We do not have any specific aesthetic criteria, except to say that we seek pieces of exceptional literary quality, not genre work.
Literary Magazines
Connect your poems, stories, essays, and reviews to the right audiences by researching over twelve hundred literary magazines in our database. Here, you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, contact information—everything you need to direct your work to the publications most amenable to your vision.
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
For lesbians, by lesbians! We would LOVE to see more lesbian fiction, flash fiction, ghost stories, poems about nature and gardens, mysteries, humour, fantasy, and more!
Reading Period: Jul 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Visual Poetry -
We believe in supporting the creative endeavors of the writers of the world. We believe literature serves an existential function and its value to humanity is beyond measure. Therefore, we will always remain open to the possibility that an...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31
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Toyon publishes distinguished literary and art work, with particular interest in promoting environmental and social justice.
We seek diverse voices from around the world and welcome submissions in all languages.
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Read moreReading Period: Oct 18 to Nov 18Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
We want writing that takes risks while still paying attention to craft. We are happy to see prose poems, stories that burst into poems, poems that burst into stories, etc. Mixing genres doesn’t scare us. Of course boring, self-involved, over-...
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The Twin Bill is a quarterly online literary baseball publication founded in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. We celebrate the rich history of the game while also recognizing its vibrant present through essays, fiction, poetry,...
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Vagabonds is a literary journal that is published twice a year. We harbor the mad ones. People who are dedicated to their work to the point that they become misunderstood, or seen as a hot mess of crazy. Our journal does not seek to...
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We at Variety Pack try to live up to our namesake! A bedrock of diverse voices, expressing a variety of arts & letters. We are open to both genre and literary. We have an aesthetic, but it's a broad atlas rather than a narrow stream...
Reading Period: Aug 15 to Sep 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, 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, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult -
Versal, the literary & arts journal out of Amsterdam, seeks work that is urgent, involved, and unexpected. A publication celebrating translocal intersections and cross-cultural dialogue, Versal is internationally renowned for the quality of...
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Black Sun Lit is the publisher of Vestiges, an irregularly printed journal of prose, poetry, essay, translation, and art that envelops a specific idea or theme unique to each issue.
Reading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
TVBR publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, photography, and visual art that memorably express what it means to be human. Our editorial focus is on authentic voices and evocative images. We seek work that haunts us. The...
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Poetry and Prose that leave us excited and wanting more.
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Visitants pop up throughout literature as ghosts, as fits of madness, and as omens. In nature, a visitant takes on a different meaning: a migratory bird that has come to a place temporarily; a cicada that rises from the soil every 17 years. Here...
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We publish short fiction, poetry, personal essay/memoir, visuals, book reviews and scholarly essays for a general audience. From the Iliad to The Hurt Locker to The Things They Carried, war and art have reflected one another. It is this...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, War, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction -
The Wax Paper is a broadsheet publication open to all forms of written word, imagery and collected conversation. The first priority of the Wax Paper is to expand our understanding of the people we share the world with, and in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Regional, Translation, Young Adult -
Waxing & Waning is a literary journal that seeks what’s on the fringe. Whatever is deep and true. The moon represents this idea: what is dark, what is brooding, what is wild. We want to feed the beast in you, the one buried beneath layers of...
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Waxwing is a literary journal promoting the tremendous cultural diversity of contemporary American literature, alongside international voices in translation. We believe that American voices are, at their cores, both multicultural and...
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Since 2012, The Wayfarer has been offering literature, interviews, and art with the intention to inspires our readers, enrich their lives, and highlight the power for agency and change-making that each individual holds.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
The Wayne Literary Review is a yearly literary journal published in Detroit, MI, by Wayne State Press. We publish writing that inspires, experiments, and pushes language in new and interesting directions. We are edited by Wayne State University...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Welter is an annual print literary magazine--originated in 1965--now produced by the MFA program at the University of Baltimore. Additional content is published online. As our name implies, we are looking for work that is provocative, exciting,...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 4 to Mar 2Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
West Trade Review strives to put forth the best contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction (memoir/personal essays) and publishes a mix of established and up and coming writers. We are committed to the principles of diversity...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Whale Road Review will publish poetry, flash fiction, and micro essays that don’t demand too much time up front, but somehow leave readers changed. We hope readers of all sorts will enjoy these short pieces in stolen moments—waiting in line,...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Whiskey Island is a nonprofit literary journal that has been published by Cleveland State University for over thirty years. We welcome poetry and fiction submissions. We look to publish exciting new voices as well as established authors...
Reading Period: Aug 15 to May 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
The Wilderness House Literary Review is a publication devoted to excellence in literature and the arts.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
