Literary Magazines

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...

32 Poems publishes inventive language complicated by music, form, and feeling. As a rule, the editors publish shorter work that can fit on a single page (32 lines or less), but they sometimes makes exceptions to accommodate particularly...

45th Parallel is an online Oregon-based literary magazine produced by graduate students at Oregon State University.

Cofounded by Andrew Felsher and Yehui Zhao, 128 LIT is a reorienting place that confronts normative Eurocentric narratives and aesthetics. They’re committed to publishing bold and fearless poetry, translation, fiction, essays, hybrid...

The #TWP Quarterly Lit Zine is designed, written, and managed by teens to amplify the dynamic voices of their generation. From cover to cover, The #TWP Quarterly features curated prose, poetry, interviews, audio broadcasts, art...

Flash fiction, poetry, mixed genre works, art/text and artwork. Tastes lean toward surreal, experimental, ambivalent, darkly lyrical, and wildly imaginative.

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...

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...

The Acorn Review literary journal is a publication of Grossmont College in El Cajon, California. The journal publishes the fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama, and artwork of residents of San Diego County. In particular, the...

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...

Adanna publishes work about women’s issues or topics. Submissions for artwork, poetry, essay, and short fiction are accepted by both women and men. Their news feed is a new focus that looks for timely book reviews, interviews, and...

addanomadd is a collective interested in the exercise of post-human, nomadic writing. The name intends to infer what by nature reflects a circularity: the transhuman pace through this time and space as fugitives in search of...

After Dinner Conversation publishes short stories (1,500 to 7,000 words), of any genre, that ask interesting ethical and/or philosphical questions in a narrative format.

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.

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...

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...

A literary magazine dedicated to all things strange and beautiful.

Think: secrets in exchange for stories, children born as bears, houses coming to life at night, singing love songs to the earth, praying to Birds...

American Chordata is a literary magazine based in Brooklyn, New York and dedicated to publishing great writing alongside art and photography. Their print issue is published every fall and features both emerging and established voices in...

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 prose...

Amsterdam Review is an online literary magazine publishing poetry (including translations), flash fiction, essays, interviews, and visual arts. The magazine publishes works by local and international contributors twice a year.

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...

Angel Rust publishes exciting, challenging, and edgy work in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

ANMLY 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. ANMLY is committed to actively seeking out and promoting...

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...

Apotheca Journal is a global literary magazine focused on amplifying youth voices (ages 14 to 22). The editors accept a variety of work including but not limited to poetry, short stories, creative nonfiction, and photography.

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Applause is an award-winning, student-run literary journal founded in 1980 within the English Department at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith (UAFS). The editors want to showcase the best undergraduate writers across the country...

Apricity is an international multimedia arts magazine and is the University of Texas at Austin’s official literary and arts magazine. It accepts literary, visual, and performing artworks for online publication and select the finest to...

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...

Ark Review was founded in 2023 as a literary journal to spread creative perspectives on ecological justice. An offshoot of the environmental nonprofit Everything Starts Small, the journal aims to highlight both emerging and established...

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...

ArLiJo features work by a variety of authors/poets/artists from around the globe whose work provokes readers to contemplate issues. Works include poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography, and artwork.

Following the lead of Gival...

As Surely As the Sun is a Christian literary journal that seeks to illuminate Christ’s presence in the world through poetry, prose, and art. Their mission is to answer the calling presented in Hosea 6:3, to provide space for writers and...

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...

At Length has been publishing long-form writing—poetry, fiction, essays, and more—for over twenty years. Throughout its existence, At Length has offered a venue for in-depth writing that’s open to possibilities that shorter...

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...

Austur’s (oosh-ter) mission is to promote multicultural voices from differing backgrounds and faiths from across the world—to celebrate how each individual honors God, family, nature and self-growth within its themed issues. Work that...

A poem each day.

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...

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 subgenres they seek change from year to year, but always include...

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.

Banshee is a print literary journal published twice a year—in spring and autumn—and features short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and personal essays.

The Barely South Review’s name refers to their unique location in the U.S. while highlighting the idiosyncratic blend of voices and histories that commingle there. If not impossible, they find it unwise to assert an exact “here” or “...

Barren Magazine is a literary publication that features fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and photography for hard truths, long stares, and gritty lenses.

The editors of Bear Review are open to a wide variety of poetry, by poets at various phases of development, and they read submissions 10 months of the year. They close regular submissions during November and December while receiving...

Bedfellows ​(est. 2013) is a Philadelphia-based literary magazine focused on discussions of desire and intimacy (including their lack), with an emphasis on underrepresented and marginalized voices. They’re especially into work that...

Bellevue Literary Review is an award-winning literary magazine that examines human existence through the prism of health and healing, illness and disease. They invite submissions of previously unpublished works of fiction, nonfiction,...

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. ...

Since 1950, the BPJ has been publishing poetry that matters. They are open to a wide range of forms and styles in contemporary poetry. They are always watching for new poets, quickened language, and poems with a fresh purchase on the...

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...

Better Than Starbucks features 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...

Bi Women Quarterly is a global grassroots publication produced by the Boston Bisexual Women’s Network. It has been in continuous publication since 1983, and is the oldest bisexual and women’s publication in the world, with global content...

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. They are especially interested in experimental and innovative...

Big Wing Review is an independent literary magazine. “Big Wing” was a World War II fighter plane tactic where individual planes flew in a formation of five. It was an idea before its time; this strategy was much praised but in reality...

Founded in 1974, Black Warrior Review publishes contemporary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by award-winning writers alongside work by new and emerging voices. Issues also feature art, comics, and a curated chapbook. Each summer reading...

To celebrate and champion the work of Canadian creatives, bringing exposure and support to both new and established writers.

Blood Tree Literature favors lyrical pieces despite genre that do not withhold depth or resonance. With that in mind, submit them your best, the box under your bed marked UNSHARABLE, the orphan poem, or black sheep...

Blossomer is a magazine dedicated to spreading youth voices on the environment and current environmental issues that threaten the earth and society. This magazine spotlights those whom express an ardent love for the planet and a spirited...

Blue Crystal Literary Magazine is the dream and vision of young, fresh minds who started this magazine to spread the light of creativity, imagination, and innovation among modern literary enthusiasts. Blue Crystal is the place...

Blue Lake Review is an online literary magazine looking for the best in fiction and poetry— literature that moves readers and makes them want to keep reading. They are interested in literary fiction and poetry of all types and topics....

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, nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, interviews, graphic novels, and...

Blue Villa is an exclusively online art publication with a mission to keep art alive. Their dedicated editors curate top-notch content, offer editing services, and welcome your art, stories, and life experiences. Share your love, travel...

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...

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...

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 Submittable.

The Book Smuggler’s Den is an online literary platform that publishes book reviews and author interviews. Beginning in 2024, they will launch a podcast interviewing children’s and YA authors.

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. They’ve published college writers as well as internationally known ...

Boston Review is a web and print magazine of ideas, politics, and culture. Independent and nonprofit, animated by hope and committed to equality, it believes in the power of collective reasoning and imagination to create a more just...

Bracken publishes fiction, poetry, and art. It seeks creative work that sets their sense of their nature resonating afresh with all nature. The aesthetic origins of Bracken are in the shadows of the woods.

The Branches is dedicated to exploring beliefs, influences, and contexts through word and art. Instead of making silos for creative expression, theological meditation, popular media, and intellectual thought, The Branches...

Brevity publishes well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief (750 words or less) essay form. They have featured work from Pulitzer prize winners and finalists, many NEA fellows, Pushcart winners, ...

Bridge Eight tends to accept stories between 1,000 and 2,500 words in length, though something outside of that occasionally convinces them otherwise. Beyond that, they’re seeking well-developed characters and fascinating voices they can’...

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...

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.

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...

The Broken City is a semiannual literary magazine that deals in cutting-edge poetry, prose, illustration, and photography. Submissions from both new and experienced writers are welcomed.

The Brooklyn Review is looking for innovative new poetry, fiction, performance texts, nonfiction and visual art, particularly from BIPOC voices and perspectives.

Burningword Literary Journal 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 nonfiction, and visual art. Burningword...

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. ...

Calla Press is dedicated to publishing Christian prose, poetry, creative nonfiction, 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...

CALYX Journal publishes fine art and literature, art, and book reviews by developing and emerging women and nonbinary authors and artists. CALYX is committed to publishing authors from diverse backgrounds. CALYX Journal...

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...

carte blanche believes there is more than one way to tell a story. Their mandate is to provide a venue for narrative of all forms. They accept previously unpublished works of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, translations, comics,...

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.

At Cease, Cows, the editors want to explore the contemporary, the strange, the big questions. They want to feel cultural pulses, expose mental arteries, bathe in both the sanguine and sanguinary. They want to publish prose with fire and...

Change Seven is an online literary journal. It seeks to publish the best available fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual art, book reviews, and more from both established and emerging talents. The magazine is currently on hiatus...

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 Chapter House...

Cherry Tree’s aesthetic champions image-rich, sonically adventurous poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction which showcase whimsy and wit alongside risk and urgency. In 2016, they introduced “Literary Shade,” a section...

Chicago Quarterly Review is an 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...

Chiron Review presents the widest possible range of contemporary creative writing—fiction and nonfiction, traditional and off-beat, in a perfect-bound, softcover format, including art and photography. It has published many well-known...

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...

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.

Clackamas Literary Review (CLR) is an award-winning national literary arts magazine that has been publishing innovative poetry, prose, and possibility texts from authors around the globe since 1997. In 2018, the CLR...

Founded in 2013, Cleaver is Philadelphia’s international quarterly literary magazine. It publishes cutting-edge contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, essays on craft and the writing life, and book reviews.

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...

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...

Founded in 2001, Collision Literary Magazine is a student-run publication that accepts poetry, creative nonfiction prose, literary criticism, art, and photography by undergraduate students. Their goal is to represent a variety of young...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Digitus Indie Publishers is now accepting submissions for the 2026 edition of Contrapuntos XII. This issue does not have a specific theme but welcomes a variety of submissions, including prose, poetry, essays, reviews, photography,...

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...

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...

counterclaim is committed to producing work that counters normative and traditional forms. See their website for more information on each year’s theme.

The Courtship of Winds publishes poetry, fiction, plays, essays, photography, art, and short pieces of music. For more on the editorial philosophy behind the Courtship of Winds, read the “Editor’s Desk” page.

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...

Creation Magazine is a literary and arts publication released twice a year in print. The spring issue features poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, and literary criticism with a focus on women’s perspectives. The fall issue is a general...

Dappled Things is a Catholic literary magazine produced in partnership with the Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture.

Dark Matter: Women Witnessing publishes writing in all genres and visual art created in response to an age of massive species loss and ecological collapse.

The Dawn Review publishes poetry, prose, art, and hybrid submissions from emerging and established writers and artists. The editors curate each issue to amplify a diverse range of perspectives and showcase work that transcends genre.

Criticism, art, literature, reviews, aesthetics, abstraction, meta, classics.

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,...