Magazine1 serves as both a showcase of excellent writing from around the world, and a literary hub for the Sarasota / Saint Pete / Tampa area. The editors want to showcase work that challenges their understanding of what writing is and...
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Reading Period: Aug 14 to Nov 14, Feb 14 to May 14Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Malahat Review is among Canada’s leading literary journals. Published quarterly, it features contemporary works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers from around the world. TMR is a...
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Mannequin haus publishes experimental fiction, video art, gif, scanner art, photography, painting, collage, print, comics, scribbles, found art, interviews and reviews. Anything submitted with surreal, descriptive, textural and original...
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The Mantelpiece is a monthly literary journal, featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, travel writing, book reviews, light verse, and poetry.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Markaz Review is a literary arts publication and cultural institution that curates content and programs on the greater Middle East and its communities in the diaspora. The Markaz signifies “the center” in Arabic, as well as Persian,...
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The Massachusetts Review is an independent quarterly journal of literature, the arts, and public affairs. MR has deep local roots but an international scope, with an emphasis on work that provokes debate, challenges ideology,...
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Men Matters Online Journal (MMOJ) is a literary journal devoted to topics concerning men, masculinity, gender, culture, politics, sexuality, and challenging men’s roles in traditional patriarchal societies. It is...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 30, Jul 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Meow Meow Pow Pow is a weekly broadside that revolves around a theme. It publishes one piece a week around a premise that lasts three months, with four different themes throughout the year.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 1, Apr 1 to Jul 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Michigan Quarterly Review seeks, cultivates, and amplifies a wide range of artistic expressions that interrogate the world and expand the imagination.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 1, Aug 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
MicroLit publishes innovative flash work in any genre. We also publish reviews1
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Mar 30, Sep 1 to Sep 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Cross-genre -
The people of Mid-American Review seek to publish works of fine literary art from a diverse body of artists. The magazine is on the lookout for work that has the power to move and astonish while displaying the highest level of craft.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Translation -
Midway Journal accepts submissions of aesthetically ambitious work that occupies the realms between both the traditional and experimental.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Miracle Monocle is an online journal of innovative literary and visual art. Published biannually, the journal features poems, short stories, literary nonfiction, reviews and interviews, and a broad range of experimental works.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Aug 31, Jan 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Founded in 1978, the Missouri Review has earned a reputation for finding and publishing the very best writers first. Each issue contains new fiction, poetry, and essays, along with author interviews, art, and found-text features such as ...
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Modern Literature is an online, international literary magazine, aspiring to grow into a global platform for showcasing the latest trends in modern literature. They are a nonprofit venture, solely with the idea of growing their magazine...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation -
Moko is a nonprofit journal that publishes fiction, poetry, visual arts, and nonfiction essays that reflect a Caribbean heritage or experience. Their goal is to create networks with a Pan-Caribbean ethos in a way that is also sensitive...
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The Montréal Review features long-form critical essays, book reviews, commentary and interviews, photo essays, short stories and poetry. It is illustrated with contemporary and classic art by Canadian and international artists....
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Moss is a literary journal of writing from the Pacific Northwest. Published annually, Moss is dedicated to exploring the intersection of place and creative expression, while exposing the region’s outstanding writers to a broad...
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Mulberry Literary is an online literary and art magazine dedicated to showcasing creative work in its every form. It aims to provide a longstanding, international platform that is inclusive to all creative work,...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jul 15Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: 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, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation
