The Fourth River is the literary journal of Chatham University’s MFA Program, printed annually. The journal welcomes submissions of creative writing that explore the relationship between humans and their environments, both natural and...
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Reading Period: Jul 1 to Sep 1, Nov 15 to Jan 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Free State Review is published four times every three years by Galileo Press/Galileo Books. Their motto is “Totally Limited Omniscience.” More John Waters than Chekhov. More Stones than Beatles. More Bowie than Jagger. But Joni Mitchell...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Free the Verse is a quarterly poetry magazine seeking to publish modern poetry by emerging and established poets alike.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
FreezeRay is a quarterly literary journal dedicated to the poetry of pop culture. It seeks to explore the relationships between the pop culture that people consume (comic books, movies, television, music, video games, etc.) and...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 8 to Apr 11Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: PoetrySubgenres: Poetry, Pop Culture -
Fresh Words is a new international literary magazine that aims at being a storehouse of the best contemporary literature. It will publish twelve times a year. It will be available in print as well as ebook format.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Haunted Waters Press is an independent publisher located in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia along the banks of the Shenandoah River. The press accepts works from new, emerging, and established writers. From the Depths...
Read moreReading Period: Nov 1 to Sep 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
From Whispers to Roars was founded on that idea that even the quietest of voices can roar: the story you’ve been hiding in a journal, afraid to share; the poems that have been stacking up on your bedside table; the weirdest thing you’ve...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
Frontier Poetry is looking for poetry that pushes language forward, for poets and poems that strive to place themselves at the edge of what language can do.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Full Bleed exists to cultivate that fertile ground where the visual and literary arts intersect. The editors are happy to consider criticism, belle-lettres, visual art, illustration, fiction, poetry, and...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Jan 10Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Furious Gazelle is striving to provide the best collection of original writing and art from across the World Wide Web.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation