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Narrative Magazine is a nonprofit literary magazine accepting year-round submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and multimedia, with a submission fee and payment to authors.

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The Masters Review Short Story Award for New Writers is a bi-annual contest recognizing outstanding unpublished fiction or narrative nonfiction by emerging writers, offering publication, agency review, and cash prizes.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

Dogwood is an annual literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, with an annual contest awarding $1,000 in each genre.

Open to: Current and former employees and students of Fairfield University, and current/former students of the editor, are ineligible. Incarcerated writers may submit year-round by mail or email with no fee.

LIMINAL.SPACES is a minimalist magazine focused on literature and visual art exploring environmental themes, accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art with both speculative and realist elements.

Overland is a triannual Australian literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with a focus on underrepresented voices.

West Branch is a literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation, with annual reading periods and payment for accepted work.

Cleveland Review of Books is a literary magazine publishing critical nonfiction, fiction, and poetry with an emphasis on formal innovation and engagement.

The Dublin Review is an Irish literary journal publishing fiction and nonfiction, with a focus on underrepresented voices.

Grain Magazine is a Canadian literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction, with regular and special submission windows and a focus on diverse voices.

Open to: under-represented and/or marginalized writers (i.e. Black, Indigenous, or Person of Colour, 2SLGBTQ+, or Disability) may submit during this window.

Copper Nickel is a literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and translation folios, with two annual reading periods and payment for accepted work.

Broad Ripple Review is an online literary magazine publishing formally precise, emotionally resonant, and intellectually ambitious literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.

The Ex-Puritan is a Canadian literary magazine accepting fiction, poetry, nonfiction, interviews, reviews, and experimental/hybrid work year-round from writers worldwide.

The Forge Literary Magazine publishes short literary fiction and nonfiction, accepting unsolicited submissions monthly with a strong preference for pieces under 3,000 words and paying $100 per piece.

Guernica is a well-known magazine publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and global spotlights, with a focus on international and innovative work.

Open to: Work must have been published outside the US, Canada, Western Europe, and Australia, except for Indigenous writers in those regions.

Gulf Coast is a literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, reviews, and translations in both print and online formats, with a focus on supporting writers through editorial guidance and competitive honorariums.

Rawhead is an online journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid work that seeks emotionally resonant, unsettling, and boundary-pushing writing.

The Apple Valley Review is an international online literary journal publishing poetry, short stories, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction with a literary focus, reading submissions year-round with no fees or payment.

The Missouri Review is a well-regarded literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction of general interest, open for submissions year-round and paying $25 per printed page.

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

Toronto Journal is a literary magazine publishing short fiction and nonfiction about life in the Greater Toronto Area, with anonymous submissions and payment for accepted work.

Aniko Press is an Australian-based magazine publishing poetry, flash fiction, short stories, creative nonfiction, and book reviews, with themed competitions and regular calls for guest book reviews.

phoebe is a biannual literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with both a winter print issue and a spring contest issue, and pays contributors.

Open to: No submissions from current or former students of George Mason University’s creative writing program or any other affiliates of George Mason University.

trampset is a literary journal publishing short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with a focus on shorter works and diverse voices.

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.

Cherry Tree is a print literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction with a focus on inventive, image-rich, and sonically adventurous work, including a 'Literary Shade' section for subversive critique.

Open to: Not open to current Washington College students or graduates from the past 4 years.

Toil & Trouble is a literary magazine publishing themed issues of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art/photography.

Waxwing is a triannual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and translations, with a strong focus on cultural diversity and international voices.

Open to: Must be 18 years or older.

Burningword Literary Journal is a triannual print and digital publication seeking poetry, flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and visual art, with a modest submission fee and complimentary contributor copies.

Eleventh Hour Literary is a journal seeking previously rejected and revised literary prose, poetry, and hybrid work from writers worldwide.