List of Magazines and Presses

Magazines and presses are presented alphabetically; inclusion on this list does not equal an endorsement. Whenever possible, I've linked to submission guidelines rather than submission portals. For the most part, those on this list either pay, offer very quick response times, offer free feedback regardless of acceptance, and/or accept previously published work. All accept simultaneous submissions unless noted. I'll fill this list out over time with as much information as I can. Sortable database coming soon. If you'd like assistance preparing your work for submission, please e-mail me at [Work AT RiveraErica DOT com].


A Public Space

Abode Press

AGNI

Alien Magazine

American Short Fiction

Analog Magazine

Apocalypse Party

Apparition Lit

Apple Valley Review

Arboreal Literary Magazine

Augur Magazine

beestung

Prose, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, art, and translation by non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers and artists
Pays $20
Publishes quarterly, turn-around time can be quick
Submit via e-mail
Friendly team

Bennington Review

Blair

Bottlecap Features

Press for short, multi-genre chapbooks
Seems to publish often
Submit via e-mail
Sibling press of Bottlecap Press, which publishes chapbooks and full-lengths
Not currently accepting submissions from writers outside the U.S.

Briefly Zine

Brink

Broken Antler Magazine Quarterly

Canthius

Chismosa Literary

Conjunctions

Cult Magazine

Cursed Morsels

Cutbow Quarterly

Defunkt Magazine

Denver Quarterly

Eco Punk Lit

en*gendered

Archive for work about gendered embodiment
No payment
Publishes often, quick turn-around time
Submit via e-mail
Friendly team; sibling publication of Corporeal

ergot.

Essay Press

Fahmidan Journal

Prose and poetry, including flash fiction and flash nonfiction
Pays $25 via bank transfer and PayPal
Publishes quarterly, open for submissions year-round
Submit through Submittable
Offers paid feedback options; sibling publication of Fahmidan Publishing & Co. [LINK]

Feminist Press

fifth wheel press

Creative work by queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming people
Pays
Publishes often, some 24-hour windows announced on socials
Submit through Oleada
Also houses press for chapbooks, zines, etc.; has webstore to promote self-published works

Flash Frog

Foglifter

Fractured Literary

Fugitives & Futurists

Full House Literary

Funicular Magazine

Good Pointe

Horror and sci-fi stories for their Someone Just Like You audio fiction anthology through March 2024
Pays $75 via PayPal or Amazon gift cards
Submit through Google Form

Griffith Review

Gulf Coast

HyphenPunk

Indiana Review

Isele Magazine

JAKE

Prose and poetry, including flash fiction and nonfiction
No payment
Publishes super often (like, super often)
Submit via Oleada
Super friendly team

Joyland

khōréō

Kweli Journal

Prose and poetry
Payment
Publishes four times a year
Submit via Submittable
Focus on BIPOC writers

Last Syllable

Little Puss Press

Madrona Books

Malarkey Books

manywor(l)ds

Leftist prose, poetry, art, hybrid, etc. (including previously published work) from trans, two-spirit, disabled, neurodivergent, Mad, queer, crip, nonbinary, genderqueer, and/or intersex people
Pays $10 via PayPal, Venmo, Interac e-transfer, or Wise; if no platform is suitable, they'll give your payment to a mutual aid fund or the like
Publishes quarterly
Submit via e-mail
Friendly team

Massachusetts Review

MEMEZINE

Metastellar

Michigan Quarterly Review

Minor Literature[s]

Mizna

Poetry and prose
Pays
Publishes several times per year
Submit through Mizna's online portal
Has a pretty print version; Mizna also offers paid virtual Arabic language classes

n+1

New Delta Review

Nightmare Magazine

Ninth Letter

NonBinary Review

One Story

ONLY POEMS

Poetry, including prose poetry and translations
Pays $55 per acceptance (as opposed to per poem)
Publishes often
Submit through Submittable
Accepts "uncurated" work (i.e., work previously published on social media or personal websites)

Open Minds Quarterly

Osmosis Press

Papeachu Press

Paranoid Tree

Passages North

Peatsmoke Journal

Persea Books

Ploughshares

Poet Lore

PRISM International

Prismatica Magazine

Prismatica Press

Prolit Magazine

Protean

Querencia Press

Radon Journal

Rattle

Poetry, translations, and book reviews
Pays $100 for work it publishes online, $200 for work it publishes in print
Publishes at least four times a year
Submit via Submittable
Has a lot of themed calls; adamant about accepting what it calls "uncurated" work (i.e., work previously published on social media or personal websites), which is fucking wonderful

Rescue Press

River Styx

Room

Rough Cut Press

SAND

Sans. PRESS

Seize the Press

Dark speculative fiction with an anticapitalist bent, as well as left-wing analyses of science fiction, fantasy, horror, or related pop culture topics
Pays
Publishes several times per year
Submit via e-mail

SICK

Smokelong Quarterly

Sonder Lit

Sophon Lit

Southeast Review

Split/Lip Press

Split Lip Magazine

Poetry and prose, including fiction, flash, and memoir, as well as art
Pays $75 via PayPal ($50 for interviews/reviews, $25 for mini-reviews)
Publishes often
Submit via Submittable
Free submissions during January, March, May, August, September, and November; free submissions for Black writers always

StreetLit

Sundress Publications

Sweet Tooth

Tahoma Literary Review

The Baffler

The Baltimore Review

The Broadkill Review

The Drift

The Emerson Review

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art
Payment TBD
Publishes once per year
Submit through Submittable
Friendly team

The Ex-Puritan

The Forge

The Future Fire

The Georgia Review

The Good Life Review

The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts

The Kenyon Review

The Maine Review

The Malahat Review

The Marrow

The Missouri Review

The Offing

The Rumpus

The Tales Between

The /tƐmz/ Review

The Worcester Review

theHythe

Tolka

Topograph

trampset

tRaum Books

TriQuarterly

Under the Sun

Creative nonfiction, ideally longer than 2 to 3 pages
Pays $50
Publishes once per year
Submit via e-mail or Submittable
Super friendly team; offers free, generous feedback from a large team of readers regardless of acceptance

Variant Lit

Wasteland Review

Wigleaf

X-R-A-Y

Zero Readers

Fiction and nonfiction, poetry, craft articles
Pays, amount based on funds raised during submission period
Publishes at least once per year
Submit via online portal
Sibling publication of Pencilhouse, a wonderful service that offers free feedback on poetry and prose [LINK]