Saw Palm is a Florida-themed literary journal produced by the MFA program at the University of South Florida. It publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, comics, art, photography, reviews, and interviews.
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Reading Period: Jul 1 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Scarlet is a bimonthly blog published by Jaded Ibis Press that is dedicated to publishing the work of artists whose pieces give voice to the complexities of multiple identities. In keeping with JIP’s mission to uplift marginalized voices...
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Scrawl Place is a literary journal disguised as a visitor’s guide.
The audience for this online publication is the guest, the visitor, the traveler, the day-tripper, the out-of-towner, and the in-towners eager to wander.
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Seaside Gothic publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction of high quality that meet the criteria of seaside gothic literature. Each issue also features a selection of images from a single photographer or artist, including the cover.
Reading Period: Jan 12 to Jan 18, Apr 13 to Apr 19, Jul 13 to Jul 19, Oct 12 to Oct 18Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Sequestrum publishes new, emerging, and internationally acclaimed writers of short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and cross-genre. All publications are paired with a unique visual component with the goal of fostering and exposing writers...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, War -
Founded in 1892 by William Peterfield Trent, the Sewanee Review is the longest-running literary quarterly in America. SR has published many of the twentieth century’s great writers, including T. S. Eliot, William Faulkner,...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to May 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
An annual print literary journal designed and edited by graduate students at the University of Arkansas Monticello, Shadowplay welcomes submissions in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. They accept all artistic voices, and diversity...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 15 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Short Fiction -
An international, student-run journal published by Ringling College of Art and Design, Shift features fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic texts or other work in English or translation by emerging and established writers. It...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 15 to Dec 31, Jan 1 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry -
shoegaze literary is a capsule project that publishes poetry and fiction.
the magazine borrows its name and aesthetics from the eponymous musical genre where artists often perform looking down at their effect pedals.
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Read moreReading Period: Feb 14 to Apr 14, Aug 14 to Oct 14Genre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction -
The Sierra Nevada Review publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction that leans toward the unconventional, surprising, and risky. Editors appreciate experiments in form and content and prefer works whose meanings deepen on repeated...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to May 1, Oct 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Silk Road Review: A Literary Crossroads publishes original fiction, nonfiction, poetry, one-act plays, screenplays, graphic narratives, translations, first chapters, and artwork that take readers to new places, whether physical or...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to May 1, Sep 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Sinister Wisdom is a multicultural lesbian literary and art journal that publishes four issues each year. Publishing since 1976, Sinister Wisdom works to create a multicultural, multiclass lesbian space. Sinister Wisdom...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: LGBTQ Voices -
Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access literary journal; it is dedicated to discovering and publishing the finest original poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. The magazine publishes accomplished,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Healing/Health, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, War -
Small Print Magazine, a resource and showcase for writers and artists, features contemporary fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and cartoons. The editors also publish photography and artwork from new and established artists. You’ll...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
Small World City is a Dhaka, Bangladesh-based online literary magazine looking for speculative stories—in the very different forms they take. They publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and...
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SmokeLong Quarterly, established in 2003, is dedicated to publishing the best fiction and nonfiction under 1,000 words, whether written by widely published authors or those new to the craft.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction -
Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine’s primary interest is quality. It welcomes submissions in any and all forms, genres, styles, and approaches in written word and image and encourages innovation as well as tradition.
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Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Jun 15, Aug 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Magical Realism, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Regional, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult -
So to Speak was founded as a feminist journal in 1993 by an editorial collective of MFA candidates at George Mason University. As the journal has evolved over the years, so has its outlook on feminism. So to Speak believes in an...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 15, Feb 1 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices -
SoFloPoJo considers all genres of poetry. The editors especially like surrealistic fairy tales, magic realism, haunting prose poems, lyrical vignettes, and crafted narratives. They do not shy away from truth-telling but appreciate the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Solstice is committed to publishing works by diverse authors, and writers on the margins. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. It publishes poetry, poetry in translation, fiction, nonfiction, and graphic literature, as well as photography. It is...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Mar 31, Apr 1 to Jun 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Solum Journal is a Christian literary journal featuring poetry, short stories, and homilies.
Reading Period: Sep 16 to Oct 31Subgenres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual -
Since the magazine’s inception in 1980, editors and readers have worked to keep alive the journal’s tradition of publishing both established and emerging writers who uphold the highest standards of innovative prose and poetry.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Apr 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
SORTES is an ongoing collection of stories, poems, songs, and illustrations. They have neither theme nor scene. Ten authors per issue and four issues per year, they publish both the sufficiently strange and insufficiently boring: swart...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Soundings East, the literary journal of Salem State University, has published quality fiction, poetry, and nonfiction for forty years. The magazine is published annually with support from the Center for Creative and Performing Arts....
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Feb 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The goal of the editors in putting TSR together is to create a literary journal filled with debut, emerging, and established authors; a literary journal that is inclusive of marginalized voices; a literary journal in which their readers...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 7 to Mar 15, Sep 10 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
