If nothing else, our press is about the heart. Each issue should bring about a sense of connection and matters of the shared human experience. We want to foster a love triangle between the reader, the author, and the words. In reading Bitterzoet...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Black Candies is a literary journal of literary horror and darkness. Here at Black Candies, we’re always striving to create a better platform for women writers, who are often underrepresented in horror, genre, and speculative outlets. We want to...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 31 to Apr 30Genre: Fiction -
Black Denim Lit welcomes thoughtful writers, new and established. We are looking for fiction up to 7,500 words that has unique and lasting artistic merit. We may consider novelettes on a case by case basis. Why "Black Denim"...? In work clothes,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction -
We invite poetry, fiction, essay, and other art forms by new, emerging, and established literary and visual artists. We appreciate anything that transcends expectation and re-imagines the forms we may be accustomed to. We wish to explore, through...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Humor, Prose Poetry -
The aim of Black Fox is to publish both established and new writers. We welcome all fiction, but we especially like fiction from under-represented genres and styles, including YA. We are also interested in creative nonfiction, poetry, black and...
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Black Heart Magazine is an independent online literary magazine, transmitting tenacious text around the world at the speed of wifi. Since 2004, our site has been combating clichés and skipping straight to supercharged stories with a simple...
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The Black Herald is an international bilingual (English-French & other languages) literary magazine, based in Paris & London. Edited by Blandine Longre & Paul Stubbs, the magazine’s aim is to publish original world writers not...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 15 to Feb 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Prose Poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Translation -
Black Scat Review is an international magazine of the arts, featuring innovative fiction, art, interviews, and works in translation.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Erotica, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Translation -
Founded in 1974, Black Warrior Review publishes contemporary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by award-winning writers alongside work by new and emerging voices. Each issue also features art, comics, and a poetry chapbook solicited by the editors...
Reading Period: Dec 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
BLACKBERRY: a magazine aims to be a premier literary magazine featuring black women writers and artists. Its goal is to expose readers to the diversity of the black woman’s experience and strengthen the black female voice in both the mainstream...
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While it is true that excellence can be differently defined and construed, our primary definition will be this: Beyond simple obvious criteria such as “well written in a variety of technical senses,” and “original in terms of subject and style,”...
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Our mission is to celebrate and champion the work of Canadian creatives, bringing exposure and support to both new and established writers.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction -
Our mission is to publish refined poetry by "poets of place," with themes deeply rooted in place. We value refined poetry that is architecturally functional and distinctive on the page. We value poetry that is stripped--burnt down--to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 2 to Dec 30Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
BlazeVOX is a haven for undervalued writers to convene with readers worldwide, delivering the contemporary through books-in-hand and ebooks-in-a-minute. Articles of submission depend on many criteria, but overall items submitted must conform to...
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Blood and Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine is the student-run literary journal of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. We publish health care-related short stories, poems, and artwork annually.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Healing/Health -
Blotterature's mission is to merge the creative academia with the underground, as there is value in both sides of the spectrum. We seek the nontraditional mixed with craft, detail, and process. Well-developed with an edge. Regionalism with a...
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Blue Bonnet Review is a literary journal based in Houston and New Orleans featuring work from established and emerging writers around the globe. Our editorial team welcomes good writers and good poets onto our site - as long as they're good. We...
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The Blue Collar Review is a quarterly journal of poetry and prose published by Partisan Press. Our mission is the preservation, expansion, and promotion of the literature of our working class, primarily poetry, which might not find a place in...
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We consider poetry and fiction in any style. Please limit poetry submissions to no more than five poems at a time and place all poems in a single document. We are interested in creative nonfiction (memoir and personal essay) with contemporary...
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The blue hour is the period of twilight each morning and evening where we move from day to night. There is neither full daylight nor complete darkness. This time is considered special because of its unique quality of light.The purpose of this...
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Currently on hiatus, and not taking submissions, we are a web-based literary magazine looking for the best in fiction and poetry, literature that moves readers and makes us want to keep reading. FICTION: We are looking for literary, not genre,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction -
Blue Lyra Review aims to bring together the voices of writers and artists from a diverse array of backgrounds, paying special homage to Jewish writers and other communities that are historically underrepresented in literary magazines but we do...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Blue Mesa Review accepts previously unpublished work in Fiction (up to 6,000 words), Non-Fiction (up to 6,000 words), Poetry (3-5 poems), Book Reviews, Interviews, Graphic Novels, and Cover Art. With a rotating Editorial Board, each of our...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Graphic/Illustrated -
Note: Blue Monday Review is currently on a submissions hiatus. All categories are closed for the time being.
Blue Monday Review is a quarterly literary magazine that publishes prose, poetry, and art that embodies the work of Kurt Vonnegut...
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The Blue Moon Literary & Art Review publishes fiction and poetry of all genres, from serious fiction to murder mystery. We are especially interested in short stories and excerpts from novels in progress, and we are dedicated to high quality,...
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