Header art: “GALLEONS AT SEA” by Alex Nodopaka in ISSUE 02
Literary Magazines – General Submissions
Literary Magazines – Contest Submissions
Presses – General Submissions
Presses – Contest Submissions
Applications
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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
Interstellar Literary Review currently open – 06/10
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all
Clandestine Lit currently open – 06/15
Poetry, prose // Theme: Flight // Free to submit // Open to writers aged 13-22
Crunch Ion August Review currently open – 06/15
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all
Giving Room Magazine currently open – 06/15
Poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, art // Theme: Queer Nostalgia // Free to submit // Open to LGBTQIA+ writers
New Constellations Magazine 05/15 – 06/15
Poetry, fiction, flash fiction, micro fiction, creative nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all
Open Culture Collective currently open – 06/15
Poetry, prose, photography, art // Theme: Saudade // Free to submit // Open to all
Opia Literary Magazine currently open – 06/15
Poetry, prose, art // Theme: Wanderlust // Free to submit // Open to all
Stone of Madness Press 06/01 – 06/15
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all
Swim Press currently open – 06/15
Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, visual art // Theme: Water // Free to submit // Open to all
Walled City Journal 04/01 – 06/15
Poetry, prose, and hybrids // Free to submit // Open to all
Verandah Journal currently open – 06/16
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, scripts, graphic narratives, art, photography // Theme: Intersections // Free to submit // Open to all
Full House Literary Magazine 06/01 – 06/20
Poetry, prose, script, art // Free to submit // Open to all
The Birdseed Magazine currently open – 06/20
Flash fiction, book reviews // Free to submit // Open to all
Blue Doodle Zine currently open – 06/21
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // open to all
Litro Print Magazine currently open – 06/21
Short fiction, flash/micro fiction, nonfiction, and artwork // Theme: Nature // Free to submit // Open to all
Mausoleum Press currently open – 06/22
Poetry, visual art // Free to submit // No theme
Second Chance Lit 04/22 – 06/22
Poetry, prose // No theme, just pieces that have previously been rejected elsewhere // Free to submit // Open to all
Tealight Press currently open – 06/22
Poetry, prose, flash fiction, art // Theme: Zodiac // Free to submit // Open to all
All Ears currently open – 06/25
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to all
Invisible City Lit currently open – 06/26
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all
Cool Rock Repository currently open – 06/27
Poetry, prose poetry, microfiction // Submissions need to include a picture of a rock // Free to submit // Open to all
Permeable Barrier currently open – 06/27
Poetry, essays, art, film poems, video art // Related to internet, media, film etc. // Free to submit // Open to all
Dollar Store Magazine currently open – 06/28
Poetry, prose // Theme: “Space, But Make It Spicy” // Open to all // Free to submit
Abandon Magazine currently open – 06/30
Poetry, flash fiction, short stories, creative nonfiction, graphic novels, cartoons, comics, hybrid, art, book reviews // Theme: “Abandon Hope” // Free to submit // Open to all
Abergavenny Literary Journal 05/15 – 6/30
Poetry, prose, artwork // Free to submit // Open to all
Bath Magg 06/01 – 06/30
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all
Fuzzy Peach Review 03/01 – 06/30
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to Submit // for ages 13-22
Headland Journal 04/01 – 06/30
No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // pays NZ$50
Ice Lolly Review currently open – 06/30
Poetry, prose, quotes, art // Theme: Hope during the Pandemic // Free to submit // Open to all
Stillhouse Press Disability Anthology currently open – 06/30
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction // Fee: $5 // Open to writers with invisible, visible, and/or stigmatized disabilities
The Alchemy Spoon 06/01 – 06/30
Poetry, essays // Theme: Body // Free to submit // Open to all
Whale Road Review 06/01 – 06/30
Poetry, short prose, pedagogy papers and interviews // Free to submit // Open to all
The Rainbow Choir: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Youth Voices currently open – 07/01
Poetry, Prose, Art // Free to submit // LGBTQ+ youth 18 and below
Kalonopia Collective Anthology currently open – 07/01
Poetry, prose, scripts, hybrid // Theme: Disability Pride Month // Free to submit // Open to all but disabled voices encouraged, accepting donations to pay contributors
50/50 Lit 04/02 – 07/01
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to all
Pareidolia Literary 05/09 – 07/04
Poetry, short fiction, memoir or essay, criticism or review, visual art, audio/visual media // Theme: Wonderkammer // Free to submit // Open to all
Alien Magazine 04/01 – 07/05
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all
FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art 06/07 – 07/07
Poetry, art // Theme: Space // Free to submit // Open to all
Backslash Lit currently open – 07/20
Digital/ electronic mediums including source code poetry, hypertext poetry, interactive fiction, ASCII art, generative art // Theme: new Promise(); // Free to submit // Open to all
Five South Lit currently open – 07/23
Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction // No theme // Various fees // Open to all
Agapanthus Collective 05/25 – 07/25
Poetry, flash fiction, art // Free to submit // Open to all
The Hanok Review 06/21 – 07/30
Poetry, interviews // Free to submit // Korean contributors encouraged, but open to all
Acropolis Journal currently open – 07/31
Poetry, visual art // Free to submit // Open to all
Augment Review 06/01 – 07/31
Poetry, prose, experimental work, art // Theme: Wanderlust // Free to submit // Open to ages 13-25
Crowname 05/20 – 08/20
Poetry, realistic fiction, script, comics, podcasts/audio essays, nonfiction, art, short film, animation // Free to submit
COUNTERCLOCK 06/01 – 08/30
Poetry, prose, art, cross-genre // Free to submit // Open to all
Headcanon Magazine 04/04 – 09/30
Fan-fiction, fan-art, letters, poems & critical essays // Theme: Coffee shop // 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
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
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
Hyphen Punk Magazine currently open
Punk aesthetic speculative fiction // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $25 per piece
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
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
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 Madrigal currently open
Poetry // 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
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
HerStry various deadlines
Personal essays, stories // Various themes // Various fees // Open to women-identifying writers
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.
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 Review Rolling submissions
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // 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
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
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
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
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
Palette Poetry Sappho Prize currently open – 06/20
Poetry // Fee: $20 // Open to women writers, $3500 prize and publication, judge Maggie Smith
Thirty West Broadside Contest currently open – 07/04
Fractured Literary currently open – 07/18
Flash fiction // Fee: $20 // Open to all // Judged by K-Ming Chang, $3000 Grand Prize
Frontier Open 2021 currently open – 07/18
Poetry // Fee: $20 // Open to all // $5000 prize and publication
Arab Lit Story Prize currently open – 08/01
Short stories // Translations from Arabic to English // Free to submit // Open to all
The Fantastic Other Contest currently open – 08/12
Flash fiction // Free to submit // Open to all, $50 prize
Five South Lit Prize for Poetry/ Short Fiction various deadlines
Poetry, short fiction // No theme // Various fees // Open to all, $250 prize
Presses – General Submissions
Bull City Press currently open – 06/15
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all
Black Lawrence Press currently open – 06/30
Poetry, prose, translation manuscripts // Fee: $12 // Open to all
Four Way Books currently open – 06/30, 2021
Poetry, fiction manuscripts // Fee: $30 // Open to all
Airlie Press 06/01– 07/31
Poetry manuscripts // Free to submit // Open to writers in the Pacific Northwest
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
Oxidant | Engine Chapbook Series 04/01 – 06/01
Poetry manuscripts // Free to submit // Open to all
Split/Lip Press — Chapbook Prize 04/01 – 06/01
Nonfiction manuscripts // $10 fee // Open to all, $250 prize and publication
Omnidawn Poetry Chapbook Contest 05/01 – 06/14
Poetry manuscripts // $18 fee // Open to all, $1000 prize and publication
Baobab House Press currently open – 06/15
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction full-length manuscripts // No theme // $30 fee // Open to all
Bitter Oleander Press Poetry Award currently open – 06/15
Poetry manuscripts // Fee: $28 / Open to all, $1,500 prize and publication
Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry currently open – 06/15
Poetry Manuscripts // $28 fee // Open to all, $2000 prize and publication
YesYes Books currently open – 06/15
Poetry, fiction manuscripts // Fee: $20 // Open to all, $1,5000 prize and publication
42 Miles Press 02/15 – 06/21
Poetry manuscripts (50-120 pages) // No theme // $25 fee // Open to all
Fourteen Hills Book Award currently open – 06/29
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all
Black Lawrence Press currently open – 06/30
Poetry, prose, translation manuscripts // Fee: $12 // Open to all
Lupercalia Press 04/15 – 07/15
Poetry, Prose Manuscripts // Works that explore themes of transgender and queer sex/sexuality/excess/celebration // Free to submit // Open to LGBTQ writers
Harbor Review Chapbook Prize currently open – 07/31
Poetry // Fee: $10 // Open to women and non-binary writers, $200 prize and publication
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
Headcanon Magazine currently open
Columnists (volunteer position)
Gaudy Boy currently open
Publicity or Editorial Internships
Ogma Magazine currently open
Writers, Artists, Fashion Editors, Music Editors, Prose Editors, etc.
Ruminate Magazine currently open
Marketing Intern, pays $15/h
Giving Room Magazine Rolling applications
Staff writers, editors, creators