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Inklette Magazine

Posted on April 19, 2023April 25, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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The Pinch

Posted on April 19, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
The Pinch is a journal of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art committed to presenting its readers with exciting works from both new and established writers. Founded in 1980,
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Clementine (Unbound)

Posted on April 19, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Clementine (Unbound) publishes a small selection of poetry each month online. Print copies can be viewed or purchased from Issuu.com.
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Modern Literature

Posted on April 19, 2023April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
Modern Literature (www.modernliterature.org) is an online literary journal that has an ambitious aim of blooming into an international literary hub for established, emerging and new literary talent.
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Timber Journal

Posted on April 19, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Timber is run by students in the Masters of Fine Arts program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. We publish work online as well as in an annual print anthology.
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Fiction International

Fiction International

Posted on April 19, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Creative Nonfiction

Posted on April 19, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
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.
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Elegant Literature

Posted on April 19, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Elegant Literature is a short fiction magazine and contest exclusive to new writers. We pay professional rates and help unpublished writers get their work into the world. We believe in helping aspiring writers break into the competitive fiction industry.
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Carve Magazine (11th)

Posted on April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
Est. in 2000, Carve magazine, named in honor of Raymond Carver, is a literary magazine publishing new short stories every quarter. Our stories are free to read online
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Empty Mirror

Empty Mirror

Posted on April 19, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
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.
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Antioch Review

Antioch Review

Posted on April 19, 2023April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
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.
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Compose: A Journal of Simply Good Writing

Posted on April 18, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Compose: A Journal of Simply Good Writing is a biannual, online publication that features work by both established and emerging writers
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Cease, Cows

Posted on April 18, 2023April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
At Cease, Cows we want to explore the contemporary, the strange, the big questions. We want to feel cultural pulses, expose mental arteries, bathe in both the sanguine and sanguinary. We want to publish prose and poems with fire and truth. Humans may be animals,
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Broad River Review

Posted on April 18, 2023April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
The Broad River Review is published every spring by the Department of English Language and Literature at Gardner-Webb University.
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Vallum: Contemporary Poetry

Posted on April 18, 2023April 23, 2023 by Every Writer
Founded in 2000 and based in Montreal, Vallum magazine is published biannually. Valllum provides a forum for emerging artists to interact with more established figures while giving them exposure and the confidence
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Clockhouse

CLOCKHOUSE

Posted on April 18, 2023April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
Clockhouse accepts works of poetry, fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, and dramatic works for stage or screen. We encourage submissions from both
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Exposition Review

Posted on April 18, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Exposition Review is an annual, independent literary journal dedicated to publishing narratives by new, emerging, and established writers in multiple genres and forms.
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CONSEQUENCE magazine

Posted on April 18, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Coffin Bell

Posted on April 18, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Coffin Bell is a quarterly online journal of dark literature seeking poetry, flash fiction, short stories, and creative nonfiction exploring dark themes.
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The Southeast Review

Posted on April 18, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
The Southeast Review, established in 1979 as Sundog, is a national literary magazine housed in the English department at Florida State University and is edited and managed by its graduate students and a faculty consulting editor.
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brainchild

Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers

Posted on April 18, 2023December 12, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Boston Accent Lit

Posted on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Based in Boston, MA and founded in February 2016 by Sarah A. O'Brien, Boston Accent Lit aims to showcase work that is daring and innovative, as well as providing a platform for underrepresented
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James Dickey Review

James Dickey Review

Posted on April 18, 2023April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
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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drafthorse

Posted on April 18, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
drafthorse is a biannual online publication of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual narrative, and other media art where work, occupation, labor?or lack of the same?is in some way
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Cowboy Jamboree

Posted on April 17, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
We like old westerns. Hank Williams is one of our favorite writers. Used boots are better than new boots. At Cowboy Jamboree we promote
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Blackbird

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Poetry: send up to six poems at a time. Single-space, please; set your poem as you want it to appear on the printed page.
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Blue Mesa Review

Posted on April 17, 2023April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
Blue Mesa Review is a literary magazine published online bi-annually. It is associated with the University of New Mexico.
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Creation and Criticism

Posted on April 17, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Avalon Literary Review

Posted on April 17, 2023December 12, 2023 by Every Writer
The Avalon Literary Review welcomes work from both published and unpublished writers and poets. We accept submissions of poetry, short fiction and personal essays. The author's voice and point of view should be unique and clear. We seek pieces which spring from the author's life and experiences. Submissions which explore both the sweet and bitter of life, with a touch of humor, are a good fit for our Review. While we appreciate the genres of fantasy, science fiction and horror, our magazine is not the forum for such work.
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After Hours

After Hours

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
After Hours is a semi-annual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, art, and photography from Chicago
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BLACKBERRY: a magazine

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Bookforum Magazine

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Since 1994, Bookforum has showcased daring writing about the important ideas of our time, with incisive essays on politics, pop culture, fiction, and the arts.
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Bennington Review

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Bennington Review is a national biannual print journal of innovative, intelligent, and moving poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and film writing, housed at Bennington College.
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Blotterature

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Blotterature is a brand new journal founded by four writers from Northwest Indiana. We accept a wide variety of prose, poetry, and artwork.
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ARDOR Literary Magazine

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
ARDOR Literary Magazine was founded in September 2012 as a non-profit electronic literary magazine. It is published online three times annually (January, May, September). ARDOR accepts fiction, nonfiction, short-short and poetry submissions through its online submission manager and is committed to paying every writer published in ARDOR Literary Magazine.
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B O D Y

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
B O D Y is an international online literary journal. We publish the highest quality poetry and prose from emerging and established writers, both original work and translations.
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Berkeley Fiction Review

Posted on April 17, 2023April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
Berkeley Fiction Review is an literary journal founded in 1981 and based at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Bayou Magazine

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Bayou Magazine is a biannual literary magazine with national circulation published by the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans. Each issue contains short fiction, non-fiction and poetry
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Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
8.5 x 5.5 perfectbound, color-cover, semi-annual publication that explores multidisciplinary issues and events concerning the 10-state area that borders the Mississippi River, from the United States/Canadian
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Angie’s DIARY | Online Writing Magazine

Posted on April 17, 2023April 19, 2023 by Every Writer
Angie?s DIARY is a contemporary, online magazine and community for writers, readers and editors. Free Submission of stories, essays, articles, poems and excerpts. Massive exposure
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Big Fiction

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Big Fiction celebrates the soul of the long story: generous, transportive, and a little wild. We're an independent journal publishing ambitious and delicious fiction twice a year, in hand-designed letterpress issues.
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Black Warrior Review

Black Warrior Review

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Since 1974, Black Warrior Review has published the freshest voices in literature, from established and emerging talents alike. Each issue presents high quality poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including a chapbook by a nationally recognized poet.
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Black Scat Review

Posted on April 16, 2023April 18, 2023 by Norman Conquest
Black Scat Review, a magazine of sublime art & literature, is published irregularly and features innovative fiction, art, erotica, photography, interviews, and excerpts from forthcoming Black Scat Books.
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Blue Collar Review

Posted on April 16, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
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.
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Apple Valley Review

Posted on April 16, 2023March 9, 2024 by Every Writer
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.
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Beloit Fiction Journal

Posted on April 16, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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American Chordata

Posted on April 16, 2023April 17, 2023 by Every Writer
American Chordata is a biannual magazine of bright voices in fiction, nonfiction essay, and poetry, as well as art and photography.
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Brick, A Literary Journal

Posted on April 16, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
Brick is an international literary magazine based in Toronto, Canada, and edited by Michael Ondaatje, Michael Redhill, Linda Spalding, Michael Helm, Rebecca Silver Slayter, and Esta Spalding.
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atlength

At Length

Posted on April 16, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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EX/POST MAGAZINE

Posted on April 16, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
We are a nonprofit literary and arts magazine dedicated to the frontier of experimentation. Here at EX/POST, we aren't interested in reactive action so much as perceptive thought
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