The Gravity of the Thing is an independent magazine dedicated to innovative and defamiliarized creative writing. Our ongoing goal is to publish work that defamiliarizes literary forms, writing that stranges to achieve a renewed sense of...
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Reading Period: Mar 1 to Mar 31, Jun 1 to Jun 30, Sep 1 to Sep 30, Dec 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts seeks high quality submissions from both emerging and established writers. It publishes craft essays and interviews as well as fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Reading Period: May 15 to Aug 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Gulf Stream Magazine, started in 1989, is a national literary magazine published by The Creative Writing Program at Florida International University. It is a bi-annual online journal dedicated to publishing great fiction, nonfiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 15 to Mar 26, Sep 18 to Nov 18Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry -
Haikuniverse publishes a haiku or micro-poem every day. Haikuniverse is edited by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetryGenres: Micro-poetry -
Hidden Peak Review is a magazine of poetry and fiction based in Colorado that showcases gut-punch free verse and eye-opening prose from across the U.S. and abroad. A literary magazine at the confluence of Charles Simic and Ray Bradbury,...
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Hoot is a magazine on postcards. It publishes stand-alone pieces of writing under 150 words, with art to match. The idea is that current, quality literature should be shareable and accessible and that there is no reason why people can't...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Poetry that is accessible, prose that is poetic, and artwork of the natural world that will wow us. We’re looking for work that is nuanced, raw, and imagistic with strong elements of the natural world or hints to the...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Feb 1, Mar 1 to May 1, Jun 1 to Aug 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 -
Impostor: A Poetry Journal was created for writers who may feel intimidated by the established literary world or who feel as if their credentials—or lack thereof—don't fall in line with what's expected. Impostor desires diverse...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 30, Oct 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry -
indicia seeks to showcase a dynamic collage of passionate and profound voices hungry to produce art and write primarily in the English language. indicia enjoys feeling out the lengths to which language can be stretched, whether to convey...
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“A magazine of poised prose, precarious poetry, and photography to pilot our own realms again.”
Ink In Thirds is a boutique literary magazine established in 2016 that publishes poetry, prose, and visual art. The focus is on the...
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Founded in 1944 by poet Wilber Stevens, Interim is edited by Claudia Keelan and Andrew Nicholson. We are international literary journal that publishes art, flash and experimental fiction, hybrid texts, literary nonfiction, poetry,...
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Invisible City publishes fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry. We seek work that encourages us to see the world from new perspectives and different angles, ones that we may not have previously considered or imagined.
Reading Period: Mar 16 to Apr 16, Sep 16 to Oct 16Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
JuxtaProse is an online literary journal that publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from around the world. Its contributors have included Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and Man Booker Prize winners, and other acclaimed authors...
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Founded in 1994, Whispering Prairie Press produces Kansas City Voices, a magazine that highlights regional talent and welcomes creative work from around the globe.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
La Mosca is the literary and arts magazine of Northeastern Illinois University. We are looking for poetry, creative non-fiction, visual art, short fiction, and hybrid work that either makes us think, feel, laugh, experiments with form or...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Lines + Stars began in 2006 as a means of establishing a new creative forum in Washington, DC — a city that all-too-often coasts on its more mechanistic pursuits. As of 2017, we operate out of Baltimore, Maryland. L+S Press, our chapbook...
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Lotus-eater is an online literary magazine based in Rome.
Its aesthetic is dark, eclectic, and often experimental. The editors are interested in daring, unusual writing, and striking images.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Lucky Jefferson’s mission is simple: we publish social change.
We reimagine books by creating interactive and collaborative community experiences that center the writer and artist and cultivate inclusive representation in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The MacGuffin is an international publication based out of Schoolcraft College, a two-year community college in Livonia, Michigan. Published trianually, our staff seeks to feature a diverse array of voices and styles, from...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
MacQueen’s Quinterly (aka MacQ) is a smorgasbord of memorable works of art and literature, in multiple genres and short-forms: prose poetry; flash and microfiction; essays and creative nonfiction; photographs, drawings, and fine...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 20 to Mar 26, Jul 7 to Jul 16, Nov 7 to Nov 16Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Maudlin House is a new kind of publishing house for the 21st century. We want to challenge your perspectives, help you find your inner poet, expand your empathy, and take you to places you’ve never been.We’re devoted to publishing new forms of...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Pop Culture -
MER - Mom Egg Review publishes an annual print journal and a quarterly online magazine, featuring sharp, articulate, inventive work by mother writers and by others about mothers and motherhood. MER writers explore diverse...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 22 to Jul 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Metaworker is an online literary magazine where great stories are forged. Their mission is to publish great things to read and the editors are interested in stories, poems, and art that have new, interesting perspectives or formatting styles...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Midway Journal accepts submissions of aesthetically ambitious work that occupies the realms between both the traditional and experimental.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
