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 or are opening soon (within the next thirty days). 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.
Metaworker Literary Magazine |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Jan 1 to Feb 28, Apr 1 to May 31, Jul 1 to Aug 31, Oct 1 to Nov 30
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
Sep 1 to Nov 1, Mar 1 to May 1
New Feathers Anthology |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Feb 1 to Mar 1, Jun 1 to Jul 1, Oct 1 to Nov 1
New Square Literary Magazine |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Feb 1 to Apr 30, Sep 1 to Nov 10
New World Writing Quarterly |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Jan 1 to Jan 14, Apr 1 to Apr 14, Jul 1 to Jul 14, Oct 1 to Oct 14
Nightboat Books |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
May 15 to Jul 9, Sep 1 to Nov 15
North Carolina Literary Review |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Jan 15 to Mar 1, Apr 1 to Apr 30, Sep 15 to Oct 31
North Dakota State University Press |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Aug 1 to May 31
Orion: Nature and Culture |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Jun 15 to Jun 30, Sep 15 to Sep 30
pacificREVIEW: A West Coast Arts Review Annual |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Aug 1 to Mar 15
Philly Poetry Chapbook Review |
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Poetry
Feb 1 to Mar 15, Aug 1 to Sep 15, Nov 1 to Dec 15, May 1 to Jun 15
The Plentitudes |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Feb 1 to Mar 31, May 1 to Jun 30, Aug 1 to Sep 30, Nov 1 to Dec 31
Poetry International |
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Poetry, Translation
Jan 1 to Feb 1, Mar 1 to Apr 30, Jun 1 to Sep 1, Sep 1 to Dec 1
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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
Voices de la Luna: A Quarterly Literature and Art Magazine |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation