Open Reading Periods: Journals and Presses Ready to Read Your Work Now
Looking for a place to submit your work? The literary magazines and small presses below, culled from our carefully curated and vetted databases, are currently open for submissions. And further down is a list of publishers that are open all year for submissions. This list is continually updated, so check back often. Once you’ve found a place to submit your work, try our Submission Tracker to help you stay organized and keep track of your submissions.
Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Mar 4 to Dec 15
Gravity of the Thing |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Mar 1 to Apr 30, Oct 1 to Nov 30
Headlight Review |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Feb 1 to May 31, Aug 1 to Nov 30
Heart of Flesh Literary Journal |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Feb 1 to Mar 31, Aug 1 to Sep 30
In Short: A Journal of Creative Nonfiction |
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Creative Nonfiction
Jan 31 to Mar 31, Sep 30 to Nov 30
Infrarrealista Review |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Jan 1 to Mar 31, Jun 1 to Oct 31
Inlandia: A Literary Journey |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Jan 1 to Mar 31, Sep 1 to Oct 31
Kitchen Table Quarterly |
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Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
Mar 1 to Apr 1, Jul 1 to Aug 1, Oct 1 to Nov 1
Maine Review |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Jan 1 to Mar 31, May 1 to Jun 30, Sep 1 to Nov 30
Men Matters Online Journal |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Jan 1 to Apr 30, Jul 1 to Oct 31
Michigan Quarterly Review |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Jan 1 to Apr 1, Aug 1 to Nov 1
New England Review |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Mar 1 to May 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1
North Dakota State University Press |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Aug 1 to May 31
the other side of hope: journeys in refugee and immigrant literature |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Feb 1 to Apr 30
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Open All Year
Below is the list of literary magazines and small presses that are open for submissions all year.
After Dinner Conversation: Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine |
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Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Poets and Dreamers: Culture, Art, and Conversation + Poets and Dreamers International Literary Journal |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine |
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Poetry, Creative Nonfiction



