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Reading Period: Jun 1 to May 8Genre: Poetry -
Each issue of 3cents will rotate around a theme and will feature one poem, one short story or flash fiction piece, and one piece of creative nonfiction together as a mini-collection built around that theme. While the authors each receive...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Oct 1, Nov 1 to Jan 1, Feb 1 to Apr 1, Jun 1 to Aug 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Prose Poetry -
32 Poems publishes inventive language complicated by music, form, and feeling. As a rule it publishes shorter work that can fit on a single page (32 lines or less), but it sometimes makes exceptions to accommodate particularly exciting...
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THE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE is a monthly independent litmag published since 2007 in print, digital, and online, publishing stories short or long, essays, Netflix screenplays, greatest tweets etc, Nobel prize-winning Dylan verse, TikTok algorithms...
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45th Parallel is an online Oregon-based literary magazine produced by graduate students at Oregon State University.
Reading Period: Sep 23 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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The whole is a part and the part is a whole. The 100-word format forces the writer to question each word, to reckon with Flaubert’s mot juste in a way that even most flash fiction doesn’t. At the same time the brevity of the form allows the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry -
128 Lit is a print and online literary magazine based in New York City that has an international focus. This is a re-orienting place that unlearns, confronts, and disrupts euro-centric narratives and aesthetics. 128 Lit is...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Oct 31, May 15 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
805 Lit + Art publishes debut and emerging writers, poets, photographers, and artists in our quarterly, online journal.
Reading Period: Feb 15 to Dec 6Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Given our anti-capitalist stance, we want the poetry that means the most to you, regardless of marketability or monetary concerns. Anyone can send poems—we’re particularly interested in hearing from poets of traditionally marginalized and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Flash Fiction, Poetry, Mixed-Genre Works, Art/Text and Artwork. Tastes lean toward surreal, experimental, ambivalent, darkly lyrical and wildly imaginative.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
To identify new and emerging writers and visual artists who have a particular focus on re-defining the landscape of their artform. Artists of color and those others who are traditionally underrepresented in the field are especially encouraged to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre -
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: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Able Muse predominantly publishes metrical poetry complemented by art and photography, fiction and non-fiction including essays, book reviews and interviews with a focus on metrical and formal poetry. We also welcome exceptional free...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jul 15Genre: 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 -
Acorn is a biannual journal dedicated to publishing the best of contemporary English-language haiku. In particular, it showcases the individual poem and the ability of haiku to reveal the extraordinary moments found in everyday life.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1, Jul 1 to Sep 1Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Micro-poetry -
Action, Spectacle is a biannual magazine based in Louisville, Kentucky, and Brooklyn. The magazine exists at the intersection of the socio-political, the cultural, and the arts—a public space for discussion and engagement. It puts a...
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Adanna publishes work about women’s issues or topics. Submissions for artwork, poetry, essay, and short fiction are accepted by both women and men.
Reading Period: Apr 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Feminist -
Add to Cart Magazine seeks experimental, avant-garde, and challenging writing and art that pushes well beyond comfortable boundaries, whether they be of form, style, or thought. It is open to “neglected voices and forms.”
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Adroit Journal is looking for work that’s bizarre, authentic, subtle, outrageous, indefinable, raw, paradoxical.
Reading Period: Jun 1 to Apr 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Aeolian Harp Series is a special anthology series consisting of ten folio sections for each poet with up to six pieces by each author, with a personal essay to spotlight each poet.
Reading Period: Jan 15 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry -
After Dinner Conversation publishes short stories (1,500-7,000 words), of any genre, that ask interesting ethical and/or philosphical questions in a narrative format.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 -
AGNI sees literature and the arts as integral to the broad, engaged conversation that underwrites a vital society. Their poets, storytellers, essayists, translators, and artists lift a mirror to nature and the social world. They seek...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 15, Feb 15 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Airplane Reading is a site that features nonfiction writing about air travel. Beyond throwaway entertainment or mere distraction, it sees airplane reading as a kind of storytelling that can animate, reflect on, and rejuvenate the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir -
Alaska Quarterly Review (AQR) publishes fiction, short plays, poetry, photo essays, and literary non-fiction in traditional and experimental styles. Although AQR publishes established writers, most of the content comes from...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 25 to Apr 8, Apr 29 to May 13, Jun 10 to Jun 24Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Albion Review is a national literary journal based out of Albion College in Michigan. Published annually since 2004, The Review features works of short fiction, poetry, essays, and visual art. The Review strives to showcase the work...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 18Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Formal Poetry, Literary Fiction -
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,...
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[Alternate Route] is a place for those who wander the path less beaten, for the modern beatnik.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
American Chordata is a literary magazine based in Brooklyn, NY, dedicated to publishing great writing alongside art and photography. Our print issue is published once a year, in the Fall, and features both emerging and established voices...
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Publishing a broad range of poetry, translations, criticism, reviews, and interviews, The American Poetry Review is dedicated to reaching a worldwide audience with a diverse array of contemporary poetry and...
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A quarterly, American Short Fiction (ASF) strives to discover and publish new fiction in which transformations of language, narrative, and character occur swiftly, deftly, and unexpectedly. It is drawn to evocative language, unique...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction -
Amsterdam Review is an online literary magazine publishing poetry (including translations), flash fiction, essays, interviews, reviews, and visual arts. The magazine publishes works by international contributors twice a year.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Translation -
Started in August 2010, Anak Sastra Literary Magazine is a quarterly online publication which hopes to provide a venue for Southeast Asian writers to promote their writings in English. The magazine also encourages expats, tourists and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 -
Angel Rust publishes exciting, challenging, and edgy work in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
ANGLES publishes creative writing and visual art by college-aged people with distinct perspectives. Edited by students at St. John Fisher University, ANGLES prioritize underrepresented voices, isn’t afraid to take risks, and takes...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Lyric Essay, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
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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Apogee is a journal of literature and art that encourages the thoughtful exploration of identity and its intersections, including but not limited to: race, gender, sexuality, class, and ability. We feature fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Aug 1, Jan 1 to Feb 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Political -
Appalachia welcomes narrative, historical, and science essays on the following topics: mountain, wilderness, and backcountry adventure; technical climbing; canoeing and kayaking; nature and climate change; and land ethics. The magazine...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental -
The Apple Valley Review is an online literary journal. It is published twice annually, once in spring and once in fall. Each issue features a collection of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. The goal of the journal is to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Apricity is an international multimedia arts magazine and is the University of Texas at Austin’s official literary & arts magazine. It accepts literary, visual, and performing artworks for online publication and select the finest to...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 -
Arboreal Literary Magazine came about when two friends sought to create something of value, something for pure enjoyment, something to encourage creativity.
Arboreal is a publication committed to artistic growth and a “big...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Apr 15, Jun 1 to Jul 15, Sep 1 to Oct 15, Dec 1 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Arc features poetry and poetry criticism from emerging and established writers in Canada and beyond. It is interested in brave new voices and poetry that is woozy, cunning, shearing and wildlike, as well as prose that offers new...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Jul 31, Sep 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Translation -
Arcanist is a digital literary magazine that focuses on fantasy, sci-fi, and horror flash fiction. It publishes bite-sized fantasy and sci-fi flash fiction (1,000 words or less) perfect for people on the go.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: FictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Pop Culture -
The Chicago Review of Books presents Arcturus, an online literary magazine of new perspectives in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid genres.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 -
The Arkansas International seeks to put U.S. writing in conversation with writing from around the world. It seeks out not only work in English by U.S. writers but also translations from other languages and original work in English by...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 20 to Apr 20, Aug 20 to Nov 20Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Published three times a year, Arkansas Review is a journal of Delta studies. All materials must evoke or respond to the natural and/or cultural experience of the seven state Mississippi River Delta (IL, MO, KY, TN, AR, MS, LA).
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The intent of ArLiJo is to feature a variety of authors/poets/artists from around the globe whose work provokes readers to contemplate issues, etc. ArLiJo features poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and artwork.
Reading Period: Mar 15 to Apr 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Short Fiction, Translation -
Founded by students and faculty of the Queens College MFA in Creative Writing and Literary Translation, Armstrong Literary is interested in work that pushes boundaries–on an emotional level as well as a linguistic one–poems, stories,...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Arts & Letters is a literary magazine based at Georgia College. It’s open to both formal and experimental works, with the emphasis resting on craft.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
Assisi’s mission is, first and foremost, to publish works of literature and art that are thoughtful, engaging, and well written/composed. It looks for work that examines the human condition, that helps the reader view things from a...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 -
At Length is a venue for ambitious, in-depth writing, music, photography, and art that are open to possibilities shorter forms preclude. As a print-friendly online magazine, it creates ways for readers, listeners, and viewers to interact...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 18Genre: 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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Aurora Journal publishes surrealistic poetry and prose that is ethereal, dreamy, and explores the dangerous limits of surrealism. Regardless of age, experience, or any other defining factor, the journal considers all writers. The...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 20 to Jan 25, Feb 20 to Mar 25, Sep 20 to Nov 15Subgenres: BIPOC Voices, Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, Young Adult -
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 Avenue is a print, Mid-Atlantic-based literary journal open to all things literary. It is committed to the quirky, dark, artistic, and disenfranchised.
Reading Period: Jun 1 to Sep 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Azure publishes work that is linguistically, intellectually, and emotionally demanding of its reader. It seeks pieces that increase in complexity upon each visitation and exhibit a density worthy of scholarly or artistic study. AZURE's...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction -
Bacopa Literary Review is an annual international print journal published by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. Cash prizes in multiple genres. The specific genres and sub-genres we seek change from year to year, but always include...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 19 to Apr 16Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
Taking its inspiration from other pugnacious, and cool magazines like Chimurenga, Bakwa was founded to counter the absence of literary magazines in Cameroon; with a wide ranging remit that’s broader than the literary, Bakwa is...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The mission of the Baltimore Review is to showcase Baltimore as a literary hub of diverse writing and promote the work of emerging and established writers from the U.S. and beyond.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Nov 30, Feb 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Banshee is a print literary journal published twice a year—in spring and autumn—and features short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and personal essays.
Reading Period: Oct 1 to Oct 31, Mar 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Banyan Review is an online, international journal promoting poetry, art, and the natural world. It publishes four issues annually, and its “intervals” section features poets, artists, thinkers, and essayists between published issues...
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry -
Barnstorm is an online literary magazine sponsored by the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of New Hampshire.
Reading Period: Jan 15 to May 15, Aug 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Barren Magazine is a literary publication that features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and photography for hard truths, long stares, and gritty lenses.
Reading Period: Feb 28 to Mar 18Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Bayou Magazine publishes short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from established, award-winning authors as well as emerging writers. Bayou is especially interested in discovering and showcasing fresh literary voices. Bayou...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to May 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Prose Poetry -
The editors of Bear Review are open to a wide variety of poetry, and they read submissions all year. The magazine publishes two issues a year: one in the fall, and one in the spring.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Founded in 2007, Beatdom is dedicated to the study of the Beat Generation. It publishes one issue annually with a pre-designated topic. All submissions must related this topic to the Beat Generation.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Historical, Narrative Nonfiction -
Bedfellows is a thematic, Philadelphia-based literary magazine that seeks to catalog contemporary discussions of desire and intimacy, with a particular focus on underrepresented and marginalized voices. It publishes work that the...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: PoetrySubgenres: Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Love, Micro-poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional -
Belle Ombre publishes fiction, poetry, art, and non-fiction, including essays, memoir, reportage, comedy, science, screenplays, scripts, biography, and academic research.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Jul 1 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Bellevue Literary Review is a unique literary magazine that examines human existence through the prism of health and healing, illness and disease. We invite submissions of previously unpublished works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry...
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Bellingham Review publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid work on a now fully digital platform. Established in 1977, Bellingham Review has earned a reputation for publishing both established and emerging writers who...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre -
Belmont Story Review is a national magazine of literary arts, faith and culture.
The magazine aims to surprise and delight readers through an eclectic mix of storytelling which includes fiction, personal essay, poetry, and more. ...
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The Beloit Fiction Journal publishes the best in contemporary short fiction. Traditional and experimental narratives find a home in its pages. It publishes new writers alongside established writers. As one of the few fiction-only...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Nov 16Genre: Fiction -
Since 1950, the BPJ has been publishing poetry that matters. We are open to a wide range of forms and styles in contemporary poetry. We are always watching for new poets, quickened language, and poems with a fresh purchase on the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Jul 1 to Jul 31, Oct 1 to Nov 30, Feb 1 to Apr 30Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Poetry -
Beltway Poetry Quarterly is an award-winning online literary journal and resource bank that showcases poetry from all over the world. It also features translations and reviews. During the first 20 years of its existence, it featured...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Regional -
Bennington Review aims to contribute distinctive style and substance to the national literary conversation through publishing sharp, unexpected, original poetry and prose from a geographically broad and culturally rich spectrum of...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 15 to Apr 8Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Berkeley Fiction Review looks for innovative short fiction that plays with form and content, as well as traditionally constructed stories with fresh voices and original ideas. It invites submissions of previously unpublished short stories year-...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction -
The Berkeley Poetry Review has been published at the University of California, Berkeley, since 1974.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31, Oct 13 to Nov 10Genre: Poetry -
Outstanding poetry and fiction in many genres and many voices. Poetry includes free verse, haiku, formal poetry, prose poetry, form poetry, experimental poetry, sentimental poetry, and international poetry. Fiction from flash or micro to full...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
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...
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Big Muddy is an online journal that annually publishes an 8 x 8 perfectly bound, color-cover print issue. that explores multidisciplinary issues and events.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 -
The Big Windows Review is the literary magazine of the Writing Center at Washtenaw Community College (WCC), in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It publishes original poems and short prose.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
The B’K is a quarterly art and lit, online and printed magazine prioritizing traditionally marginalized creators, but open to all. The B’K is interested in people being able to decolonize and tell their own stories.
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Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The aim of Black Fox is to publish both established and new writers. We welcome all fiction, but we especially like fiction from under-represented genres and styles, including YA. We are also interested in creative nonfiction, poetry,...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 2 to May 31, Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in 1974, Black Warrior Review publishes contemporary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by award-winning writers alongside work by new and emerging voices. Each issue also features art, comics, and a poetry chapbook solicited by the...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Mar 1, Jun 1 to Sep 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts offers visitors from around the world outstanding fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and reviews, as well as plays, visual art, new media, and video essays, which it presents in inventive...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Nov 30, Jan 15 to May 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Our mission is to celebrate and champion the work of Canadian creatives, bringing exposure and support to both new and established writers.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction -
“BlazeVOX is a haven for undervalued writers to convene with readers worldwide.”
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Blood and Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine is the student-run literary journal of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. It publishes healthcare-related short stories, poems, and artwork annually.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to May 27Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Healing/Health -
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...
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The Blue Collar Review is a quarterly journal of poetry and prose published by Partisan Press. Our mission is the preservation, expansion, and promotion of the literature of our working class, primarily poetry, which might not find a...
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Blue Earth Review is Minnesota State University, Mankato’s literary magazine. Before being wholly revamped and renamed in 2003, BER was published under such titles as Medicine Jug, The Muse, and Minnesota River...
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We are an online literary magazine looking for the best in fiction and poetry, literature that moves readers and makes us want to keep reading. FICTION: We are looking for literary, not genre, fiction. POETRY: We are looking for poetry of all...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry -
Blue Marble Review is an online literary journal showcasing the creative work of young writers ages 13-22. The editors are looking for poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, personal essays, as well as art and photography. The goal of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Young Adult -
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 -
Blue Mountain Review is a Southern publication, but it draws no boundaries or borders on that interpretation. It seeks pieces that boldly create something new.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
Blue River Review is an online nonprofit literary journal originally created by the Creighton University MFA.
Reading Period: Jul 1 to Apr 30Temporarily Closed to Submissions -
Blueline seeks poems, stories, and essays relating to the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, or focusing on the shaping influence of nature. We also seek essays that interpret the literature and/or culture of the Adirondack...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Nature/Environmental -
Bluestem, a nationally recognized literary journal that publishes the brightest new, emerging, and established literary voices, has been published since 1966 and is produced by the English Department at Eastern Illinois University. The...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Nov 15, Feb 1 to Mar 15, Jul 1 to Aug 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
The mission of boats against the current is to create a safe space where poets can gather to celebrate vulnerable and beautiful words. The editors provide an inclusive environment where poets from all backgrounds can share their work....
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Bodega releases digital issues on the first Monday of every month, featuring poetry, prose, and occasional interviews by established and emerging writers. The editors want to provide readers with a handful of essential pieces that can be...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Boiler was begun in 2011 by a group of writers at Sarah Lawrence College. It publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction on a quarterly basis.
Reading Period: Jun 15 to Aug 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in 1981, BOMB Magazine is dedicated to delivering the artist's voice. The editors are looking for weird, unexpected, and exciting work. BOMB accepts submissions of previously unpublished poetry and short fiction through...
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BOMBFIRE is an online literary magazine featuring visual art, poetry, and flash fiction. Its goal is to provide a platform for artists and writers to show off their work. Posts are updated biweekly every Saturday.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Poetry -
The Book Smuggler’s Den is an online literary platform that publishes book reviews and author interviews. We publish new and emerging writers in all walks of life. Here in the Den, we are always looking to help authors and bloggers reach...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Nonfiction -
Book XI is an online literary journal dedicated to publishing philosophically informed poetry and prose.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
BoomerLitMag, an online quarterly magazine, has a home base in the Boomer generation but presents high quality and accessible writing from any writer on any theme. We've published college writers as well as internationally known writers...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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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Borrowed Solace is published twice yearly and includes creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and art.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Humor, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
Boston Review is a political and literary forum—a public space for discussion of ideas and culture. Independent and nonprofit, animated by hope and committed to equality, we believe in the power of collective reasoning and imagination to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Bourbon Penn is a print and online magazine featuring stories of imagination and the odd.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental -
Bracken publishes fiction, poetry, and art. It seeks creative work that sets our sense of our nature resonating afresh with all nature. The aesthetic origins of Bracken are in the shadows of the woods.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Breakwater Review was founded in 2009 and is run by students of the University of Massachusetts Boston MFA program. It publishes digitally two times a year.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Brevity publishes well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief (750 words or less) essay form. We have featured work from Pulitzer prize winners and finalists, many NEA fellows, Pushcart winners, ...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to May 1Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction -
Brick is an international literary magazine based in Toronto, Canada, and edited by Michael Redhill, Linda Spalding, Michael Helm, Rebecca Silver Slayter, Laurie D Graham, and Martha Sharpe. Published twice a year, the magazine is filled...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Oct 31, Apr 1 to Apr 30Genre: Creative Nonfiction -
Bridge Eight Literary Magazine publishes work that is fiercely human in that it speaks to the heart of who we are as a collective. It publishes pieces online that explore the deeper parts of human natures and has had the privilege to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 -
Bright Flash Literary Review is an online journal for flash and short fiction and memoir. The editors strive to give a voice to the heard and the unheard across the globe.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
Brilliant Flash Fiction is an online quarterly literary journal established in 2014 by Dawn Lowe and Laurie Scavo. Ed Higgins joined Dawn and Laurie in 2015. Brilliant Flash Fiction is now a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
Broad River Review publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. It also encourages visual artists to submit possible cover art. In addition, the magazine sponsors two contests, the Rash Awards, with $500 first prizes in fiction...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Broadsided Press publishes original, high-quality collaborations between writers and visual artists (if selected for publication, a visual artist will respond to your writing) and gets them onto streets around the world. Broadsided...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
Founded in October 2000 and currently published 10 times annually, the Brooklyn Rail provides an independent forum for arts, culture, and politics throughout New York City and far beyond. Our journal, in addition to featuring local...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Translation -
Bryant Literary Review is an international magazine of poetry and fiction published annually in May.
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Burningword Literary Journal (ISSN 2161-8992 print / ISSN 2157-7366 online) is a quarterly publication that seeks to discover and showcase the most exciting new voices in literature, featuring an eclectic mix of poetry, short fiction, short...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 10, Apr 1 to Jun 10, Jul 1 to Sep 10, Oct 1 to Dec 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Burrow is a bi-annual e-journal publishing poetry and other micro texts each February and September. While their focus is on what it is to live with poor or good mental health, the editors are very interested in where this intersects...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 20Genre: Poetry -
Café Review is a volunteer, quarterly print publication based in Portland, Maine that has been publishing art, poetry, and book reviews for over twenty-five years. It searches for new, strong voices in poetry and art, both in Maine and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Micro-poetry, Poetry -
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 -
Calla Press is dedicated to publishing Christian prose, poetry, creative non-fiction, and flash fiction. While one's work does not need to be directly Christian, it must be tactful to the mission statement. Calla Press accepts work from emerging...
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Calliope is published by the Writers’ Special Interest Group (SIG) of American Mensa, Ltd. It is published quarterly with a circulation that spans nearly every state in the U.S. Calliope is essentially a writer’s workshop by...
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Calyx Journal publishes fine art & literature, art, and book reviews by developing and emerging women and non-binary authors and artists. Calyx is committed to publishing authors from diverse backgrounds. Calyx Journal...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Camas aims to cultivate fresh ideas and perspectives while remaining rooted in the landscapes and traditions of art and literature in the American West. Founded by Environmental Studies graduate students at the University of Montana in...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Nature/Environmental -
Canary is a magazine of poetry, fiction, and essays, which address the environmental crisis with its heartbreaking loss of habitat and species. The magazine is based on the premise that the literary arts can provide an understanding that...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 28, May 1 to May 31, Aug 1 to Aug 31, Nov 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Nature/Environmental -
The Cardiff Review publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, criticism and interviews. Whenever possible, reading and publication precedence is given students currently on a related postgraduate course (i.e. Creative Writing, English...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine is a multimedia arts magazine showcasing primarily young adult creators in the Carolinas. It publishes short stories, scripts, poetry, art and photography, music, and dance in a digital...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 12, Jun 1 to Aug 16, Oct 1 to Dec 14Genre: 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 -
Carve, named in honor of Raymond Carver, publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that respects the power of language and craft and elicits genuine emotional truths. The editors also strive to foster a sense of camaraderie among all...
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Catamaran Literary Reader is a quarterly literary and visual arts journal. Catamaran features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and fine art in a full size, full color magazine.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Nature/Environmental -
Catholics, many of whom are new to poetry.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Poetry, Religious/Spiritual -
At Cease, Cows we want to explore the contemporary, the strange, the big questions. We want to feel cultural pulses, expose mental arteries, bathe in both the sanguine and sanguinary. We want to publish prose with fire and truth. Humans...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 21, Mar 1 to Mar 7, May 1 to May 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
The purpose of The Champagne Room, beyond creating a physical space for collecting and sharing writing that the editors believe in, is to generate, collaborate, and commune. The editors remain devoted to making this literary space...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Change Seven is an online literary journal. We seek to publish the best available fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual art, book reviews, and more from both established and emerging talents.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Jun 1 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 -
Chapter House is an online literary journal promoting the ideals and vision of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Low Residency MFA Program. It publishes either Winter/Summer or Fall/Spring.
While ...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Nov 11Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry -
The editors actively solicit writing that expresses the values of Chautauqua Institution broadly construed: a sense of inquiry into questions of personal, social, political, spiritual, and aesthetic importance, regardless of genre.
Reading Period: Feb 15 to Mar 15, Sep 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Cherry Tree's aesthetic champions image-rich, sonically adventurous poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction which showcase whimsy alongside wit, risk, and urgency. The Literary Shade section features work that responds to and challenges...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We seek storytellers—not just for fiction, but in all the genres we publish. We love clarity in art, but that doesn’t necessarily mean simplicity. Tell us a story. It could be a story in a poem, an essay, an image, but it is still a story. You...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
Independent literary magazine honored by Best American Short Stories, the Pushcart Prize, Best American Essays, and O. Henry Prize stories, publishing fiction, poetry, essays and translations by new and established writers.
Reading Period: Jan 6 to Jun 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Chicago Review of Books is dedicated to making the literary conversation more inclusive. It publishes reviews, interviews, essays, and features.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative Nonfiction -
Chiron Review presents the widest possible range of contemporary creative writing—fiction and non-fiction, traditional and off-beat, in a perfect-bound, softcover format, including art and photography. It has published many well-known...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to May 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Tight work which will leave a scar on a reader.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction, Poetry -
Since 1908, the Home Forum has been a section of the Christian Science Monitor dedicated to nonfiction and poetry. The object of the Monitor is (in the words of its founder, Mary Baker Eddy) “to injure no man, but to bless all...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Since its inception in 2003, The Cincinnati Review has published many promising new and emerging writers as well as Pulitzer Prize winners and Guggenheim and MacArthur fellows.
Reading Period: May 1 to May 31, Sep 1 to Sep 30, Dec 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
We are a journal of brief literature seeking to publish short forms that shimmer. We love to discover fresh poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and micros of all sorts. We also nominate our published work for anthologies.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Dec 6Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Clade Song is a space dedicated to “the literary examination of the animal world and all of its behavioral niches from the bacterial mat to the predation of the auk, all of which impact and interrelate with the humanosphere. At Clade...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry, Translation -
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 -
Clockwise Cat: Zen-Surrealism with a Dash of Dada, is a seasonal literary webzine that features verse, reviews, and invective (satire/polemics). Clockwise Cat prefers to receive poems that are in some way akin to the Surrealist,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
The name for Clover + Bee was inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem, To Make a Prairie… ("To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee..."). Its mission is to provide a space for emerging and established creators to showcase...
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Club Plum publishes creative nonfiction, flash fiction, prose poetry and art that often straddles realities without losing clarity or emotion. Powerful, single-reality pieces are loved, too.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 -
Cola Literary Review, the annual print literary journal of the University of South Carolina MFA program, has published fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction since 1993. "Cola” is an affectionate abbreviation for Columbia, South...
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Collateral is an online literary journal run by people who are directly and indirectly impacted by violent conflict and military service. It showcases high-quality poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art that explores those spaces beyond...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, War -
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 -
Colorado Review's only commitment is to the publication of serious poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. It does not publish genre fiction nor do we subscribe to a particular literary philosophy or school of poetry or fiction. It is ...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction -
Columbia Journal publishes in print and online, seeking to showcase the best poetry, nonfiction, fiction, translation, and visual art on both platforms. The print edition, published each spring, is a combination of solicited work and the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 4 to Feb 6, Jul 11 to Aug 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Columbia Review is the oldest collegiate literary magazine in the country. Since its inception, it has published eight Pulitzer Prize winners, and a winner of the Nobel Prize. The Review publishes twice a year and is...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, 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 -
Common Ground Review looks for poems with strong imagery and interesting ideas that unfold or explode or explore new and unexpected places in 61 lines or less. It likes publishing new poets or new work from more established poets.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to May 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Launched in1987, Concho River Review has national reach and regional flavor, with many of our authors hailing from or writing about the southwest. CRR prides itself on publishing outsanding short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Concision Poetry Journal publishes experimental poetry and visual art. While formatting is considered, it takes a back seat to experimenting with language and line. Narrative poetry is generally not accepted.
Reading Period: Feb 15 to Mar 15, Jun 15 to Jul 15, Oct 15 to Nov 15Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Nature/Environmental, Political -
Conduit is a biannual literary journal that is at once direct, playful, inventive, irreverent, and darkly beautiful. Despite common sense and the laws of economics, Conduit has been thwarting good taste, progress, and consensus for...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Prose Poetry -
Conjunctions serves as a “living notebook” of contemporary literature, publishing fiction, poetry, drama, art, and essays that combine visionary imagination with formally innovative execution. Since 1981, Conjunctions has...
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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 -
Digitus Independent Publishers specializes in Spanish, Portuguese, and English literature publications. We house the literary magazine Contrapuntos: A Live Anthology. Our guest editors put together annually the issue adding some of the best...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jul 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Translation -
Contrary is a quarterly literary journal that publishes commentary, fiction, and poetry and especially works that defy those categories. Founded at the University of Chicago in 2003, it operates independently on the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Copper Nickel aspires toward diversity and eclecticism, printing work that appeals to the editors regardless of aesthetic affiliation—and they are particularly (though by no means exclusively) interested in work that considers...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Dec 15, Jan 15 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Translation -
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...
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The Cortland Review is an online magazine publishing both established and emerging writers from the print and online worlds. Using audio paired with text to complete the link between reader and writer, TCR provides regular and...
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counterclaim is committed to producing work that counters normative and traditional forms.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Courtship of Winds publishes poetry, fiction, short dramatic pieces, essays, photography, art, and short pieces of music. For more on the editorial philosophy behind Courtship of Winds, read the “Editor’s Desk” page.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Celebrating forty years of publishing, Crab Creek Review is dedicated to introducing you to the best writing from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. We publish both national and international writers in the genres of poetry, fiction, and...
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Crashtest is an biannual online magazine founded and run by the creative writing students at the Fine Arts Center, a public arts high school in Greenville, South Carolina, so that students in high schools all over the country will have a...
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Cream City Review is Milwaukee’s leading literary journal devoted to pushing the boundaries of writing. Each issue features fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and visual art. Published biannually, Cream City Review is a...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 1, Aug 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Visual Poetry, War -
The Cupboard Pamphlet publishes works of prose and prose collections between 5,000 and 10,000 words. Submissions can be composed of one piece or multiple pieces. We make no demands on content or genre, with the exception of verse poetry, which we...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Jul 15Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Established by Richard Hugo and William Kittredge in 1973, CutBank is Montana's oldest literary magazine. We are run by the students of the University of Montana Creative Writing MFA program, publishing two annual print issues of fiction,...
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Dappled Things is a Catholic literary magazine produced in partnership with the Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Dark Matter: Women Witnessing publishes writing and visual art created in response to an age of massive species loss and ecological collapse.
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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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The Dawn Review publishes poetry, prose, art, and hybrid submissions from emerging and established writers and artists. The editors want to amplify a diverse range of perspectives and showcase work that transcends genre.
Reading Period: Aug 15 to Oct 31, Dec 15 to Feb 28, May 15 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Criticism, art, literature, reviews, aesthetics, abstraction, meta, classics.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
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...
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Decolonial Passage welcomes writing from all writers engaged in the decolonial project, regardless of the writer’s race, origin, gender, disability, or geographical location. Simultaneously, Decolonial Passage centers African,...
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decomp journal (ISSN: 1947-0436) is an online literary magazine that is published three times a year. We are an in-house journal for the Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia, and we publish prose, poetry, art,...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
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Deep South Magazine is committed to being a forum for Southern writers and showcasing Southern literature and accepts submissions of original fiction, nonfiction and poetry. For fiction, we are doing themed calls throughout the year....
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 14, Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Regional -
Deep Wild Journal is the home for creative work inspired by journeys to places where there are no roads. We seek work that conjures the experiences, observations, and insights of backcountry journeys. By “backcountry,” we mean away from...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry -
Defunct is a magazine that celebrates what’s over and what isn’t yet.
“We’re mourning. We’re functioning. Let’s show the world what we want & need through what we’ve lost. Punk’s not dead, punk’s not dead. We’re punk. We’re...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 15 to Jan 15, Jul 15 to Sep 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Delmarva Review publishes literary short fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry annually in print and electronic editions. Both are available worldwide via online major booksellers. The editors welcome new literary work in English...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Delta Poetry Review is an online poetry journal committed to publishing exceptional work by new, emerging, and established writers.
Poetry from and about the American delta region and the South is generally preferred. Submissions...
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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...
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We aim to nurture experimentation and cultural inclusion, and promote the importance of eclecticism in the literary and visual arts.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to Feb 28, Jan 1 to Feb 28, Apr 1 to Jun 15, Sep 1 to Nov 30Subgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
digital vestiges is an online series of fragments and ephemera. Black Sun Lit’s longest running publishing platform, digital vestiges seeks poetry, prose, works in translation, hybrid works, interviews with writers and artists,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, 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 -
Disclaimer Magazine is a literary and visual arts magazine published by Write253 in Tacoma, WA. Submissions are open year-round to writers and artists ages 15-22 and issues are curated by an all-teen editorial board.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry -
DMQ Review, one of the longest continuously running online journals in the nation, welcomes American and international voices from all cultural identities in the English language, work that reflects the diversity of contemporary poetry and...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Apr 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Speculative Poetry -
Now in its twentieth year, Dogwood seeks work that connects directly with readers. Judges for the competition have included former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, NEA Chairman Dana Gioia, and Oprah book club author A. Manette Ansay....
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Sep 5Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Doubly Mad takes its title from the poem "Listening" by Robert Bly: "because the world is mad, / the only way through the world is to learn the arts / and double the madness." It is interested not only in emotionally powerful work, but...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 4 to Apr 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Dream Noir is a vortex for all the appreciation art has to offer. This platform was founded in 2018 to promote artistic expression. Enhancing the creativity of artists of all types, especially, marginalized voices.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Dreamers Magazine is published tri-annually and sent to hundreds of subscribers across North America and Europe.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Healing/Health, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
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 -
Northern Michigan’s premier independent literary journal, Dunes Review publishes two volumes of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction per year. Work originally published in Dunes Review has appeared in The Pushcart Prize: Best...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 10 to Sep 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Earth’s Daughters is a feminist literary and arts periodical published in Buffalo, New York. It is believed to be the oldest extant feminist arts periodical, having been published continuously since 1971.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Prose Poetry -
Rolling submissions. We especially like lyric essays and prose poetry, but check our guidelines for genres accepted during specific reading periods.
Occasional themed issues. Occasional print issues (every few years, usually as a...
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Eastern Structures picks up where Contemporary Ghazals left off, publishing English-language examples of the Middle Eastern form, but now also Korean sijo and Japanese forms such as haiku and tanka—rendered exclusively in the 5-...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Formal Poetry -
Each issue of Ecotone brings together the literary and scientific, the personal and biological, the urban and rural. Much of the writing we publish addresses the idea of place—overlapping habitats both real and aesthetic. It aims to...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Aug 25, Aug 26 to Sep 2, Jan 16 to Jan 25, Jan 26 to Feb 3Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Nature/Environmental -
The Ekphrastic Review is an online journal devoted entirely to writing inspired by visual art. Their objective is to promote ekphrastic writing, promote art appreciation, and experience how the two strengthen each other and bring...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Mar 31, Jun 1 to Jun 30, Sep 1 to Sep 30, Dec 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Élan international student literary magazine accepts original fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, and plays from students currently enrolled in grades 9 through 12. The editors seek original,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Young Adult -
Recommended Reading, a magazine by Electric Literature, publishes one story a week: a piece of original fiction, or a story chosen by today’s best authors or editors. Each issue includes a personal foreword by that week’s editor or...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 7 to Mar 13, Sep 26 to Oct 2Genre: FictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction -
Embark is a literary journal designed for novelists, featuring exclusively the beginnings of as-yet-unpublished novels. It is released twice annually, and each issue features a range of genres, including literary dramas, mysteries,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
Emergent Literary is an assemblage of black and brown work. To the editors, Emergent refers to urgency, immediacy, inception and birth, beginning, forefront, and now. It also refers to the philosophy of emergence as interreliant entities...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Fiction, Lyric Essay, Poetry, Pop Culture, Short Fiction, Visual Poetry -
Since 2007, Enchanted Conversation: A Fairy Tale Magazine has offered fairy tale lovers a space to publish their own tales, read the classics again, and enjoy classic fairy tale art.
Reading Period: Dec 1 to Jan 2, May 1 to Jun 2Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, 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, May 8 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
Equatorial seeks unique, polished poetry by undergraduates that dives into the intangible and that maps the physical.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to May 30, Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry -
Poetic discourse idioms. Eratio has a new look and a new policy: Eratio no longer publishes issues. Rather, as works are accepted, so they will appear. New work appears two or three times a week or as accepted.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
escarp explores the potential of super-brief literature
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry -
Eunoia Review is a Singapore-based online literary journal committed to sharing the fruits of ‘beautiful thinking’. Each day, it publishes two new pieces of writing for your reading pleasure. The editors believe that Eunoia Review...
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Euphony welcomes submissions of unpublished poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, creative non-fiction, and plays. The writing ranges from University of Chicago students as well as authors around the country (and internationally),...
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Emphasizing its belief in the equality of both men and women, Evening Street Review publishes two issues (or more) a year. It is open to poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, and looks for writing that has both clarity and depth. The...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry -
The Evening Universe is an independent, international literary magazine of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. It publishes poetry, fiction, and two-sentence stories.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Translation -
For 52 years, EVENT has published the very best in contemporary new poetry and prose. It is one of Western Canada’s longest-running literary magazines and welcomes submissions written in English from around the world. Each issue of ...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Sep 30, Dec 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Every Day Fiction is an online magazine that specializes in bringing you fine fiction in bite-sized doses. Every day, we publish a new flash fiction story (1000 words or fewer), perfect for your coffee break, your commute, or whenever...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction -
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 -
The Ex-Puritan is an online, quarterly publication based in Toronto, Ontario committed to publishing the best in all forms of literary storytelling. We embrace work wherever it lands on the conceptual spectrum, so long as it is original...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Exacting Clam is a quarterly magazine of arts and ideas, brought to you by Sagging Meniscus Press.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Fiction, Poetry -
Exit 13 Magazine is a travelogue in poetry, a reflection of the world and a chronicle of the people and places encountered along the way. Since 1988, the emphasis has been on geography and the fertile ground of the imagination.
Reading Period: Jun 1 to Jan 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Regional -
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 -
Eye to the Telescope, a quarterly online journal, began publishing science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and other speculative poetry in 2011, under the auspices of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Cross-genre -
Printed triannually and distributed around the world, F(r)iction publishes work from bold, new writers to pioneering leaders in the industry, spotlighting underrepresented voices and celebrating the weird and wonderful.
Each issue...
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The Fabulist seeks short (up to 3,000 words) works of fantastical and speculative fiction, and defines this expansively. Literary loves include science fiction, fantasy, intelligent horror, speculative fiction, literary fabulism, magic realism,...
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Failbetter.com publishes original fiction, poetry, and visual art. We seek that which is at once original and personal. When choosing work to submit, be certain that what you have created could only have come from you.
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Founded in 2005 by Kate Bernheimer, Fairy Tale Review is an annual literary journal dedicated to publishing new fairy tales and to helping raise public awareness of fairy tales as a diverse, innovative art form.
Reading Period: Mar 8 to Jul 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Experimental, Literary Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Translation -
Since our founding in 2020, The Fantastic Other’s mission has been to provide a place to showcase the literary side of all things speculative. The editors welcome poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and art submissions that contain elements...
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Farmer-ish publishes personal essays, informational essays, poetry, book reviews, and profiles on topics related to Nature, making, the environment, farming, homesteading, animals, health, and family.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, 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,...
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Fiction has traditionally attempted to make accessible the inaccessible, to bring the experimental to a broader audience, but it resents no particular school of fiction, except the innovative. As a result of its willingness to publish...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 15 to Apr 15Genre: Fiction -
The Fiction Desk publishes a range of short stories from new and emerging authors, with a focus on strong plots and characters. It is based in the UK, but accepts submissions from authors around the world.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: FictionSubgenres: Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction -
Fiction International is the only literary journal in the United States emphasizing formal innovation and progressive politics. Each year, Fiction International selects a theme and accepts fiction, non-fiction, and indeterminate...
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Fiction Southeast is an online literary journal dedicated to short fiction. The mission of Fiction Southeast is to showcase fiction from today’s most promising writers and to create an online literary journal that allows readers...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
Fiction Week Literary Review seeks innovative fiction, fiction that breaks new ground by finding new ways to tell a story. Any length will be considered. Selections from novels will also be considered.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Fictional Café is a nonprofit literary magazine that publishes short fiction (short stories, novel excerpts), poetry, fine art, audiobooks and audio dramas.
All submissions are considered for our print anthology as well as for...
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Fictive Dream is an online magazine dedicated to the short story.
“We chose our name with more than just a backward glance to American writer and teacher John Gardner whose concept of the fictive dream remains a cornerstone of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction -
The Fiddlehead is open to good writing in English or translations into English from all over the world and in a variety of styles, including experimental genres.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31, Sep 15 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Figure 1 is committed to writing that reconfigures how people see the world. The editors aim to publish new and underrepresented voices that push against any slack thinking in the current literary scene.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
The purpose of The First Line is to jump start the imagination-to help writers break through the block that is the blank page. Each issue contains short stories that stem from a common first line; it also provides a forum for discussing...
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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...
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Five on the Fifth is an online literary magazine, established 2015. On the fifth of each month, five selected pieces will be published on the website. The pieces will be in the following five categories: horror, science-fiction/fantasy,...
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We seek work that is original, imaginative, and informed by craft. Generally prose pieces usually run no longer than 7,500 words, and we invite poetry in both closed and open forms.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 30, Aug 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
Five South is a twice-yearly literary journal with a focus on the story found within poetry or fiction. We like good stories. We publish flash fiction, poetry, humor, non-fiction, and longer fiction. See our guidelines for more...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, Young Adult -
Each Monday, The Five-Two website debuts the text and companion spoken-word YouTube video of a poem on the subject of crime, which is open to interpretation. Annual ebooks reprint each year's worth of poems (52). 30-day April blog tour...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
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 -
Based out of Iowa State University, Flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment is an online journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art that explores the many complicated facets of the word environment–at once rural,...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Oct 15, Feb 1 to Mar 17Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Nature/Environmental -
Foglifter is a biannual compendium of the most dynamic, urgent queer writing today. It’s a space where queer writers celebrate, mourn, rage, and embrace.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to May 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Political -
Folder presents the work of one poet monthly.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Folio is a journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The journal looks for work that ignites and endures, is artful and natural, daring and elegant.
Reading Period: Sep 19 to Dec 3Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Forge Literary Magazine was founded by volunteers from the Fiction Forge, an international online writers’ forum, which counts amongst its members and alumni winners of numerous literary awards, including the Commonwealth Short Story...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Four Way Review accepts poetry and fiction from both established and emerging authors. We accept unsolicited submissions year-round through our submissions manager. We look for work that demonstrates fine attention to craft while...
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Since its inception in 1994, Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review has contributed to a vibrant literary tradition on the West Coast centered in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its commitment to presenting a diversity of experimental and...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 15 to Jun 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction -
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 -
The Fourth River is the literary journal of Chatham University’s MFA Program, printed annually. The journal welcomes submissions of creative writing that explore the relationship between humans and their environments, both natural and...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Sep 1, Nov 15 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Free State Review is published four times every three years by Galileo Press / Galileo Books. Their motto is "Totally Limited Omniscience." More John Waters than Chekhov. More Stones than Beatles. More Bowie than Jagger. But Joni...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
FreezeRay is a quarterly literary journal dedicated to the poetry of pop culture. It seeks to explore the relationships between the pop culture that people consume (comic books, movies, television, music, video games, etc.) and...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 8 to Apr 11Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: PoetrySubgenres: Poetry, Pop Culture -
Fresh Words is a new international literary magazine that aims at being a storehouse of the best contemporary literature. It will publish 12 times a year. It will be available in print as well as ebook format.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Haunted Waters Press is an independent publisher located in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia along the banks of the Shenandoah River. The press accepts works from new, emerging, and established writers. From the Depths...
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Frontier Poetry is looking for poetry that pushes language forward, for poets and poems that strive to place themselves at the edge of what language can do.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
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 -
Full Bleed exists to cultivate that fertile ground where the visual and literary arts intersect. The editors are happy to consider criticism, belle-lettres, visual art, illustration, fiction, poetry, and...
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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 -
Ganga Review is a contemporary journal of international writings for liberation. From page to page, you’ll find the writings of saints, wanderers, prison inmates, award-winning authors, as well as new writers. Such are the mystics of our...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Translation -
The Garfield Lake Review prides itself in accepting a wide selection of fiction, poetry, and visual arts from the Olivet community and beyond.
Reading Period: Sep 4 to Oct 8Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Gargoyle Magazine has always been a scallywag magazine, a maverick magazine, a bit too academic for the underground and way too underground for the academics. We are a writer's magazine in that we are read by other writers and have never...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 13 to Jun 20Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
GAS: Poetry, Art, and Music is an online journal that publishes poetry as well as a combination of art, music, and interviews. It's best to read a few Features to get the sense for what we publish. We also do occasional interviews,...
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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 -
A Gathering of the Tribes publishes works by traditionally underrepresented authors of diversity and excellence.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
A Gathering of the Tribes Magazine Online publishes original works by traditionally under-represented writers, showcasing emerging and established revolutionary voices of our time.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Geist is a magazine of ideas and culture with a strong literary focus and a sense of humour. The Geist tone is intelligent, plain-talking, inclusive and offbeat. Each issue represents a convergence of fiction, non...
Read moreReading Period: May 1 to Aug 31Genre: 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 -
The Georgia Review seeks to create a lasting environment for literature by supporting writers at every stage of their careers. Committed to the art of editorial practice, the Review collaborates with authors of essays, stories,...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre -
The Gettysburg Review, published by Gettysburg College, is recognized as one of the country’s premier literary journals.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
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...
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ginosko
A Greek word meaning to perceive, understand, realize, come to know; knowledge that has an inception, a progress, an attainment. The recognition of truth from experience.
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Girls Right the World is an international literary journal advocating for young, female-identified writers and artists. This journal values and promotes diversity of culture and expression. The editors are students at Miss Hall’s School...
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Glassworks is a publication of Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing program. In addition to providing opportunities for graduate students to participate as literary citizens, Glassworks publishes literary work from both...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Dec 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 -
Global City Review is a literary metropolis of the imagination. Edited and produced by writers, it celebrates the possibilities of the “global city” and other constructions of community while honoring the subversiveness and originality...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 20 to Jul 25Genre: 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 -
The Good Men Project was founded by Tom Matlack in 2009. The editors set out to collect stories about the defining moments in men’s lives. Over the years, The Good Men Project has grown into a diverse community that is actively...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Good River Review is the literary journal of the Sena Jeter Naslund-Karen Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University. It publishes two issues a year. Good River Review is a home for writing that launches quickly,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Grain Magazine, a literary quarterly, publishes engaging, eclectic, and challenging writing and art by Canadian and international writers and artists. Published by the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, Grain has earned national and...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Jun 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Grand Little Things caters to formalistic, stylized poetry, but is also welcome to invented/nonce forms as well.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
The Gravity of the Thing is an independent magazine dedicated to innovative and defamiliarized creative writing. Our ongoing goal is to publish work that defamiliarizes literary forms, writing that stranges to achieve a renewed sense of...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Mar 31, Jun 1 to Jun 30, Sep 1 to Sep 30, Dec 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Great Lakes Review publishes fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry from Toronto, Chicago, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Hamilton and the rest of the Great Lakes region.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Mar 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Green Blotter is published annually by the Green Blotter Literary Society of Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA, and features poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art submitted by undergraduate student writers everywhere. Its...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Green Mountains Review is an international journal publishing poems, stories, and creative nonfiction by both well-known authors and promising newcomers. The magazine also features interviews, literary criticism, and book reviews. The...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Produced by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing, The Greensboro Review publishes fiction and poetry twice a year, each fall and spring. Works from the journal are consistently...
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Strictly literary writing please; flash and poetry. Emerging and established voices are welcome. Sparrow poets address global issues that haunt us all. Book manuscripts are published sporadically. Grey Sparrow Journal also offers a "...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Literary Fiction -
Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts seeks high quality submissions from both emerging and established writers. It publishes craft essays and interviews as well as fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Reading Period: May 15 to Aug 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Guernica publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. The magazine looks for work that feels global and outward-looking; fearless in its willingness to ask tough questions; original in the ways it enters and illuminates the fray; and,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Gulf Coast publishes fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and critical art writing as well as reviews and interviews by both emerging and established writers. Each issue features two full-color art sections.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Translation -
Gulf Stream Magazine, started in 1989, is a national literary magazine published by The Creative Writing Program at Florida International University. It is a bi-annual online journal dedicated to publishing great fiction, nonfiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Mar 26Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry -
Gutter is an award-winning, high quality, printed journal for fiction and poetry from writers born or living in Scotland. The editors believe there is a need for an energetic, ambitious magazine dedicated exclusively to the best in new...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 23Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Gyroscope Review publishes fine contemporary poetry in a variety of forms and themes. We welcome both new and established writers. Editor: Constance Brewer. Assistant Editors: Elya Braden and Betsy Mars.
Reading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 1, Jan 15 to Mar 1, Apr 1 to Jun 1, Jul 1 to Sep 1Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Poetry -
Haikuniverse publishes a haiku every day. Haikuniverse is edited by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Micro-poetry -
Halcyon Days is a publication that “promotes the peaceful things in life. Themes will focus on comfortable circumstances, fun, good things, times of plenty, prosperity, and content that quiets you down.”
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Half Mystic Journal, established in 2015, is an independent, internationally-acclaimed literary journal dedicated to the celebration of music in all its forms.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jun 1, Aug 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
The Hamilton Stone Review is part of a movement of small, independent publishers and publications dedicated to distributing high quality fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Reading Period: Feb 15 to Mar 15, Aug 15 to Sep 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
For more than half a century, Hanging Loose Press has championed and the work of groundbreaking poets and writers whose work has been marginalized by mainstream publishing--work frequently less visible, whether because of gender, race, age, class...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir -
Harpur Palate seeks submissions of high-quality work without restriction on form or content.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Apr 15, Sep 15 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Since its humble beginnings two decades ago as the Harrisburg City News, Harrisburg Magazine has grown into Central Pennsylvania’s premier monthly city/regional publication.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction -
Harvard Review is a major literary journal that publishes short fiction, poetry, essays, and book reviews. Writers at all stages of their careers are invited to apply; however, the magazine can only publish a very small fraction of the...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Jun 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Havik: The Las Positas College Journal of Arts, Literature, and Academic Writing, founded in 1978, has served as a student-led publication for the past four decades. Our journal was established by David A. Wright, an English Department...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
