The MacGuffin is an international publication based out of Schoolcraft College, a two-year community college in Livonia, Michigan. Published trianually, their staff seeks to feature a diverse array of voices and styles, from...
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Reading Period: Sep 1 to Jun 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
MacQueen’s Quinterly (also known as MacQ) is a smorgasbord of memorable works of art and literature, in multiple genres and short-forms: prose poetry; flash and microfiction; essays and creative nonfiction; photographs, drawings...
Read moreReading Period: Mar 20 to Mar 26, Jul 7 to Jul 16, Nov 7 to Nov 16Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Magazine1 serves as both a showcase of excellent writing from around the world, and a literary hub for the Sarasota / Saint Pete / Tampa area. The editors want to showcase work that challenges their understanding of what writing is and...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 14 to Nov 14, Feb 14 to May 14Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Mannequin haus publishes experimental fiction, video art, gif, scanner art, photography, painting, collage, print, comics, scribbles, found art, interviews and reviews. Anything submitted with surreal, descriptive, textural and original...
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The Mantelpiece is a monthly literary journal, featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, travel writing, book reviews, light verse, and poetry.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Literary Fiction -
Marrow is a literary magazine committed to publishing work that explores dark spaces. The editors are interested in writing that uses compelling language and imagery to remind them what it means to be human, that makes wonderful the...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Poetry -
MASKS Literary Magazine is a Weisman Award-winning print and online journal based out of the Columbia College Chicago Aesthetics of Research. It provides a space to showcase new and unexpected perspectives. It sponsors contests and...
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The Masters Review publishes new and emerging writers and is open to any writer who does not have a novel under contract with a major press. Stories are published online and in print.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Fiction -
Each issue of Menagerie Magazine is a curated exhibit of poems, fictions, and hybrid works that deserve the close attention of a small stage. Like a Joseph Cornell shadow box, the editors bring together a mixture of things found and made...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to May 31, Sep 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Poetry -
The Metaworker is an online literary magazine where great stories are forged. Their mission is to publish great things to read and the editors are interested in stories, poems, and art that have new, interesting perspectives or...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
The people of Mid-American Review seek to publish works of fine literary art from a diverse body of artists. The magazine is on the lookout for work that has the power to move and astonish while displaying the highest level of craft.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Translation -
midnight & indigo is a literary journal that provides a space for Black women writers to share their narratives with the world. With an emphasis on short fiction and essay writing, they exist to make a meaningful contribution to the...
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Midwest Weird is an audio literary magazine featuring weird fiction and nonfiction by Midwestern writers.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The Montreal Review features long-form critical essays, book reviews, commentary, interviews, photo essays, short stories, and poetry. It is illustrated with contemporary and classic art by Canadian and international artists....
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Moonday Mag is a quarterly, speculative art, and literary magazine dedicated to celebrating all things fantastic and fantastically strange. Born in the place that rests between here and the uncanny valley, Moonday Mag wonders...
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Moxy is a literary magazine that focuses on creative nonfiction—work with a nonfiction subject matter, written with the imaginative verve and stylistic skill of the best fiction. It publishes criticism, essays, travel writing, memoir,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Creative Nonfiction -
Mulberry Literary is an online literary and art magazine dedicated to showcasing creative work in its every form. It aims to provide a longstanding, international platform that is inclusive to all creative work,...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jul 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: 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, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation
