The bulk of the literary 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.
Fresh Words
This India based literary journal publishes poetry, short stories, essays, and plays as well as diaries and excerpts from longer work.
Eunoia Review
This Singapore based journal publishes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction on a rolling basis
Cordite Poetry Journal
This Australian literary journal only publishes poetry and only pays Australian contributors.
Borderless
This Singapore based literary journal is open to submissions of essays, flash fiction, reviews, and poetry.
Amaranth
A bilingual journal that published work in English and German. They publish food stories, memoirs, and flash fiction. They appear to be based in India.
The Hemlock Journal
This India based journal publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. They are closed to submissions now but reopen on February 1st, 2026.
The Berlin Literary Review
Based out of Berlin, this online literary journal publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
Tiny Molecules
Based in France, this literary journal focuses on publishing flash fiction and observations, but is only currently open to flash fiction submissions.
Burnings Magazine
This Singapore based literary journal is open to general submissions from anyone, but they are also particularly interested in submissions from Singaporean students currently in secondary levels and below as well as at pre-university centers.
Lotus-Eater
Based out of Italy, this English language magazine publishes poetry, prose, reviews, and photography.
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; they are on hiatus till early 2026.
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.
Art/s and Theology Australia (ATA)
ATA was founded to encourage conversations between theology and the arts. The publish short essays, reviews, poems, music, photos, and critical reflections online.
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. They accept short stories in English and translated into English.
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 early 2026.
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. They are closed to submissions at the time of this update.
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 for the first week of each open submission period. They were closed to submissions at the time of this update.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tarot Poetry Journal
This Aotearoa-based poetry journal publishes two issues a year, and they prefer submissions from poets with a connection to Aotearoa.
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.”
Emily Harstone is the author of many popular books, including The Authors Publish Guide to Manuscript Submissions, Submit, Publish, Repeat, and The 2025 Guide to Manuscript Publishers. She regularly teaches three acclaimed courses on writing and publishing at The Writer’s Workshop at Authors Publish. You can follow her on Facebook here.
