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,...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Rundelania is the digital literary journal of the Arts and Literature Division, located within the Central Branch of the Rochester Public Library (NY). The journal is dedicated to the publication of original poetry and prose.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
For drama, Rushing Thru the Dark wants to see your most interesting human interactions with strong dialog and scene descriptions for either your one-act play or your short screenplay. As with any story, there needs to be some character...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Aug 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Historical, LGBTQ Voices -
Same Faces Collective is open to all genres but is especially interested in hybrid/experimental fiction and nonfiction.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Oct 1, Feb 1 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
SAND is an international journal publishing risk-taking work from a diverse range of creatives making visual art, poetry, fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and translations. They look for work that subverts, crosses borders, and...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 10 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices -
An in-print and online literary journal, SFLR features work by local, national, and international writers and artists. Each issue of SFLR has a suggested theme; the 2025-2026 SFLR theme is "Resistance: Grit, Rebellion,...
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Saw Palm is a Florida-themed literary journal produced by the MFA program at the University of South Florida. It publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, comics, art, photography, reviews, and interviews.
Places to Stand in...
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Sensitive Skin Magazine publishes work by emerging and established artists, writers and musicians.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Serialized Fiction -
Sequestrum publishes new, emerging, and internationally acclaimed writers of short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and cross-genre. All publications are paired with a unique visual component with the goal of fostering and exposing writers...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, War -
An international, student-run journal published by Ringling College of Art and Design, Shift features fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic texts or other work in English or translation by emerging and established writers. It...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Dec 31, Jan 1 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry -
Shot Glass Journal is an online poetry journal devoted to short poetry. Where other poetry journals publish poems of various lengths and forms, Shot Glass focuses on both free verse and form poetry of 16 lines or less. It...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access literary journal; it is dedicated to discovering and publishing the finest original poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. The magazine publishes accomplished,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Healing/Health, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, War -
Small World City is a Dhaka, Bangladesh-based online literary magazine looking for speculative stories—in the very different forms they take. They publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and...
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Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine’s primary interest is quality. It welcomes submissions in any and all forms, genres, styles, and approaches in written word and image and encourages innovation as well as tradition.
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Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Jun 15, Aug 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Magical Realism, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Regional, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult -
Since the magazine’s inception in 1980, editors and readers have worked to keep alive the journal’s tradition of publishing both established and emerging writers who uphold the highest standards of innovative prose and poetry.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Apr 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Sontag Mag is a literary magazine appearing triannually and devoted to fostering a community of poets and translators and promoting works exceptional in craft.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1, May 1 to Jul 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, Feminist, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
SORTES is an ongoing collection of stories, poems, songs, and illustrations. They have neither theme nor scene. 10 authors per issue and four issues per year, they publish both the sufficiently strange and insufficiently boring: swart...
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Southeast Review is a nationally acclaimed literary magazine, first established in 1979 as Sundog, that gives voice to underrepresented and emerging writers on the same stage as well-established ones. They publish fiction, nonfiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to May 31, Jul 1 to Dec 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, Young Adult -
Speculative City is a literary magazine featuring works that explore themes, characters, and landscapes exclusive to urban environments and that highlight voices often unheard. Each magazine issue is relevant to the magazine mission and...
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Split Rock Review is a not-for-profit publication run by volunteers that love literature, art, and the wilderness. Their mission is to publish the best literature and art that explore place, environment, and the relationship between...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Stonecoast Review is a literary arts journal edited by alumni and students from University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing. It welcomes creative nonfiction, fiction (literary, general, and pop/genre),...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Oct 1, Feb 1 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Storm Cellar curates writing that is surprising, formally and affectively innovative, and represents the highest quality of various literary traditions. Each issue reflects the current tastes of the editorial team. It actively prefers...
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Story Unlikely is an award-winning monthly publication that features fiction and nonfiction that focuses on the quality of both the writing and storytelling, not on genre or author pedigree (or lack thereof).
Reading Period: Feb 2 to Oct 14Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The editors of Sublunary Review welcome poetry, short story, and art submissions from all people and places. Send them your most oneiric, moonlit work.
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“Strong Words for a Polite Nation.” subTerrain Magazine was founded in 1988 to publish writers from the other side of the tracks. Each issue features progressive and sometimes controversial writing, alongside timely book reviews and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 28, Mar 1 to May 15, Aug 1 to Sep 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
