Markets

New Millennium Writings is an internationally recognized literary journal and writing-award publication that welcomes writers of all experience levels and subjects.

CutBank is the literary journal of the University of Montana, publishing print and online poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and related literary work.

LitMag Online publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in print and online, but regular submissions are currently closed while three contests remain open.

Nashville Review is a Vanderbilt-affiliated literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translations, and hybrid work, with two reading periods each year.

Open to: Current and former Vanderbilt University students and employees within the past five years are ineligible to submit.

Ninth Letter is a semiannual University of Illinois literary magazine publishing experimental and traditional prose and poetry in print and online.

Open to: Previously published work is not accepted; current University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign students may not submit, and alumni must wait three years after graduation. Work created, guided, or revised using generative AI is not accepted.

Hippocampus Magazine is an online literary publication focused on creative nonfiction, including personal essays and flash nonfiction.

Flash Frog is a paying flash-fiction magazine open year-round, with January reserved for contest submissions and July reserved for ghost stories.

Every Day Fiction publishes very short adult flash fiction in any genre and pays a token amount for accepted stories.

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

Susurrus is a literary arts magazine of the American South publishing poetry, flash, fiction, and creative nonfiction three times a year.

Open to: Artists must be 18 or older; submissions are accepted from across the American South.

Long River Review is UConn's literary and arts magazine publishing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translations, and hybrid creative work.

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

Five Points is a Georgia State University literary journal publishing fiction, poetry, flash fiction, literary nonfiction, and translations.

Dishsoap Quarterly is a weekly literary magazine publishing flash, micro, poetry, prose poetry, and hybrid work.

StepAway Magazine is an award-winning online literary magazine publishing urban flash fiction and poetry inspired by walking through specific city neighborhoods.

The Apple Valley Review is an international online literary journal publishing poetry, prose, and translations in semiannual spring and fall issues.

Fractured Lit publishes flash and micro fiction, including original and eligible reprint work, with year-round submissions and occasional themed prizes.

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.

WOW! Women on Writing runs quarterly global contests for flash fiction and creative nonfiction essays, with cash prizes and publication opportunities.

Open to: Open globally; entries must be in English; all ages

Grain is an internationally acclaimed quarterly literary journal publishing eclectic writing by Canadian and international writers.

swamp pink is an online literary magazine, formerly Crazyhorse, publishing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from writers at all career stages.

Confrontation is a literary magazine open to submissions from any writer, publishing poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and nonfiction.

Bayou Magazine publishes original, previously unpublished fiction and poetry in English and accepts submissions during an annual September 15–December 15 window.

Open to: Students, faculty, and alumni of the University of New Orleans are not eligible to submit.

Split Lip Magazine is a voice-driven literary journal with a pop-culture twist that publishes fiction, memoir, poetry, and other writing online and periodically in print.

Open to: Black writers

CRAFT Literary explores the art of prose and publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, craft and critical essays, and interviews.

Fractured Literary publishes emotionally resonant microfiction and flash fiction, including selected reprints and microfiction series.

Open to: marginalized or underrepresented writers

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.

The Good Life Review is a literary magazine publishing original fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, flash, and experimental writing, with seasonal issues and a Micro Monday feature.

Open to: Current UNO MFA students/affiliates and recent (within the last 3 years) UNO MFA graduates/affiliates are not eligible.

Strange Pilgrims is an independent literary magazine publishing surreal, speculative, philosophical, experimental, and realist prose and essays.

Vast Chasm Magazine is a year-round literary publication seeking bold, previously unpublished work exploring the expansive human experience, including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, flash, and nonconforming work.