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Alaska Quarterly Review

Posted on April 20, 2023February 15, 2025 by Every Writer
Alaska Quarterly Review is one of America's premier literary magazines and a source of powerful, new voices. AQR publishes short stories, short novellas, novel excerpts,
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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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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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Arkana

Posted on April 26, 2025 by richard

Arkana

  • Website: https://arkanamag.org/
  • Print magazine: No (Online only)
  • Size: University-affiliated literary journal
  • Location: Conway, AR, US
  • Submissions: Seeks work that "asks questions, explores mystery, and works to make visible the marginalized, the overlooked, and those whose voices have been silenced." Especially interested in work from Delta region, BIPOC, immigrant, LGBTQ+, women, disabled, and neurodivergent writers.
  • Other information: Founded in 2016. Graduate-run journal of the University of Central Arkansas. Staff and editors are students in the Arkansas Writers' MFA Program. Nominates writers for Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Features audio recordings of published pieces.
  • Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Scripts, Translation, Artwork, Illustrated Narrative
  • Publication frequency: Not specified
  • Payment: $50 Editors' Choice Awards in each genre
  • Founded: 2016
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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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Bellevue Literary Review

Bellevue Literary Review

Posted on August 11, 2017November 22, 2017 by Every Writer
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
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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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Berkeley Poetry Review

Posted on April 3, 2023April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
The Berkeley Poetry Review (BPR) is a journal published annually at the University of California, Berkeley. Founded in 1974, it has featured the work of new as well as established poets and writers
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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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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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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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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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Carolina Quarterly, The

Posted on June 18, 2014December 16, 2023 by Every Writer
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,
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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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Cimarron Review

Posted on April 26, 2025 by richard

Cimarron Review

    • Website: cimarronreview.com
    • Print magazine: Yes
    • Size: Literary quarterly published by Oklahoma State University
    • Location: Stillwater, OK, US
    • Submissions: Publishes work with a wide-ranging aesthetic: bold and ruminative, sensitive and shocking, imaginative and truth-telling. Seeks the finest stories, poems, and essays from working writers across the country and around the world.
    • Other information: Founded in 1967. One of the oldest quarterlies in the nation. Publishes writers at all stages of their careers, including Pulitzer and O. Henry prize winners. Member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP).
    • Genres: Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Photography, Poetry, University Published
    • Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
    • Payment: Contributor copies
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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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Clever Magazine (links to site)

Posted on April 27, 2009May 22, 2019 by Every Writer
Our catch phrase is: The ezine for the neglected demographic. We are a general interest magazine with a subtle sense of humor, and we focus our a! ttention on the general audience
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concho river review

Concho River Review

Posted on April 3, 2023May 9, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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Contrary Magazine

Posted on April 19, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Contrary is a quarterly literary journal that publishes fiction, poetry, commentary, and especially work that dances contrarily across those categories. We also publish book reviews.
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cumberland river review

Cumberland River Review

Posted on April 20, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
The Cumberland River Review is an annual publication of new poetry, fiction, essays, and art. The journal is produced by the department of English at Trevecca Nazarene University, in
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CutBank

Posted on April 21, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
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.
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Dappled Things

Posted on April 19, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Dappled Things is a Catholic literary magazine, and this raises the question of what Catholic literature is in the first place.
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Denali Magazine (page links to site)

Posted on April 12, 2009May 22, 2019 by Every Writer
DENALI Literary Arts Journal is a student run publication of Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. We publish once annually during the spring. Denali accepts original submissions of art,
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Eastern Iowa Review

Posted on April 20, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Most journals and reviews want a story; we want magic in the language & fire in the flow, a show to impress over drama to incite. Well, a story is fine IF it's embedded
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El Portal

Posted on April 21, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
Eastern New Mexico University’s literary magazine, El Portal, offers a venue for the work of writers, artists and photographers.
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Elan Literary Magazine

Posted on April 20, 2023April 22, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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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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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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Flint Hills Review

Posted on April 22, 2023April 24, 2023 by Every Writer
Flint Hills Review is an annual publication with a national circulation. We publish work with a particular interest in region, including regions of place, regions of ethnicity,
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Fourteen Hills

Posted on April 22, 2023April 24, 2023 by Every Writer
Since its inception in 1994, Fourteen Hills has held an impressive reputation among international literary magazines for publishing the highest-quality innovative poetry,
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mojo

Posted on April 20, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
Mojo is the graduate-run online literary journal from Wichita State University?s MFA program. We publish in the Fall and Spring. All selected work is considered for inclusion in our annual
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pacificREVIEW

Posted on July 24, 2012October 23, 2017 by Every Writer
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.
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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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Soundings East

Posted on May 5, 2023May 9, 2023 by Every Writer
Soundings East is the literary journal of Salem State University, published annually with support from the Center for Creative and Performing Arts
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Subnivean

Posted on January 28, 2022April 20, 2023 by Every Writer
Subnivean, SUNY Oswego’s literary publication, was established in 2020. In 2021, it was recognized for its excellence as one of just four national Firecracker Awards finalists in the category of “Magazines: Best Debut” by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses.
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Swamppink formally Crazyhorse

Posted on March 25, 2023March 26, 2023 by Every Writer
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
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The Cincinnati Review

Posted on February 29, 2012July 11, 2017 by Every Writer
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
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The Citron Review

Posted on April 19, 2023April 21, 2023 by Every Writer
The Citron Review is an online literary journal created and edited by alumni of the esteemed Antioch University Los Angeles M.F.A. Program. We seek submissions of resonant beauty in the form of micro-fiction, flash fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.
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The Cumberland River Review

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Every Writer
The Cumberland River Review is a quarterly online publication of new poetry, fiction, essays, and art. The journal is produced by the department of English at Trevecca Nazarene University, in Nashville, Tennessee, and welcomes submissions from both national and international writers and artists.
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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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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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The Hedgehog Review

Posted on November 3, 2011August 6, 2018 by Every Writer
The Hedgehog Review delivers insightful, accessible writing by scholars and cultural critics focused on the most important questions of our day: What does it mean to be human? How do we live with our deepest differences? When does a community become a good community? The transformations taking place in our world are rapid, far-reaching, and challenging. The Hedgehog Review provides resources for navigating these changes. ISSN: 1527-9677 UPC/Bipad: 74470 27522 Frequency: 3 times per year (Spring, Summer, and Fall) Pages per issue: 120 (varies) Cover price: $12.00 Subscription price: $25.00 one year (3 issues) $45.00 two years (6 issues)
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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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