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Broad! (A Gentlelady’s Magazine) (Defunct)

Posted on August 18, 2012April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
Broad! is a online literary semiannual that publishes exclusively women writers and artists. (?Women? meaning female-bodied or female-identified individuals, by the way.) Women writers are
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Buck off Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on June 27, 2014April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
B.O.M accepts all forms of art whether through photography, painting or writing. We are writers with attitude looking for inspired artist to appear
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Buffalo Almanack

Posted on December 26, 2013April 17, 2023 by Every Writer
Buffalo Almanack is an online quarterly journal of fiction and photography. We aim to publish the best of new and veteran artists from within the United...
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Bursting Plethora

Posted on July 15, 2012June 27, 2014 by Every Writer
Bursting Plethora is a muli-media magazine dedicated to literature and the arts.We provide new and emerging artists with an opportunity to express themselves on a global level. We provide
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By&By Poetry (Defunct)

Posted on April 5, 2016April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
“By and by” evokes the humid warmth of Southern hymns, the comfort of a grandmother or grandfather, the all-encompassing belief in the future. A term that once
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Cactus Heart (Defunct)

Posted on June 9, 2012April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Issue #1 just published! 108 big full-color e-pages, full of spiny, succulent fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. On the search for more literature that thrives, literature that makes us swoon,
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Camroc Press Review (Defunct)

Posted on August 17, 2012April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
Current acceptance rate is less than five percent. Each piece submitted should not be over 500 words. If poetry, not over five per submission. Include a short, third person bio that tells us
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Carbon Culture Review (Defunct)

Posted on October 4, 2014April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
Carbon Culture Review advocates a creative, thoughtful and visually appealing dialogue about our complex relationship to technology. We strive to promote the work of those who employ technology and utilize
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Cardinal Sins (Defunct)

Posted on March 18, 2013April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
Cardinal Sins is Saginaw Valley State University's arts and writing magazine. We are run by the students and faculty of SVSU. Although regular submissions for Cardinal Sins are only open to SVSU students, faculty, and alumni, our annual contest is open to everyone!
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Cecile’s Writers Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on February 18, 2016April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
Cecile's Writers Magazine is a literary eZine that publishes writing by intercultural writers: - Authors for whom English is their native language but currently reside in a non-English
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Chagrin River Review (Defunct)

Posted on April 1, 2012April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Chagrin River Review is named after the Chagrin River, which flows into Lake Erie in the Northeast corner of Ohio. Not only do we publish work with Ohio connections, but any poetry and stories
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Chautauqua (Defunct)

Posted on January 16, 2012April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
The editors actively solicit writing that expresses the values of Chautauqua Institution broadly construed: a sense of inquiry into questions of personal, social, political, spiritual, and aesthetic importance, regardless of genre. We consider the work of any writer, whether or not affiliated with Chautauqua Institution, except for members of the Board of the Chautauqua Writers? Center unless solicited for special issues. The qualities we seek include a mastery of craft, attention to vivid and accurate language, a true lyric ?ear,? an original and compelling vision, and strong narrative instinct. Above all, we value work that is intensely personal, yet somehow implicitly comments on larger public concerns?work that answers every reader?s most urgent question: Why are you telling me this?
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China Grove (Defunct)

Posted on October 21, 2013April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Two doctors in Mississippi bring their love of literature to life in their independent literary journal, “China Grove." The first issue featured an exclusive interview with National Book Award winner
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Chronicles [insert story here]Defunct

Posted on October 21, 2012April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Chronicles [insert story here] is a brand new literary magazine launching in February of 2013. We will be accepting submissions as of now, though, and will continue to accept submissions
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Circa A Journal of Historical Fiction (Defuct)

Posted on January 9, 2013April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
We are an online journal dedicated to historical fiction. We love vintage, we love retro and we love good writing!
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Claudius Speaks (Defunct)

Posted on October 10, 2016April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Poet K. Augustus launched literary journal Claudius Speaks as a venue to celebrate emerging talent in art and literature. The first issue features an interview with Pushcart Prize-nominee Aurvi Sharma
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Cleaning up Glitter (Defunct)

Posted on May 13, 2019April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Amy decided to found Cleaning up Glitter after realizing she wanted to have more control and say over how her work was published in Literary Magazines and Journals
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Clementine Poetry Journal (Defunct)

Posted on April 27, 2015April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Clementine Poetry Journal publishes a small selection of poetry each month online and a companion printed journal twice a year. Poets we’ve recently featured include
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Coldnoon: A Quarterly of Travel Poetics (Defunct)

Posted on June 5, 2012April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Coldnoon is a journal of travel poetics that envisions travel not as flux but instead as gaps in travelling itself. ?Coldnoon? means a shadowed instant in time when the inertia of motion
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Coldnoon: Travel Poetics (Defunct)

Posted on January 17, 2015April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Edited byArup K Chatterjee, Coldnoon: Travel Poetics, International Journal of Travel Writing (CTPIJTW) is a refereed, international and interdisciplinary
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Congruence Journal of Literature & Art

Congruence Journal of Literature & Art (Defunct)

Posted on November 7, 2017April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Congruence Journal of Literature & Art is an online journal that publishes works of the intriguing and eccentric nature. The journal's mission is to collect works that will complement one another like pieces
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Congruent Spaces Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on September 11, 2011April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
We are a magazine of short Fantasy, Horror, Literary/Mainstream fiction, Poetry and Science Fiction published in eBook format.
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Contraposition (Defunct

Posted on September 1, 2013April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Contraposition is a digital literary magazine. Its quarterly releases are available for the public to view as well as download. The aim of this magazine is to help foster the regrowth of poetry in the digital age.
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Copaiba Literary Review

Copaiba Literary Review (Defunct)

Posted on October 22, 2017April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
The Copaiba Literary Review (pronounced co-pie-ba) is a tree that symbolizes vitality. Copaiba Press publishes a quarterly literary magazine and hosts workshops and other events to celebrate the vitality of our veterans and the communities
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Counterexample Poetics (Defunct)

Posted on May 15, 2013April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
ounterexample Poetics is an assemblage of specialized artists and their artistry of natural inclination. As the name communicates, we serve as a refutation to a generalized, singular representational
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Dactyl (Defunct)

Posted on January 29, 2014April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Dactyl is a new print publication. We have just launched our inaugural issue at Summerhall in Edinburgh to much fanfare. We accept poetry, prose, illustration,photography, calligraphy.
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Dark Futures

Posted on March 11, 2013April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
We want to publish prose, poetry, and more. We are just starting out but looking to grow and be a strong niche market.
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Decades Review (Defunct)

Posted on July 22, 2014April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Decades Review is an online literary magazine for humans. We enjoy publishing any genre of poetry, photography, artwork, any genre of flash fiction/non-fiction, and fiction/non-fiction short stories.
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Dos Passos Review (Defunct)

Posted on February 26, 2013April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Originating from Longwood University?s prestigious Dos Passos Prize for Fiction, The Dos Passos Review actively seeks the best American writing in the areas of literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.
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dotdotdash magazine

Posted on October 18, 2011October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
dotdotdash is a tri-annual creative journal run by Perth volunteers. Each issue of dotdotdash packs a full-colour punch of new artworks, stories, creative non-fiction, and poetry We want to make art and literature exciting and playful. We want to shake people to their core, we want more people riding into the local arts scene, riding horses with nostrils flaring, chatting to their fellow humans, wanting nothing but to write and draw and create and have fun.
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Driftless Review (Defunct)

Posted on July 14, 2013April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
The Driftless Review is published by Platteville Poets, Writers and Editors, LLC, an organization dedicated to showcasing
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Duende (Defunct)

Posted on June 22, 2014April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Duende is the all-online literary journal of the BFA in Writing program at Goddard College. Duende aspires to represent the true beauty and diversity of the U.S. literary ecosystem. A majority of the work we publish will be from writers
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Dust Jacket Short Story Journal (defunct)

Posted on March 14, 2017April 17, 2023 by Every Writer
Dust Jacket is a quarterly published magazine, with both print and digital editions, that features the best in new and innovative short fiction.
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Earthen Lamp Journal (Defunct)

Posted on February 14, 2013April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
The Earthen Lamp Journal is a literary e-journal, published by Divya Dubey of Gyaana Books. The editors include: Mariam Karim, Suneetha Balakrishnan, Renu Kaul, Abdullah Khan.
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Eclat Fiction

Posted on January 30, 2012April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Eclat Fiction is a new online fiction anthology. Every 2 months we will run a competition and select the 10 best short stories we receive and publish them in our anthology. The top 3 stories
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eFiction Horror

Posted on October 19, 2012June 27, 2014 by Every Writer
About eFiction Horror is the new Horror magazine, under the umbrella of eFiction Magazine. As such, we intend to follow the principles of eFiction Magazine by supporting young and emerging
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eFiction India

Posted on May 22, 2013June 30, 2014 by Every Writer
In India, like elsewhere in the world, the function of media has changed dramatically ? or perhaps catastrophically
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eFiction Magazine

Posted on February 19, 2012June 26, 2014 by Every Writer
eFiction is not a literary journal. It is a fiction magazine that presents guilty pleasure fiction of all genres. It was started by Doug Lance from his dorm room in 2009. It has since exploded in
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Efiction Notice

Posted on September 24, 2011June 18, 2014 by Every Writer
Efiction Notice is an online literary magazine specializing in serial novels. During the Victorian era many writers, including Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Gaskell, published their books one section at a time in magazines. Efiction Notice revisits the past in a contemporary format. Novels, short stories, poems, and plays are available to read directly on the website or in e-book (epub and mobi) formats. We also hope to have essays and children's stories in the future.
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eFiction Romance

Posted on July 6, 2012July 9, 2017 by Every Writer
eFiction presents fantastic short stories every month. It is not a literary journal. It is a magazine that aims to deliver the best shorts from around the world. We publish fiction with a beating heart, fresh from the creative minds of contributors. While the ink is still drying, stories are pitted against each other in gladiatorial combat for the chance to reach you. Only the best stories make it into the issue.
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egg (Defunct)

Posted on March 12, 2012April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
egg is an online poetry magazine delivered via email, one poem per week. Read it right then or save it for your train ride, your after dinner snack, or your Monday morning ritual. No rush?you?ve got the whole week. Why egg? Find out more at eggpoetry.com.
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eHorror Magazine

Posted on May 22, 2013October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
eHorror is seeking to expand the world of horror short fiction by publishing stories by new and relatively unknown authors. From the sublime, to the literary, to the ridiculous,
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Elbow Pads (Defunct)

Posted on September 8, 2012April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
To Kristen McIlvenna - Elbow Pads is a newly premiered pocket literary magazine that favors the candid outlook of creative individuals. Elbow Pads publishes in pocketbook size. There are
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Ellipsis Literary Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on November 25, 2012April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
After being chartered by the Binghamton University Student Association in Fall 2008, Ellipsis became, and remains the only Undergraduate Creative Writing Journal at Binghamton University
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Embers Igniting (Defunct)

Posted on September 12, 2018April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Embers Igniting is a literature and art magazine out of Albuquerque, NM. We launched in 2013 and have been publishing both emerging and established writers and artists annually ever since.
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Embodied Effigies (Defunct)

Posted on February 11, 2013April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Embodied Effigies is a literary magazine in the works. We emphasize the community of Creative Nonfiction Writers, and the bonds that hold us together as we explore the aether surrounding our pasts, presents, and futures.
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Enhance Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on May 9, 2012April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Enhance is an online literary and art magazine that will try to understand the human?s perception of life through literature and art. Enhance is interested in publishing new and emerging artists in all genres.
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Episodic Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on August 16, 2013April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Episodic is an adjective, defined as "divided into separate or tenuously related parts or sections; loosely connected."
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ePoetry

Posted on April 30, 2013October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
ePoetry features five poets per issue along side 3-5 poems, an interview, photograph and links/ads to their work. We offering compensation in the form of royalties.
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Essays & Fictions (Defunct)

Posted on July 5, 2011April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Essays & Fictions can be characterized by two points, E & F: E) Essays & Fictions is an online journal of literature and criticism. Established in Midsummer 2007, the co-founding editors set out to exploit the web as a means to distribute their book ?le, which was carefully crafted by The Landscape Press. Opting to reject the crude language of web design as a series of reductive assaults on the eye and the intellect, and declining to de?ne itself by rigid, murky notions of genre and ?xed knowable truth (to which many contemporary literary journals are enslaved, having been conceived, born and delivered in dichotomous form), Essays & Fictions emerged, seeking and publishing exceptional prose that is either essay or ?ction, or both, or neither. F) Essays & Fictions is an online literary journal, and not a depository for corpses.
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