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Only Poems is a poetry publication that features poets and poems, offers themed contests, and welcomes submissions from writers worldwide.

OTHERSIDE is a paying speculative magazine publishing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by self-identified 2SLGBTQIA+ writers.

Open to: self-identified 2SLGBTQIA+ authors

Geist is a Canadian magazine of ideas and culture publishing literary nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and hybrid work with an intelligent, inclusive, offbeat tone.

Open to: Priority is given to Canadian citizens or permanent residents, whether living in or outside Canada; international contributors are occasionally accepted when the work has a strong connection to Canada or relevance to a Canadian audience.

Wild Hyacinth is a Canadian-oriented magazine publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art around themed issues.

100 Word Story is a literary journal publishing stories, memoir slices, and essays of exactly 100 words.

LIMINAL.SPACES is a literary platform focused on environmental concerns through fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.

Boudin is the online companion to The McNeese Review, publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, hybrids, and other creative writing.

Open to: Current McNeese State University students and employees are ineligible; McNeese alumni may submit only if at least three years have passed since graduation. International submissions are eligible, but cannot receive prize money.

Iron Oak Editions is a literary press seeking full-length poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction manuscripts.

Night Shades is a fiction magazine publishing two speculative stories per month.

Spark to Flame is an online journal of collaborative poetry that pairs anonymous poetry fragments with writers who develop them into finished poems.

The Words Faire is an independent Dayton, Ohio publishing company accepting creative writing for its Issue IV quarterly collection, themed “Incertitude.”

Uncharted Magazine publishes short fiction featuring speculative, thrilling, mysterious, horrific, dystopian, and young-adult perspectives.

Trembling With Fear publishes dark speculative fiction, including horror, dark science fiction, and dark fantasy, in short-story, drabble, serial, themed, and unholy-trinity formats.

Cola Literary Review is a journal accepting previously unpublished fiction and poetry during its academic-year reading periods.

Open to: November submissions are exclusively for BIPOC writers.

ICHOR Magazine is seeking visceral, weird sword-and-sorcery, dark fantasy, and dying-Earth stories with horror elements.

Solarpunk Magazine publishes speculative fiction and other writing centered on solarpunk themes, including ecological balance, mutual aid, radical imagination, resistance, and repair.

Open to: Original, unpublished work in English; translations previously published in languages other than English are accepted, but unsolicited reprints are not.

Bat City Review is a literary magazine seeking poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and cross-genre work for its Bread & Circuses-themed upcoming issue.

Open to: Current University of Texas at Austin students may not submit; UT Austin alumni must have completed their studies at least three years before the current open call. Previously published contributors must wait two years before resubmitting.

Carmina Magazine publishes myth-inspired poetry and prose, including reimaginings and retellings from mythological traditions across cultures and eras.

Open to: Work must be inspired by some kind of mythological tradition; AI-generated work is not accepted.

Chicken Soup for the Soul invites true stories and poems for specific themed books, including pet, holiday, and humor anthologies.

Cola Literary Review publishes fiction and poetry for its print journal and website, with free and paid reading periods each academic year.

Open to: Work must be previously unpublished; November submissions are exclusively for the BIPOC Writers project.

Consequence Forum publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations, and reviews addressing the consequences of war or geopolitical violence in its print, online, and Substack venues.

Cosmic Daffodil Journal is a literary magazine seeking poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for themed issues, including the currently open MOSAIC issue.

CutBank is the literary journal of the University of Montana, publishing print and online poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and related literary work.

Epiphany is a literary magazine publishing stories, poems, essays, and genre-bending work in print and online.

EVENT is a Canadian literary magazine publishing poetry, prose, and creative nonfiction, with general submissions accepted during specified months and an annual nonfiction contest.

Eye to the Telescope is an online speculative poetry publication of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.

The Fiddlehead is a Canadian literary magazine publishing fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, translations, reviews, and occasional play excerpts.

Open to: Work must be unpublished and submissions are limited to once per calendar year per genre.

Glossy Planet is a real-time literary magazine seeking impactful writing that responds to current headlines, culture, and the world.

In a Flash is a themed literary magazine publishing previously unpublished creative nonfiction flash of 500 words or fewer.

Ink Sweat & Tears accepts poetry, prose, flash fiction, word-and-image work, reviews, and themed filmpoems by email, with submissions closing on 15 October 2026.

Open to: Work must be unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere; no simultaneous submissions.