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Emerald City Ghosts is a digital magazine publishing flash fiction, short stories, and poetry with a paranormal or ghostly element, often themed monthly.

WayWords is a quarterly literary journal from The Writer's Workout, publishing themed fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction tributes from writers worldwide.

Everyday Drabbles Presents… Dragons! is a themed zine seeking exactly 100-word drabbles (fiction or nonfiction) about dragons, for its first issue.

Crooked Spine is a quarterly horror magazine publishing themed issues and competitions for horror fiction.

Headland Journal is a New Zealand-based literary magazine publishing short fiction and creative nonfiction from emerging voices.

A Dystopian Age Anthology is seeking short stories set in the Armoured Clash universe, featuring alternate 19th-century warfare with speculative elements.

KissMet Quarterly is a magazine seeking sweet, clean, seasonal genre romance stories with happy endings, open to all writers.

The Masters Review: New Voices is an online and print publication focused on publishing and supporting new and emerging writers, especially in literary fiction and narrative nonfiction.

Open to: Emerging writers only; writers with single-author novel-length work published or under contract with a major press are ineligible.

The Masters Review Short Story Award for New Writers is a bi-annual contest recognizing outstanding unpublished fiction or narrative nonfiction by emerging writers, offering publication, agency review, and cash prizes.

Open to: writers who have not published a novel or memoir with a major press are eligible; friends, family, and close associates of the guest judge are not eligible.

Uncharted Magazine publishes original and reprint short fiction in science fiction, fantasy, dystopian, thriller, mystery, horror, and young adult genres, with regular year-round submissions and periodic themed contests.

3Elements Review is a themed literary journal requiring all prose and poetry submissions to incorporate three specific elements per issue, with art and photography needing at least one.

Altar is a literary magazine seeking poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, reviews, recipes, spells/rituals, and other creative writing aligned with the theme 'Golden Hour' for its second issue.

Amethyst Review publishes new writing engaging with spirituality and the sacred, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and reviews.

Anemone Magazine is a literary magazine publishing themed and general issues, currently open for submissions to its Summer 2026 general issue.

ARTWIFE is a magazine publishing literary art (fiction, creative nonfiction, flash), visual art, and video art, with seasonal submission windows and a mix of free and paid submissions.

Carmen et Error is a quarterly literary magazine publishing poetry and very short fiction, with a focus on concise work and a playful approach to mistakes.

Cranked Anvil runs year-round quarterly competitions for short stories, flash fiction, and audio playwriting, open to all writers.

CRUMBS is a semi-monthly, themed drabble (100-word story) contest from Quotidian Bagatelle and Emma Burnett.

Driftwood Press is an independent literary magazine and press publishing fiction, novellas, poetry, and more, with a focus on craft and language.

Elegant Literature is a monthly digital magazine publishing themed short fiction by new and unpublished writers in any genre.

Four Way Review is an online literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and translations from both established and emerging authors.

Further Light Magazine publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry exploring Latter-day Saint themes through speculative genres, seeking work that connects gospel principles with imaginative storytelling.

Haven Spec is a speculative fiction magazine publishing science fiction, fantasy, speculative horror, and related poetry and nonfiction, with a focus on diverse and underrepresented voices.

Indie Bites is a quarterly fantasy magazine publishing original short fiction by indie authors, with themed issues and a focus on fantasy as the core genre.

Open to: No submissions from or on behalf of minors.

Locust Shells Journal is an online-only literary journal publishing work in PDF format with rolling submission periods and a small submission fee.

Miracle Monocle is a university-affiliated literary journal publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, experimental/hybrid work, and art, with eclectic tastes and a focus on original, unpublished work.

Pacifica Literary Review is a literary magazine accepting poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction year-round except for brief closures in September, January, and May, paying $25 per published piece.

Passing Strange: Queer Weird Arthurian Tales is an anthology seeking queer speculative fiction, narrative nonfiction, and art reimagining Arthurian legends with LGBTQ+ characters and weird/speculative elements.

Perseid Prophecies is a Canadian speculative fiction magazine seeking unpublished speculative fiction, flash fiction, original art, and topical nonfiction science articles.

Pithead Chapel is a monthly online magazine publishing literary fiction, nonfiction, and prose poetry under 4,000 words, with a strong preference against genre fiction.