decomp journal (ISSN: 1947-0436) is an online literary magazine that is published three times a year. We are an in-house journal for the Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia, and we publish prose, poetry, art,...
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Reading Period: Nov 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
Diagram is an electronic journal of text and art. As its name indicates, the editors are interested in representations. In naming. In indicating. In schematics. In the labeling and taxonomy of things. In poems that masquerade as stories...
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Black Sun Lit is the publisher of digital vestiges, an online series of fragments and ephemera: poetry, fiction, hybrid works, translation, interviews with writers and artists, and short works of drama.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Diode Poetry Journal is looking for poetry that excites and energizes, that uses language that crackles and sparks. It is looking for poetry from all points on the arc, from formal to experimental.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
DMQ Review, one of the longest continuously running online journals in the nation, welcomes American and international voices from all cultural identities in the English language, work that reflects the diversity of contemporary poetry and...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Apr 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Speculative Poetry -
John Updike once said, "Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better." At Driftwood Press, we are actively searching for artists who care about doing it...
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Rolling submissions. We especially like lyric essays and prose poetry, but check our guidelines for genres accepted during specific reading periods.
Occasional themed issues. Occasional print issues (every few years, usually as a...
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Eoagh is dedicated to the idea of reading as a process, the productive chaos of investigative poetic work. It seeks to foreground the writing of experimental women, trans, feminist, BIPOC, anti-racist, LGBT, and queer authors. It seeks...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to May 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Translation -
Poetic discourse idioms. Eratio has a new look and a new policy: Eratio no longer publishes issues. Rather, as works are accepted, so they will appear. New work appears two or three times a week or as accepted.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
The Exacting Clam is a quarterly magazine of arts and ideas, brought to you by Sagging Meniscus Press.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Fiction, Poetry -
Exposition Review is an independent, multi-genre literary journal that publishes narratives by new, emerging, and established writers in the genres of fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, stage and screen, experimental, visual art,...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Dec 31, Feb 4 to Mar 5, Apr 4 to May 5, Jun 4 to Jul 5, Aug 4 to Sep 5Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Founded in 2005 by Kate Bernheimer, Fairy Tale Review is an annual literary journal dedicated to publishing new fairy tales and to helping raise public awareness of fairy tales as a diverse, innovative art form.
Reading Period: Mar 8 to Jul 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Experimental, Literary Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Translation -
Since our founding in 2020, The Fantastic Other’s mission has been to provide a place to showcase the literary side of all things speculative. The editors welcome poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and art submissions that contain elements...
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Fecund highlights exceptional works of new abundance. The magazine is a medium through which writers and visual artists are exquisitely showcased and paid for their work. Fecund publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, theory,...
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The Fiddlehead is open to good writing in English or translations into English from all over the world and in a variety of styles, including experimental genres.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31, Sep 15 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Flora Fiction is dedicated to artists of all types: poets, writers, photographers, and illustrations. We're here to provide a platform for emerging creatives to showcase their work. Our literary magazine comes out every quarter. We are...
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Foglifter is a biannual compendium of the most dynamic, urgent queer writing today. It’s a space where queer writers celebrate, mourn, rage, and embrace.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to May 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Political -
Since its inception in 1994, Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review has contributed to a vibrant literary tradition on the West Coast centered in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its commitment to presenting a diversity of experimental and...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 15 to Jun 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction -
Fourth Genre is devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in literary (creative) nonfiction, and are especially looking to provide space to voices less seldom heard from in literary publications.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 30Genre: Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental -
Haunted Waters Press is an independent publisher located in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia along the banks of the Shenandoah River. The press accepts works from new, emerging, and established writers. From the Depths...
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Full Bleed exists to cultivate that fertile ground where the visual and literary arts intersect. The editors are happy to consider criticism, belle-lettres, visual art, illustration, fiction, poetry, and...
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The Furious Gazelle is striving to provide the best collection of original writing and art from across the World Wide Web.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Ganga Review is a contemporary journal of international writings for liberation. From page to page, you’ll find the writings of saints, wanderers, prison inmates, award-winning authors, as well as new writers. Such are the mystics of our...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Translation -
Reading Period: Nov 1 to Feb 1, Apr 12 to Jul 12Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Gemini Magazine celebrates compelling fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art. It holds three annual contests for flash fiction, poetry, and short stories, each with a $1,000 top prize. Work from Gemini has won Best of the Net and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, War
