Subgenres: Experimental

The Plentitudes

The Plentitudes is a quarterly international literary journal showcasing captivating prose and poetry from diverse voices. They believe in the power of writing—in its plentitude of forms, styles, and modes of exploration—to move the... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Feb 1 to Mar 31
May 1 to Jun 30
Aug 1 to Sep 30
Nov 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Formal Poetry, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction

Open Doors Review

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... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Nonfiction, Poetry

Variety Pack

Variety Pack tries to live up their namesake! A bedrock of diverse voices, expressing a variety of arts & letters. Open to both genre and literary. Sure there’s an aesthetic, but it’s a broad atlas rather than a narrow stream!

Reading Periods: 
May 1 to Jul 15
Sep 15 to Nov 15
Temporarily closed to submissions
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult

Novel Slices

Novel Slices is dedicated solely to novel excerpts. 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 “complete... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Feb 26 to Apr 30
Aug 24 to Oct 31
Temporarily closed to submissions
Genres Published: 
Fiction
Subgenres: 
Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Regional, Serialized Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation

Futurepoem

Futurepoem is a New York City-based publishing collaborative dedicated to presenting innovative works of contemporary poetry and prose by both emerging and important underrepresented writers. Read more

The rotating editorial panel shares the... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Dec 15 to Jan 15
Jul 15 to Aug 15
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Subgenres: 
Cross-genre, Experimental

Full Bleed

Full Bleed exists to cultivate that fertile ground where the visual and literary arts intersect. The editors are happy to consider criticism, belle-lettres, visual art, illustration, fiction, poetry, and... Read more

Reading Period: 
Aug 15 to Nov 15
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Subgenres: 
Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry

Illuminated Press

Illuminated Press is a micro publisher that amplifies a wide range of voices through publishing. Writers of any age and experience whose work explores social, political, and/or economic topics are encouraged to submit. Read more

They consider text,... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Jan 1 to Jan 31
Aug 1 to Aug 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Subgenres: 
Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Political, Prose Poetry, Young Adult

SORTES

SORTES is an ongoing collection of stories, poems, songs, and illustrations. They have neither theme nor scene. 10 authors per issue and four issues per year, they publish both the sufficiently strange and insufficiently boring: swart... Read more

Reading Period: 
Jan 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction, Translation

Flora Fiction Literary Magazine

Flora Fiction is dedicated to artists of all types: poets, writers, photographers, and illustrations. The editors are here to provide a platform for emerging creatives to showcase their work. Their literary magazine comes out every... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Jan 28 to Feb 28
Jul 1 to Aug 17
Oct 1 to Oct 30
Dec 1 to Dec 31
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction
Subgenres: 
Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Speculative Fiction

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