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32 Themed Submissions Calls for June 2023

These are submission calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the call themes are: Guiding Sparks Between the Words – How Stories Illuminate the World Around Us; Trauma; Fracture; Cosmos; Space Brides, LLC; Open All Night; Pentacles; and Shadows on the Water. THEMED SUBMISSIONS CALLS Apparition Lit: CreatureApparition Lit is a quarterly…
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24 Magazines that Publish Writing by Children and Teens

The following is a list of literary journals and magazines that publish writing by children and teenagers. Some of them accept submissions from adults – and all of them accept submissions from youth of various ages. Compared to most of our lists, more of these markets are closed, because these journals have more limited submission…
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35 Print Magazines that Publish Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

These magazines accept fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and they publish in print. Most of them also have an electronic version. Some magazines pay writers. They accept a mix of literary and genre works. Most, but not all, of these are open for submissions now. They’re listed in no particular order.The HelixThe magazine is affiliated with…
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52 Literary Journals and Magazines Open to Genre Work

Most literary journals are interested in literary work, by which they mean, not genre work. 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 poetry, prose or nonfiction in terms…
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45 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for May 2023

These are themed calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the themed calls are: spice, underwater creepies, climate change, overcoming, haunted, creature, Sapphic villains, playlist of the damned, into the forest, rhapsody of the spheres, and open all night. THEMED CALLS The Suburban Review: Spice This Australian magazine wants submissions of fiction,…
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45 Writers’ “Rules for Writing”

Most writers have their own special “rules for writing,” even if they don’t talk about them. I find other writers’ rules fascinating, even when I don’t agree with them. A lot can be learned by reading about other authors’ approaches to writing. The New York Times and The Guardian have published famous authors’ answers to…
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20 Literary 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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35 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for April 2023

Here are some themed submissions calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the call themes are: seaside gothic; all women are werewolves (about womanhood); medieval horror; war; Halloween horror; ill winds and wild weather; sword & sorcery; mystery/investigation speculative fiction; epic fail; world tour; crime; and monsters. THEMED CALLS The Fabulist: Ecology,…
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30 Magazines Accepting Speculative Fiction

These are magazines that publish speculative fiction of all kinds – science fiction, fantasy, horror, and associated genres. All of these are paying magazines. Many, but not all, of these are open for submissions now. Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores They open on the 1st and 2nd of every month. They accept fiction, nonfiction, and…
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50 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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56 Manuscript Publishers with Geographic Restrictions

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 these presses because of their geographic limitations, but they are still good presses. Most of the presses on this list accept work from writers…
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36 Themed Submission Calls for March 2023

Here are themed submission calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the themed calls are: fungi; cats; dark academia; novus monstrum (monsters); we fear not the sea; (punk) military horror; campfire stories; invisibility; second chances; bodies; and Shakespeare retellings. Also see this list, which has a few calls/contests with upcoming deadlines. The…
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45 Specialized Manuscript Publishers that Accept Direct Submissions

All of the presses on this list meet all of our guiding principles, but most of them have such a specific focus that we cannot justify writing a full review and sending it to our full list of subscribers. But they are still good publishers. Instead, we have compiled this list of mini-reviews. I have also…
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28 Literary Fiction Markets Now Open for Submissions

These magazines and anthologies publish literary fiction. Most of them also accept other genres, like nonfiction and poetry. Some of these pay writers. Most, but not all, of them are open now for submissions. They are listed in no particular order. Mslexia They accept submissions by women-identified authors only, of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, pitches, and…
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Eight Exciting New Literary Journals – Winter 2023

In my experience, there are many reasons to seek publication in journals that have been around for less than a year. When a literary journal is new, the editors tend to be a lot more passionate. I have gotten handwritten thank you cards from editors of new publications, something that has never happened when my…
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