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58 Literary Journals that Pay their Authors

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. – W.H. Auden As someone who makes their living writing about writing and publishing, I can attest to how truthful Auden’s quote is. It is hard making…
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28 Journals with Fast Response Times

It is good to start out by submitting your work to literary journals that have fast response times. It is rewarding to hear back from journals within a month, rather than a year later, when you have forgotten all about them. Submitting to journals with fast response times helps keep you motivated. All of these…
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27 Approachable Literary Journals

Some journals accept a lot more submissions than others. Acceptance rates change all the time, so realize that over time these journals may become harder to get into. These are not the only publishers that are easy to get into, but they are a good place to start if your sole goal is to get…
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42 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for May 2026

▾ Filter listings Fiction Poetry Contest Essay ✕ Showing all These are themed calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the call themes are: light the beacons; sinister soiree (celebration horror); beyond the red line; if you say so; out of office; breaking the mold; witches & warlocks; reborn; were (creatures); gold;…
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49 Traditional Children’s Book Publishers Seeking Submissions (No Agent Required)

All of the publishers on this list publish children’s books. Some just publish picture books, some publish only middle-grade fiction, and some publish a wide variety of genres aimed at adults as well. Some are looking for educational work, others are open to anything. A number of these publishers are large and established. Others are…
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50 Literary Journals Publishing Poetry

These journals / websites publish poetry of many kinds – rhymed and traditional verse, free form, video and audio poems, poem comics, as well as essays about poetry. Some also accept other genres, like fiction and CNF. A few of them accept themed work. Some magazines pay writers. Most, but not all, are open now….
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A Quick Start Guide to Children’s and Young Adult Publishing

Writing for children and young adults is very different than writing for adults. Audience expectations are different. Picture books, for example, have completely different sub-genres than adult books. Whereas adult books have genres like science fiction and fantasy, picture books have sub-genres like fairy tale, alphabet, and bedtime books. There is a whole body of…
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27 Literary Fiction Publishers that Accept Direct Submissions – No Agent Required

Literary fiction is one of the harder genres to get published in without an agent. There are smaller presses that specialize in it, but unfortunately more and more of those presses are now charging reading fees. However, there are still good options for authors who are unagented and averse to paying reading fees. The manuscript…
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42 Publishers that Accept Direct Submissions of Speculative Fiction

Speculative fiction is generally defined as a genre of fiction where the setting is not in the world as we know it because of supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements. Three genres are covered by this umbrella term: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. This term is also used to cover work that doesn’t fit exactly in…
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40 Magazines Publishing Creative Nonfiction

These literary magazines / outlets publish a variety of creative nonfiction – personal essays, memoir, lyric essay, and more. Most of them also accept other genres, like fiction and poetry. Some of these magazines pay writers. Many, but not all, of them are open for submissions now. Terrain.orgThis is a magazine that focuses on place,…
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84 Specialized Manuscript Publishers Open to Submissions

All of the presses on this list meet all of our guiding principles, but some of them have such a specific focus that we cannot justify writing a full review and sending it to our full list of subscribers. Some of them we have full reviews on. There is no particular organization to this list….
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45 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for March 2026

▾ Filter listings Fiction Poetry Contest Essay ✕ Showing all These are themed calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from 45 outlets; a couple of the outlets are open for more than one call. Some of the call themes are: strange Dear John; reverse evaluation; maps; bad science; the aftermath; pandora; vegetal; birthday;…
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95 Manuscript Publishers with Geographic Limitations

We generally only review presses that accept work without geographic limitations on who can submit, but this list includes many publishers who do have geographic requirements. We have never fully reviewed most of these presses because of their geographic limitations, but they are still good presses. Most of the presses on this list accept work…
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40 Literary Magazines Publishing in Print

These magazines publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations, art, and publish in print. Many of them also publish online. They’re a mix of literary and genre magazines. Some of them pay. Many, but not all, of them are open now, or will soon open for submissions.The MacGuffinThis magazine is affiliated with Schoolcraft College. They publish fiction,…
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16 Places that Publish Writing About Writing

We generally focus on opportunities for creative writers. If we cover nonfiction at all we do so in the context of  listing opportunities for submitting full-length nonfiction manuscripts, or creative nonfiction. This list is an exception to the rule, as it focuses on listing markets that publish traditional nonfiction. They are still a great opportunity…
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