Submitting to literary magazines are a fantastic way to get your work out there and while it is important to support them financially to keep them alive, I think that when you are first starting out as a writer it is the smartest choice to only submit to ones that do no require a reading or a submission fee. Basically that means you don’t have to pay them money for them to read and judge your work. Anyways, here is a list of 10 awesome literary magazines for you to submit to, and I hope you enjoy!
Submission Period: All Year
What Do They Accept?: Fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, book reviews, features, interviews, writing tools review, cartoons
Maximum Word Count/Poems/Panels?: Fiction/Non-Fiction – 8000 words, Poetry – 6 poems, Book Reviews – 1000 words, Articles – 1500 words, Cartoons – single-panel
Submission Period: All Year
What Do They Accept?: Fiction, non-fiction
Maximum Word Count/Poems/Panels?: Fiction – 300-5000 words, Non-Fiction – 500-800 words
Submission Period: All Year
What Do They Accept?: Fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, art, blog posts, photography
Maximum Word Count/Poems/Panels?: Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction – 500-5000 words, Poetry – 5 poems, Art/Photography – 5 pieces, Blog – three articles, 800-1200 words
Submission Period: All Year
What Do They Accept?: Fiction, poetry, non-fiction, photo essays, author interviews, book/poetry reviews
Maximum Word Count/Poems/Panels?: Fiction – 10,000 words, Non-Fiction – 6,000 words, Poetry – 3-5 poems, Reviews/Interviews – 1200 words, Photo Essays – collection of pictures with up to 250 word description
Submission Period: All Year
What Do They Accept?: Fiction, non-fiction, poetry
Maximum Word Count/Poems/Panels?: Fiction/Non-Fiction – 3000 words, Poetry – 5 poems
Submission Period: Deadline is January 20
What Do They Accept?: Fiction, poems, art, comics
Maximum Word Count/Poems/Panels?: Fiction – 700-2500 words, Poetry – any length, Art – 1-3 pieces, Comics – 1-5 pages
Submission Period: All Year
What Do They Accept?: Fiction, poetry, non-fiction, comics
Maximum Word Count/Poems/Panels?: Fiction/Non-Fiction – 8000 words, Poems – 3 poems, comics – 1 page or graphic novel excerpts
Submission Period: Until January 15
What Do They Accept?: Fiction, non-fiction, scripts, poetry
Maximum Word Count/Poems/Panels?: Fiction/Non-Fiction/Scripts – 8000 words, Poetry – 3 poems
Submission Period: All Year
What Do They Accept?: Fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, art
Maximum Word Count/Poems/Panels?: Not stated
Submission Period: November 1 – January 31
What Do They Accept?: Fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and art
Maximum Word Count/Poems/Panels?: Poetry – 5 poems, Fiction/Non-Fiction/Art – 1-5+ pages
Those are a few awesome literary magazines that you should consider submitting to at some point and I hope you found this blog post motivating and helpful! Don’t forget to check out my last blog post: December 2017 Wrap Up!
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