Growing List of Nonfiction Literary Magazines

Growing List of Nonfiction Literary Magazines

Here is our Growing List of Nonfiction Literary Magazines, we have over 300 in this category, and we have been collecting these listings for over 10 years. Unlike other “lists” on the web, created by new to the scene “experts,” we have been creating listings since 1999. Though many of our ideas have been copied countless times, we want to bring you an original complete listing of nonfiction magazines unsurpassed by any other site, searchable, and with detailed submissions information from the editor’s of these publications.

 

Creative Literary Fiction has become even more popular over the last 10 years than it was in the past. Collections like Best American Essay (a wonderful publication) highlight exemplary writing in this category. We are working hard to bring you the best and biggest selection of  magazines publishing Creative Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction and Nonfiction.

This category is a general warehouse of all types of nonfiction magazines. Please check the guidelines of each magazine before submitting your work. These listing were all submitted by the editors. They will give you unique insight into what the publication is looking for in their call for submissions.

 

We are dedicated to helping find markets for you nonfiction.

 

If you need to contact us about our listings. The best way to reach up is through our Talk to the Editor‘s page. You can always email us with bigger concerns as well.

Nonfiction Magazines

 

We very much hope you find a place to publish your work. Good luck.

Adroit Journal

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The Adroit Journal has been the subject of a fair amount of napkin scribbling since November 2010, when Founder/Editor-in-Chief Peter LaBerge decided that the world needed a literary magazine run entirely by high school and college students that helped the world in more ways than one. The Adroit Journal, bright with enthusiasm, was born. And that enthusiasm remains bright, with over forty students from Boston to Bangalore collaborating on this unique publication. Yet Adroit's uniqueness does not stop there.
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Arkana

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Arkana

  • Website: https://arkanamag.org/
  • Print magazine: No (Online only)
  • Size: University-affiliated literary journal
  • Location: Conway, AR, US
  • Submissions: Seeks work that "asks questions, explores mystery, and works to make visible the marginalized, the overlooked, and those whose voices have been silenced." Especially interested in work from Delta region, BIPOC, immigrant, LGBTQ+, women, disabled, and neurodivergent writers.
  • Other information: Founded in 2016. Graduate-run journal of the University of Central Arkansas. Staff and editors are students in the Arkansas Writers' MFA Program. Nominates writers for Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Features audio recordings of published pieces.
  • Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Scripts, Translation, Artwork, Illustrated Narrative
  • Publication frequency: Not specified
  • Payment: $50 Editors' Choice Awards in each genre
  • Founded: 2016
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atlength

At Length

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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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Bacopa Literary Review

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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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Chestnut Review

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Chestnut Review

  • Website: chestnutreview.com
  • Accepts unagented submissions: Yes
  • Size: Independent literary magazine
  • Location: Not specified
  • Submissions: Features poetry, short fiction, flash fiction, art, and photography from around the world. Writer-centered, selective publication with online quarterly and annual print publication. Responds to all submissions within 30 days.
  • Other information: Founded in 2019. Pays artists and staff. Publishes 4 online issues per year and 1 print issue. ISSN: 2688-0350. Named after the stubborn chestnut trees that continue to send up shoots despite blight, symbolizing the persistence of artists.
  • Genres: Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Photography, Poetry
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Cimarron Review

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Cimarron Review

    • Website: cimarronreview.com
    • Print magazine: Yes
    • Size: Literary quarterly published by Oklahoma State University
    • Location: Stillwater, OK, US
    • Submissions: Publishes work with a wide-ranging aesthetic: bold and ruminative, sensitive and shocking, imaginative and truth-telling. Seeks the finest stories, poems, and essays from working writers across the country and around the world.
    • Other information: Founded in 1967. One of the oldest quarterlies in the nation. Publishes writers at all stages of their careers, including Pulitzer and O. Henry prize winners. Member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP).
    • Genres: Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Photography, Poetry, University Published
    • Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
    • Payment: Contributor copies
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Club Plum Literary Journal

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Club Plum Literary Journal

  • Website: www.clubplumliteraryjournal.com
  • Print magazine: No (Online only)
  • Size: Independent literary journal
  • Location: Not specified
  • Submissions: Publishes creative nonfiction, flash fiction, prose poetry and art by emerging and established authors whose absorbing tales and imagery unravels in voices either understated or lyrical but always powerful.
  • Other information: Founded in 2019. Editor: Thea Swanson. Provides a focused reading experience without ads or distractions. Describes itself as "a safe place" that excludes sexist, homophobic, or racist content.
  • Genres: Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
  • Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
  • Payment: No
  • Founded: 2019
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Creative Nonfiction

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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.
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Dominique

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Dominique Literary Magazine

  • Website: https://dominiquelitmag.org/
  • Print magazine: No (digital publication only)
  • Size: New publication
  • Location: Not specified
  • Submissions: Accepts fiction, poetry, and nonfiction with a word count range of 100 to 20,000 words. Seeking beautiful, truthful work that experiments with form and subject. Particularly interested in debut authors and voices not already represented in other literary magazines. No submissions that glorify violence, hate speech, or discrimination.
  • Other information: Publishes accepted work on a rolling basis. No submission fees. Uses email and online submissions. Response time approximately 14 days. Volunteer-run magazine with no subscription or submission fees.
  • Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Any genre
  • Publication frequency: Rolling basis
  • Payment: No payment offered
  • Founded: 2025
  • Editors: Henry Stevens, Eben Bracy, John Oyewole
  • Contact: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575894206392
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