Literary Journals

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in November 2025

These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They are a mix of literary and genre magazines. Not all of them are open through the month.The Stinging FlyThis Ireland-based magazine opens for fiction (including novel excerpts and graphic fiction), nonfiction, and poetry. They also accept translations. They also have a submission FAQ page. Submission is…

Months to Years: Now Seeking Submissions

Months to Years is a digital journal of creative nonfiction and poetry that explores the themes of death, mortality, and terminal illness. They also publish writing on grief and loss, and they’re looking for writing “that explores our complex relationships” with these topics: “We seek personal stories with universal appeal.” Months to Years was founded…

Barbara: Now Seeking Submissions

Barbara is a poetry broadside, produced in Scotland. What is a broadside? A broadside is a single sheet of paper that’s easy to distribute, read, and fold into a pocket: “It is designed to be held in your hands.” This tactile quality is a central part of Barbara’s mission: “We seek to challenge the increasing…

Emerald City Ghosts: Now Seeking Submissions

Emerald City Ghosts is a new online publication of paranormal writing and horror. They publish fiction and poetry, as well as movie and book reviews. Based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, they especially love spooky writing that evokes aspects of that region (without necessarily being set there): “We do have a special…

DASH: Now Seeking Submissions

DASH is a journal of brief writing published by California State University, Fullerton. The journal is produced by the students in the University’s Comparative Literature and Linguistics program, and each submission is considered by three to four readers. They showcase authors of all experience levels—new, emerging, and established—and they publish writing from around the world….

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in October 2025

These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They’re a mix of literary and genre magazines. Not all of them are open through the month. Initially the new publication Faun by Moonlight was on this list, but they started demanding a 5.00 fee to offset the influx of submissions. While it’s understandable to close to…

Kismet Magazine: Now Seeking Submissions

Kismet is a new magazine of poetry, fiction, and essays that aims to offer “a fresh perspective on spirituality, religion, and mysticism for seekers and skeptics alike.” They accept writing by both emerging and established authors, and they aren’t connected with any specific religious tradition or spiritual perspective. Rather, their goal is, “to make space…

Skylight 47 Poetry: Now Seeking Submissions

Skylight 47 is a poetry journal produced in Galway, Ireland and printed newspaper style. The journal is affiliated with Galway’s Over the Edge reading series and supported by the Galway community (the Arts Council, Galway City Council, and Galway County Council). They accept submission from around the world. Recent issues of Skylight 47 are only…

Flash Frog: Now Seeking Submissions

Flash Frog is an online journal of flash fiction under 1,000 words: “We like our stories like we like our dart frogs: small, brightly colored, and deadly to the touch.” Stories published in Flash Frog have gone on to be featured in anthologies like Best Microfiction, Wigleaf Top 50, Best Small Fictions, and Best of…

PINYON: Now Seeking Submissions

PINYON is a print journal of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, published by Colorado Mesa University. PINYON showcases writing by both emerging and established authors, and the journal is curated by both faculty and students at the university. PINYON was founded in 1994. They publish one print edition each year in the spring, and you can…

Rathalla Review: Now Seeking Submissions

Rathalla Review is a journal of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, published by Rosemont College. The journal is curated by the students in the college’s MFA in creative writing and MA in publishing programs. Rathalla Review is looking for writing that is, “vulnerable and honest, universal yet personal, and sharply written.” They showcase both emerging…

The Broken Teacup: Now Seeking Submissions

Updated September 5th. They have closed to submissions unexpectedly. They plan to reopen to submissions on October 1st.  The Broken Teacup is an online literary magazine of fiction, narrative nonfiction, and poetry, “for people who have tea to spill, time to kill, porcelain to shatter.” They accept all forms and styles of writing, and you…

Glass: A Journal of Poetry: Now Seeking Submissions

Launched in 2008, Glass is a well-established online journal of poetry. They are looking for thoughtfully-crafted poems: “We are interested in poetry that enacts the artistic and creative precision of glass.” Glass welcomes all forms and styles of poetry, though they aren’t likely to publish light verse. They appreciate poems with careful attention to language…

Aorta: Now Seeking Submissions

Updated September 23rd, 2025: We had a subscriber share direct evidence of inappropriate behaviour by this literary journal. What they experienced is something we do not wish on others, and we are not recommending submitting to this literary journal.Please note: Duotrope lists a journal with the same name that is believed to be defunct (as…

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in August 2025

These magazines publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They are a mix of literary and genre magazines. Not all of them are open through the month. Uncanny MagazineThis award-winning genre magazine is open now for speculative poetry submissions (until 26th August), and will open later in the month for speculative fiction submissions (25th August to 8th…

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