Created in 2018, The Tiny Journal is a semi-annual online literary journal that publishes beautiful and short nonfiction, fiction, and poetry 1000 words or less.
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.
We very much hope you find a place to publish your work. Good luck.
Paper Tears Literary Journal
The Paper Tears Literary Journal is a biannual youth-run literary magazine dedicated to fostering artistic expression by placing a high value on the humanities.
The Florida Review
Welcome Welcome to The Florida Review, the literary journal published twice yearly by the University of Central Florida. Our artistic mission is to publish the best poetry
Iron Lung Magazine
Iron Lung Magazine is an online publication based in New Concord, Ohio. We publish shared experiences that make breathing a bit easier.
The Broken Cassette
The Broken Cassette is an independent quarterly literary online magazine. It is currently based in New Delhi
Panel
Panel Magazine reflects contemporary literature that is being produced in Central and Eastern Europe, and is written in English or translated into English.
Other People’s Flowers
Other People’s Flowers is a podcast for short stories, essays and creative non-fiction. Other People’s Flowers is the world’s first literary
A Velvet Giant
A VELVET GIANT is a genreless online literary journal, meaning that we do not categorize the work we receive by genre.
CLOCKHOUSE
Clockhouse accepts works of poetry, fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, and dramatic works for stage or screen. We encourage submissions from both
Spadina Literary Review
Spadina Literary Review is an online literary magazine based in Toronto, Canada, with an international readership. The magazine was launched in 2011 and after a few years of irregular appearances is now publishing every two months.
So to Speak: a feminist journal of language and arts
We are a literary journal that seeks submissions from diverse perspectives and backgrounds that focus on intersectional feminism.We look for work that addresses issues
The Lark
The Lark Website https://www.the-lark.net/ From the Editor The Lark is an online, quarterly arts and literary magazine that pays its contributors. The Lark firmly believes that the ubiquity of the internet is not a reason to accept diminished quality in publications, or to skip supporting contributors. We seek to publish what’s risky, critical, musical, philosophical, […]
The Southeast Review
The Southeast Review, established in 1979 as Sundog, is a national literary magazine housed in the English department at Florida State University and is edited and managed by its graduate students and a faculty consulting editor.
Copaiba Literary Review
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
Empty Mirror
Empty Mirror was established in 2000 as a source of books and information on the Beat Generation and small-press poetry. Over time we broadened its scope.
Typehouse Literary Magazine
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
The Hunger
The Hunger is a journal of visceral writing that publishes fiction, poetry, nonfiction, hybrid work, and visual art in three issues yearly, appearing in the Winter, Spring, and Fall.
ZYZZYVA
ZYZZYVA is a critically acclaimed print journal, introducing readers to new work from the best contemporary writers and artists since 1985. Based in San Francisco, we have established a vigorous tradition of finding and fostering new talent, in our backyard and beyond. For over thirty years ZYZZYVA
The Antigonish Review
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
The Malahat Review
The Malahat Review, established in 1967, is among Canada?s leading literary journals. Published quarterly, it features contemporary Canadian and international works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction as well as reviews of recently published Canadian poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction.
Sequestrum
Founded by graduates of Iowa’s major creative writing programs—Iowa State University and the prestigious University of Iowa—Sequestrum has faithfully published award-winning writers and new voices alike for our 1,000+ monthly readership
The Ocotillo Review
The Ocotillo Review seeks to publish diverse voices from underserved communities along side established writers of Poetry, Short Fiction, And Narrative Nonfiction. Although we don’t shy away from experimental or unusual approaches to literature,
Fiction International
Fiction International is the only literary journal in the United States emphasizing formal innovation and progressive politics. It features a wide variety of fiction, nonfiction, indeterminate
James Dickey Review
Though attempting to maintain an artistic and intellectual connection to the work of James Dickey, the James Dickey Review accepts all manner of poetry, nonfiction, scholarly articles, and book reviews. The journal is published twice yearly, is assigned International Standard
The Black Fox Literary Magazine
The Black Fox Literary Magazine is an online quarterly publication featuring quality fiction of all styles and genres. Our Spring issue is published in March, the summer issue is published in June, the fall issue is published in September and the winter issue is published in December.
F(r)iction
F(r)iction Website https://tetheredbyletters.com/ From the publisher If you love literature, you’ve probably seen just about every journal out there. Maybe you’re a devoted reader, bored with themes like adult-life paranoia and coming-of-age angst. Or maybe you’re a writer—and you’ve been writing traditional works to fit within traditional boundaries—but you can’t find a home for the […]
The Chaos Journal of Personal Narrative
The Chaos Journal of Personal Narrative is an independent, quarterly online journal of narrative nonfiction. We publish essays, 500-7,500 words, about personal experience from new, emerging, and established writers.
Meet Cute Mag
Meet Cute Mag. What’s a meet cute? A fictional scene where a future romantic couple meets for the first time in an amusing or adorable way.
Who are we?
Repurposed
Repurposed is an online magazine committed to discovering and showcasing art, artists, and art forms that create something beautiful out of existing materials. Nothing is really new; everything is a remix,
Antioch Review
The Antioch Review is one of the best literary magazines in the country. We rate the Antioch Review as number 25 of our Top 50 Literary Magazines list.
Ploughshares
Ploughshares Website http://www.pshares.org/ From the Editor Ploughshares has published quality literature since 1971. Best known for our award-winning Ploughshares literary journal, we also publish Ploughshares Solos, digital-first long stories and essays, and a lively literary blog. Since 1989, we have been based at Emerson College in downtown Boston. You can find more information and updates […]
The Missing Slate
The Missing Slate originated in Pakistan as a vehicle to promote original and innovative work from writers and artists of any age, from any country. The magazine aims to provide a platform
Ruminate
RUMINATE is a quarterly magazine of short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art that resonate with the complexity and truth of the Christian faith. Each
Tattoo Highway
Tattoo Highway Website http://www.tattoohighway.org From the Publisher Tattoo Highway is an online journal of poetry, literary fiction and nonfiction, original graphics and photography. Most issues have a theme, which may be interpreted literally or (very) loosely. 2017: “Down the Rabbit Hole.” TH has a unique look and feel; we are graphics-heavy, and have never tried […]
The Lune Quarterly
The Lune Quarterly is a reflective space in which to witness feats of identity, place and feeling. We share work that stems from a sense of wonder, delight
Grotesque Quarterly
Grotesque Magazine is a quarterly publication for all things horror. The gory, the scary, the psychologically thrilling, and the supernatural can all find their homes here. Our magazine features contemporary and classic horror stories from both established and up-and-coming authors.
The Maine Review
The Maine Review is a quarterly literary magazine publishing short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and essays. The Review runs contests each year
Creation and Criticism
Creation and Criticism (CC), which is a quarterly international peer-reviewed refereed English e-journal, aims at providing an opportunity to the researchers and scholars for sharing their creative and critical
The Slag Review
The Slag Review is a small, confused group of creators invested in the process of expression through art, fully understanding that it may be a long and dangerous one. In this way,
Inklette Magazine
Inklette is a not-for-profit, online literary magazine helmed by emerging artists and writers from all over. Inklette believes in the ability of art and literature to strike our consciousness
Six Hens
Six Hens is a quarterly literary journal featuring true stories about the moments that define and redefine.
The American Aesthetic
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.
Clementine (Unbound)
Clementine (Unbound) publishes a small selection of poetry each month online. Print copies can be viewed or purchased from Issuu.com.
Indiana Review
Now in its thirty-eighth year of publication, Indiana Review is a non-profit literary magazine dedicated to showcasing the talents of emerging and established writers.
The Indianola Review
The Indianola Review, based out of the Midwest, is a new quarterly literary journal featuring the best short fiction and poetry we can possibly get our hands on.
Flint Hills Review
Flint Hills Review is an annual publication with a national circulation. We publish work with a particular interest in region, including regions of place, regions of ethnicity,
CONSEQUENCE magazine
CONSEQUENCE is a new literary magazine focusing on the culture of war in the twenty-first century. We believe that literature and art can advance the discourse a
Cecile’s Writers Magazine
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
Aegir Magazine
Are you underwhelmed with life, overwhelmed by snakes, and think happiness can only be achieved through naps?
Lunaris Review
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
Five 2 One Magazine
Our goal at Five 2 One Magazine is to give a forum to voices that are normally unheard and unseen in literary magazines. We step away from the normal and average
The Whitefish Review
Whitefish Review is a nationally-acclaimed, non-profit journal publishing the distinctive literature, art, and photography of mountain culture. Author Doug Peacock
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 Paragon Journal
The Paragon Journal is an online literary magazine that focuses on sharpening the creative writing skills of people of any age. We are based in Pennsylvania, United States, but are looking for submissions from all over the globe.
Fire Tetrahedron: Journal of Poetry & Art
Fire Tetrahedron is a print and electronic journal focused on the experience of combustion, especially as it occurs between nature and culture. Like Prometheus,
Scarlet Leaf Review
Mission: to find a niche in the rich literary world and once we have done that to let the writers and artists, either old or young, have their say; to promote various
Eastern Iowa Review
Most journals and reviews want a story; we want magic in the language & fire in the flow, a show to impress over drama to incite. Well, a story is fine IF it’s embedded
The Cossack Review
Since 2012, TCR has published meaningful works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as literature in translation from around the world. We print writers
FORTH Magazine
Throughout history, the one element that has made us uniquely human is the ability to make art. This fascinating element of the human condition includes the capacity
TSR: The Southampton Review
Our goal in putting The Southampton Review together is to create a literary journal that readers will keep for a very long time
New Millennium Writings
New Millennium Writings is an award-winning literary journal founded in 1996 in Knoxville., TN, by prize-winning journalist Don Williams.
Cowboy Jamboree
We like old westerns. Hank Williams is one of our favorite writers. Used boots are better than new boots. At Cowboy Jamboree we promote
A Quiet Courage
A Quiet Courage is an online literary journal specializing in tiny words. We publish compelling, poignant, memorable,
Metamorphose
Metamophose is interested in finding new, unpublished voices in the fantasy/sci-fi genres. Visit the website for additional details.
Mud Season Review
Mud Season Review is an international literary journal run by members of the Burlington Writers Workshop, a free writing workshop based in Vermont
The Intentional
The Intentional is a print literary and culture magazine that supports emerging writers and prizes approachability. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry,
Clementine Poetry Journal
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
TWJ Magazine
TWJ Magazine is an online publication that focuses on promoting wholesome entertainment and healthy living for readers of all ages.
Vending Machine Press
Vending Machine Press is a new and independent literary magazine aimed at giving writers an avenue for their writing to reach
Badlands Literary Journal
Badlands is the official publication of the Creative Writing Program of the California State University Palm Desert Campus. Our journal aims
Michigan Quarterly Review
MQR is an eclectic, interdisciplinary journal of arts and culture that seeks to combine the best of poetry,
Trainless Magazine
Trainless Magazine is an online travel magazine. We publish fiction and nonfiction with a focus on living abroad, intercultural relationships
Crab Fat Literary Magazine
Crab Fat is interested in honesty, no matter how brutal it is. Don’t be afraid to use real language. Crab Fat is not interested in robotic academic language
Grist: The Journal for Writers
Founded in 2007 by graduate students in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Tennessee, Grist: The Journal for Writers is a resource for the discussion
Trafika Europe
Trafika Europe showcases current fiction and poetry in English and English translation from across the 47 Council of Europe countries
Snapping Twig
Snapping Twig – An Art & Lit Magazine publishing emerging and established writers & artists [for the Thrive ART Creative]:
The Bleeding Lion: A Journal of Contemporary Arts & Letters
The Bleeding Lion is a journal of contemporary arts and letters with a special focus on anatomy, cross-cultural, visual arts & diverse pieces. We especially
Loveliest Magazine
Loveliest: A Journal for Storytelling & Togetherness is a cross-genre magazine of literary and slow-lifestyle.
Thought Notebook
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.
Coldnoon: Travel Poetics (International Journal of Travel Writing)
Edited byArup K Chatterjee, Coldnoon: Travel Poetics, International Journal of Travel Writing (CTPIJTW) is a refereed, international and interdisciplinary
FishFood Magazine
FishFood Magazine is an independent, themed, free-spirited literary and creative arts magazine dedicated to all forms of creative expression and talent.
The Penumbra Review
The Penumbra Review Website http://www.penumbrareview.com Information about your publication Since its establishment in late 2013, the Penumbra Review has excitedly searched for the best of today’s untapped, catalytic voices. We appreciate the small things — run-of-the-mill and soft — made into items strange to the touch. We like the insides of folded hands, exposed and […]
Howl
Howl, founded in 2013, is an online literary arts magazine run and operated by dedicated, passionate, and talented students of Deltona High School
NEAT.
NEAT. is an online literary magazine devoted to writers with ties to the Midwest. We (Elizabeth and TM) got together in the summer of July 2013 and decided we wanted to contribute to the literary scene
Moss
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
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
Ink Dot
Ink Dot literary magazine is an online magazine created by aspiring writers for writers who seek a new literary divergence. We make sure that each creative mind is limitless
Carbon Culture Review
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
Pilcrow & Dagger
The Pilcrow & Dagger Literary Journal features original and creative short stories, essays, and poetry from writers from all walks-of-life.
El Portal
Eastern New Mexico University’s literary magazine, El Portal, offers a venue for the work of writers, artists and photographers.
Painted Cave
Painted Cave Website http://paintedcave.net From the Editor Painted Cave is a literary journal established by the creative writing students at Santa Barbara City College. Our goal is to highlight contemporary and emerging writers enrolled in community colleges across the nation by presenting their work in an online biannual magazine in May and November. Painted Cave […]
The Screech Owl
We are the voice of Lilith, a site and magazine devoted to the best contemporary poetry, prose, short stories and articles.
Big Pond Rumours, The Literary E-Zine
Great news! Big Pond Rumours has been re-launched. There are two issues a year (Summer and Winter) with a contest and Guest Judges for Poetry and Fiction
Bare Fiction Magazine
Bare Fiction was set up to promote new writing in all forms through performance, digital representation and publication. We offer a platform for new creative writing across poetry, fiction and plays
[empath]
[empath] was founded in December 2013 by high school student Jenny Jung. Funded largely by the prize money won in Sierra Nevada College’s 4th annual writing competition
Prism Review
We hope to read your very best – and more than that we’re excited to read it, and we want more, we hope for more, we quietly plead for/demand more
Far Off Places
Described by the National Collective as one “of the hottest literary journals” around, Far Off Places has expanded its remit of publishing poetry and short prose with its latest issue; Sartorial is the first issue of the magazine
DUMAS de Demain: The French Literary Magazine
At Dumas de Demain, we publish both online and print copies of French language stories, poems, fiction by young, emerging writers. We also celebrate and welcome French spoken word created by young artists
The Columbia Review
The Columbia Review is the oldest college literary magazine in the nation, publishing its first issue in 1815.
Four Winds Literary Magazine
Four Winds Literary Magazine is a Bi-Annual Publication with release dates in December and July, respectively. Currently, we accept submissions year-round. Submissions for our December issue close November 1st, and submissions
Decades Review
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.
Small Po[r]tions
Small Po[r]tions publishes short[er] and experimental work along with multimedia and intermedia writing and art. The journal is published three times yearly in February, June, and October.
The Common
Finding the extraordinary in the common has long been the mission of literature. Inspired by this mission and the role of the town common, a public gathering place for the display and exchange of ideas,
Wednesday Journal
Fifth Wednesday Journal is a nonprofit, independent literary journal published twice a year in print.
The Austin Review
The Austin Review Website http://theaustinreview.org From the Editor The Austin Review is an independent, nonprofit literary journal based in Austin, Texas. Three times per year, it publishes a print journal including four pieces of flash nonfiction, four short stories, and one essay or work by a prominent author. The journal additionally publishes select work online […]
Provocateur: A Literary Magazine
Provocateur aims to shed light on LGBTQ writers. Although the world is beginning to catch up on equality, not everyone is ready to publish stories or poems about
Buck off Magazine
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
Duende
Duende Website http://duendeliterary.org From the Editor 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 and artists who are queer, of color, differently abled, […]
Ricochet Magazine
Ricochet Magazine is a free online publication for aspiring writers and artists. Though we are Australia-based, we showcase the works of new and established writers and artists
The Gettysburg Review
The Gettysburg Review is published by Gettysburg College. The Review has been publishing for since. The Gettysburg Review is a quarterly publications
Blue Mesa Review
Blue Mesa Review is a literary magazine published online bi-annually. It is associated with the University of New Mexico.
Vallum: Contemporary Poetry
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
The Lost Country
Website http://www.inexsilio.com From the Editor The Lost Country is a journal published by The Exiles, a literary club of Fort Worth, Texas, featuring original works of poetry, short fiction, translation, criticism, and book reviews. Submissions Poetry, Fiction, Translations, Literary Essays, Book Reviews Upcoing August 31st, 2014 (Rolling Submissions) Harry Hoyt Lacey Prize in Poetry James […]
Whisperings
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,
Urban Grapevine Magazine
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.
Indigo Rising Magazine
Founded in June 2010, Indigo Rising Magazine is a plane of the diverse. We built this magazine for the odd, the unfiltered abstract, the purified sojourns, the darkness that walks and the endings that rest solitude.
Synaesthesia Magazine
We are a literary and arts magazine run by two passionate editors. Our magazine aims to engage writers and artists in an exploration of the senses, publishing photography, artwork, poetry and short stories.
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.
Bartleby Snopes
Bartleby Snopes is founded on the principle that writers deserve quick responses and personalized feedback. We publish two stories per week and end each month with a Story of the Month contest voted on by the readers. Twice per year we release a print/PDF version
Blue Collar Review
Blue Collar Review (Journal of Progressive Working Class Literature), published quarterly, contains poetry, short stories, and illustrations “reflecting the working class experience–a broad range from the personal to the societal.
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.
The Summerset Review
The Summerset Review started as an online literary quarterly in 2002, publishing exclusively fiction and nonfiction. With a staff of three volunteers, the magazine faithfully
Grain
Grain, the journal of eclectic writing, is a literary quarterly that publishes engaging, eclectic, and challenging writing and art by Canadian and international writers and artists. Grain is published
Broad Street Magazine
Broad Street is a nonprofit magazine based in Richmond, VA. We publish semi-anually, and aim to create a space to be enjoyed equally by longtime fans of creative nonfiction and those
HARK magazine
HARK is a UK-based online magazine of poetry and short fiction. We’re new on the scene, and are currently accepting submissions for our first issue
Sketches Magazine
Welcome to Sketches Magazine — a new home for writers. Here at Sketches we value the craft of writing and we attempt to show it in the quality pieces we display.
Silver Apples Magazine
Silver Apples Magazine is a new Irish e-zine founded by friends and long-time collaborators Alex Dunne and Gráinne O’Brien
The Masters Review
Each year The Masters Review publishes a ten-story collection showcasing the best in graduate-level creative writing. Our editors and judges select the ten best stories written by students in MA, MFA, and PhD creative writing programs
White Ash Literary Magazine
White Ash Literary Magazine Website http://www.whiteashmag.com From the Editor 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. White Ash is an exciting and modern literary venture that provides readers with unique reading material and introduces audiences to the most […]
Dactyl
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.
Vagabonds: Anthology of the Mad Ones
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.
Rowayat
Rowayat is a literary journal emerging from Egypt. We feature writers living in Egypt, or have lived in Egypt in the past.
Inky Path
Inky Path is the first of its kind–a literary magazine dedicated to the promotion and distribution of interactive fiction. Interactive fiction consis
Water Cooler Convos
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
Manic Fervor
Manic Fervor Website From the Editor Began in January 2014, Manic Fervor seeks out visceral, beautiful work in the genres of poetry, short fiction, essays, photography, and art. Our aim is to publish an issue for every season. We pride ourselves on our crazy, wacky, intensely moving writing and images. We also offer free feedback […]
Neutrons Protons
Neutrons Protons is a monthly literary project that operates with unfaltering belief in three primary things: the power of true and honest human stories
Blank Fiction Literary Magazine
Blank Fiction is a new and independent literary magazine aimed at publishing intelligent and thought-provoking genre fiction. Each quarterly issue will call for a different genre
Buffalo Almanack
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…
Spectrum Magazine
Spectrum Magazine was launched in 2013 by Mercedes Lucero and founded on the belief that everyone has the ability to bring something lovely
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.
Ancient Paths
Ancient Paths literary magazine publishes poetry, flash fiction, art, and photography with subtle religious themes. The works featured in Ancient Paths explore struggles
Gold Man Review
Gold Man Review, an annual literary magazine produced in Salem, Oregon, under the umbrella of Gold Man Publishing, is aimed at serving our community of authors and artists.
Flyleaf Literary Journal
Flyleaf is a literary journal unlike any you’ve ever seen before. Printed on a gatefold sheet, each short story is self-contained with its own original cover art
Black Wire Literary Magazine
Black Wire is a new literary journal dedicated to discovering progressive and cutting edge writing from today’s best poets and writers.
Psychopomp Magazine
The Psychopomp Magazine staff is committed to publishing original fiction that dares to redefine traditional storytelling and genre borders. While we like stories
The Inflectionist
The Inflectionist® is a publication for the literary, musical, for the arty, the linguistic and expressive, containing interesting and up to date articles written on the subjects of Language
China Grove
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
Midnight Circus
Based in Omaha, NE, EAB Publishing is the home of Midnight Circus, a seasonal literary magazine. We publish work that makes us unabashedly cry, laugh-out-loud, dream of a better tomorrow,
Narrative Magazine
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
The Black Herald
The Black Herald is an internationally-minded bilingual magazine (French-English) published in Paris. Co-edited by Blandine Longre and Paul Stubbs, the magazine’s only aim
Garden Gnome Publications
Garden Gnome Publications publishes flash fiction and short stories in the speculative fiction genres. Every month we sponsor the Flim-Flam games, a contest with prizes
The Hour of Lead
The Hour of Lead is an online poetry magazine which aims to publish new issues on a quarterly basis – in reality we’ll publish every time we have sufficient good work to justify an issue, that’s the beauty
New Plains Review
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
Surrealist Star Clustered Illuminations
Surrealist Star Clustered Illuminations. An online literary magazine featuring contemporary Surrealist Fiction / Poetry / Art
Bricolage Magazine
Bricolage Magazine Information about your publication Bricolage is a new arts and culture magazine based in India. We seek original, exciting works of art, literature and photograph for publication. What type of submissions are you looking for? We invite submissions of prose (fiction and non-fiction), poetry, artwork and photographs for the next issue of Bricolage […]
Painted Bride Quarterly
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.
Contraposition
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.
Hirschworth
Hirschworth is a daily zine for readers, writers, artists, and all manner of foodies. We publish poetry, fiction, essays, visual art, recipes, send-ups, and the like. We aim to provide high-quality content from a breadth of sources.
Sassafras Literary Magazine
Sassafras Literary Magazine is that one peculiar friend. This littlest litmag in the world
New Madrid: A Journal of Contemporary Literature
New Madrid is the national journal of the low-residency MFA program at Murray State University. It takes its name from the New Madrid seismic zone, which falls within the central Mississippi Valley and extends through western Kentucky.
Blotterature
Blotterature is a brand new journal founded by four writers from Northwest Indiana. We accept a wide variety of prose, poetry, and artwork.
Episodic Magazine
Episodic is an adjective, defined as “divided into separate or tenuously related parts or sections; loosely connected.”
STRIKE Magazine
STRIKE Magazine is a completely independent, community supported, working class political art and culture magazine in South Texas.
TreeHouse
TreeHouse is a place where artists can come to celebrate all forms of art. TreeHouse hosts blog posts, works of fiction
After Hours
After Hours is a semi-annual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, art, and photography from Chicago
Driftless Review
The Driftless Review is published by Platteville Poets, Writers and Editors, LLC, an organization dedicated to showcasing
Voicings Literary Magazine
Voicings is a literary magazine designed to provide an avenue for talented Aboriginal writers living in Canada
LEGOMENON: What is the Meaning?
LEGOMENON focuses primarily on literary analysis; original articles analyzing the meaning of art
Gravel Literary Journal
Gravel Literary Journal is a new online literary journal created by University of Arkansas-Monticello MFA students.
River Poets Journal
River Poets Journal Accepts: New and Established Writers Poetry – 3 to 6 poems Short Stories – under 5,000 words Flash Fiction
Literary Yard
The Literary Yard invites stories, articles on literature, literary criticism, opinion articles on literature
Paper Nautilus
Much like the delicate shells left behind by octopuses of the same name, Paper Nautilus strives to combine perfection and vulnerability.
Your Impossible Voice
Your Impossible Voice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (status pending). We publish brash and velvety new work from around the globe. For a better idea what our editors are looking for at the moment, please consult our call for submissions.
The Vehicle
The Vehicle is a biannual literary magazine produced by the students of Eastern Illinois University. Since 1959, The Vehicle has been publishing poetr
Alligator Juniper
The Alligator Juniper tree is in the juniper family with bark in a checkered pattern, resembling an alligator’s skin. While the tree is native to the southwest, the alligator is native to swampland and tropics.
Zest Literary Journal
?Two ladies, one from Boston and one from Glasgow, get together in a creative writing class in Glasgow and . . .? Sound a bit like the beginning of a bad joke?
Dappled Things
Dappled Things is a Catholic literary magazine, and this raises the question of what Catholic literature is in the first place.
Gone Lawn
“Gone Lawn seeks to explore and advance the growth of a new literary intention befitting our new century. In particular we seek innovative, nontraditional and daring works, both narrative and poetic,
The Longbox Project
The Longbox Project is a literary journal for comic geeks. Believing that most collectors have memories associated with nearly every comic book in their collection, we accept works of creative non-fiction that rely on comics as both inspiration, and point of departure.
The Wordsmith Journal Magazine
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.
Arroyo Literary Review
Arroyo Literary Review is a print-based publication produced annually by students and alumni of California State University, East Bay.
BLACKBERRY: a magazine
BLACKBERRY: a magazine aims to be a premier literary magazine featuring black women writers and artists. Its goal is to expose readers to the diversity of the black woman?s experience and strengthen the black female voice in both
Streetlight Magazine
Streetlight is an online, non-profit magazine dedicated to publishing new and noteworthy works of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and art. The magazine began life as an annual print publication featuring works from central Virginia
Little Patuxent Review
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
Cleaver Magazine
Cleave is a Janus verb, meaning both to stick tight and to fall away. A cleaver is the most broad-edged and brutally efficient kitchen knife, designed to be swung like a hammer for the most effective channel of force.
Hidden Animals
We?re looking for all of that vague criteria you read on other sites, you know the stuff: ?work that says something; characters that are real and well rounded; work with a sense of emotion? etc. etc. etc.
Penumbra
Founded in the fall of 2012 by two graduate students at Saint Louis University-Madrid Campus, Penumbra features poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction in both English and Spanish.
Silent Things
Our aim is essentially to create a mish-mash of words and photographs documenting writers and artists who may or may not normally seek out publication. We value the truth and honesty behind art that happens in the moment, on the bus, in the street, or at the writing desk.
Earthen Lamp Journal
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.
Embodied Effigies
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.
Elan Literary Magazine
The ?lan literary magazine is a publication of the Creative Writing program at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Fl. Its creation in 1986 was fueled by a passion for the written word that inspired students
AndWeWereHungry
AndWeWereHungry is an online arts and literary magazine currently in development. We exist to celebrate the short story while also showcasing a mix of prose
The London Magazine
The London Magazine is England?s oldest literary periodical, with a history stretching back to 1732.
Spark: A Creative Anthology
Our goal was to establish a high-quality, paying market where emerging authors and gain professional experience being published alongside known and respected writers.
Miracle e-zine
Founded in June 2012, Miracle e-zine, is a literary and art magazine. It is a bi-monthly magazine for and by writers and publishes works by emerging/ established writers from around the world.
Versal
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
The Faircloth Review
The Faircloth Review is a new online literary & arts journal. Our mission is to provide a new outlet for artistic work ranging from poetry to sculpture and everything
Pithead Chapel
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.
Serving House Journal
Our mission is to play an international role in fostering and preserving the best of what the literary arts are capable of doing: writing that may impel others to become writers themselves; writing that will add to and enhance the dialogue of the arts; writing that reaffirms our belief in the inspiring possibilities of the written word.
(em): A Review of Text and Image
(?m): A Review of Text and Image is a digital literary magazine. We publish for e-readers, ios/android tablets, and traditional computers. We’re open to all kinds of work.