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‘Sea Change’ (Closed)

Posted on November 1, 2011May 22, 2019 by Every Writer
The 'Sealand Literary Supplement to Life' is the umbrella name for a series of periodically published books and booklets dedicated to contemporary literature. We cater to the needs
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149 Review

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Every Writer
149 Review is an online journal focused on publishing fresh, original, thought-provoking poetry and creative nonfiction
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34thParallel Magazine

Posted on December 21, 2016May 6, 2019 by Every Writer
At 34thParallel Magazine what we’re about is giving you the rock-star treatment—sorry no sex and drugs!!
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3Elements Review

Posted on March 13, 2014June 17, 2014 by Every Writer
3Elements Review was founded to spark imagination, to provide a unique creative challenge, and at the very least, to allow writers and artists a bit of fun with our three element prompts.
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7th-Circle Pyrite

Posted on October 18, 2023October 18, 2023 by Every Writer
The 7th Circle of Hell as represented in Dante's Inferno is reserved for those who have committed acts of violence. In the world we live in—where violence runs rampant
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96th of October

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Every Writer
The name of this journal, 96th of October, is derived from a character in the Pogo comic strip who wishes to extend the sway of Halloween to where it displaces Christmas. Giving October 96 days effectively annexes December and the first week of January.
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A3 Review

Posted on October 2, 2015December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
The A3 Review is a literary magazine that behaves like a map, made by the folks who make Writing Maps.
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Aberration Labyrinth

Aberration Labyrinth

Posted on July 4, 2012November 12, 2017 by Every Writer
This magazine is about expressing yourself. We do not restrict our publication to the confines of traditional poetry. If you write about drunken nights out, remembered or imagined, we want
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Adelaide Literary Magazine

Posted on July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 by Every Writer
We publish literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and promote the writers we publish, helping both new, emerging, and established authors reach a wider literary audience.
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After Dinner Conversation

Posted on April 26, 2025April 26, 2025 by Every Writer

After Dinner Conversation

  • Website: https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/
  • Print magazine: Yes
  • Size: Independent nonprofit publisher
  • Location: Tempe, AZ, US
  • Submissions: Seeks philosophical and ethical short story fiction (1,500-7,000 words) that prompts discussion. Looking for stories addressing universal issues where "two reasonable people could reasonably disagree about what a good (or just) person should do."
  • Other information: Founded in 2019. Editor: Kolby Granville. Monthly print and digital publication. Wide distribution through 22,000 digital libraries, Apple Books, and Amazon. Rated "Most Popular Fiction Magazine 2024" and "Top 10 LitMag of 2023, 2024" by Chill Subs.
  • Genres: Fiction with philosophical/ethical themes
  • Publication frequency: Monthly
  • Payment: $75 per accepted story
  • Founded: 2019
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After Hours

After Hours

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
After Hours is a semi-annual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, art, and photography from Chicago
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Alarmist

Posted on March 13, 2012December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
The Alarmist is a fresh, new, dark, funny and twisted printed literary magazine published biannually.
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Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose

Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose

Posted on April 10, 2025April 10, 2025 by Every Writer
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose is a multi-genre print and online journal published by Columbia College Chicago's School of Communication and Culture
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Ambit Magazine

Posted on November 11, 2012April 17, 2023 by Every Writer
Ambit is a surreptitious peek inside a private world. Without it such vital sparks of inspiration could well be lost for ever.? ? Ralph Steadman Ambit is a 96-page quarterly literary and artwork
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American Aesthetic, The

Posted on May 22, 2019December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
To better understand the objectives of The American Aesthetic, one must first understand what prompted the creation of this poetry journal in the first place.
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American Chordata

Posted on April 16, 2023April 17, 2023 by Every Writer
American Chordata is a biannual magazine of bright voices in fiction, nonfiction essay, and poetry, as well as art and photography.
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American Poetry Review

Posted on October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 by Every Writer
American Poetry Review is a prestigious literary magazine founded in 1972. Published 6 times per year, APR focuses exclusively on publishing acclaimed contemporary poetry from the US and around the world, as well as poetry-related articles, interviews, essays and reviews.
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and/or

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Every Writer
and/or, a print journal for creative experimental writing and/or innovative graphic art, seeks submissions from writers and/or other sorts of artists whose work openly challenges the boundaries
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Angie’s DIARY | Online Writing Magazine

Posted on April 17, 2023April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
Angie?s DIARY is a contemporary, online magazine and community for writers, readers and editors. Free Submission of stories, essays, articles, poems and excerpts. Massive exposure
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Antioch Review

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.
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Apocalypse Confidential

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Every Writer
Established in 2021, APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL is a web magazine of edgy extrapolations, fringe fascinations, occult obsessions, risky ruminations, and aberrant associations. We are a literary journal obsessed with the underworld
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Apple Valley Review

Posted on April 16, 2023March 9, 2024 by Every Writer
The Apple Valley Review, a semiannual online literary journal, was founded in 2005 by its current editor, Leah Browning. It is published in the spring and fall of the year.
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Artifact Nouveau

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Every Writer
Artifact Nouveau is a magazine of works by students, faculty, alumni, and employees of San Joaquin Delta College published by the SJDC Writers’ Guild.
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ARTWIFE

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Every Writer
ARTWIFE exists to serve as an oasis of art and beauty. We have deep reverence for human expression and we demand attention to craft
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At Length

Posted on April 16, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
At Length is a venue for ambitious, in-depth writing, music, photography, and art that are open to possibilities shorter forms preclude. As a print-friendly online magazine, we create ways for readers, listeners, and viewers
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Atlas and Alice Literary Magazine

Posted on December 2, 2013June 30, 2014 by Every Writer
Our Name: A&A takes its name from the ATLAS and ALICE experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. These experiments look to explain some of the most fundamental characteristics of the universe.
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Bacopa Literary Review

Posted on March 5, 2023March 6, 2023 by Every Writer
Bacopa Literary Review is an annual international print journal published by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. We are seeking submissions in six categories this year: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Humor, Formal Poetry, Free Verse Poetry, and Visual Poetry.
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Bad Version, The

Posted on March 11, 2012December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
Launched in November 2011, The Bad Version is a new take on the literary-cultural magazine. Its name comes from the collaborative art of screenwriting, where the first attempt at a scene,
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Balloons Lit Journal

BALLOONS Lit. Journal

Posted on April 1, 2023April 30, 2023 by Every Writer
First established in 2014, BALLOONS Lit. Journal (BLJ) is a young-reader-oriented literary journal that is freely accessible to all by online reading with a fully edited ready-to-print pdf version downloadable for every issue.
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Baltimore Review

Posted on February 3, 2016April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
The mission of The Baltimore Review is to showcase Baltimore as a literary hub of diverse writing and promote the work of emerging and established writers.
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Barking Sycamores

Posted on March 23, 2014March 23, 2014 by Every Writer
Who We Are The mission of Barking Sycamores is to publish poetry by emerging and established neurodivergent writers (autistic, ADHD, bipolar, synesthesia, etc.).
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Bayou Magazine

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Bayou Magazine is a biannual literary magazine with national circulation published by the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans. Each issue contains short fiction, non-fiction and poetry
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Belfry Literary Journal

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Every Writer
Belfry Literary Journal is now accepting submissions for their first ever print publication, as well as for their online supplement as well! The reading period is open from May 1 to July 31, with publication set for January of 2024.
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Beloit Fiction Journal

Posted on April 16, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
The Beloit Fiction Journal publishes the best in contemporary short fiction. Traditional and experimental narratives find a home in our pages. We publish new writers
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Bennington Review

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Bennington Review is a national biannual print journal of innovative, intelligent, and moving poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and film writing, housed at Bennington College.
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Berkeley Fiction Review

Posted on April 17, 2023April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
Berkeley Fiction Review is an literary journal founded in 1981 and based at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Berkeley Poetry Review

Posted on April 3, 2023April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
The Berkeley Poetry Review (BPR) is a journal published annually at the University of California, Berkeley. Founded in 1974, it has featured the work of new as well as established poets and writers
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Big Fiction

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Big Fiction celebrates the soul of the long story: generous, transportive, and a little wild. We're an independent journal publishing ambitious and delicious fiction twice a year, in hand-designed letterpress issues.
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Black Denim Lit

Posted on April 10, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Black Denim Lit welcomes thoughtful writers, new and established. We are open to Genre fiction but favor "General", "Sci-Fi" and "Fantasy"... It's possible that we might also publish: Action/adventure, Western Mystery, Crime, Suspense or Thriller ...b
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The Black Fox Literary Magazine

Black Fox Literary Magazine, The

Posted on August 11, 2017December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
The Black Fox Literary Magazine is an online quarterly publication featuring quality fiction of all styles and genres. Our Spring issue is published in March, the summer issue is published in June, the fall issue is published in September and the winter issue is published in December.
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Black Herald, The

Posted on October 6, 2013December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
The Black Herald is an internationally-minded bilingual magazine (French-English) published in Paris. Co-edited by Blandine Longre and Paul Stubbs, the magazine’s only aim
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Black Scat Review

Posted on April 16, 2023April 18, 2023 by Norman Conquest
Black Scat Review, a magazine of sublime art & literature, is published irregularly and features innovative fiction, art, erotica, photography, interviews, and excerpts from forthcoming Black Scat Books.
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BLACKBERRY: a magazine

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
BLACKBERRY: a magazine aims to be a premier literary magazine featuring black women writers and artists. Its goal is to expose readers to the diversity of the black woman?s experience and strengthen the black female voice in both
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Blackbird

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Poetry: send up to six poems at a time. Single-space, please; set your poem as you want it to appear on the printed page.
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Bloodletter Magazine

Posted on March 9, 2024 by Every Writer
Bloodletter is a feminist horror magazine showcasing personal and analytical perspectives on the horrific by women, trans, and non-binary writers.
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Blotter Magazine, The

Posted on February 7, 2016December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
The Blotter Magazine exists to nurture underground, outsider literature and art and to provide it to a wide audience. We believe that the economic viability of good art
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Blotterature

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Blotterature is a brand new journal founded by four writers from Northwest Indiana. We accept a wide variety of prose, poetry, and artwork.
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Blue Collar Review

Posted on April 16, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Blue Collar Review (Journal of Progressive Working Class Literature), published quarterly, contains poetry, short stories, and illustrations "reflecting the working class experience--a broad range from the personal to the societal.
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Blue Crystal Literary Magazine

Posted on April 3, 2025April 10, 2025 by Every Writer
Blue Crystal Literary Magazine emerged from the vision of emerging literary enthusiasts seeking to celebrate creativity, imagination
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Blue Mesa Review

Posted on April 17, 2023April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
Blue Mesa Review is a literary magazine published online bi-annually. It is associated with the University of New Mexico.
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