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.
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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. We are open for submissions until March 15. 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.
Marías at Sampaguitas
Marías at Sampaguitas is open for submissions during the months of March, May, July, September and October. They are looking for writing to match their slogan, "pagsulat sa mga bulaklak," which means, "when writing on flowers." Flowers are gentle and fragile, yet convey certain emotions and messages, depending on its species. They want your coded words, your cries for attention.
They want the soft and untouched, the broken and crumbling; they want voices to share their pain, so we may heal together. They want tender love stories and wrenching heartbreak; they want to be moved to tears. Click here for their website.
“Because That’s Where Your Heart Is” (Sans. Press Anthology)
Sans. Press is open until March 28 for short stories up to 4,000 words. For their new collection, they are looking for stories that respond to the prompt "Because That’s Where Your Heart Is," and to the artwork selected for the cover. They want stories about what makes heart beats faster; stories can be about romantic love, but also about friendship, dogs, cats, or a profound unexplained passion for paragliding. What they care about is the passion! They pay a €10 flat rate for accepted stories. Click here for their website.
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. The theme is "Folklore." Click here for their website.
The Writers' Den Magazine
The Writers' Den Magazine is open for submissions for their "Locked" issue until March 15. They also have an unthemed issue open until March 20.
For the locked issue they want you to showcase your darkest desires, your lusts. Refer to their submission guidelines to see how to submit.
The Writers' Den Magazine runs a podcast and is currently seeking guests. Any successful entry into the journal gets the opportunity to be on the podcast. Click here for their website.
Heartburn Review
Heartburn Review is open for submissions until Feb. 28. They will reopen later in the year between June 1 and Aug. 31. They are accepting poetry (up to five poems in one submission) and hybrid/prose submissions (must be <250 words). Click here for their website.
Aside from accepting submissions for their regular issues, they also run 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.
Sundamaged
Sundamaged is a place for new voices about traveling, celebrating the wonder of nature and cultural discovery, but also acknowledging the negative sides of travel. Traveling can be a day trip, it can be a long journey on foot that has no fixed end point, or it can be a destructive force. They are currently open for articles, essays, creative nonfiction, fiction and prose poetry. Click here for their website.
Zenith
Zenith is currently accepting works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art until March 13. They want submissions related to their "Transcending the Self" theme. Click here for their website.
patchwork lit mag
patchwork lit mag is looking for honest narratives, stories that defy genre, escapes into handcrafted worlds, and words found between the seams. They are accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art, drama, and experimental pieces until March 12. Click here for their website.
The Lincoln Review
The Lincoln Review is open for flash fiction (up to 2,000 words), poetry (max. four poems), creative nonfiction and essays (up to 2,000 words), art, and photography (portfolio of up to six pieces), and comics (up to seven pages). Submit until April 1. Find their website here.
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.
Walled City Literary Review
Walled City Literary Review is a quarterly magazine containing poetry, prose, and hybrids. They want work that makes them feel something, and writing that is thoughtful-provoking and powerful. They are open for submissions until March 15. Click here for their website.
Journal of Erato
Journal of Erato's editor says, "If you make it, we'll look at it! This can include absolutely anything from horror stories to love poems." They are always open for submissions. Find their website here.
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.
Up the Staircase Quarterly
Up the Staircase Quarterly is accepting submissions of poetry, visual art, and reviews until March 15. Click here for their website.
the winnow magazine
the winnow magazine opened for their first ever digital chapbook (poetry, prose, or a combo of the two) on Feb. 1, and submissions will close on March 31. You can sumbit poetry, prose, or a combo of the two. 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.
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.
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.
TunaFish Journal
TunaFish Journal has a different theme for their submissions every month. They take poetry, creative nonfiction (1,500 words), and visual art. Click here for their website.
The Aurora Journal
The Aurora Journal is open for submissions until April 1. They look for poetry and prose that is surreal, ethereal, mystical, and explores the dangerous limits of surrealism. If you have a piece resembling anything from a fever dream, nonsensical yet profound musings, to love letters addressed to no one, send them in. 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.
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.
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.
Capsule Stories
Capsule Stories has two deadlines for upcoming submissions. They are open for their "Starry Nights" edition until March 15. They are looking for poems, stories, and essays that feel like summer.
They are 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.
Juven
Juven is accepting poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, prose, art, and photography until March 31. They are only accepting work of writers that are 25 years old or younger. Their issues are themed; the first call's theme is Re/Untold. Juven is the partner magazine for The Young Writers Initiative.
"Overall, we are looking for work that tries to change us, whether it be our perspective, our hearts, or souls. We want work that makes us eager to experience it, work that excites us and has something fresh to bring. We do not accept any hateful or bigoted work." You can find their current website here but they will soon be moving to juvenpress.com.
Floresta
Floresta is a magazine open to women writers only. They are taking submissions for their "lockdown" theme until Feb. 28. They want submissions that explore nature in relations to the broader lockdown theme. Send them photography, photo series, photo diaries, video, film, collage, paintings, and/or renders.
From their website:
Based and founded in Manchester, UK. Established in late 2020 by a Woman of Colour who wanted to create a space to showcase the variety and depth of perspectives, projects, work and art being done by women centred on and around the environment.
Floresta is focused on showcasing the encapsulating work by women, amplifying their voices and exploring the multitude of mediums through which they are creating and designing.
The Alchemy Spoon
The Alchemy Spoon is open for submissions to their "Spell" theme until Feb. 28.
From their website:
The Alchemy Spoon is a platform for poetry without prejudice especially of race, gender or age. We are particularly interested to invite poems from new phase poets. These are poets who have come late to poetry, often following retirement, or a life-change.
Wordpeace
Wordpeace is an online journal dedicated to peace and social justice. They are open for poetry, short fiction, nonfiction essays, and artwork. Visit their website here.
Naugatuck River Review
Naugatuck River Review (NRR) is open until March 15. There is no fee to submit. NRR is print journal of narrative poetry in its 13th year of publication. Click here to be redirected to 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 deadline to be considered for Issue 3 is March 1. The Centifictionist considers and publishes microfiction that is 100 words or less. Visit their website here. You can also find their Submittable page here.
opia
opia is open for submissions until Feb. 28. They take prose, poetry, visual art (photography, traditional art, digital art, etc.) They are only open to writers and artists from marginalized and underrepresented communities and backgrounds.
They paid their first issue contributors and are hoping to pay for the second issue as well, but that will depend on the success of their print run, so they can't currently guarantee that. 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.
Northern Otter Press
Northern Otter Press is open for submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art until Feb. 28.
Contributors receive a copy of the volume their work is published in. Click here for their website.
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.
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.
Interstellar Literary Review
Interstellar Literary Review is open for submissions until March 15. They are searching for powerful prose that travels light-years and polished poems that take them through galaxies!
From their website:
As a team of writers ourselves, Interstellar has always known the need for any form of feedback on our works. We understand how breaking in to the literary magazine world holds as many trials as it does rewards, and the journey into this world comes from a want that all writers, beginner or veteran, know: we want our words to be seen, and we want them to be acknowledged.
Thus, regardless of age or experience, Interstellar wants to let you know that you are seen, and we’ve held your words, weighty, in our hands. Whether we become a home for your piece or not, we always provide free feedback for every submission: we want to help you polish your work, no matter if it’s for us for publication, or simply for you and your journey with said piece. Whether we’re the final planet you land on or the space station along the way, we want to spot you, and we want to cheer you on.
Poetic Geng
Poetic Geng shares a poetry prompt every Sunday. Their Twitter handle is @poeticgeng.
Georgia Southern's High School Writing Contest
Georgia Southern's High School Writing Contest is open for submissions until March 1. They are accepting submissions in creative writing (up to 1000 Words of fiction or poetry), rhetoric & composition, linguistics, and professional & technical writing (500 words each, see flyer for writing prompts) Winners and runners up will be published in print and invited to give a reading at an online awards ceremony in April.
Love Letters
Love Letters is open until the end of February for art, photography, prose, flash fiction, poetry, op-ed’s and musical compositions.
From their website:
who understands love better than teenagers?
if you are a high school student who loves to write, make music, create art, or capture photos, we want to publish your work about love!
our mission at love letters magazine is to help students promote their work and receive feedback from their peers. whether you are an advanced musician or amateur photographer, we want to help you grow!
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.
Southword: New International Writing
Southword: New International Writing is open for poetry submissions until Feb. 28 and fiction until March 31. In a submission period they like to see no more than one story or four poems per author. There is an upper limit of 5,000 words for short stories and a suggested limit of 40 lines per poem. Click here for their website. They pay €40 per poem and €250 per short story.
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.
SHE: Seen.Heard.Engaged. (an anthology)
SHE: Seen.Heard.Engaged. (an anthology) is open until Feb. 28. They are looking for poems, essays, creative nonfiction, artwork from female-identifying youth 8-18 on the theme of being a girl in America today. Click here for their website.
Hencroft Hub
Hencroft Hub is open for submissions of short and flash fiction and poetry. They are currently accepting for their theme, fungus until Feb. 28. Visit their website here.
CP Quarterly
CP Quarterly is open until Feb. 28. CP Quarterly (FKA Crêpe & Penn) was founded out of love for the craft and a need to fill the world with exciting literature that speaks to all kinds of people. They accept poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. They take simultaneous submissions and previously published work. Any combination of genres is allowed but you are only allowed to submit up to five pieces. They welcome all writers but will not take problematic or hateful work. 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 (English as a Second or non-native Language) 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.
{m}aganda magazine
{m}aganda magazine's submissions are open to all for their upcoming issue {m}34: kapwa, and will close on Feb. 28 11:59PM PST.
For their upcoming publication {m}34: kapwa, they are looking for submissions of any media, from prose to poetry to photography to artwork and music. The theme around these submissions should reflect what kapwa means to the contributor. Kapwa is a Tagalog word that their literary team described as "a recognition of shared identity, to see yourself in the other. kapwa is the notion of diminishing the margin between ‘I’ and 'we.' It’s unveiling our shared heart beats. It is determination to witness each other as our most authentic selves. It is holding each other in our past and present, so that we may build a collective future."
Their co{m}munity content (website space) accepts all types of media from videos to photography, music, art, and literature of all forms. They are open to any and all submissions, as the co{m}munity space doesn't hold a specific theme for contributors to reference. They also encourage folks who don't have works that are suitable for a publication format (ex: videos) to submit any {m}34: kapwa related works to the co{m}munity space to get their work featured there.
{m}aganda magazine is a student-run academic publication based at the University of California, Berkeley. They are a platform built on uplifting the voices and efforts of folks of all backgrounds and identities, but their focus is uplifting Pilipinx/American artists and creators. They are proud to be an organization 31 years strong, the second-longest running organization on the UC Berkeley campus, and the longest running Pilipinx-American publication in the country. Their {m}ission statement and more of the works they aim to highlight 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.
Decolonial Passage
Decolonial Passage is open until March 31. Their first issue (to be published June 2021) will focus on Migration and Movement. Send them your essays, creative nonfiction, short stories, flash fiction, and poems that connect the decolonial project with topics such as migration, immigration, forced removal, the Middle Passage, the Great Migration, Windrush, The Wall, gentrification, etc. Writers may submit writing in more than one genre but may only submit one essay, short story, poem, piece of creative nonfiction or flash fiction. Maximum words for prose is 3,000. Click here to view 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.
Dead Fern Press
Dead Fern Press is open for submissions through March. They accept poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. Click here for 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.
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.
Riverbed Review
Riverbed Review is open until March 16 for poems and stories featuring rivers.
From their website:
Bring to us strifes and poems about imaginary rivers that only you can see, or a family of ducks that live and die by the same stream, or a murder that takes place by a secluded creek...bring to us anything and everything that celebrates the wildest of brooks and gentlest of rivulets.
The Lumiere Review
The Lumiere Review is always open for submissions. The last day to submit for their fourth issue is Feb. 28. They accept poetry, prose (fiction, nonfiction), photography, paintings, digital art, hybrid works, and all other forms of art. They also have a "submission tips" page which discusses cover letters, third-person bios, etc. Click here for their website.
Second Chance Lit
Second Chance Lit is open for previously rejected poetry and short prose under 1,000 words until March 22. The magazine was founded in 2020 by David Wasserman.
From their website:
The online literary magazine community is amazing, supportive, and have an immensely difficult task accepting and rejecting submissions. It is our hope that Second Chance will be viewed as a spot to showcase those amazing pieces that didn’t quite fit somewhere else and that other lit mags will point writers in our direction when they have an exceptional submission which doesn’t quite fit their current issue or aesthetic.
Your work was good - is good. It just wasn’t the right fit or at the right time or at the right place. Let us give it a home here, a second chance.
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.
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.
Wrongdoing Magazine
Wrongdoing Magazine is a new indie literary magazine. The magazine is open for submissions until April 15th 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.
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 open for submissions until March 14. 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.
The Augment Review
The Augment Review is open for submissions until March 31. They accept a multitude of writing and art as long as they conform to the magazine's guidelines (listed on their submissions page here) and are created by someone between 13 and 25 years of age. Their theme for the upcoming issue is "Pierce."
According to their website, they "are a student-run literary magazine working to uplift youth voices and experiences, in addition to providing a space for constructive feedback and growth." Their inaugural issue went live on Jan. 31. The Augment Review provides free, detailed feedback on to all submissions that request it and follow their guidelines. Click here to visit their website.
Relief Journal
Relief Journal is open until March 1 for submissions of poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, and graphic narratives.
According to their website, "For over a decade, Relief has helped shape the landscapes of faith and imagination for readers around the world. In our annual print journal, we feature fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative, and reviews by some of today’s finest literary practitioners, alongside emerging voices. We also publish new reflections on our blog each week—meditations by diverse writers pondering our contemporary moment through the rich lenses of art and faith."
Epoch
Epoch is open for their summer issue until March 31. They accept creative nonfiction, artwork, and music relating to their theme.
Epoch is a print publication that doesn’t charge a reading fee, pays their contributors, and enthusiastically encourages submissions from voices traditionally under-represented in publishing. Click here for their website.
Superfroot Magazine
Superfroot Magazine is open for submissions for their first issue, "Lover Boy" until March 31. You can submit up to three pieces of flash equaling 3,000 words, short fiction up to 5,000 words, one to five pieces of art and one to five pieces of photography. Superfroot seeks to uplift marginalized voices and writers. Click here for their website.
Note: Superfroot was open for poetry submissions as well, but according to their Twitter feed, they have reached their cap. They are still open for flash, short fiction, and photography.
The Minison Project
The Minison Project is open for their March issue until Feb. 28. 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.
Paracosm Literary Journal
Paracosm Literary Journal is open until March 10 for poetry, prose, and art from young creatives ages 13 to 24.
According to their website, "Paracosm Literary Journal is an online publication for young writers and artists who want to share their work with the world. Enamored with the arts, we are a youth community delving deep into creativity and searching for yours. We’re looking for the thoughts that give birth to more. The ones that flit between exhales in the minutes before midnight. Those cupped within you that beat their wings for flight. Submit and watch them soar!"
Tipping the Scales Literary and Art Journal
According to their website, "Tipping the Scales is a lesbian literary and arts journal by lesbians for lesbians." They are open until March 4 for fiction, poetry, flash fiction, nonfiction, art, and photography. You can read past editions of the magazine here.
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 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.
Thank you for this lovely compilation of Literary Magazines! 😊