
UPDATED 11/20/2017
Below is a list of 88 no fee, literary magazines/journals that have a fast turnaround time (most average a month or less) according to Duotrope. I’ve also researched and added some others to the list, based on suggestions from experienced writers. The list is long, so I wasn't able to provide additional details or links for all of them. Those that I've featured on my blog previously are detailed below, followed by a list of all the rest.
Read the guidelines carefully. Some may have changed whether or not they charge submission fees since I compiled the list. Some may be temporarily closed to submissions.
The Bitter Oleander
DEADLINE: Always open
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: short fiction, flash fiction, and poetry
PAYMENT: None
NOTES: You can read more about them on The Review Review's site, including a four star review by yours truly here: International Mag Features Diverse and Imaginative Writings and Translations, Review of Bitter Oleander, Spring 2015 by Trish Hopkinson
Glass Poets Resist
SUBMISSION FEE: None
PAYMENT: None
FORMS: one poem at a time
NOTES: Simultaneous submissions are okay, no previously published poems
Ilanot Review
LOCATION: Israel
READING PERIOD: Reading periods vary, check site for details
SUBMISSION FEE: None
NOTES: You can read more about them on The Review Review's site, including Josh Medsker's five star review of their Winter 2013 issue, as well as an interview with editor Janice Weizman by Stanley Trice.
FORMS: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Graphic Art
PAYMENT: None
Lunch Ticket
DEADLINE: Rolling
SUBMISSION FEE: None
PAYMENT: None
FORMS: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, flash prose (any genre), young adult (13+), literary translation & multi-lingual texts, and visual art (painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, installation, performance, and video)
The Penn Review
DEADLINE: Reading periods vary, check site for details
SUBMISSION FEE: None
PAYMENT: None
FORMS: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual artwork
Reservoir
DEADLINE: Reading periods vary, check site for details
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and art
PAYMENT: None
Sonic Boom
DEADLINE: Reading periods vary, check site for details
SUBMISSION FEE: None
PAYMENT: None
FORMS: experimental poetry, Japanese short-forms, flash fiction, and visual art
Street Light Press
DEADLINE: Always open
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: poetry, prose poetry, visual art
PAYMENT: None
Tuck Magazine
SUBMISSION FEE: None
PAYMENT: None
FORMS: open to any genre
West Branch
DEADLINE: Reading periods vary, check site for details
SUBMISSION FEE: None
PAYMENT: $50 per submission of poetry, and $.05/word for prose with a maximum payment of $100
FORMS: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation
Wildness
SUBMISSION FEE: None
PAYMENT: None
FORMS: poetry and prose
The Rest of the List'
Acumen
After the Pause
Allegro Poetry Magazine
Amaryllis [Poetry Swindon]
American Journal of Poetry, The $
American Poetry Journal, The
Anomaly Literary Journal
Anti-Heroin Chic
Apple Valley Review, The
(b)OINK
Bop Dead City
Buck Off Magazine
Calamus Journal
Cease, Cows
Chiron Review
Christian Century, The
Clementine Unbound
DIALOGIST
Dime Show Review
diode poetry journal
Dunes Review
Easy Street [The Lascaux Review]
Ekphrastic Review, The
Eunoia Review
FLAPPERHOUSE
Front Porch Review
Gamut
Gone Lawn
Great American Poetry Show, The
Gyroscope Review
Haiku Presence
Hamilton Stone Review, The
Hermeneutic Chaos Journal
Inflectionist Review, The
Into The Void
Jersey Devil Press
Leaves of Ink
Liminal Stories
Literary Yard, The
Mithila Review
MockingHeart Review
Modern Haiku
MOON magazine, The
Muddy River Poetry Review
New Verse News, The
Noble / Gas Qtrly
Not One of Us
One Sentence Poems [Ambidextrous Bloodhound Productions]
Plum Tree Tavern
Poetry Breakfast
Radar Poetry
Random Sample
Rat’s Ass Review
Red Eft Review
Red Paint Hill Poetry Journal [Red Paint Hill Publishing]
Riddled With Arrows MATURE
Rust + Moth
San Pedro River Review [Blue Horse Press]
Scarlet Leaf Review
Scifaikuest [Alban Lake Publishing]
Snakeskin
SOFTBLOW
Songs of Eretz Poetry Award Contest [Songs of Eretz Poetry Review]
Songs of Eretz Poetry Review
Star 82 Review (*82)
Third Point Press
Third Wednesday
Threepenny Review, The
THRUSH Poetry Journal
Tincture Journal
Typehouse Literary Magazine [The People’s Ink]
UCity Review, The
Valparaiso Poetry Review
Viewfinder Literary Magazine
What Rough Beast [Indolent Books]
Wildflower Muse
Writers Resist MATURE
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Thank you for the list, such a comprehensive list. Nice to know that a few of my submissions to online magazines are on you lists.
Trish–Ilanot Review has set deadlines, not a rolling one.
Hi Trish, Ilanot Review has a set submissions period, not a rolling one. And its almost 2 months past.
Thanks for noting that. I’ll update the list when I get a chance!
Same for Penn Review–NOT a rolling deadline kind of magazine.
Got it, thanks!
Thanks so much, Trish. I sent to one of these.
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On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Trish Hopkinson wrote:
> trishhopkinsonpoet posted: ” UPDATED 11/20/2017 Below is a list of 88 no > fee, literary magazines/journals that have a fast turnaround time (most > average a month or less) according to Duotrope. I’ve also researched and > added some others to the list, based on suggestions from ex” >
Hi Trish,
I submitted to Acumen Magazine and my poems are 55 days pending. They say they respond to every submission. I was worried I was lost in the process.
Hi S.L., if you still haven’t heard back, there’s no harm in emailing them to see if your submission is still pending. Good luck!
Your are AWESOME!!!! Thank you for continuing to be such a reliable and comprehensive resource for places to submit work. Not an easy task, but you always seem to go the extra mile in order to make choices for the rest of us so much easier.
Aw, thanks so much Shelly!
Try checking us out Gemini Venus. They’re new but response times are usually a couple days though they say to give them up to a month. geminivenusmag.wordpress.com