October 22, 2026
Redivider is run by graduate students at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally founded in 1986 as the Beacon Street Review it was renamed Redivider in 2004. They publish two longer online issues a year as well as a summer mini issue focused on blurred genre. They do not accept submissions from current Emerson College…
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: Catalogue Zine is open to submissions till November 30th for…
I’m a completionist—when I pick up a book, I read everything that can be read in it, from the blurb on the back cover to the excerpts of positive reviews inside, the author’s note, the translator’s note, and, most importantly, the acknowledgements. Try as I might, I can’t skip the latter; I feel guilty of…
October 19, 2026
These magazines accept fiction of 7,000 words or longer. Most of them accept shorter works as well. They are a mix of literary and genre magazines. Most of them also accept other genres, like nonfiction and poetry. Many, but not all, are open for submissions now. Some of these pay writers. Chatterbox!Their About page says,…
October 15, 2026
Lake Effect is a publication of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. They publish one print issue per year. They are a non-paying market but do offer two contributor copies to authors whose work is accepted. They publish poetry, fiction, and non fiction. They have a very…
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….
The more I read, the more I come across “strong female characters” (SFCs) who seem all the same to me. This is worrying, because while people are similar in many ways, there are downsides if all SFCs have nothing that distinguishes them from each other in how they are strong and how they’re female. Following…
October 12, 2026
Over two years ago we stopped releasing a new review of a publisher every week. We still review the same amount of publishers a month, but we release the four to five new publisher reviews as links on a longer list. This has helped decrease the amount of submissions publishers receive and the amount of…
October 8, 2026
These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They are a mix of literary and genre magazines. Translunar Travelers LoungeThey want fun speculative fiction; stories must have elements of science fiction or fantasy. “A fun story, at its core, is one that works on the premise that things aren’t all bad; that ultimately, good wins…
Five Minutes is a nonfiction only online literary journal with an unusual premise. They only publish 100-word pieces that explore five minutes of the author’s life. These are very much “micro memoirs” (and in the past they ran a micro memoir marathon). The five-minute limit is not particularly literal, what they say about it is…
Beginning is the second-most difficult part of writing (the most difficult is finishing what you start) and I’d been struggling with it for the last few months, when the writer’s block was rather more severe than usual. I wanted to write, but just couldn’t get started. I didn’t know where to begin. I had a…
This article started out as a note for Notes from the Editor’s Desk, and as such very much reflects my personal opinion as an editor, and is more informal in tone. I am not trying to tell anyone else what to think, only where I am coming from, in terms of this. I’m always happy…
October 5, 2026
▾ Filter listings Fiction Poetry Contest Essay ✕ Showing all These are themed submission calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some call themes are: leave the light on; biopunk; transformation; humorous stories; superheroes, super problems; faeries; America; Iran (translations); human accounts of beastly encounters; what you worship; heartsick; human capital; antiquities; grit &…
October 1, 2026
This list focuses on ten publishers 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 doesn’t have a specific submission…
Alchemical is a new online journal focused on publishing speculative works with literary merit, or as they put it “Our mission is to broaden the horizon of literary fiction, raise the bar for speculative fiction, and curate stories that open our minds to great possibilities while striking the human chord at its most resonant. There…