Open Reading Periods: Journals and Presses Ready to Read Your Work Now
Looking for a place to submit your work? The literary magazines and small presses below, culled from our carefully curated and vetted databases, are currently open for submissions or are opening soon (within the next thirty days). And further down is a list of publishers that are open all year for submissions. This list is continually updated, so check back often. Once you’ve found a place to submit your work, try our Submission Tracker to help you stay organized and keep track of your submissions.
Milkweed Editions |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Dec 1 to Feb 28, Apr 1 to May 31, Jul 1 to Oct 15
Miracle Monocle |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Aug 1 to Aug 31, Jan 1 to Jan 31
museum of americana: a literary review |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Apr 1 to Apr 30, Aug 1 to Aug 31, Dec 1 to Dec 31
New American Press |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Sep 15 to Jan 15, Feb 15 to Jun 15
New World Writing Quarterly |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Jan 1 to Jan 14, Apr 1 to Apr 14, Jul 1 to Jul 14, Oct 1 to Oct 14
North Carolina Literary Review |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Jan 15 to Mar 1, Apr 1 to Apr 30, Sep 15 to Oct 31
North Dakota State University Press |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Aug 1 to May 31
the other side of hope: journeys in refugee and immigrant literature |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Jan 15 to Apr 15, Jun 15 to Aug 15
pacificREVIEW: A West Coast Arts Review Annual |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Aug 1 to Mar 15
The Plentitudes |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Feb 1 to Mar 31, May 1 to Jun 30, Aug 1 to Sep 30, Nov 1 to Dec 31
Poetry International |
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Poetry, Translation
Jan 1 to Feb 1, Mar 1 to Apr 30, Jun 1 to Sep 1, Sep 1 to Dec 1
Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovered Objects |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Sep 1 to Jan 1
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Open All Year
Below is the list of literary magazines and small presses that are open for submissions all year.
After Dinner Conversation: Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine |
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Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Illuminations: An International Magazine of Contemporary Writing |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Persimmon Tree: an online magazine of the arts by women over sixty |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine |
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Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
TORCH: Poetry, prose, and short stories by African American Women |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Voices de la Luna: A Quarterly Literature and Art Magazine |
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Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation