The New Guard is a contest-centered review. We run two contests, The Knightville Poetry Contest and The Machigonne Fiction Contest.
Print magazines taking online submissions
Here is our very popular list of magazines that are print magazines taking online submissions. A few years ago this was a very big deal, and it still is. Now most large and even commercial magazines take online submissions. At one time this was not the case.
Either way this list will give you an avenue to publish your writing in a print magazine. Some of our new and emerging magazines are of course much easier to publish your work in than the older more well-established magazines. If you want to see your work in print, this list if for you. We believe it will give you the best chance of seeing this happen.
We have been listing these print magazines taking online submissions for over 10 years. Some of these listings are brand new, others may be out of date. If you see a listing that needs to be updated, please leave us a comment. We do take action.
Good luck publishing your work.
Dreamers Creative Writing
Dreamers is dedicated to all the different ways to write creatively from writing for writing’s sake, to using creative writing in academic research, to writing as therapy.
Coffin Bell
Coffin Bell is a quarterly online journal of dark literature seeking poetry, flash fiction, short stories, and creative nonfiction exploring dark themes.
The Broken Cassette
The Broken Cassette is an independent quarterly literary online magazine. It is currently based in New Delhi
Panel
Panel Magazine reflects contemporary literature that is being produced in Central and Eastern Europe, and is written in English or translated into English.
CLOCKHOUSE
Clockhouse accepts works of poetry, fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, and dramatic works for stage or screen. We encourage submissions from both
Meat for Tea: The Valley Review
Meat for Tea: The Valley Review was founded by Alexandra Wagman and Elizabeth MacDuffie. We are a non academic affiliated publication committed to featuring and publishing the works of artists and writers in the Pioneer River Valley and beyond.
Memoir Magazine
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
Congruence Journal of Literature & Art
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
phati’tude Literary Magazine
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
The Southeast Review
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.
Copaiba Literary Review
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
BALLOONS Lit. Journal
BALLOONS Lit. Journal Website: http://www.balloons-lit-journal.com/ From the Editor First established in 2014, BALLOONS Lit. Journal (BLJ) is a young-reader-oriented literary journal that is freely accessible to all by online reading with a fully edited ready-to-print pdf version downloadable for every issue. BLJ is independent and biannual publishing quality poetry, fiction and art/photography primarily for readers […]
The Vestal Review
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
The Malahat Review
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.
The Iowa Review
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
The Ocotillo Review
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,
Concho River Review
The Concho River Review publishes writers from all over the United States and, occasionally, writers from abroad. We enjoy publishing writers for the first time
Bellevue Literary Review
Bellevue Literary Review is a unique literary magazine that examines human existence through the prism of health and healing, illness and disease. In these universal
The Café Review
The Café Review is a quarterly print volunteer publication based in Portland, Maine that has been publishing art, poetry and poetry book reviews for over 25 years. We forever search for new, strong voices in poetry and art, both in Maine and beyond Maine’s borders.
Ryga: A Journal of Provocations
Ryga: A Journal of Provocations takes its name from Ryga, a political writer, to honour his commitment to his! art and to his world. His legacy is this: he was a human living in a community and that community was living in a nation, that nation in a world.
Glimmer Train Stories
We particularly welcome the work of new and emerging writers. In the recent Best American Short Stories, of the top “100 distinguished short stories,” six appeared in Glimmer Train Stories, second only to the New Yorker. We are pleased to say that, of those six, two were those authors’ first stories accepted for publication.
Ploughshares
Ploughshares Website http://www.pshares.org/ From the Editor Ploughshares has published quality literature since 1971. Best known for our award-winning Ploughshares literary journal, we also publish Ploughshares Solos, digital-first long stories and essays, and a lively literary blog. Since 1989, we have been based at Emerson College in downtown Boston. You can find more information and updates […]
The Missouri Review
The Missouri Review, founded in 1978, is one of the most highly-regarded literary magazines in the United States and for the past thirty-three years we’ve upheld a reputation for finding and publishing the best writers first. We are based at the University of Missouri and publish four issues each year. Each issue contains new fiction, poetry and essays, several of which from have recently been reprinted in the Pushcart Prize, Best American Stories, Best American Essays, and Best American Poetry. Also, we make an effort to be the first to publish new writers. We run interviews with famous authors and Found Text features, printing never before published works such as a short story by William Faulkner or one of Tennessee Williams’ plays. Recently we did a feature on famous rejection letters of novels such as Lolita and The Bell Jar, the letters of James Stern, and Ben Hecht’s Hollywood letters.
Ruminate
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
SCREAM
SCREAM is Britain’s all new premier Horror Magazine. SCREAM is your best source for horror movies, news, reviews, previews, celebrity interviews, books, games, film festival reports, comics and pretty much everything else you can think of in the world of horror.
The Hungry Chimera
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
Gore Noir Magazine
Gore Noir Magazine covers Horror art, horror models, tattoos, photography, special effects, celebrities, music, etc.
The Sonder Review
The Sonder Review is a tri-annual publication of both art and short fiction that strives to question, redefine, and challenge conventional viewpoints; to usurp the definition of reality and truth.
The Maine Review
The Maine Review is a quarterly literary magazine publishing short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and essays. The Review runs contests each year
34thParallel Magazine
At 34thParallel Magazine what we’re about is giving you the rock-star treatment—sorry no sex and drugs!!
The Slag Review
The Slag Review is a small, confused group of creators invested in the process of expression through art, fully understanding that it may be a long and dangerous one. In this way,
The American Aesthetic
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.
Bennington Review
Bennington Review is a national biannual print journal of innovative, intelligent, and moving poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and film writing, housed at Bennington College.
The Wolfian
The Wolfian is an independent voice for liberalism & social democracy, and at the same time we are keen to promote non-political content in the form of art, poetry, non-fiction
Midwest Review
The Midwest Review is an annual literary and arts magazine published in Madison Wisconsin, featuring the Midwest in work by writers, photographers and artists
CONSEQUENCE magazine
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
New Southerner
New Southerner is an online magazine promoting self-sufficiency, environmental stewardship and support for local economies. We believe these values are essential
Aegir Magazine
Are you underwhelmed with life, overwhelmed by snakes, and think happiness can only be achieved through naps?
The Whitefish Review
Whitefish Review is a nationally-acclaimed, non-profit journal publishing the distinctive literature, art, and photography of mountain culture. Author Doug Peacock
Baltimore Review
The mission of The Baltimore Review is to showcase Baltimore as a literary hub of diverse writing and promote the work of emerging and established writers.
Fire Tetrahedron: Journal of Poetry & Art
Fire Tetrahedron is a print and electronic journal focused on the experience of combustion, especially as it occurs between nature and culture. Like Prometheus,
Artifact Nouveau
Artifact Nouveau is a magazine of works by students, faculty, alumni, and employees of San Joaquin Delta College published by the SJDC Writers’ Guild.
Placed
An anthology of “place-based” fiction, poetry, memoir, and nonfiction, Placed seeks to explore our symbiotic
TSR: The Southampton Review
Our goal in putting The Southampton Review together is to create a literary journal that readers will keep for a very long time
Semaphore Magazine
Semaphore Magazine publishes poetry and short fiction. We post work online twice weekly and produce two print editions each year
Mud Season Review
Mud Season Review is an international literary journal run by members of the Burlington Writers Workshop, a free writing workshop based in Vermont
The Intentional
The Intentional is a print literary and culture magazine that supports emerging writers and prizes approachability. We publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry,
Vending Machine Press
Vending Machine Press is a new and independent literary magazine aimed at giving writers an avenue for their writing to reach
Armchair/Shotgun
At Armchair/Shotgun, we do not care about your bio. We read all submissions anonymously, and conceal even
Badlands Literary Journal
Badlands is the official publication of the Creative Writing Program of the California State University Palm Desert Campus. Our journal aims
Berkeley Fiction Review
Berkeley Fiction Review is an literary journal founded in 1981 and based at the University of California, Berkeley.
Michigan Quarterly Review
MQR is an eclectic, interdisciplinary journal of arts and culture that seeks to combine the best of poetry,
Grist: The Journal for Writers
Founded in 2007 by graduate students in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Tennessee, Grist: The Journal for Writers is a resource for the discussion
Trafika Europe
Trafika Europe showcases current fiction and poetry in English and English translation from across the 47 Council of Europe countries
Thought Notebook
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.
WitchWorks
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
Coldnoon: Travel Poetics (International Journal of Travel Writing)
Edited byArup K Chatterjee, Coldnoon: Travel Poetics, International Journal of Travel Writing (CTPIJTW) is a refereed, international and interdisciplinary
Nat. Brut
Nat. Brut is an online multimedia art and literary magazine released free to the world twice a year. We aim to provide quality, engaging, dynamic, inspiring
Howl
Howl, founded in 2013, is an online literary arts magazine run and operated by dedicated, passionate, and talented students of Deltona High School
Beloit Fiction Journal
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
Carbon Culture Review
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
El Portal
Eastern New Mexico University’s literary magazine, El Portal, offers a venue for the work of writers, artists and photographers.
The Screech Owl
We are the voice of Lilith, a site and magazine devoted to the best contemporary poetry, prose, short stories and articles.
Bare Fiction Magazine
Bare Fiction was set up to promote new writing in all forms through performance, digital representation and publication. We offer a platform for new creative writing across poetry, fiction and plays
[empath]
[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
Prism Review
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
Far Off Places
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
DUMAS de Demain: The French Literary Magazine
At Dumas de Demain, we publish both online and print copies of French language stories, poems, fiction by young, emerging writers. We also celebrate and welcome French spoken word created by young artists
The Columbia Review
The Columbia Review is the oldest college literary magazine in the nation, publishing its first issue in 1815.
Tethered by Letters
Tethered by Letters is a nonprofit literary journal dedicated to cultivating writers of all ages, backgrounds, education, or genres.
Our mission is fulfilled through the three avenues for writing success:
Soundings East
Soundings East is the literary journal of Salem State University, published annually with support from the Center for Creative and Performing Arts
Small Po[r]tions
Small Po[r]tions publishes short[er] and experimental work along with multimedia and intermedia writing and art. The journal is published three times yearly in February, June, and October.
The Common
Finding the extraordinary in the common has long been the mission of literature. Inspired by this mission and the role of the town common, a public gathering place for the display and exchange of ideas,
The Austin Review
The Austin Review Website http://theaustinreview.org From the Editor The Austin Review is an independent, nonprofit literary journal based in Austin, Texas. Three times per year, it publishes a print journal including four pieces of flash nonfiction, four short stories, and one essay or work by a prominent author. The journal additionally publishes select work online […]
The Carolina Quarterly
The Carolina Quarterly publishes a variety of poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, and artwork three times a year. Approximately 1,000 copies are distributed to readers locally and to individual subscribers,
OVS Magazine
OVS Magazine was started in 2009 by Stephen and Ivy Page to give new and established artists and poets a place to publish their work in a respectable peer-critiqued
Rattle
Rattle’s mission is to promote the practice of poetry. We feel that poetry lost its way in the 20th century, becoming so obscure and esoteric that mainstream readers have forgotten how moving language alone can be
The Madison Review
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,
The Lost Country
Website http://www.inexsilio.com From the Editor The Lost Country is a journal published by The Exiles, a literary club of Fort Worth, Texas, featuring original works of poetry, short fiction, translation, criticism, and book reviews. Submissions Poetry, Fiction, Translations, Literary Essays, Book Reviews Upcoing August 31st, 2014 (Rolling Submissions) Harry Hoyt Lacey Prize in Poetry James […]
Infinity’s Kitchen
Infinity’s Kitchen is an experimental literary journal. It is designed to explore a place for literature in a post-digital setting. We seek work that results from new recipes
Whisperings
From the Editor Sitting on the veranda, among pines and oaks, looking out at my apple, pear and cherry trees with a hot cup of coffee in my hands I gaze east into the Colorado Desert 4,000 feet below,
Indigo Rising Magazine
Founded in June 2010, Indigo Rising Magazine is a plane of the diverse. We built this magazine for the odd, the unfiltered abstract, the purified sojourns, the darkness that walks and the endings that rest solitude.
Bartleby Snopes
Bartleby Snopes is founded on the principle that writers deserve quick responses and personalized feedback. We publish two stories per week and end each month with a Story of the Month contest voted on by the readers. Twice per year we release a print/PDF version
Blue Collar Review
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.
Broad Street Magazine
Broad Street is a nonprofit magazine based in Richmond, VA. We publish semi-anually, and aim to create a space to be enjoyed equally by longtime fans of creative nonfiction and those
The Masters Review
Each year The Masters Review publishes a ten-story collection showcasing the best in graduate-level creative writing. Our editors and judges select the ten best stories written by students in MA, MFA, and PhD creative writing programs
White Ash Literary Magazine
White Ash Literary Magazine Website http://www.whiteashmag.com From the Editor White Ash Literary Magazine is the publisher of a globally distributed semi-annual anthology of whimsical poetry and short fiction by emerging and well-loved writers. White Ash is an exciting and modern literary venture that provides readers with unique reading material and introduces audiences to the most […]
Vagabonds: Anthology of the Mad Ones
Vagabonds is an anthology that is published twice a year. We had the pleasure of releasing the first edition on August 6th, 2012 and is still available for anyone who is interested in a copy.
Rowayat
Rowayat is a literary journal emerging from Egypt. We feature writers living in Egypt, or have lived in Egypt in the past.
Neutrons Protons
Neutrons Protons is a monthly literary project that operates with unfaltering belief in three primary things: the power of true and honest human stories
Ancient Paths
Ancient Paths literary magazine publishes poetry, flash fiction, art, and photography with subtle religious themes. The works featured in Ancient Paths explore struggles
Gold Man Review
Gold Man Review, an annual literary magazine produced in Salem, Oregon, under the umbrella of Gold Man Publishing, is aimed at serving our community of authors and artists.
Room Magazine
Canada’s oldest literary journal by and about women. Room is a space where women can speak, connect, and showcase their creativity. Each quarter we publish
Flyleaf Literary Journal
Flyleaf is a literary journal unlike any you’ve ever seen before. Printed on a gatefold sheet, each short story is self-contained with its own original cover art
The Inflectionist
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
China Grove
Two doctors in Mississippi bring their love of literature to life in their independent literary journal, “China Grove.” The first issue featured an exclusive interview with National Book Award winner
Narrative Magazine
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
The Black Herald
The Black Herald is an internationally-minded bilingual magazine (French-English) published in Paris. Co-edited by Blandine Longre and Paul Stubbs, the magazine’s only aim
Ijagun Poetry Journal
Ijagun is a poetry journal committed to publishing new and emerging poets. We don’t want to hear from our master “griots” alone; we want to hear from those mastering their art too.
New Plains Review
New Plains Review provides an outlet for the creative and intellectual efforts of the academic community. Dedicated to fostering and maintaining the written word, New Plains Review gives a collective presentation
Painted Bride Quarterly
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.
New Madrid: A Journal of Contemporary Literature
New Madrid is the national journal of the low-residency MFA program at Murray State University. It takes its name from the New Madrid seismic zone, which falls within the central Mississippi Valley and extends through western Kentucky.
Poetica Victorian: A Journal of Classical Poetry
Poetica Victorian is a journal of classical style poetry where form is used to create great works with powerful direction. Like the works of Tennyson, Bronte, Browning, Kipling, Frost and all the greatest poets of these styles our poetry
STRIKE Magazine
STRIKE Magazine is a completely independent, community supported, working class political art and culture magazine in South Texas.
After Hours
After Hours is a semi-annual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, art, and photography from Chicago
Driftless Review
The Driftless Review is published by Platteville Poets, Writers and Editors, LLC, an organization dedicated to showcasing
River Poets Journal
River Poets Journal Accepts: New and Established Writers Poetry – 3 to 6 poems Short Stories – under 5,000 words Flash Fiction
Paper Nautilus
Much like the delicate shells left behind by octopuses of the same name, Paper Nautilus strives to combine perfection and vulnerability.
Alligator Juniper
The Alligator Juniper tree is in the juniper family with bark in a checkered pattern, resembling an alligator’s skin. While the tree is native to the southwest, the alligator is native to swampland and tropics.
The Metric
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.
The Poet’s Haven
The Poet’s Haven publishes online galleries of poetry, stories, and art, currently totaling over 6,000 pages. In print, there is “The Poet’s Haven Author Series” chapbooks, “The Poet’s Haven Digest”
Revolver
Revolver is an arts and cultural magazine based in Minneapolis. We aim to publish writing that is concrete and resonant.
Cohort: A Fiction Anthology
This collection will anthologize select writers who are currently enrolled in creative writing graduate-level programs from around the world.
Arroyo Literary Review
Arroyo Literary Review is a print-based publication produced annually by students and alumni of California State University, East Bay.
Carve Magazine (11th)
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
Little Patuxent Review
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
Cardinal Sins
Cardinal Sins is Saginaw Valley State University’s arts and writing magazine. We are run by the students and faculty of SVSU. Although regular submissions for Cardinal Sins are only open to SVSU students, faculty, and alumni, our annual contest is open to everyone!
TheKillRoom
A horror magazine, available as a free pdf download, or to buy from Lulu.com, that enables teenagers and young adults to get published alongside adult and top-selling horror authors.
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and/or, a print journal for creative experimental writing and/or innovative graphic art, seeks submissions from writers and/or other sorts of artists whose work openly challenges the boundaries
Penumbra
Founded in the fall of 2012 by two graduate students at Saint Louis University-Madrid Campus, Penumbra features poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction in both English and Spanish.
Elan Literary Magazine
The ?lan literary magazine is a publication of the Creative Writing program at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Fl. Its creation in 1986 was fueled by a passion for the written word that inspired students
Thumbnail Magazine
Thumbnail Magazine is a collection of fine literary flash fiction and visual art from established and emerging writers and artists.
Too Obscene – Nostrovia! Poetry
“Too Obscene” is a one issue zine published through Nostrovia! Poetry. The zine features poetry and flash fiction that was rejected by other presses
Words in Stereo
Words in Stereo is a forthcoming series of humorous literature and clever ideas delivered to the reader in lovingly hand-bound print editions.
The London Magazine
The London Magazine is England?s oldest literary periodical, with a history stretching back to 1732.
The Tenement Block Review
The Tenement Block Review is a perfect-bound, monthly poetry journal based in the UK which will publish poetry from around the world.
Writing Tomorrow Literary Magazine
Writing Tomorrow is looking forward to meeting the next generation of renowned authors and artists. We believe that great literature
Natural Bridge
Guest editors who are faculty–novelists, short story writers, poets, essayists–in the UMSL MFA program rotate into the class that selects the work. The class is made up of advanced MFA students with publications of their own
Spark: A Creative Anthology
Our goal was to establish a high-quality, paying market where emerging authors and gain professional experience being published alongside known and respected writers.
Big Fiction
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.
Versal
We’ve been around for ten years, and are run out of the Netherlands (though our editors lurk everywhere). We have an integrated art team and designer
The Canary Press
The Canary Press is a short story magazine based in Melbourne. The magazine started when its two editors, Robert Skinner and Andy Josselyn, read a short story that was so dull that Robert screamed and threw his table out the window
Pure Slush
Pure Slush publishes online weekly, often three or four times a week. Print varies, but usually every two months a new anthology or chapbook is published.
Soundings Review
Soundings Review, a bi-annual publication in conjunction with the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts MFA program, publishes poetry, fiction, children/young adult and prose, including essays and interviews.
Poetry Salzburg Review
Poetry Salzburg Review is an English language, biannual literary magazine published by Poetry Salzburg at the University of Salzburg in Austria and edited by Wolfgang G?rtschacher
Exit Strata
Exit Strata looks for short fiction, poetry, artwork (and genre defying acts of 2-dimensional splendor) for our third print issue. We want your best, most original works. If your question begins
filling Station
filling Station seeks experimental fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and art. Anything suprising, unpredictable, innovative, or unique. We accept pieces that experiment with form or content, or both.
Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers
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
Turbulence
Turbulence is a quarterly printed poetry magazine based in the UK which publishes poetry from around the world. The only payment we can make is in contributor copies. These are hard copies in the EU and electronic copies outside the EU.
Timber Journal
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.
Fjords Review
Fjords is an arts and literary review for the 21st century reader. The twice yearly magazine features new visual art, poetry, and short stories alongside translations and reviews.
Slings & Arrows
Slings & Arrows is a magazine dedicated to cultural criticism. We’re interested in dismantling your world-view, and not necessarily putting it back together.
CutBank
We?re proud of CutBank?s thirty-nine years as Montana?s foremost literary magazine, founded in 1973 by the Creative Writing program at the University of Montana and helmed initially by favorite literary son William Kittredge.
The Speculative Edge
At The Speculative Edge, our mission is – in a word – balance. We want to bring you fiction that is both exciting and enlightening, poetry that is imaginative and accessible, reviews of both
A Trunk of Delirium
About the Press Le Pink Elephant Press was founded in 2003 in Kent, Ohio after the deconstruction of Hart’s Compass. Le Pink Elephant Press’ founder and editor in chief is Suzanne
The Adroit Journal
The Adroit Journal has been the subject of a fair amount of napkin scribbling since November 2010, when Founder/Editor-in-Chief Peter LaBerge decided that the world needed a literary magazine run entirely by high school and college students that helped the world in more ways than one. The Adroit Journal, bright with enthusiasm, was born. And that enthusiasm remains bright, with over forty students from Boston to Bangalore collaborating on this unique publication. Yet Adroit’s uniqueness does not stop there.
pacificREVIEW
A west coast arts review annual, pacific REVIEW has published high-quality poetry, prose, and art since 1972. Past issues boast the talent of San Diego State University literati and other notable guest contributors.
Wilde Magazine
The nature of queer life, as well as an artistic life, is one centered around community. It’s essential in our creative abilities and our rise against adversity. This struggle has been documented
Aberration Labyrinth
This magazine is about expressing yourself. We do not restrict our publication to the confines of traditional poetry. If you write about drunken nights out, remembered or imagined, we want
The South Mountain Review
The South Mountain Review accepts submissions from writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. We will accept no more than 4 poems or 5 pages single-spaced for fiction or nonfiction
Bohemia Art & Literary Journal
Bohemia Waco, Texas bohemia-journal.comMission Our mission is to let people know there are artists in Waco, TX. Our goal is to meet other artists from all over the world. Description
The Digital Americana Magazine
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
Enhance Magazine
Enhance is an online literary and art magazine that will try to understand the human?s perception of life through literature and art. Enhance is interested in publishing new and emerging artists in all genres.
RipRap Journal
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).
The Los Angeles River Review
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.
Fifth Wednesday Journal
Fifth Wednesday Journal is an independent print literary magazine founded in 2007. It is published biannually. Using guest editors for fiction and poetry with each issue FWJ publishes many
SPILT Magazine
SPILT Magazine is a unique approach to visual and literary arts, embodying the principles of equality, compassion, and expression. We are aiming to provide a bi-annual in-print visual a
Generations Literary Journal
RATIONS Literary Magazine publishes the original works and ideas of both emerging and established artists in an effort to encourage conversations across the generational gaps. The
The Alarmist
The Alarmist is a fresh, new, dark, funny and twisted printed literary magazine published biannually.
The Bad Version
Launched in November 2011, The Bad Version is a new take on the literary-cultural magazine. Its name comes from the collaborative art of screenwriting, where the first attempt at a scene,
High Desert Journal
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
The Cincinnati Review
The Cincinnati Review draws together within its pages the finest creative and critical work from across the country. We provide a venue for writers of any background, at any point in their literary
RECEPTACLE Magazine
We are mainly online, but are available in print at select locations in London and Long Beach, CA.
Garbanzo Literary Journal
Seraphemera Books & Music offers you… A bean. The garbanzo bean…found throughout the world in nearly every culture’s cooking, and a staple of the vegan diet…is an amazingly diverse
Zcomposition
Z-composition is a bi-monthly literary e-zine with a yearly print anthology slated to launch in 2012; October. New and established writers are welcome; we accept new and experienced writers
The Resurrectionist
The Resurrectionist is a biannual poetry journal dedicated to modern formalist poetry. By modern we intend poetry that makes use of contemporary language and grammar, experiments with verse forms or that handles contemporary themes. ‘Resurrectionist’ (syn. ‘Resurrection-man’) is a 19th century English term for a body-snatcher whose main purpose was the resale of body parts to anatomy schools and researchers in the medical field. The application of the term for the journal is metaphoric and in direct retort to the openly stated assumption that formal verse (or metrical poetry) is a dead and/or no longer relevant art.
black clock
Singular, idiosyncratic and a little mysterious, Black Clock is one of America’s leading literary journals. Since its inception in 2004, the publication has featured work (by Don DeLillo, Richard
the Wildwood Reader
New polished works by new and emerging writers. Since we seldom hire an editor, we request that all stories be properly formatted, spell and grammar checked and lastly properly identified
Slightly Foxed
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
Blackbird
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. (If submitting online, put all poems into one document, as the submissions software will not allow you to submit individual poems separately.) Fiction: Double-space, please. We primarily look for short stories, but novel excerpts are acceptable if self-contained. Nonfiction: Double-space, please. We primarily look for personal essays, but memoir excerpts are acceptable if self-contained. Unsolicited book reviews and criticism are not considered. Gallery: Plays are accepted. We do not accept unsolicited visual art work, but if you produce video essays, please query us about your work.
Poetry International
Each issue includes translations from around the world as well as poems by: Jorge Louis Borges, Paul Celan, Rainer Maria Rilke, Marina Tsvetaeva, Octavio Paz, Kamau Brathwaite, Osip Mandelshtam, Andrianne Rich, John Ashbery, Roberto Bolano, Gerald Stern, Yusef Komynyakaa, Amir Saadi Youssef, Hayden Carruth, Gabriela Mistral, Derek Walcott, Maxine Kumin, Charles Simic, Jean Valentine, Wanda Coleman, Jane Hirshfield, Marge Piercy, Pablo Neruda, James Tate, Seamus Heaney, Ewa Lipska, Philip Levine, W.S. Merwin, Carolyn Forche, Anne Waldman, Toi Derricotte, Robert Bly, Gary Soto, Li Young Lee, and numerous others. Our book reviews section includes over 50 pages of careful consideration of poetry collections published in the previous year. Special chapbooks and symposiums, such as Symposium on Translation, are also included. Each issue feature section showcasing the poetry of one nation, such as Russia, Israel, Mexico, Iraq, Vietnam, Chile, and Cuba.
The Conium Review
We still believe in the allure of “new book smell,” and we are dedicated to producing high-quality print editions of each issue. The publication itself is print-only, but we augment our traditionalist methods with podcasts, social networking, and online reviews. We seek to revive and redefine small press publishing, supporting independent literature in our community and abroad.
Poydras Review
Poydras Review believes that creativity and expression are the foundation of our national culture. We seek outstanding literature with sociocultural integrity. The journal aims to help gifted and emerging authors and artists add their voice to the creative community. We hope to introduce their work to the largest public possible by using a variety of mediums including print, online, and ebooks
Southern California Review
Southern California Review is the student-run literary journal of the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. We have been publishing fiction and poetry since 1982 and now also accept submissions of creative nonfiction, short dramatic forms, and artwork/photography. Printed annually with original cover artwork, every issue contains exciting work by both emerging and established authors. For more information, please visit us at http://www.usc.edu/scr.
TAYO Literary Magazine
TAYO Arts & Culture is a nonprofit community arts organization whose mission is to advance the understanding of the diverse cultural identity of Filipinos and Filipino
‘Sea Change’
The ‘Sealand Literary Supplement to Life’ is the umbrella name for a series of periodically published books and booklets dedicated to contemporary literature. We cater to the needs
The Medulla Review (DEFUNCT)
The Medulla Review is a place in the hindbrain where breathing, swallowing, and circulation are done through words, a venue for those who believe in creating reality. “Medulla” is the Latin word for “marrow” — the middle part of a structure. Bone marrow. Plant marrow.
Bayou Magazine
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 from established, award-winning authors as well as emerging writers. In keeping with the aesthetics and goals of the Creative Writing Workshop, Bayou is especially interested in discovering and showcasing fresh literary voices. The journal awards yearly contests in both fiction and poetry. And in one issue every year, Bayou features the winning one-act play and short story from the annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Competitions. We are a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, and annually nominate several published works for the Pushcart Prize, O. Henry Award and Best American Essays. Supported by the University of New Orleans English Department and the UNO Foundation, Bayou is a non-profit journal for the arts.
Anobium
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Infraorder: Bostrichiformia Superfamily: Bostrichoidea Family: Anobiidae Subfamily: Anobiinae Genus: Anobium (?Bookworm,? in other words.) Anobium is literature; a collusion of molecules, fused into a conceptual (w)hole. As a conceptual entity, Anobium is the headbirth of Benjamin van Loon and ?Mary J. Levine,? who doesn?t exist. Anobium is Chicago-based, independent publisher who specializes in the compilation and assemblage of strange, surreal and insectile literature. Our aim is to produce consciously designed and intelligently written contemporary literature. Those who pronounce auguries about the Death of the Book fail to realize that what is death for some is rebirth for others. We believe technology compliments our interaction with artifactual literature; it does not demolish it. Our relatively ?short? volumes (80-100 pages) and chapbooks will read easily, store safely and wear evenly – as a good book should.
Litro Magazine
Litro is a free, literary magazine, publishing short stories that excite us. We are an innovative, pocket-sized publication with 100,000 copies distributed monthly in London
Crazyhorse
Recent poems from Crazyhorse were selected for reprint in The Best American Poetry 2008 and 2007 and The Pushcart Prize anthology, recent fiction in The Best American Short Stories 2008. Richard Jackson?s poem ?Cain?s Legacy,? won a 2004 Pushcart Prize. Dinty W. Moore?s essay ?Son of Mr. Green Jeans,? was reprinted in the January 2004 Harper?s Magazine. Read excerpts online: http://crazyhorse.cofc.edu. Since 1960, Crazyhorse has published John Updike, Raymond Carver, Jorie Graham, John Ashbery, Robert Bly, Ha Jin, James Wright, Carolyn Forch?, Charles Simic, Lynda Hull, Charles Wright, Jean Valentine, and Billy Collins. Past authors have been reprinted in the annual Pushcart Prize and Best American anthologies, have won Pulitzer Prizes, the National Book Award, the O. Henry Prize, have been Guggenheim fellows and NEA Fellowship recipients.
Stone Highway Review
I get excited by writing that tries new things. When a writer can make that comparison that I wish I had come up with first. When the poem isn’t trying too hard and somehow makes me feel. When a piece is so lovely and gosh darn sensitive to human nature that I can’t help but sigh. I love newness, strangeness, but I equally enjoy traditional poetry, language used in a precise and controlled manner, and when a writer creates a world that I have never seen before. It’s the kind of writing that you know you like as soon as you read it, that lingers, that makes you come back to it and read it again.
Reading Hour
We use mainly Indian writers telling Indian stories, across a variety of genres so that the magazine is both entertaining and informative. We also publish translations of Indian regional language writing, as well as of non-Indian languages into English. We hope this magazine will bring out closet writers and become a platform for new talent as well as encourage the reading habit among those who find novels a challenge on their time!
n+1
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.
Silk Road
Twice a year Silk Road publishes finely crafted fiction, essays, poetry and translations that give readers a vivid point of exchange or an interaction that could occur only in a specific time and space. This event could be captured in a poem or short story as well as in reportage or travel writing. It could happen in a classroom in New Zealand or on the expanse of the African plains. We welcome work set in any location in the world including the U.S. Anyone from anywhere can enter into the conversation. We all start somewhere, so “place” is the touchstone the magazine uses for the pieces we publish. However we operate with no narrow definition of that word. The writers we feature take our readers somewhere crucial, defining and relevant.
autolycus
“autolycus” is an utterly independent literary journal, created by Genie Cartier and Emilio Aldrich. We aim to publish talented unknown writers, and sell the journal online and by consignment at places such as City Lights and the Beat Museum. All proceeds will go to the production costs of the journal. We hope to create something dripping with artistic integrity, with no funding or support of any kind from The Man. AUTOLYCUS IS NOW AVAILABLE AT CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE!