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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 Public Space fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations, art, photography

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.

A workshop of literature where wonderful, audacious and strange things come into being. —Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader

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.

Alexandria Quarterly

At Alexandria Quarterly we hope that each issue acts as a healing art, a question without an answer, a celebration of unanswered questions, and a good long thought shared among friends—all of whom believe that there is magic in our stories, our photographs, our paintings, our music.

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.

Angry Old Man

Angry Old Man Magazine is dedicated to experimental writing, poetry, and art. AOM publishes work that is risky and follows no prescribed dogma/style/schema/school. AOM features visual and concrete poetry, short stories, art, photography, collage, asemic writing, blackout poetry, conceptual writing, found poetry, spam lit, mail art, typewriter art, computer/digital art, e-literature, sound poetry, etc.

Animal: A Beast of a Literary Magazine

Animal: A Beast of a Literary Magazine is an online lit mag where artists of word and image explore the ephemeral boundary between human and animal. Each month we publish one story, one poem, and one essay that teeter on the divide between wild and domestic.

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.

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 one of the premier national literary journals of the Southeast, which attracts young, fresh voices as well as well-established writers.

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

Asterism: an undergraduate literary journal fiction, poetry, art

The Awakenings Review

Established in 2000, the Awakenings Review is for writers and poets with a relationship to mental illness—either self, family member, or friend. Mental illness and literature have a long association. Our contributors are able to express themselves in a supportive editorial environment.

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.

Better than Starbucks

Better Than Starbucks features talented poets and authors in as wide a variety of genres as possible. Our journal includes free verse, haiku, formal poetry, experimental poetry, form poetry, prose poetry, International poetry, African poetry, fiction, flash fiction, micro fiction, and creative nonfiction (including personal essays or memoirs).

Big Fiction fiction, nonfiction, reviews

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.

Since 1974, Black Warrior Review has published the most exciting established and emerging literary talents. Work appearing in BWR has been reprinted in the Pushcart Prize series, Best American Short Stories, Best American Poetry, PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize, and others. The journal won a 2019 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize.

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.

Blood Orange Review publishes emerging and established writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Though our journal is modestly sized and our selection is competitive, we encourage writers to submit.

“The Booth editors seem to have a knack for attracting and selecting pieces that get right into my marrow, fill my bones full with breathing and want.” –Vouched Books.

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.

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.

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

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.

Cloudbank poetry, flash fiction

Coal Hill Review fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, reviews, interviews

A forum for well-told eco- and social-justice stories, through narrative and lyrical poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art. Join us as we create the serious mischief of cultural change.

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.

Crab Orchard Review was founded in 1995. We feature diverse voices capturing the range of contemporary American writing and hope in our online version to explore more international concerns as well. We are currently in the process of building an online archive for our more than 20 years of print publications.

We explore the art of fiction with a focus on the elements of craft. We feature new and republished fiction, critical pieces on craft, interviews, book annotations, and more.