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You may wonder why you should submit to literary journals run by MFA programs. They seldom pay, and they often charge to submit. Normally, either one of those factors would be enough to eliminate them from my list of writing markets. But in spite of those two drawbacks, there are some good reasons to submit to university literary magazines.
MFA department literary magazines are run by young, enthusiastic students and their professors, which means they are more than happy to nominate the stories they accept for Pushcart and other national prizes.
The second reason is that any agent or editor who has graduated from one of these programs in all likelihood has a subscription. (I know of at least one case in which a short story submission to a university literary journal resulted in representation.)
The third reason to consider submitting is that these journals have a "captive audience." Students, professors, and university staff read them, and depending on the size of the university that can be a lot of people.
Without further ado, here are 130 literary journals run by MFA programs.
MFA department literary magazines are run by young, enthusiastic students and their professors, which means they are more than happy to nominate the stories they accept for Pushcart and other national prizes.
The second reason is that any agent or editor who has graduated from one of these programs in all likelihood has a subscription. (I know of at least one case in which a short story submission to a university literary journal resulted in representation.)
The third reason to consider submitting is that these journals have a "captive audience." Students, professors, and university staff read them, and depending on the size of the university that can be a lot of people.
Without further ado, here are 130 literary journals run by MFA programs.
Journal | Genres | Reading Period and Submissions Link | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
American University, Washington, D.C Folio |
Art, poetry, prose | Check for updated reading periods. https://foliolitjournal.submittable.com/submit |
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 |
Various submission periods 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 |
https://hfr.submittable.com/submit https://www.transformationnarratives.com/submissions |
$3.00 reading fee “Free Submissions for Underrepresented Writers.” |
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 |
Charges $3 for submissions via submittable No page length or word count limit |
Boise State University, Idaho The Idaho Review |
Short stories and poetry | Variable reading periods. Check site to see next open period https://www.idahoreview.org/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 | Reading periods vary http://www.bkreview.org/submit/ |
No submission fee |
Butler University, Indianapolis Booth |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, lists | Reading periods vary https://booth.submittable.com/submit |
$3 fee to submit via submittable Pays $50 |
Seton Hill University Eye Contact |
Poetry, short fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and graphic novels, as well as 2D and 3D art, photography, or graphic design. | https://sites.google.com/setonhill.edu/eyecontact/guidelines/submission-guidelines Contest: https://sites.google.com/setonhill.edu/eyecontact/guidelines/genre-flash-fiction-prize |
No submission fee Hosts a yearly flash fiction contest |
California State University, Fresno The Normal School |
Fiction, poetry, memoir, personal essays, and creative nonfiction, comics | September 1 to December 1 and from February 1 to March 1 https://www.thenormalschool.com/submissions-1/ |
$2 submission fee |
California State University, Long Beach RipRap |
Creative short fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and art such as photography, illustration and comics | Check site for updated submission periods. 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 15 -January 15 Spring Print Issue: July 15-September 15 https://4thriver.submittable.com/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." $3 submission fee |
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 January 31 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 | Accepts submissions for fiction and poetry between August 1 and March 31. https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-review/#submission-guidelines |
$300 for short stories and nonfiction; $100 for poetry; and $100 for cover photography. $3 submission fee |
Columbia College, Chicago Columbia Poetry Review |
Poetry | Closed | $3 submission fee |
Columbia College, Chicago Hotel Amerika |
All genres of creative writing, generously defined | September 1 to April 1 http://www.hotelamerika.net/submit/ |
$3 submission fee |
Columbia University, New York City Columbia |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation, art, film, music | Submission periods vary https://www.columbiajournal.org/submit/ |
No submission fee |
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York EPOCH |
Fiction, poetry, essays, cartoons, screenplays, graphic art, and graphic fiction | August and January https://www.epochliterary.com/submit |
$3 for online submissions There is a free-submission weekend during each submission period No fee for snail mail submissions |
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond Jelly Bucket |
Fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art | https://jellybucket.submittable.com/submit |
Annual publication Accepts paper submissions |
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 https://redivider.emerson.edu/submissions/ |
"Send us what you’re scared to submit elsewhere; we might just enjoy it." |
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 | Closed | International writers and translators |
Florida International University, Miami Gulf Stream Magazine |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art | Submission periods vary https://gulfstreamlitmag.com/submissions/ |
$3 submission fee |
Florida State University, Tallahassee The Kudzu Review |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction and art | Reading periods vary https://kudzureviewfsu.com/submissions/ |
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 | https://phoebe.submittable.com/submit | $3 to submit Pays $30 |
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia So to Speak |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art | Open to submissions seasonally https://sotospeak.submittable.com/Submit |
Intersectional feminist viewpoint We offer fee-free submissions for Black and Indigenous writers |
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 September 30 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 - $5 to submit |
Georgia State University, Atlanta New South |
Fiction, poetry, essays | September 1st - March 31 https://newsouth.submittable.com/submit |
$3 to submit |
Hamline University Water-Stone Review |
Fiction, poetry, CNF | October 1 — November 1 http://waterstonereview.com/submissions/ |
May charge fee to submit |
Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia The Hollins Critic |
Poetry | Closed |
No submission fee |
Hunter College, CUNY The Olivetree Review |
Poetry, Art, Prose (Fiction/Non-Fiction), and Drama | https://theolivetreereview.submittable.com/submit Site not updated |
No fee to submit |
Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana Review |
Fiction and nonfiction, translation | February 1–March 31 and from September 1–October 31 Check site for additional reading periods https://indianareview.iu.edu/submissions/index.html |
$5.00 per page ($25.00 minimum $3 to submit online No fee for snail mail |
Iowa State University, Ames Flyway |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art | Rolling submissions https://flyway.submittable.com/submit |
$3 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 | Open for submissions of poetry, fiction, literary translation, personal essay, and creative nonfiction in September and October. Also accepts nonfiction https://hopkinsreview.com/creative |
$3 to submit Pays $50 for poetry and $100 for prose |
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge New Delta Review |
Fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, reviews, interviews, and artwork | Reading periods vary https://ndrmag.org/submit |
$3 to submit Fee-free for BIPOC writers |
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge The Southern Review |
Fiction, poetry, and essays, including creative nonfiction and literary essays | September 1 through January 1 https://thesouthernreview.org/submissions/ |
$25 per printed page with a maximum payment of $200 $3 online submission fee for prose |
Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York Inkwell |
Poetry, fiction, CNF, art | Reading periods not specified. See site for updates. https://inkwelljournal.submittable.com/submit |
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 | Reading periods vary https://www.puertodelsol.org/submit |
No submission fee |
The New School University, New York City LIT |
Poetry, prose | Reading periods vary https://litmagazine.submittable.com/submit |
No submission fee |
New York University, New York City Washington Square Review |
Poetry, fiction, translations | Reading periods vary http://www.washingtonsquarereview.com/submit |
No information on submission fees. Check during submission periods |
Northeast Ohio Universities Consortium (NEOMFA) Rubbertop Review |
Poetry, fiction, CNF | Reading periods are announced on website 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 | Reading periods vary according to genre https://www.passagesnorth.com/submit |
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-round 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-round submissions https://silkroadreview.submittable.com/submit |
$2 submission fee Pays contributors $10/per page for prose (up to a maximum of $250 per published piece) and $30 for each poem and piece of artwork. |
Portland State University, Oregon The Portland Review |
Poetry, prose, art | http://portlandreview.org/submit/ | No submission fee |
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Sycamore Review |
Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translations, | See site for submission periods https://cla.purdue.edu/academic/english/publications/sycamore-review/submissions.html |
$3 fee to submit |
Schoolcraft College, Livonia, Michigan The MacGuffin |
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art | September 1 through June 30 https://www.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin/submit-your-work/ |
No fee to submit No payment |
Roosevelt University, Chicago Oyez Review |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art | https://oleada.io/publication/oyez-review | You must create an account to submit |
Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey StoryQuarterly |
Literary fiction, including short stories, short shorts, and novel excerpts |
Submission periods vary. See site for details http://storyquarterly.camden.rutgers.edu /submissions/ |
$25 payment |
Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga Mary |
Poetry and prose | Closed | $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 submission fees |
San Diego State University Poetry International |
Poetry | https://poetryinternational.submittable.com/submit | Holds contests |
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 |
$3 submission fee |
San Jose State University, California Reed Magazine |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art | June 1 - October 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 | Reading periods vary https://luminaliteraryjournal.submittable.com/submit |
No information on 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 https://www.siucraborchardreview.com/ |
No information on submission fees |
Spalding University, Louisville Good River Review The Louisville Review |
Poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction | Reading periods vary 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 | Submisssion periods vary https://www.thesouthamptonreview.com/submit/ https://www.sandpiperreview.com/submissions |
Pays for print edition Undergraduate writers only for Sandpiper Review See submission periods |
Syracuse University, New York Salt Hill |
Poetry, prose, translations, reviews, essays, interviews, and artwork | July through August December through January http://salthilljournal.net/submit/ |
No submission fee |
Temple University TINGE |
Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry | Reading periods vary 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 | Website not working http://frontporchjournal.com/submissions/ |
No submission fee |
University College Dublin, Ireland HCE Review |
Short stories, poetry, and creative nonfiction | Website not working https://hcereview.submittable.com/submit |
No submission fee |
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Black Warrior Review |
Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry | December 1 – March 1 and June 1 – October 1 http://bwr.ua.edu/submit/guidelines/ |
Pays writers, amount not specified $5 submission fee |
University of Alaska, Anchorage Alaska Quarterly Review |
Fiction, short plays, poetry, photo essays, and literary nonfiction | Submission periods vary https://www.aqreview.org/submissions |
$3 submission fee |
University of Alaska, Fairbanks Permafrost |
Flash essays, prose poems, hermit-crab stories, lyric essays, lists, anecdotes about your creepy uncle | September 1 - April 30 https://www.uaf.edu/permafrostmag/submit.php |
$3 to submit omline No fee for snail mail |
University of Arizona, Tucson Sonora Review |
Fiction, poetry, and non-fiction | Reading periods vary 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 | October 15th to December 15th https://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 https://thecoachellareview.com/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 $3 submission fee |
University of Idaho, Moscow Fugue |
Poetry, plays, fiction, essays, visual-text hybrids, and interviews | September 1 through November 15 http://www.fuguejournal.com/submit/ |
$3 submission fee |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ninth Letter |
Poetry, fiction, essays | https://ninthletter.com/submit/ |
$25 per poem and $100 for prose No submission fee during December |
University of Iowa, Iowa City The Iowa Review |
Poetry, prose | Non-contest fiction and poetry manuscripts are welcome from August 1 to October 1 only. Non-contest nonfiction manuscripts are welcome from August 1 to November 1 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 https://english.ku.edu/cottonwood |
Snail mail submissions only |
UC Riverside Santa Ana River Review Mosaic |
Poetry, fiction, drama, art, and creative nonfiction | https://sarreview.submittable.com/submit No recent issues of Santa Ana River Review https://mosaiczine.com/submission-guidelines/ |
No submission fee Mosaic is the undergraduate literary journal |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst jubilat |
Poetry, poetics | Closed | $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/ Paperbark is on indefinite hiatus |
$100 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 |
$3 submission fee |
University of Memphis The Pinch |
Poetry, art, and nonfiction | Submissions accepted year-round https://www.pinchjournal.com/submit |
$4 submission fee |
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Dislocate |
Poetry and prose | Closed | 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 until they reach their cap |
University of Missouri, Columbia The Missouri Review |
Poetry, fiction and nonfiction | Year-round submissions https://www.missourireview.com/ submissions/submission-guidelines/ |
$4 submission fee |
University of Missouri, Kansas City New Letters |
Poetry, fiction, interviews, art, book reviews, essays, and novel chapters | Year-round submissions 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 $4.95 - $5.95 submission fee |
University of Missouri, Saint Louis Natural Bridge |
Poetry, fiction, personal essays, translations | No guidelines posted | $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 |
$5 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 | January 1 - September 1 https://interimmagazine.submittable.com/submit |
$3 submission fee |
University of New Hampshire, Durham Barnstorm |
Nonfiction, fiction, poetry | Rolling submissions http://barnstormjournal.org/submit/ |
$3 submission fee |
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Blue Mesa Review |
Nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art | August 1 – October 31 and between December 1 – February 28 http://bmr.unm.edu/submissions/ |
$25 payment No submission fee during Black History Month (Feb) |
University of North Carolina, Greensboro The Greensboro Review |
Fiction and poetry | November 1 - January 1 https://greensbororeview.submittable.com/submit |
$3 submission fee |
University of North Carolina, Greensboro storySouth |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry | June15 - July 15 and December 15 - January 15 http://storysouth.com/submissions/ |
Writers from the new south No information on submission fees |
University of North Carolina, Wilmington Ecotone |
Poetry and prose | Reading periods vary https://ecotonemagazine.org/submissions/ |
$3 submission fee Check site for fee free submission dates |
University of North Texas, Denton American Literary Review |
Poems, short stories, and creative non-fiction | October 1 – December 1 and January 1 – May 1 https://americanliteraryreview.com/submit/ |
$3 submission fee |
University of Notre Dame, Indiana Notre Dame Review |
Prose and poetry | September through October and from January through March https://ndreview.nd.edu/submissions/ |
Small gratuity $3 submission fee |
University of Alabama Red Rook Press |
Prose manuscripts should be 20,000-60,000 words. Poetry manuscripts should be between 50-125 pages. | December 15th – March 15th https://redrookpress.org/submissions-2/ |
No submission fee No payment To be eligible for publication, you must be enrolled in as a graduate or undergraduate student (at any institution) during the semester of publication. |
University of Pittsburgh Collision |
Poems, short stories, art, and creative non-fiction | Reading periods vary https://collision.pitt.edu/submission-guidelines/ |
Open to undergraduates only |
University of Pittsburgh Hot Metal Bridge |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art | Site not updated | No submission fee |
University of San Francisco Invisible City |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art | Check site for submission periods. https://www.invisiblecitylit.com/submissions/ |
No submission fee $20 payment |
University of South Carolina Cola Literary Review |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry | See site for details https://www.colaliteraryreview.com/submit |
Free reading period in October, and a paid reading period (with a submission fee of $3) in November and December |
University of Southern Maine, Portland Stonecoast Review |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, art | Check site for updates. https://www.stonecoastreview.org/submissions/ |
No submission fee |
University of South Florida, Tampa Saw Palm |
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and comics | Submission periods vary 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 | Submission periods vary http://www.batcityreview.org/submit/ |
No information on submission fees |
University of Utah, Salt Lake City Quarterly West |
Fiction, poetry, non-fiction | See site for submission updates. https://www.quarterlywest.com/submit/ |
No submission fee for the first weekend of their contest. No submission fee for BIPOC writers. |
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 20 through November 30 https://readmeridian.org/submit.php |
$3.00 submission fee Pays for cover artwork |
University of Washington, Seattle The Seattle Review |
Long poems, novellas, and essays | On indefinite hiatus | 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 | Reading periods vary 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 and August 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 | Check site reading periods. https://hngrmtn.org/submission/ |
Horrible website $3 submission fee |
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Blackbird |
Fiction, poetry, translation, drama, and nonfiction | Check site for reading periods. https://blackbird.vcu.edu/submissions/ |
$40 for poetry, $200 for prose $2 - $3 submission fee |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg The New River |
Digital writing and art | Submission deadlines vary https://thenewriver.us/submit-your-work-to-the-new-river/ |
Does not publish conventional poetry and fiction No submission fee |
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Third Coast |
Fiction, poetry, essay, and drama | General submissions open November 15th - December 31 http://thirdcoastmagazine.com/submissions/ |
No information about submission fees |
Wichita State University, Kansas Mikrokosmos |
Fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art | 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://tampareview.org/submissions/ |
$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 | May 15th - August 15th https://gristjournal.com/submit/ |
$4 submission fee |
Skidmore College Salmagundi |
Fiction, poetry, personal essays, or cultural criticism | Submission periods vary https://salmagundi.skidmore.edu/submissions |
Snail mail submissions only |
University of New Orleans Bayou Magazine |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, personal essays, art | September 15 - December 15 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 | No submission fee |
Emporia State University Flint Hills Review |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, short plays, art | Submission period November 1 - February 1 https://sites.google.com/g.emporia.edu/ flinthillsreview/submissions |
No payment Focus on Midwest |
Drexel University Paper Dragon |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art | Reading periods vary https://drexelpaperdragon.com/submit/ |
No submission fee |
University of Baltimore Welter |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art | Reading periods vary https://blogs.ubalt.edu/welter/submit/ |
No payment |
Western Colorado University THINK |
Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, essays, excerpts from screenwriting, reviews | September 1 - December 31, March 1 - June 30 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/statementonline/statement-magazine-general-submission-guidelines | 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 | November 15 until March 15 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 Nov 1 - Nov 30 https://nimrodjournal.submittable.com/submit |
$20 per poem/page of prose, with a maximum payment of $300 |
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 year-round 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 Site not updated |
No payment |
Lake Superior State University Border Crossing |
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry | Closed | Featured writer receives $100 honorarium |
Humboldt State University Toyon |
Poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, art, audio, and translations | Reading periods vary 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/learn-by-doing/lit-house/cherry-tree/submissions.php |
$20 Charges $3 for online submissions |
St. Francis College Unbound Brooklyn |
Poetry, prose, audio, art | Site not updated 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 opens in the fall) http://revolutelit.com/submissions/ |
$50 |
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 |
Fiction and creative nonfiction, graphic fiction, experimental | https://www.hindsightmag.org/submissions | 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. | Site not updated | 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. 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-15-submission-guidelines/ | 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" | Submission periods vary 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 | Site is password protected 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/copy-of-submit | 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://hedgeapplemagazine.com/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 |
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