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Litbreak Magazine

Posted on April 28, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Litbreak is an online literary journal that is published by Jason Chambers and edited by Dennis Haritou. Our signature photography is by Jason Rice.
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Literary Magazine Editor Round Table

Posted on August 24, 2013August 24, 2013 by Every Writer

Literary Magazine Editor Round Table

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Literary Magazine Editor’s Roundtable

Posted on March 29, 2014March 29, 2014 by Every Writer
We are going to try something new. Once per month we are going to have open literary editors roundtables/discussions about a top that concerns literary magazines, publishing,
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Literary Magazines on Twitter

Posted on August 4, 2013June 30, 2014 by Every Writer
In the interest of being able to find each other, and to have people follow you, please list your Twitter below. We want to follow you. You can follow us at @everywriter. We use Twitter a lot.
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Literary Yard

Posted on April 26, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
The Literary Yard invites stories, articles on literature, literary criticism, opinion articles on literature
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Litro Magazine

Posted on November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 by Every Writer
LitroUSA is as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, fosters a national community for innovative writing and creative works. We connect cultures, encourage dialogues via technology and arts, and ensure literature’s prominence in popular culture by backing writers and artists.
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Little Leaf Literary Journal

Little Leaf Literary Journal

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Every Writer
Little Leaf Literary Journal is a new online literary journal, founded in 2024. We publish prose, poetry, and pieces that cross the boundaries of both genres.
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Little Patuxent Review

Posted on April 28, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Little Patuxent Review (LPR) is a biannual print journal with an associated blog that features writers and artists from the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond. It was founded in 2006 by a group of local writers
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Lotus-eater

Posted on April 20, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Lotus-eater is a literary magazine based in Rome. We are looking for daring, unusual, and inspiring writing. Our ambition is two-fold: to publish high-quality poetry and prose in the English language
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Lotus-eater Magazine

Lotus-eater Magazine

Posted on March 23, 2025March 23, 2025 by Every Writer
Lotus-eater is an online literary magazine based in Rome. Our aesthetic is dark, eclectic, often experimental
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Lucky Lizard Journal

Posted on May 3, 2024 by richard
Lucky Lizard Journal was founded in 2023 with the purpose of being a competitive, egalitarian poetry journal that allows
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Lunaris Review

Posted on April 20, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Art is escapist, and that is its splendour. If the freedom of mind and soul is valued and we remain devout seekers of freedom; it then becomes our duty to escape through
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Manzano Mountain Review

Posted on June 11, 2019April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
Manzano Mountain Review is an online literary journal based in New Mexico and loosely affiliated with the University of New Mexico-Valencia. MMR was founded in 2017 and publishes issues in November and sometimes May.
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Memoir Magazine

Memoir Magazine

Posted on November 18, 2017November 21, 2017 by Every Writer
Memoir magazine’s mission is to be a witness to both factual and emotional truths that resonate with the human heart by supporting writers and artists in sharing their stories
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Michigan Quarterly Review

Posted on April 28, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
MQR is an eclectic, interdisciplinary journal of arts and culture that seeks to combine the best of poetry,
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Midwest Review

Posted on April 23, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
The Midwest Review is an annual literary and arts magazine published in Madison Wisconsin, featuring the Midwest in work by writers, photographers and artists
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Mississippi Review

Posted on May 20, 2025 by Every Writer
Mississippi Review
  • Website: https://www.mississippi-review.com/
  • Print magazine: Yes (two issues per year)
  • Submissions: Seeks Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. Submissions for issue 53.3 open May 15-June 30, with particular interest in nature-themed pieces. Annual contest awards prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. Submissions preferred through Submittable, though mail submissions are accepted with $3.00 fee per submission.
  • Other information: Founded by Gordon Weaver in 1972 at the University of Southern Mississippi. Frederick Barthelme took over as editor in 1977. Housed in the University of Southern Mississippi's Center for Writers. Contest winners and finalists make up the summer issue. All contest submitters receive a copy of the summer issue.
  • Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
  • Publication frequency: Biannual (Winter and Summer issues)
  • Founded: 1972
  • Editors: Not specified in provided information
  • Contact: Address for mail submissions: Mississippi Review, 118 College Drive #5144, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406-0001
  • Social media: Not specified in provided information
  • Contest information: Mississippi Review Prize opens in August annually. Awards $1,000 prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry.
Upcoming issue: Mississippi Review 53.3 will be published Winter 2026
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Modern Literature

Posted on April 19, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Modern Literature (www.modernliterature.org) is an online literary journal that has an ambitious aim of blooming into an international literary hub for established, emerging and new literary talent.
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Mojo

Posted on April 20, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Mojo is the graduate-run online literary journal from Wichita State University?s MFA program. We publish in the Fall and Spring. All selected work is considered for inclusion in our annual
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Moonday Mag

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Every Writer
Established in 2023 and inspired by the founder’s dream journal, Moonday Mag is a quarterly art and literary magazine
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Moss

Posted on April 20, 2023April 23, 2023 by Every Writer
The Pacific Northwest is home to a thriving, vibrant literary culture. Following in a long tradition of finely crafted regional writing that is at once lyrical and gritty
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Mud Season Review

Posted on April 27, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Mud Season Review is an international literary journal run by members of the Burlington Writers Workshop, a free writing workshop based in Vermont
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MUSE INDIA, the literary eJournal

Posted on April 19, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Muse India is devoted to Indian literature and showcases Indian Writing in English as well as translations from all Indian language literatures. Each Issue focuses on one of the Indian language literature.
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Mystery Tribune

Posted on April 26, 2025 by richard

Mystery Tribune

  • Website: mysterytribune.com
  • Print magazine: Yes (Print and digital)
  • Size: Independent publication
  • Location: Not specified
  • Submissions: Accepts previously unpublished fiction, non-fiction, art and photography, and flash fiction related to mystery, crime, noir, and suspense. Submissions should be between 3,000-6,000 words typically (though no strict limits). All submissions must be in English.
  • Other information: Publisher and Managing Editor: Ehsan Ehsani. Takes a multi-sensory approach to mystery, featuring content across various media. Provides honorarium for fiction and non-fiction published in print edition (amount discussed upon acceptance). Responds to submissions within approximately three months.
  • Genres: Mystery, Crime, Noir, Suspense, Fiction, Non-fiction, Art & Photography, Flash Fiction
  • Publication frequency: Daily online content; print frequency not specified
  • Payment: Honorarium for print contributors; online contributions generally unpaid
  • Founded: Not specified
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n+1

Posted on April 28, 2023December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
Writers interested in contributing to n+1 should note that we come out only three times each year, and that most if not all of the slots available for a given issue will have been filled by the editors many months before publication. That said, if you would like to brave the odds, the best submissions guidelines are those implied by the magazine itself. Read an issue or two through to get a sense of whether your piece might fit into n+1.
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Narrative Magazine

Posted on April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Edited by Carol Edgarian and Tom Jenks two well-established editors, the publication is making a real run at being a “big time” literary magazine on the web
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Nat. Brut

Posted on April 19, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Nat. Brut is an online multimedia art and literary magazine released free to the world twice a year. We aim to provide quality, engaging, dynamic, inspiring
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Neologism Poetry Journal

Posted on June 6, 2017November 22, 2017 by Every Writer
Neologism Poetry Journal was founded in search of new horizons of poetic language, or at minimum ways to feel something new from old words and poetic forms. It is an online journal with one editor, published monthly, with 20 poems per issue. Upcoming and established poets alike are welcome.
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New Feathers Anthology

New Feathers Anthology

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Every Writer
We believe art is a means of exploration and understanding, a way to play, to discover, and to communicate ideas
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New Millennium Writings

Posted on April 30, 2023April 30, 2023 by Every Writer
New Millennium Writings is an award-winning literary journal founded in 1996 in Knoxville., TN, by prize-winning journalist Don Williams.
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New Plains Review

Posted on April 21, 2023April 23, 2023 by Every Writer
New Plains Review provides an outlet for the creative and intellectual efforts of the academic community. Dedicated to fostering and maintaining the written word, New Plains Review gives a collective presentation
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Novus Literary Journal

Posted on May 20, 2025 by Every Writer
Novus Literary Journal
  • Website: https://novusliterary.com
  • Print magazine: Yes (Annual Fall Print Edition); Digital editions published in Spring
  • Submissions: Seeks literary works with fresh and innovative approaches - fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and plays (digital editions only). Voice-driven pieces preferred. No genre writing accepted. Submissions for Spring Digital Editions open late January (published May); Fall Print Edition submissions open September (published late November/early December).
  • Other information: Literary journal housed at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. Publishes work from national and international writers alongside undergraduate student work. Name "Novus" means "new" in Latin, reflecting their focus on fresh, novel perspectives. No mention of payment offered.
  • Genres: Literary Fiction, Creative Nonfiction/Memoir, Poetry, Plays (digital editions only), Visual Art
  • Publication frequency: Biannual - Spring Digital Editions and Fall Print Edition
  • Founded: Unknown (succeeds previous journal "Lyre of the Phoenix")
  • Editors: Sandee Gertz (Managing Editor), Libby Knight (Assistant Managing Editor), with student editors including Sara Magana, Shelby Rogers, and Cristian Dunn
  • Contact: novus@cumberland.edu
  • Social media: Not specified in provided information
  • Submission guidelines:
    • All submissions in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced
    • Poetry: Up to 6 poems in one Word document
    • Prose: 1-2 pieces, 4,000-6,000 words (up to 10,000 for digital editions)
    • Include brief bio with submission
    • Submit via Submittable
    • Unpublished work only; simultaneous submissions accepted
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October Hill Magazine

Posted on April 28, 2023May 1, 2023 by Every Writer
October Hill Magazine set sail on its maiden voyage as a non-profit magazine in the Spring of 2017 in New York City. The magazine grew out of the Literary Lights Writer’s Group,
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One Sentence Poems

Posted on December 7, 2014December 6, 2017 by Every Writer
As you might guess, we publish poems consisting of a single sentence. We publish a poem on this website a few weeks after it is accepted. At present, we publish one poem at a time, every other day
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Oxford American

Posted on May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
The Oxford American is a national magazine dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South. Billed as "The
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pacificREVIEW

Posted on July 24, 2012October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
A west coast arts review annual, pacific REVIEW has published high-quality poetry, prose, and art since 1972. Past issues boast the talent of San Diego State University literati and other notable guest contributors.
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Painted Bride Quarterly

Posted on May 1, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Painted Bride Quarterly, established in Philadelphia in 1973, is one of the country’s longest running literary magazines. PBQ is a community-based, independent, non-profit literary magazine published quarterly online and annually in print, making it accessible to a broad and diverse audience.
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Panel

Posted on March 1, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Panel Magazine reflects contemporary literature that is being produced in Central and Eastern Europe, and is written in English or translated into English.
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Papercuts

Posted on May 2, 2023December 16, 2023 by Omer Wahaj
Papercuts is the bi-annual literary magazine of Desi Writers Lounge – an online workshop for writers of South Asian
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Pictura Journal

Pictura Journal

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Every Writer
Pictura Journal began in a dim midwestern kitchen during tornado season. A handful of storms and years and missteps later,
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Pithead Chapel

Posted on May 2, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Pithead Chapel is a small, independent and volunteer-run journal out of Michigan?s Upper Peninsula. At present, we?re only a monthly electronic journal; however, that could change over time to include printed issues.
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Please See Me

Posted on May 2, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Please See Me, an online literary journal dedicated to highlighting creative writing and artistic expression through photography and digital media by patients
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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
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Plume

Posted on April 22, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Publishing the best national and international poetry: recent authors include Alicia Ostriker, Amy Gerstler, Stuart Dybek, Carl Dennis, Denise Duhamel, Terese Svoboda, G.C. Waldrep,
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Poetry Pacific

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Every Writer
Poetry Pacific functions to publish and promote the 'best contemporary poetry in English' it can find.
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Polyphony H.S.

Posted on April 29, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
polyphony-11cover2Website http://www.polyphonyhs.com From the Editor We are an international student-run literary magazine for high school writers and editors. We have an editorial panel of some 150 high school students
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Popshot Magazine

Posted on May 1, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Popshot is an illustrated literary magazine that publishes short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from the literary new blood. The magazine is published bi-annually, releasing a new issue every April and October.
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Posit

Posted on April 29, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Posit is an online journal which publishes four issues per year of poetry, prose, and visual art. We feature a dynamic, accomplished, sophisticated work that may be eclectic in style
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Postcard Poems and Prose

Postcard Poems and Prose

Posted on October 31, 2017December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
Who are we: Postcard Poems and Prose Imagine a painter, photographer, novelist, and poet all running willy-nilly and meeting full-speed. That collision is Postcard Poems and Prose .
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Power Cut

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Every Writer
Delve into the seedy badlands of 20th century pop culture with the devil’s music, books, and films. Power Cut is an innovative new bi-annual literary magazine
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