29 Recently Opened Submission Calls + Closings, Themes, and Featured Contests
Where to submit this week (09.30.24)
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This week, we’ve got:
29 Recently Opened Submission Calls
2 Last Chance to Submit
11 Theme Calls To Inspire You!
5 Always Open
0 New Friends (As we overhaul our admin panel, we may not be able to add new friends just yet so hang in there because soon enough there’ll be hundreds of new mags in a fresh, wonderful glamorous admin panel!)
4 Contests
This week from our Sub Club Submissions Help Line:
Now that I'm starting to have some success publishing in literary magazines, I've been told that I should create a website to publicize my work. Should I do it myself? (and if so which venue) Hire someone? And once I have it, what do I do with it?
» Getting a website can be a great way to control the way people generally have their first professional (online) encounter with you. There are lots of ways to go about doing this now that don’t necessarily require hiring someone. My own author website is hosted on Squarespace and I’ve designed it myself (thankfully, the Squarespace editor is super easy and drag-and-droppy!). You can also use Wix or LinkTree or Carrd to create simpler landing pages. Take a look at some author websites of people you admire and get some inspiration from there!
Is it rude to ask an author with a much bigger platform if they are available for hire to edit an essay? I know authors receive requests from randos all the time asking if they’ll read manuscripts. This seems rude because it assumes that not only would they have time to read an entire manuscript, but they’re being asked to do it without pay. Does it make a difference given the scenario I’m describing? I know there are authors who advertise editing services. The author I have in mind does not. I just love their work, value their opinions, and would definitely pay for their feedback.
» There is absolutely nothing wrong in asking this but it also largely depends on your relationship with them (if any). Many times, if they act as a mentor for you already, then they may not expect some kind of renumeration (though it’s nice that you want to offer this from the get-go). And other times, if they do have that “bigger” platform and don’t know you too personally, then they may not have the time to help you out, so in that case it is also nice that you’re saying up front you’d like for this to be a professional arrangement, if such an arrangement is possible at all. I think as long as your polite and clear (and ready for a no or non-response), you can get away with quite a bit!
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Literary Magazines & Journals
Recently Opened Calls
Soliloquies Anthology | Deadline: October 7
Canada-based literary magazine founded in 1997 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction.
Soliloquies is a student-run literary journal published bi-annually out of Concordia University in Montreal. We accept poetry, prose, and creative non-fiction submissions from 'Canadian' writers and artists.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #university affiliated #20+ years old
Sheepshead Review | Deadline: October 14
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1975 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Photography, Art.
Sheepshead Review went in 2007 to give our visual arts contributors the image quality their work deserves (and also to give our graphics team a bigger design playground). Eeach of our issues takes on a new form, each champion the same spirit of creativity...
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #clmp member #very competitive #30+ years old
Southampton Review | Deadline: October 15
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2007 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Comics.
The Southampton Review has been publishing compelling writing and art since 2007.
Fee: $3 | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 18% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #somewhat competitive #fiction prize winner #krouse top 500 #nonfiction prize winner #popular
On Gaia Literary Magazine | Deadline: October 16
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Poetry.
Shoving the most decadent poems we can find down your throat. Consensually, of course.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials
Speculative City | Deadline: October 21
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Speculative City endeavors to elevate the voices of communities through literary works that explore the potentials of their lived experience through the frame of science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism.
Fee: None | Pay: $22-$55
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 7.59% based on 79 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
RockPaperPoem | Deadline: October 22
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Poetry.
RockPaperPoem is an independent, nonprofit online poetry journal that publishes today's finest contemporary poetry.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 45 days. Acceptance rate of 4% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards #nonprofit # fosters inclusivity # consistent quality #highly competitive #engaged editors
Skirting Around | Deadline: October 26
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Hybrid.
one size does not fit all
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Stone Poetry Quarterly | Deadline: October 31
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Poetry.
An online poetry journal that publishes poems ranging from the visceral to the cerebral across a full scope of human experience and awareness
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 7 days.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #nominates for industry awards
Saranac Review | Deadline: October 31
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2004 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Play.
Born at SUNY Plattsburgh in 2004 from a vision to open space for the celebration of many voices. We hope to be a good home for your beautiful, exciting, and surprising writing and art.
Fee: None | Pay: $50 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials #one week response time #brecht top 1000 #accessible #10+ years old #poetry prize winner
Milk Press | Deadline: November 2
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2018 that publishes Poetry, Hybrid, Art.
The Poetry Society of New York presents Milk Press, a multi-disciplinary journal that nurtures the conversation between poetry and visual art.
Fee: $5 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #one week response time #nominates for industry awards
The Northridge Review | Deadline: November 3
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1962 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Hybrid, Art, Photography, Play.
Northridge Review is a literary & arts journal of the present, produced by students in the creative writing program at California State University, Northridge.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #university affiliated #50+ years old
So to Speak | Deadline: November 16
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1993 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Audio, Video.
Intersectional feminist mag publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction & art
Fee: $4 | Pay: $100
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 150 days. Acceptance rate of 17.40% based on 46 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #30+ years old #extra popular
Nova Literary-Arts Magazine | Deadline: November 25
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1970 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Art, Audio, Video.
UNC Charlotte's Literary-Arts Magazine. Our student staff works hard to ensure that the very best poetry, short stories, and art is featured in the magazine. Our designers spend hours perfecting the layout and the design.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #50+ years old
Anti-Heroin Chic | Deadline: November 26
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2016 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
A collective journal of poetry, photography, art work, stories, essays, interviews and more. Send us your observations. Send us your heart. Send us your honesty.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 27.66% based on 94 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #brecht top 1000 #somewhat accessible #super extra popular
Stonecrop Magazine | Deadline: December 8
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2013 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
Formerly known as Basalt, Stonecrop Magazine is an annual publication designed and edited by students of the College of Western Idaho. Stonecrop is funded by CWI's Arts and Humanities Department. We publish original works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #university affiliated #very competitive #10+ years old
Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine | Deadline: December 15
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2013 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
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.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days.
South Carolina Review (SCR) | Deadline: December 16
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1968 that publishes Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Review.
We attempt to reflect the diverse experience of our readers and contributors by publishing affecting, thought-provoking work from both new and established writers from a wide background.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #university affiliated #very competitive #50+ years old
Southern Indiana Review | Deadline: December 18
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1994 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Interview, Art, Photography.
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. SIR is published in October and May by the University of Southern Indiana.
Fee: $1.75 | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials #one week response time #university affiliated #fiction prize winner #krouse top 500 #20+ years old #nonfiction prize winner #poetry prize winner
Shot Glass Journal | Deadline: January 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2010 that publishes Poetry.
an on-line poetry journal devoted to short poetry. Shot Glass focuses on both free verse and form poetry of 16 lines or less.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Sonora Review | Deadline: January 2
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1980 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry.
Run entirely by MFA students in Creative Writing at the University of Arizona, Sonora Review is among the oldest student-run literary journals in the country, and has been devoted since its founding in 1980 to offering a venue for exciting new and emerging authors, as well as prominent southwestern writers and artists.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 3.26% based on 92 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #very competitive #fiction prize winner #krouse top 500 #30+ years old #super extra popular
Sandpiper Review | Deadline: January 5
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
Sandpiper Review is an annual publication staffed by undergraduates at Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York. We aim to showcase extraordinary work by undergraduates from coast to coast.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #university affiliated #somewhat accessible
Soundings East | Deadline: February 2
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1973 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Soundings East is the annual literary journal of Salem State University, published with support from the Center for Creative and Performing Arts. The journal is edited by graduate and upper-level undergraduate creative students.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #highly competitive #krouse top 500 #50+ years old
Spoon River Poetry Review (SRPR) | Deadline: March 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1976 that publishes Poetry, Translation.
Biannual print publication of poetry, translations, and poetry review essays.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 7 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials #one week response time #nominates for industry awards #30+ years old
The Scop: Literary and Fine Arts Magazine for King's College | Deadline: March 2
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Photography, Art, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry.
The Scop is a literary magazine run out of King’s College. It is entirely run and reated by undergraduate students from a variety of majors. Its members believe in fostering creativity of all forms, including poetry, prose, and visual arts.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #university affiliated #somewhat accessible
Room | Open for submissions
Canada-based literary magazine founded in 1975 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Art.
Room is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, and has published fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, interviews, and book reviews for forty years.
Fee: None | Pay: CA$50-CA$200
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 2% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #has print issues #highly competitive #30+ years old #nonfiction prize winner #super extra popular
Liminal Space Magazine | Open for submissions
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Audio, Video.
flash fiction, short stories, novel excerpts, poems, art, music
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices | Open for submissions
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2009 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, Photography.
A magazine of diverse voices
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 120 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #clmp member #extremely competitive #krouse top 500 #10+ years old
The Shanghai Literary Review | Open for submissions
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Art, Photography, Translation, Review.
Published annually, we are a transpacific platform for artists & writers featuring new creative work from and about Asia.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time
Seashores Haiku | Open for submissions
literary magazine founded in 2018 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Flash CNF.
an international journal to share the spirit of haiku
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time
Last Chance to Submit
The Columbia Review | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1815 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Translation.
The Columbia Review is published twice a year and is available free on the Columbia campus and on the magazine’s website. We accept and publish submissions from writers and artists within and beyond Columbia University.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 150 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #extremely competitive #200+ years old
Kenyon Review | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1939 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Translation, Play.
The Kenyon Review has been in the heart of literature since 1939 when poet and critic John Crowe Ransom started the journal on the campus of Kenyon College.
Fee: None | Pay: Yes
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 1.45% based on 138 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #extremely competitive #fiction top prize winner #krouse top 500 #50+ years old #chill subs community favorite #nonfiction top prize winner #poetry top prize winner #mega super popular. woah.
Hominum Journal | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Art, Photography, Play.
A creative arts journal that de/reconstructs the somatic and explores the anatomy of narrative.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 28 days. Acceptance rate of 4% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards #brecht top 1000 #highly competitive
Stone of Madness Press | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Hybrid.
Stone of Madness Press is a physical [online] and conceptual space for queer, trans, and neurodiverse writers. This project is born of the belief that you belong here, too.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 30 days. Acceptance rate of 21.99% based on 50 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards #brecht top 1000 # consistent quality #good vibes #extra popular
Stonecoast Review | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2013 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Play.
The goal of the Stonecoast Review literary journal is to publish innovative and deeply resonant literature that embodies our core values of justice, awareness, and exploration. The Stonecoast Review is edited by students and alumni from the University of Southern Maine.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 1.48% based on 135 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials #one week response time #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #very competitive #consistent quality #10+ years old #poetry prize winner
The Plentitudes | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
A quarterly international literary journal showcasing captivating short stories, personal essays, and poetry from diverse voices.
Fee: $5 | Pay: $50
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Slant | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1986 that publishes Poetry.
Its editorial tastes are broad, but in all cases it looks for craft in making and freshness of sensibility. Unlike many journals, SLANT looks favorably upon traditional verse forms and narrative poetry.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 120 days. Acceptance rate of 5.00% based on 20 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #extremely competitive #30+ years old
River and South Review | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
an online literary journal run by the students of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University We publish new, emerging, and seasoned writers
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #clmp member #very competitive
Heartlines Spec | Deadline: September 30
Canada-based literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Fiction, Poetry.
Heartlines Spec is an online speculative magazine focused on long-term friendships and relationships. It's the comfort of the known, the fierce hug of someone that knows you best.
Fee: None | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 51 days. Acceptance rate of 3.90% based on 1690 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials #extremely competitive #consistent quality
Honeyguide Literary Magazine | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Comics.
A bi-annual magazine that features writing, art, and blog posts about animals and their human neighbors.
Fee: None | Pay: $25
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days. Acceptance rate of 16.67% based on 72 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials # beautiful design # consistent quality #somewhat accessible #engaged editors #popular
Watershed Review | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1977 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
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.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #university affiliated #30+ years old
Saint Katherine Review | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review.
Our guiding principle at Saint Katherine Review is Inquiry seeking Wisdom. St. Katherine Review is a publication of the University of Saint Katherine. Saint Katherine Review publishes new work every week online. Back issues for our print journal are available as well.
Fee: $2 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 42 days.
Noteworthy: #university affiliated
The Cincinnati Review | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2003 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Hybrid, Translation, Play.
Since its inception in 2003, The Cincinnati Review has published many promising new and emerging writers as well as Pulitzer Prize winners and Guggenheim and MacArthur fellows.
Fee: None | Pay: $25-$30 per page
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #nominates for industry awards #university affiliated #clmp member #extremely competitive #20+ years old #mega super popular. woah.
The Yale Review | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1819 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Translation.
New perspectives, enduring writing. Join a conversation 200 years in the making.
Fee: $3 | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 240 days.
Noteworthy: #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #extremely competitive #engaged editors #krouse top 500 #200+ years old #super extra popular
Rockvale Review | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Rockvale Review was a poetry-only journal. We’ve expanded in 2022 to include short fiction and creative non-fiction. The journal now stands beside a sister entity, Rockvale Writers’ Colony, a 501c3 non-profit writer residency and retreat center located in College Grove.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 84 days.
Noteworthy: #university affiliated
Seaford Review | Deadline: September 30
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Poetry.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 30 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #30-day response time
Presence Haiku Journal | Deadline: September 30
United Kingdom-based literary magazine that publishes Nonfiction, Poetry.
Britain's leading independent haiku journal
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #independent
Blue Bottle Journal | Deadline: September 30
Australia-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Poetry.
Blue Bottle is a journal for the emotional rather than the esoteric, for poems that pulse, writhe, and stick to our skin. Blue Bottle focuses on the natural world, animals and land through ecocritical lenses.
Fee: $2.5 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 45 days.
Black Stone / White Stone - A Deep Dive Zine | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Poetry, Hybrid, Art, Photography.
Our name comes from the Cesar Vallejo poem and we want to honor it through surreal and experimental poems. We are a deep dive zine. Each issue we will take a deep dive into one poet who expresses a need to explore & hammer away at what it means to exist.
Fee: None | Pay: $10
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 7 days. Acceptance rate of 11.54% based on 26 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #nominates for industry awards #popular
Wild Peach | Deadline: September 30
literary magazine that publishes Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Wtf is genre, send anything.
A new lit magazine that publishes new and emerging voices, and explores the rich variety of human experiences.
Fee: None | Pay: £25-£500
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 60 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #nominates for industry awards
The Swannanoa Review | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Interview.
We celebrate a generosity of spirit, a willingness to experiment, and a serious (and seriously joyful) creative rigor.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days.
Noteworthy: #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
Miracle Monocle | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2009 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Art, Photography, Wtf is genre, send anything.
A journal of innovative literary and visual art. Housed at the University of Louisvillle; powered by a love of genre-bending literature.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 9.09% based on 22 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #very competitive #10+ years old
SAND Journal | Deadline: September 30
Germany-based literary magazine founded in 2009 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Hybrid, Translation, Art.
Founded in 2009, SAND is a twice-annual literary and art journal created by a passionate international team in Berlin.
Fee: €3 | Pay: €20 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 3.45% based on 29 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials
The Deadlands | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
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.
Fee: None | Pay: $0.1 per word
Do not accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 14 days. Acceptance rate of 1.27% based on 4807 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #two week response time # beautiful design # consistent quality #extremely competitive #engaged editors #extra popular
The Ilanot Review | Deadline: September 30
Israel-based literary magazine founded in 2009 that publishes Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Translation, Art, Photography, Comics.
An international journal based in Israel, publishing a variety of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and genres in between. We especially love translations and hybrid work. Our bi-annual themed editions are edited by alumni and faculty at Bar-Ilan University.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 16.28% based on 43 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #somewhat competitive #10+ years old
Two Lines | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Translation, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction.
We publish original translations into English and essays on language, literature, and translation.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days.
River Styx Magazine | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1975 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Translation, Play.
River Styx cultivates contemporary literary arts in St. Louis and beyond through its magazine and community programs. Since 1975.
Fee: $3 | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 150 days. Acceptance rate of 1% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
The Garlic Press | Deadline: September 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Hybrid.
an online literary magazine for extra pungent poetry and prose
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 120 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials
Sein und Werden | Deadline: September 30
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 2004 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
'Being & Becoming' - a quarterly online literary magazine of experimental prose, poetry and artwork that seeks to merge and modernise the ideas behind Expressionism, Surrealism and Existentialism.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #accessible #10+ years old
Granta | Deadline: October 1
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 1889 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation.
Granta magazine and Granta Books share a remit to discover and publish the best in new literary fiction, memoir, reportage and poetry from around the world.
Fee: £3.5 | Pay: Yes
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #university affiliated # consistent quality #good vibes #fiction top prize winner #krouse top 500 #100+ years old #nonfiction top prize winner #poetry prize winner #mega super popular. woah.
The Gravity of the Thing | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2013 that publishes Nonfiction, Fiction, Hybrid, Poetry.
An independent literary magazine dedicated to the publication of innovative and defamiliarized writing.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #independent #brecht top 1000 #very competitive
Right Hand Pointing | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2004 that publishes Fiction, Poetry.
Short poetry, short fiction. An AMBIDEXTROUS BLOODHOUND publication
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
The Ocean State Review | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2011 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Interview, Art, Photography.
Founded in 2011, publishers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and artwork, a project of the University of Rhode Island.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials #university affiliated #somewhat competitive #10+ years old
Bad Lilies | Deadline: October 1
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Poetry, Translation.
Bad Lilies is published six times a year and is edited by Kathryn Gray and Andrew Neilson. We aim to showcase the finest poetry, ranging in technique and subject matter.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 70 days.
Noteworthy: # consistent quality #extremely competitive #good vibes #extra popular
Sky Island Journal | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2017 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry.
We're an independent, international, free-access literary journal. We provide over 150,000 readers in 150 countries with a powerful, focused, advertising-free literary experience that transports them: one that challenges them intellectually and moves them emotionally.
Fee: $4.99 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 18 days. Acceptance rate of 3% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards #independent #brecht top 1000 # supportive community # consistent quality #very competitive #engaged editors
Paterson Literary Review | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1979 that publishes Poetry, Photography, Art, Nonfiction, Review, Fiction.
an anthology of poets and fiction writers both famous and new
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time # consistent quality #accessible #engaged editors #30+ years old #poetry prize winner
The Maine Review | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2014 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Review.
The Maine Review (MeR) is a biannual online literary journal that publishes culturally significant and innovative writing by writers living in Maine, across the country, and around the world.
Fee: $3 | Pay: $25-$50
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 1.56% based on 256 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #nominates for industry awards #brecht top 1000 #extremely competitive #extra popular
Stirling Review | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Art, Photography.
We believe in the unique power of young writers to speak words that spark change and to craft pieces that shine like stars. We aim to amplify their light by publishing work from writers aged 14-22 that speaks to the people and ideas often overlooked.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 30 days. Acceptance rate of 33% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards #university affiliated #accessible
The Wild Umbrella | Deadline: October 1
Ireland-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
An ambitious new journal publishing prose and poetry from Ireland and the world.
Fee: None | Pay: €10-€50
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 90 days. Acceptance rate of 6% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
The Mixtape Review | Deadline: October 1
literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Poetry.
The Mixtape Review is an experimental magazine where published work is presented with a song chosen by the contributor.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints.
Noteworthy: #active on socials #one week response time
Last Stanza Poetry Journal | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Poetry.
Last Stanza Poetry Journal is published worldwide in ebook, hardcover, and softcover, available from these sites and others: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Book Depository, Blackwell, Powell's.
Fee: None | Pay: Yes
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #nominates for industry awards #extremely competitive
Aromatica Poetica | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, Photography, Interview, Review, Poetry.
Exploring the arts & sciences of smell & Taste.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Washington Square Review | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1996 that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Translation.
Washington Square Review, an award-winning journal of new fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, translations, and interviews, is published biannually by the students and faculty of the NYU Graduate Creative Writing Program.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 120 days. Acceptance rate of 4.39% based on 228 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials #20+ years old #poetry prize winner
Pennine Platform | Deadline: October 1
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 1973 that publishes Poetry.
One of the oldest continuously published poetry magazines in the UK.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #50+ years old
Jabberwock Review | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1980 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
A semi-annual literary journal at Mississippi State University. The journal consists of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 150 days. Acceptance rate of 3% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #highly competitive #krouse top 500 #30+ years old
SWING | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Comics.
SWING is home for the emerging writer to the renowned, the discovered to the too-long neglected. We are creating a magazine with the energy and verve of its home city, Nashville, a town of vagabonds and roots, where new influences course through the old.
Fee: None | Pay: Yes
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 150 days. Acceptance rate of 10% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials #nominates for industry awards #highly competitive
Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2015 that publishes Poetry, Translation, Review.
a venue for publication of poetry written by authors whose work is informed by the Catholic faith.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 150 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #nominates for industry awards
cream city review | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1975 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
Cream City Review is Milwaukee’s leading literary journal devoted to publishing memorable and energetic pieces that push the boundaries of writing.
Fee: $2.5 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 240 days. Acceptance rate of 6.54% based on 107 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #highly competitive #krouse top 500 #30+ years old #extra popular
Same Faces Collective | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2019 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Art, Photography.
Interdisciplinary literary magazine for experimental forms, challenging literary fiction, and marginalized voices.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 40% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
Quartet | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Poetry.
Quartet is an online poetry journal featuring work by women fifty and over.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards
Moria | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2017 that publishes Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Hybrid.
A national literary magazine with an all-student editorial board based at Woodbury University
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 33.33% based on 21 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #nominates for industry awards #university affiliated
Potomac Review | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1993 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Potomac Review, based in Rockville, Maryland, is a peer-reviewed literary magazine with a global audience.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 3.21% based on 156 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #brecht top 1000 #clmp member #very competitive #fiction prize winner #krouse top 500 #30+ years old #nonfiction prize winner
Inlandia: A Literary Journey | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2010 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Interview, Art, Photography.
A Literary Journey and individual authors
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #10+ years old
Scoundrel Time | Deadline: October 1
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art, Humor, Comics, Photography.
Where artists & writers resist threats to freedom through creative works.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 84 days. Acceptance rate of 2.55% based on 39 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #extremely competitive #fiction prize winner #krouse top 500
Sho Poetry Journal | Deadline: October 2
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2002 that publishes Poetry.
Shō Poetry Journal is a biannual small-press print journal coming out of a 20-year hibernation. We publish a diverse range of voices and the best poetry that crosses our path.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 30 days. Acceptance rate of 7% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards #20+ years old
A Sufferer's Digest | Deadline: October 2
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction, Poetry, Hybrid.
We are looking for norm-challenging, gritty, or modern gothic short stories or poems between 1-2000 words for rolling online publishing and physical issues.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 10% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials
Black Warrior Review | Deadline: October 2
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1974 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Hybrid, Translation, Art, Photography, Comics, Audio, Video, Game, Wtf is genre, send anything.
Established in 1974 by graduate students in the MFA in Creative Writing, Black Warrior Review is named for the river that borders the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. BWR publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and art twice a year, + an annual online issue.
Fee: $3 | Pay: $20-$200
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 1% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials #nominates for industry awards #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #clmp member #extremely competitive #fiction prize winner #krouse top 500 #30+ years old #nonfiction prize winner #poetry prize winner #mega super popular. woah.
Maybe Mag | Deadline: October 2
Canada-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Wtf is genre, send anything.
montreal-based quirky alt mag run by 2 poets who have no clue what they're doing
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #one week response time
Hive Avenue | Deadline: October 2
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2019 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Translation, Play, Photography.
rooted in the belief that art is vital for the sustenance of life and has the ability to unite a community
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #very competitive
Sagebrush Review | Deadline: October 2
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Art, Photography.
Sagebrush was established with the purpose of fostering the creative writing and art community at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Sagebrush also facilitates the production of an annual printed journal of literature and art. Sagebrush is student-run.
Fee: $5 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #university affiliated
The Lindenwood Review | Deadline: October 2
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2010 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
The Lindenwood Review literary journal publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, and prose poems. The journal is published annually, and students in the university's MFA in Writing program serve as editorial assistants as part of their MFA coursework.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 210 days.
Noteworthy: #university affiliated
Iowa Review | Deadline: October 2
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1970 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation.
Short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction. Since 1970.
Fee: $4 | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #fiction top prize winner #krouse top 500 #50+ years old #nonfiction prize winner #poetry prize winner #mega super popular. woah.
The Normal School | Deadline: October 3
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Comics, Audio, Video.
An online journal featuring nonfiction, fiction, poetry, criticism, journalism, author interviews, and multi-media texts. The bi-annual print magazine finished in spring 2019, ending its 11-year run.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 8.91% based on 101 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #extremely competitive #krouse top 500 #super extra popular
Gutter Magazine | Deadline: October 4
United Kingdom-based literary magazine that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction.
An award-winning, high quality, printed journal for fiction and poetry from writers born or living in Scotland and featuring literature from around the world.
Fee: None | Pay: Yes
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues # consistent quality #beautiful design
Pornstar Martini Magazine | Deadline: October 4
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Hybrid, Review, Art, Photography, Humor, Game.
A quarterly literary publication aimed at showcasing the best boundary-pushing emerging work from young writers.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #active on socials #one week response time
Raising Mothers | Deadline: October 5
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2015 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Review, Interview, Comics.
A digital literary platform centering the parenting and personal narratives of the global majority.
Fee: None | Pay: from $0
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days.
Noteworthy: #active on socials #nominates for industry awards #krouse top 500
Hole In The Head Review | Deadline: October 5
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2019 that publishes Poetry, Art, Photography, Video.
A journal of art, photography, & poetry. We're online only so we can do things you just can't do with print - video, music, and pop-up issues. We're viewed around the world more than 1,500 times a month. We feature established artists and writers as well as newcomers.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 45 days.
Noteworthy: #poetry prize winner
Prachya Review | Deadline: October 5
Bangladesh-based literary magazine founded in 2015 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Review, Art.
A cross-cultural literary webzine
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
In Parentheses | Deadline: October 5
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2011 that publishes Flash Fiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Review, Art, Photography.
a place where works of great artists, thinkers, and critics comes together in the form of a literary magazine
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 51.61% based on 31 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time
Theme Calls To Inspire You!
Spiritus Mundi Review | Deadline: October 7 | Theme: Dreams
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
A youth-led, Latin-inspired magazine and blog that investigates human existence through several mediums: poetry, prose, and art.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 60% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #one week response time #very accessible
Science Write Now | Deadline: October 8 | Theme: Synergy
Australia-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Creative writing about science
Fee: AU$3 | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints.
Noteworthy: #read for free #one week response time #clmp member
Rowayat: A Literary Journal | Deadline: October 15 | Theme: Borders
literary magazine founded in 2012 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Review, Interview, Comics.
Stories from Egypt and the world.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days.
Noteworthy: #10+ years old
The Cawnpore | Deadline: October 16 | Theme: Send Anything
India-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Interview, Art, Photography, Comics, Game, Wtf is genre, send anything.
Delve into the profound influence and impact of various cultures worldwide through the art of literature.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 5 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #one week response time
Morning Star Literary | Deadline: October 20 | Theme: Wish
Ireland-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Play.
Morning Star Literary is a small, youth-led magazine looking for pieces that explore deep, complex emotions and topics.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 20 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #30-day response time
Shooter Literary Magazine | Deadline: October 21 | Theme: Coming of Age
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 2014 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
Shooter publishes themed print issues twice a year, and holds competitions for short stories (annual), poetry (annual), and flash fiction/nonfiction (monthly). We seek compelling literary work that appeals to both the head and the heart.
Fee: None | Pay: £5-£25 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #highly competitive #krouse top 500 #extra popular
Forevermore | Deadline: October 21 | Theme: Gothic, Horror and all disturbing stories
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Hybrid.
Forevermore is a brand new online literary magazine ! We are currently accepting submissions for the first issue.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #one week response time
Santa Fe Literary Review | Deadline: November 1 | Theme: Bloodlines: Lineage, Inheritance, and Legacy
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2006 that publishes Photography, Art, Comics, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Play.
The Santa Fe Literary Review (SFLR) is published annually by the Santa Fe Community College. An in-print literary journal, SFLR features work by local, national, and international writers and artists.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 160 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #very competitive #10+ years old
Solum Journal | Deadline: November 2 | Theme: doubt
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
We are a Christian literary journal and small press publishing poetry, short stories, homilies, and visual art. We are expanding into poetry chapbooks, poetry collections, novellas, and novels.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time
Dead Hand Lit | Deadline: September 30 | Theme: Anything Short
literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Micro Fiction, Poetry.
Literary Magazine. An unknown entity printing out messages into the deep, dark abyss. Your messages.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 30% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #active on socials #one week response time
Pure in Heart Stories | Deadline: September 30 | Theme: Christian-theme
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Photography, Art, Hybrid, Comics, Humor, Nonfiction.
A literary and art magazine for families, with a Christian worldview. Here you can find short stories, poetry, photography and art by adults, teens, and children—for readers 6 years old and beyond. Our issues appear both online and in print.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time
Heart of Flesh Literary Journal | Deadline: September 30 | Theme: Christian theme
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2019 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
A biannual online and print literary journal that seeks quality writing and art with a Christian element. We are not a typical “Christian fiction” journal.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #accessible
NECKSNAP Magazine | Deadline: September 30 | Theme: Issue 0
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction.
Online horror literary magazine looking for grungy, gothic, or gory stories from experimental voices.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 90 days.
Noteworthy: #active on socials
Lucky Jefferson | Deadline: September 30 | Theme: Foráneo
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2018 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Art.
An award-winning literary journal that generates interactive conversations around poetry and art by reforming the way journals are produced and shared. Lucky Jefferson is proud to feature poets and writers who have never been published, marginalized perspectives, and those who sought to pursue writing later in life.
Fee: None | Pay: Yes
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 45 days. Acceptance rate of 4.25% based on 47 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #brecht top 1000 # consistent quality #engaged editors #extra popular
Flora Fauna | Deadline: September 30 | Theme: The Table of Bacchus
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Wtf is genre, send anything.
Flora Fauna is a youth-run digital magazine and blog dedicated to giving spaces to small or aspiring creatives.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 31 days. Acceptance rate of 35% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
PULP | Deadline: September 30 | Theme: Resistance Despite Oppression
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Art, Photography, Wtf is genre, send anything.
Pulp wants low brow work that would be abundant in sleazy stores with black out curtains and garbage cans.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 20 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards
Epistemic Literary | Deadline: September 30 | Theme: Exclusion
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
Epistemic Literary is a fully-digital anthology series celebrating knowledge, connection, and growth through poetry and short fiction.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 10% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
Midnight Echo | Deadline: September 30 | Theme: WILDERNESS
Australia-based literary magazine founded in 2005 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Interview, Art.
the magazine of the Australasian Horror Writers Association
Fee: None | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
underscore _ magazine | Deadline: September 30 | Theme: the city
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
dedicated to chronicling all things that underscore the city.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 14 days. Acceptance rate of 34.78% based on 23 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #two week response time #nominates for industry awards
Contemplit Magazine | Deadline: September 30 | Theme: Jellyfishes in Space
literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Play.
Youth led Literary Magazine dedicated to work with an excessive focus on the use of language.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 60 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials
The Qafiyah Review | Deadline: October 1 | Theme: Middle Eastern/South West Asian North African literary and visual arts
literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
A literary magazine for Middle Eastern/South West Asian North African writers & artists.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 14 days. Acceptance rate of 33% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #two week response time #nominates for industry awards #accessible
Magnolia Magazine | Deadline: October 1 | Theme: Through the Decades
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Art, Photography, Humor, Audio.
We are a youth literary magazine dedicated to allowing young creatives to blossom.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints.
Noteworthy: #active on socials #one week response time
Livina Press | Deadline: October 1 | Theme: Golden
literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Whatever you believe is worth writing about is what we want to read.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 35 days. Acceptance rate of 38.60% based on 57 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials
Club Chicxulub Journal | Deadline: October 1 | Theme: Harvest
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Art.
A celebration of fabulist fiction, from sci-fi to slipstream. Our namesake is the asteroid that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs. We will choose several pieces per issue to produce with a soundtrack.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 8% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards #very accessible
Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry | Deadline: October 1 | Theme: Refuge
literary magazine founded in 1956 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Since its founding in 1956 at The University of Tulsa, Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry’s mission has been the discovery, development, and promotion of new writing.
Fee: $3 | Pay: $10-$200
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 4.08% based on 49 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials #one week response time #university affiliated #50+ years old #extra popular
Ecotone | Deadline: October 1 | Theme: Poems in the French repeating forms
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2005 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry.
A biannual magazine that seeks to reimagine place. Published by UNC Wilmington's Department of Creative Writing. AWP Small Press Publisher Award winner | ASME Award for Fiction Finalist.
Fee: $3 | Pay: from $100
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #university affiliated # beautiful design # consistent quality #fosters inclusivity #nonfiction prize winner #poetry top prize winner #super extra popular
Moss Puppy Magazine | Deadline: October 1 | Theme: Boneyard
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Art, Photography.
We are curly haired swamp creatures howling into the moonlight, doggy paddling and barking at toads and flies. We want your weird, muddy, and messy - the turtles without shells, boiled frogs, & mushroom-capped fairies.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 14 days. Acceptance rate of 41.82% based on 55 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #two week response time #somewhat accessible #extra popular
Lunch Ticket | Deadline: October 1 | Theme: Resistance and Liberation
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2012 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, Art.
One side of our mission at Lunch Ticket is to publish writers and artists who have been marginalized and underrepresented, and work that engages with issues of social, economic, and environmental justice.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 30 days. Acceptance rate of 0.89% based on 225 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #30-day response time #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 # consistent quality #extremely competitive #fosters inclusivity #krouse top 500 #10+ years old #extra popular
re•mediate | Deadline: October 1 | Theme: Experiments
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Wtf is genre, send anything.
A critical, literary home for computer-assisted creative writing & writing about it. The WIRED of lit mags.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 14 days. Acceptance rate of 25% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #two week response time
The Offing | Deadline: October 1 | Theme: Humor
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2015 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, Art, Comics.
An online literary magazine publishing creative writing in all genres and art in all media.
Fee: None | Pay: $25-$100
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 3.63% based on 330 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #nominates for industry awards # consistent quality #engaged editors #chill subs community favorite #mega super popular. woah.
Contemporary Verse 2 | Deadline: October 2 | Theme: Birthdays
Canada-based literary magazine founded in 1975 that publishes Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Interview, Translation.
The mandate and primary aim of Contemporary Verse 2 is to educate, engage, and expand public appreciation of the poetic art form by sharing and promoting high-calibre, original verse and critical writing by local, national, and international poets.
Fee: CA$3 | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 7.08% based on 99 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #somewhat accessible #30+ years old #extra popular
Moss Piglet Zine | Deadline: October 2 | Theme: Patterns
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2016 that publishes Flash Fiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Art, Photography.
This zine has grown from a 16-page, black-and-white, saddle-stitched publication to a full-color and perfect bound edition that's professionally printed on high-quality stock.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time
Mystic Owl Magazine | Deadline: October 2 | Theme: Halloween
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Fiction, Poetry.
Mystic Owl is a poetry and fiction magazine. Speculative work is the focus, but we also want pieces that weave strange and weird language through real human emotions. We aim to publish three issues yearly: in the spring, summer, and fall.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 15 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #30-day response time
Always Open!
The GroundUp | Open for submissions
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2013 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Interview, Photography.
The GroundUp is an independent publication of news, criticism and views from the radical left.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #independent #10+ years old
The Spotlong Review | Open for submissions
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Art, Photography.
A literary journal dedicated to championing innovative work that packs a punch, questions conventional mores, and, most of all, explores human connection from surprising angles.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days. Acceptance rate of 5% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #clmp member #somewhat competitive
Quarter Notes Magazine | Open for submissions
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Hybrid.
For good listeners | A literary magazine with a musical ear
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials
THIS Magazine | Open for submissions
Canada-based literary magazine founded in 1966 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Video, Audio, Art, Photography.
The modern-day THIS acts as a critical, gutsy voice in today’s media landscape, dedicated to exposing under-the-radar stories and to publishing smart, progressive commentary and reporting on Canadian politics, pop culture, social issues, and the arts.
Fee: None | Pay: Yes
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 56 days. Acceptance rate of 3.13% based on 32 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #50+ years old
Red Tree Review | Open for submissions
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Poetry.
Red Tree Review seeks to celebrate poems that surprise, harrow, and awe by providing them with a platform and hungry readers.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days.
Contest Closing for Subs This Week
American Literary Review Contests (Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays) | Deadline: October 2
One work of fiction or an essay per entry, limit 8,000 words per work. Do not include any identifying information in the uploaded document except for the title of the work. All work should be previously unpublished.
Entry fee covers up to three poems. Please include them all in a single document. Do not include any identifying information in the uploaded document except for the title of the poem(s). All work should be previously unpublished.
Fee: $15 | Pay: $1000 - Winner, $250 x 4 finalists | Judge: Editors
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Contests Closing Tonight!!
Sarabande Chapbook Prize | Deadline: September 30
Manuscript must be anonymous
Manuscript must be typed, standard font, 12 pt., paginated
Between 20-30 pages, single spaced
Fee: $25 | Pay: $1000, publication, standard royalty contract | Judge: Editors
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Anthology Nature Writing Competition | Deadline: September 30
Essays entered must not exceed a maximum of 1,500 words.
Fee: €15 | Pay: $1000, publication, standard royalty contract | Judge: Editors
Rattle Ekphrastic Challenge | Deadline: September 30
For the month of September, our image is this piece by Barbara Gordon. Find more of the artist’s work on her website, but only write your poems about the image below.
Fee: Free | Pay: $100 | Judge: Editors
Below, we have a downloadable spreadsheet for this week’s opportunities for paid subscribers.