Reed Magazine
Open now for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other work.
Last updatedReed Magazine is a long-running annual literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with general and contest submissions accepted each year.
Response time info: Submitters can expect to hear back from Reed Magazine by the end of December 2026.
Read the full guidelines at reedmag.org↗Submission calls
General and contest submissions accepted May 1 – October 1; up to 5,000 words; open to most styles and approaches, including experimental and literary; stand-alone short stories only, not chapters.
General and contest submissions accepted May 1 – October 1; up to 5,000 words; seeks creative nonfiction such as personal essays and narratives, not scholarly papers or book reviews; stand-alone essays only.
General and contest submissions accepted May 1 – October 1; up to five poems per submission; eclectic taste, open to a diversity of forms and styles.
Open to: High school students of Santa Clara County, California
Emerging Voices Contest for high school students of Santa Clara County, California ONLY; accepts original fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and scholarly works; proof of local high school attendance required.
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