The literary magazines/journals and contests listed below all offer some form of payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines between May 10 and June 15, 2020. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. […]
Juniper is a new online poetry journal, published three times a year, in February, June and October. I love the simple, yet pleasing design of this web-based journal. It’s easy to navigate and easy to read. To get a feel for what types of poetry they publish, you […]
Tiny Spoon is a new online and print literary magazine focused on experimental work publishing four times a year. They’re currently open for submissions of cross-genre writing–experimental poetry, prose, and art–for their sixth issue with the theme of Solitude. “While in the midst of self-isolation, it is easy […]
Sin Fronteras Journal “is a non‑profit literary arts organization in Las Cruces, NM, devoted to encouraging a community of established and emerging writers, developing audiences for these writers, and giving voice to those whose voices may not be heard.” They are currently open for fiction, poetry, nonfiction, aesthetic […]
beestung is a project of Sundress Publications and a new quarterly online micro-magazine for non-binary and two-spirit writers and readers, with an emphasis on intracommunity sensibilities. Their next issue launches on May 20 and you can read issues one and two currently on their web site to get […]
You've written a literary masterpiece. The characters are awesome (one of them is called Breathless Muffler), the setting is exotic (thousands of miles away from Milton Keynes) and the conclusion mind blowing (the main protagonist turns out to be his own daughter). You randomly submit your short story […]
Wicked Gay Ways is an online art and literary journal seeking to create connections across the many dimensions of queer sexual desire as embodied in art and the creative process. They publish work from both new, emerging and established artists and are currently open for submissions of flash […]
Disquiet Arts is a new erotic and gothic leaning “literary, photography and art magazine for those with darker desires” currently seeking poetry, flash fiction, art, and photography for their first issue. I wanted to know more about this new lit mag, so I asked founder and editor Natalie […]
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 […]
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 […]
