THEMA is a theme-generated journal of short stories, poetry, art and photography. Each issue is a standalone anthology based on a unique theme.
Literary Magazines
Find a home for your poems, stories, essays, and reviews by researching the publications vetted by our editorial staff and listed in the Literary Magazines database. Here you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, and contact information—everything you need to determine which publications match your vision for your writing and your writing life. Use the filters below to find magazines with reading periods that are open now or opening soon (within the next thirty days), accept unsolicited submissions, and match all of your criteria for the perfect publisher of your work.
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Digital quarterly for new, emerging and established writers and artists. The editors seek good writing above anything else: inspired, unbound, and diverse. Original work only.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Thimble Literary Magazine is a quarterly online and print journal based on the belief that poetry is like armor.
Reading Period: Feb 1 to Mar 31, May 1 to Jun 30, Aug 1 to Sep 30, Nov 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionSubgenres: Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Poetry -
Based at 7,000 feet, Thin Air Magazine has no choice but to invite work that takes us to dizzying heights with its innovation and insight. The editors aspire to foster diversity, authenticity, surprise, and excitement while making the...
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Poetry attentive to form; short fiction with a lasting impact; criticism of poetry and prose; nonfiction with a focus on the natural world.
Reading Period: Mar 1 to Jun 30, Sep 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Third Coast is one of the nation’s premier literary magazines—and one of only a handful of nationally distributed literary magazines to regularly include four genres. Third Coast consistently publishes often award-winning...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 15 to Nov 15, Nov 15 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Located on the Pacific Ocean in the artists’ colony of Laguna Beach, California, Third Street Review lives on the edge, both literally and figuratively. California has always been synonymous with exploration and innovation and, in...
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Thirteen Bridges Review is the literary arts journal produced by the Department of English and Philosophy at Auburn University at Montgomery. The journal’s mission is to present original and groundbreaking literary works by new and...
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Threepenny Review is an arts magazine that combines literature, the visual and performing arts, memoir, and essay, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has been published since 1980. Every issue contains essays, stories, poems, and...
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The editors focus on short fiction in the thriller, mystery, and suspense genres.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: FictionSubgenres: Mystery, Short Fiction -
The Tiger Moth Review publishes poetry, prose, art and photography that engage with the themes of nature, culture, the environment and ecology. Send them work that is eco-conscious and critical, work that celebrates the beauty/bounty of...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Apr 30, Aug 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationSubgenres: Fiction, Nature/Environmental, Poetry, Prose Poetry, Translation -
Share poetry that resists the "regime of common sense." (Anthony Reed)
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Jan 31, Jun 1 to Jul 31, Oct 1 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
Timada’s Diary is the magazine of ekphrastic literature. They publish prose, poetry, and images of visual art that have been inspired by the arts.
Reading Period: Dec 1 to Jan 31, Mar 1 to Apr 30, Jun 1 to Jul 30, Sep 1 to Oct 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation -
The Timberline Review is an all-volunteer literary journal published by Willamette Writers. The editors’ focus is on showcasing emerging talent.
Reading Period: Nov 1 to Dec 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
TOS is published by Wind & Water Press, and its purpose is to provide a market for literary Christian poetry, with “Christian” defined in the widest sense. Free verse and all forms are welcome. TOS encourages poets to take...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Formal Poetry, Poetry, Prose Poetry -
TINGE Magazine, Temple University’s online literary journal, is published one to two times a year.
Reading Period: Aug 15 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
tinywords is an international, daily magazine of haiku and micro poetry. Its goal is to publish excellent poetry whose ambitions and effects far outstrip its small size. Founded in 2000, it now produces two issues per year, each of which...
Read moreReading Period: Feb 1 to Feb 28, Aug 1 to Aug 31Genre: Poetry -
Tipton Poetry Journal, located in the heartland of the Midwest, publishes quality poetry from Indiana and around the world.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: Humor, Nature/Environmental, Political, Pop Culture, Prose Poetry, Regional, Religious/Spiritual -
Toasted Cheese welcomes submissions from emerging and established authors. The editors are actively searching for minority voices. Their emphasis is on submission quality, not a list of previous publications.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Tofu Ink Arts Press, a not-for-profit celebratory venture, aims at publishing poems and other arts of un-humdrum’d inclusive rhizomatic errant possibilities.
Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetrySubgenres: BIPOC Voices, Cross-genre, Experimental, Feminist, Formal Poetry, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry -
Topical Poetry is an all-inclusive webzine, publishing diverse poems on current events. It combines the power of poetry and the dynamism of modern societies. In this ever-changing world, the life of topical news is short but the impact...
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Torch Literary Arts is a nonprofit organization established to support and promote the work of African American women. They publish contemporary poetry, prose, and short stories by experienced and emerging writers alike. Their signature...
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Touchstone is the journal of poetry and art from Poetry Society of New Hampshire.
Reading Period: Nov 30 to Feb 28Genre: Poetry -
The Town Square is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit military-centric publication that works to provide information on creative therapeutic resources to veterans and service members. All are welcome to submit!
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Toyon is Humboldt State University English department’s annual literary magazine. Run entirely by students since its first issue in 1954, Toyon showcases the work of established and emerging writers and artists from Humboldt...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
