Subgenres: Lyric Essay

WTAW Press

WTAW Press is an independent, nonprofit literary press devoted to discovering and publishing enduring literary works. WTAW publishes a carefully curated list of titles across a range of genres (literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, essay, and... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Dec 1 to Dec 31
Sep 30 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Red Bird Chapbooks

Red Bird Chapbooks publishes high quality handmade chapbooks that introduce aspiring and inspiring writers and artists to a larger audience. Red Bird provides a venue for new and existing writers to bring forth small collections of their work in... Read more

Reading Period: 
Nov 1 to Nov 30
Temporarily closed to submissions
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

About Place Journal

About Place Journal is the literary publication of the Black Earth Institute. BEI is dedicated to art serving the causes of spirit, earth, and society. Issues are guest-edited by fellows of the Institute. Themes (titles of issues) are... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Jan 1 to Mar 10
Jun 1 to Aug 10
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Essay Press

Essay Press holds print chapbook contests in the summer and print book contests in the fall. The editors particularly welcome manuscripts that extend or challenge the formal range of nonfiction—including, but not limited to, lyric essays and... Read more

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

Claudia Ballard

William Morris Endeavor
11 Madison Avenue
18th Floor
New York, NY 10010

Star 82 Review

Star 82 Review is a full-color, online and print magazine. Each issue may feature microfiction and creative nonfiction, erasure texts, narrative art, word and image, and poetry, including haibun and prose. Think of gentle works filled... Read more

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

Delmarva Review

The Delmarva Review publishes exceptional, new poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction annually in print and electronic editions. Submissions have been paused in 2024 to publish an anthology of  “The Best of the Delmarva Review” (... Read more

Reading Period: 
Nov 1 to Mar 31
Temporarily closed to submissions
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Cleaver Magazine

Founded in 2013, Cleaver is Philadelphia’s international quarterly literary magazine. It publishes cutting-edge contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, essays on craft and the writing life, and book reviews.  

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

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