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Literary Magazines that Pay

Posted on February 27, 2017August 15, 2018 by Richard
literary magazines that pay, why not get paid for your writing?
literary magazines that pay, why not get paid for your writing?

Literary Magazines that Pay

Here is our new and growing list of literary magazines that pay. This list will be updated, annotated, and expanded. We believe writing is worth it. Your work is valuable, and you want to get paid! All of the literary magazines below will pay you. Stop back often for more updates. Why not get paid for your work? With so many publications folding it’s great to see successful literary magazines giving back to their writers!

For now, here is a long list of literary magazines that pay you for submissions. We will update our literary magazines lists, and this list will eventually get it’s own page. Please keep in mind it is not easy for these magazines to pay their writers. They are not making a profit, and by paying their writers they are giving up the very little bit of money that they make. Please consider buying these magazines. Support them, they support you.

We hope you enjoy it.

For a complete and searchable list of literary magazines that pay, click here.

Agni

Antioch Review

Asia Literary Review 

Black Warrior Review

Boulevard 

Brevity

Camera Obscura 

The Capilano Review

Carte Blanche 

Carve

Chattahoochee Review

Colorado Review  

Crazyhorse  

Creative Nonfiction

The Fiddlehead 

Flash Fiction Online 

Fugue

The Georgia Review

The Gettysburg Review

Glimmer Train

Grain

Gulf Coast 

Hayden’s Ferry Review

H.O.W. Journal

Iowa Review

Iron Horse Literary Review

Massachusetts Review

Missouri Review  

Nashville Review

The New Quarterly

Ninth Letter 

Phantom Drift 

The Pedestal Magazine 

Ploughshares 

The Puritan

Southern Review 

Stone Voices

Subtropics 

The Sun 

Sycamore Review 

Threepenny Review  

Turnrow 

Unstuck

Vestal Review 

West Branch

Wetlink

If you know of more literary magazines that pay that we’ve missed please put them in the comments. If any of the links are dead, please let us know. It helps so much. Thank you for your support!

 

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Richard Everywriter (pen name) is the founder of EveryWriter and a 25-year veteran of the publishing industry. With degrees in Writing, Journalism, Technology, and Education, Richard has dedicated two decades to teaching writing and literature while championing emerging voices through EveryWriter's platform. His work focuses on making literary analysis accessible to readers at all levels while preserving the rich heritage of American literature. Connect with Richard on Twitter  Bluesky Facebook or explore opportunities to share your own work on ourSubmissions page. For monthly insights on writing and publishing, subscribe to our Newsletter.
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4 thoughts on “Literary Magazines that Pay”

  1. Nicolas says:
    April 21, 2015 at 3:43 pm

    Turnrow doesn’t publish since 2009 from what i’ve been told after I emailed them.

    Reply
  2. cal callahan says:
    March 2, 2017 at 12:56 pm

    Would be very helpful if this list gave a little info on what’s sought in terms of content and length.

    Reply
  3. Alina Rios says:
    May 24, 2017 at 9:10 pm

    Bracken is a literary magazine that is looking for fiction with a magic realism bend, inspired by the woods and old-world storytelling. $.02 a word for stories up to 2500 words. http://wwww.brackenmagazine.com

    Reply
  4. Ann E Beman says:
    January 18, 2018 at 12:30 pm

    Tahoma Literary Review is about to publish Issue 11 and TLR’s mission is to pay the writer, and has done so since its inception.

    Reply

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