Inlandia: A Literary Journey is the literary journal of Inlandia Institute, a literary nonprofit. The journal publishes two issues per year: Fall is open to all, but special consideration is given to those works or writers with a tie to...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Innisfree Poetry Journal publishes well-crafted poems, whether in free verse or in traditional forms, poems grounded in the specific, which speak in fresh language and telling images.
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The best food writing is not just about what’s on the plate, but is, like all literature, also interested in language, psychology, and the most pressing issues of the day. The Inquisitive Eater: New School Food provides a forum for...
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Inscape is the literary journal published annually at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. The publication, which premiered in 1972, features poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art from the region and beyond.
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Inscape aims to curate pieces that are both...
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Founded in 1944 by poet Wilber Stevens, Interim is edited by Claudia Keelan and Andrew Nicholson. It is an international literary journal that publishes art, flash and experimental fiction, hybrid texts, literary nonfiction, poetry,...
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The International Human Rights Art Movement is an indispensable ally in the fight for human rights.
IHRAM expands the power of art and supports artists in their quest to heal the world. They utilize the soul-force of...
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Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine is a literary journal dedicated to promoting the theory and practice of narrative medicine, an interdisciplinary field that enhances healthcare through the effective communication, empathy, and...
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Inverted Syntax seeks to publish unorthodox approaches to form and aesthetics. Editors prefer work that is non-genre, those that straddle multiple categories. Send memorable, haunting approaches to art and language that turn readers...
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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 Iowa Review selects most of their content from the several thousand unsolicited manuscripts that arrive each year from throughout the country and abroad. They take their mission to be nudging along American literature, to be local...
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Iron City Magazine is an online and print journal devoted entirely to writing and art from the prison world.
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J Journal examines justice through creative work, directly and tangentially. Housed at CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice, one of the nation’s premier criminal justice institutions, J Journal’s contributors have...
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Jabberwock Review is a literary journal published semiannually by students and faculty of Mississippi State University. The journal consists of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from around the world. It welcomes all forms and styles of...
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Jelly Bucket features established and new writers and artists. We are committed to publishing writers from, and writing about, marginalized and under-represented communities. The special section will comprise a major portion of the issue...
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Jersey Devil Press is an online literary journal, born on the toll roads and raised in the diners of the great Garden State. Their focus is speculative-tinged fiction and poetry.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction -
Jet Fuel Review is a student-run, faculty-advised, online literary magazine. Believing in the power of language, the editors seeks to provide a platform for quality writing and artwork that pushes boundaries, surpasses expectations, and...
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JMWW is a weekly online literary journal accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, interviews, and essays.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Johnny America publishes fiction, shorts, very short shorts, humor, and mildly humorous nonfiction essay-like things.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Short Fiction -
JONAHmagazine is comprised of stories. Stories of journeys, in space, in time, in the heart, or in the mind. Beginnings, endings, triumphs and frustrations, odysseys of the spirit. Poetry, prose, true stories, memoir. Tales humorous or...
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Established in 1972, the Journal is the nationally distributed, prize-winning literary journal of Ohio State University. It publishes the highest quality fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and reviews by both emerging and established authors...
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 1, Feb 1 to May 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Matter Press is a community-based, nonprofit 501(c)(3) literary press that publishes an online literary journal, the Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, manages an annual short fiction and poetry chapbook contest, and supports a regular...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 15, Apr 1 to Jun 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
The first online literary journal to publish expressive writing, freewriting, nonfiction, personal essay, memoir, reflective essay, poetry, prose, contemplative discourse, and creative nonfiction—all that originates from a writing prompt.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Creative NonfictionGenres: BIPOC Voices, Healing/Health, LGBTQ Voices, Nonfiction, Prose Poetry -
The Journal of Undiscovered Poets strives to publish poets who do not have access to traditional opportunities, usually because they are not in situations where there are many readings and public events, or in academic settings.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
“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: PoetryGenres: BIPOC Voices, Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Regional, Visual Poetry
