32 Lit Mags That Want Your Work Right Freakin' Now (December 2022)

"​The /tƐmz/ Review is a literary journal based in London, Ontario that publishes fiction, poetry, and reviews."

"We specialize in the art of the 100 word story. For life doesn’t lend itself so easily to our elucidations. None of us will ever know the whole story."

"A common space for showcasing and celebrating African literary and visual art"

"A nonprofit magazine that specializes in weird format/found fiction. Submissions are read blind, so as to reduce editor bias. Horror is preferred, but not required."

"A nonprofit literary arts organization that was started in Greenwich Village, NYC in 1994 to provide community outreach and host literary events featuring emerging and established poets. Since 1998, after nonprofit incorporation, we have published Barrow Street"

"Established in 1974 by graduate students in the MFA in Creative Writing, Black Warrior Review is named for the river that borders the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. BWR publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and art twice a year, + an annual online issue."

"A quarterly print journal publishing the best contemporary short fiction approximately 50 word in length. Continuous publication since 2009."

"Named after the celestite crystal, a stone of tranquility, peace and creativity, we aim to cultivate an online heaven of beautiful writing. We want to read your love stories and your heartaches, your playlists and your shopping lists."

"We seek work that is adventurous and test the border of art and structure. Don’t be afraid to mess with everything you have ever learned in your lives. We write to have fun!"

"Since its inception in 2003, The Cincinnati Review has published many promising new and emerging writers as well as Pulitzer Prize winners and Guggenheim and MacArthur fellows."

"Online Anthology of heartfelt fiction that we're passionate about. Publishing only creators from marginalised/under-represented communities, 18+."

"A biannual literary magazine devoted to Gothic prose, poetry, and art."

"An online journal devoted entirely to writing inspired by visual art. Our objective is to promote ekphrastic writing, promote art appreciation, and experience how the two strengthen each other and bring enrichment to every facet of life."

"A literary and art magazine, published four times a year on the seasonal solstice."

"A magazine for everyone made by people who have Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis."

"A TEXT-BASED ART MAG MADE BY TWO MENTALLY ILL TRANSGENDERS. THESE TRANSGENDERS ARE PINGOTOOBY AND FREYJAW. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR VISUAL POETRY, MANIFESTOISMS, TRUISMS, COLLAGES, ERASURE, AND ANY OTHER TEXT-BASED ART."

"Granta magazine and Granta Books share a remit to discover and publish the best in new literary fiction, memoir, reportage and poetry from around the world."

"The staff of Grub Street is committed to supporting emerging writers in the development of their work and will work with submitters personally to help them realize their artistic goals."

"The Hooghly Review is a digital non-profit and free-access magazine of literature & arts with the aim to shine a light on emerging and underrated writers, storytellers, poets, artists, and other creatives across the globe."

"Kaleidotrope publishes predominantly speculative fiction and poetry—science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but also compelling work that blurs the lines between these and falls outside of neat genre categories."

"We welcome stories from your inner child, present self, and full potential. The best parts of being a kid (candy, playing, crushes, etc.) and being an adult (independence, money, partying, etc.). But we're also not afraid of exploring and healing through the worst: heartbreak, betrayal, lost friendships, etc."

"Twelve poems each month— Kissing Dynamite curates compact issues that honor the thematic threads presented by contributing poets."

"We believe that poetry is rooted in community. We know that sharing your work can be difficult, so we aim to provide a space where you can be proud of your words and revel in the words of others."

"A journal of literature and the arts, publishing poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction and artwork. LPR welcomes most US-based contributors and prides itself on supporting both up-and-coming and well-established artists and writers."

"Literary and Art journal housed in the English department of California State University- Stanislaus. Publishing prose, poetry, & art for more than thirty years"

"A 13-year-old online literary journal based in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/Saint Paul. We got ♥️ plus oh so much more."

"An LGBTQ+ networking initiative centered around a published creative showcase. Join our community of queer writers, artists and creators!"

"Founded in 1915 and housed on the campus of Southern Methodist University, Southwest Review is the third-longest-running literary quarterly in the United States."

"Stone of Madness Press is a physical [online] and conceptual space for queer, trans, and neurodiverse writers. This project is born of the belief that you belong here, too."

"We are an online only literary magazine that pays writers for their work. We are looking for works rooted in nature for all the seasons!"

"An online literary magazine run by a practising witch with a penchant for creative writing."

"We love ambiguity: flash pieces, found pieces, cross-genre experiments, the "poem" that thinks it might be a story, the "story" that thinks it might be a poem. Retellings and reimaginings. Work that chips away at institutional structures. Work that breaks everything down so that it can build."