3Elements Literary Review is a quarterly, online literary journal founded in Chicago in 2013, now based in Des Moines, IA. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography. Each issue begins with the posting of three elements, and...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Prose Poetry -
We are seeking beautifully-written, imaginative, and original short stories by new and veteran writers. Our favorite kinds of stories are those that are still emotionally haunting long after their plots have slipped from our memories, the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Speculative Fiction -
Flash Fiction, Poetry, Mixed-Genre Works, Art/Text and Artwork. Tastes lean toward surreal, experimental, ambivalent, darkly lyrical and wildly imaginative. The magazine was a weekly publication from May 2010 to Feb 2013. Check out our archive on...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
The A3 Review is a literary magazine that behaves like a map, made by the folks who make Writing Maps. Prose and poetry pieces are written with a 150-word limit in response to a themed monthly writing contest. Twelve winners are...
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AADOREE (pronounced the same as “adore”) is a tiny online/print literary journal edited by JD Scott and Alia Tsang. AADOREE aims to publish those voices who are pushing boundaries of writing with an emphasis on interdisciplinary work, formal...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
We’re looking for work that’s bizarre, authentic, subtle, outrageous, indefinable, raw, paradoxical. We’ve got our eyes on the horizon. Send us writing that lives just between the land and the sky.
Reading Period: Jun 1 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry -
The After Happy Hour Review is not limited to any particular genre and encourages poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art. Our headquarters are based in Pittsburgh, but the journal is not exclusive to Pittsburgh-based...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 16 to May 19Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Prose Poetry -
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 our content comes from unsolicited...
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all the sins is a quarterly digital magazine that encourages writers and artists to have courage and to sin against staid storytelling. Break rules, push boundaries and tell new stories in new ways. Just tell a good story. It was conceived as a...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Translation, War -
American Chordata is a biannual magazine of bright voices in fiction, nonfiction essay, and poetry, as well as art and photography. We are founded on the belief that a good literary magazine can celebrate sophisticated design and earnest...
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We want work that is urgent and beautiful, that was written with lightning and a sense that tomorrow may never come. We want work that pushes edges and tells us something new. We love work that is personal and political—political in the largest...
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We want something real, something beautiful, something ugly, or something that sings to the far reaches of our being. Make us laugh or make us cry, but we want something visceral. Free verse poems are generally favored over those that rhyme....
Read moreReading Period:Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction -
All fiction genres are acceptable to us, but we prefer literary minded stories that are dark and psychological, firmly grounded in the surreal, and that make a statement in the abstract. We publish Flash Fiction of 500 words or fewer.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction -
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 essays. Our goal is to support and promote both...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry, Regional, Translation -
Embodying the obsolete word it was named after, Apricity aims to manifest the feeling of the warmth of the sun in the winter in all that it publishes. Established in 2015, Apricity Press was created to fill an immense void in the publishing world...
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apt is a literary journal featuring challenging writing that combines the cerebral and the visceral. We publish an annual print issue focused on longform work, and our website is updated frequently with short fiction, poetry, and essays...
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Sep 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Bite-sized fantasy and sci-fi flash fiction in 1,000 words or less! We want small genre-based stories that are perfect for people on the go.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Pop Culture -
We have no restrictions on the content we publish, except that we’re passionate about publishing new perspectives — new ideas, new voices, new worlds, new challenges, new ways of seeing, etc.— a theme that can take an infinite...
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Arkana is the journal of mysteries and marginalized voices. We seek and foster a sense of shared wonder by publishing inclusive art that asks questions, explores mystery, and works to make visible the marginalized, the overlooked, and those whose...
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Arts & Letters is a literary magazine based at Georgia College. We’re open to both formal and experimental works, with the emphasis resting on craft. We look for work that compels us, above all. We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best New...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
MISSION: Our aim at Atticus Review is to provoke and encourage conversation through the publishing of art and literature from under-represented artists and writers. We seek to give visibility to our contributors by promoting,...
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It's a monthly magazine aimed at the creative and geektacular of the center to center-right who want a little bit of everything. Does your brain run on diesel and steam with some gauges and dials built in? How about a mix of everything from...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 10 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated -
We love work that is linguistically, intellectually, and emotionally demanding of the reader. We want literary fiction that grows in complexity upon each visitation; we enjoy ornate, cerebral, and voluptuous prose executed with thematic intent....
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction -
Bacopa is an annual international print journal published by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. We respond to passionate voices, inventive and compelling work. Surprise us with your ingenuity.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Badlands is aesthetically open, publishing work from a broad spectrum of genres and styles. Although we publish work of all kinds, we have an abiding interest in the following kinds of writing:
- Poetry and prose in Spanish, and in...
Reading Period: Jan 15 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
