The bulk of the journals we review are based in North America, with a smattering in the UK. Although we sometimes seek out and include international journals, the bulk of the journals we’ve reviewed are in these two regions.

All of the journals in this list are not in either of these regions. They span the world, and are a great way to have your work published internationally, or perhaps in your home country.

Not all of them are currently open to submissions, but the majority are.

Some of the journals have additional areas of focus or demographic limitations. If that is the case, we make it clear in our mini review. I will also mention, just in passing, Aloka, which is based in the UK but focuses on publishing the work of non native English speakers.

Lotus-Eater
Based out of Italy, this English language magazine publishes poetry, prose, reviews, and photography.

Symphonies of Imagination
This Columbia-based literary journal is reading around the theme of “Offline” for its third issue. They describe themselves as “looking for revolutionary, unconventional writing about our near future.” They offer token payment.

The Bombay Literary Magazine
They publish three times a year. They publish a wide range of writing including graphic fiction, and have an excellent website. They also pay an honorarium for accepted work. They are based in India. They reopen to submissions in January. They pay.

Small World City
Based in Bangladesh, they publish speculative art, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. At this time they only want submissions from Bangladeshi and POC authors. 

trasna
This Irish literary journals encourage submissions from writers across the world who consider Ireland “a home in some regard”. They are closed to submissions at the time of this update. 

The Tiger Moth Review
Based out of Singapore, this eMagazine publishes two issues a year, featuring art and literature engaging with the themes of nature, culture, the environment and ecology. The journal
publishes primarily in English, but also accepts non-English work and their translated English counterparts.

The Sunflower Collective
Based in India, the publish poetry and prose online, as well as visual poems.

Out of Print
Based in India, this journal is open to international submissions and publishes a wide range of work.

KUDU 
This new literary journal is based in South Africa and is interested in publishing quality work by South African resident or expat citizens or dual citizens. They reopen to submissions in 2025.

Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
Based out of Singapore, they are particularly interested in submissions from Singaporean writers but they are open to international submissions also.

Mediterranean Poetry
A literary journal focusing on publishing poetry/prose inspired by the Mediterranean region in some way. The journal itself is based in Sweden. They are open to reprints.

Suburban Witchcraft
Based out of Serbia, this journal publishes writing and art, including hybrid work.

New Contrast
New Contrast is focused mainly on publishing original work by South African writers. They are a print journal and have been around for over 60 years. Submissions are accepted in all 11 official South African languages, including English (see their Submittable page for details).

EgoPHobia [εγωφοβια]
A Romanian journal focusing on literature and philosophy, that publishes some work in English. They accept submissions in English and Romanian.

Amsterdam Quarterly
Founded in 2011, this online literary journal publishes poetry and prose and is based in the Netherlands. Each issue is themed, and the theme is made clear in the submission guidelines.

Two Thirds North
Two Thirds North is a print journal of transnational literature that is funded by Stockholm University. They are open to submissions from June through September.

State of Matter
They publish speculative fiction stories and poetry. They publish work from international authors, with “a keen eye for South Asian writing”. They are based in India.

Raising Mothers
Based in the Netherlands, Raising Mothers is a literary journal that only publishes work by women of color and non-binary parents of color. They are now based on Substack.

Kyoto Journal
Kyoto Journal is a print journal that welcomes Asia-related articles, essays, reportage, personal observations, interviews, poetry, reviews, fiction, humor, and translation. Submissions must have a clear connection to Asia. They are based in Kyoto.

Plato’s Caves
Plato’s Caves invites poetry, fiction, reviews and articles on society, culture and politics from prospective contributors of all ages. They are based in India.

Anodyne Magazine
This Substack publication is based in Berlin but  publish authors and artists around the world on the topic of FLINTA* health experiences. What is FLINTA* you may ask? According to Wikipedia it is “the German abbreviation that stands for “Frauen, Lesben, Intergeschlechtliche, nichtbinäre, trans and agender“, meaning women/females, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans, and agender people. The asterisk represents all non-binary gender identities.  They only accept free submissions are the first week of each open submission period. They were closed to submissions at the time of this update.

BALLOONS Lit. Journal (BLJ)
BALLOONS Lit. Journal (BLJ) is an independent literary journal of poetry, fiction and art primarily for young readers from around 12 years onwards. They are based in Hong Kong.

The Kalahari Review
This weekly African literary magazine is based in Botswana. They are seeking work that explores modern Africa and Africans. They are open to work from the continent and from the Diaspora. They do not consider simultaneous submissions, and all submissions must follow their guidelines.

The Shallow Tales Review
An African journal established in 2019 by Nigerian writer, Nzube Nlebedim, they focus on publishing excellent literary work.

Samjoko
A new literary magazine based in South Korea that is open to a wide variety of work including screenplays. They pay.

Kitaab
They bill themselves as connecting Asian writers with global readers.  They are open to submissions from Asian writers as well as writers of any ethnicity that are writing on Asia want to provide a platform to Asian writers as well as to writers of any ethnicity writing on Asian themes (no matter where you live). They are based in Singapore. I could not get their web page to consistently load in Firefox, but they worked fine in Safari.

The Woolf
An online literary journal based in Switzerland that publishes new writing and visual art. They are currently closed to submissions.

Lolwe
Lolwe is an online magazine that publishes fiction, literary criticism, personal essays, photography, and poetry. They were founded in January 2020 and they are based out of Kenya. They publish work by Black (African, Caribbean, Diaspora) artists. They are closed to submissions at the time of this update.

Agbowó
A Nigeria-based lit mag that pays. They are open for African writing. Some issues are themed, others are not.

AFREADA
AFREADA bills itself as an African literary magazine and it is not based in any specific country (on Duotrope it’s listed as international). They publish fiction and creative nonfiction from emerging writers across the continent. “A fusion of the words ‘Africa’ and ‘Reader’, we live for the well-crafted narratives and effortless reads that speak to our daily realities as Africans at home and abroad.” They pay. They are currently closed to submissions.

Flash Frontier
This Aotearoa New Zealand based lit journal publishes flash fiction, and some submission periods are open to international authors and some are not.

The Wise Owl
Based in India, this journal publishes a wide range of work. They ask that you assume your work was rejected, if you haven’t heard from them within three weeks of submitting it to them.

On Eating
This multilingual magazine is based in India, and accepts submissions of essays, poets, stories, graphic narratives, photo essays, video essays, and original artwork about various eating cultures in India, as well as food history. They pay.

Nokturno
A Finnish website that has been presenting digital, experimental and cross-disciplinary literature, especially poetry, since 2005. For their submission guidelines scroll down to the bottom of this page.

The Mamba
Based in Ghana, and run by the African Haiku network, The Mamba is a journal that publishes Africa themed haiku i.e. haiku about African sights, sounds and settings, as well as haikus which explore a universal theme, that they connect with. They are open to some variations on haikus. Please read their submission guidelines to learn more.

Literary Cocktail Magazine
Based in India, this online journal focuses on publishing international work.

Eucalypt
An Australian journal focused on publishing Tanka.

Tarot Poetry Journal
This Aotearoa-based poetry journal publishes two issues a year, and they prefer submissions from poets with a connection to Aotearoa.

Juste Literary
A new literary journal based in Nigeria, they list if they are open or closed to submissions on their landing page rather than their submission guidelines, so you can check their submission status here. They bill themselves as “An arbitrary online literary magazine dedicated to random poetry, arts and creative writings”.

AntipodeanSF
AntipodeanSF is devoted to ‘down under’ science/speculative fiction stories of about 500-1000 words or less. They are an Australia-based speculative fiction journal open to submissions from anyone, as long as “the story has a surprise ending, twists normal notions of SF/F/H upside-down, is especially humorous, takes an oblique perspective on otherwise ‘normal’ events, or attempts to subvert the foundations of Western capitalist ideology.”