Issue One Hundred One

5 Literary Journals that Publish Longer Fiction

Most literary journals are only intrusted in publishing short stories that are up to 3,000 words in length.  So it can be harder for someone who wrote a longer short story to place it in a good home, unless they are publishing a collection of short stories. The following literary journals are all open to…

Boroughs Publishing: Now Accepting Romance Manuscript Submissions

Updated March 5th, 2025: Removed them from our yearly guide, because there’s a clear slowdown in the publication schedule. I’m not sure if they are still active based on this. Updated September 2025: They appear to have ongoing issues with taxation, although I’m not sure how minor or major they are. I have a hard…

The Truth About Poetry Manuscripts

Novelists and non-fiction writers face a lot of hurdles on their road to publication, but they are very different than the ones faced by poets. The major hurdle that poets face is reading and contest fees. I always tell writers looking to publish fiction or non-fiction that they should never pay a traditional publisher.  I…

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