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Literary Magazines – General Submissions
Literary Magazines – Contest Submissions
Presses – General Submissions
Presses – Contest Submissions
Applications

If you are a lit mag (not currently listed) open for submissions or applications in June, it’s not too late to let us know by contacting us at thelumierereview[at]gmail[dot]com. If you’ll be opening in July (and are not listed), let us know by filling out THIS FORM.

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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