Formerly Crazyhorse, now swamp pink. Send your best work.


Formerly known as Crazyhorse, swamp pink publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction semi-monthly online.

Our aim is to continue publishing exceptional work from writers at all stages of their careers. We are particularly interested in submissions from writers of color and writers from marginalized and underrepresented communities.

Prestigious publications that strengthen your literary credentials, signaling serious accomplishment and catching attention from editors and agents.

Impressive Bylines for Your Literary Bio

Navel-gazing highly encouraged. These mags are actively seeking personal essays & narrative nonfiction.

Lit Mags That Love Personal Essays

Main characters publish in them, read them, and run them! Please note this list is far from exhaustive. All poets have main character energy, honestly.

Poetry Magazines with Main Character Energy

The top nonfiction lit mags in our database, ranked by how many users have bookmarked them.

The Ultimate List of Places to Submit Your Nonfiction

Abstractly named, prestigiously positioned publications that look good italicized in your bio. You know, the kind of magazines that open doors.

These Prestige Mags Want to Make You a Star

Community poll results. In an internet drowning in AI and advertising, your real recommendations are everything.

Where The Cool Kids Are Submitting Their Writing: Part 1

Publications with stories in America's most visible short fiction. These journals consistently publish fiction that represents the highest levels of contemporary American short storytelling.

Lit Mags Featured in Best American Short Story Anthologies

Publications with narratives under 1,000 words selected for this anthology series. These journals consistently identify short-short fiction, exemplifying the artistry possible in compact narratives.

Lit Mags Featured in Best Small Fictions Anthologies

All-time most competitive literary magazines. Getting published in these is a significant achievement for any writer.

Most Competitive Literary Magazines of All Time

Explore the most popular literary magazines of all time. These long-established publications are a staple in the literary world for writers of all genres.

Most Popular Literary Magazines of All Time

Swamp Pink

Please send previously unpublished short fiction up to 7,500 words. We welcome work by writers from traditionally underrepresented communities. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable.

fiction submission, swamp pink

Please send previously unpublished flash fiction up to 1,500 words (you may send up to three flash pieces in a single document). We welcome work by writers from traditionally underrepresented communities. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable.

flash fiction submission, swamp pink

We believe creative nonfiction can take any shape, from letter to list, from biography to memoir, from ekphrasis to critique, from flash to long-form (up to 7500 words). We’re especially eager to work with emerging writers from underrepresented communities.

nonfiction submission, swamp pink

swamp pink welcomes work by writers from traditionally underrepresented communities. We look for poems that reckon with internal and external worlds. Poems that sing. Poems that leap from the very first line. Poems that keep us in their world long after we read them. Poems from the established writer, the rising star, and those just beginning their journey. 

poetry submission, swamp pink

Guidelines: No-fee submissions are open to BIPOC writers in the U.S. Please submit no more than one work per genre.

Submissions are open only to BIPOC writers in the U.S.

Writers of Color, Poetry (free)

Submissions are open to BIPOC writers in the U.S. only.

Writers of Color, Fiction (free)

Submissions are open to BIPOC writers in the U.S.

Swamp Pink

Highlights

About

Featured Call

fiction submission, swamp pink

Appears in collections