450+ Magazines That Are Always Open for Submissions
With fee, payment, response times, genre, and more. Why should 711 have all the fun?
We’ve been hard at work internally sorting every magazine based on reading periods. This way we can see how often they hit them to create a reliability score. It means loads of mind-numbing spreadsheet tomfoolery1.
But it allowed me to pull all of the magazines that are always open for submissions and create this list. There are 493!
So if you hate scheduling (or just suck at it like I do), this list is perfect for simply earmarking the magazines you like as “submit someday.” And not have to worry whether they’ll be open when you finally get around to it (unless they go defunct).
Since this list is so long, I’ve created a few simple codes to help you decide which ones to save.
F$ - means they charge a fee.
P$ - means they pay.
R# - is the max number of days for their response times.
I’ve also added the date they were founded and listed out all of the genres they publish. Gleaned some fun stats from this. If you’re curious:
59 charge (at least) some fees
168 pay something for published works
389 publish poetry
345 publish nonfiction
102 publish flash
374 publish fiction.
If you click any of them you will be redirected straight to their website or submission guidelines page. If any go defunct or suddenly start up with windows, please toss it in the comments, and I’ll update the list.
If you are a lit mag editor who wants to be added to this list, just drop your info in the comments to match, and I’ll add you in. No problem.
So, here is the list.
Magazines that are always open for submissions with genre, fee, payment, response times, and founding date.
We were discussing how to get more people to sign up for paid subscribers (cause it’s how we eat) and our SMM suggested we ask folks to, “Smash That Shit!” So, uh…smash that shit 🤦♀️:
And, as always, if you’re in need, we’re happy to smash that shit for you with a comp. (Gosh, if this works we’ll never hear the end of it.) *Our next free list will be Saturday (Aug 24th)
*82 Review (Star 82 Review) (2012) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R14
34th Parallel Magazine (2007) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$
A Thin Slice of Anxiety (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
Academy of the Heart and Mind (2017) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry]
AFAR Magazine (2009) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R14
Amsterdam Review (2021) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
Analog Science Fiction. & Fact (1930) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R120
Apple a Day (2022) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R60
Apple Valley Review (2005) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R21
As Surely As the Sun Literary (2023) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R30
Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$
Asimov's Science Fiction. (1977) [Fiction. Poetry] - P$ - R45
Asymptote Journal (2010) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R30
Azure: A Journal of Literary Thought (2015) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry]
Baby Teeth Journal (2018) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R30
Beyond Words Literary Magazine (2020) [Flash. Poetry] - F$ - R1
Bi Women Quarterly (1983) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
Birdy Magazine (2013) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R120
Blue Marble Review (2015) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R45
Blue Minaret Literary Journal (2015) [Fiction. Poetry] - R14
Bodega: Your literary corner store (2012) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry]
Bright Flash Literary Review (2020) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction.] - R30
Carve Magazine (2000) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R120
Catamaran Literary Reader (2012) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R120 (Personal note: the fees here are a little absurd.)
Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine (2020) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R30
Chestnut Review (2019) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R30
Class Collective Magazine (2022) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R30
Cleaver Magazine (2013) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R60
Coexist Literary Magazine (2020) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R3
Conjunctions (1981) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R120 (ONLINE ONLY)
Crashtest Magazine (2010) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R60
Cult Magazine (2022) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R60
Decolonial Passage (2020) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
Deep Overstock Magazine (2018) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry]
Detroit Lit Mag (2022) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R7
digital vestiges (2014) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R180 (100 SUBS CAP)
Divinely Inspired Lit (2022) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R30
Door is a Jar Magazine (2015) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R180
Dreamstreets Magazine (1977) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R180
Eclectica (1996) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R75
Embark: A Literary Journal for Novelists (2017) [Fiction] - R180
Emergent Literary (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R180
Exist Otherwise (2021) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R30
Existere: Journal of Arts and Literature (1978) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$
F(r)iction (Friction) (2015) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R60
Fiction. Attic (Online) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction.] - F$ P$ - R180
Figwort Literary Journal (2022) [Fiction. Nonfiction.] - R30
Four Way Review (2012) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
FRiGG: A Magazine of Fiction. and Poetry (2009) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
Front Porch Review (2009) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R30
Gastropoda (2021) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R30
Gemini Magazine (2009) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R90
Ginosko Literary Journal (2002) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R60
Good River Review (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R120
Grande Dame Literary (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R90
GreenPrints Magazine (1990) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$
Grey Hands Literary Magazine (2023) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R7
Guesthouse: a panoply of modern writing (2017) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R180
Gulf Coast (1986) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ (ONLINE ONLY)
Ice Queen Magazine (2022) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R3
Illuminations Literary Magazine (1982) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$
Impossible Task (2009) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
Inscape Journal (1982) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R90
Isele Magazine (2020) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R180
Kaleidoscope Magazine (1979) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$
Kestrel: A Journal of Literature and Art (1993) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R180
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (1996) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R180
Leavings Literary Magazine [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R365
Letter Review (2019) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R90
Lilith Magazine (1976) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R28
Litbreak Magazine (2015) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R7
Literary Mama (2002) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
Literary Veganism: An Online Journal [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry]
Los Angeles Review (2003) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R120
Lotus-eater (2015) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
Lucky Jefferson (2018) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R45
Manawaker Studio Flash. Fiction. Podcast (2015) [Flash.] - P$ - R120
Maryland Literary Review (MLR) (2018) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry]
MAYDAY (2009) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R60
Meditating Cat Zine (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R30
Menagerie Magazine (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R30
Mid-American Review (1972) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry]
Moon Park Review (2017) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry]
Narrative Magazine (2003) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R84
New Letters (1934) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R180
New Orleans Review (1968) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R180
New Welsh Review / New Welsh Reader (1988) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$
Northwest Review (1957) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R180
Not Deer Magazine (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R14
Orca, A Literary Journal (2019) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R30 (Only the first 100 subs each month are fee-free)
Passengers Journal (2020) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R30
Peaceful Dumpling (2013) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R28
Pennsylvania Literary Journal (PLJ) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry]
Perspectives on Anarchist Theory Journal [Fiction. Nonfiction.] - R56
Philadelphia Stories (2004) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R240
Prairie Fire: A Canadian Magazine of New Writing (1978) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R180
Press Pause Press (2018) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
PRISM international (1959) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R180
Prole, Poetry and Prose [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R56
Raising Mothers (2015) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R90
Rejection Letters (2020) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R60
Return to Mago E-Magazine (2012) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry]
Rough Cut Press (2018) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R30
Sad Goose Cooperative (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R31
Salvation South (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R90
Scrawl Place (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R30
Seize the Press Magazine (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction.] - P$ - R30
Sequestrum (2014) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R180
Sky Island Journal (2017) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R18
SmokeLong Quarterly (2003) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction.] - P$ - R7
South Florida Poetry Journal (SoFloPoJo) (2016) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry]
Spaceports & Spidersilk [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$
Spellbinder Mag (2020) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R30
Spry Literary Journal (2012) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R60
St. Anthony Messenger (1893) [Fiction. Nonfiction.] - P$ - R56
Still Point Arts Quarterly (2011) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R105
Stone Pacific Zine (2018) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R14
Storm Cellar (2011) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R90
Streetlight Magazine (2003) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R90
Suburban Witchcraft Magazine (2022) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R30
Surging Tide Magazine (2020) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R60
Sweet Tree Review (2015) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
swifts & slows: a quarterly of crisscrossings (2018) [Poetry] - R28
Swords and Sorcery Magazine (2012) [Fiction. Nonfiction.] - P$ - R60
SWWIM Every Day (Supporting Women Writers in Miami Every Day) (2017) [Poetry] - F$ - R90
Synkroniciti Magazine (2019) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$
The Alcott Youth Magazine (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry]
The Amazine (2022) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R21
The American Poetry Review (1972) [Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R180
The Awakenings Review (2000) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R60
The Bangalore Review (2013) [Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R180
The Bitchin’ Kitsch (2010) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R14
The Blue Mountain Review (2015) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ - R30
The Cardiff Review (2015) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90 (Please note: We are only able to read 500 combined submissions/month of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.)
The Carolina Quarterly (1948) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R180
The Chamber Magazine (2020) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R21
The Dalhousie Review (1921) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R270
The Disappointed Housewife (2017) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R30
The Ex-Puritan (2007) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R120
The Expressionist Literary Magazine (2023) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R14
The Fifth Di... (2000) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R60
The Furious Gazelle (2013) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
The Globe Review (2022) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R60
The Hidden Peak Review (2022) [Fiction. Flash. Poetry] - R60
The Hooghly Review (Issue 2 & Weekly Features) (2022) [Nonfiction.] - R7 (NOTE: we close submissions in individual categories as soon as we have accepted enough pieces)
The Lascaux Review (2012) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R30
The London Magazine (1732) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R56
The Malahat Review (1967) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R270 (Possibly on a brief hiatus while moving offices).
The Martian Wave (2000) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R60
The Missouri Review (1978) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R120
The Pomegranate London (2020) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R30
The Qafiyah Review (2023) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R14
The Roanoke Rambler (2021) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R60
The Southeast Review (1979) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$ P$ - R180
The Spotlong Review (2021) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
The Summerset Review (2002) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R120
The Sunflower Collective [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R120
The Trailblazer Literary Magazine (2022) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R14
Torch Literary Arts: Friday Features (2022) [Fiction. Poetry] - P$ - R90
trampset (2017) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R90
Transition Magazine (1961) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R120
trash to treasure lit (2022) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R42
Vagabond City Literature (2013) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R42
Vast Chasm Magazine (2021) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R90
Versification Zine (2020) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R14
Voyage: A Young Adult Literary Journal (2020) [Fiction. Nonfiction.] - P$ - R84
Waterwheel Review (2020) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R90
Waxing & Waning: A Literary Journal [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - F$
Words & Whispers Literary Journal (2020) [Fiction. Flash. Nonfiction. Poetry] - R14
Write or Die Magazine (2022) [Nonfiction (Features).] - P$ - R60
Writer's Block Magazine (2012) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry]
Writers Resist (2016) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R30
Writing In A Woman's Voice (2016) [Fiction. Nonfiction. Poetry] - P$ - R30
I didn’t say fuckery! Nikita, are you proud? I’m proud. Nikita is our designer. He scolds us for saying fuck too much. I feel like “tomfoolery” sounds sexual tho, doesn’t it? Whatever. Too late now.
Thank you for putting this list together! It's always a bit on an ongoing frustration that journals (like ONE ART) do not receive the same level of [free] advertising about calls for submissions since, well, there are not calls when you have rolling subs. It seems almost counterintuitive that journals that have submission periods benefit from being closed to submissions for at least part of the year.
This is awesome -- thank you!
Another one: ONLY POEMS is always open, always free! (OnlyPoems.net)
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