3Elements Literary Review is a quarterly, online literary journal founded in Chicago in 2013, now based in Des Moines, IA. It publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography.
Literary Magazines
Find a home for your poems, stories, essays, and reviews by researching the publications vetted by our editorial staff and listed in the Literary Magazines database. Here you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, and contact information—everything you need to determine which publications match your vision for your writing and your writing life. Use the filters below to find magazines with reading periods that are open now or opening soon (within the next thirty days), accept unsolicited submissions, and match all of your criteria for the perfect publisher of your work.
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Prose Poetry -
86 Logic is a quarterly magazine representing artists with roots in the hospitality industry. It is made up of a team of veteran bartenders, servers, and hosts who love discovering how art and hospitality intersect. Submissions are open...
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Flash Fiction, Poetry, Mixed-Genre Works, Art/Text and Artwork. Tastes lean toward surreal, experimental, ambivalent, darkly lyrical and wildly imaginative.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Abandon Journal exists to showcase writing and artwork that has been created with abandon. The editors are open to hybrid work, genre, visual art, and more. Each issue showcases work that “abandons form,” and every other issue will be a...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
About Place Journal is the literary publication of the Black Earth Institute. BEI is dedicated to art serving the causes of spirit, earth, and society. Issues are guest-edited by fellows of the Institute. Themes (titles of issues) are...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 15, Jun 1 to Aug 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Acentos Review publishes poetry, fiction, memoir, interviews, translations, and artwork by emerging and established Latinx writers, artists, and creatives four times a year. It welcomes submissions in English, Spanish, Spanglish,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
The Adroit Journal is looking for work that’s bizarre, authentic, subtle, outrageous, indefinable, raw, paradoxical.
Reading Period: Jun 1 to Apr 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Each year, After Happy Hour publishes two regular online issues (summer and fall/winter) and one themed contest issue, published in print every spring. The journal is open to work from any and all genres, including fiction, CNF, poetry,...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 15 to Jan 15, Mar 1 to Apr 30, Jul 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Alaska Quarterly Review (AQR) publishes fiction, short plays, poetry, photo essays, and literary non-fiction in traditional and experimental styles. Although AQR publishes established writers, most of the content comes from...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 25 to Apr 8, Apr 29 to May 13, Jun 10 to Jun 24Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Alchemy publishes fresh, engaging textual and visual translations as well as experimental works that challenge the act of translation. Alchemy welcomes translations of poetry, prose, dramatic works/dialogues, letters, reviews, cross-genre/...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 15, Apr 1 to Jun 15Genre: Translation -
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose is a multi-genre print and online publication. Allium publishes three issues per year: Spring print, Summer online, and Fall online. Allium publishes diverse creative voices,...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 15 to Feb 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Ang(st) focuses on feminist bodies and physical experiences. It is a space for marginalized voices and identities: bodies that are considered outside the realm of ‘normal’ and ‘able’. It publishes BIPOC, LGBTQ+, differently abled, and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31, Jul 1 to Sep 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Angel Rust publishes exciting, challenging, and edgy work in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
ANGLES publishes creative writing and visual art by college-aged people with distinct perspectives. Edited by students at St. John Fisher College, ANGLES prioritize underrepresented voices, isn’t afraid to take risks, and takes...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Flash Fiction, Lyric Essay, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Another Chicago Magazine seeks work that is urgent and beautiful, that was written with lightning and a sense that tomorrow may never come. The magazine loves work that is personal and political—political in the largest sense, as in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, 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, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry, War -
Apogee is a journal of literature and art that encourages the thoughtful exploration of identity and its intersections, including but not limited to: race, gender, sexuality, class, and ability. We feature fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual...
Read moreReading Period: Jul 1 to Aug 1, Jan 1 to Feb 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Apple Valley Review is an online literary journal. It is published twice annually, once in spring and once in fall. Each issue features a collection of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. The goal of the journal is to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Established in 2015, Apricity Press was created to fill an immense void in the publishing world. While there are a myriad of presses, literary journals and magazines, many lack the ability to publish multi-genre works, especially dance...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Arcanist is a digital literary magazine that focuses on fantasy, sci-fi, and horror flash fiction. It publishes bite-sized fantasy and sci-fi flash fiction (1,000 words or less) perfect for people on the go.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: FictionGenres: Flash Fiction, Pop Culture -
The Chicago Review of Books presents Arcturus, an online literary magazine of new perspectives in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid genres.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Arkana is the journal of mysteries and marginalized voices. It seeks and fosters a sense of shared wonder by publishing inclusive art that asks questions, explores mystery, and works to make visible the marginalized, the overlooked, and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Arts & Letters is a literary magazine based at Georgia College. It’s open to both formal and experimental works, with the emphasis resting on craft.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Flash Fiction -
The aim of Atticus Review is to provoke and encourage conversation through the publishing of art and literature from under-represented artists and writers. It seeks to give visibility to its contributors by promoting, nurturing, and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Aurora Journal publishes surrealistic poetry and prose that is ethereal, dreamy, and explores the dangerous limits of surrealism. Regardless of age, experience, or any other defining factor, the journal considers all writers. The...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 20 to Jan 25, Feb 20 to Mar 25, Sep 20 to Nov 15Genres: BIPOC Voices, Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, Young Adult -
The AutoEthnographer is an award-winning, non-profit, open-access, peer-reviewed literary and arts magazine dedicated to presenting the creative side of autoethnography, a qualitative research method that unites autobiography and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Love, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult
