Journals & literary magazines4 open opportunities listedMorocco
About the magazine
Atlantic Northeast is an online literary journal that publishes nonfiction, with a focus on work that engages critically and lyrically with place, memory, and the environments—both natural and constructed—of the northeastern Atlantic region and beyond. Founded as a digital-first publication, it has built its reputation on a curatorial approach that favors essays which resist easy resolution, valuing texture, inquiry, and a willingness to sit with complexity over anecdote or argumentative closure. The journal's ethos is one of attentive editorial care: pieces are selected not for topical timeliness but for their capacity to render the familiar strange and the distant immediate. While its name signals a geographic anchor, the editors have consistently interpreted that frame expansively, publishing writers who work from or about the Northeast while also welcoming work that troubles the boundaries of region, belonging, and landscape. The result is a journal that feels both situated and porous, a space where nonfiction is treated as a literary art rather than a delivery system for information.
Editorial focus
Atlantic Northeast is a magazine dedicated to exploring and celebrating the best writers, writing, artists, and art of the Northeastern United States and Canada. It looks to highlight the shared culture and history of the region through fiction, nonfiction, photography, and art.
FictionCreative Nonfiction
Submitting your work
Reading periodSep 1 to Oct 31
Reading feeNo
PaymentNo payment
Response timeLess than 3 months
Simultaneous submissionsYes
Unsolicited submissionsYes
Before submitting, read at least two recent issues to understand the journal's editorial sensibility: it favors essays that are structurally deliberate, sensorially precise, and comfortable with ambiguity. Avoid pieces that read as op-eds, travelogues, or straightforward memoir; the editors are looking for work that thinks on the page. Nonfiction submissions should be previously unpublished, and simultaneous submissions are generally acceptable if noted. Expect response times of several weeks to a few months, and do not query about status before that window has passed. A brief, professional cover letter that names the piece and its relationship to the journal's interests is sufficient; there is no need to pitch multiple ideas or summarize the essay at length. If rejected, wait at least six months before submitting again, and use that time to revise rather than simply resubmit elsewhere.