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46 International lit mags seeking submissions of poetry, prose, and art

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Why limit yourself to being published in lit mags in the U.S., Canada, or the U.K? There are many countries with English-language lit mags you can also submit your work to. For example, my poem “My Monkey Grammarian” was published in Hong Kong and even included in a review; and my poem “Ode to a Young Screech Owl” published by Moment Poetry in Slovakia.

This updated list (December 2025) focuses on no-fee poetry submissions, but most of these magazines also accept prose, art, and other creative forms. You’ll find opportunities from 20+ countries, including India, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, and beyond. Some even offer payment or contributor copies, while others provide unique themes and global perspectives.

Whether you’re a poet, fiction writer, essayist, or artist, this resource is designed to help you expand your reach and share your work internationally. Explore the list below, organized alphabetically, and discover new homes for your creative work..

Amaranth

Amsterdam Quarterly

  • LOCATION: Netherlands
  • READING PERIODS:
    • Spring 2026: 1 to 31 January; Theme: Overshoot
    • Summer 2026: 1 to 30 April; Theme: Summer
    • Autumn 2026: 1 to 31 July; Theme: Culture
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • NOTES: No simultaneous submissions.
  • FORMS: poetry, articles, fiction, essays, other prose, artwork, photography
  • PAYMENT: one copy
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/13190/amsterdam-quarterly

Anodyne Magazine

  • LOCATION: Berlin
  • READING PERIODS: January and June
  • SUBMISSION FEE: a free period the first week of open submissions
  • NOTES: magazine focused on personal health experiences, accepting submissions from anyone identifying as part of the FLINTA* community worldwide (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender people)
  • FORMS: poetry, flash fiction, longform fiction and nonfiction, artwork, photography, video, music/audio
  • PAYMENT: Each contributor will receive a dividend of sales from the issue in which they are published for as long as sales come in.
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/magazine/anodyne-magazine-36302

Art/s and Theology Australia (ATA)

BALLOONS Lit. Journal

The Berlin Literary Review

  • LOCATION: Berlin
  • READING PERIOD: Always open
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • FORMS: poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
  • PAYMENT: One work per submission period will be chosen as our issue’s Centrepiece, presented first and most prominently. The author of this work will receive a €25 honorarium.
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/magazine/the-berlin-literary-review-35458

The Bombay Literary Magazine

  • LOCATION: India
  • READING PERIOD: Reopens Jan. 1, 2026
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • FORMS: poetry, translations, self-translations, essays, visual narratives, graphic fiction
  • PAYMENT: We offer an honorarium of INR 5,000 (five-thousand Indian rupees, approximately $60 USD) per published contribution.
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/magazine/the-bombay-literary-magazine-16692

Brittle Paper

  • LOCATION: Nigeria
  • READING PERIOD: Always open
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • FORMS: fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, book reviews, essays, literary commentaries, fun listicles, and any writing with a literary bent
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/magazine/brittle-paper-29711

Borderless

Cordite Poetry Journal

EgoPHobia

Eunoia Review

Expanded Field

Fahmidan Journal

PAYING/NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Fahmidan Journal, DEADLINE: Year-round

  • LOCATION: United Kingdom
  • SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Open year-round
  • FORMAT: online
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • PAYMENT: $35
  • ISSUE FREQUENCY: Quarterly
  • AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME: Max 25 day response time (usually less)
  • SUBMISSION METHOD: Submittable
  • SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: Yes
  • FORMS: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry
  • LISTINGS: Duotrope, Chill Subs, CLMP
  • SOCIAL MEDIA: Bluesky, Instagram, Threads, X (Twitter), TikTok

Fresh Words

Going Down Swinging (online)

  • LOCATION: Australia
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • FORMS: fiction, creative non-fiction, experimental/hybrid work, digital and interactive literature, poetry, comics, artworks, spoken word, commentary, and essays
  • PAYMENT:
    • Prose under 500 words $60
    • Prose over 500 words $170
    • Poem $100
    • Comic (less than 5 frames) $180
    • Comic (longer than 5 frames/demonstrative of extensive effort) $220
    • Illustration accompanying text (multiple images) $200
    • Illustration accompanying text (1 image) $100
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/758/going-down-swinging

The Hemlock

  • LOCATION: India
  • READING PERIODS:
    • For the Spring Issue: Submissions are invited from February 1st to March 15th.
    • For the Summer Issue: Submissions are invited from June 1st to July 15th.
    • For the Winter Issue: Submissions are invited from October 15th to November 30th.
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • FORMS: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/magazine/the-hemlock-a-literary-arts-journal-36517

Ilanot Review

  • LOCATION: Israel
  • SUBMISSION FEE: Submissions are free for two weeks or until Submittable’s submission caps are reached, whichever comes first. Translations are free throughout the submission period.
  • NEXT READING PERIOD: February 1 to March 31, 2026
    • Theme: Collaborations
  • FORMS: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Graphic Art
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/magazine/the-ilanot-review-5835

The Kalahari Review

  • LOCATION: Botswana
  • READING PERIOD: Always Open
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • NOTES: no simultaneous submissions
  • FORMS: poetry, fiction, non-fiction, personal essay, photography, visual art — etc. that explores modern Africa and Africans, including from the Diaspora
  • PAYMENT: None

Kitaab

  • LOCATION: Singapore
  • READING PERIOD: Always Open
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • NOTES: accepting submissions from Asian writers as well as to writers of any ethnicity writing on Asian themes (no matter where you live)
  • FORMS: short stories, essays on literary criticism, poetry, nonfiction, book reviews
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/magazine/kitaab-connecting-asian-writers-global-22594

KUDU

Kyoto Journal

  • LOCATION: Kyoto
  • READING PERIOD: Always Open
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • FORMS: Asia-related articles, essays, reportage, personal observations, interviews, poetry, reviews, fiction, humor, and translation
  • PAYMENT: Free print issue
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/1393/kyoto-journal

Literary Cocktail Magazine

  • LOCATION: India
  • READING PERIODS:open twice annually: from December 6 to March 19 (Indian Standard Time – IST) for the Spring Issue and from June 6 to September 19 (Indian Standard Time – IST) for the Fall Issue
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • FORMS: poems, microfiction, critical articles, photographs
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/magazine/literary-cocktail-magazine-34528

Lotus-Eater

The Mamba

Mediterranean Poetry

  • LOCATION: Sweden
  • READING PERIOD: Always Open
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • REPRINTS: Okay
  • THEME: poetry/prose inspired in some way or the other by the Mediterranean world
  • FORMS: poetry and short prose
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/14230/mediterranean-poetry

Moko Magazine

  • LOCATION: Virgin Islands
  • READING PERIOD: Always Open
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • THEME: Caribbean heritage or experience
  • FORMS: fiction, poetry, visual arts, and nonfiction essays
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/20624/moko-magazine

New Contrast

On Eating

  • LOCATION: India
  • READING PERIOD: Always Open
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • NOTES: The overarching theme of your writing and art work should conform to the focus of the journal – cultures of eating, and food history and literature.
  • FORMS: essays, poems, stories, graphic narratives, photo essays, video essays, original artwork, film and text-based work amongst other formats
  • PAYMENT: Small honorarium

Plato’s Caves

Poetry Salzburg

  • LOCATION: Salzburg, Austria
  • READING PERIOD: Always Open
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • NOTES: No simultaneous submissions. Email and postal submissions.
  • FORMS: poems, translations, interviews, essays and reviews of recent collections of poetry
  • PAYMENT: “All contributors are going to receive a complimentary copy of the issue that contains their work.”
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/magazine/poetry-salzburg-review-4483

QLRS: Quarterly Literary Review Singapore

Raising Mothers

  • LOCATION: Netherlands
  • READING PERIOD: Always open
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None, donation suggested
  • FORMS: traditional fiction, flash fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, interviews, book reviews, photo essays, and comic/graphic narratives
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/21067/raising-mothers

Samjoko

  • LOCATION: South Korea
  • READING PERIOD: Check site for next reading period
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • FORMS: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/33188/samjoko

Sand

The Shallow Tales Review

  • LOCATION: Nigeria
  • READING PERIODS: Jan. 1 – 20; May 1 – 31; Oct. 1 – 31
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • NOTES: Fast response and publication
  • FORMS: fiction, creative non-fiction, book reviews, poems, one-act plays, cultural and social essays, art photographs, and translations tackling issues more generally viewed as specifically African, or Black
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/31956/the-shallow-tales-review

Small World City

State of Matter

  • LOCATION: India
  • READING PERIOD: Always Open
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • FORMS: speculative fiction stories, poetry and original translations, which may broadly inform South Asian experiences
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/magazine/state-of-matter-32937

Suburban Witchcraft

The Sunflower Collective

Takahe Magazine

  • LOCATION: New Zealand
  • READING PERIOD: Always Open
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • FORMS: poetry, fiction, and comics, essay pitches, review enquiries
  • PAYMENT: “Payment for published work is NZ$45 for the first poem and NZ$35 for each additional poem. Payments are via bank transfer domestically. Payments to contributors outside Aotearoa New Zealand are via PayPal and may not be possible where there are excessive fees.”
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/1621/takahe-magazine

The Tiger Moth Review

Tint Journal

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Tint Journal, DEADLINE: May 31, 2022

  • LOCATION: Austria
  • READING PERIOD: Check site for submission calls
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • NOTES: only accepts original work of writers for whom English is a second or non-native language
  • FORMS: art, short stories, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, flash nonfiction and poetry
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/29723/tint-journal

trasna

Two Thirds North

The Wise Owl

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – The Wise Owl, DEADLINE: Always open

Tête-à-Tête: Trish Hopkinson interview via The Wise Owl + year-round submission call

  • LOCATION: India
  • SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Always open
  • FORMAT: Online
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • PAYMENT: We are offering a free, hassle-free platform for publication of poems, stories, non-fiction pieces, reviews, paintings, photographs etc. As we are not generating income, we do not offer money for contributions.
  • ISSUE FREQUENCY: Monthly
  • AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME: Immediate
  • SUBMISSION METHOD: email
  • SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: Yes, but we publish only one work of a writer/artist in one edition, If we like more than one submission, we publish it in one of the subsequent editions.
  • FORMS: Poetry, Fiction (short stories-all genres), Non-Fiction (Travelogues, Essays/critiques, Musings), Reviews (Films, OTT releases & Books), Art work (paintings, illustrations, graphic designs, photographs, sculptures & short films of 5-10 min duration)
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/magazine/the-wise-owl-34993

The Woolf

  • LOCATION: Switzerland
  • READING PERIOD: Reopen in 2026, check site for calls
  • SUBMISSION FEE: None
  • FORMS: microfiction, flash fiction, short stories, creative nonfiction, prose poetry, artwork, and film
  • PAYMENT: None
  • DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/magazine/the-woolf-32829

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