Reed Magazine

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other work.

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Reed 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

fictionLiteraryCloses Oct 1

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.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Oct 1

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.

poetryCloses Oct 1

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.

otherEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 1

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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