Subgenres: Experimental

Brevity

Brevity publishes well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief (750 words or less) essay form. They have featured work from Pulitzer prize winners and finalists, many NEA fellows, Pushcart winners, ... Read more

Reading Period: 
Sep 1 to May 1
Genres Published: 
Creative Nonfiction

Penn Review

Founded in 1951, the Penn Review is the oldest continuously published and premier literary magazine at the University of Pennsylvania. Devoted to the literary and visual arts, the Penn Review publishes original poetry, fiction,... Read more

Reading Periods: 
Feb 9 to Mar 17
Sep 10 to Nov 8
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Swamp Ape Review

The Swamp Ape is a legend that reflects Florida—its mythology, its weirdness—as well as the human desire to create a narrative around that which they can’t explain. Submissions to the Swamp should defy form to the extent that the piece’s... Read more

Reading Period: 
Mar 1 to Aug 1
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Adroit Journal

The Adroit Journal is looking for work that’s bizarre, authentic, subtle, outrageous, indefinable, raw, paradoxical. The editors have their eyes on the horizon. Send them work that lives between the land and the sky.

Reading Periods: 
Mar 15 to May 1
Sep 15 to Nov 1
Genres Published: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation

indicia

indicia seeks to showcase a dynamic collage of passionate and profound voices hungry to produce art and write primarily in the English language. indicia enjoys feeling out the lengths to which language can be stretched, whether ... Read more

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

Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal

Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal publishes original work by writers and artists age 14-24. The editors look for work that demonstrates virtuosity and wonder, work that interrogates norms and assumptions, and delights... Read more

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

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