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...
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Reading Period: Mar 1 to May 31, Sep 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
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: Apr 29 to Jul 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction -
The Racket Journal is a weekly online literary journal. The editors want to promote the work of up-and-coming, emerging, established, and never-before-seen writers from around the country.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Speculative Fiction -
Calls (Sub window):
- RADICAL JOY (closes July 31)
- Books on Books | Connections | THE FICTION THAT CHANGED ME (closes July 31)
Calls (Always Open):
- Write Here, Write Now
- Writers on...
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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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The Red Branch Review is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and literary and visual art annual based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Red Branch seeks to bring to readers the kaleidoscope of human experience and was founded in response to the...
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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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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 -
Rivanna Review is a print journal published four times a year in Charlottesville, Virginia, on the Rivanna River. The content is general interest: stories, essays, art, and book reviews. Photographs and drawings are...
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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.
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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.
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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 15 to Oct 1, Dec 15 to Feb 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Sand Hills brings together new and established voices from diverse backgrounds. They are looking for works that celebrate different perspectives.
They want writers to submit their truths, their fictions—to share their humanity. They...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 15 to Mar 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry -
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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The Seattle Star is an online journal of politics and culture that seeks to open up the world.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Humor, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture -
Sepia is committed to showcasing the work of both emerging and established artists. All artists are eligible to submit.
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Sequestrum publishes new, emerging, and internationally acclaimed writers of short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and cross-genre. All publications are paired with a unique visual component with the goal of fostering and exposing writers...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Erotica, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual, Serialized Fiction, Translation, War -
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 annual print literary journal designed and edited by graduate students at the University of Arkansas - Monticello, Shadowplay welcomes submissions in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The masthead accepts all artistic voices,...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 15 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Micro-poetry, Poetry, Short Fiction -
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....
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Dec 31, Jan 1 to May 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
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
