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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: FictionGenres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction -
Nat. Brut is a Dallas-based nonprofit organization that produces a biannual art and literary magazine both online and in print. It aims to provide quality, engaging, dynamic, inspiring work from a wide array of genres and mediums in a...
Read moreReading Period: May 1 to May 31, Nov 1 to Nov 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Neon is a magazine of slipstream fiction, poetry, and artwork. It publishes creative work that is fantastic or surreal, and which crosses the boundaries between science-fiction, horror, and literary fiction. It is one of the longest-...
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New England Review publishes quality fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that is both challenging and inviting to the general reader. The selections present a broad spectrum of viewpoints and genres, including traditional and experimental...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 1, Mar 1 to May 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation -
The New Guard is a contest-centered, independent literary review, publishing 35+ emerging writers each year from the US and abroad. We proudly publish in print.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Jan 11Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Newfound publishes pieces that explore how place shapes identity, imagination, and understanding. The journal is published bi-annually online and features fiction, poetry, nonfiction, visual arts, reviews, and more.
Reading Period: May 15 to Aug 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Translation, War -
Night Picnic is a journal of literature and art that publishes novels, novellas, plays, short and flash stories, fairytales for adults, poetry, interviews, essays (including popular science essays), letters to the editors, and artwork...
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No Tokens is a journal celebrating work that is felt in the spine. It is run entirely by women, queer, trans, and non-binary individuals, dedicated to featuring the words and artwork of all voices of the past, present, and future.
Reading Period: May 31 to Jul 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Noctua Review is the literary publication of Southern Connecticut State University's (SCSU) English department. We encourage well-crafted poetry and fiction submissions of any style from emerging and established writers.
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Each issue is themed, and NonBinary Review explores the edges of those themes. We're looking for works that approach our themes in unexpected but completely fitting ways.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Nonconformist is a literary magazine dedicated to publishing fiction, poetry, experimental fiction and poetry, book reviews, literary criticism, and various culture-related articles. We believe in reconfiguring the world using pens,...
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The literary journal Nostos, containing poetry, short fiction, and art usually focused on a theme, is published by Longship Press. Our current submission period for the 9th edition of Nostos is December 15 to April 1, 2023. The theme of...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 15 to Apr 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Novel Slices is dedicated solely to novel excerpts. These excerpts should feel like they come from novels that want to be read—they may pop readers into the action and leave them hanging at the end. They do not have to feel '...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 26 to Apr 30, Aug 24 to Oct 31Genre: Fiction -
October Hill Magazine believes strongly in the need for a digital platform from which new and aspiring writers can express their creativity. The editors believe in honoring new talent and publishing the very best of new literary and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Sep 15Genres: Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
The mission of Ofi Press Magazine is to promote superb work from all over the world as well as translated work from Mexican poets.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Translation -
Old Pal is an online magazine based out of Portland, Oregon, since 2018. The magazine has published work that includes experimental writing, the hybrid genre, and critical inquiries from the Portland local community and beyond. It...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 24 to May 20, Sep 22 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, TranslationGenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
Open Doors Review is a literary magazine based in Italy that publishes literary fiction, poetry, and thought-provoking essays in English or Italian. Whatever your connection to Italy (whether you live here, have Italian ancestry or...
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Orca publishes short stories, flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We dedicate one issue per year (June) to literary-speculative work. We are open to almost any topic, as long as it’s written in a literary style. We are committed to diversity...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
Orion is a quarterly, ad-free literary magazine focusing on nature, culture, and place. We publish essays, narrative nonfiction, poetry, and short fiction that address environmental and societal issues.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Other Journal welcomes the submission of critical essays, reviews, creative writing, and visual or performance art that encounter life through the lens of theology and culture; it seeks pieces that consider the interaction of faith...
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Otis Nebula is an innovative micro press that is always looking for new voices. It publishes a semi-annual digital magazine, print books, and ebooks, which are available through our website.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Pacifica Literary Review publishes poetry, fiction, and creative non three times a year. Based in Seattle, it invites writers from all backgrounds, races, orientations, and occupations to send work.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The pacificREVIEW is an annual review of prose, poetry, and artwork on a given theme, published in affiliation with San Diego State University Press. For 2023 we are publishing an all graphic fiction special edition!
Reading Period: Nov 5 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
"I decided some years ago that I wanted to create a space for people taking on the struggle, a venue to give those writers and artists a truly fair shot at publication and the chance to be seen, read, and recognized—no connections, no...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Paper Brigade is the print literary journal of Jewish Book Council. Composed of articles, interviews, fiction, poetry, and artwork, it celebrates the breadth and diversity of today’s Jewish books in the US and abroad. The journal seeks...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 15 to Feb 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
