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Explore literary journals and magazines publishing poetry, fiction and essays.
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Home Planet News wants good poems and stories—no stylistic preference. HPN also features thematic groups of visual art as well as recordings of original songs. Although Home Planet is primarily a journal for poetry and...
Humphrey Magazine , “a magazine of decadent whimsy” is an ad hoc theme-focused magazine founded by Humphrey Higgins The Cat. For upcoming themes, check the website. Strong adherence to theme will determine publication. All styles of...
The International Human Rights Art Movement is an indispensable ally in the fight for human rights.
Image fosters contemporary art and writing that grapple with the mystery of being human by curating, cultivating, convening, and celebrating work that explores religious faith and spiritual questions.
Another New Calligraphy’s online journal Impossible Task publishes short works connected in its exploration of conflict, a term open to interpretation though ever present in these increasingly challenging times.
Poetry, art, collage, mixed media, and photography from minimalist to avant-garde—open to innovative, imagistic, philosophical, experimental creations.
indicia seeks to showcase a dynamic collage of passionate and profound voices hungry to produce art and write primarily in the English language. indicia enjoys feeling out the lengths to which language can be stretched, whether ...
Ink & Ember is a quarterly, independent, interactive literary magazine. Created by published poet and content creator Cecilia Parker (@thejournalingrat, amongst other monikers), this magazine seeks to uplift and provide a space both...
The best food writing is not just about what’s on the plate, but is, like all literature, also interested in language, psychology, and the most pressing issues of the day. The Inquisitive Eater: New School Food provides a forum for...
Inscape aims to curate pieces that are both...
At January House , the editors believe in the transformative power of language and image. Their purpose is to create a space where poetry, prose, and visual art can challenge, inspire, and connect—across boundaries of form, genre, and...
Johnny America publishes fiction, shorts, very short shorts, humor, and mildly humorous nonfiction essay-like things.
Canada
JONAHmagazine is comprised of stories. Stories of journeys, in space, in time, in the heart, or in the mind. Beginnings, endings, triumphs and frustrations, odysseys of the spirit. Poetry, prose, true stories, memoir. Tales humorous or...
Kestrel publishes fiction, poetry, poetry in translation, and creative nonfiction by established and emerging writers. They also publish reviews, including of “Wrongfully Neglected” work. The editors are especially happy to publish work...
Killer Nashville Magazine seeks to publish both fresh and established voices in any genre that incorporates elements of mystery, thriller, suspense, and/or romance (and we believe all good literary works and art contain those elements to...
United Kingdom
La Piccioletta Barca is an arts journal publishing: short stories, poetry, prose, essays, interviews, and translations with an ethos to move beyond the myth of the artist as sole creator. They will only be receiving submissions through...
We print poetry and visual art. Prose poems and very poetic prose are welcome. There is no required theme, however recurring themes of published work include explorations of identity, culture, heritage, traditions, family, personal experiences,...
Fiction that falls in the cracks between genres.
Lake Effect seeks to publish literary fiction and nonfiction and poetry of the highest quality by established and new and emerging writers from across the country and, in translation, from around the world, and to give that work an...
The Lascaux Review seeks accessible fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction of literary quality. Annual contests are conducted in poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and short fiction.
Lavender Review is an international, biannual (June & December) e-zine dedicated to poetry and art by, about, and for lesbians, including whatever LGBTQ might appeal to a lesbian readership.
Lily Poetry Review publishes poetry, visual poetry, book reviews and art for each issue. It aims to support poetry, poets, and literary citizenship. The editors seek well-written work that appeals to a large audience, and they tend to...
Lines + Stars began in 2006 as a means of establishing a new creative forum in Washington, D.C., a city that all-too-often coasts on its more mechanistic pursuits. As of 2017, they operate out of Baltimore, Maryland. L+S Press, their...
Lit Shark Magazine is a welcoming and inclusive space to poets, fiction writers, memoirists, essayists, readers, and shark fans alike. Lit Shark serves to entertain and educate its community about creative writing, marine life,...
Canada
Literary Heist gives a voice to transformative writers and aims to democratize the literary and art world. The editors are looking to showcase good work that comes from new and existing writers and artists.
Worldwide
Literary Mama celebrates the physical, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual processes of motherhood across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, material resources, or status. The journal publishes six times a year,...
Literary Veganism is looking for animal or environmentally friendly writing. Authors do not have to be vegan to submit, but many readers are vegan.
Litro USA is the U.S. edition of Litro, founded in London in 2005. The U.S. organisation was established as a New York–based 501(c)(3) in 2017. It publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation with an...
India
The Litt le Journal of Northeast India is interested in the everyday stories of people, places, and things based on or inspired from Northeast India. Their published poems, flash fiction, photographs, artwork, interviews, and...
United Kingdom
The London Magazine is the United Kingdom’s oldest literary magazine, proud to have published some of the biggest names in literature including Angela Carter, Joan Didion, T. S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath, George Orwell, Jean Rhys, and Virginia...
Italy
Lotus-eater is an online literary magazine based in Rome.
Founded in 2009, Lowestoft Chronicle is an online literary magazine, published quarterly, accepting flash fiction, short stories, poetry, interviews, and creative nonfiction. Preference is given to humorous submissions with an emphasis...
Lucky Lizard Journal was founded in order to oppose journals that had strict editorial focuses. Lucky Lizard Journal wants poetry of all types from all sorts of people. There must be good effort put into submissions, and that is...
Lullwater Review is Emory University’s nationally recognized student-run literary review founded in 1990. Our annual issue is published both online and in print. We are based in Atlanta, Georgia, and are named after the beautiful...
Macabre Magazine is dedicated to publishing high-quality horror fiction and nonfiction that nods to the genre’s iconic roots. The editors’ goal is to provide a platform for works that explore fear in both familiar and innovative ways,...
Spain
The Madrid Review is a new, volunteer-run, bilingual (English/Spanish) literary and arts magazine based in Madrid, Spain. It publishes poetry, fiction, art, and interviews worldwide, with a focus on new, emerging, and established writers...
The Main Street Rag prefers poetry that is alive with the poet’s own experiences, fiction that is character-driven and often quirky. Reviews, interviews should query first, and they are the two items for which they pay in cash.
Map Literary is dedicated to celebrating quality works of new literature. Rather than aligning with any one aesthetic, they aspire to promote the finest provocative writing of the time, publishing semiannual issues of original fiction,...
The Markaz Review is a literary arts publication and cultural institution that curates content and programs on the greater Middle East and its communities in the diaspora. The Markaz signifies “the center” in Arabic, as well as Persian,...
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...
Maudlin House is a new kind of publishing house for the twenty-first century. They want to challenge your perspectives, help you find your inner poet, expand your empathy, and take you to places you’ve never been. They’re devoted to...
India
Meraki Review is an international literary magazine that aims to corrode the cages of realistic thinking and help teenagers spread wide the wings of their psyche. It aims to be a global platform that shines spotlight on hidden voices and...
Metphrastics is an online poetry journal inspired by works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The editors publish ekphrastic poetry responding to the Met’s permanent collection and special exhibits—all areas, including...
Micromance Magazine is the only lit mag 100% dedicated to flash romance (1,200 words max) and love lit—romance, love stories and romantic poetry. Micromance Magazine has been serving the writing community for over a year and...
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....
Midcult* is a Los Angeles–based literary magazine, published both online and in-print, with a focus on writing that successfully walks the tightrope of being both intelligent and entertaining, all while capturing our world in its...
midnight & indigo is a literary journal dedicated to celebrating the voices of Black women writers worldwide. The editors publish work that is as varied and vibrant as the writers behind it. Stories explore...
The editors are looking for work that speaks to culture. Either reexamining something familiar or exploring something not familiar. This can be fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, photography, creative use of space, etc.