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Thimble Literary Magazine is a quarterly online literary journal primarily publishing poetry along with short prose.

Open to: If previously published by Thimble, writers must wait one full year before submitting again; work must be original and unpublished, including on social media and personal blogs.

Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter is an independent publisher seeking fiction for themed print anthologies and its monthly fiction newsletter.

Frontier Poetry publishes poetry by new and emerging poets through an annual themed contest and its always-open New Voices submissions program.

Subtropics is a literary magazine publishing fiction, essays, and poetry by established and emerging authors.

BoomerLitMag is an independent literary magazine open to writers of all ages, publishing fiction, literary essays, and poetry.

Cursed Morsels Zine publishes adult horror and Weird fiction, including short story collections and themed anthologies.

Fahmidan Journal is an English-language quarterly journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and flash prose.

Open to: Submitters must be at least 18 years old; present and past Fahmidan Journal/Publishing & Co. staff may not submit.

Wild Muse’s 2026 Nature Writing Prize seeks unpublished, human-authored nature writing about nature’s power to heal, guide, and transform.

Inkd Publishing is accepting short speculative-fiction anthology submissions in several themed calls, with free submission and royalties or flat-plus-royalty compensation.

Open to: Submissions must be original, previously unpublished, not AI-generated, and not under consideration elsewhere; one submission per author.

Blaft Publications is seeking short fiction for its planned Women with Weapons anthology.

Boudin is an online literary publication of The McNeese Review seeking original, unpublished writing, including themed fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid work.

Open to: Current McNeese State University students and employees may not submit; McNeese alumni must have graduated at least three years ago. International submissions are eligible for publication but not prize money.

Carmina Magazine publishes myth-inspired poetry, fiction, and other creative work, including retellings and reimaginings from all cultures and eras.

Open to: Work must be inspired by some mythological tradition and must not be generated in whole or in part by AI.

Chicken Soup for the Soul seeks true, inspirational, humorous, and heartwarming stories and poems for themed anthology books, with multiple topic-specific deadlines.

Open to: Submissions must not be AI-generated or AI-assisted.

Eleventh Hour Literary is a perseverance-focused journal publishing revised, previously rejected prose and poetry, with no restrictions on subject matter.

Open to: Work must have been previously rejected and revised; submissions must include a rejection history; work must be unpublished and not AI-written.

FeelsZine is a Canadian publication seeking writing and other creative work for its themed Issue 27: Belonging.

Open to: Submitters must include the country they are submitting from and a statement of their personal connection to the issue topic; global contributors are allowed, though the publication prioritizes Canadian content.

Flash Point Science Fiction publishes short speculative fiction, especially flash fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and seasonal stories.

Glossy Planet is a real-time literary magazine seeking flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid work responding to current events and culture.

Hellbender Literary Journal is accepting unpublished flash prose and poetry submissions for its Fall/Winter 2026 issue.

The Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition is an international literary short-fiction competition offering prizes and publication for original unpublished stories.

Metphrastics is a volunteer fan zine publishing ekphrastic poems responding to works in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine publishes edgy, strange, and boundary-pushing speculative and literary work in fiction and poetry, along with other media.

Philly Chapbook Review is an international literary journal publishing original poetry and fiction, chapbook criticism, author features, and book-related excerpts.

Open to: Submissions are accepted from anywhere in the world; work must be at least 50% English and not previously published in a periodical. Previous PCR contributors must wait two full issue periods before resubmitting.

Prairie Schooner publishes literary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, with seasonal unsolicited submissions and year-round book review and interview submissions.

Open to: Work must not have been previously published, including online or on social media, and must not have been produced using generative AI at any stage.

Shenandoah is a Virginia-based online biannual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, and translations.

The Journal is an award-winning literary magazine of The Ohio State University that publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and interviews.

Open to: Submissions including work generated by AI are rejected; recent contributors must wait at least one year after publication before submitting again.

Three-Lobed Burning Eye is a speculative fiction magazine publishing original short stories and flash fiction three times a year.

Open to: Writers must be at least 18 years old.

Up the Staircase Quarterly is a poetry magazine accepting submissions through Submittable.

Washington Square Review is an award-winning literary journal affiliated with NYU’s Creative Writing Program.

Open to: Current NYU students and recent NYU MFA graduates or affiliates within the last 3 years are not eligible.

Carnegie Mellon University Press accepts poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction book manuscripts or proposals during its annual August 15–September 15 submission period.

The Fourth River is a literary journal publishing previously unpublished writing about the relationship between people, place, identity, and natural or built environments, in print and online issues.