This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of closest deadlines and have no submission fees. The two paying markets are indicated in the title.

Amethyst Arsenic (paying!)

DEADLINE: 8/15/2015

SUBMISSION FEE: NONE

NOTES: "Amethyst Arsenic is a paying online publisher of poetry, art, and music founded in 2011. The journal was mentioned as “One of five awesome new literary magazines” in 2011 by Yahoo Voices."

FORMS: Poetry

PAYMENT: We pay $5 per accepted poem. Additionally, our featured artist will receive $25. Issue is limited to 10 poets.

DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/6056

Flare (print issue)

DEADLINE: 8/15/2015

SUBMISSION FEE: NONE

NOTES: "FLARE is a literary journal published by students of Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida. FLARE seeks to publish both up-and-coming and established writers."

FORMS: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, screenplays, and plays

PAYMENT: None

DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/7665

Loud Zoo (Bedlam Publishing)

DEADLINE: 8/15/2015

SUBMISSION FEE: NONE

NOTES: "We are exclusively accepting submissions from women and non-binary people. Sorry dudes, we need balance around here - we’ll consider your work again this fall."

FORMS: Short fiction, non-fiction and poetry are always welcome, but we're craving visual art and multimedia!

PAYMENT: None

DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/15840

Really System

DEADLINE: 8/15/2015

SUBMISSION FEE: NONE

NOTES: "Really System is a journal of poetry and extensible poetics. We seek new, interesting writing that exhibits a keen awareness of the forms, patterns, and channels through which we find ourselves connected with other people, other things, other worlds.  We are looking for vibrant poems inflected by our shared technocultural moment and the ways it envelops us, fascinates us, dances with us, ignores us, and fails us. We are open to poems of any length or form."

FORMS:  Poetry

PAYMENT: None

DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/13363

The Boiler

DEADLINE: 8/15/2015

SUBMISSION FEE: NONE

NOTES: "The Boiler Journal invites you to turn up the heat. Make it whistle with creativity 100°C +, sputter and steam. We'll gauge the pressure."

FORMS:  Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, artwork

PAYMENT: None

DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/6603

carbonate

DEADLINE: 8/31/2015

SUBMISSION FEE: NONE

NOTES: "We are seeking deeply human, fully realized work from far and wide, and always hope to include voices new to us and new to publication. Subscribers and selected contributors get the full edition electronically in a beautifully formatted, full color e-book. We're exceptionally partial to works that are well-written and engaging."

FORMS:  poetry, essays, short fiction, novel excerpts, art, and photography

PAYMENT: None

DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/17369

Cargo Literary

DEADLINE: 8/31/2015

SUBMISSION FEE: NONE

NOTES: "Cargo is an online literary magazine that focuses on narrative and growth through travel and exploration. We publish creative nonfiction, memoir, personal essay, poetry, book reviews, and visual art including photography --submissions that evoke a strong sense of character, setting, movement, and the internal journey. We believe in the power to dream. But dreamers often look behind, from whence they've come, and Cargo asks us to slow down and consider our past for a moment. Consider that it is waiting for us. Cargo Literary explores the things that we carry: the images, the stories, and the scenes that make us who we are today. Traveling invites us to shift our perspectives and asks us to draw upon the unfamiliar."

FORMS:  Creative nonfiction, poetry, photography, visual art, reviews

PAYMENT: None

DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/16909

Driftwood Press

DEADLINE: 8/31/2015

SUBMISSION FEE: "Submitting is free, but we do offer a paid option for a significantly faster response."

NOTES: "Driftwood Press is a quarterly literary magazine founded in Tampa, FL in 2013. We strive to provide our readers with the highest quality content. We are excited to receive your submissions and will diligently work to bring you the best in literary and artistic excellence. As our magazine grows, we hope to offer new features and genres as well."

FORMS:  Fiction, poetry, photography, graphic narrative, literary criticism, and interviews.

PAYMENT: None

DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/13541

Qu (paying!)

DEADLINE: 8/31/2015

SUBMISSION FEE: NONE

NOTES: "Qu is a literary journal, published by the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. The Qu editorial staff is comprised of current students. We publish fiction, poetry, essays and script excerpts of outstanding quality."

FORMS:  Stage and screen, poetry, non-fiction, fiction

PAYMENT: Payment Upon Publication: $100 per prose piece, $50 per poem

DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/13692

Vine Leaves

DEADLINE: 8/31/2015  

SUBMISSION FEE: NONE

NOTES: "’Vignette’ is a word that originally meant ‘something that may be written on a vine-leaf.’ It's a snapshot in words. It differs from flash fiction or a short story in that its aim does not lie within the realms of traditional structure or plot. The vignette focuses on one element, mood, character, setting or object. It’s descriptive, excellent for character or theme exploration and wordplay. Through a vignette, you create an atmosphere."

FORMS:  Prose, poetry, script

PAYMENT: None

DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/6560