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The Crossroads Review

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Every Writer
Who We Are Welcome to The Crossroads Review! We are two high school students driven by a shared passion for art, writing,
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The Cumberland River Review

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Every Writer
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.
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The Curie Review

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Every Writer
The Curie Review is a literary magazine that is passionate about empowering the next generation of future leaders in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics).
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The Dawn Review

Posted on November 11, 2023 by Every Writer
The Dawn Review is a quarterly print and online literary magazine that celebrates diverse voices and perspectives.
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The Death Cross Monk

Posted on June 20, 2012October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
This is a multi-media art journal. We accept audio, visual, poetry, prose, and film submissions. Our first online issue features a range of established artists and also new and emerging artists. All ranges of artists are encouraged to apply.
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The Delmarva Review

Posted on February 19, 2016October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
The Delmarva Review is a literary review publishing short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and short reviews. The Review was originally founded to feature writing
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The Digital Americana Magazine

Posted on May 21, 2012June 27, 2014 by Every Writer
The original tablet literary magazine. The Digital Americana Magazine (DAM) launched as the first literary magazine made exclusively for tablets after having been accepted and made
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The Drum Literary Magazine

Posted on November 25, 2017November 26, 2017 by Every Writer
The Drum is a non-profit online magazine dedicated to literature in audio form. We publish short fiction and essays from emerging and established writers who value the power of writing out loud.
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The Ekphrastic Review

Posted on November 5, 2023December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
The Ekphrastic Review is an online journal devoted entirely to writing inspired by visual art. Our objective is to promote ekphrastic writing, promote art
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The Ellis Review

Posted on August 13, 2017November 22, 2017 by Every Writer
The Ellis Review was established as a platform through which emerging writers may have their voices magnified. Inspired by our namesake Ellis Island, we specialize in pulling forth gems from frigid ocean waters; once a week, every week
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The English Chicago Review

Posted on December 26, 2012June 28, 2014 by Every Writer
Founded in 2012, The English Chicago Review is a quarterly small-press poetry journal based in the north of England.
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the evermore review

Posted on April 30, 2023May 1, 2023 by Every Writer
the evermore review is seeking submissions for its first issue. This journal is the Editor-in-Chief's master's thesis, which she will defend in early December 2022. the evermore review is an online short fiction journal seeking submissions containing the essence of Taylor Swift's album "evermore."
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The Fat City Review

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Every Writer
The Fat City Review is an online magazine that publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and visual art.
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The Fiction Desk

Posted on July 31, 2012January 25, 2023 by Every Writer
Based in the UK, The Fiction Desk publishes a quarterly anthology of new short fiction from around the world.
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The FictionWeek Literary Review

Posted on August 1, 2017November 22, 2017 by Every Writer
The FictionWeek Literary Review is published online twice a year, spring! and fall by FictionWeek.com. We are now accepting submissions for the Spring 2010 Issue. The FictionWeek Literary Review is a venue for innovative fiction and poetry. We intend to primarily publish writing that breaks new ground by finding new ways to tell a story. Selections from novels will also be considered for publication, as will essays related to the art and craft of writing
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The FictionWeek Literary Review

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Every Writer
The FictionWeek Literary Review has been publishing fiction and poetry twice a year since 2009. We are looking for only the finest literature, and we publish only a few stories and poems each issue.
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The Found Poetry Review

Posted on April 3, 2021November 17, 2021 by Every Writer
The Found Poetry Review is a quarterly online poetry journal celebrating the poetry in the existing and the everyday. We publish found poetry, centos, erasure poems and other forms that incorporate elements of existing texts. We also publish photography that captures the visual poetry found in people and places.
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The Four Cornered Universe

Posted on July 13, 2011October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
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.
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The Future Fire

Posted on July 3, 2011January 28, 2023 by Every Writer
Online magazine of socio-political speculative fiction: Feminist SF; Queer SF; Eco SF.
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The Globe Review

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Every Writer
This literary journal strives to create an accepting and diverse community of writers based on the core values of tolerance and creativity.
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The Golden Triangle

Posted on March 14, 2012October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
The Golden Triangle publishes fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. At The Golden Triangle we are attempting to keep the writing life alive in a world that is severely lacking. You can expect to find fresh, risk-taking, original poetry, fiction, and non-fiction coupled with intelligent design.
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The Haiku Shack Magazine

Posted on April 28, 2025April 28, 2025 by Every Writer

The Haiku Shack Magazine

  • Website: https://creativeramblings.com/haiku-shack-magazine/
  • Print magazine: No (digital publication only)
  • Size: New publication
  • Location: Not specified
  • Submissions: Accepts poetry (all forms) and short stories (all genres) with a maximum of 100 words. Looking for meaningful and impactful work that shows instead of telling. Preference given to haiku, tanka, and their featured form "Flashku." No simultaneous submissions.
  • Other information: Each issue is inspired by a specific theme and photograph. Open to writers at least 17 years of age, including emerging authors and never-published writers. Accepts submissions until 40 accepted pieces are reached for each issue.
  • Genres: Poetry, Microfiction, Haiku, Tanka, Flash Fiction
  • Publication frequency: Not specified (brand new publication)
  • Payment: No payment offered at this time
  • Founded: 2025
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The Healing Muse

Posted on March 1, 2015February 28, 2015 by Every Writer
The Healing Muse is the annual journal of literary and visual art published by SUNY Upstate Medical University's Center for Bioethics & Humanities
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The Hour of Lead

Posted on September 22, 2013October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
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
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The Hunger

Posted on September 14, 2017November 21, 2017 by Every Writer
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.
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The Hungry Chimera

Posted on May 1, 2017November 22, 2017 by Every Writer
The Hungry Chimera is a quarterly literary magazine devoted to short fiction, poetry, and visual art. Our focus is depth and quality. We publish authors and artists with varying levels of experience and hope to both promote
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The Ibis Head Review

Posted on August 2, 2016October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
The Ibis Head Review is a quarterly literary webzine. The publication is dedicated to the idea that poetry is a necessary aspect of the human experience & it should be appreciated by people of all backgrounds
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The Ideate Review

Posted on September 5, 2018January 25, 2023 by Every Writer
Founded by writer Jimin Lee in the winter of 2017 during her sophomore year, The Ideate Review is a literary magazine that accepts works by emerging writers and artists above the age of 14 from across the globe.
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The Incandescent Review

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Every Writer
The Incandescent Review is a non-profit, teen-run literary magazine with a team hailing from around the globe: from New Delhi to Shanghai, from Nairobi to San Francisco.
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The Indianola Review

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Every Writer
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.
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The Inflectionist

Posted on October 22, 2013October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
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
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The Inflectionist Review

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Every Writer
The Inflectionist Review is a small press publishing stark and distinctive contemporary poetry that fosters dialog between the reader and writer, between words and their meanings, between ambiguity and concept.
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The Intentional

Posted on May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 by richard
The Intentional is a print literary and culture magazine that supports emerging writers and prizes approachability. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry,
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The Iowa Review

The Iowa Review

Posted on August 22, 2017November 22, 2017 by Every Writer
The Iowa Review is an American literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews. The magazine--currently in its 42nd year--is published in April, August, and December
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The Kleksograph

Posted on January 9, 2023 by Every Writer
An international Review of arts and the subconscious. Surely every work of art is informed by the subconscious? True, but most artists would contend that their work is mainly the result of conscious, rational decisions
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The Lake

Posted on November 18, 2023November 18, 2023 by Every Writer
"All of writing is a huge lake. There are great rivers that feed the lake, like Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky. And then there are mere trickles, like Jean Rhys.
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The Lark

Posted on October 29, 2017January 25, 2023 by Every Writer
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,
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The Literary Bohemian

The Literary Bohemian

Posted on October 31, 2017November 21, 2017 by Every Writer
The Literary Bohemian , the hippest online destination for travel-inspired poetry, ?postcard? prose and snappy reviews. Updated with (almost) monthly issues, the site is bursting with intriguing content and boasts design to die for with retro luggage labels, compasses and yellowing
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The Literary Yard

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Every Writer
The Literary Yard invites stories, articles on literature, literary criticism, opinion articles on literature and literary trends and much more. Send your best write-ups in a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file. If you?re sending poems,
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The London Magazine

Posted on January 19, 2013August 3, 2018 by Every Writer
The London Magazine is England?s oldest literary periodical, with a history stretching back to 1732.
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The Longbox Project

Posted on April 19, 2013May 12, 2013 by richard
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.
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The Los Angeles Review of Los Angeles

Posted on October 10, 2012July 30, 2013 by Every Writer
We know we're rude. We know we're immature. Hey, it's 2012, folks! We live in Los Angeles! Fuck. See, some nice Midwesterners still don't quite know what that means. The Republic died
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The Los Angeles River Review

Posted on April 25, 2012October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
The Los Angeles River Review is a new and independent poetry journal based in Hollywood, CA. Publishing semiannually in print, the review aims to bring forward-thinking and refined poetry to readers throughout the United States.
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The Lune Quarterly

Posted on April 25, 2017August 2, 2018 by Every Writer
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
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The Madison Review

Posted on May 3, 2014August 19, 2018 by Every Writer
The Madison Review is a literary arts journal published through the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founded in the early 1970s by students from the university’s creative writing program,
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The Maine Review

Posted on January 8, 2017January 10, 2017 by Every Writer
The Maine Review is a quarterly literary magazine publishing short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and essays. The Review runs contests each year
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The Malahat Review

The Malahat Review

Posted on August 22, 2017April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
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.
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The Manila Envelope

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Every Writer
At The Manila Envelope, we are proud to support creative work of the art and writing community and are committed to publishing great work that shows the promise of gifted, emerging writers and artists.
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The Matador Review

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Every Writer
The Matador Review is an online literature and art quarterly based in Chicago, Illinois.
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The Metric

Posted on May 16, 2013October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
The METRIC is an online literary publishing project. We aim to promote literary interestingness on the web at a grassroots level. METRIC?s origins are sprung from smaller e-zines.
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