Online Literary Magazines

2River

7474 Drexel DR
University City, MO 63130

Web: www.2River.org
Email: submissions@2River.org
Frequency: Quarterly ISSN: 1536-2086 Simultaneous submissions: no Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 1 day to 3 months Payment: no Contests: no Note: see website for chapbook details

Publisher's Description: Since 1996, a site of poetry, art, and theory, quarterly publishing The 2River View and occasionally publishing individual authors in the 2River Chapbook Series, as well as podcasting 2River authors from the Muddy Bank blog.

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Abalone Moon

Web: www.abalonemoon.com
Email: amjrnl@yahoo.com
Frequency: 2-3x/yr ISSN: 15567-1496 Submission info: see website Payment: no Contests: no

Publisher's Description: Abalone Moon publishes poetry, interviews, photography and visual art. We publish poetry and art that is seamless in its craft and originality, and both universal and current in its content. Many of our issues follow individual themes. We also publish two or three poet issues.

anderbo.com

270 Lafayette St., Suite 1412
New York, NY 10012
Web: www.anderbo.com/
Email: rrofihe@yahoo.com
Frequency: continuously updated Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year round Response time: 4 weeks Payment: no Contests: yes (see website)

Publisher's Description: "Best New Online Literary Journal 2005" - storySouth Million Writers Award. We publish, and always looking for, excellent new fiction, 'fact,' poetry & photography.

Apple Valley Review

Web: www.applevalleyreview.com
Email: editor@ leahbrowning.net
Frequency: Semi-annual Simultaneous submissions: no Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time:
1-12 weeks Payment: no Contests: no

Publisher's Description: An online literary journal published in the Spring and Fall. Each issue features a collection of beautifully crafted poetry, short fiction, and essays. All work published in the Apple Valley Review during a given calendar year is considered for the annual Apple Valley Review Editor’s Prize.

Arch

c/o L. Revard
Campus Box 1122
English Dept., Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130
Web: www.artsci.wustl.edu/~archword/
Email: archword@artsci.wustl.edu
Frequency: Annual Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 2 months, see website Payment: no Contests: no

Publisher's Description: Arch publishes interviews, translations, poetry, fiction, & essays from new and established writers. Arch is run by graduate students and advised by faculty from many different disciplines. We span departments, and we hope to build new and enduring relations between the many types of readers inside and outside the academy.

 

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Babel Fruit

Web: www.babelfruit.org
Email: editors@babelfruit.org
Frequency: Quarterly Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: up to three months Payment: no Contests: not yet

Publisher's Description: Babel Fruit is an independent initiative developed in cooperation with the International Cities of Refuge Network. Focusing on "Writing Under the Influence of the Other," we publish all genres. The literature may be a response to another culture, sub-culture or the other within. We invite recorded readings and book “previews”.

Blood Lotus

Web: www.bloodlotus.org
Email: bloodlotusjournal@gmail.com
Frequency: quarterly  Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Response time: 3 mos. Payment: no Contests: forthcoming

Publisher's Description: The editors of Blood Lotus, a young online literary journal, are passionate writers and fierce critics. We know what we crave: writing that is well-crafted and takes risks with fresh, evocative, visceral language and imagery. Please visit www.bloodlotus.org for submission guidelines.

 

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Cadillac Cicatrix

21800 Parrot Ranch Rd
Carmel Valley, CA 93924
Web: www.cadillaccicatrix.org
Email: caddymag@gmail.com
Frequency: semi-annual ISSN: 1934-2969  Simultaneous submissions: yes with notice Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 3-6 months Payment: no Contests: yes (see website) Publisher's Description: Cadillac Cicatrix publishes innovative, emerging, and established writers and artists online and in limited print editions on a semi-annual basis. From the creators of NorthernPros.com

Carve Magazine

PO Box 701510
Dallas, TX 75370
Web: www.carvezine.com
Email: editor@carvezine.com
Frequency: Quarterly Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: no Reading period: year-round Response time: 3-6 months Payment: no Contests: yes (see website)

Publisher's Description: Carve Magazine is honest fiction. With a new editor since January 2007, Carvezine.com features a new site layout and new short stories quarterly. We publish the kind of stories that linger long after they are read—stories that are honest, that are willing to reveal the flaws and the beauty hidden in each of us.

Cezanne's Carrot

Web: www.cezannescarrot.org
Email: query@cezannescarrot.org
Frequency: quarterly ISSN: 1930-2878 Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 1 week - 4 months Payment: (see website) Contests: (see website)

Publisher's Description: Cezanne's Carrot publishes high-quality fiction, creative nonfiction, and art that explores spiritual, metaphysical, transformational, visionary, or contemplative themes.  We prefer work that celebrates the higher aspects of human nature, the integration of inner and outer worlds, and the exciting threshold where the familiar meets the unknown.

Clapboard House

Web: http://clapboardhouse.wordpress.com/
Email: clapboardhouse@msn.com
Frequency: quarterly Simultaneous submissions: Yes (encouraged) Email submissions: Yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 2-6 weeks Payment: No Contests: No

Publisher's Description: Clapboard House is built on traditional American South expectations of great story—beautifully written. However, we welcome writers from any locale. Send us stories and poems that explore the frailties and the beauty of our hearts and minds, remembering our expectations, and we’ll find room for you in our house. 

 

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Dark Sky Magazine

Web: darkskymagazine.com
Email: editor@darkskymagazine.com
Frequency: weekly Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: prompt Payment: no Contests: soon

Publisher's Description: Dark Sky Magazine is a weekly publication out of Charleston, SC. We feature photography, literature, film, and art. Send work you know is your best and we'll be in touch.

decomP

Web: http://www.decompmagazine.com
Email: decomp.magazine@gmail.com
Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 30 days or less Payment: no Contests: no

Publisher's Description: decomP is an online literary magazine that is updated monthly. We have been in existence since April 2004 and we were originally called Decomposition Magazine. We have contributors from all over the country, and recently, have begun to see a large fan base in places like London and Scotland. We publish prose, poetry, art, and solicited book reviews.

diode poetry journal

Web: diodepoetry.com/
Email: submit@diodepoetry.com
Frequency: 3 times a year Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 4-8 weeks Payment: no
Contests: no

What is electropositive poetry? It's poetry that excites and energizes. It's poetry that uses language that crackles and sparks. We're looking for poetry from all points on the arc, from formal to experimental (no light verse or erotic poetry, please). Simultaneous submissions are welcomed, but please notify us if they're accepted elsewhere. diode does not accept previously published work.

Earthshine

Web: www.ruminations.us/esIndex.htm
Email: poetry<at> ruminations.us
Frequency: not yet determined Simultaneous submissions: no Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 1-2 months Payment: see web site Contests: no

The voice of Earthshine is one of reflection, compassion, humanity, and reason. If the world is to be saved, the poets will be needed; they who see the connections between all things, and the patterns shared. We seek poetry of high literary quality which will illuminate our readers

Elsewhere

Web: http://elsewherejournal.org/
Email: editor@elsewherejournal.org
Frequency: semiannual  Simultaneous submissions: Yes Email submissions: Yes Reading period: 9/1 - 5/1 Response time: 2 months Payment: No Contests: No

Publisher's Description: Elsewhere is a journal dedicated to publishing a broad range of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that embraces a "storied relationship" to place. The name and online format of the journal echoes the principles our endeavor. In cyberspace, we're no place but every place. We're here. We're there. We're Elsewhere.

Etude: New Voices in
Literary Nonfiction

Web: http://etude.uoregon.edu
Email: etude@uoregon.edu
Mailing address: School of Journalism and Communication, 1275 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403-1275
Frequency: Quarterly Simultaneous submissions: query first Email submissions: yes, query first Reading period: year-round Response time: 3 weeks Payment: no Contests: no

Publisher's Description: Etude, an online quarterly since 2002, showcases narrative nonfiction and immersion reportage by new and emerging writers. Published at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication, the magazine celebrates evocative storytelling, fresh perspectives and intelligent voices. We also publish multi-media pieces, book reviews and essays.

 

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In the Mist

PO Box 231
Gunnison, CO 81230
Web: www.inthemistmag.com
Email:  themistmag@ol.com
Frequency: biannual Simultaneous submissions: Yes Email submissions: Yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 6 weeks Payment: No Contests: No

Publisher's Description: In the Mist is an online outdoor literary magazine for women. We're interested in traditional and nontraditional forms of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction that tell a story about women who play, or write about playing, in the mist.

 

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JMWW

Web: http://jmww.150m.com/
Frequency: quarterly Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: up to 10 weeks, usually sooner Payment: copy to those included in yearly print anthology Contests: varies; see website

Publisher's Description: JMWW is a quarterly literary e-zine out of Baltimore publishing fiction, poetry, flash fiction, essays, and creative nonfiction. They also feature one or more visual artists per issue and interviews with writers and artists. They regularly nominate writers for the storySouth Million Writers, Best of the Net, the Pushcart, and other online awards.

Juked

Publisher's Description: Fiction, poetry and photography, updated two to three times a week.  In publication since 1999.

The King's English

3114 NE 47th Ave
Portland, OR 97213
Web: www.thekingsenglish.org
Email: thekingsenglish@comcast.net
Frequency: 2-3x/year Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes (only) Reading period: year-round Response time: 4-6 weeks Payment: yes (see website) Contests: no

Publisher's Description: The King's English may be the only online literary journal devoted to novella-length fiction and long personal essays. Also publishes book reviews and poetry. Its high editorial standards have made it the winner of the Million Writers Award for being the "Best Publisher of Novella-Length Fiction" three years in a row.

 

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Miranda Literary Magazine

Publisher's Description: Miranda Literary Magazine is an online e-zine that has been developed by a group of creative artists and writers to promote and focus on the best writing, art, and ideas of our time.

 

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Our Stories

Web: www.ourstories.us
Email: editor <a> ourstories.us
Frequency: quarterly Simultaneous submissions: yes for contests, no during open submissions Email submissions: yes, only Reading period: year-round Response time: 3 weeks to 3 months Payment: no Contests: yes (see website)

Publisher's Description: Our Stories publishes the very best contemporary short stories from emerging writers and we interview established authors. We pay particular attention to the submission process; all stories are thoroughly read and reviewed by our staff and individual feedback is given to every author who submits to Our Stories.

 

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Paradigm

Web: www.paradigmjournal.com/
Email: mailbox@therainfarm.com Frequency: quarterly Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 8-10 weeks Payment: no Contests: yes (see website)

Publisher's Description: Featuring new, exciting voices alongside established writers and artists, Paradigm is a quarterly online literary journal that is eclectic, surprising, and innovative. Published through Rain Farm Press, Paradigm is unbound by genre and open to all fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, scripts, art, and photography.

Persimmon Tree

1534 Campus Dr
Berkeley, CA 94708
Web: www.persimmontree.org
Email: editor@persimmontree.org
Frequency: quarterly Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 12 weeks Payment: no Contests: no

Publisher's Description: Persimmon Tree is an online literary magazine by women over sixty. It includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. Associated with Mills College, it showcases the often-unrecognized talent and skill of older women.

Pif Magazine

Publisher's Description: PIF Magazine, one of the oldest, continually published literary zines online, has undergone an new editorial make up but continues to publish original works of fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, essays, and books reviews, and anything in between.  Since 1995, PIF has published established authors such as Amy Hempel, Richard Yates, and Thomas E. Kennedy, as well as unpublished writers whose works arrive as unsolicited submissions.

POST NO ILLS

Web: http://www.postnoills.com
Email: post.no.ills@gmail.com
Kyle Dargan, Editor
Dept. of Literature, CAS
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Frequency: Bi-Monthly Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: Year-round for website content, September-November for print content Response time: three months Payment: $50 for reviews, and essays. Two Copies for creative work (fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, etc.) Contests: no

Publisher's Description: POST NO ILLS, a web-based and print annual magazine publishing book reviews, interviews, and multimedia, aims to provide a participatory venue for balanced arts criticism and commentary as well as interdisciplinary exchange between artists and arts administrators in various fields.

Prick of the Spindle

Web: www.prickofthespindle.com
Email: pseditor< at> prickofthespindle.com
Frequency: Quarterly Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 6-8 weeks Payment: no Contests: upcoming, see website

Publisher's Description : Prick of the Spindle is an online literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, essays, reviews, and drama. Issues are published quarterly and will include author interviews, as well as the best contemporary writing among burgeoning and established writers.

 

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Ramble Underground

Web: www.rambleunderground.org
Email: editor@rambleunderground.org
Frequency: Quarterly Simultaneous submissions: Yes Email submissions: Yes Reading period: Closed to general submissions from 3.15 to 5.15 and 9.15 to 11.15. If you would like to submit during these times, please consider our short fiction contest. Response time: 3 to 6 months Payment: yes (see website) Contests: yes (see website)

Publisher's Description: Ramble Underground is a quarterly journal of Fiction. We believe that art begins beneath the surface. It's not hanging on the walls of rich folks' houses or written within the bounds of proper storytelling and literary etiquette. We seek literary bravery.

Raving Dove

Web: www.ravingdove.org
Email: editor@ravingdove.org
Frequency: 3 per year Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: Up to 3 1/2 months max Payment: When funding is available/see website  Contests: When funding is available/see website

Publisher's Description: Raving Dove is an online literary journal dedicated to sharing thought-provoking writing, photography, and art that opposes the use of violence as conflict resolution, and embraces the intrinsic themes of peace and human rights. Published in February, June, and October, Raving Dove welcomes original poetry, nonfiction essays, fiction, photography, and art.

 

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SNReview

Publisher's Description: Publishes short stories, poetry, and essays that challenge imagination. The writing does not promise to change the nature of the world, literature, or the reader. It asks—without relying on palled plots, cliché characters, or tired tropes—that the reader look at that which makes us real.

Spindle

Web: www.spindlezine.com/
Email: submissions@spindlezine.com
Frequency: Monthly Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 1-3 weeks Payment: no Contests: yes, see website

Publisher's Description: Spindle is an online literary magazine with a twist, featuring creative non-fiction, poetry and short fiction by, for and about New Yorkers -- literal and spiritual. Showcasing emerging writers, artists, musicians and other creative types, we are dedicated to the fundamental idea that cultural diversity, not cash or pseudo-celebrity, rules everything around us.

Steel City Review

Web: www.steelcityreview.com
Email: editor@steelcityreview.com
Frequency: quarterly Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: 9/1-5/31 Response time: 9 weeks, max Payment: no Contests: no

Publisher's Description: Turn to Steel City Review for stories that combine techy, mechanical, dry and scientific issues with juicy plots and characters you'd like to chat with.   Stories in SCR are about implements, code, machines; academics and workers, and about the true Steel City: Pittsburgh, PA.

STORYGLOSSIA

Web: www.storyglossia.com
Email: editor@storyglossia.com
Frequency: bi-monthly ISSN: 1545-2824
Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes (only) Reading period: year-round Response time: 30 days Payment: no (see website) Contests: yes (see website)

Publisher's Description: Storyglossia, the black hole of online literary journals. Once you click in, you can't get out...we dare you to visit. Million Writers Award winner for "best online publication" in 2006.

The Straddler

Web: www.thestraddler.com
Email: info @ thestraddler.com
Frequency: Quarterly Simultaneous submissions: Yes Email submissions: Yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 2 months, max. Payment: Not as of now (see website) Contests: (see website)

Publisher's Description: The Straddler is an interdisciplinary journal of culture, publishing innovative criticism, essays, art, poetry, fiction and interviews, all of which aim to examine and transform their cultural context. Dismissing neither academically nor popularly informed criticism, The Straddler offers more than either, at present, provides.

SUB-LIT

Web: www.sub-lit.com
Email: fiction@sub-lit.com
Frequency: quarterly Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes (only) Reading period: rolling basis Response time: less than 60 days Payment: no Contests: no (coming soon)

SUB-LIT thinks that there's not enough sex, drugs, and rock and roll in the literary world. We're intent on publishing the best in literary dissidence, and are always seeking interesting, subversive, and experimental fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art.

Superstition Review

Web: www.superstitionreview.com
Email: superstitionreview@asu.edu
Frequency: 2xyear Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes Reading period: fall (Sept and Oct) and spring (Febr and March) Response time: 2 months Payment: no Contests: yes

Publisher's Description: Founded in 2007 by faculty and students from Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus, Superstition Review is committed to publishing fresh fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, book reviews, interviews and art. Named after the stunning Superstition Mountains near our campus, the Review is an integral part of several undergraduate programs at ASU.

 

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Thieves Jargon

Publisher's Description: Weird writing (and art) every week.

 

 

 

 

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Wild River Review

Web: www.wildriverreview.com
Email: info@wildriverreview.com
Frequency: Every 3 weeks ISSN: 1932-362X Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: yes, only Reading period: 1-3 months Response time: only to acceptances (see guidelines) Payment: yes (see website) Contests: no

Publisher's Description: Wild River Review, a cutting edge online literary magazine, presents a world of voices in conversation. Timely, provocative features, and interviews with some of the word's greatest artists and writers, including: Orhan Pamuk, Kiran Desai, Nadine Gordimer, Neil Gaiman, Freeman Dyson. Blogs that keep you plugged in. Plus fiction, poetry, comics, and more.

 

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