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Literary Magazines
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, Translation -
Thimble Literary Magazine is a quarterly online and print journal based on the belief that poetry is like armor.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 31, May 1 to Jun 30, Aug 1 to Sep 30, Nov 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry -
Based at 7,000 feet, Thin Air Magazine has no choice but to invite work that takes us to dizzying heights with its innovation and insight. The editors aspire to foster diversity, authenticity, surprise, and excitement while making the...
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Poetry attentive to form; short fiction with a lasting impact; criticism of poetry and prose; nonfiction with a focus on the natural world.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Jun 30, Sep 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Third Coast is one of the nation’s premier literary magazines—and one of only a handful of nationally distributed literary magazines to regularly include four genres. Third Coast consistently publishes often award-winning...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 15 to Nov 15, Nov 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Located on the Pacific Ocean in the artists’ colony of Laguna Beach, California, Third Street Review lives on the edge, both literally and figuratively. California has always been synonymous with exploration and innovation and, in...
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Thirteen Bridges Review is the literary arts journal produced by the Department of English and Philosophy at Auburn University at Montgomery. The journal’s mission is to present original and groundbreaking literary works by new and...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Nov 2, Jan 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Threepenny Review is an arts magazine that combines literature, the visual and performing arts, memoir, and essay, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has been published since 1980. Every issue contains essays, stories, poems, and...
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The Tiger Moth Review publishes poetry, prose, art and photography that engage with the themes of nature, culture, the environment and ecology. Send them work that is eco-conscious and critical, work that celebrates the beauty/bounty of...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 30, Aug 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Share poetry that resists the "regime of common sense." (Anthony Reed)
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Jun 1 to Jul 31, Oct 1 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Timada’s Diary is the magazine of ekphrastic literature. They publish prose, poetry, and images of visual art that have been inspired by the arts.
Reading Period: Dec 1 to Jan 31, Mar 1 to Apr 30, Jun 1 to Jul 30, Sep 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Timberline Review is an all-volunteer literary journal published by Willamette Writers. The editors’ focus is on showcasing emerging talent.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
TINGE Magazine, Temple University’s online literary journal, is published one to two times a year.
Reading Period: Aug 15 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Toasted Cheese welcomes submissions from emerging and established authors. The editors are actively searching for minority voices. Their emphasis is on submission quality, not a list of previous publications.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Torch Literary Arts is a nonprofit organization established to support and promote the work of African American women. They publish contemporary poetry, prose, and short stories by experienced and emerging writers alike. Their signature...
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Toyon is Humboldt State University English department’s annual literary magazine. Run entirely by students since its first issue in 1954, Toyon showcases the work of established and emerging writers and artists from Humboldt...
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Trafika Europe showcases current fiction and poetry in English and English translation from across the Council of Europe countries, with our online quarterly digest, and Trafika Europe Radio—Europe’s literary radio station, free online! ...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Translation -
Transformations is an online magazine of narrative essays focused on life-changing experiences and events. These essays are typically deeply personal and situated in a larger societal context. This narrative project is a publishing...
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Transition is a unique forum for the freshest, most compelling, most curious ideas about race. Since its founding in Uganda in 1961, the magazine has kept apace of the rapid transformation of the black world and has remained a leading...
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TriQuarterly is a journal of writing, art, and cultural inquiry from Northwestern University.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to May 31, Oct 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Tupelo Quarterly publishes work by emerging and established writers and artists of many sensibilities and styles.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Tusculum Review fosters a vibrant community for both professional and emerging writers. The editors engage a diverse audience with captivating works across four genres that reflect the complexities of contemporary life.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Twin Bill is a quarterly online literary baseball publication founded in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. The editors celebrate the rich history of the game while also recognizing its vibrant present through essays, fiction, poetry...
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Established in 2023, Twin Bird Review is a biannual online literary publication for imaginative fiction, poetry, essays, art, and comics. The editors love the metaphorical, the speculative, the fantastical, the whimsical, and the strange...
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A digital literary journal brought to you by students and faculty in the BA in Liberal Studies Creative Writing Concentration at Antioch University Los Angeles. Two Hawks Quarterly is dedicated to publishing works that spark debate,...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Flash Fiction
