Decolonial Passage welcomes writing from all writers engaged in the decolonial project, regardless of the writer’s race, origin, gender, disability, or geographical location. Simultaneously, Decolonial Passage centers African,...
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Find a home for your poems, stories, essays, and reviews by researching the publications vetted by our editorial staff and listed in the Literary Magazines database. Here you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, and contact information—everything you need to determine which publications match your vision for your writing and your writing life. Use the filters below to find magazines with reading periods that are open now or opening soon (within the next thirty days), accept unsolicited submissions, and match all of your criteria for the perfect publisher of your work.
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Deep Wild Journal is the home for creative work inspired by journeys to places where there are no roads. They seek work that conjures the experiences, observations, and insights of backcountry journeys. By “backcountry,” they mean away...
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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” (...
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Disclaimer Magazine is a literary and visual arts magazine published by Write253 in Tacoma, Washington. Submissions are open year-round to writers and artists ages 15 to 22, and issues are curated by an all-teen editorial board.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry -
Dishsoap is a nerdy, uncool, earnest magazine that wouldn’t wait three days to call you if it got your number. That’s too bad at math to care about measuring accolades against one another. That doesn’t have a type beyond TNR or maybe...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry -
The Dodge seeks your best work in eco-writing, writing about animals, and translation. They’re excited by a wide range of forms and approaches. Among other things, they’re interested in broadening the scope of stories, poems, and essays...
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The Ear publishes written and visual art that captures the attention and encourages imagination. They love to amplify the voices of people traditionally underrepresented in the publishing industry.
Reading Period: Sep 30 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Short Fiction -
This magazine is for bilingual (and trilingual) readers and writers. All texts on this site are published with translations—into English if the text is in Russian or Ukrainian, and into Russian or Ukrainian if the text is in English.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Élan international student literary magazine accepts original fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, and plays from students currently enrolled in grades nine through 12. The editors seek original...
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eMerge Online Literary Magazine seeks avant-garde poetry and short fiction that pushes boundaries. eMerge value works that prompt readers to perceive aspects of humanity in novel and enlightening ways, encouraging a fresh...
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Emergent Literary is an assemblage of black and brown work. To the editors, Emergent refers to urgency, immediacy, inception and birth, beginning, forefront, and now. It also refers to the philosophy of emergence as interreliant...
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Eunoia Review is a Singapore-based online literary journal committed to sharing the fruits of “beautiful thinking.” Each day, it publishes two new pieces of writing for your reading pleasure. The editor believes that Eunoia Review...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
The Exacting Clam is a quarterly magazine of arts and ideas, brought to you by Sagging Meniscus Press.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Fiction, Poetry -
At Five South, the editors amplify diverse voices and narratives that challenge convention and explore the intricacies of the human experience. They seek emotionally resonant, thought-provoking, and innovative submissions, whether they...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Feb 1 to Feb 28, Apr 1 to Apr 30, Jun 1 to Jun 30, Jul 1 to Jul 31, Oct 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Send 2-227 poems, 2-953 paintings, or a 12-inch sandwich to: fowlpoxpress@planetmail.net. Address to Virgil Kay, Editor, Rooster, and Chicken Coop Habitué.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
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...
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Gavialidae is a print literary periodical published annually seeking poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and plays.
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For creative nonfiction, Glacial Hills Review wants to see creative personal stories that reflect one’s own personal experiences in such a way that they provoke understanding in discerning readers. The editors also accept...
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Glassworks is a publication of Rowan University’s Master of Arts in Writing program. In addition to providing opportunities for graduate students to participate as literary citizens, Glassworks publishes literary work from both...
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The Good Life Review is an online literary journal that provides a beautiful and equitable platform for writers and artists to showcase and share their poetry, prose, and art. The editors want to foster a positive and inclusive literary...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Short Fiction, Translation -
Gulf Stream Magazine, started in 1989, is a national literary magazine published by the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University. It is a biannual online journal dedicated to publishing great fiction, nonfiction,...
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The Headlight Review features new creative writing that demonstrates the persistent value of imaginative literature. The editors seek submissions that push the boundaries of form, langauge, plot, character, and prosody, especially from...
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Heart of Flesh is a semiannual literary journal that seeks quality writing and art with Christian themes.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 31, Aug 1 to Sep 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Hemlock Journal’s focus is on the quality of the submissions regardless of the background of the writers or the poets. The editors believe literature belongs to all and must empower each and everyone.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 15, Nov 1 to Dec 15, Apr 1 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Serialized Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, Young Adult -
Humana Obscura is looking for poetry that is accessible, prose that is poetic, and artwork of the natural world that will wow them. They seek work that is nuanced, raw, and imagistic with strong elements of the natural world or hints to...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Feb 1, Mar 1 to May 1, Jun 1 to Aug 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
