Growing List of Nonfiction Literary Magazines

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.

Nonfiction Magazines

 

We very much hope you find a place to publish your work. Good luck.

Glassworks Magazine

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Glassworks Magazine

  • Website: glassworksmagazine.com
  • Print magazine: Yes
  • Size: University-affiliated literary journal
  • Location: Glassboro, NJ, US
  • Submissions: Accepts artwork, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, flash, and hybrid forms. Seeks "work with insight, depth, and emotion" that employs "deliberate craft of creation and format." Especially seeks to promote work by authors from marginalized communities.
  • Other information: A publication of Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing program. Named after Glassboro's founding as "Glass Works in the Woods" in 1779. Graduate students serve as editors under faculty guidance. Provides free online access to all issues while also producing print issues with full color artwork.
  • Genres: Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Flash
  • Publication frequency: Bi-annual print issues, monthly online flash features
  • Payment: One print contributor copy
  • Founded: Not specified
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Good Company Lit

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Good Company Lit
  • Website: https://www.goodcompanylit.com
  • Print magazine: No (online publication with regular updates)
  • Submissions: Accepts short stories in any market genre, poetry, and nonfiction. Seeks well-written, immersive, and meaningful content that is suitable for Muslim consumption but enjoyable for all readers. Looking for fiction that helps readers explore life’s challenges and triumphs, poetry that captures moments with emotional depth, and nonfiction that fosters human connection through shared experiences. Submissions should reflect the magazine’s mission to offer content that is halal by default, without sacrificing artistic depth. Upcoming themed issue on authenticity will be published in December 2025, with submissions opening in September. Does not accept previously published work. Simultaneous submissions are welcome. Submissions are accepted year-round through their website.
  • Other information: Family-friendly literary magazine aiming to provide a thoughtful and engaging alternative in the literary landscape. No payment offered. Response time is approximately one month.
  • Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
  • Publication frequency: Website is regularly updated; themed issues published periodically
  • Founded: 2021
  • Editors: Mouna Kacem
Contact: Submissions via submission page Email: contact@goodcompanylit.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodCompanyLit/
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Grain

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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
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Ithaca Lit: Lit with Art

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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.
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James Dickey Review

James Dickey Review

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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
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Journal of Compressed Creative Arts (Matter Press)

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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.
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Lilomul

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Lilomul
  • Website: https://lilomuljournal.wixsite.com/home
  • Print magazine: No (online publication with monthly updates)
  • Submissions: Seeks experimental poetry, lyric essays, fragmented fiction, diaristic work, photo essays, and hybrid forms. Prioritizes work addressing transformation, decay, displacement, intimacy, silence, and rebirth. Especially welcomes voices from marginalized communities—queer, trans, neurodivergent, disabled, working-class creators and survivors of abuse. Looking for emotionally urgent work that resists traditional categorization. 
  • Other information: Literary and art journal founded on principles of radical softness and created for those who feel disjointed from traditional literary spaces. No payment offered. Response time is approximately 14 days.
  • Genres: Experimental Poetry, Lyric Essays, Fragmented Fiction, Photo Essays, Hybrid Forms
  • Publication frequency: Website is updated monthly; themed issues published periodically
  • Founded: 2025
  • Editors: Tendai Nombulelo Mushaike
  • Contact: lilomuljournal@gmail.com
Social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576334217977
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Mississippi Review

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

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

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

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Painted Bride Quarterly, established in Philadelphia in 1973, is one of the country’s longest running literary magazines. PBQ is a community-based, independent, non-profit literary magazine published quarterly online and annually in print, making it accessible to a broad and diverse audience.
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Pithead Chapel

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Pithead Chapel is a small, independent and volunteer-run journal out of Michigan?s Upper Peninsula. At present, we?re only a monthly electronic journal; however, that could change over time to include printed issues.
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Ploughshares

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Ploughshares has published quality literature since 1971. Our award-winning literary journal is published four times a year; our lively literary blog publishes new writing daily. Since 1989, we have been based at Emerson College in downtown Boston
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