Mega-List of University Literary Journals Accepting Submissions in Fiction, Poetry, Art, CNF

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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.

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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