Somos en escrito: The Latino Literary Magazine is dedicated to providing an outlet to new and established writers in the various fields of literature: fiction (short stories, novellas, excerpts from novels), essays, poetry (all genre),...
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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 -
Songs of Eretz publish quality poetry of any genre and length congruent with their quarterly themes, including traditional poems, form poems, prose poems, and narrative poems. They also consider extraordinarily good poems that are not...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 15, May 1 to May 15, Aug 1 to Aug 15, Nov 1 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry -
Survivors to Superherores’ literary journal, Songs of Survival, strives to aid survivors and their loved ones in healing after experiencing sexual violence.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Since the magazine’s inception in 1980, editors and readers have worked to keep alive the journal’s tradition of publishing both established and emerging writers who uphold the highest standards of innovative prose and poetry.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Apr 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Sontag Mag is a literary magazine appearing triannually and devoted to fostering a community of poets and translators and promoting works exceptional in craft.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1, May 1 to Jul 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Translation -
SORTES is an ongoing collection of stories, poems, songs, and illustrations. They have neither theme nor scene. 10 authors per issue and four issues per year, they publish both the sufficiently strange and insufficiently boring: swart stories,...
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Soundings East, the literary journal of Salem State University, has published quality fiction, poetry, and nonfiction for forty years. The magazine is published annually with support from the Center for Creative and Performing Arts....
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The goal of the editors in putting TSR together is to create a literary journal filled with debut, emerging, and established authors; a literary journal that is inclusive of marginalized voices; a literary journal in which their readers...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 17 to Feb 17, Sep 1 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Southeast Review is a nationally acclaimed literary magazine, first established in 1979 as Sundog, that gives voice to underrepresented and emerging writers on the same stage as well-established ones. They publish fiction, nonfiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jun 1, Aug 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, Young Adult -
Southern Humanities Review publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Translations in all genres have also appeared in the journal. The journal recently established the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Honoring Jake Adam York, poet...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 1 to Oct 15, Jan 15 to Mar 14Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: BIPOC Voices, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation -
Southern Indiana Review presents a cross-section of emerging and established artists and writers whose work is both regional and national in scope and degree of recognition.
Reading Period: Sep 15 to Dec 15, Feb 15 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
SPR reads submissions year-round and annually sponsors the Guy Owen Prize Contest. The result is a semiannual literary publication showcasing poems by leading poets as well as those writers the editors think will become leading poets....
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Established in 1951, the Southern Quill is the literary publication of Utah Tech University. It accepts poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art from anyone living in the United States.
Reading Period: Oct 12 to Mar 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Southern Review is one of the nation’s premier literary journals. Hailed by Time as “superior to any other journal in the English language,” they have made literary history since their 1935 founding. The Southern Review...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Jan 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Southland Alibi is published by the Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension. The editors seek high-quality, original creative work that represents diverse viewpoints and experiences from emerging creatives, as well as established writers and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Celebrating over 100 years of publication and located on the campus of Southern Methodist University, the Southwest Review is the third oldest, continuously published literary quarterly in the United States. Selections from the ...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Our summer issue is composed of prizewinning entries from our Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Competition, Southword Editor's Poetry Award, Seán O'Faoláin International Short Story Competition, and Subscriber Poetry & Flash Fiction...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Feb 1 to Feb 28Genres: Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Spank the Carp publishes unique, thought-provoking fiction and poetry that isn’t obscure or pretentious. Its goal is to invite readers to wade into the stream, not make them afraid of water for fear it’s too cold. They look for tight,...
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Based out of the English department at Washington University in St. Louis, The Spectacle is committed to publishing work from underrepresented voices, including BIPOC, women, people from LGBTQIA+ communities, and people who have...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Oct 15, Jan 15 to Feb 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Speculative City is a literary magazine featuring works that explore themes, characters, and landscapes exclusive to urban environments and that highlight voices often unheard. Each magazine issue is relevant to the magazine mission and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Spellbinder is a quarterly nonprofit literary and art magazine that publishes both print and digital issues. Founded by writers in the U.K. during the pandemic, it now has an international team of editors. The editors welcome submissions...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Short Fiction -
Split Lip Magazine is a voice-driven literary magazine with a pop culture twist. They publish online monthly and in print annually.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jun 30, Aug 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Split Rock Review is a not-for-profit publication run by volunteers that love literature, art, and the wilderness. Our mission is to publish the best literature and art that explore place, environment, and the relationship between humans...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Spry is a literary journal that features undiscovered and established writers’ concise, experimental, hybrid, modern, vintage or just plain vulnerable writing. This is a place for people who excel at taking risks, who thrive under...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Dedicated to audio submissions, Stanza Cannon continues humanity’s age-old tradition of oral poetry by extending the voice’s incredible range with the infinite reach of the internet. The editors are fans of open mics and poetry slams and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry
