Prime Number Magazine’s goal is to publish distinctive works of poetry and short fiction, regardless of theme or style. As of January 2023, Prime Number Magazine began publishing every four months, with guest editors for each...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 28, May 1 to Jun 30, Sep 1 to Oct 31Subgenres: BIPOC Voices, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction
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Protean Magazine is a nonprofit leftist publication that produces an annual print magazine and publishes online content year-round. Each print edition contains approximately 100 full-color, ad-free pages, with vivid illustrations and...
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Pure in Heart Stories is a literary and art magazine for families, with a Christian worldview. It publishes short stories, poetry, visual art, jokes, comics and more by adults, teens, and children.
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The Q&A Queer Zine is a small zine staffed by LGBTQ+ writers and visual artists. The need for community, support, and belonging brought this group together to ask fundamental questions about their place in the writing world and in...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 8 to Nov 27Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
Calls (Always Open):
- Write Here, Write Now
- Writers on Writers
- Books on Books (Adult & Kid Lit)
- General Fiction & Essay
- Comics
- Book Excerpts
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Based in Central Texas, the Raven Review is a literary magazine that publishes poetry and short fiction that explores the human experience through dark, atmospheric writing. Since January 2020, the magazine has been publishing both...
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redrosethorns journal is a literary online publication that publishes work around mental health, self-care, gender, and sexuality in any genre and style. This journal publication is inspired by the feminist consciousness-raising movement...
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Rundelania is the digital literary journal of the Arts and Literature Division, located within the Central Branch of the Rochester Public Library (NY). The journal is dedicated to the publication of original poetry and prose.
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Same Faces Collective is open to all genres but is especially interested in hybrid/experimental fiction and nonfiction.
Reading Period: Apr 15 to Jun 15, Aug 1 to Oct 1, Dec 15 to Feb 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Scoundrel Time is a nonprofit online literary journal publishing fiction, essays, poetry, translated works, graphic memoir and fiction, humor, and visual art that addresses threats to people, cultures, and landscapes posed by the current...
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Sepia is committed to showcasing the work of both emerging and established artists. All artists are eligible to submit.
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Sequoia Speaks is an international literary magazine dedicated to serving writers. Founded in 2021, Sequoia Speaks is based in Northern California.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
An international, student-run journal published by Ringling College of Art and Design, Shift features fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic texts, or other work in English or translation by emerging and established writers. They...
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Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access literary journal; it is dedicated to discovering and publishing the finest original poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. The magazine publishes accomplished,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Healing/Health, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, War -
Small Print Magazine, a resource and showcase for writers and artists, features contemporary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry thoughtfully presented alongside beautiful photography and artwork from new and established artists....
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Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine’s primary interest is quality. It welcomes submissions in any and all forms, genres, styles, and approaches in written word and image and encourages innovation as well as tradition.
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Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Jun 15, Aug 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Magical Realism, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Prose Poetry, Regional, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult -
Southeast Review is a nationally acclaimed literary magazine, first established in 1979 as Sundog, that gives voice to underrepresented and emerging writers on the same stage as well-established ones. They publish fiction, nonfiction,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Translation, Visual Poetry -
Speculative City is a literary magazine featuring works that explore themes, characters, and landscapes exclusive to urban environments and that highlight voices often unheard. Each magazine issue is relevant to the magazine mission and...
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Spellbinder is a quarterly nonprofit literary and art magazine that publishes both print and digital issues. Founded by writers in the U.K. during the pandemic, it now has an international team of editors. The editors welcome submissions...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Short Fiction -
Story Unlikely is an award-winning monthly email publication that features fiction and nonfiction that focuses on the quality of both the writing and storytelling, not on genre or author pedigree (or lack there of).
Reading Period: Feb 2 to Sep 29Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Summerset Review is a literary journal released quarterly on the 15th of March, June, September, and December on the internet, and periodically in print form. Founded in 2002, the journal is exclusively devoted to the review and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Fiction -
Since launching in January of 2019, Sunspot Literary Journal has amplified diverse multinational voices. New works have been published in their original language side-by-side with English translations. Boundaries that exclude meaningful...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 31, Apr 1 to Jun 30, Jul 1 to Sep 30, Oct 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry, War -
Superpresent is a quarterly magazine of the arts. It is available free online and a limited run of print copies for each issue. Superpresent publishes poems, short stories, essays, visual art pieces, experimental art, video art...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Mar 1, Apr 1 to Jun 1, Jul 1 to Sep 1, Oct 1 to Dec 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Digital quarterly for new, emerging and established writers and artists. The editors seek good writing above anything else: inspired, unbound, and diverse. Original work only.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Tree and Stone is dedicated to featuring stories about magic and wonder, about blending the speculative and the literary. The world is filled with magic contained in everyday experience, and this magazine is a place to capture and...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Fiction, Flash Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction