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Year: 2023

Popshot Magazine

Posted on May 1, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Popshot is an illustrated literary magazine that publishes short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from the literary new blood. The magazine is published bi-annually, releasing a new issue every April and October.
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Painted Bride Quarterly

Posted on May 1, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Painted Bride Quarterly, established in Philadelphia in 1973, is one of the country’s longest running literary magazines. PBQ is a community-based, independent, non-profit literary magazine published quarterly online and annually in print, making it accessible to a broad and diverse audience.
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So to Speak

So to Speak: a feminist journal of language and arts

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
We are a literary journal that seeks submissions from diverse perspectives and backgrounds that focus on intersectional feminism.We look for work that addresses issues
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SFL Style magazine

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
SFL Style Magazine is the lifestyle magazine for South Florida visitors as well as local growing population. We deliver the latest local trends in fashion, beauty, art, travel, real estate
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Pomegranate London

Posted on May 1, 2023May 4, 2023 by Every Writer
The Pomegranate London is a biannual printed art and literary magazine featuring short stories, poems and essays on artists. Founded in July 2020, The Pomegranate London seeks to publish and promote innovative, fresh and experimental new work from established and emerging writers and artists from the UK and internationally. The magazine may also
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ZYZZYVA

Posted on April 30, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
ZYZZYVA is a critically acclaimed print journal, introducing readers to new work from the best contemporary writers and artists since 1985. Based in San Francisco, we have established a vigorous tradition of finding and fostering new talent, in our backyard and beyond. For over thirty years ZYZZYVA
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the evermore review

Posted on April 30, 2023May 1, 2023 by Every Writer
the evermore review is seeking submissions for its first issue. This journal is the Editor-in-Chief's master's thesis, which she will defend in early December 2022. the evermore review is an online short fiction journal seeking submissions containing the essence of Taylor Swift's album "evermore."
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New Millennium Writings

Posted on April 30, 2023April 30, 2023 by Every Writer
New Millennium Writings is an award-winning literary journal founded in 1996 in Knoxville., TN, by prize-winning journalist Don Williams.
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Polyphony H.S.

Posted on April 29, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
polyphony-11cover2Website http://www.polyphonyhs.com From the Editor We are an international student-run literary magazine for high school writers and editors. We have an editorial panel of some 150 high school students
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Posit

Posted on April 29, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Posit is an online journal which publishes four issues per year of poetry, prose, and visual art. We feature a dynamic, accomplished, sophisticated work that may be eclectic in style
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Narrative Magazine

Posted on April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Edited by Carol Edgarian and Tom Jenks two well-established editors, the publication is making a real run at being a “big time” literary magazine on the web
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Little Patuxent Review

Posted on April 28, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Little Patuxent Review (LPR) is a biannual print journal with an associated blog that features writers and artists from the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond. It was founded in 2006 by a group of local writers
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Gore Noir

Gore Noir Magazine

Posted on April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 by Every Writer
Gore Noir Magazine covers Horror art, horror models, tattoos, photography, special effects, celebrities, music, etc.
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October Hill Magazine

Posted on April 28, 2023May 1, 2023 by Every Writer
October Hill Magazine set sail on its maiden voyage as a non-profit magazine in the Spring of 2017 in New York City. The magazine grew out of the Literary Lights Writer’s Group,
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Michigan Quarterly Review

Posted on April 28, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
MQR is an eclectic, interdisciplinary journal of arts and culture that seeks to combine the best of poetry,
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n+1

Posted on April 28, 2023December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
Writers interested in contributing to n+1 should note that we come out only three times each year, and that most if not all of the slots available for a given issue will have been filled by the editors many months before publication. That said, if you would like to brave the odds, the best submissions guidelines are those implied by the magazine itself. Read an issue or two through to get a sense of whether your piece might fit into n+1.
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Litbreak Magazine

Posted on April 28, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Litbreak is an online literary journal that is published by Jason Chambers and edited by Dennis Haritou. Our signature photography is by Jason Rice.
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Mud Season Review

Posted on April 27, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Mud Season Review is an international literary journal run by members of the Burlington Writers Workshop, a free writing workshop based in Vermont
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Grain

Posted on April 27, 2023April 28, 2023 by Every Writer
Grain, the journal of eclectic writing, is a literary quarterly that publishes engaging, eclectic, and challenging writing and art by Canadian and international writers and artists. Grain is published
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Ginosko Literary Journal

Posted on April 27, 2023April 28, 2023 by Every Writer
Accepting short fiction & poetry, creative nonfiction, interviews, social justice concerns, spiritual insights for Ginosko Literary Journal. Editorial lead time 1-2 months; accept simultaneous
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JuxtaProse Literary Magazine

Posted on April 27, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Founded in 2015, JuxtaProse is an Idaho-based literary magazine that publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography from around the world.
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Journal of Compressed Creative Arts (Matter Press)

Posted on April 27, 2023April 28, 2023 by Every Writer
Matter Press is a community-based, non-profit 501(c)(3) literary press that publishes an online literary journal (The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts), manages a compressed prose and poetry chapbook contest, and supports a regular reading series. Matter Press offers internships to Rosemont College MFA in Creative Writing & M.A. in Publishing alums and degree-candidates as submission readers, literary editors, and publication designers. Matter Press focuses on supporting emerging and established authors working with condensed forms of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and visual arts.
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Sky Island Journal

Sky Island Journal

Posted on April 27, 2023April 30, 2023 by Every Writer
Sky Island Journal is an independent, free-access, online literary journal with an international reach; we are dedicated to discovering, curating, and publishing the finest original poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. Your best writing deserves an
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Literary Heist

Posted on April 26, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Literary Heist is a quarterly magazine that wants to democratize the literary and art world. It is looking to showcase good work that comes from new and existing writers and artists.
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Gone Lawn

Posted on April 26, 2023April 28, 2023 by Every Writer
"Gone Lawn seeks to explore and advance the growth of a new literary intention befitting our new century. In particular we seek innovative, nontraditional and daring works, both narrative and poetic,
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Lifelines: Dartmouth Medical School Literary Journal

Posted on April 26, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Lifelines is a journal published by Darmouth Medical School and publishes original and unpublished short stories, non-fiction, poetry, and artwork for our 2011 issue. We are a literary and art
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James Gunn’s Ad Astra

Posted on April 26, 2023April 27, 2023 by Every Writer
The Center for the Study of Science Fiction (CSSF), in association with the University of Kansas, announces the launch of James Gunn's Ad Astra, an online resource for authors, scholars
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Literary Yard

Posted on April 26, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
The Literary Yard invites stories, articles on literature, literary criticism, opinion articles on literature
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Lines + Stars

Posted on April 25, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Lines + Stars began as a means of establishing a new creative forum in Washington, D.C., a city that all-too-often coasts solely on its more mechanistic pursuits. While many of our contributors hail from the D.C. area, we've also expanded our writer-base to include national and international voices.
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Indiana Review

Posted on April 24, 2023April 25, 2023 by Every Writer
Now in its thirty-eighth year of publication, Indiana Review is a non-profit literary magazine dedicated to showcasing the talents of emerging and established writers.
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high desert journal

High Desert Journal

Posted on April 23, 2023April 25, 2023 by Every Writer
High Desert Journal is a literary and visual art magazine dedicated to further understanding the people, places and issues of the interior West. Its pages help define this region in literary
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Midwest Review

Posted on April 23, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
The Midwest Review is an annual literary and arts magazine published in Madison Wisconsin, featuring the Midwest in work by writers, photographers and artists
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Griffith REVIEW

Posted on April 23, 2023April 25, 2023 by Every Writer
Griffith REVIEW celebrates good writing and promotes public debate. It steps back from the issues of the day and gives writers the space to grow on the page. Essays reflect on the underlying significance of events and trends, explain the details that get lost in the news and examine the unintended consequences of public policy. Griffith REVIEW is edited by Julianne Schultz.
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Chamber Magazine, The

Posted on April 23, 2023December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
All rights remain with the author. There is no submission fee or submission period. The Chamber accepts submissions 24/7/365.
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Foreword Reviews

Posted on April 22, 2023April 24, 2023 by Every Writer
Foreword Reviews is committed to shining a light on great stories from independent storytellers, writing objective, honest reviews of their books, and connecting them with readers who sh
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Great Ape

Posted on April 22, 2023April 24, 2023 by Every Writer
The Great Ape pokes its head through the trees. It’s watching, waiting to see what you’ll do. The Great Ape suffers fools gladly, so be foolish
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Meat for Tea: The Valley Review

Posted on April 22, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Meat for Tea: The Valley Review was founded by Alexandra Wagman and Elizabeth MacDuffie. We are a non academic affiliated publication committed to featuring and publishing the works of artists and writers in the Pioneer River Valley and beyond.
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Floyd County Moonshine

Posted on April 22, 2023April 24, 2023 by Every Writer
A bi-annual publication, Floyd County Moonshine has been in production over five years, publishing a variety of home-grown Appalachian writers in addition to writers from across the country.
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filling station

Posted on April 22, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
filling Station seeks experimental fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and art. Anything suprising, unpredictable, innovative, or unique. We accept pieces that experiment with form or content, or both.
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Fourteen Hills

Posted on April 22, 2023April 24, 2023 by Every Writer
Since its inception in 1994, Fourteen Hills has held an impressive reputation among international literary magazines for publishing the highest-quality innovative poetry,
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Flint Hills Review

Posted on April 22, 2023April 24, 2023 by Every Writer
Flint Hills Review is an annual publication with a national circulation. We publish work with a particular interest in region, including regions of place, regions of ethnicity,
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Plume

Posted on April 22, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Publishing the best national and international poetry: recent authors include Alicia Ostriker, Amy Gerstler, Stuart Dybek, Carl Dennis, Denise Duhamel, Terese Svoboda, G.C. Waldrep,
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New Plains Review

Posted on April 21, 2023April 23, 2023 by Every Writer
New Plains Review provides an outlet for the creative and intellectual efforts of the academic community. Dedicated to fostering and maintaining the written word, New Plains Review gives a collective presentation
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Del Sol Review

Posted on April 21, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Del Sol Review is now accepting submissions for the Spring 2017 editions in general fiction, science fiction and fantasy, and poetry
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El Portal

Posted on April 21, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Eastern New Mexico University’s literary magazine, El Portal, offers a venue for the work of writers, artists and photographers.
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Delmarva Review

Posted on April 21, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Delmarva Review is an independent, nonprofit literary journal publishing short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and short book reviews in print and digital editions annually.
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Drunk Monkeys

Posted on April 21, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Drunk Monkeys is an online publication which features an eclectic mix of content, from original poetry and fiction to cultural and political essays, film and television reviews, and humor pieces.
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CutBank

Posted on April 21, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
We?re proud of CutBank?s thirty-nine years as Montana?s foremost literary magazine, founded in 1973 by the Creative Writing program at the University of Montana and helmed initially by favorite literary son William Kittredge.
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Sequestrum

Sequestrum

Posted on April 21, 2023April 30, 2023 by Every Writer
Founded by graduates of Iowa's major creative writing programs—Iowa State University and the prestigious University of Iowa—Sequestrum has faithfully published award-winning writers and new voices alike for our 1,000+ monthly readership
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EWR: Short Stories

Posted on April 21, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
We are a "new" publication. EWR: Short Stories started publishing in the fall. The publication is on Every Writer's Resource.com a site that has been publishing for 6 years. It is one of the largest writer's websites in the world. It has over 1.5 million unique visits per year. EWR: Short Stories tries to publish at least 3 stories a week (one per day if we can).
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