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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 Jan 31, Sep 15 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
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Based out of Iowa State University, Flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment is an online journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art that explores the many complicated facets of the word environment—at once rural,...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 17, Sep 1 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Nature/Environmental -
Foglifter is a biannual compendium of the most dynamic, urgent queer writing today. It’s a space where queer writers celebrate, mourn, rage, and embrace.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to May 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Political -
The editors believe writing is a form of art, and should never be gatekept, elitist, or afraid to try new things. They want the things that shock them, the things that shake them to the core just a little bit, the things that look for deep...
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Four Way Review accepts poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and works in translation from both established and emerging authors. They accept unsolicited submissions year-round through their submissions manager. They look for work that...
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Since its inception, Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review has contributed to a vibrant literary tradition on the West Coast centered in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its commitment to presenting a diversity of experimental and progressive work...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 4 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction -
Free State Review is published four times every three years by Galileo Press / Galileo Books. Their motto is “Totally Limited Omniscience.” More John Waters than Chekhov. More Stones than Beatles. More Bowie than Jagger. Joni Mitchell...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Fresh Words is a new international literary magazine that aims at being a storehouse of the best contemporary literature. It will publish twelve times a year. It will be available in print as well as e-book format.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Full Bleed exists to cultivate that fertile ground where the visual and literary arts intersect. The editors are happy to consider criticism, belle-lettres, visual art, illustration, fiction, poetry, and...
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The Furious Gazelle is striving to provide the best collection of original writing and art from across the World Wide Web.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
GAS: Poetry, Art, and Music is an online journal that publishes poetry as well as a combination of art, music, and interviews. It’s best to read a few features to get the sense for what is published. They also do occasional interviews,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Feminist, Micro-poetry, Nature/Environmental, Prose Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Gavialidae is a print literary periodical published annually seeking poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and plays.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Gemini Magazine celebrates compelling fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art. The editors hold three annual contests for flash fiction, poetry, and short stories, each with a $1,000 top prize. Work from Gemini has won...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, War -
The Georgia Review seeks to create a lasting environment for literature by supporting writers at every stage of their careers. Committed to the art of editorial practice, the Review collaborates with authors of essays, stories,...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre -
The Gravity of the Thing is an independent publisher of defamiliarized creative writing. Its ongoing goal is to publish work that defamiliarizes, writing that stranges in pursuit of a renewed sense of discovery.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Apr 30, Oct 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Strictly literary writing please; flash and poetry. Emerging and established voices are welcome. Sparrow poets address global issues that haunt us all. Book manuscripts are published sporadically. Grey Sparrow Journal also offers a “...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: Literary Fiction -
Guernica publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. The magazine looks for work that feels global and outward-looking; fearless in its willingness to ask tough questions; original in the ways it enters and illuminates the fray; and,...
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Gulf Coast publishes fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and critical art writing, as well as reviews and interviews, by both emerging and established writers. Each issue features two full-color art sections.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Translation -
Gutter is an award-winning, high quality, printed journal for fiction, nonfiction, reviews and poetry from writers born, living in, or somehow connected to Scotland, though the writing in Gutter spans the globe. The editors...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Aug 30, Feb 1 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Established in 2015, Half Mystic Journal is an international, independent, and interdisciplinary literary magazine dedicated to the celebration of music in all its forms.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation -
The Hamilton Stone Review is part of a movement of small, independent publishers and publications dedicated to distributing high quality fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Reading Period: Apr 1 to Apr 30, Oct 1 to Oct 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
For nearly 60 years, Hanging Loose Press has championed the work of groundbreaking poets and writers whose work has been marginalized by mainstream publishing—work frequently less visible, whether because of gender, race, age, class or...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir -
Harvard Review publishes short fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and book reviews. Writers at all stages of their careers are invited to apply, however, the magazine can only publish a very small fraction of the material received....
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Aug 31, Jan 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation -
HAUNTER Review was born as a tribute to the shadowed community of horror and alternative writers, those who craft stories from the edges of the dark. HAUNTER Review welcomes short stories, flash fiction, microfiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Translation
