Communion is not affiliated with any literary school or movement. We simply publish what moves us. Emotionally. Intellectually. While the magazine is not thematic as such, we lean toward work that in some way reflects the concept of communion –...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Begun in 1986 by novelist and short-story writer Dr. Terry Dalrymple, Concho River Review has national reach but regional focus, with most authors hailing from or writing about Texas, the Southwest, and the broader South. CRR prides itself on...
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concīs (aka concis) is an online and e-pub journal devoted to brevity: the concise (naturally), succinct, pithy, condensed, laconic, crisp, compressed and compendious. It’s simple in approach and simple in design…but not simple-minded. Genre—if...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Conclave is an annual print journal that focuses on character-driven writing in short stories, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and prose poems; we also print black and white photographs, and excerpts from plays: monologues, scenes,...
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Conduit is a biannual literary journal that is at once direct, playful, inventive,
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irreverent, and darkly beautiful. Despite common sense and the laws of economics, Conduit has been thwarting good taste, progress, and...Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Prose Poetry -
Literary material of high quality in various forms and genres. We are eclectic.
Reading Period: Aug 16 to Apr 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Conium Review publishes innovative fiction. We like bizarre settings, experimental language, and unconventional plots. We are especially interested in work from women, LGBTQ authors, and writers of color. We publish an annual print...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 1Genre: FictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction -
Conjunctions publishes innovative contemporary fiction, poetry, drama, art, and essays by established and emerging writers in America and abroad, providing a forum for the now over 1000 contributors whose work challenges accepted forms and modes...
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“CONTRA EQUUS NIVEUS” (“Against the White Horse”) is a poetic attempt to advance our sight beyond the imaginative blockade of what the prophet Ezekiel and the poet Blake called the “Covering Cherub,” through publishing compositions that act...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual -
Contraposition seeks to depart from the traditional elitism of the literary world. We would like to recognize the inherent value of all creativity, not just that which is established or follows a particular norm.
We act as a platform for...
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Digitus Independent Publishers specializes in Spanish, Portuguese, and English literature publications. We house the literary magazine Contrapuntos: A Live Anthology. Our guest editors put together annually the issue adding some of the best...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, LGBT, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Translation -
Contrary is a quarterly literary journal that publishes commentary, fiction, and poetry and especially specimens that defy those categories. Founded at the University of Chicago in 2003, it operates independently on the South...
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Copper Nickel aspires toward diversity and eclecticism, printing work that appeals to us regardless of aesthetic affiliation—and we’re particularly (though by no means exclusively) interested in work that considers sociohiostorical context. We...
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Cordella seeks to record and share the creative voices of women from all walks of life, exploring the ways that our spirit and sense of self is engaged with our physical place and daily experiences. We honor the diversity of women's spirituality...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry -
Cordite Poetry Review is a quarterly Australian journal of poetry and its criticism. International authors are most welcome. Each issue is themed (broadly), so please be sure to look at our submissions page.
Cordite Scholarly is a fully...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, FictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
The Cortland Review is an online magazine publishing both established and emerging writers from the print and online worlds. Using audio paired with text to complete the link between reader and writer, TCR provides regular and feature issues with...
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We publish new fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, with an emphasis on writing that is rich and revealing. We especially look for smart pieces that uncover new truths and emotions.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
The focus of Counterexample Poetics is on International displays of poetry, art, and photography which reside within the interpretational realms of philosophical, experimental, post-postmodern, esoteric, and the avant-garde. Reviews of poetic...
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Some sense of the editorial philosophy behind Courtship can be gained by reading the “Editor’s Desk” page. We are interested in publishing “unknowns,” as well as well-established writers. A writer who has published absolutely nothing will be...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Cowboys and cowgirls, heifers, madams, rustlers, train robbers, drifters, grifters, and thieves: Dust off those boots and get out of the out house and back to the rustic life—because we want all western-related material published or unpublished...
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Celebrating over twenty-five years of publishing, Crab Creek Review is dedicated to introducing you to the best writing from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. We publish both national and international writers in the genres of poetry, fiction,...
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Crab Fat wants experimental, hybrid, awkward, queer, punk, and feminist work.
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Crack the Spine loves the written word. Some might say we're in love with the written word. But that's just a silly rumor. We seek to publish diverse and sharp literary works, including flash fiction, micro-fiction, poetry, short stories,...
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Crashtest is an biannual online magazine founded and run by the creative writing students at the Fine Arts Center, a public arts high school in Greenville, South Carolina, so that students in high schools all over the country will have a place to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction