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Blue Monday Review Defunct

Posted on June 19, 2015January 25, 2023 by Every Writer
Blue Monday Review strives to publish prose, poetry, and visual art that celebrates the literary genius of the late Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut was a man who knew how
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Semaphore Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on June 16, 2015May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
Semaphore Magazine publishes poetry and short fiction. We post work online twice weekly and produce two print editions each year
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Metamorphose (Defunct)

Posted on June 14, 2015April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Metamophose is interested in finding new, unpublished voices in the fantasy/sci-fi genres. Visit the website for additional details.
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Minetta Review (Defunct)

Posted on June 11, 2015April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
The Minetta Review is the oldest surviving literary and arts publication at New York University and is completely
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The Critical Pass Review Defunct

Posted on May 31, 2015January 25, 2023 by Every Writer
The Critical Pass Review is a semi-annual literary journal that was founded to bring exemplary fiction, poetry, and visual artwork to a broader group of readers
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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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Beorh Weekly (defunct)

Posted on May 19, 2015April 18, 2023 by richard
Beorh Weekly publishes literature of the weird, odd, uncanny, strange, macabre, grotesque, and fantastic. Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Prose Poetry is considered.
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Hieronimo’s (Defunct)

Posted on May 7, 2015April 24, 2023 by Every Writer
Hieronimo's is a new horror magazine. We specialize in weird fiction. We want to make a home for literature of the uncanny.
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Clementine Poetry Journal (Defunct)

Posted on April 27, 2015April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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TWJ Magazine

Posted on April 20, 2015April 29, 2019 by Every Writer
TWJ Magazine is an online publication that focuses on promoting wholesome entertainment and healthy living for readers of all ages.
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The Reject Pile

Posted on April 18, 2015April 27, 2015 by Every Writer
Have you had a humor piece rejected by McSweeney's, The New Yorker et al.? For every piece big humor sites publish, many are rejected
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Vending Machine Press

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

Posted on April 6, 2015May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
Red Truck Review is an online journal that features poets, fiction authors, academics, publishers/editors, artists,
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Politoons

Posted on March 30, 2015October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
Politoons is a UK based ezine with the latest contemporary satire, flash writing and visual comedy from MacD, illustrator of the absurd.
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Unbroken

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Every Writer
At Unbroken, we love poetic prose and the prose poem. Because a haibun is a prose poem with a haiku at the end, we also love the haibun.
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Armchair/Shotgun (defunct)

Posted on March 23, 2015April 17, 2023 by Every Writer
At Armchair/Shotgun, we do not care about your bio. We read all submissions anonymously, and conceal even
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Badlands Literary Journal (Defunct)

Posted on March 22, 2015April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Badlands is the official publication of the Creative Writing Program of the California State University Palm Desert Campus. Our journal aims
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shady doors (Defunct)

Posted on March 18, 2015May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
The shady doors is a new journal that publishes unusual, offbeat stories from every genre. We are based in Lowell
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Mothers Always Write (Defunct)

Posted on March 11, 2015April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Mothers Always Write is a new online literary magazine for mothers by mother writers. As mother writers, we know there are endless numbers of mother writers
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Trainless Magazine

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

Posted on February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 by Every Writer
Trafika Europe showcases current fiction and poetry in English and English translation from across the 47 Council of Europe countries
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Snapping Twig (Defunct)

Posted on February 15, 2015May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
Snapping Twig - An Art & Lit Magazine publishing emerging and established writers & artists [for the Thrive ART Creative]:
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Bleeding Lion: A Journal of Contemporary Arts & Letters

Posted on February 7, 2015December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Loveliest Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on January 31, 2015April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Loveliest: A Journal for Storytelling & Togetherness is a cross-genre magazine of literary and slow-lifestyle.
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Thought Notebook

Posted on January 26, 2015January 27, 2015 by Every Writer
Thought Collection Publishing has developed Thought Notebook, a bi-annual Literary & Visual Art Journal, providing a global platform of thought for emerging and known literary and visual artists.
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WitchWorks (Not publishing)

Posted on January 24, 2015April 29, 2019 by Every Writer
WitchWorks is a pulp horror magazine fashioned after the style of pulp magazines and horror comics that were popular during the 1940s and 1950s. We don't specialize in high class literary horror
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Coldnoon: Travel Poetics (Defunct)

Posted on January 17, 2015April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Edited byArup K Chatterjee, Coldnoon: Travel Poetics, International Journal of Travel Writing (CTPIJTW) is a refereed, international and interdisciplinary
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Phree Write Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on December 11, 2014May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Phree Write Magazine features writing that is daring, unique, relatable and, most importantly, understood by its readers.
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One Sentence Poems

Posted on December 7, 2014December 6, 2017 by Every Writer
As you might guess, we publish poems consisting of a single sentence. We publish a poem on this website a few weeks after it is accepted. At present, we publish one poem at a time, every other day
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Literal Latte (Defunct)

Posted on November 30, 2014April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Since 1994, Literal Latte has been brewing up mind stimulating stories, poems and essays. Get addicted....
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Support this Project

Posted on November 24, 2014April 23, 2023 by Every Writer
We need projects like this for the next generation of readers. There isn’t enough support out there, and we all know as writers how it is to come to writing for the first time. We know the amazing impact it can have on our lives.
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FishFood Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on November 23, 2014April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
FishFood Magazine is an independent, themed, free-spirited literary and creative arts magazine dedicated to all forms of creative expression and talent.
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Tipsy Lit

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

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Every Writer
The Tishman Review is an online quarterly literary journal devoted to publishing great poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. We pay our contributors between 10$ and 75$. A small fee, but with continued support and growth we hope to increase annually
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The Penumbra Review Defunct

Posted on November 9, 2014January 25, 2023 by Every Writer
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 --
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NEAT Defunct

Posted on October 26, 2014April 30, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Hypnos Defunct

Posted on October 26, 2014January 25, 2023 by Every Writer
Founded in 2012 and published twice a year, Hypnos is now seeking submissions for its sixth issue (to be published on October 31, 2014). We seek to promote weird fiction and the related genres of horror
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Ink Dot (Defunct)

Posted on October 13, 2014April 25, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Toasted Cheese

Posted on October 10, 2014January 25, 2023 by Every Writer
Toasted Cheese publishes poetry, flash, fiction, creative nonfiction, and reviews. Our focus is on quality of work, therefore the number of pieces published in each issue
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Five2One Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on October 5, 2014April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Dedicated to those with creative minds. Our mission is to have a place for the freaks, the weirdos,strange folk and otherwise free thinkers to have a home.
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Carbon Culture Review (Defunct)

Posted on October 4, 2014April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Slogan Slingers

Posted on October 1, 2014May 5, 2024 by Every Writer
We are actually a site where writers can submit slogans. There is no charge for writers to participate. Businesses come to our site and start slogan competitions to get a new slogan or tagline.
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Pilcrow & Dagger DEFUNCT

Posted on September 28, 2014May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
The Pilcrow & Dagger Literary Journal features original and creative short stories, essays, and poetry from writers from all walks-of-life.
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Painted Cave Defunct

Posted on September 21, 2014January 25, 2023 by Every Writer
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 t
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The Screech Owl

Posted on September 18, 2014October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
We are the voice of Lilith, a site and magazine devoted to the best contemporary poetry, prose, short stories and articles.
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The Rag

Posted on September 15, 2014August 11, 2017 by Seth Porter
The Rag is an electronic literary magazine that focuses on grittier forms of contemporary short fiction. We publish in ePub, Kindle, and PDF formats, aiming for the e-reader/tablet market.
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Big Pond Rumours, The Literary E-Zine (Defunct)

Posted on September 15, 2014April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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[empath] Defunct

Posted on September 3, 2014May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
[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
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Far Off Places (Defunct)

Posted on August 30, 2014April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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