Category: Call for Submissions

PAYING/NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Existere, DEADLINE: July 1, 2020

Existere is a Journal of Arts and Literature founded in 1978, established and administered by students at York University in Toronto, Canada. The publish biannual issues in fall/winter and spring/summer of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and artwork. They are currently open for their next issue and pay their contributors […]

NO FEE/THEMED submission call + editor interview – OyeDrum, DEADLINE: May 10, 2020/Rolling

OyeDrum is “an online magazine dedicated to women and their existence through words, art and sound.” You can read more about the name OyeDrum here. They feature a quarterly themed issue from a selection of curated work, and a weekly section that includes ongoing content including news, editorial […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Explicit Literary Journal, DEADLINE: Ongoing

Explicit Literary Journal is a new online literary journal “dedicated to showcasing the visual art and writing of non speaking and semi speaking disabled writers and artists.” They are currently open for submissions for their COVID 19 feature series to give voice to the non and semi speaking […]

NO FEE Poetry Book Contest, $250 Prize – Broken River Prize (Platypus Press), DEADLINE: July 31, 2020

Every once in a while a new press with new ideas and amazing projects appears on the literary scene. Platypus Press is one of those. I've been nothing but impressed with their creativity and professionalism. They are an independent press based in England and seek to unearth innovative […]

The End Will Not Be Sugared anthology, DEADLINE: 6/30

The End Will Not be Sugared: Contemporary Apocalypse Poetry is a forthcoming anthology of contemporary poetry in the tradition of apocalyptic poems. Edited by Jennifer R. Hancock and Juan J. Morales, they are currently seeking submissions of poems with the theme of “the breakdown of society and its […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – On Loan From the Cosmos, DEADLINE: Rolling/always open

On Loan From the Cosmos is a new “literary magazine celebrating the radical self-acceptance of everything that comprises who we are in our entirety” publishing art, writing, and interviews. Their mission is to “showcase our strength, capabilities and beauty in spite of, alongside, or because of our physical […]

Updated! 24 LGBTQ+ Literary Magazines/Journals

  The listings below are literary magazines/journals that specifically focus on the artists and writers in the LGBTQ+ community. There are many other literary magazines that support LGBTQ+ contributors. For a more general list of all-inclusive/feminist lit mags, check out my list here: Feminist Lit Mags and Journals. […]

7 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: April 30 – May 31

The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines between April 30 and May 31, 2020. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings […]

My poem “Quentin Tarantino Loves The Grateful Dead” in Drunk Monkeys! + no fee call & editor interview

I’m so excited that my poem “Quentin Tarantino Loves The Grateful Dead” was just published in Drunk Monkeys special Pop Culture Issue! Happy to say I’m sharing pages with friends and fellow poets Amorak Huey, Cathleen Allyn Conway, Jen Karetnick, and Sarah Nichols. When I’ve read this poem to […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Lily Poetry Review, DEADLINE: Year-round

Lily Poetry Review is a biannual literary journal available in print. They publish flash fiction, poetry, book reviews, and art. They are currently open for no fee submissions of poetry, flash fiction and art for their print journal. They also publish chapbooks and full length poetry books. To get […]

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