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Literary Magazines
Find a home for your poems, stories, essays, and reviews by researching the publications vetted by our editorial staff and listed in the Literary Magazines database. Here you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, and contact information—everything you need to determine which publications match your vision for your writing and your writing life. Use the filters below to find magazines with reading periods that are open now or opening soon (within the next thirty days), accept unsolicited submissions, and match all of your criteria for the perfect publisher of your work.
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Another New Calligraphy’s online journal Impossible Task publishes short works connected in its exploration of conflict, a term open to interpretation though ever present in these increasingly challenging times.
As in ANC’s other...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War -
In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction is an independent literary magazine for short-form creative nonfiction. The Journal publishes flash nonfiction of 1,000 words or fewer, micros of 400 words or fewer, and short-shorts of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 31 to Mar 31, Sep 30 to Nov 30Genre: Creative Nonfiction -
Infrarrealista Review invites Texan writers outside of the literary tradition to reject binaries and saddle up their experiences with full autonomy rather than accept labels invited by elitist institutions. The editors believe you own...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Oct 31, Jan 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Ink & Ember is a quarterly, independent, interactive literary magazine. Created by published poet and content creator Cecilia Parker (@thejournalingrat, amongst other monikers), this magazine seeks to uplift and provide a space both...
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Inlandia: A Literary Journey is the literary journal of Inlandia Institute, a literary nonprofit. The journal publishes two issues per year: Fall is open to all, but special consideration is given to those works or writers with a tie to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31, Sep 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Founded in 1944 by poet Wilber Stevens, Interim is edited by Claudia Keelan and Andrew Nicholson. It is an international literary journal that publishes art, flash and experimental fiction, hybrid texts, literary nonfiction, poetry,...
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Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine is a literary journal dedicated to promoting the theory and practice of narrative medicine, an interdisciplinary field that enhances healthcare through the effective communication, empathy, and...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 1, Aug 16 to Sep 16Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Invisible City publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. They seek work that encourages them to see the world from new perspectives and different angles, ones that they may not have previously considered or imagined.
Reading Period: Mar 13 to Apr 13, Sep 16 to Oct 16Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Iowa Review selects most of their content from the several thousand unsolicited manuscripts that arrive each year from throughout the country and abroad. They take their mission to be nudging along American literature, to be local...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Nov 1, Jan 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Jabberwock Review is a literary journal published semiannually by students and faculty of Mississippi State University. The journal consists of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from around the world. It welcomes all forms and styles of...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Oct 1, Jan 15 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
At January House, the editors believe in the transformative power of language and image. Their purpose is to create a space where poetry, prose, and visual art can challenge, inspire, and connect—across boundaries of form, genre, and...
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Jarnal is a literary journal publishing poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and cross-genre work. The editors exist to amplify the voices of exceptionally talented writers, both emerging and established. They’re excited by work...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Jul 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Jelly Bucket features established and new writers and artists. We are committed to publishing writers from, and writing about, marginalized and underrepresented communities. The special section will comprise a major portion of the issue...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Jelly Squid is a literary magazine that uplifts emerging writers and artists. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Jelly Squid publishes three issues a year featuring art, poetry, and prose from writers from all over the country....
Read moreReading Period: Nov 2 to Dec 12Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Johnny America publishes fiction, shorts, very short shorts, humor, and mildly humorous nonfiction essay-like things.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Short Fiction -
JONAHmagazine is comprised of stories. Stories of journeys, in space, in time, in the heart, or in the mind. Beginnings, endings, triumphs and frustrations, odysseys of the spirit. Poetry, prose, true stories, memoir. Tales humorous or...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Established in 1972, The Journal is the nationally distributed, prize-winning literary journal of Ohio State University. It publishes the highest quality fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and reviews by both emerging and established...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 1, Feb 1 to May 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
K. Magazine is a female-owned publication.
A big part of its mission is to bring a level of relatability and connection to the creative spaces that surround it; to build community. The editors largely cherish both authenticity and...
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Founded in 1994, Whispering Prairie Press produces Kansas City Review, formerly known as Kansas City Voices, a magazine that highlights regional talent and welcomes creative work from around the globe.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Keepthings is a digital memoir project that publishes stories of lost loved ones, inspired by the things they left behind. In essence, they’re love stories told through objects. Though small in size—600 words max—the stories are...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction -
Founded under the name Hill Thoughts in 1941, Hanover College’s literary journal Kennings holds the firm mission to seek out intriguing, moving, and engaging works of poetry, fiction, and art. In recent years Kennings has...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Feb 9Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Short Fiction -
The Kenyon Review has been in the heart of literature since 1939 when poet and critic John Crowe Ransom started the journal on the campus of Kenyon College. The Kenyon Review continues to cultivate talent, not only with the...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Kestrel publishes fiction, poetry, poetry in translation, and creative nonfiction by established and emerging writers. They also publish reviews, including of “Wrongfully Neglected” work. The editors are especially happy to publish work...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Killer Nashville Magazine seeks to publish both fresh and established voices in any genre that incorporates elements of mystery, thriller, suspense, and/or romance (and we believe all good literary works and art contain those elements to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Poetry, Short Fiction
