Booth Journal

Not currently open for submissions.

Last updated

Booth Journal is a literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, lists, and audio, with regular reading periods and a focus on both online and print publication.

Response time info: ~56 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at booth.butler.edu↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryOpens Sep 1

Submit one story up to 7,500 words at a time; flash fiction up to 2 pieces of 500 words or less. Reading period: open September through half of April, with a December break. Next window: January 1, 2026 to April 15, 2026.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Sep 1

Submit one piece of creative nonfiction up to 7,500 words at a time. Reading period: open September through half of April, with a December break. Next window: January 1, 2026 to April 15, 2026.

otherOpens Sep 1

Comics: up to 20 pages, JPEG, width: 850-900px, landscape preferred. Lists and audio files: audio up to eight minutes. Reading period: open September through half of April, with a December break. Next window: January 1, 2026 to April 15, 2026.

poetryLiteraryOpens Sep 1

Up to 3 poems per submission; open to all except Butler employees, current Butler students, or anyone affiliated with Butler's MFA program. Reading period: open September through half of April, with a December break. Next window: January 1, 2026 to April 15, 2026.

Similar markets seeking submissions

← All marketsBrowse A–Z