Beneath the Garden is a literary magazine inspired by the books and films that we carry with us in our writing. 

At Beneath the Garden magazine, we look to uplift writing that unearths and explores different perspectives of the stories that have been told and have yet to be told. Like the 80% of the ocean left unexplored there is so much left unsaid. Within this space of unsaid, language needs to be given to these feelings of love, anger, and everything else in-between.

Audre Lorde writes, “for there are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt…”. We specifically look for work that finds itself wrapped up in weeds, that flows down the river bed, plays with syntax seeded in dampened soil, we want writing that pushes a different way of seeing. In the garden, we believe that writing grows in places that we never expected it to grow.  From a one liner of a shitty movie to a painting you saw in a random small town, share how it inspired  your writing with us when you submit. 

This magazine are for the people who went to bed upset, who believe that their words can change the world, for those feel joy in the most unexpected places, for those who have been waiting for a revolution, for those who’ve felt like a ghost, for those who couldn’t help but wonder if all the pages they wrote were worth the pain, for those who believe there is still hope in the growing pains of it all.

YOUR PIECE MUST HAVE A FILM OR PIECE OF WRITING THAT WAS INSPIRED BY IT IN SOME WAY! 

a) If you can make a case for it, that’s all that matters. 

Online publications putting forward exceptional short stories for Best of the Net.

Fiction Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

A targeted resource for short story placements with potential for Pushcart recognition.

Fiction Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

Best Microfiction, edited by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, celebrates the art of the extremely brief narrative. These publications have editorial teams with particular sensitivity to the craft.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for Best Microfiction

Identifies publications that put forward outstanding online work for this respected digital anthology established in 2006.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

Publications that nominate work for this respected anthology series founded in 2015 by Tara Masih to celebrate fiction under 1,000 words.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for Best Small Fictions

A comprehensive guide to journals that regularly nominate work for the Pushcart Prize.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

Digital publications nominating outstanding essays and creative nonfiction for Best of the Net.

Nonfiction Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

Highlights publications that regularly put forward essays, memoirs, and other creative nonfiction for Pushcart consideration.

Nonfiction Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

Online journals that specifically champion poetry for Best of the Net consideration.

Poetry Magazines That Nominate for Best of the Net

Focuses specifically on poetry journals with established histories of Pushcart nominations.

Poetry Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

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- Send up to 3 poems in a single document (docx. , doc. , or pdf).
- Please do not include any identifying information in the document or document file (name, email, address, etc.)

***Please make sure to visit our website's submission guidelines.

Poetry Submissions

Our word limit is 4,000. For prose that is 500 words or fewer, you may submit up to three flash pieces in one entry. (These flash prose pieces will be considered individually, unless they are connected.)

***Please make sure to visit our website's submission guidelines.

Fiction Submissions

Our word limit is 4,000. For prose that is 500 words or fewer, you may submit up to three flash pieces in one entry. (These flash prose pieces will be considered individually, unless they are connected.)

Beneath the Garden includes literary essays under this category. Literary essays are included and encouraged regarding film or literature in this genre. 

***Please visit our website's submission guidelines. 

Creative Non-Fiction Essays

***Beneath the Garden defines a hybrid work as one which possesses more than one meaning-making mode (language, genre, art, anything visual, and/or surprise us!). By its nature, hybridity borrows and subverts traditional form to create anew. If your work doesn't fit into conventional boxes, this space is for you.

Our word limit is 4,000. If the word count stands less than 500, you can submit up to 3 pieces in a single document. Otherwise, please limit the submission to one piece. 

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