The Massachusetts Review is an independent quarterly journal of literature, the arts, and public affairs. MR has deep local roots but an international scope, with an emphasis on work that provokes debate, challenges ideology,...
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Reading Period: Oct 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Maudlin House is a new kind of publishing house for the twenty-first century. They want to challenge your perspectives, help you find your inner poet, expand your empathy, and take you to places you’ve never been. They’re devoted to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Pop Culture -
MER - Mom Egg Review publishes an annual print journal and a quarterly online magazine featuring sharp, articulate, inventive work by mother writers and by others about mothers and motherhood. MER writers explore diverse experiences...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 23 to Jul 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
Metachrosis literary magazine is an online publication that strives to be the place where the foundations of the world are explored and celebrated. Created as part of the Art, Science, and Visual Thinking MFA at Dundee University, this...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 15 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Metaworker is an online literary magazine where great stories are forged. Their mission is to publish great things to read and the editors are interested in stories, poems, and art that have new, interesting perspectives or...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 28, Apr 1 to May 31, Jul 1 to Aug 31, Oct 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Midcult* is a Los Angeles–based literary magazine, published both online and in-print, with a focus on writing that successfully walks the tightrope of being both intelligent and entertaining, all while capturing our world in its...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Midway Journal accepts submissions of aesthetically ambitious work that occupies the realms between both the traditional and experimental. The editors seek to publish a variety of styles and diverse voices, and they are honored...
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Moonday Mag is a quarterly, speculative art, and literary magazine dedicated to celebrating all things fantastic and fantastically strange. Born in the place that rests between here and the uncanny valley, Moonday Mag wonders...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
MORIA is a national online literary magazine with an all-student editorial board, based at Woodbury University in greater Los Angeles. It accepts poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction from emerging and established writers in the...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 30 to Oct 1, Jan 15 to Mar 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Moss is a literary journal of writing from the Pacific Northwest. Published annually, Moss is dedicated to exploring the intersection of place and creative expression, while exposing the region’s outstanding writers to a broad...
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Mulberry Literary is an online literary and art magazine dedicated to showcasing creative work in its every form. It aims to provide a longstanding, international platform that is inclusive to all creative work,...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Jul 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation -
The New Absurdist is a space for the creative, the curious, and the unapologetically passionate to engage in educated discourse and promote positive growth in the world. The editors want its name to remind everyone that everyone has...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Since 1984, New Delta Review has published the work of emerging and established writers. Each issue includes original fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, poetry, reviews, interviews, and artwork.
Reading Period: Oct 1 to Nov 15, Jan 15 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction -
The New Guard is a contest-centered, independent literary review, publishing 35+ emerging writers each volume from the United States and abroad. They proudly publish in print and have short pieces published online on their BANG! page....
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Jan 11Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The mission of New Letters magazine is to discover, publish and promote the best and most exciting literary writing, wherever it might be found. It publishes and serves readers and writers worldwide. In recent years, New Letters...
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Night Picnic is a literary journal that publishes novels, novellas, plays, short and flash stories, fairytales for adults, poetry, interviews, essays (including popular science essays), letters to the editors, and artwork.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Nimrod International Journal’s mission is the discovery of exciting new writing from around the world. The journal publishes two issues a year and hosts two prizes: the Pablo Neruda Award for Poetry and the Katherine Anne Porter Award for...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Each issue is themed, and NonBinary Review explores the edges of those themes through speculative fiction, poetry, and art. NonBinary Review is looking for works that approach its themes in unexpected but completely fitting ways...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 28, May 1 to May 31, Aug 1 to Aug 31, Nov 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Nude Bruce Review strives to publish compelling, high-quality poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, supporting and spotlighting the voices of emerging and established writers of all identities across the globe. To this end, NBR...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Obsidian cultivates, through publication and critical inquiry, Black imagination, innovation, and excellence—supporting Black, African, and African Diaspora creatives globally.
Reading Period: May 15 to Oct 15Subgenres: Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry -
Oddball Magazine is an eclectic online lit magazine with comic strips, music reviews, theater criticism, pop culture poetry, flash fiction, breaking news, tribute pieces, and more.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry -
The mission of Ofi Press Magazine is to promote superb work from all over the world as well as translated work from Mexican poets.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Translation -
Old Pal is an online magazine based out of Portland, Oregon, since 2018. The magazine has published work that includes experimental writing, the hybrid genre, and critical inquiries from the Portland local community and beyond. It...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 24 to May 20, Sep 22 to Nov 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
Open Doors Review is a literary magazine based in Italy that publishes literary fiction, poetry, and thought-provoking essays in English or Italian. Whatever your connection to Italy (whether you live here, have Italian ancestry or...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 15 to Jun 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
OtherwiseMag publishes stories that speak the language of lived experience. This may be a biography, a portrait, an event, a situation, a historical moment, or an encounter. They expect stories to achieve depth, have narrative coherence...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Magical Realism, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry
