5x5 fiction, nonfiction, poetry

805 Lit + Art

805 Lit + Art publishes debut and emerging writers, poets, and artists in our quarterly, online journal. We take unsolicited and simultaneous submissions from contributors worldwide. 805 was founded in 2015 by a team of librarians and won the Innovation Award from the Florida Library Association in 2018.

A Quiet Courage fiction, poetry

Able Muse is a semiannual review of poetry, prose, and art (including poems, fiction, essays, and book reviews). Each issue contains a featured poet and artist/photographer with a special interview.

About Place Journal is published by the Black Earth Institute with each issue having a specific theme and edited by one of our BEI Fellows.

Agave Magazine

Agave Magazine is a print publication showcasing contemporary art, literature, and photography for a modern readership. Ideal submissions develop subjects thoroughly giving us all the essentials—no more, no less. From editorial pieces to mixed genre, our contributors share insights on their creative processes alongside published pieces.

“A beacon of international literary culture . . . known for publishing important new writers early in their careers” (PEN).

Aji Magazine

Aji magazine publishes poetry, short fiction, essays, interviews, book reviews, graphic art, and photography from emerging and established writers and artists from around the globe. The magazine is published online biannually in May and November, and is also available in print.

One of America's premier literary magazines and a source of powerful, new voices. Alaska Quarterly Review is "one of the nation's best literary magazines," The Washington Post Book World.

Allium publishes work that is provocative, evocative, and bold. We are about inclusion—representing the range and diversity of writers’ voices. We believe the art of writing is an exploration—of a complex and evolving world.

Ambit Magazine

Since 1959, British-based Ambit Magazine has a rich history of discovering new poets and writers and publishing them alongside more established voices. The editors love to be surprised and read about things that are new and different and are experimental, thoughtful and brave.

The American Literary Review has been published since 1990 through the Creative Writing Program of the Department of English at the University of North Texas.

American Writers Review fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography

Anomaly is a journal of literature and the arts. Intersectional. International. Always interesting. We provide a platform for works of art that challenge conventions of form and format, of voice and genre.

Apple in the Dark fiction, nonfiction

The Apple Valley Review is an online literary journal established in 2005 and published in the spring and fall. Each issue features a collection of beautifully crafted poetry, short fiction, and essays.

Arkana

Arkana, the journal of the Arkansas Writers' MFA Program, seeks and fosters a sense of shared wonder by publishing inclusive art that asks questions, explores mystery, and works to make visible the marginalized, the overlooked, and those whose voices have been silenced.

Arts & Letters is a nationally circulating literary journal, which for over two decades has attracted young, fresh voices as well as well-established poets and writers.

"Simply and unobtrusively one of the best." —Literary Magazine Review 

Launched in 2019, Auroras & Blossoms is dedicated to promoting positive, uplifting, and inspirational art; and giving artists of all levels a platform where they can showcase their work and build their publishing credits.

The Awakenings Review

Established in 2000, The Awakenings Review is one of the nation’s leading literary reviews entirely committed to publishing the works of artists, writers, and poets with mental illness. The AR is a facet of The Awakenings Project, a Wheaton, Illinois-based group devoted to nurturing and advancing the creative works of artists with mental illness in all the arts, especially fine arts, music, drama, and literature.

Bacopa Literary Review fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre

Bear Review

Bear Review is a biannual journal of poetry and micro prose that makes the old new and showcases aesthetic competence and a knowledge of genre and literary tradition. We do admire experimentation and blurred genres, so long as the piece brings the heat.

Bellevue Literary Review is a unique literary magazine featuring short stories, essays, and poems that examine human existence through the prism of health and healing, illness and disease. Now approaching its 20th anniversary, BLR continues to highlight the creative connections between literature and medicine.

The Beloit Fiction Journal publishes the best in contemporary short fiction. Traditional and experimental narratives find a home in our pages. We publish new writers alongside established writers.

Bending Genres

We publish thrilling, oddball, unusual, stunning fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction pieces. Think Olympics on a case of Red Bull. Think October in April. Think Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey. A world not quite right? Yes, this is Bending Genres.

Bennington Review is a national biannual print journal of innovative, intelligent, and moving poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and film writing.

Our goal is inclusiveness. We publish multiple genres of poetry: free verse, formal poetry, haiku, experimental poetry, poetry for children, African and International poetry, and poetry translations. In every issue we have a poetry interview and welcome guest interviewers. We also publish fiction, flash fiction, micro fiction, and creative nonfiction.

Multidisciplinary issues and events, especially but not solely concerning the 10-state area that borders the Mississippi River, from the Canadian border to the Gulf Coast.

Black Warrior Review fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art

Blink Ink

Blink Ink is a quarterly, print-only literary magazine publishing the best in prose fiction of approximately 50 words. We look for exceptional quality storytelling and innovation. Issues are themed and subscribers receive several bonus publications throughout the year. 2019 marks our 10th year of publication.

Blue Collar Review fiction, poetry, reviews

Publishing the finest fiction, poetry, and essays since 1985. As Poet Laureate Daniel Hoffman said, “One of the half-dozen best literary journals.”

Bridge is a bold initiative to establish a national literary journal for young writers ages 14 through 24, edited by young writers.

Founded in 2014, Brilliant Flash Fiction is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that publishes vibrant stories from around the world, illustrated with dazzling photography. Offering writing contests and writers’ tips through social media, this online journal never charges a fee for any of its services.

Cæsura fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, interviews, reviews

Carve publishes HONEST FICTION, poetry, nonfiction, interviews, illustrations, and more in quarterly print and digital issues and hosts the annual Raymond Carver Short Story Contest. Our mission is to foster a sense of camaraderie among all writers and readers and celebrate great literature with our borderless, inclusive, and diverse community.

Change Seven is an online literary journal. We seek to publish the best available fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual art, book reviews, and more from both established and emerging talents.

Cherry Tree is an annual print journal that publishes the best poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and literary shade. Produced by the Literary House Press.

Chestnut Review features poetry, short fiction, flash fiction, art, and photography from around the world. We are a writer-centered, selective publication with online quarterly and annual print publication. We pay our artists and staff and respond to all submissions within 30 days.

Chestnut Review

Chestnut Review features storytellers—not just in fiction, but in all the genres we publish. We love clarity in art, but that doesn’t necessarily mean simplicity. We work together with writers to bring their stories to the world. It could be a story in a poem, an essay, an image, but it is still a story that needs to be told. We are a paying market and we accept 250 free submissions for poetry, photography, and art each month.

Chinese Literature Today grants the world direct access to China through high-quality translations of the most important modern literature of China—fictional works that have sold millions of copies, poems that have found resonance in many souls, and literary essays that illuminate the many facets of Chinese literature and culture.

One of the oldest quarterlies in the nation, Cimarron Review publishes work with a wide-ranging aesthetic: the bold and ruminative, the sensitive and shocking, imaginative and truth-telling. Cimarron seeks the finest stories, poems, and essays from working writers across the country and around the world.

Cleaver Magazine shares cutting-edge art and literary work from a mix of established and emerging voices.

Club Plum Literary Journal publishes flash fiction and prose poetry by emerging and established authors whose absorbing tales and imagery unravels in voices either understated or lyrical but always powerful.

Coal Hill publishes an online, multi-genre literary journal in February, June, and November of each year. Each issue features 8-10 poets, 4-5 prose writers, and 2 in-depth book reviews. At least 30% of the journal is comprised of Pittsburgh writers. (Our definition of Pittsburgh writer is simply that you live or have spent significant time in the city.)

Coastal Shelf

Coastal Shelf is a quarterly online literary magazine. Contemporary and eclectic, we crave close attention paid to language and a 'larger takeaway'/analysis given to the events/themes. We love pieces with wittiness (but not light verse), quirkiness and layers. We also dig interesting uses of history and science.

Collateral showcases literary and visual art that reveals the impact of military service and violent conflict beyond the combat zone.

Founded in 1956 and published three times a year, Colorado Review features contemporary short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction (memoir, personal essays) by both new and established writers. CR additionally sponsors the annual Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction and the Colorado Prize for Poetry.

Since 1987, Concho River Review has been publishing established and emerging writers from all over the country while keeping a focus on the Southwest.