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The Petigru Review

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Every Writer
The Petigru Review, an online literary journal sponsored by the South Carolina Writers Association, is open for submissions. We accept high quality and engaging fiction, nonfiction, poetry and flash, as well as craft essays and reviews for our website. We look forward to reading your work!
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Story

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Every Writer
Story is a tri-annual print publication devoted to the complex and diverse world of narrative with a focus on fiction and nonfiction. Formerly a publication of York College, Story has reorganized as a non-profit, independent arts organization based in Columbus, Ohio.
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Ornery Quarterly (Defunct)

Posted on March 3, 2020May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Ornery Quarterly began in the early twenty-tens in Chicago somewhere in-between the lake and a grocery store. We have been a non-institutional aggregate of mediocre literature ever since. The founding editors—one with a penchant for honest short fiction and the other an appetite for subversive poetry—
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Adelaide Literary Magazine

Posted on July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 by Every Writer
We publish literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and promote the writers we publish, helping both new, emerging, and established authors reach a wider literary audience.
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Silent Auctions

Posted on July 3, 2019August 15, 2019 by Every Writer
Silent Auctions is an online magazine with an emphasis on atmosphere, authenticity, and experimentation. We celebrate and encourage unconventional prose, fiction, and poetry. We publish cartoons and comics because we believe they deserve a more respected role in the literary
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Brownies’ Book, The

Posted on June 20, 2019December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
An interactive quarterly multi-cultural literary children's magazine. The magazine was created to help black children have positive images whilst living with a racially hostile environment. It was designed for all children,
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Manzano Mountain Review

Posted on June 11, 2019April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
Manzano Mountain Review is an online literary journal based in New Mexico and loosely affiliated with the University of New Mexico-Valencia. MMR was founded in 2017 and publishes issues in November and sometimes May.
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American Aesthetic, The

Posted on May 22, 2019December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
To better understand the objectives of The American Aesthetic, one must first understand what prompted the creation of this poetry journal in the first place.
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Clarkesworld Magazine (links to site)

Posted on May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 by Every Writer
Clarkesworld is a free monthly online science fiction and fantasy magazine. Original fiction published in Clarkesworld i! s also collected in an annual print
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Eratio (links to site)

Posted on May 21, 2019May 22, 2019 by Every Writer
Eratio publishes poetry in the postmodern idioms with an emphasis on the intransitive. Each issue also comes as a PDF do! cument
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Apalachee Review (links to site)

Posted on May 21, 2019May 22, 2019 by Every Writer
Apalachee Review
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cleaning up the glitter

Cleaning up Glitter (Defunct)

Posted on May 13, 2019April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Amy decided to found Cleaning up Glitter after realizing she wanted to have more control and say over how her work was published in Literary Magazines and Journals
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Streetcake

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Every Writer
We publish experimental poetry and short fiction every 3 months. We like work with an experimental bent and do not generally publish more traditional forms.
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Celestial Blood Literary Magazine

Celestial Blood Literary Magazine

Posted on May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 by Every Writer
Celestial Blood Literary Magazine was founded on April 20th, 2019 by four aspiring, young writers. We have all heard that poetry is the lifeblood of poets.
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CHA: An Asian Literary Journal

Posted on April 28, 2019May 22, 2019 by Every Writer
CHA: An Asian Literary Journal is the first and currently only Hong Kong-based online literary quarterly journal dedicated to publishing creative works ! from and about
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High Noon (Defunct)

Posted on March 12, 2019April 24, 2023 by Every Writer
High Noon is Trinity University's new student-run literary journal. We founded this journal in 2019 with the hopes of reaching and connecting with an audience of people from all backgrounds. Our journal brings so much to o
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Zizzle Literary Magazine

Posted on March 9, 2019May 5, 2024 by Every Writer
Zizzle is a literary magazine devoted to publishing quality, innovative fiction for young readers. We believe honest, engaging fiction nourishes young, inquisitive minds and helps foster a lifelong passion for reading and learning.
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Glintmoon (defunct)

Posted on February 19, 2019April 17, 2023 by Every Writer
Glintmoon is an online quarterly, founded and edited by Mitchell Hart, dedicated to publishing diverse, innovative poetry of ten lines or fewer. We accept submissions year-round on a rolling basis and publish in February, May, August, and November.
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Urban Gothic Press

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Every Writer
Do you revel in the dark? Have an original supernatural tale? Urban Gothic Press is a young adult literary magazine geared towards ages 14-18 that celebrates all things strange.
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Weary Blues Magazine

Posted on October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 by Every Writer

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the tiny journal

The Tiny Journal

Posted on October 6, 2018October 13, 2018 by Every Writer
Created in 2018, The Tiny Journal is a semi-annual online literary journal that publishes beautiful and short nonfiction, fiction, and poetry 1000 words or less.
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The New Guard

Posted on September 21, 2018September 22, 2018 by Every Writer
The New Guard is a contest-centered review. We run two contests, The Knightville Poetry Contest and The Machigonne Fiction Contest.
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Embers Igniting (Defunct)

Posted on September 12, 2018April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Embers Igniting is a literature and art magazine out of Albuquerque, NM. We launched in 2013 and have been publishing both emerging and established writers and artists annually ever since.
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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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Vault Review

Posted on August 19, 2018May 5, 2024 by Every Writer
Vault Review is an independent, non-profit literary magazine that demands the very best from its writers and artists in both language and presentation. Its founder,
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Papertears

Paper Tears Literary Journal (Defunct)

Posted on August 2, 2018May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
The Paper Tears Literary Journal is a biannual youth-run literary magazine dedicated to fostering artistic expression by placing a high value on the humanities.
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Florida Review

The Florida Review

Posted on August 1, 2018April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
Welcome Welcome to The Florida Review, the literary journal published twice yearly by the University of Central Florida. Our artistic mission is to publish the best poetry
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Iron Lung Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on July 29, 2018April 25, 2023 by Every Writer
Iron Lung Magazine is an online publication based in New Concord, Ohio. We publish shared experiences that make breathing a bit easier.
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Other People’s Flowers (Defunct)

Posted on April 25, 2018May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
Other People's Flowers is a podcast for short stories, essays and creative non-fiction. Other People's Flowers is the world's first literary
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A Velvet Giant

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Every Writer
A VELVET GIANT is a genreless online literary journal, meaning that we do not categorize the work we receive by genre.
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Gremlin Creative (Defunct)

Posted on April 3, 2018April 24, 2023 by Every Writer
Gremlin Creative is a multimedia literary journal founded to publish works of fiction. We thrive on the power of storytelling, and the wonderful,
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Spadina Literary Review

Posted on November 26, 2017November 26, 2017 by Every Writer
Spadina Literary Review is an online literary magazine based in Toronto, Canada, with an international readership. The magazine was launched in 2011 and after a few years of irregular appearances is now publishing every two months.
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drum

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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Memoir Magazine

Memoir Magazine

Posted on November 18, 2017November 21, 2017 by Every Writer
Memoir magazine’s mission is to be a witness to both factual and emotional truths that resonate with the human heart by supporting writers and artists in sharing their stories
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Congruence Journal of Literature & Art

Congruence Journal of Literature & Art (Defunct)

Posted on November 7, 2017April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Congruence Journal of Literature & Art is an online journal that publishes works of the intriguing and eccentric nature. The journal's mission is to collect works that will complement one another like pieces
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Postcard Poems and Prose

Postcard Poems and Prose

Posted on October 31, 2017December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
Who are we: Postcard Poems and Prose Imagine a painter, photographer, novelist, and poet all running willy-nilly and meeting full-speed. That collision is Postcard Poems and Prose .
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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 lark

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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phati’tude Literary Magazine (Defunct)

Posted on October 23, 2017May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
phati’tude Literary Magazine is back and we are now accepting submissions for our Spring 2010 issue, to debut in April 2010 in time for National Poetry Month. phati’tude Literary Magazine offers readers a wide collection
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Copaiba Literary Review

Copaiba Literary Review (Defunct)

Posted on October 22, 2017April 29, 2023 by Every Writer
The Copaiba Literary Review (pronounced co-pie-ba) is a tree that symbolizes vitality. Copaiba Press publishes a quarterly literary magazine and hosts workshops and other events to celebrate the vitality of our veterans and the communities
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Story Monsters Ink

Story Monsters Ink

Posted on October 17, 2017November 21, 2017 by Every Writer
Story Monsters Ink, a literary resource for teachers, librarians, and parents, is an award-winning magazine that covers the latest news on debut books and products, celebrity and independent author profiles
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boink

(b)OINK Defunct

Posted on October 15, 2017January 25, 2023 by Every Writer
(b)OINK, We publish first-rate, experimental, edgy, dark and fun fiction, poetry, CNF and a monthly column called VOICES.
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Typehouse Literary Magazine

Typehouse Literary Magazine

Posted on October 4, 2017November 21, 2017 by Every Writer
Typehouse Literary Magazine is a production of The People’s Ink, a Portland, Oregon-based magazine. While based in the Pacific Northwest, we publish authors from all around the country, as well as from overseas. Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, and the Visual Arts, all come
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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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Photo/Story

Posted on September 7, 2017May 3, 2023 by Every Writer
As a writer, what tickles your muse to create a short story? Maybe it’s a snippet of overheard conversation. Or a fleeting glimpse of two people arguing on a street corner. Or a broken and battered doll, long forgotten in the remains of an old farmhouse.
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Antigonish Review, The

Posted on August 22, 2017December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
The Antigonish Review is a creative literary quarterly that publishes poetry, fiction, critical articles, and reviews. Our ideal reader has extensive interests and seeks the creative. Major accomplishments of TAR include giving
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The Fiddlehead

The Fiddlehead

Posted on August 22, 2017April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
First published in 1945, The Fiddlehead is Atlanta Canada's international literary journal and Canada's longest living literary journal. Many - now well-known - writers
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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 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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Ocotillo Review

The Ocotillo Review

Posted on August 19, 2017November 22, 2017 by Every Writer
The Ocotillo Review seeks to publish diverse voices from underserved communities along side established writers of Poetry, Short Fiction, And Narrative Nonfiction. Although we don’t shy away from experimental or unusual approaches to literature,
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