Thank you for checking out this list of literary magazines that are accepting submissions, provided by The Mark Literary Review. If you have interest in receiving this information in a bi-weekly newsletter, please email Jessica at themarkliteraryreview@gmail.com to sign up.
Disclaimer: We vet each magazine as best we can, but if you know of any unethical behavior by any of these magazines, please report it to us and we will take them off the list. We do not condone any magazines that promote hate or violence. Please bring any issues to The Mark's attention.
Research each publication for yourself before sending in your work. This list is just to notify the writing community of literary magazines that are open for submissions.
The Mark Literary Review
The Mark Literary Review was founded in 2018 by Jessica Purgett. The Mark is open to submissions for the first seven days of each month. We take submissions of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Prose must be kept under 4,000 words. There is no set theme for submissions and we do not charge a submission fee. Works that are accepted will be published and archived under the "Archives" tab on our website. Since 2018, we have published over 150 authors (many more than once.) We also take book reviews, author interviews, or literary essays of at least 300 words. The ideal article is between 1,200 and 2,400 words. We accept simultaneous submissions, but not work that has previously been published. We have current openings for readers, bloggers, and graphic designers. Visit our Open Positions page to learn more. Email Jessica at themarkliteraryreview@gmail.com with submissions or questions. Visit our submission guidelines page here.
Cerasus Magazine
Cerasus Magazine is open until June 15 for poetry, prose, artwork, and photography. Click here for their website.
Fish Barrel Review
Fish Barrel Review is open for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual art, interviews, and hybrid work until April 10. The magazine is run by two high school students who are open to read "weird and cool stuff." Click here for their website.
Heartland Society of Women Writers
Heartland Society of Women Writers is looking for short stories or poems in any genre by anyone who identifies as a woman. Submit until June 30. Click here for their website. They offer print and digital publication. Every accepted writer receives a full feature on three social media platforms in addition to their website including their work, bio, links, and interview.
Small Leaf Press
Small Leaf Press is open until May 2 for short stories for their anthology. They are also open for poetry, art, essays, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction for their magazine. Click here for their website.
New Flash Fiction Review
New Flash Fiction Review is looking for flash or creative nonfiction (one story, 750 words or less.) You can submit until April 30. Click here for their website.
NECTAR
NECTAR is open for poetry and fiction submissions until May 31. Find their website here. They pay each writer $10 upon publication, $20 if the writer donates to the magazine.
Thanks Hun Zine
Thanks Hun Zine is open until July 31 for poetry, short fiction, and essays. Click here for their website.
the tide rises, the tide falls
the tide rises, the tide falls is open year-round for poetry inspired by or mimicking Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls." You can find their archives here.
Sublunary Review
Sublunary Review is open until Nov. 27 for fiction, poetry, and art. They ask that you read their submission guidelines and browse their previously published work to get a sense of what kind of writing and art they are looking for. Click here for their website.
Orange Blush Zine
Orange Blush Zine is always open for art, poetry, prose, fiction, scripts, lists, comics, illustrations, photography, and collages. They are open to "experimental, out-of-the-box, punch-you-in-the-gut type work," according to the editor. The magazine is open to all genres. Click here for their website.
The New Territory
The New Territory is open for poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction piece about or by writers from the lower Midwest (Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.) They pay $25 per poem and $150 for creative nonfiction and fiction pieces. Click here for their website.
ENBY Magazine
ENBY Magazine is open for their print "Mind & Body" edition until April 15. They have rolling submissions throughout the year for their digital platform. They are looking for all genres of work including visual art, comics, prose, poetry, article, essays, and more. They want work that explores the intersections of mental health and the relationships we have with our bodies. This theme can be explored abstractly. They accept pitches and submissions from those in the Two Spirit and non-binary communities only. They prioritize pitches and submissions from multiply marginalized people. Click here for their website.
Authora Australis
Authors Australis is open for their third edition until April 15. They are looking for poetry, short stories, and artwork pertaining to their theme "Fight." Click here for their website.
Libretto Magazine
Libretto Magazine is open until April 30 for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, essay/memoir, visual art, and photography. Click here for their website.
Ice Lolly Review
Ice Lolly Review is always open to submissions, though this may change in the future. They want pieces that have a strong sense of voice and overall quality of work and language from writers aged 12-26. They are also looking for blog submissions and are accepting applications to be part of their team. Click here for their website.
Shabd Aaweg
Shabd Aaweg is open for poetry, literary reviews, fiction, and nonfiction prose for their summer issue. Click here for their website.
FEED
FEED is open year-round (they accept submissions on a rolling basis.) You can send them brief prose (fiction and nonfiction) and poetry.
From their website:
FEED is a weekly online lit mag of short-form literature. If long-form journals are elaborate holiday meals, FEED is a quick bite with morning coffee or a light midnight snack. Each week, FEED offers its readers a simple provision of short but satisfying poetry, nonfiction, fiction, and genre-bending in-betweeners.
FEED arose from a shared desire for consistent delivery of concise writing. As devoted but busy writers, readers, and subscribers, we are frequently overwhelmed not only by the density of traditional long-form reads but also the sometimes-complicated means of accessing flash literature on the go.
Inspired by the “newsfeed” style of the media platforms that connect us, FEED is a fresh, mobile lit mag that exists in the spaces when we stop to unwind and replenish. It is our mission to satisfy these necessary, soul-filling moments with condensed, stark poetry and brief, intimate prose made available with one-click ease.
The Minison Project
The Minison Project has rolling submissions. They take minimal sonnets/related poetry and 14-themed art and photography. The Minison Project is a format magazine, so the poetry they accept is specific. Their main focus is the minimal sonnet (minison for short) but they also have a biannual sonnet issue where they focus on the classical sonnet form. Click here for their website.
Ample Remains
Ample Remains is almost always open for submissions, except for the week preceding the third Friday of each month, in which they compile that month's issue. They are looking for poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and hybrid pieces that will remain with them long after they have finished reading. Their submission guidelines are broad and they consider work from writers of all backgrounds. They especially welcome work from BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, neurodivergent, or otherwise marginalized writers. They aim to foster a platform that elevates voices that have long been underrepresented in mainstream publishing. Click here for a link to their website.
Wrongdoing Magazine
Wrongdoing Magazine is a new indie literary magazine. The magazine is open for submissions until April 15 and will reopen again July 1 to September 15. They take fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid/experimental and visual art that is dark, mystical, sensual and risk-taking. The spring theme is petals, but works do not have to address petals as long as they fit the tone of the magazine.
Their website says, "we'll take the dark, the sacrilegious, and all of that good stuff that opens mouths and wounds. If you've ever had forced from your fingers something so blatantly wrong for most markets, then pretty please, do try us out." Click here for a link to their website.
Strukturriss
Strukturriss is open all year for experimental fiction and nonfiction (especially nonfiction) with a radical bent towards anarchic or feral thought. Click here for their website.
Chaotic Merge Magazine
Chaotic Merge Magazine is open for submissions until May 31. They expect adventurous and daring work in all different forms. They especially encourage BIPOC and LGBTQ+ people to submit.
The magazine also has a podcast, "Written Chaos" during which the hosts, Bailey Peabody and Jasmine Ferrufino talk about books, plays, and movies. Find their website here.
The Bitchin' Kitsch (The B'K)
The B’K is a quarterly art and lit, online and printed magazine prioritizing traditionally marginalized creators, but open to all. Own voices only, please.
It is free to submit to The B'K and to read their past editions on their website.
Briefly Zine
Briefly Zine is open for submissions all year. They publish quarterly in March, June, September, and December. Send up to three stories (six to 600 words) or poems (16 lines or less) in the body of an email to brieflywritessubmissions@gmail.com. Click here for their website.
ZiN Daily Literary Magazine
ZiN Daily Literary Magazine accepts prose, poetry, essays, reviews, excerpts, translations, art and photography year-round. ZiN Daily is an international literary magazine. They recognize literature and art as testaments of anguish and catalysts for progress. Send your submissions to their e-mail address: zindaily.subs1@gmail.com. Guidelines on how to submit can be found on their website.
Dryland
Dryland is open for submissions until April 20. They accept poetry, fiction, memoir and are especially interested in nonfiction essays.
From their website:
Dryland is an independent print literary journal born in South Central Los Angeles in 2015. We aim to publish the best in Black and Brown (POC) poetry, fiction, and non-fiction from around the world, established, emerging, and never-before-published writers.
Contributors have gone on to start their own journals, publish debut poetry collections, win awards such as PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship (Michelle Dorame) and the Voices of Our Nations Arts Fellowship (Jenise Miller). We also nominate authors for awards like the Pushcart Prize or the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Authors have also been offered representation by literary agencies after being discovered in the journal.
Blank Spaces
Blank Spaces is always open for submissions, but free submissions are for the months of March, June, September, and December. Canadian authors can send them creative nonfiction, flash, and poetry. Contributors receive a complimentary one year digital subscription. Click here for their website.
Tint Journal
Tint Journal is open year-round for their "In Conversation" section which functions like a blog. They accept interviews, profiles, essays, and reviews on ESL (English as a Second or non-native Language) authors and literature. They are open for submissions bi-annually (Spring and Fall) for short stories, poetry, flash fiction and flash nonfiction, and essays. They are a journal for ESL writers, however they welcome all writers to submit to their "In Conversation" blog. Submissions for the actual journal (fiction, poetry, etc.) must be by ESL writers. If you have any questions please contact info@tintjournal.com. Click here for their website.
Blue Marble Review
Blue Marble Review has rolling submissions for fiction, personal essays, poetry, art, photography, flash, and book reviews. They are a paying market and only accept submissions from people aged 13 to 22. There is no submission fee. Click here for their website.
The Light Bulb
The Light Bulb is open for submissions all year. The Light Bulb features articles and essays on topics like how to develop your writing skills, unleashing creativity, fighting writer’s block, the importance of education and learning, and more. They are also interested in publishing original creative writing (poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction) that evokes a strong sense of connection with writing itself, getting ideas, teaching, and learning. The Light Bulb supports the mission of Guide to Write, an online platform for writers and students, and will consider previously published work Click here for their website.
The Centifictionist
The Centifictionist is always open for submissions although there are rolling deadlines to be considered for inclusion in upcoming issues. The Centifictionist considers and publishes microfiction that is 100 words or less. Visit their website here. You can also find their Submittable page here.
Free State Review
Free State Review is open until May 1 for poetry, fiction, nonfiction and one minute plays. Click here for their website. They pay $50 for web features.
Poetic Geng
Poetic Geng shares a poetry prompt every Sunday. Their Twitter handle is @poeticgeng.
Auroras & Blossoms
Auroras & Blossoms' current call for submissions is for their yearly PoArtMo Anthology, which runs until Dec. 31. PoArtMo stands for Positive Art Month and Positive Art Moves. It was created by Auroras & Blossoms as an invitation to artists to create positive art every June (Positive Art Month) and throughout the year (Positive Art Moves). Now, in its second year, the PoArtMo Anthology celebrates the most inspirational and positive art created in 2021. They accept poetry, short stories, flash fiction, essays, six-word stories, photography, drawings, and paintings. Positive / Inspirational / Family-friendly art only. No politics, no swear words, no erotica. Fee: $4 per piece. If your work is selected, you can opt to receive ongoing royalties, a PDF copy, and get interviewed. New this year: A second anthology featuring works dedicated to 13-16 year-old artists. Click here for their website. They ask that artists interested in submitting spend the time to read their submission guidelines carefully.
Literary Impulse
Literary Impulse has rolling submissions for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They are a paying market for their summer edition. Click here for their website.
Capsule Stories
Capsule Stories is open for their second "isolation" edition until May 1.
"Capsule Stories Second Isolation Edition will capture our stories and feelings during the yearlong coronavirus pandemic and the isolating social measures that come with it. We recognize that in uncertain times, writers often turn to the written word to work through their feelings, to document all the changes in their lives, to be angry with the world, to heal. We want to provide writers with a place to express those feelings, and we want to give readers a collection of writing that helps them feel less alone in this isolating and lonely time."
Capsule Stories is always open for blog post submissions, as well. All writers are welcome to submit, especially writers of color, LGBTQ writers, writers with disabilities, and all writers from marginalized backgrounds. Click here for their website.
Exeter Publishing
Exeter Publishing is open until April 4. They are looking for flash fiction submissions for their first chapbook with the theme of "Unspoken." For more details, visit their chapbook submissions page here.
Hyades Magazine
Hyades Magazine is open until April 15. They accept poetry and short fiction (<1000 words). They like storytelling that doesn’t fear itself or its place in the audience’s mind. Click here for their website.
Hexagon SF Magazine
Hexagon SF Magazine is open for submissions year-round. They take speculative fiction prose, poetry, and graphic stories from new and emerging international authors. They are a paying market. Click here for their website.
Cypress Press
Cypress Press is open year round. They accept poetry and flash fiction/nonfiction from emerging and established writers around the world. Click here for their website.
Flash Frog
Flash Frog is open year-round for submissions of flash fiction under 1,000 words. Each story published on their site is accompanied by an original piece of artwork created specifically for that story. Click here for their website.
So to Speak Journal
So to Speak Journal is open until April 10. They are looking for work that matches their intersectional feminist viewpoint. In particular, they aim to platform Own Voices work by intersectional creators in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art. They recommend checking out a recent issue on their website to get a feel for what they've published as of late.
the winnow magazine
the winnow magazine just opened for their "The Haunting of Bly Manor" pop-up issue. Submissions close May 1. Click here for their website.
Night Sky Press
Night Sky Press is a magazine accepting speculative fiction flash stories, short stories, and the occasional poem set, in some way, within their provided framework. They are especially looking for unique perspectives from disabled, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC writers. Find their website here. They are a paying market. Submit until April 30.
Hinterland
Hinterland is open year round for any and all genres of creative nonfiction, from 250-5000 words in length. They pay a flat fee of £25 for flash-nonfiction and £100 for all other pieces. They are a quarterly print magazine, but can only pay their writers thanks to the support of their customers and subscribers, so if you're interested in supporting what they do make sure you pick up a copy! Click here for their website. They are open to submissions year-round.
Heartburn Review
Aside from accepting submissions for their regular issues, Heartburn Review also runs a bimonthly "Poet of the Month" program that they hope more people will get to know and submit to. This is a paid opportunity open to anyone. More details can be found here.
Tether's End Magazine
Submissions for Tether's End Magazine's next issue (Issue 2) are open from March 1 onwards (closing date TBA, but provisionally May 1.) They accept prose, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, and photography. This upcoming issue is themed "Folklore." Click here for their website.
K'in Literary Journal
K'in Literary Journal is open for poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, and they have a section for writers aged 13-18. They accept flash fiction and prose poetry within those sections, too. Click here for their website.
Fahmidan Journal
Fahmidan Journal is open until May 1 for poetry, prose, and opinion pieces for their issue, "Autoimmune & Mental Health Warriors." They are open for general submissions (untamed) until June 15. Click here for their website.
Neuro Logical Literary Magazine
Neuro Logical Literary Magazine says, "We want the poems that poets don't think will fit in elsewhere. That they would never submit or that they think doesn't fit with a specific mags style!" They are open for submissions year-round. Click here for their website.
The Hungry Ghost Project
The Hungry Ghost Project is open until April 16 for flash fiction, creative nonfiction and visual art on the topics of food, hauntings, memory and consumption. Click here for their website. They send their contributors £5 and a print copy of the issue. All their profits are donated to Big Issue North.
Scan Me Poetry
Scan Me Poetry is open until April 8. They are looking for nature poems, especially those that suggest calmness or a state of belonging. They prefer free-form lyric poetry that offers beautiful images of a moment and leaves plenty unsaid. Click here for their website.
Sledgehammer Lit
Sledgehammer Lit is a new magazine currently open for submissions. They are looking for unpublished poetry and flash (3 poems max / 1000 word limit). There is no theme. Click here for their website.
The Liminal Review
The Liminal Review is looking for short prose, poetry, nonfiction and illustrations from emerging and underrepresented voices until May 31. Click here for their website.
Paddler Press - Canoe Lake Memories
Paddler Press - Canoe Lake Memories is open for poetry and art inspired by, and related to, the life and death of famed Canadian painter and paddler, Tom Thomson. Click here for their website. Contributors will receive a copy of the final printed publication.
eucalyptus & rose
eucalyptus & rose is a new magazine currently open for heartwarming and thoughtful poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction. Click here for their website.
Thank you so much for putting together this list of magazines. Very helpful! 🌟