OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS

LITMAGS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS

You can find more listings on any number of websites, such as Poets and Writers, DuoTrope, The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), Literary Cleveland and NewPages.com. Writers should always read a couple back issues of each magazine before sending in work to ensure that it’s a good fit for each specific publication. This isn’t an exhaustive list, but it is a curated place of litmags that are great to work with, open to emerging writers, and who have deadlines coming up. A few are also open year-round.  Most of these publications accept work in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction; some also accept artwork and hybrid forms.  

After Happy Hour
https://afterhappyhourreview.submittable.com/submit
 
Allium
https://allium.submittable.com/submit
 
Birdy Magazine
https://www.birdymagazine.com/submissions/
 
Boulevard
https://boulevard.submittable.com/submit
 
Black Fox Literary Magazine
https://blackfoxlitmag.com/submit/
 
Club Plum
https://clubplumliteraryjournal.com/submit/

The Chestnut Review 
Submissions – Chestnut Review

The Ekphrastic Review
https://www.ekphrastic.net/submit.html
 
Foglifter
https://foglifterjournal.com/submit/
 
The Gravity of the Thing
https://thegravityofthething.com/submit/
 
Hanging Loose Press
https://www.hangingloosepress.com/submissions/
 
Harpur Palate
https://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/submit/
  
The Lyric Magazine
https://thelyricmagazine.com/submitpoetry/
 
Marrow Magazine
https://marrowmagazine.com/submit/
 
Polyphony Lit
https://www.polyphonylit.org/submission-guidelines
 
Radar
https://www.radarpoetry.com/guidelines
 
Sheila-Na-Gig
https://sheilanagigblog.com/submissions/
 
Strange Horizons
http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/submit/
 
Think Journal
https://www.thinkjournal.org/page5.html
 
TriQuarterly
https://www.triquarterly.org/submit
 
The/t3mz/Review
https://www.thetemzreview.com/submissions.html
 
805 Lit + Art
https://www.805lit.org/submissions
 
32 Poems
https://32poems.com/submission-guidelines/
 
Open All Year
These literary magazines are open for submissions at this time; however, always check the website to confirm before submitting. “Rolling deadline” can mean the litmag accepts submissions year round, that it caps submissions and closes once capacity is full; or that the deadline shifts.
 
Apex Book Company
Submissions – Apex Book Company
Novella Submissions – Violet Lichen Books

Birdy Magazine
https://www.birdymagazine.com/submissions/
 
The Blue Mountain Review
Website: https://www.southerncollectiveexperience.com/the-blue-mountain-review/
 
Chestnut Review
Website: https://chestnutreview.com/
 
Conduit Poetry
Submission Fee: $3
Website: https://www.conduit.org/submit
 
F(r)iction
Website: https://frictionlit.org/
 
Florida Review
Website: https://cah.ucf.edu/floridareview/
 
Guernica: A Journal of Art and Politics
Website: https://www.guernicamag.com/
 
Helix
Website: https://helixmagazine.org/submit
 
Isele Magazine
Website: https://iselemagazine.com/

Jokes Review
https://www.jokesliteraryreview.com/submit
 
Mid-American Review
Website: https://casit.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview/
 
Narrative
Website: https://www.narrativemagazine.com/
 
North American Review
Website: https://northamericanreview.org/
 
One More Chapter
https://www.onemorechapter.com/

Pacifica Literary Review
Website: https://www.pacificareview.com/
 
Palooka Press
Website: https://www.palookamag.com/submit.html

Plant Human Quarterly
https://otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissions 

Regal House Publishing
Entry Fee: $5
Website: regalhousepublishing.com
 
The Rumpus
Website: https://therumpus.net/
 
Sequestrum
Website: https://www.sequestrum.org/

SmokeLong Quarterly
Cash Prize: $100
Website: https://www.smokelong.com/
 
Story Magazine
Website: https://www.storymagazine.org/
 
Tupelo Quarterly
Website: https://www.tupeloquarterly.com/
 
Wingless Dreamer
https://www.winglessdreamer.com/contests

Additional Resources
You can find more opportunities for writers on the websites listed below. Remember, whenever a contest charges an entry fee, make sure that you vet them and confirm that they are legit. A great resource for researching writing contests is the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: www.clmp.org.

Almond Press https://dystopianstories.com/list-creative-writing-journals-accepting-submissions/

Community of Literary Magazines and Presses www.clmp.org

Poets and Writers https://www.pw.org/

NewPages https://www.newpages.com/

Submittable* https://discover.submittable.com/
*Please note that this website no longer focuses on literary submissions, contests, and publishing. Be very, very wary of any “opportunity” that charges an entry fee in excess of $25 and double-check the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: www.clmp.org website to make sure high cost “opportunities” are legitimate contests.

The Kenyon Review Summer Workshops
Rolling admissions, but early applications accepted. Workshops in Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Translation, and Spiritual Writing. https://kenyonreview.org/writers

Publishing Opportunities for Teens

Most of these listings accept work for writers age 8-18 but read the submission guidelines for age limits. Listings with an * also accept work from writers age 18-25. You can find additional resources for young writers at New Pages Young Writers’ Guide.

​● Adroit Journal *
● The Apprentice Writer
● Balloons Lit Journal
● Blue Marble Review*
● Chautauqua Young Voices
● Chicago Young Writers Review
● The Echo*
● Élan Literary Magazine*
● Girls Right the World
● Hanging Loose Press
● Hog Creek Review*
● Hot Dish Magazine*
● The Incandescent Review
● KidSpirit
● Lunch Ticket *
● One Teen Story
● Polyphony Lit
● Rattle *
● Skipping Stones Magazine
● Teen Ink
● The Weight Journal
● Whitefish Review *
● Young Writers Project
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Chicago Young Writers Review
Open for submissions
Website: https://cywr.org/

StoneSoup
Open for submissions
Website: https://stonesoup.com/how-to-submit-writing-and-art-to-stone-soup/

Teen Ink
Open for submissions
Website: https://www.teenink.com/submission-guidelines

The Daphne Review
Open for submissions
Website: https://www.thedaphnereview.org/submissions/ 

Flip the Page: Central Ohio’s Young Writer’s Journal
Writing Submission Guidelines

• Must be a resident of Central Ohio (Franklin, Delaware, Union, Madison, Pickaway, Fairfield, or Licking county)
• Open to teens ages 13 to 19 years old
• We are interested in short stories, poems, songs, essays, play excerpts, and humor
• Maximum of 800 words per piece
• Limit of two entries per person
• Accepted formats are Word documents and shareable Google documents
• Click the green button above to submit

Questions? Check out our FAQ page!
Not finding the answer there? Email [email protected]

http://www.thurberhouse.org/flip-the-page