Ten Superb Literary Magazines for Fiction

The author of the collection What We Fed to the Manticore highlights homes for short fiction that embrace new talent, spark dynamic conversations, and live the values of inclusion and representation.
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The author of the collection What We Fed to the Manticore highlights homes for short fiction that embrace new talent, spark dynamic conversations, and live the values of inclusion and representation.
The author of How to Submit: Getting Your Writing Published With Literary Magazines and Small Presses names top journals offering visibility, community, and meaningful pay to poets.
The editor of Diagram highlights five literary magazines with unexpected ambitions, including a celebration of sentence-long narratives and a journal dedicated to revenge.
Writers looking to place their prose and poetry chapbooks will find committed advocates and caring editors at indie publishers including Cooper Dillon Books and Black Lawrence Press.
The author of American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland identifies exemplary journals publishing nonfiction, where editors seek “a novel point of view, a voice willing to confront the true uncharted territory of the imagination.”
When your work is being judged with all identifying information removed, an artist statement enables you to share who you are as a writer, your motivation, and your influences—creating a map from your now to a dreamed-of future.
Writing contests that accept excerpts as short-form prose can help you keep up the momentum during the long journey to book publication. Contest winners and other experts share what it takes to create an attention-grabbing excerpt.
Curating and sequencing your poems with intention can positively affect the outcome of your submission. Contest organizers and judges offer four guiding points as you assemble your poetry packet.
The author of The Body Alone: A Lyrical Articulation of Chronic Pain offers advice on submitting and publishing hybrid work.