100+ Calls for Writers Still Dreaming (and Submitting)
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Welcome friends.
It’s August! Which means it’s almost autumn 🍂🍁🎃.
I know, I know. It may be a tad too soon for some of you, but fall’s my favorite season and vibe and aesthetic and core and what-have-you.
While I might be fantasizing about being one month closer to my very favorite season, this month iss going to be crazy awesome too—at least in terms of Sub Club and all that we’ll be offering and sharing with you, so … Buckle in!
Speaking of, I really want to encourage you to hit up
’s first-ever Submit It Now! event with us tomorrow, August 5, from 6–7 PM ET. Think of it as a free online hangout where writers—anywhere in the world, writing on any subject, and in any style—get together and, you guessed it, submit together!
ICYMI: Last week, we published 58 Themed Submission Calls to Inspire You!; Who Should You Query Next? I’ll Tell You!; Events For Anxious Writers & Aspiring Lit Nerds; 53 Writing Jobs, Internships, Lit Mag Opps, Fellowships, Pitch Calls, and More; and Oof. Your Opening Needs Work. Let's Fix It!
DISCLAIMER: We take great pains to ensure our data is accurate. However, depending on when you see this, some mags might have closed—especially if they have submission caps!
The Emerson Review → Deadline: Jan 1 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 2.90% | 4K+ followers | United States | 1953 — "Award-winning literary magazine is edited by undergraduates and issued annually. It includes short works of fiction and nonfiction, poetry, photography, and artwork by students, as well as works contributed from outside Emerson College."
Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices → Deadline: Mar 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | 3K+ followers | United States | 2009 — "A magazine of diverse voices Solstice Literary Magazine is a compilation of stories, ideas, and experiences of community members from all over."
Colorado Review → Deadline: Mar 31 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $100–$300/piece | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 65 days | A: 2.30% | 30K+ followers | United States | 1956 — "Committed to the publication of contemporary creative writing. We are equally interested in work by both new and established writers. CR welcomes work that centers story and voice and/or that plays with form in meaningful ways."
Arkana → Deadline: Mar 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 150 days | A: 6.85% | 900+ followers | United States | 2016 — "Arkana is the online lit mag of the Arkansas Writers MFA Program. We publish writing and art that makes visible the marginalized, overlooked, and silent."
West Branch → Deadline: Apr 1 | Fee: No | Pay: $0.1/word or $100/piece | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 0.28% | 3K+ followers | United States | 1977 — "A thrice-yearly magazine of poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews."
Talking River Review → Deadline: Apr 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 1994 — "For 29 years, Lewis-Clark State College’s student-run literary journal, Talking River Review, has featured creative work by some of this country’s best contemporary writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction."
Exit 7 → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2014 — "Literary journal from West Kentucky Community and Technical College featuring regional and national voices."
Virginia Quarterly Review → Deadline: Aug 15 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $200 - $1000/piece | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 0.94% | 40K+ followers | United States | 1925 — "For three quarters of a century, VQR’s primary mission has been to sustain and strengthen Jefferson’s bulwark, long describing itself as “A National Journal of Literature and Discussion.”"
Songs of Eretz Poetry Review → Deadline: Aug 15 | Fee: No | Pay: $7/piece | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 21 days | A: 15.53% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2014 — "A quarterly mainstream e-zine whose mission is to bring a little more good poetry and art into the world."
Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine → Deadline: Aug 15 | Fee: $5 | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 5K+ followers | Colombia | 2010 — "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 understanding between clinicians, caregivers and patients"
FLARE Magazine → Deadline: Aug 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 1 day | 1.5K+ followers | United States | 2025 — "chill magazine that wants to bring awareness to different chronic illnesses and disabilities written by creatives who are disabled, deal with mental health, and/or chronically ill"
The Deadlands → Deadline: Aug 21 | Fee: No | Pay: $0.1/word | Open for Poetry, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 14 days | A: 1.99% | 6K+ followers | United States | 2021 — "A monthly speculative fiction magazine. We publish short stories, poems, and essays about the other realms, of the ends we face here, and the beginnings we find elsewhere."
Peripheries → Deadline: Aug 22 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2017 — "a non-profit literary and arts journal "
Nashville Review → Deadline: Aug 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $25 - $100/piece | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 150 days | A: 0.95% | 6K+ followers | United States | 2010 — "Nashville Review seeks to publish the best work we can get our hands on, period."
Thimble → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 75 days | A: 10.91% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2018 — "THE THIMBLE LITERARY MAGAZINE IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT POETRY IS LIKE ARMOR. LIKE A THIMBLE, IT MAY BE SMALL AND SEEM INSIGNIFICANT, BUT IT WILL PROTECT US WHEN WE ARE MOST VULNERABLE."
Split Lip Magazine → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: Yes | Pay: $50–$75 flat | Open for Poetry, Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 1% | 30K+ followers | United States | 2012 — "Totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the kind of honesty that gets you right in the kid"
The Ekphrastic Review → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: CA$5 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 90 days | 1K+ followers | Canada | 2015 — "An online journal devoted entirely to writing inspired by visual art. Our objective is to promote ekphrastic writing, promote art appreciation, and experience how the two strengthen each other and bring enrichment to every facet of life."
Haven Speculative → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: No | Pay: $20/piece or $0.08/word | Open for Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 70 days | 2K+ followers | United States | 2021 — "Haven Spec is a speculative fiction magazine featuring stories for a 21st century audience. We love stories with a sense of adventure, stories that teach us, that touch us, that leave us wanting more. "
Loch Raven Review → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 42 days | Under 100 followers | United States — "Maryland-based Literary Journal ISSN: 1557-7627 Print and Digital Editions"
Grimdark Magazine → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: No | Pay: AU$0.01 - AU$0.07/word | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | 3K+ followers | Australia — "Get knee-deep in grit with Grimdark Magazine. 2016 Stabby award best anthology. 2018 BSFA nominated. 2021 Aurealis winning."
Occulum → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | 10K+ followers | United States | 2017 — "Occulum is an online journal of prose, poetry, and other peculiarities."
the museum of americana → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Multimedia, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1.5K+ followers | United States | 2012 — "the museum of americana is an online literary review dedicated to fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photography, and artwork that examines, revives, or repurposes the old, the dying, the forgotten, or the almost entirely unknown aspects of Americana."
Sublunary Review → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 21 days | A: 16.82% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2020 — "A literary journal dedicated to the world that churns beneath the moon."
Carmen et Error → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: No | Pay: £5 | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 14 days | A: 4% | 3K+ followers | United Kingdom | 2019 — "The cause of Roman poet Ovid’s exile was “carmen et error”, a poem and a mistake. We want your poems and your mistakes. Fiction that falls between genres. Weird, wild poems. Anything speculative, daring, or just plain odd. "
Behemoth Magazine → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | 100+ followers | United States | 2024 — "A web magazine of punk and giant monster aesthetics, rebellious creativity, colossal imaginations, and surreal adventures. "
Glass: A Journal of Poetry → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 9.09% | 10K+ followers | United States | 2008 — "We are interested in poetry that enacts the artistic and creative precision of glass. We are not bound by any specific aesthetic; our only mission is to publish high quality poetry. "
Five Points → Deadline: Sep 1 | Fee: $4 | Pay: $25/piece or $100 flat | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 94 days | A: 0.77% | 400+ followers | United States | 1996 — "Published bi-annually by the Georgia State University Department of English, each issue features art, poetry, fiction, flash, and essays by the most compelling artists and writers working today. "
Wordpeace → Deadline: Sep 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2015 — "WORDPEACE is a multi-genre digital literary project dedicated to world peace and social justice."
tinywords → Deadline: Sep 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 28 days | 3K+ followers | United States | 2000 — "tinywords publishes one original haiku, micropoem or very short poem nearly every weekday."
Waccamaw → Deadline: Sep 8 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 6.78% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2009 — "A journal of contemporary literature produced by the Master of Arts in Writing students at Coastal Carolina University"
The Fringe 999 Poetry Forum → Deadline: Sep 11 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 50% | 400+ followers | United States
Many Nice Donkeys → Deadline: Sep 13 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 42 days | A: 9.30% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2022 — "We welcome the literary, the weird, the disobedient, and the avant-garde. Send us poems that make claims we can’t stop chewing on and stories that reframe the ordinary. If you have work in hybrid genres, send that, too!"
Up the Staircase Quarterly → Deadline: Sep 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 2.92% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2008 — "An online journal of poetry, art, interviews, and reviews."
Right Hand Pointing → Deadline: Sep 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 18 days | A: 12.61% | 200+ followers | United States | 2004 — "Short poetry, short fiction. An AMBIDEXTROUS BLOODHOUND publication"
Unbroken → Deadline: Sep 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 6 days | A: 10.34% | 4K+ followers | United States | 2015 — "A quarterly online journal that seeks to showcase prose poems and poetic prose, both from established and emerging voices."
Philly Poetry Chapbook Review → Deadline: Sep 15 | Fee: No | Pay: $10 flat | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 5 days | A: 10% | 600+ followers | United States | 2023 — "Philly Poetry Chapbook Review (PCR) is an online literary journal dedicated to chapbooks, specifically poetry. We publish poetry chapbook reviews, original poetry, and author features. We also feature monthly poem excerpts."
Bramble Literary Magazine → Deadline: Sep 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 30% | 100+ followers | United States | 2017 — "Bramble Literary Magazine seeks to celebrate the challenging and transgressive spirit of poetry. "
Asterales: A Journal of Art and Letters → Deadline: Sep 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1K+ followers | United States | 2025 — "A quarterly online journal that will publish 5 poems, two pieces of prose, and art in each issue. Looking for work that blooms - many-petaled and reaching for the sun,"
Watershed Review → Deadline: Sep 30 | Fee: Some | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 29.41% | 1.5K+ followers | United States | 1977 — "Our mission is to publish literature and visual art illustrating diversity in thought and experience, capturing the crucial narratives and images of our current cultural moment, as well as awareness of the shifting edges of genre."
Sugar House Review → Deadline: Sep 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 10.05% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2009 — "Our mission is to promote an eclectic range of poets through publishing and live events to build nationally connected literary communities and foster the literary arts in Utah."
The Plentitudes → Deadline: Sep 30 | Fee: $5 | Pay: $50 flat | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 96 days | A: 4.00% | 6K+ followers | United States | 2020 — "A quarterly international literary journal showcasing captivating short stories, personal essays, and poetry from diverse voices."
Arts & Letters → Deadline: Sep 30 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $10/page | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 84 days | A: 8% | 3K+ followers | United States | 1999 — "Arts & Letters is Georgia College's MFA literary journal. We publish the best fiction, poetry, cnf, and drama from emerging and established talent."
Honeyguide Literary Magazine → Deadline: Sep 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $25 flat | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 35.48% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2020 — "A bi-annual magazine that features writing, art, and blog posts about animals and their human neighbors."
Lovecraftiana → Deadline: Sep 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 7 days | Under 100 followers | United Kingdom — "a quarterly publication available from Rogue Planet Press"
Schlock! Webzine → Deadline: Sep 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 7 days | 1K+ followers | United Kingdom | 2011 — "Schlock! is a weekly webzine dedicated to short stories, flash fiction, novels and novellas within the genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror. "
The Erozine → Deadline: Sep 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | 300+ followers | United States | 2020 — "a biannual literary magazine for erotic speculative poetry and prose. the future of erotic literature. redefining lust."
Hominum Journal → Deadline: Sep 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 28 days | A: 4% | 4K+ followers | United States | 2020 — "A creative arts journal that de/reconstructs the somatic and explores the anatomy of narrative. "
Ahoy Literary → Deadline: Sep 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | Canada | 2024 — "Ahoy is a Montréal/Tiohtià:ke-based literary magazine publishing poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction. "
Lamp Lit → Deadline: Sep 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid, Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 8% | 800+ followers | United States | 2025 — "Sharing work we love."
University of Pittsburgh Press → Deadline: Sep 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 10K+ followers | United States | 1936 — "University press publishing poetry, regional interest books, and scholarly nonfiction."
Gordon Square Review → Deadline: Oct 1 | Fee: No | Pay: $25/piece | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 1.74% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2017 — "Gordon Square Review is published online biannually to showcase emerging writers nationwide and internationally, award editing mentorships, and provide a venue to spotlight Northeast Ohio writers."
Iowa Review → Deadline: Oct 1 | Fee: $4 | Pay: $0.08/word | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 2.35% | 40K+ followers | United States | 1970 — "Create a worldwide conversation among those who read and write contemporary literature. "
Cherry Tree: A National Literary Journal @ Washington College → Deadline: Oct 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $20 flat | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 23.08% | 25K+ followers | United States | 2014 — "Truth-telling & mythmaking since 2014. We're a national literary journal & young writers' conference."
Ink Sweat & Tears → Deadline: Oct 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 84 days | A: 40.74% | Under 100 followers | United Kingdom | 2007 — "a webzine which publishes and reviews poetry, prose, prose-poetry, word & image pieces and everything in between. Our tastes are eclectic and magpie-like and we aim to publish something new every day."
Same Faces Collective → Deadline: Oct 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 21 days | A: 25% | 8K+ followers | United States | 2019 — "Interdisciplinary literary magazine for experimental forms, challenging literary fiction, and marginalized voices."
Little Patuxent Review → Deadline: Oct 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 150 days | A: 8.28% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2006 — "A journal of literature and the arts, publishing poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction and artwork. LPR welcomes most US-based contributors and prides itself on supporting both up-and-coming and well-established artists and writers."
Euphemism → Deadline: Oct 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1K+ followers | United States — "Euphemism is a creative arts journal edited and produced by Illinois State University students with interests in publication studies and creative arts. "
Kelp Journal → Deadline: Oct 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 71 days | A: 13.42% | 15K+ followers | United States | 2018 — "А premier digital and print literary magazine. With a global reach and the spirit of adventure in our DNA, we are searching for new and established voices from around the world. "
Arcturus → Deadline: Oct 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Hybrid, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | 300+ followers | United States | 2016 — "We have no restrictions on the content we publish, except that we’re passionate about publishing new perspectives — new ideas, new voices, new worlds, new challenges, new ways of seeing — a theme that can take an infinite number of shapes, including speculative fiction, flash fiction, experimental "
Grist: A Journal of The Literary Arts → Deadline: Oct 31 | Fee: $4 | Pay: $0.01/word or $10/piece | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 3.08% | 10K+ followers | United States | 2007 — "The editors at Grist seek work of high literary quality from both emerging and established writers. We welcome all styles and aesthetic approaches. Grist is committed to diversity, inclusivity, cultural interchange, and respect for all individuals."
Blue Mesa Review → Deadline: Oct 31 | Fee: Yes | Pay: $25/piece | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 45 days | A: 2.53% | 10K+ followers | United States | 1989 — "Blue Mesa Review has a rotating editorial board, so each issue is fresh and unique. They are seeking strong voices and lively, compelling narratives with a fine eye for craft. Their spring contest offers payment of $500, $100, and $25 for first, second, and third places in each genre."
New Writing → Deadline: Oct 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 4K+ followers | United Kingdom — "The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. New Writing is a peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research. "
Jimson Weed → Deadline: Oct 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 1969 — "Jimson Weed is a biannual literary and art journal of the Department of Language and Literature at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise."
Stickman Review → Deadline: Oct 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2001 — "I founded Stickman Review in 2001 while living in Flagstaff, Arizona. "
The Tiger Moth Review → Deadline: Oct 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 56 days | 200+ followers | Singapore | 2018 — "We also publish non-English works, as well as their translated."
Inscape → Deadline: Oct 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States — "Inscape, a literary magazine featuring quality works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art, is compiled and edited at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. It likes to take risks. "
The Madison Review → Deadline: Nov 1 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 254 days | 1K+ followers | United States | 1970 — "The Madison Review is an independent literary arts journal published through the University of Wisconsin-Madison Creative Writing Department."
cream city review → Deadline: Nov 2 | Fee: $2.5 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Multimedia, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 240 days | A: 8.16% | 10K+ followers | United States | 1975 — "Cream City Review is Milwaukee’s leading literary journal devoted to publishing memorable and energetic pieces that push the boundaries of writing."
ellipsis... → Deadline: Nov 15 | Fee: No | Pay: $3/page | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | 1965 — "Nationally and internationally recognized journal published by the students of Westminster College, featuring poetry and creative writing by Westminster students and guest contributors."
Beloit Fiction Journal → Deadline: Nov 16 | Fee: Some | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 3.49% | 1K+ followers | United States | 1985 — "Publishing the best in contemporary short fiction since 1985. "
Brown Bag → Deadline: Nov 21 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | 500+ followers | United States | 2020 — "So, who are we? A chaotic disaster fueled by the dream of creating a space where art lives in conversation with one another. Our philosophy is that art tends to be inspired by other works of art. "
Nova Literary-Arts Magazine → Deadline: Nov 29 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1K+ followers | United States | 1970 — "UNC Charlotte's Literary-Arts Magazine. "
Baltimore Review → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $50 flat | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 1.39% | 15K+ followers | United States | 1996 — "The mission of The Baltimore Review is to showcase Baltimore as a literary hub of diverse writing and promote the work of emerging and established writers."
Poet Lore → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $50/piece | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 4.19% | 7K+ followers | United States | 1889 — "America's oldest poetry magazine, publishing in print since 1889. Poet Lore is a biannual print journal of poetry, featuring the finest in contemporary writing. We love featuring poems that broaden the spectrum of what poetry is – and can be – on the page."
Menagerie Magazine → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: Yes | Pay: $50 flat | Open for Hybrid, Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 4.42% | 300+ followers | United States | 2021 — "Menagerie publishes fiction, essay, poetry, and hybrid works. What we like: sentences so sharp they draw blood; the strange and inexplicable; the wild and weird and uncanny. Our menagerie contains curios of all sizes and shapes. "
Lunaris Review → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 15% | 3K+ followers | Nigeria — "Lunaris Review was birthed out of the idea that an African journal that would embrace creativity from every corner of the earth is needed on the continent and in the country."
Red Rock Review → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 14.83% | 35K+ followers | United States | 1996 — "Red Rock Review is a biannual print publication that features poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers. Founded in 1996, Red Rock Review is housed and supported by The College of Southern Nevada."
Yolk Literary → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: CA$3 | Pay: CA$100–CA$200 flat | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 44 days | Under 100 followers | Canada — "Montreal-Based Literary Journal publishing fine work by established and emerging artists "
Unleash Lit → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 10 days | A: 10% | 600+ followers | United States | 2023 — "Unleash Lit is on the lookout for work that is authentic and unforgettable. We publish work across genres. Prose should be under 2,000 words. Poets may submit up to 5 poems. One writer each year is nominated for the editors' prize and receives $150."
North Dakota Quarterly → Deadline: Dec 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia, Hybrid | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 33.57% | 800+ followers | United States | 1910 — "One of the famous “little magazines” that have been the traditional seed beds of talented writers and contributed so much to the nation’s cultural and artistic life."
The Celestial Glossary → Deadline: Dec 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: Yes/piece | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — "The Celestial Glossary is the Literary Magazine from Estrella House Publishing. It publishes twice yearly. There are no genre restrictions, and authors are encouraged to submit whatever is nearest to their hearts."
Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine → Deadline: Dec 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2013 — "At Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine, our primary interest is quality. We welcome submissions in any and all forms, genres, styles, and approaches in written word and image. We encourage innovation as well as tradition."
HEARTS OF THUNDER MAGAZINE → Deadline: Dec 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 45 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025
Black Moon Magazine → Deadline: Dec 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 50.00% | 600+ followers | United States | 2021 — "Black Moon Magazine dedicates itself to the discovered intersections of mixed-medium, art, and diversity. Our editors regard the culpability and duty of narrative, whether narrative casts light on world terrors or spotlights the beauty of being."
trampset | Fee: No | Pay: $25/piece | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 2.44% | 10K+ followers | United States | 2017 — "A literary journal, trampset publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on a rolling basis. "
Harpy Hybrid Review | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | 4K+ followers | United States — "Harpy Hybrid Review is an online literary journal that celebrates the many and varied ways literary and poetic expression can be combined."
Guilty Crime Story Magazine | Fee: No | Pay: $10 flat | Open for Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | 1K+ followers | United States | 2021 — "Guilty Crime Story Magazine publishes stories that embody the essence of noir: we're all guilty, it's only a matter of degree."
Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality & the Arts | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 171 days | A: 18.75% | 300+ followers | United States | 2020 — "an acclaimed online global journal housed at the Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service at Northeastern University"
Pseudopod | Fee: No | Pay: $0.08/word | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 3.20% | 6K+ followers | United States | 2006 — "EA is a US-based media company, specializing in free-to-listen short fiction podcasts including the original science fiction podcast, Escape Pod. The world’s premier horror fiction podcast. "
San Antonio Review | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1K+ followers | United States | 2017 — "San Antonio Review publishes original essays, poetry, art, reviews, theory and other work on its website. "
HEART | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 1986 — "A project of Nostalgia Press."
The SDL Review | Fee: Some | Pay: $20–$50 flat or $15–$50 | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 25% | 500+ followers | United States | 2025 — "We are drawn to evocative, raw, poignant, and powerful pieces of substance and style. Pluck at our heartstrings, speak to our souls, send shivers down our spines, shine a light on our darkness, and uncover our unspoken truths."
EASCAIR Magazine → Deadline: Aug 4 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 28 days | 2K+ followers | Ireland | 2023 — "EASCAIR is a literary and arts magazine based in Belfast which publishes poetry, flash fiction and visual art in both English and Irish."
Defenestration: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to Humor → Deadline: Aug 5 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 28 days | A: 38.46% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2003 — "We don’t worry about the particulars of genre, style, or form as long as the work is funny. "
Temple In A City → Deadline: Aug 5 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 10% | 1K+ followers | Canada | 2025 — "Flash fiction, poetry and letter for release, whether from relief or a tornado. Great writing lives within and outside the margins of its time. Like a favourite book you’ve scribbled all kinds of notes in, we’re interested in the book but also the scribbles. The ephemera of the moment in transit."
Lost Balloon → Deadline: Aug 7 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 6.35% | 9K+ followers | United States | 2017 — "Lost Balloon publishes flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and prose poetry (1,000 words or less)"
Poetry Pause → Deadline: Aug 10 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 180 days | Under 100 followers | Canada | 2018 — "The Poetry Pause project is intended to augment the presence of Canadian poetry and to provide an opportunity to Canadian poets – seasoned and emerging alike – to have their poetry read by many."
Bread and Butter Magazine → Deadline: Aug 10 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 40 days | A: 6% | 5K+ followers | Thailand | 2024 — "A youth-led literary magazine dedicated to empowering new voices!"
The Morgue → Deadline: Aug 10 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | 600+ followers | 2024 — "The Morgue hosts the horrific, macabre, and weird."
The Andalusia Review → Deadline: Aug 10 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — "We are a new literary magazine looking for the best in Southern literature, whether that is short stories, poetry, or nonfiction. We are open to all writers from the Southern United States, or those with a story pertaining to the South."
Ink and Marrow → Deadline: Aug 11 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 5% | 1.5K+ followers | United States | 2023 — "Ink & Marrow was brought forth out of the idea that creativity is carved on our bones and channeled deep in our marrow through a dark, painful, elusive force."
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