This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of closest deadlines.
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Blueshift Journal
DEADLINE: 7/1/2015
SUBMISSION FEE: NONE
NOTES: No simultaneous submissions.
"We are a tri-annual, international publication, with two online issues and one print issue. We are an international journal accepting work from authors of all ages."
FORMS: Poetry, prose, art
PAYMENT: None
DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/15850
Stockholm Review of Literature
DEADLINE: 7/5/2015
SUBMISSION FEE: NONE
NOTES: "The Stockholm Review of Literature is an online publication with immodest ambitions. It seeks to publish superlative literary fiction, poetry, essays and art, and it undertakes to promote the writers and artists that produce it."
FORMS: Poetry, short fiction, essays
PAYMENT: None
DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/16297
The Virginia Quarterly Review (VQR)
DEADLINE: 7/12/2015
Submissions Open: June 15 to July 12
Accepts: poetry, short fiction, nonfiction
Payment: "For poetry, we pay $200 per poem; for poems longer than 50 lines, the payment is higher. For prose, we generally pay approximately 25 cents per word, depending on length. For investigative reporting, we pay at a higher rate, sometimes including pre-approved travel expenses."
Duotrope Listing - Extremely Challenging Poetry Market
White Stag
DEADLINE: 7/19/2015
THEME: Ars Poetica
SUBMISSION FEE: NONE
NOTES: "White Stag is taking on the Ars Poetica. We want writing about writing; techniques, styles, literary epochs, famous authors, pieces of literature, & literary characters. We are extending "the art of poetry" to the art of all writing forms & will not only be accepting Poetry, but Prose & Creative Non-Fiction as well."
FORMS: Poetry, prose, creative non-fiction
PAYMENT: None
DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/15759
Sugar House Review
DEADLINE: 7/31/2015
SUBMISSION FEE: NONE
NOTES: "We want to publish good poetry, no matter where or who it came from. We’re looking for an array of styles, from narrative to abstract to form, but nothing you’d find forwarded to Aunt Betty’s email (no offense to sender or receiver). So if you think you have the goods, bring it--we want to see it."
FORMS: Poetry
PAYMENT: Two contributors copies
DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/3824
Synaesthesia Magazine
DEADLINE: 8/1/2015
SUBMISSION FEE: NONE
NOTES: Current theme is "ATLAS"
FORMS: Short stories, flash fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction/essays, interviews, and a wide variety of art
PAYMENT: None
DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/13887
Stoneboat Literary Journal
DEADLINE: 8/1/2015
SUBMISSION FEE: NONE
NOTES: "Stoneboat is an independent biannual journal of literature and arts that is dedicated to publishing quality fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, artwork, and graphic literature. We strive to showcase outstanding and diverse work from both emerging and established artists. Ours is a larger format publication compared to traditional journals since we believe in giving contributors' work room to breathe."
FORMS: Poetry, fiction, non-fiction
PAYMENT: One contributor copy
DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/5479