May 28, 2026
This monthly column is published on the fourth Thursday of every month, and is a space to share information that doesn’t fit anywhere else in our publication. This includes a wide range of opportunities for writers, news and information, and subscribers’ recent success stories. Opportunities: The Poetry Marathon is starting on June 13th 2026, and…
South Carolina Review is a well-established print journal of poetry and fiction, housed at Clemson University. They sometimes publish creative nonfiction, scholarly essays, and book reviews too. You can read selections from the journal online to get a sense of what they publish. South Carolina Review was formerly called Southern Literary Magazine, and was founded…
Every workshop has that guy. “Can’t you just blow something up?” As if volume equals importance. Loud feels like stakes. But I’m more interested in the moment someone almost tells the truth and then swallows it. That tiny swallow? That’s dynamite. No smoke. Still wreckage. We’ve been trained to look for spectacle. Hostages. Deadlines ticking…
May 25, 2026
It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. – W.H. Auden As someone who makes their living writing about writing and publishing, I can attest to how truthful Auden’s quote is. It is hard making…
May 21, 2026
Superpresent is a print and digital journal of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art. They are looking for writing that conveys some aspect of what they call the “super present”: “It could be something very much in the here and now, or something beyond the present state of being or thinking, or something surreal,…
This list of publishers meet our guiding principles, but are only open to free submissions from historically underrepresented writers or focus on publishing content produced by historically underrepresented writers. Some of these publications are open to a wide range of writers including writers of color, gender non-conforming and LGBTQ+ writers, and those living with disabilities….
Recently, I printed out around two dozen manuscripts of my short fiction and non-fiction. I’m also in the process of printing out my blog posts and the diaries I kept on a Google Doc early during the pandemic. I’m not doing this to put together a book and submit it to a publisher. Instead, I’m…
May 18, 2026
It is good to start out by submitting your work to literary journals that have fast response times. It is rewarding to hear back from journals within a month, rather than a year later, when you have forgotten all about them. Submitting to journals with fast response times helps keep you motivated. All of these…
May 14, 2026
These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They’re open now, or will soon open for submissions. The Stinging FlyThis Ireland-based journal is open for submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry for their Winter 2026-27 issue. They also accept translations. They also have a submission FAQ page.Deadline: 20 May 2026 (5 pm Irish time)Length:…
Public School Poetry is online journal of poetry and craft essays, in which each contributor writes an essay about another contributor’s poems. Despite their name, they are not specifically seeking poems about school, and they are not specifically seeking poems written by students. You can read the journal online to get a sense of what…
Back when I first decided to actively start sending my work out into the world—instead of making 2 submissions per year—Kim Liao’s viral article, “Why You Should Aim for 100 Rejections a Year” came to me at just the right time. Although I’d not been as much of a perfectionist back then, my goals were…
May 11, 2026
Some journals accept a lot more submissions than others. Acceptance rates change all the time, so realize that over time these journals may become harder to get into. These are not the only publishers that are easy to get into, but they are a good place to start if your sole goal is to get…
May 7, 2026
This list focuses on nine publishers that we are excited about that are open to submissions this month. Some are only open for a short period of time, others will be open the whole month and beyond. At least four of these are presses we have not covered previously. Please note that if a publisher…
New Nottingham Journal is a print publication of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and slow journalism, published in Nottingham. They just launched last year, in 2025, and their first issue, which features 44 contributors from around the world, sold out. They showcase established authors alongside new voices. The first issue of New Nottingham Journal was sold…
By Mandira Pattnaik It is not advisable for the well-published authors to view the plight of newbie, emerging writers as they grapple with the onslaught ravaged upon them by editors and publishers who view them less as blood-and-bone humans and more as names and email addresses. Neither is it advisable for those said nameless and…