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...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Translation -
Natural Bridge is committed to publishing the best new writing from established as well as emerging writers.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to May 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Bracken is an online journal inspired by the wood and its shadows. We publish poetry and art that will root, tender and tough, in us, drawing us deeper into our shared human experience. Bracken is green and lush, coarse and delicate...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Apr 30, Oct 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, TranslationSubgenres: Formal Poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
Braided Way is a publication of the nonprofit Spiritual Quest Foundation, showcasing the faces and voices of spiritual practice. The editors publish beautiful, honest, wide-awake work by new and established writers. They seek pieces...
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The Branches is a journal of literature and philosophy based in New York City dedicated to exploring our beliefs, our influences, and our contexts. It provides a space for cultural criticism and personal essays that reach out for...
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A breakwater is a barrier of rocks or concrete, built out into a body of water to protect a coast or harbor from extreme weather and hazardous conditions. In a world that oftentimes feels shattered and broken, Breakwater Review seeks to...
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Bridge Ink publishes creative writing by young adults ages 13 to 18. All genres are accepted.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Brief Wilderness is a collection of independent writers and visual artists looking to explore the (seemingly empty) space between themselves and the other, whether it be another person, the natural world, or maybe even another plane of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Erotica, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry, Serialized Fiction -
Bristlecone welcomes poems by poets living in and/or writing about the Mountain West region. The editors are especially eager to read poems that reflect the region’s various cultures and landscapes, although they have no restrictions in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Poetry -
Broad Ripple Review is an independent literary magazine publishing fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry quarterly. The editors seek work that is finely crafted and deeply felt, balancing narrative movement with interior complexity...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Literary Fiction -
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...
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Broadsided publishes twice-yearly folios of original, high-quality collaborations between writers and visual artists. Writing is chosen from open submissions; artists affiliated with Broadsided create visual responses. The...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash 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.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Urgent, atmospheric narratives; deeply inhabited characters; formal invention; precision of language; self-aware humor; and generally polished, thoughtful stories. We typically publish stories between 3,000 and 7,000 words. Please send us only...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Sep 30, Feb 1 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 10, Apr 1 to Jun 10, Jul 1 to Sep 10, Oct 1 to Dec 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
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. ...
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The Calendula Review is a creative journal of Narrative Medicine (NM). NM is an area of practice that supports an interdisciplinary approach to patient care. Narrative medicine emphasizes understanding patients’ and caregivers’ personal...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 15 to Mar 31, Aug 15 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1, Dec 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Calliope publishes poetry, nonfiction, and short fiction, including mystery, sci-fi, horror, romance, and most related sub-genres. Mixed genre stories and experimental forms will be considered. Mainstream stories will be considered if...
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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...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Short Fiction -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 28, May 1 to May 31, Aug 1 to Aug 31, Nov 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Nature/Environmental -
Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine is a multimedia arts magazine showcasing primarily young adult creators in the Carolinas. It publishes short stories, scripts, poetry, art and photography, music, and dance in a digital...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 15, Jun 1 to Aug 15, Oct 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Christians, primarily Catholics, many of whom are new to poetry. We welcome all forms of poetry and are looking for work that reflects the author’s faith more by the poetic experience—voice, imagery, a heightened sense of language—than by...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Poetry, Religious/Spiritual -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 21, Mar 1 to Mar 7Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsSubgenres: Flash Fiction
