The Journal of Undiscovered Poets strives to publish poets who do not have access to traditional opportunities, usually because they are not in situations where there are many readings and public events, or in academic settings.
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 -
“The juke joint has always been a place beyond the margin, somewhere along the line. Barrelhouses of the South, juke joints served as a place for sharecroppers & slaves to socialize & celebrate counterculture in a society marred by...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 15, May 1 to Jul 15, Sep 1 to Dec 15Genre: PoetryGenres: Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Political, Regional -
Juniper seeks poetry that deepens understanding and brings the reader back to themselves.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Sep 14, Jan 1 to Jan 14, May 1 to May 14Genre: Poetry -
JuxtaProse is an online literary journal that publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from around the world. Its contributors have included Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and Man Booker Prize winners, and other acclaimed authors...
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Kaleidoscoped Mag is a literary arts magazine formed by MFA students at UC San Diego. It is especially interested in literary and visual art that makes use of cross-genre, hybrid, experimental, unusual, or fragmented forms.
Reading Period: Apr 1 to Jul 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Kalopsia is a literary and arts journal run by high school and college students from all over the world who aim to promote art and writing among (seemingly) ordinary people.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in 1994, Kansas City Voices is a magazine that highlights regional talent and welcomes creative work from around the globe.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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...
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A biannual compendium of writing from women and gender-diverse people.
Reading Period: Jan 15 to Mar 15, Sep 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Kestrel publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by established and emerging writers. The editors are especially happy to publish work by West Virginia and Appalachian writers. Kestrel features reviews and visual art...
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Twelve poems each month—Kissing Dynamite curates compact issues that honor the thematic threads presented by contributing poets. Their goal is to present multiple facets of a theme/topic/issue to break the narrative of "the single story...
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 7Genre: Poetry -
Kithe (kai-the) is an old Scottish word that means to make or become known. To that end, Kithe is a hybrid literary and art journal. It features art and writing that holds the undiscovered and engages in kithing the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 15, Jul 1 to Sep 11Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Nonfiction -
Kweli is a quarterly literary publication that celebrates cultural kinships and the role of the literary imagination. It seeks high-quality literary work that is beautiful, sustaining, and profound, and its mission is to nurture emerging...
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La Piccioletta Barca aims to collect and publish high-quality art, regardless of the medium. The editors do not discriminate between new and established authors, and accept anything from classical to experimental art, as long as it is of...
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Fiction that falls in the cracks between genres.
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Lake Effect seeks to publish literary fiction and nonfiction and poetry of the highest quality by established and new and emerging writers from across the country and, in translation, from around the world, and to give that work an...
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The Lakeshore Review (ISSN 2694-1635) is a journal of arts and letters that celebrates the culture and the creators adjacent to the Great Lakes, as well as its full range of written and visual art. Within its home territory, the editors...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31, May 1 to Jul 31, Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Lascaux Review seeks accessible fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction of literary quality, as well as essays on the craft and business of writing. Annual contests are conducted in poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and...
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In the words of a great professor: “Poetry should be a movie you can taste and smell.” Last Leaves Magazine wants images and emotion. It wants poetry that sticks with its editors and makes them think and feel. They don’t care if this is...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Jan 31, Jun 1 to Jul 31Genre: PoetryGenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
Themed issues with suggested prompts, but open to off-topic submissions of strong, personal, humorous, timely, or narrative poetry. Find the latest prompt on Last Stanza Poetry Association's Facebook page. No reading fee. Prize...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetryGenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
The Laurel Review prints poetry, short fiction, essays and reviews. Aesthetic schools don't matter to us; what matters is that the poem or story or essay presents a real investigation of the art and what it is to be human.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Lavender Review is an international, biannual (June & December) e-zine dedicated to poetry and art by, about, and for lesbians, including whatever LGBTQ might appeal to a lesbian readership.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetryGenres: LGBTQ Voices -
Letters Journal is a semi-annual review of literature and the arts. The editors seek to engage creative expression with religion, spirituality, and belief, and connect the life of faith to contemporary art practice.
Reading Period: Jan 25 to Apr 25Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Religious/Spiritual -
The Letters Page literary journal is published by the University of Nottingham School of English, and edited by writer in residence, Professor Jon McGregor. It is interested in exploring what letter writing means to people—and has meant...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Translation, War -
Levitate Magazine strives to assemble a collection of literature and art designed and written with purpose and demonstrating passion for the work. The editors are open to unconventional work, while still appreciating the traditional....
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
