting poets, authors, and artists. We publish new work from both established and emerging writers. Before you submit, we encourage you to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Other Journal welcomes the submission of critical essays, reviews, creative writing, and visual or performance art that encounter life through the lens of theology and culture; it seeks pieces that consider the interaction of faith...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Otis Nebula is an innovative micro press that is always looking for new voices. It publishes a semi-annual digital magazine, print books, and ebooks, which are available through our website.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The pacificREVIEW is an annual review of prose, poetry, and artwork on a given theme, published in affiliation with San Diego State University Press. For 2023 we are publishing an all graphic fiction special edition!
Reading Period: Nov 5 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Comrades, sisters, brothers, and members of the human family, we have long joined the struggle to destroy the imperialist white supremacist capitalist heteropatriarchy. We resist sentimental urges of the national and canonical. We refuse joyless...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Political, Pop Culture, Translation -
"I decided some years ago that I wanted to create a space for people taking on the struggle, a venue to give those writers and artists a truly fair shot at publication and the chance to be seen, read, and recognized—no connections, no...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Paper Brigade is the print literary journal of Jewish Book Council. Composed of articles, interviews, fiction, poetry, and artwork, it celebrates the breadth and diversity of today’s Jewish books in the US and abroad. The journal seeks...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 15 to Feb 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Pattern Recognition publishes well-written short fiction, non-fiction, poetry and comics. Experimentation is always welcome.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Pop Culture -
Founded in 1951, The Penn Review is the oldest continuously published and premier literary magazine at the University of Pennsylvania. Devoted to the literary and visual arts, The Penn Review publishes original poetry, fiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 25 to Mar 31, Oct 25 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The digital archive petrichor publishes a variety of writers in contemporary art and poetics. We are particularly interested in strong image and experimental work of a visual nature.
Reading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 1, Apr 1 to Jun 1Genre: Poetry -
Pigeon Review publishes new and emerging writers. It likes stories that meander and explore the world. Stories that tend to blur the line between fiction and reality.
It also accepts art submissions!
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 NonfictionSubgenres: 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 -
Prompt is an online and book arts journal for writing inspired by visual art and visual art inspired by writing. Every six months the magazine showcases an exciting new work from a visual artist or writer on our website. The editors then...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Prose Poetry -
We publish fiction, poetry, music, visual media, and otherwise in English, Català, Castellano, and Deutsch. We frequently publish work—or play—by writers and artists from outside the United States and actively seek more submissions by...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to May 31, Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Pure in Heart Stories is a literary and art magazine for families, with a Christian worldview. It publishes short stories, poetry, visual art, and more by adults, teens, and children—for readers 6 years old and beyond.
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The Q&A Queer Zine is a small zine staffed by lgbtq+ writers and visual artists.
The need for community, support, and belonging brought this group together to ask fundamental questions about their place in the writing world...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 8 to Nov 27Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
Raising Mothers is an online literary magazine created by and for femme identifying and NBPOC writers who parent. We exist at the intersection of art, scholarship, and community. We aim to elevate our voices, share our stories, talk about...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Red Ogre Review is an online journal started by the graduate students from Lancaster University’s 2021 Creative Writing class. It primarily publishes poetry, book reviews and critical essays. It also accepts visual art submissions.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Visual Poetry -
For over a decade, Relief has helped shape the landscapes of faith and imagination for readers around the world. It features fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative, and reviews by some of today’s finest literary...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We publish 3-7 featured pieces every month--focusing primarily on poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, flash, graphic narrative, and visual poetry.
On occasion, we review small press, literary books or invite authors published with...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
An in-print and online literary journal, SFLR features work by local, national, and international writers and artists. Each issue of SFLR has a suggested theme; the 2022-2023 SFLR theme is "Myth: Invention, Legend, and Lore." SFLR is committed to...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Saw Palm is a Florida-themed literary journal produced by the MFA program at the University of South Florida. It publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, comics, art, photography, reviews, and interviews.
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Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Scoundrel Time is a nonprofit online literary journal launched after the 2016 U.S. presidential election. It publishes fiction, essays, poetry, works in translation, humor, music, and visual art that engages with the threats against ...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Sequestrum publishes new, emerging, and internationally-acclaimed writers of short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and cross-genre. All publications are paired with a unique visual component with the goal of fostering and exposing writers...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Translation, War -
Serpentine Literary Magazine looks to celebrate modern womanhood and find the joy in subverting the patriarchy one piece of art at a time.
Reading Period: Mar 11 to Jun 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
An international, student-run journal published by Ringling College of Art and Design, Shift features fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic texts, or other work in English or translation by emerging and established writers. We...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Feb 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Small Print Magazine, a resource and showcase for writers and artists, features contemporary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry thoughtfully presented alongside beautiful photography and artwork from new and established artists....
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 31, Jan 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine's primary interest is quality. It welcomes submissions in any and all forms, genres, styles, and approaches in written word and image and encourages innovation as well as tradition.
SBLAAM wants any...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Jun 15, Aug 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Magical Realism, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Regional, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult -
SOILED is a periodical of architectural stories. Positioned between a literary journal and a design magazine, it is an independent, artist-led project produced by Joseph Altshuler, Hollen Reischer, Matthew Harlan, and Mariel Tishma, and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Since the magazine’s inception in 1980, editors and readers have worked to keep alive the journal’s tradition of publishing both established and emerging writers who uphold the highest standards of innovative prose and poetry.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
SORTES is an ongoing collection of stories, poems, songs, and illustrations. They have neither theme nor scene. Ten authors per issue and four issues per year, they publish both the sufficiently strange and insufficiently boring: swart...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Split Rock Review publishes innovative place-based and environmental poetry, creative nonfiction, graphic narratives, comics, and art. It also hosts an annual poetry chapbook contest and publishes themed anthologies.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 31, Jun 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
Spoonie Magazine publishes art, articles, audio, poetry, prose, video, and hybrid works by disabled, chronically ill, and/or neurodiverse individuals (or their loved ones) on related subject matters weekly in their online magazine. All...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Star 82 Review is a full-color, online and print magazine. Each issue may feature microfiction and creative nonfiction, erasure texts, narrative art, word + image, and poetry, including haibun and prose. We like gentle works filled with...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Stoneboat is an online, independent journal of literature and arts dedicated to publishing quality fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, artwork, and graphic literature. It strives to showcase outstanding and diverse work from both...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Stonecoast Review is a literary arts journal edited by students and alumni from Stonecoast’s MFA program in Creative Writing. It welcomes writing in the genres of creative nonfiction, fiction, dramatic works, poetry, and experimental...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 20 to Oct 1, Feb 1 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Storm Cellar curates writing that is surprising, formally and affectively innovative, and represents the highest quality of various literary traditions. Each issue reflects the current tastes of the editorial team. It actively prefers...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Since launching in January of 2019, Sunspot Literary Journal has amplified diverse multinational voices. New works have been published in their original language side-by-side with English translations. Boundaries that exclude meaningful...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry, War -
Superpresent is a quarterly magazine of the arts. It is available free online and a limited run of print copies for each issue. Superpresent publishes poems, short stories, essays, visual art pieces, experimental art, video art...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
An award-winning, place-based literary and technical journal published on a rolling basis and using editorials, poetry, essays, fiction, articles, reviews, interviews, artwork, videos, and case studies to explore place, climate, and justice.
Reading Period: Dec 15 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Thimble Literary Magazine is a quarterly online and print journal based on the belief that poetry is like armor.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 31, May 1 to Jun 30, Aug 1 to Sep 30, Nov 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry -
Tilted House Review is a biannual arts and literary journal made by hand in small batches in the small city of New Orleans. Through this outfit, we strive to cultivate a creative and communal unit from and for the city....
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Toyon is Humboldt State University English department’s annual literary magazine. Run entirely by students since its first issue in 1954, Toyon showcases the work of established and emerging writers and artists from Humboldt...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Since its conception, TRANSOM has included poems alongside poet interviews that dig deeper into an examination of poetry as it lives, in the world between poets and readers. TRANSOM is a poetry journal that continues in that...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Translation -
Up the Staircase Quarterly publishes unique, eclectic, and quality poetry that is vivid in imagery and idea. It seeks writers going in new directions, originals. It also publishes artwork: paintings, drawings, photography, comics, short...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 15, May 1 to Dec 10Genre: Poetry -
VAINE is an online literary and arts magazine for and by emerging artists and writers.
The focus of its issues is on topical themes. Contributors are also welcome to present work about any relevant current events.
It aims...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Valiant Scribe focuses on faith and social issues, including topics ranging from violence against women, forced labor, human trafficking, criminal justice, mental health, empowerment impediments, to climate change, poverty, and migration...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Variety Pack tries to live up their namesake! A bedrock of diverse voices, expressing a variety of arts & letters. Open to both genre and literary. Sure there's an aesthetic, but it's a broad atlas rather than a narrow stream!
Reading Period: Jun 15 to Aug 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult -
A Velvet Giant is a literary journal for work that exists outside the boundaries of genre.
Reading Period: May 15 to Aug 15, Dec 1 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
TVBR publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, photography, and visual art that memorably express what it means to be human. Its editorial focus is on authentic voices and evocative images. The editors seek work that haunts them.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Wax Paper is a broadsheet publication open to all forms of written word, imagery, and collected conversation.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Regional, Translation, Young Adult -
Waxing & Waning is a literary journal that seeks what’s on the fringe.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Wayne Literary Review is a yearly literary journal published in Detroit, MI, by Wayne State Press. We publish writing that inspires, experiments, and pushes language in new and interesting directions. We are edited by Wayne State...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Feb 20Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 -
Willawaw Journal is a bi-annual online magazine for poetry and art. Each issue features the poem prompt of a northwest poet laureate, sometimes with a model response from the editor. Submissions are open (only) in February and August. Our...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 28, Aug 1 to Aug 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: PoetrySubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
Based out of a small Quaker school in the Pacific Northwest, we showcase the writing and art of new and upcoming artists and writers. Published once a semester, the magazine includes poetry, prose, photography, illustration, and digital media. ...
Reading Period: Sep 15 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We’re particularly interested in themes of space and place, things that change and things that don’t, the spots we share and the ones we keep to ourselves. Where do you go when you need peace? Where do you go when you need to be loud? What...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 3 to Aug 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Writing Disorder is a quarterly literary journal devoted to literature, art and culture. Its mission is to showcase new and emerging writers—particularly those in writing programs—as well as established writers. It features new...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
