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The Vestal Review

The Vestal Review

Posted on May 2, 2023May 9, 2023 by Every Writer
Vestal Review is the oldest magazine dedicated exclusively to flash fiction. It has been published continuously since March 2000. Vestal Review is a semi-annual perfect-bound print magazine
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The Washington Pastime

Posted on August 17, 2011June 18, 2013 by Every Writer
n 2010 a study from Central Connecticut State University found that the Washington DC area was the most well-read urban city in the United States.
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The Whitefish Review

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Every Writer
Whitefish Review is a nationally-acclaimed, non-profit journal publishing the distinctive literature, art, and photography of mountain culture. Author Doug Peacock
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the Wildwood Reader

Posted on January 2, 2012July 30, 2013 by Every Writer
New polished works by new and emerging writers. Since we seldom hire an editor, we request that all stories be properly formatted, spell and grammar checked and lastly properly identified
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The Winter Anthology

Posted on January 31, 2012July 30, 2013 by Every Writer
"A collection of contemporary literature informed by history and older art, 21st century science and philosophy, and the ending of print culture. An elegiac perspective, uninterested in banality,
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The Wise Owl

Posted on January 21, 2022January 28, 2023 by Every Writer
The Wise Owl is a literary & arts e-magazine (Monthly) founded in November 2021. We feature established poets, writers as well as artists in our magazine and also provide a free platform to showcase writings (poetry, short stories, critique,
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The Wolfian

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Every Writer
The Wolfian is an independent voice for liberalism & social democracy, and at the same time we are keen to promote non-political content in the form of art, poetry, non-fiction
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The Wordsmith Journal Magazine

Posted on April 16, 2013July 5, 2017 by Every Writer
The Wordsmith Journal Magazine is a monthly online magazine that was birthed in October 2011 and provides a unique and necessary product for discerning readers.
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The Woven Tale Press

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Every Writer
The Woven Tale Press, a fine arts and literary magazine, monthly exhibits the literary, artful, and innovative. The WTP mission is to grow Web traffic to noteworthy writers, photographers and artists,
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The Write Room

Posted on August 5, 2012July 30, 2013 by Every Writer
The Write Room is an online literary magazine that publishes quality works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. We are also interested in reviews, interviews and articles of interest to writers, as
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Writing fae

The Writing Fae

Posted on March 1, 2025April 27, 2025 by Every Writer
Welcome to the enchanting world of the Writing Fae Literary Magazine, where creativity and imagination intertwine to bring you a captivating collection of literary works.
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The Zodiac Review

Posted on October 13, 2011October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
The Zodiac Review is a quarterly literary magazine for discerning readers and writers of fine short fiction. Here you will find stories of flash fiction and short story length, each selected quarterly from submissions that cross the old lines separating literary fiction from genre fiction. And here you will find prose poetry, another form of literature that crosses boundaries to tell its stories. Among the many themes and sub-themes you may find in stories here are fate vs. free will, cosmic irony, and some of the many fascinating ways in which astrology is understood by the characters who populate the stories…subjects that expose the inscrutability of the universe and the poignancy of the human condition.
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Thought Notebook

Posted on January 26, 2015January 27, 2015 by Every Writer
Thought Collection Publishing has developed Thought Notebook, a bi-annual Literary & Visual Art Journal, providing a global platform of thought for emerging and known literary and visual artists.
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Thrice Fiction

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Every Writer
Thrice is offered completely free online. It is available in pdf as well as in device-ready formats. Print copies are available by order from MagCloud, for purchase.
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THRUSH Poetry Journal

Posted on October 5, 2011October 12, 2011 by Every Writer
Why the name THRUSH? Thrushes are a species of bird, the songs of some considered to be among the most beautiful in the world. We love that and that is how we feel about poems. Why is THRUSH only poetry? We love fiction, and read it often. We feel there are many beautiful journals we admire that offer prose. Our passion is poetry.
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Thumbnail Magazine

Posted on February 3, 2013October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
Thumbnail Magazine is a collection of fine literary flash fiction and visual art from established and emerging writers and artists.
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Timber Journal

Posted on April 19, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Timber is run by students in the Masters of Fine Arts program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. We publish work online as well as in an annual print anthology.
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Tipsy Lit

Posted on November 15, 2014October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
Tipsy Lit is a poetry magazine that encourages writers to dig into “the deeper” and leave the bullshit at the door. We don’t want the warm and fuzzies.
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Too Obscene – Nostrovia! Poetry

Posted on January 28, 2013October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
"Too Obscene" is a one issue zine published through Nostrovia! Poetry. The zine features poetry and flash fiction that was rejected by other presses
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Trafika Europe

Posted on February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 by Every Writer
Trafika Europe showcases current fiction and poetry in English and English translation from across the 47 Council of Europe countries
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Trainless Magazine

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Every Writer
Trainless Magazine is an online travel magazine. We publish fiction and nonfiction with a focus on living abroad, intercultural relationships
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TreeHouse

Posted on August 4, 2013August 4, 2013 by Every Writer
TreeHouse is a place where artists can come to celebrate all forms of art. TreeHouse hosts blog posts, works of fiction
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TSR: The Southampton Review

Posted on September 20, 2015October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
Our goal in putting The Southampton Review together is to create a literary journal that readers will keep for a very long time
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Tugboat Magazine

Posted on April 17, 2012October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
Tugboat Magazine is always on the lookout for unpublished, original submissions in the following categories: fiction (no longer than 3000 words); poetry (not more than 100 words); essays
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Twisted Vine

Posted on May 21, 2013June 30, 2014 by Every Writer
Twisted Vine Literary Journal is committed to showcasing undiscovered talent in the literary and visual arts.
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Typehouse Literary Magazine

Typehouse Literary Magazine

Posted on October 4, 2017November 21, 2017 by Every Writer
Typehouse Literary Magazine is a production of The People’s Ink, a Portland, Oregon-based magazine. While based in the Pacific Northwest, we publish authors from all around the country, as well as from overseas. Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, and the Visual Arts, all come
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Unbroken

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Every Writer
At Unbroken, we love poetic prose and the prose poem. Because a haibun is a prose poem with a haiku at the end, we also love the haibun.
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Uncharted Frontier EZine

Posted on February 27, 2013June 30, 2014 by Every Writer
Uncharted Frontier Magazine focuses on the best fiction and art from the creatively talented albeit undiscovered.
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Uno Kudo

Posted on October 22, 2012July 30, 2013 by Every Writer
Uno Kudo, a collective of artists and writers from across the globe, is proud to announce the release of Volume 2: Naked, on November 20 2012. The book will explore the theme of
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Unshod Quills

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Every Writer
Independent sister site to Shanghai's HAL Publishing and Far Enough East. Based in Portland, Oregon. A theme based literary and arts journal founded by editor Dena Rash Guzman.
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Urban Gothic Press

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Every Writer
Do you revel in the dark? Have an original supernatural tale? Urban Gothic Press is a young adult literary magazine geared towards ages 14-18 that celebrates all things strange.
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Urban Grapevine Magazine

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Every Writer
We are a literary magazine with a main focus on the minority indie author/writer writing in the Urban Fiction, Hip-Hop Fiction, AA Fiction, AA Contemporary Fiction or Street Lit Fiction genre.
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Utopia Science Fiction

Posted on March 31, 2023April 25, 2023 by Every Writer
Founded July, 2019 we are an up and coming Science Fiction Magazine dedicated to sharing stories which share a common theme - a future we want to believe in. Utopia in itself may be ever-elusive, but there's no reason we shouldn't hope for a brighter future.
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Vagabonds: Anthology of the Mad Ones

Posted on January 23, 2014October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
Vagabonds is an anthology that is published twice a year. We had the pleasure of releasing the first edition on August 6th, 2012 and is still available for anyone who is interested in a copy.
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Valiant Scribe Literary Journal

Valiant Scribe Literary Journal

Posted on February 23, 2025February 24, 2025 by Every Writer
Valiant Scribe was established in December 2019 in New York City to explore the intersection of the Christian faith and social issues. It is an independent initiative
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Vallum: Contemporary Poetry

Posted on April 18, 2023April 23, 2023 by Every Writer
Founded in 2000 and based in Montreal, Vallum magazine is published biannually. Valllum provides a forum for emerging artists to interact with more established figures while giving them exposure and the confidence
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Vault Review

Posted on August 19, 2018May 5, 2024 by Every Writer
Vault Review is an independent, non-profit literary magazine that demands the very best from its writers and artists in both language and presentation. Its founder,
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Vending Machine Press

Posted on April 13, 2015October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
Vending Machine Press is a new and independent literary magazine aimed at giving writers an avenue for their writing to reach
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Versal

Posted on December 17, 2012June 28, 2014 by Every Writer
We've been around for ten years, and are run out of the Netherlands (though our editors lurk everywhere). We have an integrated art team and designer
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Vine Leaves Literary Journal

Posted on October 5, 2012October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
The world of literature nowadays is so diverse, open-minded and thriving in experimental works, that there doesn't seem to be any single form of written art missing from it ... you would think.
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Voicings Literary Magazine

Posted on July 13, 2013October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
Voicings is a literary magazine designed to provide an avenue for talented Aboriginal writers living in Canada
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Voyage of Verse: A Poetry Anthology

Posted on October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 by Every Writer
Voyage of Verse is a poetry collective for high-school students, to be published in print and online semi-annually. Submissions are
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Vulpecula Poetica

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Every Writer
Vulpecula Poetica ("Little Fox Poetry") is an annual anthology that emphasizes creative nonfiction poetry and poetry that plays
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Water Cooler Convos

Posted on January 6, 2014October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
We call the Water Cooler Convos. It's nerdy. It's artsy. It's bourgie. And it is a place for discussion. It is the mission of Water Cooler Convos
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Weary Blues Magazine

Posted on October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 by Every Writer

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Wednesday Journal

Posted on July 13, 2014October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
Fifth Wednesday Journal is a nonprofit, independent literary journal published twice a year in print.
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Weird Lit Magazine

Posted on August 13, 2024August 16, 2024 by Every Writer
Our mission with Weird Lit Magazine is straightforward: provide a platform for the weird and boundless. In a time of heightened social pressure, franchise mania, and evil-billionaire-worship
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What’s Happening at EWR!

Posted on September 24, 2012October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
Well things are happening so quickly around here, I thought I would take a sometime to tell you about exciting things going on here at EWR. We are making some big changes, and they are happening quickly, so here we go.
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Whisperings

Posted on April 4, 2014October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
From the Editor Sitting on the veranda, among pines and oaks, looking out at my apple, pear and cherry trees with a hot cup of coffee in my hands I gaze east into the Colorado Desert 4,000 feet below,
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White Ash Literary Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on February 2, 2014January 25, 2023 by Every Writer
White Ash Literary Magazine is the publisher of a globally distributed semi-annual anthology of whimsical poetry and short fiction by emerging and well-loved writers.
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