Category: Paying Submission Calls

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 […]

15 lit mags/journals to send your current event poems

UPDATED: April 24, 2021 The listings below are literary magazines/journals that are known for taking poetry on current event topics. These literary magazines/journals are listed alphabetically; some are currently accepting submissions, some are temporarily closed. I’ve also included whether or not it is a paying market in the […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Coffee & Oranges, DEADLINE: Open year-round

Coffee & Oranges (formerly Kahini Magazine) is the literary monthly print magazine for Kahini members: submissions, however, are open to all and accepted year-round. Contributors receive a subscription to the magazine and $5,000 payment! (No, that is not a misprint and it is very real. A generous donor […]

2020 Literary Magazine Rankings by Clifford Garstang + submission tips

If you’re not already familiar with Clifford Garstang‘s annual literary magazine rankings or you’ve forgotten to check them out for a while, here’s a reminder to how handy they are! Every year Garstang ranks lit mags based on Pushcart Prize anthology. He creates rankings for the three main […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call – Human/Kind Journal + editor interview, DEADLINE: Jan 21, 2020

Human/Kind Journal is a new quarterly online literary journal of “poetry, prose, art, and hybrids that examines and reflects on the human experience, social structures, injustices, culture, current events, and history. In a world fraught with division, we’ve created this space to focus on our commonalities as humans […]

PAYING/NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Belmont Story Review, DEADLINE: Feb. 1, 2020

Belmont Story Review is an online and print national magazine of literary arts, faith and culture. They publish issues annually. I was curious how and why this art and literary magazine began, so I asked Co-Managing Editor Lauren Ash a few questions to find out. See my interview […]

16 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: Dec. 15 – Jan. 16, 2020

The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of prize/payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines between today and January 16, 2020. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are […]

14 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: Nov. 9 - Nov. 30, 2019

The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of prize/payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines in November 2019. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of […]

4 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: Oct. 1 - Oct. 31, 2019

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 in October 2019. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of […]

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