Subgenres: Lyric Essay

Red River Review

Red River Review is a digital literary journal founded in 1999 and relaunched in 2025. Rooted in poetry, it also now publishes short stories, creative essays, and visual art. The journal seeks thoughtful, resonant work and is committed to... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Jul 1 to Sep 30
Oct 1 to Dec 31
Jan 1 to Mar 30
Apr 1 to Jun 30
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

FLARE Magazine

FLARE Magazine publishes stories, hybrids, essays, art, and poetry about chronic illnesses, disabilities, and mental health, written by those who experience at least one of these. FLARE hopes to spread awareness about these... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Jan 1 to Jan 15
Feb 1 to Feb 8
Apr 1 to Apr 15
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Susquehanna University Press

Susquehanna University Press publishes book-length literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The editors look for work that will appeal to local, regional, and university communities, with a focus on authors with ties to the Appalachian... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Literary Wire

The Literary Wire is a digital-first publisher dedicated to innovative storytelling across literary forms. Through its Journalistic Poetry Project, it explores the intersection of journalism and verse. The publication welcomes poetry,... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

FLARE Magazine

FLARE Magazine is for chronically ill and disabled writers, readers, and friends and family of the chronically ill and disabled people they know. Read more

FLARE was named after autoimmune flares one gets when they are chronically... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Jan 15
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

What Books Press

What Books Press was founded in 2009 to create an outlet for groundbreaking fiction, poetry, and translation. The editors are strongly committed to new, innovative, and underrepresented writing that challenges both formal boundaries... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Apr 15
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Survive Thrive provides opportunities for sharing art, poetry, essays, and the practice of Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine. The editors encourage those in the medical profession to practice Narrative Medicine by submitting... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Creative Nonfiction

The Core Review

The Core Review is engaged with environmental justice, postcolonial feminism, queerness in all its humanizing and messy forms, and supports writers' expansion beyond these topics in ways that move them. The publication values... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Jul 1 to Sep 30
Jan 1 to Mar 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

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