Category: LGBTQIAP+

NO FEE submission call – Gay & Lesbian Review/Worldwide, DEADLINE: Always open

The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide is currently open for submissions across all of its nonfiction and poetry categories, with a special emphasis on its weekly online column, Here’s My Story. LGBTQ+ writers from all backgrounds are warmly encouraged to submit work that reflects the depth, complexity, […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – South Broadway Press, DEADLINE: Aug. 27, 2026

If you’re drawn to poetry that risks something—work that’s strange, gorgeous, and willing to push back against the systems we live in—South Broadway Press is a space you’ll want to know. Based in Denver, the press has grown over the last eight years from local events into a […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Indigo Literature Review, DEADLINE: Sept. 30, 2026

Indigo Literature Review is one of those emerging projects that reminds me why I love spotlighting new editorial voices—small, intentional, and driven by a genuine desire to make space for work that feels a little strange, a little unmoored, and entirely alive. Founded by Kael Knight (they/them), Indigo […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call – Migrant Voices in Horror (Bloodletter Magazine), DEADLINE: June 30, 2026

Bloodletter Magazine is a feminist horror magazine publishing the work of nonbinary, trans, and women writers and artists. “For each issue, we work with artists who contribute companion illustrations for each piece represented in the magazine. Bloodletter was founded on the principle that horror is an incredibly complicated, […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Thimble Trans Voices, DEADLINE: April 30, 2026

Today I’m thrilled to share a conversation with Nadia Arioli, editor of Thimble, a quarterly journal devoted to poetry, art, and the small, handmade shelters we build through creative work. With Trans Day of Visibility on the horizon, it feels especially meaningful to highlight Thimble’s upcoming special issue, […]

25 lgbtq2+ literary journals and magazines – guest post by Audrey Gidman

As I’ve been making other resource lists, I’ve been slowly tucking all the queer lit journals and mags off to the side so I could give them their own list. Because they/we needed their/our own list. Thus, I present to you: a completely non-exhaustive list of lgbtq2s+ centered journals and lit […]

PAYING/NO FEE submission call + editor interview – new words {press}, DEADLINE: April 20, 2026

I’m thrilled to spotlight new words {press}, a nonprofit literary home dedicated to uplifting emerging and established trans* and gender-expansive poets. Founded and led by brooklyn baggett, the press has quickly become a vital space for innovative work, community-building, and boundary-pushing poetics. In our conversation, baggett shares the […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – ALOCASIA, DEADLINE: April 10, 2026

ALOCASIA is a bi-monthly online journal that publishes queer writers exploring our lives and experiences through the lens of plants and gardening and horticulture. They are currently open for poetry and prose submissions for their next themed issue: THORNS, which will examine queer domestic violence, partner violence, and sexual […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call – Trans Voices in Horror (Bloodletter Magazine), DEADLINE: June 17, 2025

Bloodletter Magazine is a feminist horror magazine publishing the work of nonbinary, trans, and women writers and artists. “For each issue, we work with artists who contribute companion illustrations for each piece represented in the magazine. Bloodletter was founded on the principle that horror is an incredibly complicated, […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Bloodletter Magazine, DEADLINE: May 6, 2025

Bloodletter Magazine is a feminist horror magazine publishing the work of nonbinary, trans, and women writers and artists. “For each biannual issue, we work with one artist who contributes companion illustrations for each of the 20 pieces represented in the magazine. Bloodletter was founded on the principle that […]