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

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.

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

Swim Press is a UK-based publication seeking thematically focused written work for its issue 11 theme, “decay.”

Open to: New and emerging writers with a maximum of 7 previous publications; work previously published professionally is not accepted.

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Cola Literary Review is a journal accepting previously unpublished fiction and poetry during its academic-year reading periods.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Open to: Original, unpublished work in English; translations previously published in languages other than English are accepted, but unsolicited reprints are not.

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.

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Open to: Work must be previously unpublished; November submissions are exclusively for the BIPOC Writers project.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

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

Open to: Work must be unpublished; writers may submit only once per calendar year per genre.

Glossy Planet is a real-time literary magazine seeking unpublished writing that responds creatively to current headlines and culture.

Open to: Open internationally to all writers, provided the work is primarily in English; work must be unpublished, not AI-generated or AI-assisted.

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.

Kaidankai seeks fiction featuring ghosts or supernatural elements for its podcast and is currently running a December 2026 winter-themed contest.

Little District Books is seeking original queer hopepunk stories for its first publishing project, Radiant Dawn: A Queer Hopepunk Anthology.

Meridian is a University of Virginia literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction in an annual spring issue, along with prize opportunities.

Open to: Meridian generally does not accept creative work by current University of Virginia students; current UVA students should write before submitting.

Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora is a peer-reviewed journal publishing literature and arts of the African diaspora.

Passages North is a literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, hybrids, and short-shorts, with an emphasis on innovative, experimental, and genre-diverse work.

phoebe is a twice-yearly literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in a winter print issue and a spring contest issue.

Open to: Submissions are not accepted from current or former students of George Mason University's creative writing program or any other George Mason University affiliates.

Phoebe is a paying literary journal seeking experimental and conventional fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for its winter 2027 print issue.

Plott Hound Magazine is a quarterly literary magazine publishing amazing animal stories, including prose, essays, and poetry.

Rebel Satori Press is an independent publisher seeking full-length LGBTQIA+ speculative fiction and witchcraft and occult nonfiction.

American Literary Review is a national journal publishing previously unpublished poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, with general submissions accepted during two annual windows and a $4 fee.

Open to: Anyone who is or was associated with the University of North Texas in the last three years is ineligible; submissions must be previously unpublished and not created in whole or part with generative AI or LLMs.

Superheroes, Super Problems is an original anthology seeking superhero-centered fiction and poetry across several speculative and genre categories.

Table Salt Press is an open, themed literary publication accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid, folklore, and related written work for its first issue and seasonal mini magazine.