Category: Call for Submissions

NO FEE/THEMED submission call + editor interview – Piano Microstories/Fabrizio Paterlini, DEADLINE: Sept. 15, 2019

Piano Microstories is a unique collaborative project calling for poems and photography inspired by pianist and composer Fabrizio Paterlini. I love seeing different art forms combined and this truly looks amazing. I wanted to know more about this project, so I interviewed editor Ravinder Surah to learn more. […]

NO FEE/THEMED submission call + editor interview – Tinfish, DEADLINE: Sept. 1, 2019

Tinfish Press is a nonprofit print journal and press coming back after a ten year haitus with a new editor Jaimie Gusman taking the reigns in 2020. They are specifically looking for poems and essays that are experimental while considering the themes of rage and hope. I wanted […]

NO FEE Submission call + updated interview! – Matador Review, DEADLINE: Aug. 31, 2019

Matador Review is an online literature and art quarterly based in Los Angeles and Chicago. “We publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. Founded in January 2016, our purpose is to promote ‘alternative work’ from both art and literature, and to encourage respect for online publications. In each issue, […]

NO FEE Submission call (Special issue: Women 50+) + editor interview – Gyroscope Review, DEADLINE: Sept. 7 2019

Gyroscope Review is a print and online poetry magazine published quarterly. You can read their current issue as well as past issue on their site or order them in print. They welcome both new and established poets and are currently open for submissions for their fall special issue with […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Thimble, DEADLINE: Sept. 30, 2019

Thimble is a new online literary magazine, featuring art, poetry, and short prose. They publish issues quarterly. I was curious how and why this art and literary magazine began, so I asked Editor-in-Chief Nadia Wolnisty a few questions to find out. See my interview with Wolnisty and a link […]

NO FEE Submission call + interview – Doubleback Review, DEADLINE: Always open (rolling)

Doubleback Review is a new online journal under Sundress Publications and Doubleback Books. They are specifically looking for work previously published in other journals that have since gone defunct. “Doubleback Review wants to hit the pause button on art that may slip from the public's eye (and therefore lose […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call + interview – Drunk Monkeys, DEADLINE: Aug. 31, 2019

Drunk Monkeys is an online lit mag with a unique style, dedicated to "use our privileges to protect, defend, and uplift others. To create a safer literary community." They have a clear mission to “be inclusive, to denounce bigotry of all kinds, and to stand up to those […]

Updated! 21 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. These […]

NO FEE Submission call + interview – Ink&Nebula, DEADLINE: Aug. 1, 2019

Ink&Nebula is a new poetry journal “for established voices (Ink) and holding particular space for emerging ones (Nebula).” They accept submissions from both published (Ink submission) and previously unpublished poets (Nebula submission). By previously unpublished they mean “poets who do not have work that has been published by someone […]

NO FEE Submission call + interview – Ink&Nebula, DEADLINE: Aug. 1, 2019

Ink&Nebula is a new poetry journal “for established voices (Ink) and holding particular space for emerging ones (Nebula).” They accept submissions from both published (Ink submission) and previously unpublished poets (Nebula submission). By previously unpublished they mean “poets who do not have work that has been published by someone […]

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