The AutoEthnographer (ISSN: 2833-1400) is an award-winning, nonprofit, open-access, peer-reviewed literary and arts magazine dedicated to presenting the creative side of autoethnography, a qualitative research method that unites...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: 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 -
The BeZine was an online quarterly magazine that published poetry, creative nonfiction, photo essays, fiction, and art related to social issues and spirituality (broadly defined). It focused on the themes of peace, environmental...
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Cordella Magazine is a biannual online magazine with an annual print edition, featuring the work of women-identified and nonbinary creatives, published by Cordella Press. They only accept work from women-identifying and nonbinary...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry -
Dark Matter: Women Witnessing publishes writing in all genres and visual art created in response to an age of massive species loss and ecological collapse.
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Dreamers Magazine is published triannually and sent to hundreds of subscribers across North America and Europe.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Healing/Health, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry -
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, antiracist, LGBT, and queer authors. It seeks...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 17 to Mar 17Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: 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 -
IHRAM Translates is an initiative of IHRAM Literary that publishes translated voices from around the world to expand their reach and our understanding.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Translation -
Another New Calligraphy’s online journal Impossible Task publishes short works connected in its exploration of conflict, a term open to interpretation though ever present in these increasingly challenging times.
As in ANC’s other...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Speculative Fiction, Translation, War -
Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine is a literary journal dedicated to promoting the theory and practice of narrative medicine, an interdisciplinary field that enhances healthcare through the effective communication, empathy, and...
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The first online literary journal to publish expressive writing, freewriting, nonfiction, personal essay, memoir, reflective essay, poetry, prose, contemplative discourse, and creative nonfiction—all that originates from a writing prompt.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionGenres: BIPOC Voices, Healing/Health, LGBTQ Voices, Nonfiction, Prose Poetry -
The Letters Page literary journal is published by the University of Nottingham School of English, and edited by writer in residence, Professor Jon McGregor. It is interested in exploring what letter writing means to people—and has meant...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Translation, War -
Please See Me is an online literary journal that features health-related stories. The mission of the publication is to elevate the voices and stories of vulnerable and underserved populations and those who care for them. At the heart of...
Read moreReading Period: May 15 to Aug 15, Nov 15 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Plentitudes is a quarterly international literary journal showcasing captivating prose and poetry from diverse voices. They believe in the power of writing—in its plentitude of forms, styles, and modes of exploration—to move the...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 31, May 1 to Jun 30, Aug 1 to Sep 30, Nov 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Formal Poetry, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
Pocket Samovar is an international literary magazine dedicated to underrepresented post-Soviet writing, art, and diaspora. It originated in 2019 as a group of Jack Kerouac School students influenced—but not determined—by Soviet cultural...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, Healing/Health, LGBTQ Voices, Lyric Essay, Poetry, Political, Regional, Translation -
Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry is a sporadically published online literary journal devoted to all kinds of poetry. Its founding principle is change. Each issue focuses on a different kind or aspect of poetry,...
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Réapparition Journal is a literary journal that focuses on the experience of chronic and mental illnesses. Many times, the stigmatization of some of these conditions is what hurts just as much as the situation itself. The ability to...
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Recenter Press was founded in June 2017 in Philadelphia, PA, and moved home to the Bay Area in May 2023. Works published speak to workers’ rights and experiences, LGBTQ and racial justice, recovery and mysticism, and our interdependence with each...
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redrosethorns journal is a literary online publication that publishes work around mental health, self-care, gender, and sexuality in any genre and style. This journal publication is inspired by the feminist consciousness-raising movement...
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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, TranslationGenres: 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 -
The Sun is an independent, ad-free magazine that for more than fifty years has used words and photographs to evoke the splendor and heartache of being human. Each monthly issue celebrates life, but not in a way that ignores its...
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Founded and edited by a diverse, award-winning team of female poets, SWWIM Every Day publishes poems every weekday by cis/trans women, nonbinary, intersex, and other gender-expansive writers of all ages, races, ethnicities, cultures,...
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Place. Climate. Justice. Terrain.org is an award-winning literary journal publishing online on a rolling basis: editorials, poetry, essays, fiction, articles, reviews, interviews, artwork, videos, and case studies.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Translation -
At Wayfarer Books, the editors believe poetry is the language of the earth. They believe words, shaped like rivers through wild places, can change the shape of the world. They publish poets and writers and renegades who stand outside of...
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Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature is a digital, open access, biannual journal of disability poetry, literature, and the arts.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to May 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Yellow Arrow Journal is a biannual publication of creative nonfiction, poetry, and cover art by writers/artists who identify as women.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 28, Aug 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
