| Journal |
Genres |
Reading Period and Submissions Link |
Notes |
American University, Washington, D.C
Folio |
Art, poetry, prose |
Check for updated reading periods.
http://www.american.edu/cas/literature
/folio/index.cfm |
Issues are themed |
Antioch University, Los Angeles, California
Lunch Ticket |
Creative Nonfiction (and the Diana Woods Memorial Award)
Fiction
Flash Prose (any genre)
Literary Translation (and The Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation & Multilingual Texts)
Poetry
Visual Art (painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, installation, mixed-media, graphic narratives, and other 2D work)
Writing for Young People (13+)
Multilingual submissions in all genres |
February 1 to April 30 and August 1 to October 31
https://lunchticket.submittable.com/submit |
No submission fee |
Arizona State University
Hayden's Ferry Review
Transformations |
Short stories, novellas, poems, and translations
Narrative storytelling, essays |
Closed to submissions in May, June, and July
https://hfr.submittable.com/submit
https://www.transformationnarratives.com/submissions |
$3.00 reading fee
No fee for Transformations |
Ashland University, Ohio
River Teeth |
Creative nonfiction, including narrative reportage, essays, and memoirs, as well as critical essays that examine the emerging genre and that explore the impact of nonfiction narrative on the lives of its writers, subjects, and readers |
September 1 through December 1 and January 1 through May 1
https://riverteeth.submittable.com/submit |
No page length or word count limit |
Boise State University, Idaho
The Idaho Review |
Short stories and poetry |
Closes March 9, 2018. Check site to see next open period
https://theidahoreview.submittable.com/Submit |
$3 fee to submit via submittable |
Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Mid-American Review |
Stories, poems, and essays, reviews and translation |
Year-round submissions
https://marsubmissions.bgsu.edu/ |
No submission fee |
Brooklyn College, CUNY
The Brooklyn Review |
Poetry, fiction, and performance texts |
Year-round submissions
http://www.bkreview.org/submit/
|
No submission fee |
Butler University, Indianapolis
Booth |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, lists |
September 1 to March 31
https://booth.submittable.com/submit |
No submission fee |
California College of the Arts, San Francisco
Eleven Eleven |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art and literary criticism, translation and drama |
Has reading periods but doesn't say what they are
https://elevenelevenjournal.com/submit/ |
No submission fee |
California State University, Fresno
The Normal School |
Fiction, poetry, memoir, personal essays, and creative nonfiction, comics |
September 1 to December 1 and from January 15
to April 15
https://www.thenormalschool.com/submissions-1/ |
$3 submission fee |
California State University, Long Beach
RipRap |
Creative short fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and art such as photography, illustration and comics |
September 12th – December 17th
https://riprapliteraryjournal.submittable.com/
submit |
No submission fee |
California State University, San Diego
Pacific Review |
Poems, fiction (short stories, flash fiction and excerpts that stand alone), memoir, creative non-fiction, essays, comics, visual art, photography, documented performance and hybrid. |
Check site for updated submission periods.
https://pacificreview.sdsu.edu/casa1.html |
Annual publication |
Chatham University, Pittsburgh
The Fourth River |
Poetry, literary short fiction, creative nonfiction and visual art |
Fall Online Issue: November 1-January 1
Spring Print Issue: July 1-September 1
http://www.thefourthriver.com/index.php/submit |
"We are looking for writing that is richly situated at the confluence of place, space and identity—or that reflects upon or makes use of landscape and place in new ways." |
City College of New York, CUNY
Global City Review |
Stories, poems, memoirs, interviews and essays |
https://www.jhalit.com/#Submissions
March 1- May 1 and October 1- December 1
|
Snail mail only
Themed issues |
City College of New York, CUNY
Fiction |
Short story, novelette, and novella |
October 15 through April 15
http://www.fictioninc.com/submit/
|
They do not publish full length novels, flash fiction, non-fiction, stage plays, screenplays, poetry, hybrid works, or unsolicited interviews |
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Colorado Review |
Poetry, short fiction and personal essays with contemporary theme |
Fiction & poetry manuscripts are read from
August 1 to April 30; nonfiction manuscripts
are read year-round. Fiction & poetry manuscripts received between May 1 and July 31 will be returned unread
http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-review/submit/
|
$10 per page ($30 minimum) for poetry and $200 for short stories and essays |
Columbia College, Chicago
Columbia Poetry Review |
Poetry |
July 1 to November 1
https://www.colum.edu/columbiapoetryreview/
submissions.php |
$3 submission fee |
Columbia College, Chicago
Hotel Amerika |
All genres of creative writing, generously defined |
September 1 and April 1
http://www.hotelamerika.net/submit/
|
$3 submission fee |
Columbia University, New York City
Columbia |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation, art, film, music |
January 15th to May 2018 (no date)
https://columbiajournal.submittable.com/submit |
No submission fee |
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
EPOCH |
Fiction, poetry, essays, cartoons, screenplays, graphic art, and graphic fiction |
September 15 to April 15
http://www.epoch.cornell.edu/submit.html |
Snail mail submissions only |
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
Jelly Bucket |
Fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art |
July 1st through December 1st
https://jellybucket.submittable.com/submit |
Annual publication |
Eastern Washington University, Spokane
Willow Springs |
Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translation |
Fiction and poetry submissions between
September 1 and May 31. Nonfiction is open year-round
http://willowspringsmagazine.org/submit/ |
$3 submission fee
$100 per published long-form prose piece, $40 for short prose (up to three stories, each under 750 words, can be included per submission), and $20 per published poem (up to 6 can be included per submission) |
Emerson College, Boston
Ploughshares |
Fiction and nonfiction, translation |
June 1 to January 15, at noon EST
https://www.pshares.org/submit |
$45/printed page, $90 minimum per title, $450 maximum per author
Charges $3 fee to submit |
Emerson College, Boston
Redivider |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, graphic narrative, and art. |
September - April
http://www.redividerjournal.org/submit/open-submissions/ |
$25 to $40 per piece
$3 “tip jar” fee per submission May through August |
Fairfield University, Connecticut
Dogwood |
Poetry and prose |
July 1-September 5
https://dogwoodliterary.com/submissions/ |
Snail mail only |
Fairleigh Dickinson University,
Madison, New Jersey
The Literary Review |
Short stories, narrative nonfiction, essays, and poems |
Submission periods not indicated. Check back in the fall
http://www.theliteraryreview.org/submit/ |
International writers and translators |
Florida International University, Miami
Gulf Stream Magazine |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art |
September 1st to November 1st and January 15th through April 1st
https://gulfstreamlitmag.com/submissions/ |
$3 submission fee |
Florida State University, Tallahassee
The Kudzu Review |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction and art |
Reading periods not specified
https://kudzureviewfsu.com/home-2/
our-past-issues-2/ |
Accepts work from undergraduates only |
Florida State University, Tallahassee
The Southeast Review |
Literary fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, interviews, book reviews, and art |
Rolling submissions
https://www.southeastreview.org/
general-submissions |
$3 to submit |
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Phoebe |
Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and book reviews |
Late summer to early fall for the print issue
and from mid-winter to early spring for the online issue
https://phoebe.submittable.com/submit |
$3 to submit |
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
So to Speak |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art |
Open to submissions in spring and fall
https://sotospeak.submittable.com/Submit |
Intersectional feminist viewpoint |
Georgia College & State University,
Milledgeville
Arts & Letters |
Poetry: 4-6 poems per submission (suggested)
Fiction: manuscripts up to 25 pages
Flash Fiction: manuscripts up to 1,000 words
Creative Nonfiction: manuscripts up to 25 pages |
August 1st to January 31st
http://artsandletters.gcsu.edu/submit/
|
$10 per printed page (minimum payment: $50), and one contributor copy, plus a one year subscription. Arts & Letters is published twice a year, in Spring and Fall
$3 to submit |
Georgia State University, Atlanta
Five Points |
Fiction, poetry, flash fiction and non-fiction, and literary non-fiction |
August 1 to December 1 and January 1 to April 1
http://fivepoints.gsu.edu/submit/
|
$3 to submit |
Georgia State University, Atlanta
New South |
Fiction, poetry, essays |
September 1st - March 30th
https://newsouth.submittable.com/submit |
$3 to submit |
Hamline University
Water-Stone Review |
Fiction, poetry, CNF |
October 1- December 1, 2018
http://waterstonereview.com/submissions/ |
Charges fee to submit |
Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia
The Hollins Critic |
Poetry |
September 15 to December 1
https://www.hollins.edu/who-we-are/news-media/hollins-critic/ |
No submission fee |
Hunter College, CUNY
The Olivetree Review |
Poetry, Art, Prose (Fiction/Non-Fiction), and Drama |
Spring and fall submissions
http://www.theolivetreereview.com/
p/submit_23.html |
No fee to submit |
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana Review |
Fiction and nonfiction, translation |
February 1-March 31, 11:59pm
Check site for additional reading periods
https://indianareview.org/submit/ |
$5.00 per page ($10.00 minimum
$3 to submit |
Iowa State University, Ames
Flyway |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art |
August 15th to June 1st (site also says May 1)
https://flyway.submittable.com/submit |
No fee to submit |
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
and Washington, D.C.
The Hopkins Review |
Short fiction, poetry, memoirs, essays on literature, film, the visual arts, music, and dance, as well as original photographs and reproductions of visual art, and reviews of books, performances, and exhibits |
Closed during May through August, December, and January
https://thehopkinsreview.submittable.com/
submit%20
|
$3 to submit |
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
New Delta Review |
Fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, reviews, interviews, and artwork |
No reading periods listed
http://ndrmag.org/submissions/ |
$3 to submit |
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
The Southern Review |
Fiction, poetry, and essays, including creative nonfiction and literary essays |
Fiction and nonfiction September 1 - December 1
Poetry postmarked September 1 through March 1
https://thesouthernreview.org/submissions/
|
$25 per printed page with a maximum payment of $200
$3 online submission fee for prose (no fee for snail mail)
poetry must be sent by snail mail (no fee) |
Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York
Inkwell |
Poetry, fiction, CNF, art |
Reading periods not specified. See site for updates.
https://www.inkwelljournal.net/submission-guidelines |
No submission fee |
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Blue Earth Review |
Fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry |
Year-round submissions
http://blueearthreview.mnsu.edu/submissions/ |
No submission fee |
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus
Poetry South |
Poetry |
Deadline July15
http://www.muw.edu/poetrysouth/submit |
Open to writers from the South |
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus
Ponder Review |
Fiction
Flash Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Short plays
New media
Visual art |
See site for updates on submission periods
https://ponderreview.submittable.com/submit
|
$2 submission fee for everything except art |
Dartmouth College
Meetinghouse
|
Poetry and prose | https://www.meetinghousemag.org/submit
|
No submission fee
$40 for digital content and $100 for work published in print
Has submission periods |
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
Puerto del Sol |
Poetry, prose, art |
Deadline of March 31, reading periods not posted
https://www.puertodelsol.org/submit |
No submission fee
|
The New School University, New York City
LIT |
Poetry, prose |
Reading periods not posted
https://litmagazine.submittable.com/submit |
No submission fee |
New York University, New York City
Washington Square Review |
Poetry, fiction, translations |
August 1 - October 15, December 15 - February 1
http://www.washingtonsquarereview.com/submit |
No information on submission fees. Check during submission periods |
Northeast Ohio Universities Consortium (NEOMFA)
Rubbertop Review |
Poetry, fiction, CNF |
October 1 - February 15
https://rubbertopreview.submittable.com/submit |
No information on submission fees. Check during submission periods |
Northeast Ohio Universities Consortium (NEOMFA)
Whiskey Island Magazine |
Fiction, CNF, flash fiction, poetry |
August 15th through November 15th, and January 15th through April 15th
https://whiskeyisland.submittable.com/submit |
No submission fee |
Northeast Ohio Universities Consortium (NEOMFA)
Passages North |
Fiction, CNF, flash fiction, poetry |
Open until April 15, 2018. Check back for updates.
http://passagesnorth.com/submissions/ |
No submission fee |
Ohio State University, Columbus
The Journal |
Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photo essays, author interviews, and reviews of new books of poetry and prose |
Year-long submissions
http://thejournalmag.org/submit |
No submission fee |
Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon
Silk Road |
Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translations, one-act plays, art, first chapter novel excerpts |
Year-long submissions
http://silkroad.pacificu.edu/submit/ |
$2 submission fee |
Portland State University, Oregon
The Portland Review |
Poetry, prose, art |
Summer submissions
http://portlandreview.org/submit/ |
No information on submission fees |
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Sycamore Review |
Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translations, |
September 1 – March 31
https://sycamorereview.com/submissions/ |
No fee at beginning of month. After submittable quota is met, the fee is $2 |
Schoolcraft College, Livonia, Michigan
The MacGuffin |
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art |
September 1 through June 30
https://home.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin/submission-guidelines |
No fee to submit
No payment |
Roosevelt University, Chicago
Oyez Review |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art |
Check for submission updates.
https://oyezreview.submittable.com/submit |
No information on fees |
Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey
StoryQuarterly |
Literary fiction, including short stories, short shorts, and
novel excerpts |
Submission periods not posted. Check site for details.
http://storyquarterly.camden.rutgers.edu
/submissions/ |
$50
No information on fees to submit |
Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga
Mary |
Poetry and prose |
Check site for submission periods
http://maryjournal.org/spring2017/submit/ |
$30
No information on fees to submit |
San Diego State University
Fiction International |
Poetry and prose |
Check site for submission periods
https://fictioninternational.sdsu.edu/wordpress
/submit/ |
No information on fees to submit |
San Diego State University
Poetry International |
Poetry |
May 1st - November 1st
https://poetryinternational.sdsu.edu/
contact_us/submissions.html |
$20 submission fee |
San Francisco State University
Fourteen Hills |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, novel excerpts, and art |
December 1 to June 1
https://www.14hills.net/submit-general |
$2 submission fee |
San Jose State University, California
Reed Magazine |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art |
June 1 - November 1
https://www.reedmag.org/submit |
California themes
No information on submission fees |
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York
Lumina |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art |
Open through March 31
http://luminajournal.com/submit/ |
$5 submission fee |
Southern Connecticut State University,
New Haven
Noctua Review |
Poetry, fiction, art |
September 1st to December 31st
https://www.noctuareview.com/submissions/ |
No information on submission fees |
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Crab Orchard Review |
Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction |
Check site for reading period updates
http://craborchardreview.siu.edu/cor-submissions.html |
No information on submission fees
May pay writers (?) |
Spalding University, Louisville
Good River Review
The Louisville Review |
Poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction |
Year-round reading period
https://www.goodriverreview.com/submissions
http://www.louisvillereview.org/submissions/ |
No fee to submit |
Stony Brook Southampton, SUNY
The Southampton Review
Sandpiper Review |
Poetry, fiction, drama, art, and nonfiction |
August 15 - October 15
February 1 - April 1
https://www.thesouthamptonreview.com/submit/
https://www.sandpiperreview.com/ |
$3 submission fee
Undergraduate writers only for Sandpiper Review
See submission periods |
Syracuse University, New York
Salt Hill |
Poetry, prose, translations, reviews, essays, interviews, and artwork |
August 1 - April 1
http://salthilljournal.net/submit/ |
No submission fee |
Temple University
TINGE |
Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry |
January 1 to March 1, September 1 to November 1
http://www.tingemagazine.org/submission-guidelines/ |
No submission fee |
Texas State University, San Marcos
Front Porch |
Flash fiction, short stories, poetry, art, and creative nonfiction |
Year-round submissions
http://frontporchjournal.com/submissions/ |
No submission fee |
University College Dublin, Ireland
HCE Review |
Short stories, poetry, and creative nonfiction |
Open until April 15. Check the site for updates.
https://hcereview.com/submissions/ |
No submission fee |
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Black Warrior Review |
Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry |
December 1 – March 1 and June 1 – September 1
http://bwr.ua.edu/submit/guidelines/ |
Pays writers, amount not specified
$3 submission fee |
University of Alaska, Anchorage
Alaska Quarterly Review |
Fiction, short plays, poetry, photo essays, and literary nonfiction |
August 15 - May 15
https://aqreview.org/writers-guidelines/ |
Snail mail submissions only |
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Permafrost |
Flash essays, prose poems, hermit-crab stories, lyric essays, lists, anecdotes about your creepy uncle |
Submissions for the print edition are read between May 1 and October 31
Submissions for the online edition are from November 1 through April 30
https://permafrostmag.uaf.edu/submit/ |
$3 to submit |
University of Arizona, Tucson
Sonora Review |
Fiction, poetry, and non-fiction |
January 16 through February 1
https://sonorareview.com/submit/submission-guidelines/ |
$3 to submit |
University of Baltimore
Passager Journal |
Poetry, memoir, short fiction |
June 1- September 15
http://www.passagerbooks.com/submit/ |
No submission fee
Writers must be age 50 or older |
University of California, Irvine
Faultline |
Short stories, poetry, art, and creative nonfiction |
August 15th and January 31st
http://faultline.sites.uci.edu/submit/ |
No information on submission fees |
University of California, Riverside,
Palm Desert Graduate Center
The Coachella Review |
Short stories, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction |
Year-round submissions
http://thecoachellareview.com/wordpress
/submissions/ |
No submission fee |
University of Central Florida, Orlando
The Florida Review |
Short stories, poetry, drama, graphic narrative, video,and creative nonfiction |
No information on reading periods
http://floridareview.cah.ucf.edu/submit/guidelines/ |
$2 or $3 submission fee |
University of Florida, Gainesville
Subtropics |
Fiction, poetry, CNF |
January 15th through February 28th
http://subtropics.english.ufl.edu/index.php/
submissions/ |
For stories and essays, $1,000 ($500 for a short short) Poets are paid $100 per poem
$3 submission fee |
University of Houston, Texas
Gulf Coast |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry |
September 1 through March 1
http://gulfcoastmag.org/submit/ |
$50 per page for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
$2.50 submission fee |
University of Idaho, Moscow
Fugue |
Poetry, plays, fiction, essays, visual-text hybrids, and interviews |
September 1 through May 1
http://www.fuguejournal.com/submit/
|
$15 per accepted piece
$3 submission fee |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ninth Letter |
Poetry, fiction, essays |
Fiction: September 1 to November 30 and from January 1 to February 28. Poetry and essays: September 1 to February 28
http://www.ninthletter.com/journal/submit |
$25 per printed page
No submission fee |
University of Iowa, Iowa City
The Iowa Review |
Poetry, prose |
September, October, and November
https://iowareview.org/content/writers-guidelines |
$1.50 per line for poetry ($40 minimum) and $0.08 per word for prose ($100 minimum)
$4 submission fee |
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Cottonwood |
Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction |
Year-round submissions
http://englishcw.ku.edu/cottonwood |
Snail mail submissions only |
UC Riverside
Santa Ana River Review
Mosaic |
Poetry, fiction, drama, art, and creative nonfiction |
Open until May 10th (check site for updates)
https://sarreview.submittable.com/submit
See submission periods
https://mosaiczine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
No submission fee
Mosaic is the undergraduate literary journal |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
jubilat |
Poetry, poetics |
January 15 - April 1
http://www.jubilat.org/jubilat/about/office/submit/ |
$3 submission fee |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
The Massachusetts Review
Paperbark |
Essays, fiction, poetry, and translation
Science and art |
October 1 - April 30
http://www.massreview.org/submission-guidelines/general-guidelines/
Reading periods?
https://www.paperbarkmag.org/submissions |
$50 honorarium
$3 submission fee (according to their guidelines, but I have submitted twice without being charged)
Paperbark lives at the confluence of text and image, science and art. We believe in an obligation to a livable future nurtured through sustainability and collaborations between generations, populations, and fields of thought. |
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Breakwater Review |
Poetry, art, and nonfiction |
Year-round submissions
https://www.breakwaterreview.com/submit |
No submission fee |
University of Memphis
The Pinch |
Poetry, art, and nonfiction |
August 15th - March 15th
http://www.pinchjournal.com/guidelines/ |
$3 submission fee |
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Dislocate |
Poetry and prose |
No reading periods
http://www.dislocate.org/contribute/ |
This looks like a blog |
University of Mississippi, Oxford
The Yalobusha Review |
Poetry and fiction |
No information on reading periods
http://yr.olemiss.edu/submissions/ |
No submission fee |
University of Missouri, Columbia
The Missouri Review |
Poetry, fiction and nonfiction |
Year-round submissions
https://www.missourireview.com/
submissions/submission-guidelines/ |
$3.50 submission fee |
University of Missouri, Kansas City
New Letters |
Poetry, fiction, interviews, art, book reviews, essays, and novel chapters |
"Submissions that arrive between May 1st and October 1st will be returned unread"
http://www.newletters.org/writers-wanted/submissions |
Essays, stories, and interviews: $25 to $100 each and could be more. Minimum pay for poetry is $12 plus more for multi-page poems
Snail mail submissions only |
University of Missouri, Saint Louis
Natural Bridge |
Poetry, fiction, personal essays, translations |
Submissions accepted year-round
https://blogs.umsl.edu/naturalbridge/submit/ |
$3 to submit online, snail mail submissions are free |
University of Montana, Missoula
CutBank |
Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction |
September 15 to February 1
http://www.cutbankonline.org/print-edition |
No submission fee |
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (PhD)
Prairie Schooner |
Short stories, poems, imaginative essays of general interest, and reviews of current books of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction |
September 1st to May 1st
http://prairieschooner.unl.edu/submit
|
No submission fee
No simultaneous submissions |
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Interim |
Poetry, translations, criticism, reviews, and hybrid texts |
June 1- September 1 and from December 1- March 1
https://interimmagazine.submittable.com/submit |
Submission fee not specified |
University of New Hampshire, Durham
Barnstorm |
Nonfiction, fiction, poetry |
September - May
http://barnstormjournal.org/submit/ |
No information on submission fees |
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Blue Mesa Review |
Nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art |
October 1 – March 15
http://bmr.unm.edu/submissions/ |
$25 payment
No submission fee |
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
The Greensboro Review |
Fiction and poetry |
Rolling submissions
https://greensbororeview.submittable.com/submit |
$2 - $3 submission fee |
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
storySouth |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry |
May 15-July 1 and November 15-January 1
http://www.storysouth.com/guidelines/
|
Writers from the new south
No information on submission fees |
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Ecotone |
Poetry and prose |
August 15–September 5, and December 15–January 5
https://ecotonemagazine.org/submissions/ |
$3 submission fee |
University of North Texas, Denton
American Literary Review |
Poems, short stories, and creative non-fiction |
October 1 to May 1
http://www.americanliteraryreview.com
/submit.html |
$3 submission fee |
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Notre Dame Review |
Prose and poetry |
September through November and from January through March
https://ndreview.nd.edu/submission-guidelines/ |
Small gratuity
No submission fee |
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Notre Dame Review |
Prose and poetry |
September through November and from January through March
https://ndreview.nd.edu/submission-guidelines/ |
No submission fee |
University of Pittsburgh
Collision |
Poems, short stories, art, and creative non-fiction |
March 9 deadline. Check back for updates.
http://collision.honorscollege.pitt.edu
/guidelines.html |
Open to undergraduates only |
University of Pittsburgh
Hot Metal Bridge |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art |
September 12th—December 3rd and from January 15th—April 1st
https://hotmetalbridge.org/submit/ |
No submission fee |
University of San Francisco
Invisible City |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art |
Check site for submission periods.
https://invisiblecitysubs.com/ |
No submission fee
$20 payment |
University of South Carolina
Yemassee |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry |
Year-round submissions
http://yemasseejournal.com/submit/ |
No submission fee |
University of Southern Maine, Portland
Stonecoast Review |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, art |
Closes on April 29. Check site for updates.
http://www.stonecoastreview.org/submit/ |
No submission fee |
University of South Florida, Tampa
Saw Palm |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and comics |
Submission periods not specified
http://www.sawpalm.org/submit.html |
Work must be connected to Florida |
University of Texas, James A. Michener
Center for Writers, Austin
Bat City Review |
Fiction, poetry, non-fiction |
July 1, 2018 through October 1, 2018
http://www.batcityreview.org/submit/ |
No information on submission fees |
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Quarterly West |
Fiction, poetry, non-fiction |
Closes April 29. See site for updates.
https://www.quarterlywest.com/submit/ |
$2.00 submission fee |
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Western Humanities Review |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid work, audio/visual work, and essays |
Year-round submissions
http://www.westernhumanitiesreview.com
/submissions/ |
$2.00 submission fee |
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Meridian |
Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction |
August 15 to November 15 and January 15 to June 30
http://www.readmeridian.org/submit/ |
$3.00 submission fee |
University of Washington, Seattle
The Seattle Review |
Long poems, novellas, and essays |
September 1 - December 1 and February 1 - April 30
http://www.theseattlereview.org/read-me/ |
Poetry must be at least 10 pages in length and prose of at least 40 (double-spaced) pages in length.
No submission fee |
University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Madison Review |
Poetry, fiction, art |
September 1st to May 1st
https://madisonreview.submittable.com/submit |
$2 submission fee |
Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Nashville Review |
Fiction, poetry, novel excerpts, songs, comics translation, and nonfiction |
Submit during January, May and September
https://as.vanderbilt.edu/nashvillereview
/contact/submit |
$25 per poem & song selection; $100 per selection for all other categories, including featured artwork. Translators receive $25 per poem & $100 for prose selections |
Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier
Hunger Mountain |
Fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art, young adult and children’s writing, and literary miscellany |
Submissions open May 1. Check site for updates.
http://hungermtn.org/submit/ |
$50 for prose and $25 for poetry
$3 submission fee |
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Blackbird |
Fiction, poetry, translation, drama, and nonfiction |
Current reading period ends March 15, 2018. Check site for updates.
https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v16n2
/submissions.shtml |
No submission fee |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, Blacksburg
The New River |
Digital writing and art |
September 1 through May 1
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/journals
/newriver/17Fall/submissions.html |
Does not publish conventional poetry and fiction
No submission fee |
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Third Coast |
Fiction, poetry, essay, and drama |
General submissions open September 15th
http://thirdcoastmagazine.com/submissions/ |
No information about submission fees |
Wichita State University, Kansas
Mikrokosmos |
Fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art |
Current reading period ends March 31. Check site for updates.
https://mikrokosmosjournal.
submittable.com/submit |
$15 USD flat rate per poem, nonfiction piece, or fiction piece
No submission fee |
University of Tampa
Tampa Review |
Poetry, prose, translations |
September 1 - December 31
https://www.ut.edu/TampaReview/TRDetail.aspx?id=12480 |
$10 per published page for both prose and poetry
$2 - $3 submission fee |
University of Tennessee
Grist |
Craft essays and interviews as well as fiction, nonfiction, and poetry |
June 15th - September 15th
http://gristjournal.com/submissions/ |
$4 submission fee |
Skidmore College
Salmagundi |
Fiction, poetry, personal essays, or cultural criticism |
Submission period begins January 1
https://salmagundi.skidmore.edu/submissions |
Snail mail submissions only |
University of New Orleans
Bayou Magazine |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, personal essays, art |
Submission period September 1- May 1
https://bayoumagazine.org/submissions/ |
$50 for published manuscripts of 3000 words or more and $25 for those less than 3000 words |
St. Mary's (LA)
The Rush
|
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, personal essays, art |
https://therushmag.submittable.com/submit |
Payment not specified |
Emporia State University
Flint Hills Review |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, short plays, art |
Submission period November 1 - March 31
https://sites.google.com/g.emporia.edu/
flinthillsreview/submissions |
No payment
Focus on Midwest |
Drexel University
Paper Dragon |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art |
https://drexelpaperdragon.com/submit/ |
No payment |
University of Baltimore
Welter |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art |
https://blogs.ubalt.edu/welter/submit/ |
No payment |
Western Colorado University
THINK |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, essays, excerpts from screenwriting, reviews |
https://think-journal.submittable.com/submit |
No payment |
Cal State LA
Statement |
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, scripts (drama), graphic novels, works in translation, and hybrid forms |
https://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english
/sthome.php |
No payment |
Eastern Illinois University
Bluestem |
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction |
https://bluestemmagazine.com/submit |
No payment |
Ohio University
Quarter After Eight |
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction |
https://quarteraftereight.submittable.com/submit |
No payment |
University of California San Diego
Alchemy |
Contemporary translations of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction creative writing |
http://alchemy.ucsd.edu/submissions/ |
No payment |
SUNY Albany
Barzakh Magazine |
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, multi-genre works |
https://barzakhmagazine.submittable.com/submit |
No payment |
University of Denver
Denver Quarterly |
Poetry and prose, performance, critical engagements, reviews, conversations, translations or other critical-creative experiments |
https://denverquarterly.submittable.com/submit |
No payment |
University of Tulsa
Nimrod |
Poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction
Open from Jan 1 - Nov 30 |
https://artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/nimrod/submissions/ |
$10 per page, with a $200 maximum |
ULCA
Westwind |
Poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, art |
https://westwinducla.wixsite.com/mysite/submit |
No payment |
University of New Brunswick in Fredericton
CANADA
Qwerty
|
Poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, art |
https://qwertymagazine.submittable.com/submit |
$10 |
UC Berkeley
Berkeley Fiction Review |
Short fiction |
Reading period: Sept 1 - June 30
https://berkeleyfictionreview.org/submit/short-fiction/ |
$25
|
University of Mary Washington
The Rappahannock Review |
Poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, art, and audio |
https://rappahannockreview.com/submit/ |
No payment |
Cabrini University
Woodcrest Magazine |
Poetry, screenplay, fiction and non-fiction writing, art, and photography |
https://woodcrestmagazine.submittable.com/submit |
No payment |
Lake Superior State University
Border Crossing |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry |
Reading period: October 15–January 15
https://bcrossing.org/submission-guidelines/ |
Featured writer receives $100 honorarium |
Humboldt State University
Toyon |
Poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, art, audio, and translations |
Closes Sept 30 and Nov 15
Accepts reprints
https://www.toyonliterarymagazine.org/submission-guidelines.html |
No payment |
Washington College
Cherry Tree |
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction |
Reading period: August 1 to October 1
https://www.washcoll.edu/centers/lithouse/cherry-tree/submissions.php |
$20
Charges $3 for online submissions |
St. Francis College
Unbound Brooklyn |
Poetry, prose, audio, art |
Irregular submission periods
https://unboundbrooklynjournal.submittable.com/submit/203091/call-for-submissions-issue-1 |
No payment |
Hawai`i Pacific University
Hawai`i Pacific Review |
Poetry, short fiction, and personal essays |
See submission periods
https://hawaiipacificreview.org/submissions/ |
No payment |
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Review |
Poetry, short fiction, art, and personal essays |
See submission periods
https://www.pennreview.org/submit |
No payment |
Randolph College
Revolute |
Poetry, short fiction, and personal essays |
See submission periods (usually open in the fall)
http://revolutelit.com/submissions/ |
$25 |
Truckee Meadows Community College
The Meadow |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, photography, comics, graphic design work and other literary and artistic forms. |
See submission periods
https://www.tmcc.edu/meadow |
No payment |
Suffolk University
Salamander |
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and works in translation. |
See submission periods
https://salamandermag.org/how-to-submit/ |
Unspecified payment |
University of Colorado, Boulder
Hindsight |
Creative nonfiction |
https://hindsightjournal2020.com/submit-your-work-here |
No payment for regular submissions
Submissions are considered for contests with cash prizes |
Wayne State University
The Woodward Review |
Poetry, prose, art, and digital media from anyone, anywhere. Each issue will also include a Detroit Folio, featuring work from those with roots in the city. |
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/woodwardreview
/aimsandscope.html
https://wlr.submittable.com/submit |
Payment: $25
Has reading periods |
University of West Florida
Panhandler Magazine
Panhandler Books |
Poetry, short stories, plays, art, nonfiction, novel excerpts. Also book-length collections of poetry, fiction (both short fiction and novels), and nonfiction (all forms). |
Magazine editors read submissions from October 1 – January 1.
Book editors read from February 1 – April 30.
https://panhandlermagazine.com/about-2/submit/ |
No information on payment |
Fayetteville State University
Glint |
Poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, visual art. "We’re especially fond of hybrids. That terms encompasses form as well as content. We appreciate lyric essays, prose poems, flash fiction, collaborations, visual poetry, graphic fiction, literary fantasy, excerpts from verse novellas or verse biographies." |
https://glintjournal.wordpress.com/glint-12-submissions/ |
No payment |
Andrew College
Spirelight |
Poems, art, and prose up to 5,000 words |
https://www.andrewcollege.edu/spire-light/ |
No payment
They run a yearly prize: $100 and publication for prose |
University of Southern California
Air/Light |
"We are looking for new and innovative works of literary arts across all mediums and genres" |
https://airlightmagazine.org/about/submissions/ |
Poetry: $50
Responses and department pieces: $100
Fiction and essays/nonfiction: $200
Visual art, music, and multimedia: $200 |
Roger Williams University
Mount Hope |
Literary fiction (up to 5,000 words), poetry (up to 5 poems may be submitted together) and nonfiction essays and memoirs (up to 5,000 words) |
https://www.mounthopemagazine.com/submit |
No payment |
West Virginia Wesleyan College
HeartWood |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction (up to 3,000 words) |
http://www.heartwoodlitmag.com/submit |
No payment
Has submission periods |
University of Wyoming
Meadowlark Review |
Short fiction and nonfiction between 10 and 5,000 words Poetry |
https://www.meadowlarkreview.com/submit |
No payment
Has submission periods |
Univeristy of Louisville
Miracle Monacle |
Fiction, poetry, CNF, art |
https://louisville.edu/miraclemonocle/submit.html |
No payment
Has submission periods |
Albion College
Albion Review |
Fiction, nonfiction and poetry |
https://albionreview.com/ |
All submissions
are elegible for a prize of $200.
Undergraduates only.
Has submission periods |
Widener University
The Blue Route |
Fiction, poetry, CNF, art |
https://widenerblueroute.org/submission-guidelines/ |
Undergraduates from institutions other than Widener U. only
Pays $25
Has submission periods |
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Straylight |
Poetry, fiction, art in both print and online formats
Fiction can be flash to novella length, and poetry can be prose-poetry, or a mix of visual art and poetry |
https://straylight.submittable.com/submit |
No simultaneous submissions |
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Lake Effect |
Literary fiction |
https://behrend.psu.edu/school-of-humanities-social-sciences/lake-effect/submission-guidelines |
No payment |
Utah Tech University
Route 7 Review |
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art |
https://www.r7review.com/contact |
No payment
Has submission periods |
Towson University
Grub Street |
Poetry Comics, Prose Poems, Flash Fiction, Flash Essays, Lyric Essays, Graphic Novel Excerpts, Graphic Memoir Excerpts, Video Essays, Speculative Nonfiction |
https://wp.towson.edu/grubstreetlitmag/ |
No payment
Has submission periods |
University of Victoria Graduate Writing Program
Canada
Over/Exposed
|
flash, short fiction, and non-fiction personal essays/memoir, poetry, reviews, experimental, and art. "We are focused on the publication of works that are vulnerable, experimental, a little bit weird and sexy. We prioritize the work of graduate students, so please indicate in your submission if you are a graduate student, including your university, and department." Open internationally. |
https://overexposedlit.uvic.ca/submission-guidelines/ |
$15 CAD |
Central Connecticut State University
The Helix |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. Length: 250-3,000 words for fiction, up to 3,000 words for nonfiction, and up to 4 poems. They publish three online and one print issue a year. |
https://helixmagazine.org/submit/ |
No payment
Has submission periods |
Susquehanna University
Susquehanna Review |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations, and art by undergraduates only. |
https://susquehannareview.submittable.com/submit |
No payment
Has submission periods |
University of Texas at Austin
Apricity |
Accepts literary, visual, and performing works from across the world |
https://apricitymagazine.submittable.com/submit |
No payment
Has submission periods
Accepts reprints |
University of North Florida
Talon |
Stories, essays, poems, and hybrid work as well as art, and multimedia submissions. Audio files can be performance of poetry, song, or flash. They accept both video essays and cinepoems. |
https://talonreview.com/submit |
No payment
Has submission periods |
Piedmont University
COMP |
Online interdisciplinary journal dedicated to creative and critical writing, often with accompanying process notes and/or author interviews. Emphasizing conversation and collaboration, each issue features original poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction alongside critical prose, artist manifestos, and interviews exploring disciplinary intersections. |
https://www.compajournal.com/submit |
No payment |
Irvene Valley College
The Ear |
Poetry, fiction, CNF, art, photography |
https://theear.submittable.com/submit |
No payment |
Hagerstown Community College
Hedge Apple |
Fiction (up to 2,000 words), poetry, and art |
https://hcc-hedgeapple.hagerstowncc.edu/index.php/submissions-guidelines/ |
No payment |
Hanover College
Kennings Literary Journal |
Fiction (500-3,000 words), poetry, creative nonfiction, art, photography, and other media. |
https://kenningsliteraryjournal.com/submissions-1 |
No payment |
Kent State
Haymaker Literary Journal |
Poetry, short fiction and nonfiction, drama, visual and graphic narratives, and translations (from German, Italian, Spanish, and Urdu) |
https://www.haymakerlit.com/submissions |
No payment |
University of Alabama
Red Rook Press |
Prose manuscripts should be 20,000-60,000 words. Poetry manuscripts should be between 50-125 pages. |
https://redrookpress.org/submissions-2/
To be eligible for publication, you must be enrolled in as a graduate or undergraduate student (at any institution) during the semester of publication. |
No payment |
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