The Plentitudes is a quarterly international literary journal showcasing captivating short stories, personal essays, and poetry from diverse voices. They believe in the power of writing—in its plentitudes of forms, styles, and modes of...
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 28, Apr 1 to May 31, Jul 1 to Jul 31, Oct 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Formal Poetry, Healing/Health, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction
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Pocket Samovar is an international literary magazine dedicated to underrepresented post-Soviet writing, art, and diaspora. It originated in 2019 as a group of Jack Kerouac School students influenced—but not determined—by Soviet cultural...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Experimental, Healing/Health, LGBTQ Voices, Lyric Essay, Poetry, Political, Regional, Translation -
Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry is a sporadically published online literary journal devoted to all kinds of poetry. Its founding principle is change. Each issue focuses on a different kind or aspect of poetry,...
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Points in Case is a daily literary humor publication featuring enlightening and irreverent comedy from seasoned writers and fresh voices.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Humor -
Posit publishes carefully curated, finely crafted contemporary poetry, very short fiction, hybrid literary forms, and visual art. We are looking for innovation, aesthetic vision, thoughtfulness, depth, and accomplished craftsmanship. Our...
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Post Road seeks to publish up-and-coming writers along with more established names. It publishes a wide range of styles, from realist to experimental and everything in between.
Reading Period: Sep 15 to Nov 14, Feb 1 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The editors aim to publish art and words for the future by artists and writers who believe they’re carrying, on their hunched-over-computer shoulders, a pretty heavy yet very pretty burden—to offer a way into humanity so that...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Visual Poetry -
Prompt is an online and book arts journal for writing inspired by visual art and visual art inspired by writing. Every six months the magazine showcases an exciting new work from a visual artist or writer on their website. The editors...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Prose Poetry -
A Public Space seeks work that is brave and unexpected. It is interested in writing that uncovers the extraordinary in the every day, provides a rare glimpse, exposes an unexpected truth, or puts forth a daring hypothesis. There are no...
Read moreReading Period: May 1 to May 31, Sep 15 to Oct 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Punt Volat publishes fiction, poetry, music, visual media, and otherwise in English, Català, Castellano, and Deutsch. It frequently publishes work by writers and artists from outside the United States and actively seeks more submissions...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to May 31, Sep 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Quarterly West looks for writing that is, exciting, challenging, risky, unpredictable, and different. Different stomps in. Maybe it seeps in. Sometimes, and in our favorite works, different is always already there and it strikes flint...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 15 to Mar 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry -
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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Rattle is a publication of the Rattle Foundation, and its mission is to promote the practice of poetry.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Formal Poetry, Humor, Love, Micro-poetry, Political, Prose Poetry -
Rat’s Ass Review is an online poetry journal whose editorial fancies are no more arbitrary than any other; they are simply more openly so.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Feb 1, Jul 1 to Aug 1Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Formal Poetry, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Red Flag Poetry is a postcard project that aims to deliver poetry to the mailbox of subscribers every month on a postcard. It looks for poetry that is creative, original, and well-crafted. It wants to see poems that critically reflect...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry -
Red Ogre Review is an online journal started by the graduate students from Lancaster University’s 2021 Creative Writing class. It primarily publishes poetry, book reviews and critical essays. It also accepts visual art submissions.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Red Tree Review seeks to celebrate poems that surprise, harrow, and awe by providing them with a platform and hungry readers.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Red Wheelbarrow (since 2000), formerly Bottomfish, believes that everything that crosses the transom merits deep attention. It believes that beauty and meaning will inhabit wildly varied and unexpected tones and styles.
Reading Period: Sep 1 to Feb 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
A national, print literary journal devoted to poetry and poetics.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Experimental, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
Revolute is a digital literary magazine founded in 2019 by the Randolph College MFA program. Revolute is committed to publishing the most engaging writing possible and is further committed to publishing emerging writers from...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Dec 8Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Experimental, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Speculative Poetry -
Roanoke Review publishes three to seven featured pieces every month—focusing primarily on poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, flash, graphic narrative, and visual poetry.
On occasion, they review small press, literary books, or...
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The Rumen is a collaboration between writers, poets, and artists from a variety of demographics and backgrounds. Like the guts of an ungulate, The Rumen is a space for ideas and experiences to digest, ferment, and transform.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Rumpus strives to be a platform for marginalized voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere and to lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers they love.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
For drama, Rushing Thru the Dark wants to see your most interesting human interactions with strong dialog and scene descriptions for either your one-act play or your short screenplay. As with any story, there needs to be some character...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Aug 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Historical, LGBTQ Voices