The Rome Review is an online literary magazine that aims to publish the most daring literary pieces in the following categories: short fiction, poem, and hybrid. Bold and bizarre works are the preferred ones, as long as they are not self...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Translation -
Room is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, and has published fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, interviews, and book reviews for 40 years. Published quarterly by the West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society, also...
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ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action embodies a psychoanalytic understanding of how change happens and has become a powerful tool for personal, cultural, and political discourse. ROOM’s submission process parallels the process...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Sep 3, Oct 3 to Jan 5, Feb 7 to May 5Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political -
Rundelania is the digital literary journal of the Arts and Literature Division, located within the Central Branch of the Rochester Public Library. The journal is dedicated to the publication of original poetry and prose.
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Salamander specializes in publishing highly accomplished poetry, fiction, and memoirs by writers who deserve a wider audience for their work.
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Salt Hill is published by a group of writers affiliated with the Creative Writing Program at Syracuse University.
Reading Period: Dec 1 to Jan 31, Jul 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Same Faces Collective is open to all genres but is especially interested in hybrid/experimental fiction and nonfiction.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Oct 1, Feb 1 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
samfiftyfour is devoted to building a literary community by sharing voices from around the globe. To date, twenty-seven different countries, including writers from all walks of life writing on various topics, have been represented.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation -
SAND is an international journal publishing risk-taking work from a diverse range of creatives making visual art, poetry, fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and translations. They look for work that subverts, crosses borders, and...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 10 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices -
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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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 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 -
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: Sep 1 to Dec 1, Feb 1 to May 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 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 1000 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 -
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 -
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 -
Sontag Mag is a literary magazine appearing triannually and devoted to fostering a community of poets and translators and promoting works exceptional in craft.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, May 1 to May 31, Sep 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, Feminist, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
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 stories,...
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Southeast Review is a nationally acclaimed literary magazine, first established in 1979 as Sundog, that gives voice to underrepresented and emerging writers on the same stage as well-established ones. They publish fiction, nonfiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to May 31, Jul 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, Young Adult -
Southern Humanities Review publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Translations in all genres have also appeared in the journal. The journal recently established the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Honoring Jake Adam York, poet...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Oct 15, Jan 15 to Mar 14Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation
