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RipRap Journal

Posted on May 4, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
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).
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Psychopomp Magazine

Posted on May 3, 2023May 4, 2023 by Every Writer
The Psychopomp Magazine staff is committed to publishing original fiction that dares to redefine traditional storytelling and genre borders. While we like stories
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Radar Poetry

Posted on May 3, 2023May 4, 2023 by Every Writer
Radar Poetry is an electronic journal published quarterly in January, April, July, and October. We publish poems from both established and emerging writers and welcome international submissions.
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Rowayat

Posted on May 3, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
Rowayat is a literary journal emerging from Egypt. We feature writers living in Egypt, or have lived in Egypt in the past.
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Oxford American

Posted on May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Otis Nebula

Posted on May 2, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Otis Nebula is a digital literary magazine currently in its tenth year. It publishes incandescent, substantial work that operates on its own terms. The focus is on poetry, though the editors are always on the lookout for brazen short fiction, crispy creative non-fiction, rocking reviews
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Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art

Posted on May 2, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
Published by the students of the MFA Creative Writing Program at the University of South Florida, Saw Palm captures the unique experience of Florida life
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Pithead Chapel

Posted on May 2, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
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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SORTES

Posted on May 2, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
SORTES is a spinning collection of stories, poems, songs, and illustrations to help while away the wintery June nights. It’s an oddball grabbag wunderkammer mixtape offering distraction a
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Prism Review

Posted on May 2, 2023May 4, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Slightly Foxed

Posted on May 2, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Papercuts

Posted on May 2, 2023December 16, 2023 by Omer Wahaj
Papercuts is the bi-annual literary magazine of Desi Writers Lounge – an online workshop for writers of South Asian
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Please See Me

Posted on May 2, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Please See Me, an online literary journal dedicated to highlighting creative writing and artistic expression through photography and digital media by patients
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The Vestal Review

The Vestal Review

Posted on May 2, 2023May 9, 2023 by Every Writer
Vestal Review is the oldest magazine dedicated exclusively to flash fiction. It has been published continuously since March 2000. Vestal Review is a semi-annual perfect-bound print magazine
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Ruminate

Posted on May 2, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Silver Apples Magazine

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
Silver Apples Magazine is a new Irish e-zine founded by friends and long-time collaborators Alex Dunne and Gráinne O’Brien
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Segullah

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
"Segullah is a literary journal and blog designed to encourage literary and artistic talent, provoke thought and promote greater understanding and faith
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SoFloPoJo- South Florida Poertry Journal

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
We publish quarterly - poetry from all over the world- living in or writing about Florida is NOT a requirement. We want lyrical, mystical, magical, whimsical, finely crafted poems, pantoums and villanelles, prose-poems, "voices from the fierce, intangible world".
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Scarlet Leaf Review

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Popshot Magazine

Posted on May 1, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Popshot is an illustrated literary magazine that publishes short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from the literary new blood. The magazine is published bi-annually, releasing a new issue every April and October.
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Painted Bride Quarterly

Posted on May 1, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
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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So to Speak

So to Speak: a feminist journal of language and arts

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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SFL Style magazine

Posted on May 1, 2023May 5, 2023 by Every Writer
SFL Style Magazine is the lifestyle magazine for South Florida visitors as well as local growing population. We deliver the latest local trends in fashion, beauty, art, travel, real estate
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Pomegranate London

Posted on May 1, 2023May 4, 2023 by Every Writer
The Pomegranate London is a biannual printed art and literary magazine featuring short stories, poems and essays on artists. Founded in July 2020, The Pomegranate London seeks to publish and promote innovative, fresh and experimental new work from established and emerging writers and artists from the UK and internationally. The magazine may also
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ZYZZYVA

Posted on April 30, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
ZYZZYVA is a critically acclaimed print journal, introducing readers to new work from the best contemporary writers and artists since 1985. Based in San Francisco, we have established a vigorous tradition of finding and fostering new talent, in our backyard and beyond. For over thirty years ZYZZYVA
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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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New Millennium Writings

Posted on April 30, 2023April 30, 2023 by Every Writer
New Millennium Writings is an award-winning literary journal founded in 1996 in Knoxville., TN, by prize-winning journalist Don Williams.
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Polyphony H.S.

Posted on April 29, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
polyphony-11cover2Website http://www.polyphonyhs.com From the Editor We are an international student-run literary magazine for high school writers and editors. We have an editorial panel of some 150 high school students
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Posit

Posted on April 29, 2023May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Posit is an online journal which publishes four issues per year of poetry, prose, and visual art. We feature a dynamic, accomplished, sophisticated work that may be eclectic in style
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Narrative Magazine

Posted on April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Little Patuxent Review

Posted on April 28, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Gore Noir

Gore Noir Magazine

Posted on April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 by Every Writer
Gore Noir Magazine covers Horror art, horror models, tattoos, photography, special effects, celebrities, music, etc.
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October Hill Magazine

Posted on April 28, 2023May 1, 2023 by Every Writer
October Hill Magazine set sail on its maiden voyage as a non-profit magazine in the Spring of 2017 in New York City. The magazine grew out of the Literary Lights Writer’s Group,
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Michigan Quarterly Review

Posted on April 28, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
MQR is an eclectic, interdisciplinary journal of arts and culture that seeks to combine the best of poetry,
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n+1

Posted on April 28, 2023December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
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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Litbreak Magazine

Posted on April 28, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Litbreak is an online literary journal that is published by Jason Chambers and edited by Dennis Haritou. Our signature photography is by Jason Rice.
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Mud Season Review

Posted on April 27, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Mud Season Review is an international literary journal run by members of the Burlington Writers Workshop, a free writing workshop based in Vermont
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Grain

Posted on April 27, 2023April 28, 2023 by Every Writer
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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Ginosko Literary Journal

Posted on April 27, 2023April 28, 2023 by Every Writer
Accepting short fiction & poetry, creative nonfiction, interviews, social justice concerns, spiritual insights for Ginosko Literary Journal. Editorial lead time 1-2 months; accept simultaneous
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JuxtaProse Literary Magazine

Posted on April 27, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Founded in 2015, JuxtaProse is an Idaho-based literary magazine that publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography from around the world.
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Journal of Compressed Creative Arts (Matter Press)

Posted on April 27, 2023April 28, 2023 by Every Writer
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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Sky Island Journal

Sky Island Journal

Posted on April 27, 2023April 30, 2023 by Every Writer
Sky Island Journal is an independent, free-access, online literary journal with an international reach; we are dedicated to discovering, curating, and publishing the finest original poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. Your best writing deserves an
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Literary Heist

Posted on April 26, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Literary Heist is a quarterly magazine that wants to democratize the literary and art world. It is looking to showcase good work that comes from new and existing writers and artists.
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Gone Lawn

Posted on April 26, 2023April 28, 2023 by Every Writer
"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,
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Lifelines: Dartmouth Medical School Literary Journal

Posted on April 26, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Lifelines is a journal published by Darmouth Medical School and publishes original and unpublished short stories, non-fiction, poetry, and artwork for our 2011 issue. We are a literary and art
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James Gunn’s Ad Astra

Posted on April 26, 2023April 27, 2023 by Every Writer
The Center for the Study of Science Fiction (CSSF), in association with the University of Kansas, announces the launch of James Gunn's Ad Astra, an online resource for authors, scholars
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Literary Yard

Posted on April 26, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
The Literary Yard invites stories, articles on literature, literary criticism, opinion articles on literature
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Lines + Stars

Posted on April 25, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Lines + Stars began as a means of establishing a new creative forum in Washington, D.C., a city that all-too-often coasts solely on its more mechanistic pursuits. While many of our contributors hail from the D.C. area, we've also expanded our writer-base to include national and international voices.
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Indiana Review

Posted on April 24, 2023April 25, 2023 by Every Writer
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.
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high desert journal

High Desert Journal

Posted on April 23, 2023April 25, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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