Tahoma Literary Review — Complimentary Submissions for Writers from Historically Marginalized Groups — Issue 32
Overview
Tahoma Literary Review is a paying, online, non-paywalled literary magazine with a stated commitment to accessibility and equitable compensation. For Issue 32 (Spring 2027), the reading period runs from August 15 through October 31, 2026, with a final deadline of November 1, 2026. The journal accepts one submission per writer per reading period, across genres, and maintains a no-fee submission option specifically for writers from historically marginalized groups—a category that explicitly encompasses disabled and neurodivergent writers. This is not a contest; it is a standard reading period with a fee waiver mechanism designed to lower barriers to entry. The journal's payment structure is transparent and modest but real: $55 for flash prose (up to 1,100 words), $55 for poetry (including translations), $50 for graphic narratives of one to five pages, and $0.05 per word for longer prose (1,101 to 6,000 words). Payment is made on publication. Critiques for fiction and nonfiction are available year-round, separate from the submission process. The magazine publishes online without a paywall, and back issues are available in print. Contributors' work is also featured on the journal's SoundCloud channel, offering an additional mode of circulation. Curatorially, TLR does not prescribe a narrow aesthetic. The editors direct submitters to read current and past issues to understand the range of work they publish. What the journal does signal is a commitment to literary craft across forms—poetry, fiction, nonfiction, flash, and graphic narrative—with an emphasis on work that rewards close reading. The complimentary submission track for historically marginalized writers is an editorial stance, not a thematic constraint: writers need not submit work about marginalization, only identify as belonging to a group that has been historically underrepresented in literary publishing.