The Poetry Project Newsletter is the Project’s quarterly publication for reviews, essays, interviews, poems, remembrances, and arts criticism. Published continuously since 1972 and freely available online, in bookstores around the U.S....
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
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The mission of the Poetry Super Highway is to expose as many people to as many other people’s poetry as possible. There are no content or style restrictions. They publish a wide variety of styles, form, and otherwise. Read past issues...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Poets and Dreamers Fine Arts & Literary Journal, and Poets and Dreamers: Culture, Art, and Conversation (#1 Bestelling New Release in Interviews), the California-based print anthology series and semiannual online publication...
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Ponder Review seeks stories that challenge, stories that shift their view, ignite their imaginations, spark conversations, and linger with them long after their eyes leave the page. They invite you to explore, expound, and inspire...
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Posit publishes carefully curated, finely crafted contemporary poetry, very short fiction, hybrid literary forms, and visual art. It is looking for innovation, aesthetic vision, thoughtfulness, depth, and accomplished craftsmanship. The...
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The editors aim to publish art and words for the future by artists and writers who believe they’re carrying, on their hunched-over-computer shoulders, a pretty heavy yet very pretty burden—to offer a way into humanity so that...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Visual Poetry -
Prime Number Magazine’s goal is to publish distinctive works of poetry, short fiction, and flash nonfiction regardless of theme or style. As of January 2023, Prime Number Magazine began publishing every four months, with guest...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 28, May 1 to Jun 30, Sep 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
Pure in Heart is a Christian-based literary magazine for families where you’ll find poems, short stories, visual art, recipes, games, and more — created by writers and artists of all ages. Pure in Heart accepts work from adults...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 20 to Feb 28, Jul 20 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Q&A Queer Zine is a small zine staffed by LGBTQ+ writers and visual artists. The need for community, support, and belonging brought this group together to ask fundamental questions about their place in the writing world and in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 15, Jul 1 to Sep 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
The Quasar Review prefers poems, flash fiction, and short stories which offer a unique viewpoint that is rather difficult to find in the modern world. Please read the requirements before submitting.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Flash Fiction, Poetry, Short Fiction -
The Racket Journal is a weekly online literary journal. The editors want to promote the work of up-and-coming, emerging, established, and never-before-seen writers from around the country.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Speculative Fiction -
Rat’s Ass Review is an online poetry journal whose editorial fancies are no more arbitrary than any other; they are simply more openly so. They print what they like.
We have recently begun publishing reviews of poetry ccollects...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Jul 1 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Formal Poetry, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Established in 2020, The Raven Review is an independent literary magazine dedicated to publishing poetry and short fiction that explores the human experience through dark, atmospheric writing.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Poetry, Short Fiction -
Rawhead is an online journal of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. Named for a folkloric monster once used to scare children, it reclaims that symbol as an act of defiance. Rawhead stands for the power of art and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1, Jun 15 to Aug 15, Aug 15 to Oct 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
The Rebis is a print publication dedicated to exploring the intersection of tarot and creativity through original art, essays, fiction, and poetry. Each annual issue focuses on a single tarot card, bringing together an international...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 18 to Feb 17Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Red Branch Review is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and literary and visual art annual based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Red Branch seeks to bring to readers the kaleidoscope of human experience and was founded in response to the...
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Red Ogre Review is an online journal started by the graduate students from Lancaster University’s 2021 Creative Writing class. It primarily publishes poetry, critical essays, visual art, and music.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Red River Review is a digital literary journal founded in 1999 and relaunched in 2025. Originally established as one of the first online poetry publications, the journal now publishes poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid work...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 15 to Apr 15, May 15 to Jul 15, Aug 15 to Oct 15, Nov 15 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Red Tree Review seeks to celebrate poems that surprise, harrow, and awe by providing them with a platform and hungry readers.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry -
redrosethorns journal is an online literary publication dedicated to work exploring mental health, self-care, gender, and sexuality, in any genre and style.
We are inspired by the feminist consciousness-raising movement, which...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Healing/Health, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Revolute is a digital literary magazine founded in 2019 by the Randolph College MFA program. Revolute is committed to publishing the most engaging writing possible and is further committed to publishing emerging writers from...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Speculative Poetry -
RHINO is a high-quality, perfect-bound annual journal including poems, event updates, and monthly e-zine RHINO Reviews. Print issues are re-released in a digital archive one year after distribution, increasing circulation to...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Jun 30, Aug 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Translation -
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: Feb 7 to May 5, Jun 1 to Sep 3, Oct 3 to Jan 5Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political -
The Rumen is a collaboration between writers, poets, and artists from a variety of demographics and backgrounds. Like the guts of an ungulate, The Rumen is a space for ideas and experiences to digest, ferment, and transform.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Rumpus strives to be a platform for marginalized voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere and to lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers they love. The editors publish original fiction, essays,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
