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100 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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50 Themed Submissions Calls and Contests for September 2026

▾ Filter listings Fiction Poetry Contest Essay ✕ Showing all Here are 50 themed submissions calls and contests/grants/fellowships for fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Some outlets are open for more than one call. Some of the call themes are: memory and place; alchemy; Icarus; food systems horror; labor; wounds; corporate horror; after; count your blessings; portals; endings;…
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Why and Where to Start Submitting This September

“I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged… I had poems which were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.” — Erica Jong Starting to submit your work to literary journals is a hard task. Before…
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87 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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50 Magazines and Anthologies Publishing Speculative Fiction

These magazines and anthologies publish speculative fiction – science fiction, fantasy, horror, and their many sub-genres; alternate history, dark fantasy, Weird fiction, cosmic horror, supernatural or paranormal horror, superhero, solarpunk, fairy tales, reimagined myths, and more. Some calls are themed, and some of the themes are: gothic horror and paranormal romance, vampires, food in fairy…
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26 Publishers Always Open to Submissions

Some publishers open and close their doors to submissions on a routine basis. It can be hard to determine if they are open or shut to submissions, and when you should submit. The following publishers, however, are always open to submissions from writers without agents or previous publishing experience. All of these publishers meet our…
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35 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for August 2026

▾ Filter listings Fiction Poetry Contest Essay ✕ Showing all These are calls and contests from 35 outlets for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the call themes are: cozy fantasy; anger management for pet peeves; of love forbidden; aliens & cryptids; food in fairy tales; bodies of work; poetry and polar science; not/feeling better;…
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35 Magazines Accepting Book Reviews

These magazines accept book reviews – of literary and genre fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s books. They publish reviews in varying styles and lengths, from capsules to review-essays. Some also accept other genres, like fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Some also pay writers. Most, but not all, are open for submissions. Little EnginesLittle Engines publishes books…
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35 Literary Journals Focused on a Limited Demographic

This list focuses on a wide variety of journals that are seeking specific kinds of writers, including older writers, younger writers, writers attending university, working class writers, the incarcerated, veterans and their families, and women writers. Some publications have stricter guidelines than others. Not all are currently open to submissions but most are. If you…
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Respecting the Reader: Some Things Writers Should Consider

It’s our responsibility as writers to give readers a good experience when they pick up our books and stories. If we don’t respect their time and intelligence, they’re not very likely to listen to what we have to say in its entirety, let alone take a look at our other work.  But how do we…
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23 Terrific Small Presses Open to Direct Submissions

We review a lot of wonderful small presses here, and we also list even more here, here, and here (although some of these lists include large presses also). We also feature a lot of these presses in our biannually updated guide, which you can download here. This list doesn’t include all of our favorites, but…
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50 Romance Publishers Seeking Submissions

For the first few years of Authors Publish, even though I only reviewed romance publishers that were over a year old, I had no lack of options in terms of romance publishers to review. They were the easiest genre to find publishers open to direct submissions, other than those focused on non-fiction. Particularly in 2016…
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53 Magazines Seeking Genre Fiction

Most literary journals are interested in literary work, by which they mean, not genre work (although this is changing a little). The definition of genre is a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. However, in the context of writing, genre can refer to…
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30 New Literary Magazines to Send Your Work To

These are a mix of literary and genre magazines, and they publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid works, and translations. They launched their first issue, at most, a year or so ago. Some of them have yet to publish their first issue. Many, but not all, of them are open for submissions now, and some of…
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30 Magazines Publishing Hybrid Writing

These magazines accept hybrid/genre-bending/cross-genre works. They also accept other genres, like fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. A few of these magazines pay writers. Many, but not all, are open for submissions now. The Literary Times MagazineThey publish “original, experimental, and aesthetically powerful literature” – hybrid (2,000-3,000 words), fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They want work “with an…
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