Empty Mirror is an online literary and arts magazine established in 2000 that publishes poetry, essays on literary or art-related topics, criticism, personal essays, articles, features, book reviews, interviews, and art. While their interests are broad, they also have special interests in the Beat Generation and Surrealism. I wondered how […]
So to Speak is a feminist literary journal and their blog is currently accepting entries for their contest, including: visual art, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Judgesare Erin Silver (visual art), Pam Houston (fiction), Sandy Allen (nonfiction), and Victoria Chang (poetry). Winners will be awarded an honorarium, publication in our 2019 […]
Noctua Review is the annual art and literary magazine produced by the Southern Connecticut State University MFA program. It was the brain child of Graduate Student (now Professor) Lois Lake Church and launched its inaugural issue in 2008. They don't have a theme this year; instead, they are asking for […]
Bold + Italic is a new international online literary magazine based in India. You can read their first two issues to get a feel for the type of work they accept. I wondered how and why this lit mag came to be, so I asked co-founder Jayant Kashyap. […]
The Maynard is an online poetry journal. They publish two issues per year on April 15 (Spring issue) and October 15 (Fall issue) and are always open to submissions of poetry and cover art. I wondered how and why this poetry journal came to be, so I asked co-founder […]
Better Than Starbucks is “Not your ordinary poetry magazine” and is published in print and electronically. They host regular features categorized by form and genre available on their web site and content is always available to read online for free. They pay $20 for monthly features via paypal and […]
Sinking City is the graduate-run literary journal of the MFA program at the University of Miami and is published online twice a year. I wondered how and why this literary journal came to be, so I asked Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Lane Sutton and she kindly replied. See my interview […]
Harbor Review is a new online space for poetry and art. They publish two issues per year in the winter and summer. They are currently accepting general submissions for their winter issue as well as for their upcoming summer issue with the theme of “Blue,” which can […]
Homology Lit is a new Pacific Northwest-based quarterly online literary magazine for people of color, queer folks, and people with disabilities, founded by Savannah Slone in July 2018. They are currently open for submissions of visual art, poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction for their first issue coming out in January […]
Riddled with Arrows is a fairly new online literary journal, publishing quarterly. They are “dedicated to writing about writing. We seek (short) metafiction and metapoems, and writing that celebrates the process and product of writing as art.” Their current submission call is themed: "Objects & Artifacts" and they are […]
