Header art: “Mission District in Smoke” by Judith Skillman in Issue 03
Literary Magazines – General Submissions
Literary Magazines – Contest Submissions
Presses – General Submissions
Presses – Contest Submissions
Applications
ALSO, if you happen to receive an acceptance from any magazine/press thanks to our list, be sure to let us know at @lumierereview on twitter or instagram. We’ll be sure to congratulate you!
Starting from September 2021, we will publish the “Where to Submit” Lists once every two months. The next list will be for September and October 2021. If you know a literary journal open for submissions during any period then, please let us know at thelumierereview[@]gmail[.]com. Last but not least, if you like the work we’re doing, please consider:
Literary Magazines – General Submissions
The Lumiere Review is always open for submissions!
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme (ISSUE 06) // Free to submit // Open to all
Cloaked Press: Fall Into Fantasy currently open – 08/01
Short stories // Free to submit // Open to all
Mud Room Magazine currently open – 08/01
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $15 per piece
Muzzle Magazine 06/15 – 08/01
Poetry, book reviews // Free to submit // Open to all
Ripe Literary Magazine currently open – 08/01
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to all
The Suburban Review currently open – 08/01
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art // Theme: Puncture // Free to submit // Open to all
Guernica Magazine 08/01 – 08/06
Poetry, short stories, nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to emerging writers only (0-5 publications)
Acid Bath Publishing currently open – 08/07
Poetry, short stories // Theme: Travel and Holidays // Free to submit // Open to all
Occulum Journal 08/01 – 08/07
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all
Small Leaf Press Anthology currently open – 08/08
Short story // Theme: daydream // Free to submit // Open to all
Funicular Magazine currently open – 08/09
Poetry, fiction // Free to submit // Open to all
Ayaskala Magazine currently open – 08/10
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction // Theme: Journal Entry // Free to submit // Open to all
The Madrigal currently open – 08/10
Poetry, art // Theme: Whimsy // Free to submit // Open to all
Sapphic Writers Zine currently open – 08/13
Poetry, prose, art // Theme: “Farewell At the Fingertips” // Free to submit // Open to lesbians, bisexual, pansexual and queer women and non binary people
Ample Remains currently open – 08/15
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all
Dead Skunk Magazine currently open – 08/15
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, hybrid // Free to submit // Open to all
Eclipse Zine currently open – 08/15
Poetry, short fiction, personal essays, art, photography // Theme: Autopoiesis // Free to submit // Open to all
Farther Trees Pop-up Issue 08/01 – 08/15
Poetry, fiction // Theme: trees // Free to submit // Open to all
Flash Frogtober 07/01 – 08/15
Prose // Theme: ghost stories // Free to submit // Open to all
Orange Blossom Review 07/15 – 08/15
Poetry, creative nonfiction, art // Free to submit // Open to all
The Boiler 06/15 – 08/15
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all
Warning Lines Literary Magazine 07/01 – 08/15
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art // Theme: Echo // Open to queer/ neurodivergent folks
Crowname 05/20 – 08/20
Poetry, realistic fiction, script, comics, podcasts/audio essays, nonfiction, art, short film, animation // Free to submit
Lavender Lime Literary currently open – 08/21
Poetry, prose, visual art, and photography // Theme: slaked // Free to submit // Open to all
The Adriatic Magazine currently open – 08/22
Poetry // Theme: “Sci-Fi” // Free to submit // Open to all
CP Quarterly 06/20 – 08/28
Poetry, fiction, essays, art // Theme: fan-based work // Free to submit // Open to all
COUNTERCLOCK 06/01 – 08/30
Poetry, prose, art, cross-genre // Free to submit // Open to all
Capsule Stories currently open – 08/31
Poetry, short stories, essays // Theme: Sugar and Spice // Free to submit // Open to all
Crow of Minverva 08/01 – 08/31
Poetry, art // Free to submit // Open to all
Ghost Orchid Press’s Chlorophobia: An Eco-Horror Anthology currently open – 08/31
Flash fiction // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $5 per piece
Lolwe Magazine 08/01 – 08/31
Poetry, fiction, essays, and photography // Free to submit // Open to Black (African, Caribbean, Diaspora) artists
Miniskirt Magazine 08/10 – 08/31
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, flash prose, art // Theme: Love/ Romance // Free to submit // Open to all
Prospectus: A Literary Offering 06/01 – 08/31
Poetry, fiction, art // Free to submit // Open to writers who have not published a full-length collection, pays $25
The Birdseed Magazine 08/01 – 08/31
Book reviews, flash fiction // Free to submit // Open to all
Uncharted Magazine 08/01 – 08/31
Short stories // Theme: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror, Fantasy, Crime, Mystery // Free to submit // Open to all
Beestung Magazine currently open in August
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to nonbinary writers, pays $20
Bureau of Complaint currently open in August
Poetry, creative nonfiction, short stories, fiction, art // Free to submit // Open to all
ANMLY currently open – 09/01
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, and translation // Fee: $3 // Open to all
Guernica Magazine currently open – 09/01
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Theme: Dirt // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $50 for poetry, $100 for original essays, and $150 for original fiction
HerStry currently open – 09/01
Prose // Theme: Missed Connections // Free to submit // Open to all
Moonflake Press currently open – 09/01
Poetry, prose // Theme: Escapism (for their print issue) // Free to submit // Open to all
Uncanny Magazine 08/04 – 09/01
Fiction, poetry // Theme: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Free to submit // Open to all, pays $.10 per word for fiction and $40 for poetry
Farther Trees 08/01 – 09/15
Poetry, fiction // Theme: Halloween dark fantasy / horror // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $10 per piece
Second Chance Lit 07/22 – 09/22
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all
Provenance Journal 07/25 – 09/25
Poetry, prose // Theme: history // Free to submit // Open to all
Friendly City currently open – 09/30
Poetry // Theme: food // Free to submit // Open to all, pays a “small honorarium”
Headcanon Magazine 04/04 – 09/30
Fan-fiction, fan-art, letters, poems & critical essays // Theme: Coffee shop // Free to submit // Open to all
Virtual Zine 07/01 – 09/30
Fiction, creative nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all
Little Thoughts Press 08/01 – 10/01
Poetry, prose // Theme: Magical Winter (for youth audience, 10 and below) // Free to submit // Open to all
Moss Puppy Magazine 07/01 – 10/01
Poetry, prose, and visual art // Theme: Swampland // Free to submit // Open to all
Gutslut Press 07/01 – 11/30
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, experimental work, visual art // Theme: Bonemilk // Free to submit // Open to all
House of Lobsters Literary currently open – 11/30
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art // Theme: “Please Welcome to the Stage…” // Free to submit // Open to LGBTQIAP+ writers
just femme and dandy magazine currently open – 12/13
Poetry, prose, multimedia, art // Theme: Rebirth // Free to submit // Open to all, priority to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, pays $50-$150 USD
Angel Rust currently open
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all
Berkeley Fiction Review currently open
Short fiction, sudden fiction, art + visuals + comics // Free to submit // Open to all, pays for accepted pieces
Bright Flash Literary Magazine currently open
Short fiction // Free to submit // Open to all
Ciphertext currently open in August
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, comics, reviews // Free to submit // Open to all
Cobra Milk Magazine currently open
Poetry, prose, art, audio // Free to submit // Open to all
Craft Literary currently open
Various types of prose // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $100
Five Minute Lit currently open
100-word piece about five minutes in your life // Free to submit // Open to all
Floresta Magazine currently open
Journalistic writing, personal essays, photojournalism, critical essays/reviews, op-eds, non-fiction storytelling, and features/interviews // Topics that focus on the intersection between art, design and the environment // Free to submit // Open to all
Gnashing Teeth Publishing currently open in August
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to creatives in the US
Hyphen Punk Magazine currently open
Punk aesthetic speculative fiction // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $25 per piece
Justice for All currently open
Poetry, articles, photography, art // Theme: equality, human rights, justice // Free to submit // Open to all
Kalopsia Literary Magazine currently open in August
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to all
Love Letters Magazine currently open
Poems, prose, songs, op-eds, art // Theme: Belonging // Free to submit // Open to writers aged 14-19
Lucky Jefferson currently open
Poems, essays, flash fiction, art // Theme: Awake” // Free to submit // Black authors only, pays $15 per accepted piece)
Mayday Magazine currently open
Nonfiction, translation, culture, art, poetry, fiction // Free to submit // Open to all
Mixtapes Magazine currently open
Poetry, prose, essays, art // Theme: Fervour // Free to submit // Open to all
Petrichor Magazine currently open
Poetry, visual poetry, video poetics, poetic essays // Free to submit // Open to all
Pine Cone Review currently open
Poetry, short fiction, short creative nonfiction, translation, and art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Poetica Magazine currently open
Poetry // Poems that celebrate Jewish culture // Free to submit // Open to all
Queerlings Magazine currently open
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to LGBTQIA+ writers only
Q/A Poetry currently open
Poetry // No theme // Free to submit // Open to women and other marginalized genders and sexes
Sepia Journal currently open in August
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to all
Slouching Beast Journal currently open
Poetry, prose-poetry, flash fiction, hybrid // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Survivor Lit currently open
Poetry, essays; pitch for reviews or features // Work that explores sexual assault // Free to submit // Must be survivor of sexual assault, any gender, over 18
TAB Journal currently open
Poetry, essays, art // Free to submit // Open to all
The Bitchin’ Kitsch – “All My Relations” currently open
Poetry, prose, art // Themes of familial loss and ancestry // Free to submit // Open to all
The Centifictionist currently open
Microfiction (<100 words) // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
The Moderate Review currently open
Short stories, poems, nonfiction, paintings, sculptures, 280 character stories (we’ll tweet if selected), music, spoken word // Free to submit // Open to all
The Visceral Collective currently open in August
Poetry, prose, interviews // Free to submit // Open to all, BIPOC preferred
Twin Pies Literary currently open
Poetry, prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Version 9 Magazine currently open
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all
West Trestle Review currently open
Poetry, fiction, art // No theme // Fee: $3, free for BIPOC // Open to all
Writeresque currently open
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all
Woolgathering Magazine currently open
Prose, poetry, art // Free to submit // Open to all
Wretched Creations currently open
Poetry, fiction // Theme: haunting, dark creepy // Free to submit // Open to all
Zero Readers currently open
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all
Auroras and Blossoms various deadlines
Poetry, essays, stories, flash fiction, art // Free to submit // Open to ages 17+
HerStry various deadlines
Personal essays, stories // Various themes // Various fees // Open to women-identifying writers
Hell Is Real Anth 08/01 – unsure deadline
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all
Limeoncello Magazine 08/03 – unsure deadline
Fiction // Theme: Breaking Chains // Free to submit // Open to all
Sledgehammer Lit 08/20 – unsure deadline
Poetry, flash // Free to submit // Open to all
Sliced Press 08/01 – unsure deadline
Poetry, fiction // Theme: “Monstroddities,” Horror // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $50 per story or $25 per poem
Anathema Magazine Rolling submissions
Poetry, fiction, art // Free to submit // Open to queer/two-spirit and writers of colour/Indigenous/Aboriginal
Blue Marble Review Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose, book reviews, travel stories, personal essays, art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to ages 13-22, pays $25 per piece, $75 for cover art
Catatonic Daughters Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose, script, art // Free to submit // Open to “catatonic daughters” including queer, trans, disabled, BIPOC writers // Free to submit
CERASUS Magazine Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
DIALOGIST Rolling submissions
Poetry // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Dirty Queer Journal Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose, Art // All content must be about queer sex, sexuality, sensuality, and/or gender: every-one-involved (literally or figuratively) // Free to submit // Queer/trans only, must be of legal age and consenting // No hate speech of any sort will be tolerated.
FEED Literary Magazine Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all
Fiery Scribe Review Rolling submissions
Poetry, fiction, essay // Free to submit // Open to all
Flash Frog Rolling submissions
Flash fiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Flights of the Dragonfly Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose, flash // No Theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Fractured Literary Rolling submissions
Micro, flash fiction // Free to submit // Open to all
Free Flash Fiction Rolling submissions
Flash fiction (500 words) // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Frontier Poetry Rolling submissions
Poetry // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $50 per poem
Gastropoda Rolling submissions
Flash fiction, flash creative nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all
Hinterland Review Rolling submissions
Flash non-fiction, nonfiction // £3 fee // Open to all
Inertia Teens Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose, spoken word, art // Theme: Feelings // Free to submit // Open to all with focus on those under 25 years of age
Intersections Lit Mag Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // 13-19 and all college students (vague age cutoff) Thank you for doing this!!
journal of erato Rolling submissions
Poetry, Flash, Poetry, Essays, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Kalonopia Collective Rolling submissions
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Script // Theme: “Vision” // Free to submit // Open to all
K’in Literary Journal Rolling submissions
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Laurel Review Rolling submissions
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, script, review, hybrid, translations // $2 submission fee // Open to all
Maythorn Magazine Rolling submissions
Poetry, short prose, photography, art, blog posts // Free to submit // Open to all
Naija Readers’ Buffet Rolling submissions
Poetry, Essay/Article // must be Satire-based and Nigerian // free to submit // open to all Nigerians.
Necessary Fiction Rolling submissions
Fiction, book reviews, research and translation notes // Free to submit // Open to all
Neologism Poetry Journal Rolling submissions
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all
NINSHAR Arts Rolling Submissions
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Not Deer Magazine Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose, Art // Theme: Horror & Surrealism // Free to submit // Prioritizing marginalized voices
No Contact Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
ongoing Rolling submissions
Musical poetry, prose // Theme: submissions must be inspired by the prompt that came before it // Free to submit // Open to everyone, pays 30CAD
Our Name Is Amplify Rolling submissions
Fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, criticism // Free to submit // Open to women, BIPOC, LGBTQ2S+, and international authors
Outlander Zine Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all
Perspective Magazine Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose // Theme: Soul // Free to submit // Open to all
Pithead Chapel Rolling submissions
No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Revolutionary Review Rolling submissions
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all
samfiftyfour literary Rolling submissions
Poetry, short stories, essays // no theme // $1.75 submission fee // open to all // will waive submission fee for anyone who asks and will accept works from anywhere in the world. Publishes in print and digital
Seafront Press Rolling submissions
Poetry, fiction, art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
ShabdAaweg Review Rolling submissions
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reviews // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Sky Island Journal Rolling submissions
Poetry, Flash fiction (under 1,000 words), Creative nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // At least 18 years old
Small Leaf Press (Jaden Magazine) Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to all
Spillover Magazine Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Strukturris Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose // Radical genre-bending work // Free to submit // Open to all
Storm Cellar Rolling submissions
Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Nonfiction, Art, Hybrid // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all (especially people of color with a Midwest connection) // Pays $10
The Centifictionist Rolling submissions
Microfiction, Flash fiction // No theme // $3 fee (with limited free subs) // Open to all // The deadline to be considered for Issue 3 is 03/01.
The Fantastic Other Rolling submissions
Poetry, fiction, art // No theme // Free to submit
The Lincoln Review Rolling submissions
Poetry, Flash Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Essays, Art, Photography and Comics // No Theme // Free to Submit // Open to all
The Raven Review Rolling submissions
Poetry, fiction // Free to submit // Open to all
The Tide Rises Rolling submissions
Poetry // Theme: the tide rises, the tide falls // Free to submit // Open to all
Unlikely Stories Mark V Rolling submissions
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art, spoken word, music // Free to submit // Open to all
Wintermute Lit Rolling submissions
Speculative fiction, poetry, art // Free to submit // Open to all
X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine Rolling submissions
Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
ZiN Daily Rolling submissions
Prose, Poetry, Essays, Reviews, Excerpts, Translations, Art and Photography // No Theme // Free to Submit // Open to All // ZiN Daily is an international literary magazine founded in 2017. We view literature and art as testaments of anguish and catalysts for progress.
Literary Magazines – Contest Submissions
Arab Lit Story Prize currently open – 08/01
Short stories // Translations from Arabic to English // Free to submit // Open to all
Gigantic Sequins Poetry Contest currently open – 08/01
Poetry // Fee: $5 // Open to all, $150 prize
Empowerment Poetry Contest currently open – 08/07
Poetry // Theme: Empowerment // Fee: $4 (donation to charity) // Open to all
Briefly Write Poetry Prize currently open – 08/08
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all, £50 prize
2021 FOLD Kids Book Fest currently open – 08/09
Poetry, short story // Free to submit // Open to young writers aged 6-14
The Fantastic Other Contest currently open – 08/12
Flash fiction // Free to submit // Open to all, $50 prize
Emerge Literary Journal: Sucker for a Pretty Flash 08/01 – 08/15
Microfiction // Free to submit // Open to all, $50 prize
Palette Poetry Prize currently open – 08/15
Poetry // Fee: $20 // Open to all, up to $4000 prize
Westerly Magazine 2021 Lane Cove Literary Awards currently open – 08/19
Poetry, short stories, memoirs // Fee: $15 // Open to all
V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize currently open – 08/20
Short stories // Open to UK writers
Free Flash Fiction Competition currently open – 08/23
Flash fiction // Fee: £1.50 // Open to all, £85 and publication as prize
Aesthetica Magazine Creative Writing Award currently open – 08/31
Poetry, fiction // Fee: Poetry £12, Short Fiction £18 // Open to all, £5,000 prize money
Coachella Valley Repertory 2nd Annual Writing Competition currently open – 08/31
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to middle and high school students
Jack Grapes Poetry Prize currently open – 08/31
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all, $2,400 in prizes
Shade Literary Arts: Thee Space Poetry Prize 07/01 – 08/31
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to Trans/GNC writers of color, judged by Xandria Phillips.
Fare Forward Poetry Competition 07/20 – 09/01
Poetry // Fee: $10 // Open to all, prize up to $300
Presses – General Submissions
Fahmidan Digital Chapbooks 06/21 – 08/15
Poetry, short fiction manuscripts // Free to submit // Open to women and POC
Queen of Swords Magazine 06/15 – 08/17
Novel manuscripts // Free to submit // Open to all
Terrapin Books 08/01 – 08/31
Full-length Poetry Manuscripts // Fee: $12 // Open to all
Osmosis Press 08/01 – 09/30
Poetry, prose manuscripts // Free to submit // Open to all
Ghost Orchid Press 08/02 – unsure deadline
Novellas // Theme: Horror // Free to submit // Open to all
Gnashing Teeth Publishing 08/01 – unsure deadline
Full length or Chapbook manuscripts // Chapbook fee: $18, Manuscript: $23 // Open to all
Rlysrs Lit Chapbook/ Full Length Books 08/01 – 12/31
Poetry manuscripts // Free to submit // Open to BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ writers only
Bellows Press currently open
Fiction manuscript excerpts // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all (priority to marginalized writers)
Master House Publishing currently open
Poetry manuscripts // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
PANK currently open
Poetry, prose, experimental, hybrid // Fee: $15 // Open to all
Apocalypse Party Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose manuscripts // Free to submit // Open to all
Damaged Goods Press Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to queer and trans // Chapbook and full-length manuscripts accepted
Disorder Press Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Half Mystic Press Rolling submissions
Poetry, novel(la), prose, drama, experimental manuscripts / Fee: $3 // Open to all
Red Hen Press Rolling submissions
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction full-length manuscripts // No theme // $20 fee // Open to all
Revolutionary Press Rolling submissions
Anything book length // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
Presses – Contest Submissions
Diode Editions Full-Length Book Contest 02/15 – 08/15
Poetry manuscripts // $20 fee // Open to writers 18+, prize is $1000 and publication
Iron Horse Literary Review Book Prize 06/15 – 08/15
Fiction, essay manuscripts // Fee: $15 // $1,000 prize and publication
Black Lawrence Press Book Award 07/01 – 08/31
Poetry, short fiction manuscripts // Fee: $25 // $1,000 prize and publication
BOA Editions Poetry Prize 08/01 – 11/30
Poetry manuscripts // Fee: $25 // $1,000 prize and publication
Applications and More
Chaotic Merge Magazine currently open
Poetry Editors, Staff Writers, Layout and Design Team
Coexist Lit currently open
Designers, Editors, Writers
EX/POST Magazine currently open in July
Readers, writers, social media managers, graphic designers, webmaster
Headcanon Magazine currently open
Columnists (volunteer position)
Gaudy Boy currently open
Publicity or Editorial Internships
Kenyon Review: Developmental Editing Fellowship for Emerging Writers 06/01 – 07/25
For writers over 21
Ogma Magazine currently open
Writers, Artists, Fashion Editors, Music Editors, Prose Editors, etc.
Ruminate Magazine currently open
Marketing Intern, pays $15/h
Sumou Magazine currently open
Staff writers, contributing artists
Giving Room Magazine Rolling applications
Staff writers, editors, creators
The Visceral Collective Rolling submissions
Editors, writers, social media managers