Literary magazines that Pay - Literary Magazines

Antigonish Review, The

Posted on August 22, 2017December 16, 2023 by Every Writer

The Antigonish Review is a creative literary quarterly that publishes poetry, fiction, critical articles, and reviews. Our ideal reader has extensive interests and seeks the creative. Major accomplishments of TAR include giving

Antioch Review

Posted on April 19, 2023April 20, 2023 by Every Writer

The Antioch Review is one of the best literary magazines in the country. We rate the Antioch Review as number 25 of our Top 50 Literary Magazines list.

Black Warrior Review

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer

Since 1974, Black Warrior Review has published the freshest voices in literature, from established and emerging talents alike. Each issue presents high quality poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including a chapbook by a nationally recognized poet.

Carve Magazine (11th)

Posted on April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 by Every Writer

Est. in 2000, Carve magazine, named in honor of Raymond Carver, is a literary magazine publishing new short stories every quarter. Our stories are free to read online

Creative Nonfiction

Posted on April 19, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer

Creative Nonfiction is the voice of the genre. Published since 1994 as a journal, in 2010 CNF adopted a larger magazine format that combines new creative nonfiction about a variety of topics with columns and features about the art, business and craft of the genre. Recent issues have included interviews with or new work by Susan Cheever, Dave Eggers, Phillip Lopate, Lauren Slater, Ruth Reichl and other well-known writers, as well as several never-before-published writers.

Elegant Literature

Posted on April 19, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer

Elegant Literature is a short fiction magazine and contest exclusive to new writers. We pay professional rates and help unpublished writers get their work into the world. We believe in helping aspiring writers break into the competitive fiction industry.

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine

Posted on April 26, 2025 by richard

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

Website: https://elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/
Print magazine: Yes
Size: Premier literary magazine ("the world's leading Mystery magazine")
Location: Norwalk, CT, US
Submissions: Accepts all types of mystery short stories including psychological suspense, deductive puzzles, private eye cases, police procedurals, and imaginative mysteries. Prefers stories between 2,500-8,000 words but accepts stories from 250 words up to 20,000 words. No explicit sex or violence, no true crime.
Other information: Founded in 1941. Has published more than forty Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners. Established the Department of First Stories in 1949 for new writers. Has a global focus with the Passport to Crime department featuring translations.
Genres: Mystery, Crime, Suspense, Detective, Psychological Suspense, Hard-boiled, Cozy, Police Procedural, Noir, Classical Whodunit
Publication frequency: Not specified
Payment: 5 to 8¢ per word, sometimes higher for established authors
Founded: 1941

Flash Fiction Online

Posted on April 15, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer

Flash Fiction Online is a monthly, online magazine publishing literary/mainstream/genre fiction. We pay professional rates and are SFWA affiliated. Both original and reprints are considered.

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

Ploughshares

Posted on October 21, 2023October 21, 2023 by Every Writer

Ploughshares has published quality literature since 1971. Our award-winning literary journal is published four times a year; our lively literary blog publishes new writing daily. Since 1989, we have been based at Emerson College in downtown Boston

SCREAM

Posted on June 1, 2017October 13, 2021 by Every Writer

SCREAM is Britain's all new premier Horror Magazine. SCREAM is your best source for horror movies, news, reviews, previews, celebrity interviews, books, games, film festival reports, comics and pretty much everything else you can think of in the world of horror.

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

Swamppink formally Crazyhorse

Posted on March 25, 2023March 26, 2023 by Every Writer

Recent poems from Crazyhorse were selected for reprint in The Best American Poetry 2008 and 2007 and The Pushcart Prize anthology, recent fiction in The Best American Short Stories 2008. Richard Jackson's poem

The Fiddlehead

Posted on August 22, 2017April 20, 2023 by Every Writer

First published in 1945, The Fiddlehead is Atlanta Canada's international literary journal and Canada's longest living literary journal. Many - now well-known - writers

The Gettysburg Review

Posted on June 17, 2014August 22, 2017 by Every Writer

The Gettysburg Review is published by Gettysburg College. The Review has been publishing for since. The Gettysburg Review is a quarterly publications

The Iowa Review

Posted on August 22, 2017November 22, 2017 by Every Writer

The Iowa Review is an American literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews. The magazine--currently in its 42nd year--is published in April, August, and December

The Malahat Review

Posted on August 22, 2017April 20, 2023 by Every Writer

The Malahat Review, established in 1967, is among Canada?s leading literary journals. Published quarterly, it features contemporary Canadian and international works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction as well as reviews of recently published Canadian poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction.

The Missouri Review

Posted on April 20, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer

The Missouri Review, founded in 1978, is one of the most highly-regarded literary magazines in the United States and for the past thirty-three years we've upheld a reputation for finding and publishing the best writers first.

The Ocotillo Review

Posted on August 19, 2017November 22, 2017 by Every Writer

The Ocotillo Review seeks to publish diverse voices from underserved communities along side established writers of Poetry, Short Fiction, And Narrative Nonfiction. Although we don’t shy away from experimental or unusual approaches to literature,

The Vestal Review

Posted on May 2, 2023May 9, 2023 by Every Writer

Vestal Review is the oldest magazine dedicated exclusively to flash fiction. It has been published continuously since March 2000. Vestal Review is a semi-annual perfect-bound print magazine

Zizzle Literary Magazine

Posted on March 9, 2019May 5, 2024 by Every Writer

Zizzle is a literary magazine devoted to publishing quality, innovative fiction for young readers. We believe honest, engaging fiction nourishes young, inquisitive minds and helps foster a lifelong passion for reading and learning.

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