The ‘Sealand Literary Supplement to Life’ is the umbrella name for a series of periodically published books and booklets dedicated to contemporary literature. We cater to the needs
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.
(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.
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.
971 MENU
971 MENU is a purely online not-for-profit venture. We publish whenever we have enough work to justify an issue. That means five pieces. The minimum time between issues is thirty days, and attempts are made to coincide with the first of the month. We publish fiction and nonfiction of any length and sometimes accidentally other stuff. 971 MENU began in September 2006 as a publisher of fiction under 1000 words. We are pleased with our work, and we are quite pleased with the high-quality work we have been fortunate enough to publish, but we no longer limit ourselves in terms of length. However, your chance of seeing a thirty-page epic here is fairly slim. We still put out the short stuff, and some that’s a little bit longer.
A Quiet Courage
A Quiet Courage is an online literary journal specializing in tiny words. We publish compelling, poignant, memorable,
A Trunk of Delirium (Defunct)
About the Press Le Pink Elephant Press was founded in 2003 in Kent, Ohio after the deconstruction of Hart’s Compass. Le Pink Elephant Press’ founder and editor in chief is Suzanne
A Velvet Giant
A VELVET GIANT is a genreless online literary journal, meaning that we do not categorize the work we receive by genre.
Aegir Magazine
Are you underwhelmed with life, overwhelmed by snakes, and think happiness can only be achieved through naps?
After Hours
After Hours is a semi-annual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, art, and photography from Chicago
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Arroyo Literary Review
Arroyo Literary Review is a print-based publication produced annually by students and alumni of California State University, East Bay.
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.
autolycus
“autolycus” is an utterly independent literary journal, created by Genie Cartier and Emilio Aldrich. We aim to publish talented unknown writers, and sell the journal online and by consignment at places such as City Lights and the Beat Museum.
Badlands Literary Journal
Badlands is the official publication of the Creative Writing Program of the California State University Palm Desert Campus. Our journal aims
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.
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
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
Behind Closed Doors
Everyone out there has a story. Some people choose to keep it to themselves, while others dream of telling it. Behind closed doors?it?s just a little harder to hear. At Behind Closed Doors, we are giving artists and writers the opportunity to tell their story.
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
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
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.
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
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
Blotterature
Blotterature is a brand new journal founded by four writers from Northwest Indiana. We accept a wide variety of prose, poetry, and artwork.
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.
Blue Mesa Review
Blue Mesa Review is a literary magazine published online bi-annually. It is associated with the University of New Mexico.
Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers
Brain, Child treats motherhood as a subject worthy of literature. And in the best tradition of literature, it celebrates the diversity of mothers and their styles. Our essays and features address
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 […]
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
Broad! (A Gentlelady’s Magazine)
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
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
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…
Cactus Heart
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,
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
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
Chautauqua
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?
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
Chocorua Review
Change moods. Change minds. We?re looking for verse, prose, photography, and paintings that carry intellectual and emotional weight. Work that has something to say. To reveal. To
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.
Clementine (Unbound)
Clementine (Unbound) publishes a small selection of poetry each month online. Print copies can be viewed or purchased from Issuu.com.
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
CLOCKHOUSE
Clockhouse accepts works of poetry, fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, and dramatic works for stage or screen. We encourage submissions from both
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Crazyhorse
Recent poems from Crazyhorse were selected for reprint in The Best American Poetry 2008 and 2007 and The Pushcart Prize anthology, recent fiction in The Best American Short Stories 2008. Richard Jackson’s poem
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
Creative Nonfiction
Creative Nonfiction is the voice of the genre. Published since 1994 as a journal, in 2010 CNF adopted a larger magazine format that combines new creative nonfiction about a variety of topics with columns and features about the art, business and craft of the genre. Recent issues have included interviews with or new work by Susan Cheever, Dave Eggers, Phillip Lopate, Lauren Slater, Ruth Reichl and other well-known writers, as well as several never-before-published writers.
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.
Dappled Things
Dappled Things is a Catholic literary magazine, and this raises the question of what Catholic literature is in the first place.
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.
Driftless Review
The Driftless Review is published by Platteville Poets, Writers and Editors, LLC, an organization dedicated to showcasing
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, […]
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
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.
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
El Portal
Eastern New Mexico University’s literary magazine, El Portal, offers a venue for the work of writers, artists and photographers.
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
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.
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.
Enhance Magazine
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.
Episodic Magazine
Episodic is an adjective, defined as “divided into separate or tenuously related parts or sections; loosely connected.”
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 […]
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
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
filling Station
filling Station seeks experimental fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and art. Anything suprising, unpredictable, innovative, or unique. We accept pieces that experiment with form or content, or both.
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,
FishFood Magazine
FishFood Magazine is an independent, themed, free-spirited literary and creative arts magazine dedicated to all forms of creative expression and talent.
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
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,
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
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
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
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
Generations Literary Journal
RATIONS Literary Magazine publishes the original works and ideas of both emerging and established artists in an effort to encourage conversations across the generational gaps. The
Ginosko Literary Journal
Accepting short fiction & poetry, creative nonfiction, interviews, social justice concerns, spiritual insights for Ginosko Literary Journal. Editorial lead time 1-2 months; accept simultaneous
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.
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,
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
Gravel Literary Journal
Gravel Literary Journal is a new online literary journal created by University of Arkansas-Monticello MFA students.
Green Briar Review
Green Briar Review accepts nonfiction and fiction in a variety of forms, as well as poetry. Please submit only one piece of fiction and/or nonfiction at a time, and no more than three poems. We publish on a rolling basis as work comes in.
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
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.
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
Heavy Feather Review
Heavy Feather Review is an independent, biannual online journal dedicated to publishing the finest in short fiction, poetry, short comics, creative nonfiction, original photography/art, or any hybrid thereof. The HFR homepage sees updates on a rolling basis. These updates may include but are certainly not limited to: essays, guest posts, book reviews. Please review our guidelines before submitting. Questions? Insults? Publicity? Compliments? Email the editors at heavyfeatherreview@gmail.com.
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.
High Desert Journal
High Desert Journal is a literary and visual art magazine dedicated to further understanding the people, places and issues of the interior West. Its pages help define this region in literary
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.
Howl
Howl, founded in 2013, is an online literary arts magazine run and operated by dedicated, passionate, and talented students of Deltona High School
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
Ithaca Lit: Lit with Art
IthacaLit is a quarterly online publication of poetry and visual art. Founded by Michele Lesko after she moved to Ithaca, New York. The journal is meant to represent Ithaca, home to Cornell University & Ithaca College as well as the mythical Ithaca and the journey we celebrate in finding a place in ourselves that represents home. We ask that you wander through our site & land where you feel at home then use that place to connect your work first to us & next to our readers. We publish work that brings readers home. We are searching not for distance but for connection through a clear and forthright voice & vision.
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
Journal of Compressed Creative Arts (Matter Press)
Matter Press is a community-based, non-profit 501(c)(3) literary press that publishes an online literary journal (The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts), manages a compressed prose and poetry chapbook contest, and supports a regular reading series. Matter Press offers internships to Rosemont College MFA in Creative Writing & M.A. in Publishing alums and degree-candidates as submission readers, literary editors, and publication designers. Matter Press focuses on supporting emerging and established authors working with condensed forms of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and visual arts.
Left Hand Waving
The editors of the literary e-zine LEFT HAND WAVING are happy to announce a radical change in their submission guidelines. From now until further notice, we will be accepting poems and creative nonfiction dealing with the hard times, economic and political, that many in the United States and elsewhere are enduring. We see this as our small contribution to the Occupy Wall Street movement. We call it Occupy Poetry (and Other Writing). Submissions must be made through the portal to Submishmash found on our Web site, https://sites.google.com/site/lefthandwaving. Submissions received in any other manner or format will be discarded. Poems should be no more than 20 lines and creative nonfiction no more than 500 words. The editors hope to be surprised by your writing. They place a premium on freshness of language and perspective. They have little patience for the pedantic, dogmatic, or sophomoric. Submissions open Nov. 1, 2011, and continue through Dec. 1 We look forward to reading your work. Really.
LEGOMENON: What is the Meaning?
LEGOMENON focuses primarily on literary analysis; original articles analyzing the meaning of art
Literary Yard
The Literary Yard invites stories, articles on literature, literary criticism, opinion articles on literature
Literati Magazine
Literati Magazine is a literary magazine catering to the young urban reader. We publish short stories, poems, online novels, commentary, editorials, book reviews, music original drawings and original photography. Our target audience is young writers/artist between the ages of 16 to 40.
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
Loveliest Magazine
Loveliest: A Journal for Storytelling & Togetherness is a cross-genre magazine of literary and slow-lifestyle.
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
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 […]
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?
Metamorphose
Metamophose is interested in finding new, unpublished voices in the fantasy/sci-fi genres. Visit the website for additional details.
Michigan Quarterly Review
MQR is an eclectic, interdisciplinary journal of arts and culture that seeks to combine the best of poetry,
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,
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.
Mojo
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
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
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
n+1
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.
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
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
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
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.
New Millennium Writings
New Millennium Writings is an award-winning literary journal founded in 1996 in Knoxville., TN, by prize-winning journalist Don Williams.
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
Newtown Literary
Newtown Literary is a new semi-annual literary journal published in electronic and paper formats. We look for fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, and poetry that go beyond entertainment and storytelling. The pieces we include for publication have struck us on a deep level. Pieces that juxtapose humor with grief, tell untold love stories, and replace clich? with innovation are examples of works that will find a home in Newtown Literary.
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
Oxford American
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
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.
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 […]
Panel
Panel Magazine reflects contemporary literature that is being produced in Central and Eastern Europe, and is written in English or translated into English.
Paper Nautilus
Much like the delicate shells left behind by octopuses of the same name, Paper Nautilus strives to combine perfection and vulnerability.
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.
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.
Pigeon Town
Pigeon Town is an online magazine that features articles, reviews, rants and *other non-fiction by writers across the globe. Tell it like it is. Nothing is off-topic. For information on how
Pilcrow & Dagger
The Pilcrow & Dagger Literary Journal features original and creative short stories, essays, and poetry from writers from all walks-of-life.
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.
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 […]
Poecology
Poecology is a new literary e-journal for poetry, fiction and nonfiction about ecology, place, and the environment. In an age of increasing disconnection from the physical world and the myriad communities of people, plants, animals and topographies, Poecology seeks to revitalize interconnectedness. The writing published here will meditate on ecological and place-based themes from various perspectives and aesthetics, pushing boundaries and experimenting whenever possible. Poecology publishes emerging and established writers from around the world. Each fall we will hold literary readings in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, where the journal is based. Please visit www.poecology.org for more information.
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
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
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
Red Fez Publications
Preferably Non-Fiction, but we also accept comics, graphics, audio, poetry, fiction, reviews and… Did we mention non fiction yet?
Redzine
REDzine is the first, and only, multicultural literature and art magazine of its kind at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is a nationally accredited, and distributed, journal in which works of art live harmoniously on the page with prose, poetry and featured interviews.
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,
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
RipRap Journal
Welcome to RipRap, a literary journal designed and produced annually by students in the Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing program at California State University Long Beach (CSULB).
River Poets Journal
River Poets Journal Accepts: New and Established Writers Poetry – 3 to 6 poems Short Stories – under 5,000 words Flash Fiction
Rowayat
Rowayat is a literary journal emerging from Egypt. We feature writers living in Egypt, or have lived in Egypt in the past.
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
Sassafras Literary Magazine
Sassafras Literary Magazine is that one peculiar friend. This littlest litmag in the world
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
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
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.
Shadows Express
Illuminating undiscovered voices, Shadows Express is dedicated to presenting emerging writers to discerning readers. We strive to bring quality to the reader: fiction both engaging and entertaining; poetry that speaks to the heart; and helpful, inspiring non-fiction.
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.
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
Six Hens
Six Hens is a quarterly literary journal featuring true stories about the moments that define and redefine.
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.
Slightly Foxed
In case you haven’t come across it, Slightly Foxed is a rather different kind of book review ? more like a bookish friend, really, than a literary periodical. Companionable and unstuffy, each
Slings & Arrows
Slings & Arrows is a magazine dedicated to cultural criticism. We’re interested in dismantling your world-view, and not necessarily putting it back together.
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.
Snapping Twig
Snapping Twig – An Art & Lit Magazine publishing emerging and established writers & artists [for the Thrive ART Creative]:
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
Southern California Review
Southern California Review is the student-run literary journal of the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. We have been publishing fiction and poetry since 1982 and now also accept submissions of creative nonfiction, short dramatic forms, and artwork/photography. Printed annually with original cover artwork, every issue contains exciting work by both emerging and established authors. For more information, please visit us at http://www.usc.edu/scr.
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.
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.
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
Spoke Journal
Spoke is a literary, art, and audio publication cultivating an outlet for original and finely crafted ideas. Art originates in process, the interaction between ideas and environment. What is this environment, this place? What is its art, its identity?
Squalorly
Squalorly is not your average literary journal. We do not seek scholarly imaginings, or retellings of stories not able to turn heads or change lives. We do not seek stories that don’t threaten
Steel Toe Review
STR has been around for about a year and a half. We publish an issue online about every other month. We recently printed an anthology featuring the best pieces from our first year online,
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
STRIKE Magazine
STRIKE Magazine is a completely independent, community supported, working class political art and culture magazine in South Texas.
Studies Weekly/American Legacy Publishing
While Studies Weekly has grown and changed, the principles that guided Paul Thompson in the creation of the first Studies Weekly publication still guide us today. American Legacy Publishing, owned and operated by Paul’s daughter and son-in-law, now produces each Studies Weekly publication with the same care and attention that has always characterized the Studies Weekly family of periodicals. At American Legacy Publishing, we know how dedicated teachers and administrators are to the education of America’s kids. Trust us to be just as dedicated as you are, and know that we pledge to continue to make Studies Weekly the comprehensive social studies and science solution for your classroom.
Surrealist Star Clustered Illuminations
Surrealist Star Clustered Illuminations. An online literary magazine featuring contemporary Surrealist Fiction / Poetry / Art
Swamp Biscuits & Tea
Swamp Biscuits and Tea is a quarterly journal of highly imaginative short fiction. Though magic realism is our primary focus, our journal strives to coalesce an interesting variety of styles
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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 […]
The Bad Version
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,
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.
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
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
The Broken Cassette
The Broken Cassette is an independent quarterly literary online magazine. It is currently based in New Delhi
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.
The Citron Review
The Citron Review is an online literary journal created and edited by alumni of the esteemed Antioch University Los Angeles M.F.A. Program. We seek submissions of resonant beauty in the form of micro-fiction, flash fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Electronic submissions only via our submissions manager: thecitronreview.submishmash.com/submit. You can also see full guidelines on our website. Please stop by: thecitronreview.wordpress.com.
The Columbia Review
The Columbia Review is the oldest college literary magazine in the nation, publishing its first issue in 1815.
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,
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
The Cumberland River Review
The Cumberland River Review is a quarterly online publication of new poetry, fiction, essays, and art. The journal is produced by the department of English at Trevecca Nazarene University, in Nashville, Tennessee, and welcomes submissions from both national and international writers and artists.
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
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
The Four Cornered Universe
The Four Cornered Universe is an online journal which is dedicated to publishing high-quality fiction, poetry, and nonfiction essays. We publish 2-5 new pieces on Mondays. Submissions are considered on a rolling basis, and you should expect to hear back from us within a month. We accept previously unpublished authors as well as established ones. At this time, we do not provide financial compensation for accepted pieces. We simply provide authors with a place to showcase their talents and promote their writing.