Toyon is Humboldt State University English department’s annual literary magazine. Run entirely by students since its first issue in 1954, Toyon showcases the work of established and emerging writers and artists from Humboldt...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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Under the Gum Tree is a storytelling project, publishing creative nonfiction in the form of a micro-magazine.
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Variety Pack tries to live up their namesake! A bedrock of diverse voices, expressing a variety of arts & letters. Open to both genre and literary. Sure there’s an aesthetic, but it’s a broad atlas rather than a narrow stream!
Reading Period: Jun 15 to Sep 15, Mar 15 to May 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Visual Poetry, War, Young Adult -
TVBR publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, photography, and visual art that memorably express what it means to be human. Its editorial focus is on authentic voices and evocative images. The editors seek work that haunts them.
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warning lines is an indie literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry with themes of Otherness, rebellion, Satanism, monstrosity, and other irreverences by queer, trans, and other marginalized creators.
Reading Period: Jul 1 to Jul 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Wax Paper is a broadsheet publication open to all forms of written word, imagery, and collected conversation.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Regional, Translation, Young Adult -
The moon is dynamic, always moving forward, night after night, revitalizing life as it shifts through its phases, a vital piece of this evermoving universe. Work submitted here should represent this. It should move the editors. It should move...
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Waxwing is a literary journal promoting the tremendous cultural diversity of contemporary American literature, alongside international voices in translation. The editors believe that American voices are, at their cores, both...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Apr 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
At Wayfarer Books, the editors believe poetry is the language of the earth. They believe words, shaped like rivers through wild places, can change the shape of the world. They publish poets and writers and renegades who stand outside of...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Jan 31, Feb 1 to Jul 1Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Wayne Literary Review is a yearly literary journal published in Detroit, Michigan, by Wayne State Press. They publish writing that inspires, experiments, and pushes language in new and interesting directions. They are edited by Wayne...
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Welter is an annual print literary magazine—originated in 1965—now produced by the MFA program at the University of Baltimore. Additional content is published online. As their name implies, they are looking for work that is provocative,...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 23 to Nov 6Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Experimental, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Whale Road Review publishes poetry, flash fiction, and micro essays that don’t demand too much time up front, but somehow leave readers changed.
Reading Period: Jun 1 to Jun 15, Dec 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Wilderness House Literary Review is a publication devoted to excellence in literature and the arts.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Since 1977, Willow Springs has published the finest in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as interviews with notable authors including Marilynne Robinson, Stuart Dybek, Aimee Bender, Robert Wrigley, Joyce Carol Oates,...
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Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature is a digital, open access, biannual journal of disability poetry, literature, and the arts.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to May 1, Sep 1 to Nov 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Healing/Health, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Established by combat veterans and maintained by a diverse board of veterans, military spouses, and writers compelled by themes of social justice and human resilience, the Wrath-Bearing Tree publishes essays, reviews, fiction, and poetry...
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The Writer’s Foundry Review is a print and online journal featuring poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, and visual art. The Review is a publication of the Writer’s Foundry, the MFA Creative Writing program at St. Joseph...
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The Writing Disorder is a quarterly literary journal devoted to literature, art and culture. Its mission is to showcase new and emerging writers—particularly those in writing programs—as well as established writers. It features new...
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Yellow Arrow Journal is a biannual publication of creative nonfiction, poetry, and cover art by writers/artists who identify as women.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 28, Aug 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction -
Yellow Medicine Review is an international journal of indigenous literature, art, and thought. It includes the work of both renowned and emerging writers, artists, and scholars and is published twice a year in spring and fall.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry