Since our founding in 2020, Fantastic Other’s mission has been to provide a place to showcase the literary side of all things speculative. The editors welcome poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and art submissions that contain elements of...
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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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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 moreReading Period: Aug 15 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
GAS: Poetry, Art, and Music is an online journal that publishes poetry as well as a combination of art, music, and interviews. It’s best to read a few features to get the sense for what is published. They also do occasional interviews,...
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The Glacier is an annual online literary journal based at Indiana University South Bend. The journal accepts submissions of poetry, visual art, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Glacier is interested...
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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, TranslationSubgenres: 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 -
Humphrey Magazine, “a magazine of decadent whimsy” is a biannual theme-focused magazine founded by Humphrey Higgins The Cat. For upcoming themes, check the website. Strong adherence to theme will determine publication. All styles of...
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Ilanot Journal publishes experimental as well as traditional work in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid literature, interviews, and graphic literature/art. It especially encourages translations.
Each issue is themed and edited by...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 31, Jul 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
IMPOSTOR SYNDROME: the belief that talents and accomplishments are fraudulent or the result of luck. This journal was created to foster a welcoming and encouraging space for poets, who—like the editors—may feel intimidated by the established...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 30, Oct 1 to Oct 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Poetry, art, collage, mixed media, and photography from minimalist to avant-garde—open to innovative, imagistic, philosophical, experimental creations.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Visual Poetry -
Indelible is a literary journal reaching out to a broader community of writers, both established and emerging. The journal seeks to publish works from distinguished writers and artists with strong voices and literary/artistic convictions...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 7 to Jan 31, Feb 1 to May 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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 ...
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“A magazine of poised prose, precarious poetry, and photography to pilot our own realms again.” Ink In Thirds is a boutique literary magazine established in 2016 that publishes poetry, prose, and visual art. The focus is on the emotive,...
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Invisible City publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. They seek work that encourages them to see the world from new perspectives and different angles, ones that they may not have previously considered or imagined.
Reading Period: Mar 16 to Apr 16, Sep 16 to Oct 16Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
“The juke joint has always been a place beyond the margin, somewhere along the line. Barrelhouses of the South, juke joints served as a place for sharecroppers & slaves to socialize & celebrate counterculture in a society marred by...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 15, May 1 to Jul 15, Sep 1 to Dec 15Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Regional, Visual Poetry -
Kaleidoscoped Mag is a literary arts magazine formed by MFA students at UC San Diego. It is especially interested in literary and visual art that makes use of cross-genre, hybrid, experimental, unusual, or fragmented forms.
Reading Period: Apr 1 to Jul 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Nonfiction, Poetry, Visual Poetry -
La Mosca is the literary and arts magazine of Northeastern Illinois University. They are looking for poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art, short fiction, and hybrid work that either makes them think, feel, laugh, experiments with form...
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Themed issues with suggested prompts, but open to off-topic submissions of strong, personal, timely, or narrative poetry. Find the latest prompt on Last Stanza Poetry’s Facebook page. There's no reading fee. Prize of $100 for one...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
Lines + Stars began in 2006 as a means of establishing a new creative forum in Washington, D.C., a city that all-too-often coasts on its more mechanistic pursuits. As of 2017, they operate out of Baltimore, Maryland. L+S Press, their...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Apr 1, Jul 1 to Oct 1Subgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Lucky Jefferson’s mission is simple: publish social change. They reimagine books by creating interactive and collaborative community experiences that center the writer and artist and cultivate inclusive representation in...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 14 to Nov 14, Feb 14 to May 14Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Maintenant is an annual journal that features the most significant contemporary dada writing and art from around the world. Maintenant editions aim to bring to light cutting-edge poetry and art that stems from an original spirit...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, Feminist, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Visual Poetry, War -
Metachrosis literary magazine is an online publication that strives to be the place where the foundations of the world are explored and celebrated. Created as part of the Art, Science, and Visual Thinking MFA at Dundee University, this...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 20 to Mar 3Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Metaworker is an online literary magazine where great stories are forged. Their mission is to publish great things to read and the editors are interested in stories, poems, and art that have new, interesting perspectives or...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Metphrastics is an online poetry journal inspired by works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The editors publish ekphrastic poetry responding to the Met’s permanent collection and select special exhibits—all areas,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Launched in 2018, Milk Press is the literary and visual art journal of the Poetry Society of New York. Milk Press merges the poetic, visual, and digital art worlds by cultivating, presenting, and publishing multidisciplinary and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 7 to Mar 22, Jun 10 to Aug 1, Sep 3 to Oct 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Visual Poetry
