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.
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: Aug 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction
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As Surely As the Sun is a new 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...
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...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Sep 30, Feb 1 to Mar 31, Jul 2 to Jul 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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...
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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-...
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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...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Aug 30Genre: 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...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Oct 31, Mar 1 to Apr 30Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The aim of Atticus Review is to provoke and encourage conversation through the publishing of art and literature from underrepresented artists and writers. It seeks to give visibility to its contributors by promoting, nurturing, and...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 15, Dec 15 to Mar 15, Apr 15 to Jul 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Aura Literary Arts Review is an award-winning creative literary magazine that is published through the Student Media division of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The publication is led and run by UAB students from various...
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The 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 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, Young Adult -
The AutoEthnographer (ISSN: 2833-1400) is an award-winning, nonprofit, open-access, peer-reviewed literary and arts magazine dedicated to presenting the creative side of autoethnography, a qualitative research method that unites...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: 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 Journal 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...
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 subgenres they seek change from year to year, but always include...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 4 to Apr 4Genre: 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...
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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 nonfiction, reviews, poetry, art, and...
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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.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry -
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 “...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 1, Jan 15 to Mar 15, Jun 1 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
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, Sep 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's focus: the best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submitted by authors at every age and level of experience and from all over the globe.
Reading Period: Sep 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 -
Belle Ombre publishes fiction, poetry, art, and nonfiction, 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