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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, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
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In each edition of the Write Bridge, readers are encouraged to “mind the gap” as writers and artists with powerful voices explore topics that broaden thinking. The Write Bridge presents two opposing ideas for creators and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
Writers Space Africa Magazine (WSA) is an international literary magazine, which features a rich diversity of writings from African writers to a global audience.
Reading Period: Sep 20 to Oct 15, Oct 20 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Poetry, Short Fiction, Young Adult -
The Writer’s Foundry Review is a print and online journal featuring poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, and visual art. The Review is a publication of the Writer’s Foundry, the MFA Creative Writing program at St. Joseph...
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WWPH Writes is looking for poetry and fiction that celebrates, unsettles, and questions the lives in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia areas (DMV) and in the nation.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Short Fiction -
Wyldcraft is a grassroots, female-run literary magazine. The editors think of themselves as foragers, going out into the wild to find and elevate emerging literary voices. They’re committed to lowering the traditional barriers of entry...
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Yellow Arrow Journal is a biannual publication of creative nonfiction, poetry, and cover art by writers/artists who identify as women.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 28, Aug 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
Young Writers Journal is an online literary journal for writers around the world regardless of race, gender, location, or age. They feature writers on their Instagram account weekly, and awards are given to the top submissions of the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Zhagaram Literary Magazine, founded in Bengaluru, is a publication aimed at publishing culturally rooted literature and art. Zhagaram seeks mythologies, unwritten histories, and generational curses whispered in between the lines...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 3 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry