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...
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Find a home for your poems, stories, essays, and reviews by researching the publications vetted by our editorial staff and listed in the Literary Magazines database. Here you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, and contact information—everything you need to determine which publications match your vision for your writing and your writing life. Use the filters below to find magazines with reading periods that are open now or opening soon (within the next thirty days), accept unsolicited submissions, and match all of your criteria for the perfect publisher of your work.
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Reading Period: Oct 1 to Feb 1, May 1 to Aug 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Our tastes range from conventional to experimental, but we are especially drawn to writing that engages deeply with the world without becoming polemical or didactic.
We have long championed independent presses—those enterprises Raymond...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 31, Jun 1 to Jul 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 -
antae (ISSN: 2523-2126) is an internationally refereed creative writing journal. The editorial team is open to publishing all kinds of work written in English, from poetry to prose fiction, creative nonfiction, drama,...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 30, Jun 1 to Aug 31, Oct 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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. They publish...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 15 to Feb 8, Feb 15 to Apr 8, Apr 15 to Jun 8, Jun 15 to Aug 8, Aug 15 to Oct 8, Oct 15 to Dec 8Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Fiction, Young Adult -
Appalachia welcomes narrative, historical, and science essays on mountains, climbing, wilderness and backcountry journeys, river and lake journeys; and adventure-related climate change. The journal is now also considering fiction stories...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry -
Applause is the award-winning, student-run literary journal of the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith (UAFS). We want to showcase the best undergraduate writers and artists from across the country. We only consider previously...
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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...
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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...
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Established in 2015, Apricity Press was created to fill an immense void in the publishing world. While there are a myriad of presses, literary journals, and magazines, many lack the ability to publish multi-genre works, especially dance...
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ARCHIVE Magazine is a youth-run literary magazine with over 130 members across 27 countries. It encourages writers from any place and of any age to share their voices and opinions with the world. Accepted stories by writers or approved...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Arcturus has no restrictions on the content it publishes, except that the editors are passionate about publishing new perspectives—new ideas, new voices, new worlds, new challenges, new ways of seeing—a theme that can take an infinite...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to May 31, Jul 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Nature/Environmental -
Arkana is a compendium of the rare, intriguing, and unheard. 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...
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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...
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ArLiJo, sponsored by Gival Press, 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.
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Read moreReading Period: Mar 30 to Apr 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Short Fiction, Translation -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Religious/Spiritual -
At Assignment Literary Magazine, the editors believe in the joy of creating and sharing art. The editorial team is passionate about curating a platform that both celebrates and elevates literature and the diverse individuals who produce...
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At Length has been publishing long-form writing—poetry, fiction, essays, translations, and more—for over twenty years. Throughout its existence, At Length has offered a venue for in-depth writing that’s open to possibilities...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Aug 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Atlantic Northeast is a magazine dedicated to exploring and celebrating the best writers, writing, artists, and art of the Northeastern United States and Canada. It looks to highlight the shared culture and history of the region through...
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Atmo: A Literary Journal is a curated digital journal celebrating short-form writing from writers and authors. Each issue presents eight featured voices through compelling poems, stories, and excerpts.
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Aura Literary Arts Review is an award-winning creative literary magazine that is published through the Student Media division of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The publication is led and run by UAB students from various...
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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...
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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...
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 -
The B’K is a quarterly art and lit magazine prioritizing traditionally marginalized creators, but it’s open to all. The B’K is interested in people being able to decolonize and tell their own stories.
The B’K ...
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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...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
