The Garlic Press

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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The Garlic Press is an online literary magazine seeking extra-pungent poetry and prose with fresh, raw, sticky, wild, or sensory qualities.

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Dec 31Pays: No payment.

Prose is open to short fiction and any other genre; submit up to two short pieces or one longer piece up to ten double-spaced pages. Submissions are read January 1-March 31, April 1-June 30, July 1-September 30, and October 1-December 31.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Dec 31Pays: No payment.

Prose is open to creative nonfiction, essays, and hybrid forms, among other genres; submit up to two short pieces or one longer piece up to ten double-spaced pages. Submissions are read January 1-March 31, April 1-June 30, July 1-September 30, and October 1-December 31.

poetryLiteraryCloses Dec 31Pays: No payment.

Accepts up to three poems totaling no more than ten pages; submissions are read January 1-March 31 for the Spring issue, April 1-June 30 for Summer, July 1-September 30 for Fall, and October 1-December 31 for Winter.

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