Markets

Eclectica Magazine is an eclectic literary magazine accepting fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and other writing, with submissions evaluated primarily on quality and a $50 award for top submissions in each issue.

Chicken Soup for the Soul invites true stories and poems for specific themed books, including pet, holiday, and humor anthologies.

McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern is an independent literary quarterly that publishes mostly fiction and some nonfiction, with unsolicited submissions accepted by mail.

Raw Lit is a free literary magazine seeking raw, emotional, unpublished prose and poetry during twice-yearly submission calls.

The SFWP Literary Awards Program is an international English-language competition seeking fiction and creative nonfiction, with publication opportunities and cash prizes.

Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores publishes science fiction, fantasy, myth, legend, fairy-tale, eldritch, fact-based, and poetry work, including new pieces and eligible reprints.

Hayduke Irish Lives! is an adults-only magazine seeking clever, politically and environmentally focused satire.

Open to: For adults only; submissions must not name politicians.

Points in Case is a literary humor publication seeking original, polished, funny writing in articles, lists, and jokes.

F(r)iction is a genre-inclusive literary magazine and publishing project accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, and related editorial work through several routes.

The Wild Umbrella is an Irish literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, with optional feedback, contributor promotion, and an annual print anthology.

Weekly Humorist is a satire magazine seeking humorous article submissions.

Magpie Zine is a free online literary magazine publishing original fiction, nonfiction, poetry, book reports, experimental work, and humor, with an emphasis on unusual, emotionally resonant work.

Open to: work created by corporeal human beings is accepted. If Magpie has already published your work, wait three issues before submitting again.

Foofaraw is an English-language literary magazine and publisher seeking fiction, poetry, nonfiction, satire, and speculative work through multiple submission calls.

Open to: Authors must be at least 18; Foofaraw editors and readers are ineligible for the regular magazine.

Defenestration is a humor magazine publishing funny fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and fake nonfiction online.

Johnny America is a sporadically published literary website and print zine featuring fiction, humor, and other miscellany.

Open to: send only one submission at a time.

Little Old Lady Comedy is a humor publication seeking comedic writing and satire, including essays, articles, short stories, lists, poetry, and related work.

Robot Butt is a comedy-focused website accepting pitches and completed written pieces, including essays, stories, interviews, profiles, sketches, and commentary.

The Lit Nerds is a hopeful literary magazine seeking uplifting fiction, poetry, and specified forms of creative nonfiction.

Halfway Down the Stairs is a biannual literary magazine publishing themed poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and book reviews.

Hazlitt is a Penguin Random House literary website seeking original journalism, investigative features, international reporting, profiles, essays, and humor pitches.

Piker Press is an online publication accepting fiction, nonfiction, essays, poetry, and other submissions, with broad genre coverage and no monetary payment.

The Daily Drunk publishes short, snappy, humorous pop-culture writing, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, lists, reviews, and quizzes.

The Lascaux Review publishes accessible, literary-quality fiction, flash, poetry, and creative nonfiction, including book excerpts, but is currently on hiatus.

Lit Mag News seeks contributor pitches and articles about writing, publishing, and literary magazines for its weekly column.

LIMINAL.SPACES is a literary platform about environmental issues and ecological themes through fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.