Literary Magazines – General Submissions

The Lumiere Review is always open for submissions!
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme (ISSUE 05) // Free to submit // Open to all

Boulevard currently open – 05/01
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // $3 fee // Open to all

Breadcrumbs Magazine currently open – 05/01
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to all 

Burning Jade Magazine currently open – 05/01
Poetry, prose, screenplays, art // Theme: Glee // Free to submit // Open to all 

Capsule Stories Second Isolation Edition currently open – 05/01
Poetry, Short Stories, Essays // Theme: COVID 19 Pandemic // Free to submit // Open to all

Foglifter currently open – 05/01
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to queer creatives

Fugue currently open – 05/01
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // $3 fee // Open to all 

Honey Literary currently open – 05/01
Poetry, prose, hybrid, interviews, reviews, art // Free to submit // Open to BIPOC, women, LGBTQ, non-binary, trans, disabled writers

MudRoom Magazine currently open – 05/01
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Pays $15 per piece 

Quarterly West currently open – 05/01
Poetry, prose, translations // Free to submit // Open to all

Radar Poetry currently open – 05/01
Poetry //  $3 fee // Open to all 

The Hunger currently open – 05/01
Poetry, prose, art, hybrid // Free to submit // Open to all

TIMBER currently open – 05/01
Poetry, prose, hybrid // Free to submit // Open to all

Tether’s End Magazine currently open – 05/01
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Theme: “Folklore” // Free to submit // Open to all

Winnow Magazine 04/01 – 05/01
Poetry, prose, art // Theme: The Haunting of Bly Manor // Free to submit // Open to all

Zoetic Press currently open – 05/01
Poetry, Prose, Art // Theme: The Industrial Revolution // Free to submit // Open to all // Accepts previously published work, pays 1 cent per word for prose, a flat fee of $10 for poetry, and $25 per piece of visual art.

Ellipsis Zine 04/26 – 05/02
Fiction, nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all 

Catchwater Magazine 04/07 – 05/07
Poetry, Prose, Art, Music, Cross-Genre work, Experimental work // Theme: “Junk” // Free to submit // Open to all

FERAL: A Journal of Poetry & Art 04/07 – 05/07
Poetry, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Mark Literary Review 05/01 – 05/07
Poetry, nonfiction, and fiction // Free to submit // Open to all 

Iman Collective 04/13 – 05/12
Poetry, Prose // Theme: works that explore Islam, Muslim identity, narratives or experiences // Free to submit 

Grain Magazine currently open – 05/15
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Pays $50 per page to a maximum of $250 and two copies of the issue in which their work appears

Literary Impulse 03/02 – 05/15
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Permafrost Magazine currently open – 05/16
Poetry, prose, hybrid // Free to submit // Open to all 

Querencia Literary Magazine currently open – 05/17
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and historically underrepresented communities

Canned Magazine currently open – 05/23
Nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all 

Claw & Blossom currently open – 05/23
Poetry, short prose // Theme: Screens // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $25 per piece

Sapphic Writers Online 04/15 – 05/23
Poetry, prose // Pride, with a loose theme of history if you feel so inclined // Free to submit

Chasing Shadows Magazine 03/16 – 05/31
Poetry, Prose, Art // Theme: “VORFREUDE” (German word that means “joyful anticipation”) // free to submit // Open to all

Deep Overstock currently open – 05/31
Prose, Poetry, Art, Surprises // Theme: Future // Free to submit // Open to allc

immortal journal 03/01 – 05/31
Poetry, prose // Theme: image prompt // Free to submit // Open to all submissions are accepted anytime, the deadline is for the spring 2021 issue

Lucky Jefferson currently open – 05/31
Poetry, flash fiction, art // Theme: Cookout // Free to submit // Open to all 

Oyster River Pages 01/11 – 05/31
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Púca Magazine currently open – 05/31
Poetry, short stories, creative nonfiction, flash fiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

The Liminal Review 02/01 – 05/31
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Ink Drinkers Magazine currently open – 06/01
Poetry // Theme: Siren // Free to submit // Open to all 

Loft Books currently open – 06/01
Poetry, flash fiction, short stories // Free to submit // Open to all 

Space City Underground currently open – 06/06
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // 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 

Litro Print Magazine currently open – 06/21
Short fiction, flash/micro fiction, nonfiction, and artwork // Theme: Nature // Free to submit // Open to all

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 

Invisible City Lit currently open – 06/26
Poetry, prose // 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

The Rainbow Choir: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Youth Voices currently open – 07/01
Poetry, Prose, Art // Free to submit // LGBTQ+ youth 18 and below

50/50 Lit 04/02 – 07/01
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to all

Alien Magazine 04/01 – 07/05
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction // No theme // 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 

Headcanon Magazine 04/04 – 09/30
Fan-fiction, fan-art, letters, poems & critical essays // Theme: Coffee shop // 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

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 

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 

Pine Cone Review currently open
Poetry, short fiction, short creative nonfiction, translation, and art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

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 

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 

West Trestle Review currently open
Poetry, fiction, art // No theme // Fee: $3, free for BIPOC // Open to all 

Woolgathering Magazine currently open
Prose, poetry, art // 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

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

Free Flash Fiction Rolling submissions
Flash fiction (500 words) // No theme // 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 

Kalopsia Literary Journal Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose, Visual Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

K’in Review Rolling submissions 
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction // No theme // 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, not currently offering submission payouts 

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

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

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 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

Spider Road Press Microfiction Prize for Women Writers 02/01 – 05/01
Microfiction // Theme: Metamorphosis // Free // Open to women over 18 // First Prize: $150 USD, publication on the SRP website, and one free copy of a book by the contest judge.

The Hunger Journal Spring Prose Contest 03/01 – 05/01
Prose // https://www.thehungerjournal.com/spring-prose-contestNo theme // $5 fee per story // Open to all // $100 prize and publication in their Spring Issue, Judge: Jackson Bliss

Craft Short Fiction Prize currently open – 05/02
Short fiction // $20 fee // Open to all

Roadrunner Review Contest currently open – 05/16
Poetry, prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to high school writers, $100 prize

SmokeLong Quarterly Grand Micro Competition 03/01 – 05/16
Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid // No theme // Free to submit // Ages 18+ // 400 word limit

Heavy Feather Review currently open – 05/31
Zachary Doss Friends in Letters Memorial Fellowship // Free to submit // winning pairs get $50

Arab Lit Story Prize currently open – 08/01
Short stories // Translations from Arabic to English // Free to submit // Open to all 

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

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

Stillhouse Press currently open – 05/31
Poetry, Prose // $5 fee // writers with disabilities only Fee waivers available upon request

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

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 We are a non-profit publishing house for aspiring authors.

Presses – Contest Submissions

Noemi Press Book Awards currently open – 05/01
Poetry, prose manuscripts // $25 fee // Open to all, $1000 prize and publication

Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize currently open – 05/15
Poetry Manuscripts // $10 fee // Open to all, $1000 prize and publication 

Frontier Poetry Chapbook Contest 03/15 – 05/16
Poetry manuscripts // $20 fee // Open to all, $2000 prize and publication

BOA Short Fiction Prize 0401 – 05/31
Fiction manuscripts // $25 fee // Open to all, publication and $1000 prize

Homebound Publications Poetry Prize currently open – 05/31
Poetry manuscripts // $25 fee // Open to all 

Milkweed Editions Poetry Prize 04/01 – 05/31
Poetry manuscripts // $25 fee // Open to all, $10000 prize and publication

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

Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry currently open – 06/15
Poetry Manuscripts // $28 fee // Open to all, $2000 prize and publication

42 Miles Press 02/15 – 06/21
Poetry manuscripts (50-120 pages) // No theme // $25 fee // 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

Diode Editions Full-Length Book Contest 02/15 – 08/15
Poetry manuscripts // $20 fee // Open to writers 18+, prize is $1000 and publication