149 Review
149 Review is an online journal focused on publishing fresh, original, thought-provoking poetry and creative nonfiction
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2 river review
2river review is an online literary journal based in Santa Rosa, California that publishes poetry and visual art. The journal was founded in 1996.
34thParallel Magazine
At 34thParallel Magazine what we’re about is giving you the rock-star treatment—sorry no sex and drugs!!
3Elements Review
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.
7th-Circle Pyrite
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
96th of October
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.
A Quiet Courage
A Quiet Courage is an online literary journal specializing in tiny words. We publish compelling, poignant, memorable,
A Velvet Giant
A VELVET GIANT is a genreless online literary journal, meaning that we do not categorize the work we receive by genre.
A3 Review
The A3 Review is a literary magazine that behaves like a map, made by the folks who make Writing Maps.
Aberration Labyrinth
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
Adelaide Literary Magazine
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.
Adroit Journal
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.
After Dinner Conversation
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
After Hours
After Hours is a semi-annual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, art, and photography from Chicago
Agonia
www.agonia.net is an international interactive website for writing and literature, formed by numerous cultural communities and languages. It is a platform where writers around the world publish their works, engage in providing constructive feedback critique oriented towards honing skills in the writing process.
Alarmist
The Alarmist is a fresh, new, dark, funny and twisted printed literary magazine published biannually.
Alaska Quarterly Review
Alaska Quarterly Review is one of America's premier literary magazines and a source of powerful, new voices. AQR publishes short stories, short novellas, novel excerpts,
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose
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
Ambit Magazine
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
American Aesthetic, The
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.
American Chordata
American Chordata is a biannual magazine of bright voices in fiction, nonfiction essay, and poetry, as well as art and photography.
American Poetry Review
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.
Angie’s DIARY | Online Writing Magazine
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
Anotherealm: Magazine of Speculative Fiction >
A Free Monthly Magazine Featuring Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.
Antigonish Review, The
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
Apalachee Review (links to site)
Apalachee Review
Apocalypse Confidential
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
Apple Valley Review
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.
ARDOR Literary Magazine
ARDOR Literary Magazine was founded in September 2012 as a non-profit electronic literary magazine. It is published online three times annually (January, May, September). ARDOR accepts fiction, nonfiction, short-short and poetry submissions through its online submission manager and is committed to paying every writer published in ARDOR Literary Magazine.
Arkana
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
ART TIMES Literary Journal and Resource for the Fine and Performing Arts
ART TIMES Literary Journal and Resource for the Fine and Performing Arts
ARTWIFE
ARTWIFE exists to serve as an oasis of art and beauty. We have deep reverence for human expression and we demand attention to craft
At Length
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
Atlas and Alice Literary Magazine
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.
Audi Locus: A Journal of Poetry
Audi Locus: A Journal of Poetry
- Website: https://www.audilocus.com
- Print magazine: No (digital publication only)
- Size: New publication
- Location: Not specified
- Submissions: Accepts poetry, visual art, and photography. Looking for work that is bold, resonant, and emotionally honest—pieces that echo long after the final line or image.
- Other information: Publishes two carefully curated online issues per year (January and July). Uses online submissions via form at https://www.audilocus.com/submissions. Response time approximately 4 weeks after submissions close. No payment offered.
- Genres: Poetry, Visual Art, Photography
- Publication frequency: 2/year (January and July)
- Payment: No payment offered
- Founded: 2024
- Editors: Maudie Bryant
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audilocusblog/
Avalon Literary Review
The Avalon Literary Review welcomes work from both published and unpublished writers and poets. We accept submissions of poetry, short fiction and personal essays. The author's voice and point of view should be unique and clear. We seek pieces which spring from the author's life and experiences. Submissions which explore both the sweet and bitter of life, with a touch of humor, are a good fit for our Review. While we appreciate the genres of fantasy, science fiction and horror, our magazine is not the forum for such work.
B O D Y
B O D Y is an international online literary journal. We publish the highest quality poetry and prose from emerging and established writers, both original work and translations.
Bacopa Literary Review
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.
Bad Version, The
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,
BALLOONS Lit. Journal
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.
Baltimore Review
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.
Baltimore Review
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. The Baltimore Review was founded by Barbara Westwood Diehl in 1996
Barking Sycamores
Who We Are The mission of Barking Sycamores is to publish poetry by emerging and established neurodivergent writers (autistic, ADHD, bipolar, synesthesia, etc.).
Bayou Magazine
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
Belfry Literary Journal
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.
Belladonna’s Garden
Belladonna's Garden
- Website: https://www.belladonnasgardenlit.com/
- Print magazine: No (online only, with hopes of expanding to print)
- Submissions: Seeks emotionally honest, bold writing that stirs something deep. Welcomes cozy horror, romance, magical realism, hopeful and strange stories. Loves lyrical prose, image-rich poetry, hybrid forms, and experimental structure. Especially drawn to work exploring identity, grief, transformation, historical stories, faith, folklore, dreams, silence, and survival.
- Other information: Small, independent literary magazine founded by Shari Wilder, rooted in "the strange and the lyrical." Believes in slow publishing, careful curation, and gentle fiction that makes space for softness and beauty. The name reflects their ethos: "beauty with bite, softness with poison, language that heals, but also haunts." Welcomes emerging and underrepresented writers alongside established voices.
- Genres: Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, magical realism, cozy horror, romance
- Publication frequency: Quarterly (four issues per year)
- Founded: 2025
- Editors: Shari Wilder (founder and editor)
- Contact: belladonnasgardenlit@gmail.com
- Social media: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bdg.lit/
- Submission guidelines:
- Poetry: Up to 3 poems
- Fiction and creative nonfiction: Under 5,000 words
- Multiple submissions: May submit three poems at once OR one piece in two categories (e.g., one poem and one short story)
- Simultaneous submissions welcome (notify immediately if accepted elsewhere)
- Only unpublished work accepted
- Include short third-person bio with submission
- Submission period: July 15 - August 31, 2025
- Compensation: No payment mentioned
- Inaugural issue: October 2025
Bellevue Literary Review
Bellevue Literary Review is a unique literary magazine that examines human existence through the prism of health and healing, illness and disease. In these universal
Beloit Fiction Journal
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
Bennington Review
Bennington Review is a national biannual print journal of innovative, intelligent, and moving poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and film writing, housed at Bennington College.
Berkeley Fiction Review
Berkeley Fiction Review is an literary journal founded in 1981 and based at the University of California, Berkeley.