The Massachusetts Review is an independent quarterly journal of literature, the arts, and public affairs. MR has deep local roots but an international scope, with an emphasis on work that provokes debate, challenges ideology,...
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Reading Period: Oct 1 to Apr 30Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
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The Masters Review publishes new and emerging writers and is open to any writer who does not have a novel under contract with a major press. Stories are published online and in print.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Fiction -
Maudlin House is a new kind of publishing house for the twenty-first century. They want to challenge your perspectives, help you find your inner poet, expand your empathy, and take you to places you’ve never been. They’re devoted to...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Subgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Pop Culture -
MER - Mom Egg Review publishes an annual print journal and a quarterly online magazine, featuring sharp, articulate, inventive work by mother writers and by others about mothers and motherhood. MER writers explore diverse...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 22 to Jul 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry -
The Metaworker is an online literary magazine where great stories are forged. Their mission is to publish great things to read and the editors are interested in stories, poems, and art that have new, interesting perspectives or...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Poetry, Visual Poetry -
Midway Journal accepts submissions of aesthetically ambitious work that occupies the realms between both the traditional and experimental.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Midwest Review looks for well-crafted, thoughtful, and thought-provoking writing and visual art that examines, interprets, and redefines the full spectrum of life, past and present, in the Midwest. The Midwest is the region of the north...
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Miracle Monocle is an online journal of innovative literary and visual art. Published biannually, the journal features poems, short stories, literary nonfiction, reviews and interviews, and a broad range of experimental works.
Reading Period: Aug 1 to Aug 31, Jan 1 to Jan 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Experimental, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Miramichi Flash showcases outstanding flash fiction from writers across the globe. We publish marvels of compression—words that are handpicked, sumptuous imagery, and emotional resonance—stories that paint a picture of the human...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 7, May 1 to May 7Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: FictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
Mithila Review is an international speculative arts and culture magazine. It is open to original submissions as well as translations from around the world. Along with original speculative fiction and poetry, it will host reviews,...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Modern Literature is an online, international literary magazine, aspiring to grow into a global platform for showcasing the latest trends in modern literature. They are a nonprofit venture, solely with the idea of growing their magazine...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation -
The Molotov Cocktail is interested in volatile flash fiction, the kind of prose you cook up in a bathtub and handle with rubber gloves. While literary fiction is certainly welcomed, the Molotov Cocktail isn’t some erudite...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Flash Fiction -
MORIA is a national online literary magazine with an all-student editorial board, based at Woodbury University in greater Los Angeles. It accepts poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction from emerging and established writers in the...
Read moreReading Period: Aug 30 to Oct 1, Jan 15 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
An international art and literature magazine that features witty, irreverant, and moving poetry and fiction from established and up-and-coming authors, as well as interviews with the likes of Billy Collins, Eimear McBride, and DBC Pierre.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsSubgenres: Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Prose Poetry -
Mulberry Literary is an online literary and art magazine dedicated to showcasing creative work in its every form. It aims to provide a longstanding, international platform that is inclusive to all creative work,...
Read moreReading Period: Jun 1 to Jul 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Formal Poetry, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Micro-poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Translation -
The museum of americana is an online literary review dedicated to fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photography, music, and artwork that revives or repurposes the old, the dying, the forgotten, or the almost entirely unknown...
Read moreReading Period: Apr 1 to Apr 30, Aug 1 to Aug 31, Dec 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Micro-poetry, Nonfiction, Poetry, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Translation -
Mystery, suspense, and noir fiction with literary flavor.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction, Pop Culture -
Published monthly, Mystery Magazine presents crime and mystery short stories by some of the world’s best established and emerging mystery writers.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary Fiction -
The Nassau Review welcomes work that is innovative, captivating, well-crafted, and unique work that is traditional as well as pieces that cross boundaries of genre and tradition. New writers and...
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Nat. Brut’s (pronounced “nat broot”) principal mission is to showcase the work of writers and artists who have been historically devalued or pigeonholed by art and literary institutions. The publish work that has been buried, ignored,...
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NELLE proudly publishes the best, most exciting poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction written exclusively by women.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Sep 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
The New Delta Review publishes a wide range of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, as well as book reviews, interviews, and artwork.
Reading Period: Oct 1 to Nov 15, Jan 15 to Mar 1Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction -
The New Guard is a contest-centered, independent literary review, publishing 35+ emerging writers each volume from the United States and abroad. They proudly publish in print and have short pieces published online on their BANG! page....
Read moreReading Period: Mar 1 to Jan 11Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
The mission of New Letters magazine is to discover, publish and promote the best and most exciting literary writing, wherever it might be found. It publishes and serves readers and writers worldwide. In recent years, New Letters...
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Night Picnic is a journal of literature and art that publishes novels, novellas, plays, short and flash stories, fairytales for adults, poetry, interviews, essays (including popular science essays), letters to the editors, and artwork....
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction