Literary Arts Hawai'i, Hawai'i Literary Arts Council, P.O. Box 11213, Honolulu HI 96828. E-mail: reimersa001@hawaii.rr.com. Website: www.hawaii.edu/hlac. Kaimana: Literary Arts Hawai'i, published annually, is the magazine of the Hawai'i Literary Arts Council. Wants submissions with “some Pacific reference—Asia, Polynesia, Hawai'i—but not exclusively.” Responds with “reasonable dispatch.” Subscription: $15, includes membership in HLAC. Sample: $10.
Kaimana is 64-76 pages, 7.5x10, saddle-stapled, with high-quality printing. Press run is 1,000. “Poets published in Kaimana have received the Pushcart Prize, the Hawaii Award for Literature, the Stefan Baciu Award, the Cades Award, and the John Unterecker Award.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poems with SASE. No e-mail submissions. Cover letter is preferred. Sometimes comments on rejected poems. Has published poetry by Kathryn Takara, Howard Nemerov, Anne Waldman, Reuel Denney, Haunani-Kay Trask, and Simon Perchik. Pays 2 contributor's copies.
TIPS “Hawai'i gets a lot of 'travelling regionalists,' visiting writers with inevitably superficial observations. We also get superb visiting observers who are careful craftsmen anywhere. Kaimana is interested in the latter, to complement our own best Hawai'i writers.”
KALEIDOSCOPEUnited Disability Services, 701 S. Main St., Akron OH 44311-1019. (330)762-9755. Fax: (330)762-0912. E-mail: kaleidoscope@udsakron.org. Website: www.kaleidoscopeonline.org. Contact: Gail Willmott, editor in chief. Kaleidoscope magazine creatively focuses on the experiences of disability through literature and the fine arts. As a pioneering literary resource for the field of disability studies, this award-winning publication expresses the diversity of the disability experience from a variety of perspectives including: individuals, families, friends, caregivers, educators, and healthcare professionals, among others.” Buys first rights. Rights revert to author upon publication. Pays on publication. 1-3 years Responds in 6-9 months. 3 months prior to publication Guidelines available online. Submissions and queries electronically via website and e-mail.
Kaleidoscope has received awards from the Great Lakes Awards Competition and Ohio Public Images; received the Ohioana Award of Editorial Excellence.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants poems that have strong imagery, evocative language. Submit up to 5 poems by website or e-mail. Include cover letter. Do not get caught up in rhyme scheme. Reviews any style. $10 per poem
TIPS “The material chosen for Kaleidoscope challenges and overcomes stereotypical, patronizing, and sentimental attitudes about disability. We accept the work of writers with and without disabilities; however the work of a writer without a disability must focus on some aspect of disability. The criteria for good writing apply: effective technique, thought-provoking subject matter, and, in general, a mature grasp of the art of storytelling. Writers should avoid using offensive language and always put the person before the disability.”
Whispering Prairie Press, P.O. Box 410661, Kansas City MO 64141. E-mail: info@wppress.org. Website: www.wppress.org. Contact: Tom Sullivan, managing editor. Kansas City Voices, published annually, features an eclectic mix of fiction, poetry, and art. “We seek exceptional written and visual creations from established and emerging voices.” Submission period: December 15 through March 15. Note: We will not be publishing KCV in 2018. Our next submission period begins December 15, 2018, for publication in 2019. Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Sample copy online. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Length: up to 35 lines/poem. Pays small honorarium and 1 contributor's copy.
TIPS “There is no 'type' of work we are looking for, and while we would love for you to read through our previous issues, it is not an indicator of what kind of work we actively seek. Our editors rotate, our tastes evolve, and good work is just good work. We want to feel something when we encounter a piece. We want to be excited, surprised, thoughtful, and interested. We want to have a reaction. We want to share the best voices we find. Send us that one.”
E-mail: kelsey.review@mccc.edu. Website: www.mccc.edu/community_kelsey-review.shtml; kelseyreview.com. Contact: Jacqueline Vogtman, editor. The Kelsey Review, published annually in print and online formats by Mercer County Community College, serves as an outlet for literary talent of people living and working in the larger Mercer County, New Jersey, area. Submissions are open between January 1-May 1 via our Submittable site. Rights revert to author on publication. Responds no later than August 15. Sample copy online. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 6 pages of poetry via online submissions manager. Submissions are limited to people who live, work, or give literary readings in the Mercer County, New Jersey, area. Has published poetry by Vida Chu, Dan O'Brien, and Carolina Morales.
TIPS “See The Kelsey Review website for current guidelines. Note: We only accept submissions from the Mercer County, New Jersey, area.”
THE KENYON REVIEWFinn House, 102 W. Wiggin, Gambier OH 43022. (740)427-5208. Fax: (740)427-5417. E-mail: kenyonreview@kenyon.edu. Website: www.kenyonreview.org. Contact: Alicia Misarti. “An international journal of literature, culture, and the arts, dedicated to an inclusive representation of the best in new writing (fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, criticism) from established and emerging writers.” The Kenyon Review receives about 8,000 submissions/year. Also publishes KR Online, a separate and complementary online literary magazine. Buys first rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 4 months to mss. Editorial lead time 1 year. Sample: $10; includes s&h. Call or e-mail to order. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Features all styles, forms, lengths, and subject matters. Considers translations. Submit up to 6 poems at a time. No previously published poems. Only accepts mss via online submissions program; visit website for instructions. Do not submit via e-mail or snail mail. Accepts submissions September 15-November 1. Has recently published work by Rae Armantrout, Stephen Burt, Meghan O'Rourke, Carl Phillips, Solmaz Sharif, and Arthur Sze. Pays 16¢/published word of poetry (minimum payment $40; maximum payment $200); word count does not include title, notes, or citations.
TIPS “We no longer accept mailed or e-mailed submissions. Work will only be read if it is submitted through our online program on our website. Reading period is September 15 through November 1. We look for strong voice, unusual perspective, and power in the writing.”
LADY CHURCHILL'S ROSEBUD WRISTLETSmall Beer Press, 150 Pleasant St., #306, Easthampton MA 01027. E-mail: info@smallbeerpress.com. Website: www.smallbeerpress.com/lcrw. Contact: Gavin Grant, editor. Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet accepts fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and b&w art. “The fiction we publish tends toward, but is not limited to, the speculative. This does not mean only quietly desperate stories. We will consider items that fall out with regular categories. We do not accept multiple submissions.” Semiannual. Acquires first serial, nonexclusive anthology, and nonexclusive electronic rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Responds in 6 months to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $5. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send submission with a cover letter. Include estimated word count. Send SASE (or IRC) for return of submission, or send a disposable copy of submission and #10 SASE for reply only. Pays $10/poem.
TIPS “We recommend you read Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet before submitting. You can pick up a copy from our website or from assorted book shops.”
E-mail: editors@lafovea.org. Website: www.lafovea.org. Contact: Frank Giampietro, creator; Virginia McLure, editor. Published 20 times/year online. “Each nerve editor (found on the main page of website) is in charge of a nerve. The nerves are made up of poets who are invited to submit to La Fovea. Click on the editor's name to see all the poets and poems in his or her nerve. The nerve editor asks a poet to submit 2 poems. After that poet has had his or her poems on La Fovea, he or she will ask another poet to submit poems. If the last poet on the nerve does not find a poet to submit poems for whatever reason, the nerve is dead. It's okay to have a dead nerve. The most important thing is for the nerve editor to notice a nerve has died and begin a new nerve from their first page of poems.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants any poetry. “If a poet wants to submit to La Fovea but has not been invited, he or she may submit to La Fovea and choose the editor whom the poet believes most matches his or her family of aesthetic style. The editor of the nerve may choose to send these poems to the current nerve editor and ask if he or she wishes to publish the poet's work. If the poet does not wish to publish the work, then the work will be returned to the submitter.” Has published poetry by Denise Duhamel, Campbell McGrath, and Julianna Baggott. Submit ONLY 3 poems at a time by e-mail, along with short bio.
An International Literary Journal, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie PA 16563-1501. E-mail: gol1@psu.edu; alp248@psu.edu. Website: psbehrend.psu.edu/school-of-humanities-social-sciences/academic-programs-1/creative-writing/cw-student-organizations/lake-effect. Contact: George Looney, editor in chief. Lake Effect is a publication of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Responds in 4 months. Sample copy: $6. Guidelines online at website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Lake Effect is looking for poems that demonstrate an original voice and that use multilayered, evocative images presented in a language shaped by an awareness of how words sound and what they mean. Each line should help to carry the poem. Lake Effect seeks poems from both established poets and from new and emerging voices.” Submit up to 4 poems via online submissions manager. Length: open.
LANDFALL: NEW ZEALAND ARTS AND LETTERSOtago University Press, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. (64)(3)479-4155. E-mail: landfall.press@otago.ac.nz. Website: www.otago.ac.nz/press/landfall. Contact: Editor. Landfall: New Zealand Arts and Letters contains literary fiction and essays, poetry, extracts from works-in-progress, commentary on New Zealand arts and culture, work by visual artists including photographers and reviews of local books. (Landfall does not accept unsolicited reviews.) Guidelines for SASE or on website.
Deadlines for submissions: January 10 for the May issue, July 10 for the November issue. “Landfall is open to work by New Zealand and Pacific writers or by writers whose work has a connection to the region in subject matter or location. Work from Australian writers is occasionally included as a special feature.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Prefers e-mail submissions. Accepts postal mail submissions, but must include SASE. Include contact information and brief bio.
Northwest Missouri State University, Dept. of Language, Literature, and Writing, 800 University Dr., Maryville MO 64468. (660)562-1739. Website: laurelreview.org. Contact: John Gallaher and Luke Rolfes, editors; Daniel Biegelson and Richard Sonnenmoser, associate editors. “We publish poetry and fiction of high quality, from the traditional to the avant-garde. We are eclectic, open, and flexible. Good writing is all we seek.” Acquires first rights. Copyright reverts to author upon request. Publishes ms 1-12 months after acceptance. Responds in 4 months to mss. Sample copy: $5.
Biannual magazine: 6x9; 124-128 pages; good-quality paper. Reading period: September 1-May 1.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit via online submissions manager or postal mail.
TIPS “Nothing really matters to us except our perception that the story presents something powerfully felt by the writer and communicated intensely to a serious reader. (We believe, incidentally, that comedy is just as serious a matter as tragedy, and we don't mind a bit if something makes us laugh out loud; we get too little that makes us laugh, in fact.) We try to reply promptly, though we don't always manage that. In short, we want good poems and good stories. We hope to be able to recognize them, and we print what we believe is the best work submitted.”
LEADING EDGE MAGAZINE4087 JKB, Provo UT 84602. E-mail: editor@leadingedgemagazine.com; fiction@leadingedgemagazine.com; art@leadingedgemagazine.com; poetry@leadingedgemagazine.com; nonfiction@leadingedgemagazine.com. Website: www.leadingedgemagazine.com. Contact: Heather White, editor-in-chief. “Leading Edge is a magazine dedicated to new and upcoming talent in the fields of science fiction and fantasy. We strive to encourage developing and established talent and provide high-quality speculative fiction to our readers.” Does not accept mss with sex, excessive violence, or profanity. Accepts unsolicited submissions. Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 2-4 months after acceptance. Responds within 12 months to mss. Single copy: $5.95. “We no longer provide subscriptions, but Leading Edge is now available on Amazon Kindle, as well as print-on-demand.” Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Publishes 2-4 poems per issue. Poetry should reflect both literary value and popular appeal and should deal with science fiction- or fantasy-related themes. No e-mail submissions. Cover letter is preferred. Include name, address, phone number, length of poem, title, and type of poem at the top of each page. Please include SASE with every submission. Pays $10 for first 4 pages; $1.50/each subsequent page.
TIPS “Buy a sample issue to know what is currently selling in our magazine. Also, make sure to follow the writer's guidelines when submitting.”
119 West 57th St., Suite 1210, New York NY 10019. (212)757-0818. Fax: (212)757-5705. E-mail: info@lilith.org. Website: www.lilith.org. Contact: Susan Weidman Schneider, editor in chief; Naomi Danis, managing editor. Lilith Magazine: Independent, Jewish & Frankly Feminist, published quarterly, welcomes submissions of high-quality, lively writing: reportage, opinion pieces, memoirs, fiction, and poetry on subjects of interest to Jewish women. Responds in 3 months. Sample copy: $7. Guidelines online.
Lilith Magazine is 48 pages, magazine-sized, with glossy color cover. Press run is about 10,000 (about 6,000 subscribers). Subscription: $26/year. For all submissions: Make sure name and contact information appear on each page of mss. Include a short bio (1-2 sentences), written in third person. Accepts submissions year round.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Has published poetry by Irena Klepfisz, Lyn Lifshin, Marcia Falk, Adrienne Rich, and Muriel Rukeyser. Send up to 3 poems at a time via online submissions form or mail; no e-mail submissions. Copy should be neatly typed and proofread for typos and spelling errors.
TIPS “Read a copy of the publication before you submit your work. Please be patient.”
282 Main St., Pittsburgh PA 15201-2807. E-mail: lilliputreview@gmail.com. Website: sites.google.com/site/lilliputreview/home. Lilliput Review, is published and shipped irregularly, 2 issues at a time, every fourth issue being a broadside that features the work of a single poet.” Wants poems in any style or form, no longer than 10 lines. Has published poetry by Roberta Beary, Albert Huffstickler, Charlie Mehrhoff, and John Martone. Lilliput Review is 12-16 pages, 4.25x3.5, laser-printed on colored paper, stapled. Press run is 400. Acquires first rights. Usually publishes poems 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 12 months. Sample: $1 or SASE. Subscription: $5 for 6 issues, $10 for 15 issues; $12 for institutions (12 issues). Make checks payable to Don Wentworth, or make a payment to Paypal on the blog. Guidelines available for SASE or on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 3 poems at a time, 10 lines or less. SASE required. Considers previously published poems if noted as such. Editor comments on submissions “occasionally; I always try to establish human contact.” Does not want any poetry over 10 lines. Length: up to 10 lines/poem. Pays 2 contributor's copies/poem.
ALSO OFFERS The Modest Proposal Chapbook Series began in 1994, publishing 1 chapbook/year, 18-24 pages in length. Has published Now Now by Cid Corman. Chapbook submissions are by invitation only. Query with standard SASE. Sample chapbook: $3.
LINE6079 Academic Quadrangle, 8888 University Dr., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC V5A 1S6, Canada. E-mail: wcl@sfu.ca. Website: linejournal.tumblr.com/about. “Line (formerly West Coast Line) is a journal of poetry and critique.” Buys one-time rights. Pays on publication. Responds in 6 months to queries and mss. Editorial lead time 4 months. Sample copy for $15 CAD, $20 U.S. Guidelines for SASE (U.S. must include IRC).
MAGAZINES NEEDS No light verse, traditional. Pays $8/page.
TIPS Submissions must be either scholarly or formally innovative. Contributors should be familiar with current literary trends in Canada and the U.S. Scholars should be aware of current schools of theory. All submissions should be accompanied by a brief cover letter; essays should be formatted according to the MLA guide. The publication is not divided into departments. We accept innovative poetry, experimental prose, and scholarly essays.
333 Kimpel Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 72701. E-mail: editors@linebreak.org. Website: linebreak.org. Contact: Johnathon Williams, founding editor; Ash Bowen. “Linebreak is a weekly online magazine of original poetry. Each poem we publish is read and recorded by another working poet selected by the editors.” Has published Dorianne Laux, Bob Hicok, D.A. Powell, C. Dale Young, Richard Siken, Sandra Beasley. Publishes ms 4 months after acceptance. Responds in 6 weeks. Guidelines available on website.
Poems published on Linebreak have been selected for the Best New Poets anthology and nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time through upload form on website. Considers simultaneous submissions. Reads submissions year round. Poems are circulated to an editorial board. Sometimes comments on rejected poems. Guidelines available on website. Sometimes sends prepublication galleys. Acquires electronic rights: “We require the rights to publish and archive the work indefinitely on our website, and the right to create an audio recording of each poem, which is also archived indefinitely. Copyright remains with the author.”
P.O. Box 616, Florham Park NJ 07932. (201)724-8500. E-mail: lboss79270@aol.com. Website: laurabosspoet.wordpress.com. Contact: Laura Boss, poetry editor. Lips, published twice/year, takes pleasure “in publishing previously unpublished poets as well as the most established voices in contemporary poetry. We look for quality work: the strongest work of a poet; work that moves the reader; poems that take risks that work. We prefer clarity in the work rather than the abstract. Poems longer than 6 pages present a space problem.” Lips is about 150 pages, digest-sized, flat-spined. Has published poetry by Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg, Michael Benedikt, Ruth Stone, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Stanley Barkan, Lyn Lifshin, and Ishmael Reed. Acquires first rights. Responds in 2 months (but has gotten backlogged at times). Sometimes sends prepublication galleys. Sample: $10, plus $2.50 for postage. Guidelines available for SASE.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 6 pages maximum at a time. Poems should be typed. Reads submissions September through March only. Receives about 16,000 submissions/year, accepts about 1%. Pays 1 contributor's copy.
Kent State University Geauga Campus, 14111 Claridon-Troy Rd., Burton OH 44021. (440)286-3840. E-mail: grace_butcher@msn.com. E-mail: Only from other countries. Contact: Grace Butcher, editor. “We look for powerful, unusual imagery, content, and plot in our short stories. In poetry, we look for tight lines that don't sound like prose, unexpected images or juxtapositions, the unusual use of language, noticeable relationships of sounds, a twist in viewpoint, an ordinary idea in extraordinary language, an amazing and complex idea simply stated, play on words and with words, an obvious love of language. Poets need to read the 'Big Three'—Cummings, Thomas, Hopkins—to see the limits to which language can be taken. Then read the 'Big Two'—Dickinson to see how simultaneously tight, terse, and universal a poem can be, and Whitman to see how sprawling, cosmic, and personal. Then read everything you can find that's being published in literary magazines today, and see how your work compares to all of the above.” Acquires first or one-time rights. Time between acceptance and publication is up to 6 months. Responds in 4 weeks to queries; 4 months to mss. Sample copy: $4, plus $1 postage. Writer's guidelines for SASE.
Magazine: 5.5×8.5; 60 pages; photographs. “We publish the occasional very short stories (750 words/3 pages double-spaced) in any subject and any style, but the language must be strong, unusual, free from cliché and vagueness. We are a shoestring operation from a small campus, but we publish high-quality work.” Reads submissions January 1-April 15 only.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 4 poems at a time. Accepts previously published poems “occasionally"; no simultaneous submissions. No e-mail submissions “unless from overseas.” Cover letter is required. Poems should be typed, single-spaced, with 1 poem/page—name, address, phone number, and e-mail address on each page with SASE for return of work. Poems are circulated to the editor and 2 assistant editors who read and evaluate work separately, then meet for final decisions. Length: Prefers shorter poems (less than 2 pages), but will consider longer if space allows. Pays 2 contributor's copies.
ALSO OFFERS Awards $30 to the best sports poem in each issue.
200 E. 10th St., Ste. 240, New York NY 10003. (212)260-5532. E-mail: litlatte@aol.com. Website: www.literal-latte.com. Contact: Jenine Gordon Bockman and Jeffrey Michael Bockman, editors and publishers. Bimonthly online publication. Print anthologies featuring the best of the website. “We want great writing in all styles and subjects. A feast is made of a variety of flavors.” Buys first rights and requests permission for use in anthology. Publishes an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 6 months to mss. Editorial lead time 3 months. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “We want any poem that captures the magic of the form.” Length: up to 4,000 words.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION “We will publish an anthology in book form featuring the best of our Web magazine.”
CONTEST/AWARD OFFERINGS Also offers the Literal Latté Poetry Award: $1,000 first prize.
TIPS “Keeping free thought free and challenging entertainment are not mutually exclusive. Words make a ms stand out, words beautifully woven together in striking and memorable patterns.”
Seattle WA. E-mail: info@literaryjuice.com. Website: www.literaryjuice.com. Contact: Sara Rajan, editor in chief; Andrea O'Connor and Dinesh Rajan, managing editors. Bimonthly online literary magazine that publishes original, unpublished works of fiction, poetry, art, and photography. Does not publish works of nonfiction, essays, or interviews. Acquires electronic rights. Responds in 4 months to mss. Guidelines available on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit via online submissions manager. Length: 2-20 lines.
TIPS Looking for works that are not only thought-provoking, but venture into unconventional territory as well. Avoid submitting mainstream stories and poems (stories about zombies or politics fall into this category). Instead, take the reader to a new realm that has yet to be explored.
E-mail: lminfo@literarymama.com. E-mail: Specific to departments; see website. Website: www.literarymama.com. Contact: Karna Converse, editor-in-chief. Online monthly magazine that features writing about the complexities and many faces of motherhood. Departments include columns, creative nonfiction, fiction, literary reflections, poetry, profiles, and book reviews. “We prefer previously unpublished work and are interested in work that offers a fresh perspective.” Responds in 3 weeks-3 months to mss. “We correspond via e-mail only.” Guidelines online.
"Literary Mama is not currently a paying market. We are all volunteers here: editors, writers, and editorial assistants. With the publication of each issue, we make a concerted effort to promote the work of our contributors via Facebook, Twitter, and our newsletter.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS “We are looking for poems extraordinary for their vision, craft, integrity, and originality. Poems of any length and form are welcome. Maximum of 2 poems per submission, please.”
285 Madison Ave., Madison NJ 07940. (973)443-8564. E-mail: info@theliteraryreview.org. Website: www.theliteraryreview.org. Contact: Minna Proctor, editor. The Literary Review is published by Fairleigh Dickinson University. Work published in The Literary Review has been included in Editor's Choice, Best American Short Stories, and Pushcart Prize anthologies. Uses online submissions manager. Acquires first rights. Responds in 8-12 months. Sample copy: $10. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit electronically only. Does not accept paper submissions. Pays 2 contributor's copies and one-year subscription.
TIPS “We want original dramatic situations with complex moral and intellectual resonance and vivid prose. We don't want versions of familiar plots and relationships. Too much of what we are seeing today is openly derivative in subject, plot, and prose style. We pride ourselves on spotting new writers with fresh insight and approach.”
An International Journal of Contemporary Writing, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 285 Madison Ave., Madison NJ 07940. (973)443-8564. E-mail: info@theliteraryreview.org. Website: www.theliteraryreview.org. Contact: Minna Proctor, editor. The Literary Review, published quarterly, is “interested in innovative writing, engaging stories, and work that feels as if it had to be written. In other words, we like writing that has the courage of its convictions.” TLR Online, available on the website, features original work not published in the print edition. The Literary Review is about 200 pages, digest-sized, professionally printed, flat-spined, with glossy color cover. Receives about 1,200 submissions/year, accepts 100-150. Press run is 2,000 (800 subscribers, one-third are overseas). Acquires first rights. Responds in 8-12 months. Sample copy: $15 domestic, $15 + $5 shipping outside U.S.; request a “general issue.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit via online submissions manager. Has published poetry by Albert Goldbarth, Mary Jo Bang, David Citino, Lois Marie Harrod, Alex Lemon, Brandon Davis Jennings, and Virgil Suárez. Pays 2 contributor's copies and one-year subscription.
P.O. Box 6084, Columbia MD 21045. E-mail: editor@littlepatuxentreview.org. Website: www.littlepatuxentreview.org. Contact: Steven Leyva, editor. “Little Patuxent Review (LPR) is a community-based, biannual print journal devoted to literature and the arts, primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region. We profile the work of a major poet or fiction writer and a visual artist in each issue. We celebrate the launch of each issue with a series of readings and broadcast highlights on LPR’s YouTube channel. All forms and styles considered. Please see our website for the current theme.” LPR is about 120 pages; digest-sized; 100# finch cover; artwork (varies depending on featured artist). Has published poetry by Lucille Clifton, Martín Espada, Donald Hall, Joy Harjo, Marie Howe, Myra Sklarew, Clarinda Harriss, and Alan King. Buys first rights. Responds in 3-5 months to mss. Sample copy: $10. Guidelines available in magazine and on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 3 poems by online submissions manager; no mail or e-mail submissions. Include word count and 75-word bio. Length: up to 100 lines/poem. Pays 1 contributor's copy.
ALSO OFFERS “LPR co-sponsors monthly arts Salon Series events in conjunction with the Columbia Art Center, featuring literary readings, art presentations, and musical performances. Events are free and open to the public. Contributors are invited to participate in reading series and literary festivals, such as the Baltimore Book Festival. As part of our outreach effort, the LPR in the Classroom Program provides LPR issues to high schools and colleges at a discounted rate.”
TIPS “Please see our website for the current theme. Poetry and prose must exhibit the highest quality to be considered. Please read a sample issue before submitting.”
THE LONDON MAGAZINE11 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5EL, United Kingdom. (44)(0)20 7584 5977. E-mail: info@thelondonmagazine.org. Website: www.thelondonmagazine.org. Contact: Steven O'Brien, editor. “The Oldest Literary Magazine, established 1732. We publish literary writing of the highest quality. We look for poetry and short fiction that startles and entertains us. Reviews, essays, memoir pieces, and features should be erudite, lucid, and incisive. We are obviously interested in writing that has a London focus, but not exclusively so, since London is a world city with international concerns.” Buys first rights. Pays on publication. Published ms an average of 4 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 month to queries; 3 months to mss. Editorial lead time 3 months. Sample copy: £6.95. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Abstraction is the enemy of good poetry. Poetry should display a commitment to the ultra specificities of language and show a refined sense of simile and metaphor. The structure should be tight and exact.” Submit up to 6 poems via online submissions manager, e-mail (as an attachment), or postal mail (enclose SASE). “We do not publish long, loose poems.” Length: up to 40 lines/poem.
TIPS “Please look at The London Magazine before you submit work so that you can see the type of material we publish.”
4219 Flinthill St., San Antonio TX 78230-1619. E-mail: lonestarsmagazine@yahoo.com. Website: www.lonestarsmagazine.net. Contact: Milo Rosebud, editor/publisher. Lone Stars, published 3 times/year, features contemporary poetry and artwork. Lone Stars is 25+ pages, magazine-sized, photocopied, saddle-stapled, bound with tape. Press run is 200+. Acquires one-time publication rights. Authors retain all rights. Time between acceptance and publication is 3-6 months. Responds within 3 months. Sample (past issues): $5.50. Single copy: $7. Subscription: $20 for 3 issues. Guidelines available for SASE.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants poetry that holds a continuous line of thought. Does not want profanity. Considers poetry by children and teens. Submit 3-5 poems at a time. Cover letter is preferred. Submit poems on any subject, formatted and typed the way you want them in print. Charges reading fee of $1 per poem. Has published poetry by Terry Lee, Eve J. Blohm, John Brummel, Linda Amos, and many more.
ALSO OFFERS Sponsors Annual Songbook Lyric Poetry Contest, Annual Light of the Stars Poetry Contest, The Write Idea Interactive Poetry Contests, and Great “One-Liner" Contributions. Details available with e-mail or SASE.
TIPS “Submit poetry that expresses a reasonable train of thought.”
Longevity through Technology, The Immortalist Society, 24355 Sorrentino Ct., Clinton Township MI 48035. E-mail: info@cryonics.org. Website: www.cryonics.org/resources/long-life-magazine. “Long Life magazine is a publication for people who are particularly interested in cryonic suspension: the theory, practice, legal problems, etc. associated with being frozen when you die in the hope of eventual restoration to life and health. Many people who receive the publication have relatives who have undergone cryonic preparation or have made such arrangements for themselves or are seriously considering this option. Readers are also interested in other aspects of life extension such as anti-aging research and food supplements that may slow aging. Articles we publish include speculation on what the future will be like; problems of living in a future world, and science in general, particularly as it may apply to cryonics and life extension.” Publication is copyrighted. Responds in 1 month to queries and mss. Sample copy is free for SASE.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Poems are welcomed, especially short, humorous poems with a cryonics or life-extension theme.” Pays 1 contributor's copy.
TIPS “We are a small magazine but with a highly intelligent and educated readership which is socially and economically diverse. We currently don't pay for material but are seeking new authors and provide contributors with copies of the magazine with the contributor's published works. Look over a copy of Long Life, or talk with the editor to get the tone of the publication. There is an excellent chance that your ms will be accepted if it is well written and 'on theme.' Pictures to accompany the article are always welcome, and we like to publish photos of the authors with their first ms.”
P.O. Box 475, Lewistown MT 59457. E-mail: alongstory_short@aol.com. Website: www.alongstoryshort.net. Contact: Anisa Claire, Kim Bussey, editors. Long Story Short, An E-zine for Writers publishes “the best fiction and poetry from both emerging and established writers. Acquires nonexclusive world electronic and print rights, nonexclusive archival Web rights. Publishes ms up to 6 months after acceptance, depending on theme. Guidelines available on website. “Read them!"
Free newsletter with poetry of the month chosen by poetry editor; includes author's bio and web page listed in the e-zine. Offers light critique of submissions upon request and a free writing forum.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit by e-mail; no attachments. Considers poetry by children (ages 10 and up) and teens. Has published poetry by Michael Lee Johnson, Maria Ercilla, Shonda Buchanan, Patricia Wellingham-Jones, Floriana Hall, and Russell Bittner. Length: up to 32 lines/poem. Pays 1 contributor's copy.
P.O. Box 2458, Redmond WA 98073. (626)356-4760. Fax: (626)356-9974. E-mail: lareview.trager.editor@gmail.com. Website: losangelesreview.org. Contact: Alisa Trager, managing editor. Acquires one-time rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 2-5 months after acceptance. Responds in 1-2 months to mss. Sample copy: $15. Guidelines available on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-4 poems at a time. Wants poems that “will surprise us, wow us, and make us wish we’d written them ourselves. We are open to form, free verse, prose poems, and experimental styles. Our only criterion is quality.”
TIPS “Read a few recent issues to see what we're about. Pay close attention to the submission guidelines. We like cover letters, but please keep them brief.”
Shipwreckt Books Publishing Company, 309 W. Stevens Ave., Rushford MN 55971. E-mail: contact@shipwrecktbooks.com. Website: www.shipwrecktbooks.com. Contact: Tom Driscoll, managing editor. Lost Lake Folk Opera magazine, published twice annually, accepts submissions of critical journalism, short fiction, poetry, B&W photography and graphic art. Seeks high-quality submissions. For journalistic pieces, please query first. Retains one-time rights. First North American rights. Pays on acceptance, one contributor copy. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Responds in 6 weeks to queries; 3-6 months to mss. Editorial lead time 3 months minimum. Sample copy available for cover price with SASE. See website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Length: 1-250 lines. Pays contributor copy.
TIPS “When in doubt, edit and cut. Please remember to read your submission. Don't expect LLFO to wash your car and detail it. Send clean copies of your work.”
SLU Box 10792, Hammond LA 70402. E-mail: lalit@selu.edu. Website: www.louisianaliterature.org. Contact: Jack B. Bedell, editor. “Since 1984, Louisiana Literature has featured some of the finest writing published in America. The journal has always striven to spotlight local talent alongside nationally recognized authors. Whether it’s work from established writers or from first-time publishers, Louisiana Literature is always looking to print the finest poetry and fiction available.” Acquires one-time rights. Publishes ms 6-12 after acceptance. Responds in 1-3 months to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $8. Guidelines for SASE or online.
Biannual magazine: 6x9; 150 pages; 70 lb. paper; card cover; illustrations. Receives 100 unsolicited mss/month. May not read mss June-July. Publishes 4 new writers/year. Publishes theme issues. Has published work by Anthony Bukowski, Aaron Gwyn, Robert Phillips, and R.T. Smith. Work first published in Louisiana Literature is regularly reprinted in collections and is nominated for prizes from the National Book Awards for both genres and the Pulitzer. Recently, stories by Aaron Gwyn and Robert Olen Butler were selected for inclusion in New Stories from the South.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems as a single document via online submissions manager. Reads submissions year round, “although we work more slowly in summer.” Sometimes sends prepublication galleys. Send materials for review consideration; include cover letter. Pays 2 contributor's copies.
TIPS “Cut out everything that is not a functioning part of the story. Make sure your ms is professionally presented. Use relevant, specific detail in every scene. We love detail, local color, voice, and craft. Any professional ms stands out.”
Louisiana State University Eunice, Division of Liberal Arts, P.O. Box 1129, Eunice LA 70535. (337)550-1315. E-mail: bfonteno@lsue.edu. Website: web.lsue.edu/la-review. Contact: Dr. Billy Fontenot, editor and fiction editor; Dr. Jude Meche, poetry editor; Dr. Diane Langlois, art editor. The Louisiana Review, published annually during the fall or spring semesters, offers “Louisiana poets, writers, and artists a place to showcase their most beautiful pieces. Others may submit Louisiana- or Southern-related poetry, stories, and art. Publishes photographs. Sometimes publishes nonfiction.” Wants “strong imagery, metaphor, and evidence of craft.” Acquires one-time rights. Not copyrighted, but has an ISSN number. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Single copy: $5.
The Louisiana Review is 100 pages, digest-sized, professionally printed, perfect-bound. Press run is 300-600.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time. No previously published poems. No fax or e-mail submissions. “Include cover letter indicating your association with Louisiana, if any.” Has published poetry by Gary Snyder, Antler, and David Cope. Receives up to 2,000 poems/year, accepts 30-50. Does not want “sing-song rhymes, abstract, religious, or overly sentimental work.” Pays 1 contributor's copy.
TIPS “We do like to have fiction play out visually as a film would rather than be static and undramatized. Louisiana or Gulf Coast settings and themes preferred.”
Spalding University, 851 S. Fourth St., Louisville KY 40203. (502)873-4398. Fax: (502)992-2409. E-mail: louisvillereview@spalding.edu. Website: www.louisvillereview.org. Contact: Ellyn Lichvar, managing editor. The Louisville Review, published twice/year, prints poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama. Has a section devoted to poetry by writers under age 18 (grades K-12) called “The Children's Corner.” The Louisville Review is 150 pages, digest-sized, flat-spined. Receives about 700 submissions/year, accepts about 10%. Responds in 3-6 months to mss. Sample copy: $5. Single copy: $8. Subscription: $14/year, $27/2 years, $40/3 years (foreign subscribers add $6/year for s&h). Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts submissions via online manager; please see website for more information. “Poetry by children must include permission of parent to publish if accepted. Address those submissions to 'The Children's Corner.'" Reads submissions year round. Has published poetry by Wendy Bishop, Gary Fincke, Michael Burkard, and Sandra Kohler. Pays contributor's copies.
Emory University, P.O. Box 122036, Atlanta GA 30322. E-mail: emorylullwaterreview@gmail.com. Website: emorylullwaterreview.com. Contact: Aneyn M. O'Grady, editor in chief. “We're a small, student-run literary magazine published out of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, with 2 issues yearly—once in the fall and once in the spring. You can find us in the Index of American Periodical Verse, the American Humanities Index and as a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses. We welcome work that brings a fresh perspective, whether through language or the visual arts.” Acquires first world serial rights. Publishes ms an average of 3-4 months after acceptance. Responds in 1-3 months to queries; 3-6 months to mss. Sample copy: $8 Guidelines online at emorylullwaterreview.com/submissions.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Has published poetry by Amy Greenfield, Peter Serchuk, Katherine McCord, and Ha Jin. Submit up to 6 poems at a time. Cover letter is preferred. Prefers poems single-spaced with name and contact info on each page. “Poems longer than 1 page should include page numbers. We must have a SASE with which to reply.” Reads submissions September 1-May 15 only. Poems are circulated to an editorial board. Seldom comments on rejected poems. No profanity or pornographic material. Pays 3 contributor's copies.
TIPS “We at the Lullwater Review look for clear, cogent writing, strong character development, and an engaging approach to the story in our fiction submissions. Stories with particularly strong voices and well-developed central themes are especially encouraged. Be sure that your ms is ready before mailing it to us. Revise, revise, revise! Be original, honest, and, of course, keep trying.”
Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville NY 10708. E-mail: lumina@gm.slc.edu. Website: luminajournal.com. Contact: Victoria Johnson, editor-in-chief. “LUMINA’s mission is to provide a journal where emerging and established writers and visual artists come together in exploration of the new and appreciation of the traditional. We want to see sonnets sharing space with experimental prose; we want art that pushes boundaries and bends rules with eloquence.” All rights revert to author upon publication. Responds in 3-6 months. Sample copy for $12. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit via online submissions manager. All submissions are read blind; do not include personal information on submission documents. Length: up to 60 lines/poem.
316 23rd St., Brooklyn NY 11215. E-mail: customerservice@lungfull.org. Website: lungfull.org. Contact: Brendan Lorber, editor/publisher. “LUNGFULL! Magazine World Headquarters in Brooklyn is home to a team of daredevils who make it their job to bring you only the finest in typos, misspellings, and awkward phrases. That's because LUNGFULL!magazine is the only literary and art journal in America that prints the rough drafts of people's work so you can see the creative process as it happens.” Responds in 1 year to mss. Submit by postal mail. Include SASE. If sending by e-mail (not preferred) do NOT send attachments and put “Submission by [Your Name]" in the subject line.
LUNGFULL! was the recipient of a grant from the New York State Council for the Arts.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 8 poems. Include cover letter.
The Lutheran Digest, Inc., 6160 Carmen Ave., Inver Grove Heights MN 55076. (651)451-9945. E-mail: editor@lutherandigest.com. Website: www.lutherandigest.com. Contact: Nick Skapyak, editor. Articles frequently reflect a Lutheran Christian perspective but are not intended to be sermonettes. Popular stories show how God has intervened in a person's life to help solve a problem. Buys first rights, second serial (reprint) rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 4 months to mss. No response to e-mailed mss unless selected for publication. Editorial lead time 9 months. Sample copy: $3.50. Subscription: $16/year, $22 for 2 years. Guidelines available online.
The Lutheran Digest is 64 pages, digest-sized, offset-printed, saddle-stapled, with 4-color paper cover, includes local ads. Press run is 20,000-30,000; most distributed free to Lutheran churches.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 3 poems at a time. Prefers e-mail submissions but also accepts mailed submissions. Cover letter is preferred. Include SASE only if return is desired. Poems are selected by editor and reviewed by publication panel. Length: up to 25 lines/poem. Pays 1 contributor's copy.
TIPS “Reading our writers' guidelines and sample articles online is encouraged and is the best way to get a feel for the type of material we publish.”
LYRICAL PASSION POETRY E-ZINEArlington VA E-mail: lpezinesubmissions@gmail.com. Website: lyricalpassionpoetry.yolasite.com. Contact: Raquel D. Bailey, founder & editor-in-chief. Founded by award-winning poet Raquel D. Bailey, Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine is an attractive monthly online literary magazine specializing in Japanese short-form poetry. Publishes quality artwork, well-crafted short fiction, and poetry in English by emerging and established writers. Literature of lasting literary value will be considered. Welcomes the traditional to the experimental. Poetry works written in German will be considered if accompanied by translations. Offers annual short fiction and poetry contests. Acquires first rights, electronic rights (must be the first literary venue to publish online or in any electronic format). Rights revert to poets upon publication. Publishes ms 1 month after acceptance. Responds in 1-5 months. Guidelines and upcoming themes available on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Multiple submissions are permitted, but no more than 3 submissions in a six-month period. Does not want dark, cliché, limerick, erotica, extremely explicit, violent, or depressing literature. Length: 1-40 lines (free verse).
The Lyric Literary Arts, Inc., P.O. Box 110, Jericho Corners VT 05465. E-mail: themuse@thelyricmagazine.com. Website: www.thelyricmagazine.com. The Lyric, published quarterly, is the oldest magazine in North America in continuous publication devoted to traditional poetry. The Lyric is 32 pages, digest-sized, professionally printed with varied typography, with matte card cover. Receives about 3,000 submissions/year, accepts 5%. Typically responds in 3 months; inquire after 6 months. Sample: $5. Subscription: $15/year, $28/2 years, $38/3 years (U.S.), $18/year for Canada and other countries (in U.S. funds only). Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit by postal mail; out-of-country poems may be submitted by e-mail. Cover letter is often helpful, but not required. Has published poetry by Michael Burch, Gail White, Constance Rowell Mastores, Ruth Harrison, Barbara Loots, Tom Riley, Catherine Chandler, and Glenna Holloway. “Our themes are varied, ranging from religious ecstasy to humor to raw grief, but we feel no compulsion to shock, embitter, or confound our readers. We also avoid poems about contemporary political or social problems—'grief but not grievances,' as Frost put it. Frost is helpful in other ways: If yours is more than a lover's quarrel with life, we are not your best market. And most of our poems are accessible on first or second reading.” Length: up to 40 lines. Pays 1 contributor's copy.
CONTEST/AWARD OFFERINGS Offers The Lyric Memorial Prize ($100), The Leslie Mellichamp Prize ($100), The Roberts Memorial Prize ($100), The Fluvanna Prize ($50), and the College Poetry Contest (1st Prize: $500, 2nd Prize $150, 3rd Prize, $100). Information on website.
MANOAA Pacific Journal of International Writing, University of Hawaii at Manoa, English Department, Honolulu HI 96822. E-mail: mjournal-l@lists.hawaii.edu. Website: manoajournal.hawaii.edu. Contact: Frank Stewart, editor. Manoa is seeking high-quality literary fiction, poetry, essays, and translations for an international audience. In general, each issue is devoted to new work from an area of the Asia-Pacific region. Because we feature different places and have guest editors, please contact us to see if your submission is appropriate for what we're working on. Manoa has received numerous awards, and work published in the magazine has been selected for prize anthologies. See website for recently published issues. Buys first North American serial rights and nonexclusive, one-time print rights. Pays on publication. Responds in 3 weeks to queries. Editorial lead time 9 months. Sample: $20. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS No light verse. Pays $25/poem.
TIPS “Not accepting unsolicited mss at this time because of commitments to special projects. Please query before sending mss as e-mail attachments.”
Schoolcraft College, 18600 Haggerty Rd., Livonia MI 48152. (734)462-4400, ext. 5327. E-mail: macguffin@schoolcraft.edu. Website: www.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin. Contact: Steven A. Dolgin, editor; Gordon Krupsky, managing editor;. “Our purpose is to encourage, support, and enhance the literary arts in the Schoolcraft College community, the region, the state, and the nation. We also sponsor annual literary events and give voice to deserving new writers as well as established writers.” Acquires first rights. Once published, rights revert back to author. Publishes ms 3-4 months after acceptance. Responds to submissions in 2-4 months. Sample copy: $6. “Use the order form on our website.” Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants “poetry that shows rather than tells.” Submit via e-mail or postal mail. Poetry should be typed, single-spaced, with only 1 poem per page. Length: up to 400 lines/poem. Pays 2 contributor's copies.
University of Wisconsin, 600 N. Park St., 6193 Helen C. White Hall, Madison WI 53706. E-mail: madisonrevw@gmail.com. Website: www.english.wisc.edu/madisonreview. Contact: Abigail Zemach and John McCracken, fiction editors; Fiona Sands and Kiyoko Reidy, poetry editors. The Madison Review is a student-run literary magazine that looks to publish the best available fiction and poetry. Buys one-time rights. Publishes ms an average of 9 months after acceptance. Responds in 4 weeks to queries; in 6 months to mss. Editorial lead time 6 months. Sample copy: $3. Guidelines available online.
Does not publish unsolicited interviews or genre fiction. Send all submissions through online submissions manager.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Cover letter is preferred. Does not want religious or patriotic dogma and light verse. Pays 2 contributor's copies.
TIPS “Our editors have very eclectic tastes, so don't specifically try to cater to us. Above all, we look for original, high-quality work.”
THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTIONP.O. Box 3447, Hoboken NJ 07030. (201)876-2551. E-mail: fandsf@aol.com. Website: www.fandsf.com; submissions.ccfinlay.com/fsf. Contact: C.C. Finlay, editor. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction publishes various types of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novellas, making up about 80% of each issue. The balance of each issue is devoted to articles about science fiction, a science column, book and film reviews, cartoons, and competitions. Bimonthly. Buys first North American serial rights, foreign serial rights. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms an average of 9-12 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 months to queries. Sample: $7 ($15 international). Guidelines on website at www.sfsite.com/fsf/glines.htm and on the online submission form at submissions.ccfinly.com/fsf. Send a SASE to receive the guidelines by mail.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is one of the oldest and most prestigious magazines in the field, having published Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, Samuel R. Delany, James Tiptree Jr., Ursula K. Le Guin, Karen Joy Fowler, Ted Chiang, and many others. Many stories published by F&SF receive award nominations and are reprinted in Year's Best anthologies. Alaya Dawn Johnson's “A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i" won the Nebula Award for Best Novelet in 2015.
MAGAZINES NEEDS F&SF buys only a few poems per year. We want only poetry that deals with the fantastic or the science fictional. In the past, we've published poetry by Rebecca Kavaler, Elizabeth Bear, Sophie M. White, and Robert Frazier. Poetry may be submitted using the same online form for fiction. Length: up to 40 lines/poem, including blank lines. Pays $50/poem and 2 contributor's copies.
TIPS Good storytelling makes a submission stand out. We like to be surprised by stories, either by the character insights, ideas, plots, or prose. Even though we prefer electronic submissions, we need stories in standard mss format (like that described here: www.sfwa.org/writing/vonda/vonda.htm). Read an issue of the magazine before submitting to get a sense of the range of our tastes and interests.
MAGMA POETRY23 Pine Walk, Carshalton Surrey SM5 4ES, United Kingdom. E-mail: info@magmapoetry.com. Website: www.magmapoetry.com. Contact: Laurie Smith, contributions; Rob A. Mackenzie, reviews editor. “Like all the best poetry, Magma is always surprising. Every issue of Magma has a different editor, either members of our board or a prominent poet acting as a guest editor. It’s that fresh eye in each issue which gives Magma its unique variety.” Has published Seamus Heaney, Don Paterson, Sean O’Brien, Alice Oswald, Al Alvarez, Wendy Cope, George Szirtes, Gillian Clarke, John Burnside, and Mark Doty among many others. Guidelines available online.
Deadlines: January 31, March 31, September 30. Poems are considered for 1 issue only.
MAGAZINES NEEDS See website for current themes. Submit poetry via online submissions form; postal mail submission accepted for U.K. contributors only. Pays 1 contributor's copy.
ALSO OFFERS “We review books and pamphlets of poetry in the magazine, on our blog, and in our e-newsletters. We regret that only poetry by living authors can be reviewed, although new translations of poetry of the past can be considered. Books and pamphlets for review must be sent to our reviews editor.”
TIPS “See 'About Magma' and the contents of our website to gain an idea of the type of work we accept.” Keep up with the latest news and comment from Magma by receiving free updates via e-mail. Sign up online to receive the Magma Blog and/or the Magma newsletter.
P.O. Box 10294, Gulfport MS 39505. E-mail: writerpllevin@gmail.com. Website: www.gcwriters.org. Contact: Phil Levin, editor. The Magnolia Quarterly publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and reviews. For members of GCWA only. Returns rights to author upon publication. Time between acceptance and publication varies. Single copy: $3; subscription: included in $30 GCWA annual dues. Make checks payable to Gulf Coast Writers Association. Guidelines available in magazine.
The Magnolia Quarterly is 40 pages, pocket-sized, stapled, with glossy cover, includes ads. Editing service offered on all prose.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 1-3 poems at a time. Prefers e-mail submissions. Reads submissions year round. Has published poetry by Leonard Cirino, Catharine Savage Brosman, Angela Ball, Jack Bedell, and Larry Johnson. Will consider all styles of poetry. Does not want “pornography, racial or sexist bigotry, or far-left or far-right political poems.” Length: up to 40 lines/poem. No payment.
ALSO OFFERS Holds the “Let's Write" contest, with cash prizes for poetry and prose. Additional information available on website.
Douglass-Rausch, Ent. LLC, P.O. Box 690100, Charlotte NC 28227-7001. (704)573-2516. E-mail: editor@mainstreetrag.com. Website: www.mainstreetrag.com. Contact: M. Scott Douglass, publisher/managing editor. The Main Street Rag, published quarterly, prints “poetry, short fiction, essays, interviews, reviews, photos, and art. We like publishing good material from people who are interested in more than notching another publishing credit, people who support small independent publishers like ourselves.” Will consider “almost anything," but prefers “writing with an edge—either gritty or bitingly humorous. Contributors are advised to visit our website prior to submission to confirm current needs.” The Main Street Rag receives about 5,000 submissions/year; publishes 50+ poems and 3-5 stories per issue, a featured interview, photos, and an occasional nonfiction piece. Press run is about 500 (250 subscribers, 15 libraries). Acquires first North American print rights. Time between acceptance and publication is usually 6 months to 1 year. Responds in 8-12 weeks, query after 12 weeks if you have not heard from us. Single copy: $8. Subscription: $24/year, $45 for 2 years. No hard copy submissions. We use Submittable. Details on our website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 6 pages of poetry at a time; no more than 1 poem per page. No hard copy submissions—all electronic. See website for details. No bios or credits—let the work speak for itself. Pays 1 contributor's copy.
THE MALAHAT REVIEWThe University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, STN CSC, Victoria BC V8W 2Y2, Canada. (250)721-8524. E-mail: malahat@uvic.ca (for queries only). Website: www.malahatreview.ca. Contact: John Barton, editor. Quarterly magazine covering poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and reviews. “We try to achieve a balance of views and styles in each issue. We strive for a mix of the best writing by both established and new writers.” Buys first world rights. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; 3-10 months to mss. Sample: $16.95 (U.S.). Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-6 poems via online submissions manager. Length: up to 6 pages. Pays $60/magazine page.
CONTEST/AWARD OFFERINGS Presents the P.K. Page Founders' Award for Poetry, a $1,000 prize to the author of the best poem or sequence of poems to be published in The Malahat Review's quarterly issues during the previous calendar year. Also offers the Open Season Awards, biennial Long Poem Prize, biennial Novella Prize, Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize, the biennial Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction, and the biennial Far Horizons Award for Poetry.
TIPS “Please do not send more than 1 submission at a time: 3-5 poems, 1 piece of creative nonfiction, or 1 short story (do not mix poetry and prose in the same submission). See The Malahat Review's Open Season Awards for poetry and short fiction, creative nonfiction, long poem, and novella contests in the Awards section of our website.”
440 Riverside Dr., #38, New York NY 10027. E-mail: phfried@gmail.com. Website: themanhattanreview.com. Contact: Philip Fried. The Manhattan Review publishes only poetry, reviews of poetry books, and poetry-related essays. The editor reads unsolicited submissions year round but requests that you observe the guidelines. Acquires first North American serial rights. Responds in 3-6 months if possible. Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send 3-5 poems with SASE and brief bio. Read magazine before submitting. Pays contributor's copies.
THE MASSACHUSETTS REVIEWUniversity of Massachusetts, Photo Lab 309, 211 Hicks Way, Amherst MA 01003. (413)545-2689. E-mail: massrev@external.umass.edu. Website: www.massreview.org. Contact: Emily Wojcik, managing editor. Seeks a balance between established writers and promising new ones. Interested in material of variety and vitality relevant to the intellectual and aesthetic questions of our time. Aspire to have a broad appeal. Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 18 months after acceptance. Responds in 2-6 months to mss. Sample copy: $8 for back issue, $10 for current issue. Guidelines available online.
Does not respond to mss without SASE.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Has published poetry by Catherine Barnett, Billy Collins, and Dara Wier. Include your name and contact on every page. Length: There are no restrictions for length, but generally poems are less than 100 lines. Pays $50/publication and 2 contributor's copies.
TIPS “No manuscripts are considered May-September. Electronic submission process can be found on website. No fax or e-mail submissions. Shorter rather than longer stories preferred (up to 28-30 pages).” Looks for works that “stop us in our tracks.” Manuscripts that stand out use “unexpected language, idiosyncrasy of outlook, and are the opposite of ordinary.”
526 S. Lincoln Park Dr., Evansville IN 47714. (812)488-2963. E-mail: editors@measurepress.com. Website: www.measurepress.com/measure. Measure, an international journal of formal poetry, began in 2005 in conjunction with the University of Evansville. Measure Press is a new enterprise by editors Rob Griffith and Paul Bone. The goal is to continue bringing readers the best new poetry from both established and emerging writers through the biannual journal. Measure has a mission not only to publish the best new poetry from both established and emerging writers but also to reprint a small sampling of poems from books of metrical poetry published the previous year. Likewise, each issue includes interviews with some of the most important contemporary poets and also offers short critical essays on the poetry that has helped to shape the craft. Responds in 3 months. Guidelines online at website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send no more than 3 to 5 poems at a time. Poems must be metrical. Include poet's name and phone number. Submit electronically on website.
Strategen, P.O. Box 200, West Yarmouth MA 02675. E-mail: mensbookfeatures@gmail.com. Website: www.mensbook.com. Contact: Payson Fitch, editor/publisher. Gay-owned and operated company with arms in publishing and advertising. Publishes ms 2 weeks-1 month after acceptance. Responds in 5 minutes-1 month. No specific lead time. E-mail only; do not call. Guidelines available online at www.mensbook.com/writersguidelines.htm.
"We are an online journal.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send submission by e-mail.
TIPS “Be a tight writer with a cogent, potent message. Structure your work with well-organized progressive sequencing. Edit everything down before you send it over so we know it is your best work, and we'll work together from there.”
University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400145, Charlottesville VA 22904-4145. E-mail: meridianuva@gmail.com; meridianpoetry@gmail.com; meridianfiction@gmail.com. Website: www.readmeridian.org. Meridian, published semiannually, prints poetry, fiction, nonfiction, interviews, and reviews. “Meridian is interested in writing that is vibrant, moving, and alive, and welcomes contributions from a variety of aesthetic approaches. Has published such poets as Alexandra Teague, Gregory Pardlo, Sandra Meek, and Bob Hicok, and such fiction writers as Matt Bell, Kate Milliken, and Ron Carlson. Has recently interviewed C. Michael Curtis, Ann Beatty, and Claire Messud, among other luminaries. Also publishes a recurring feature called 'Lost Classic,' which resurrects previously unpublished work by celebrated writers and which has included illustrations from the mss of Jorge Luis Borges, letters written by Elizabeth Bishop, Stephen Crane's deleted chapter from The Red Badge of Courage, and a letter written by Flannery O'Connor about her novel Wise Blood.” Publishes ms 1-2 months after acceptance. Seldom comments on rejected poems and mss. Responds in 1-4 months. Always sends prepublication galleys and author contracts. Sample copy: $6 (back issue). Single print copy: $7. Print subscription: $12 for 1 year; $22 for 2 years. Single digital copy: $3. Digital subscription: $4 for 1 year; $7 for 2 years. Buy subscriptions online via credit card, or mail an order form with a check made out to Meridian. Guidelines online.
Meridian is 130 pages, digest-sized, offset-printed, perfect-bound, with color cover. Receives about 2,500 poems/year, accepts about 40 (less than 1%). Press run is 1,000 (750 subscribers, 15 libraries, 200 shelf sales); 150 distributed free to writing programs. Work published in Meridian has appeared in The Best American Poetry and The Pushcart Prize Anthology.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems via online submissions manager. Length: up to 10 pages total. Pays 2 contributor's copies (additional copies available at discount).
ALSO OFFERS Meridian Editors' Prize Contest offers annual $1,000 award. Submit online only; see website for formatting details. Entry fee: $8.50, includes one-year subscription to Meridian for all U.S. entries or 1 copy of the prize issue for all international entries. Deadline: December or January; see website for current deadline.
MICHIGAN QUARTERLY REVIEW0576 Rackham Bldg., 915 E. Washington, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1070. (734)764-9265. E-mail: mqr@umich.edu. Website: www.michiganquarterlyreview.com. Contact: Jonathan Freedman, editor; Vicki Lawrence, managing editor. Michigan Quarterly Review is an eclectic interdisciplinary journal of arts and culture that seeks to combine the best of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction with outstanding critical essays on literary, cultural, social, and political matters. The flagship journal of the University of Michigan, MQR draws on lively minds here and elsewhere, seeking to present accessible work of all varieties for sophisticated readers from within and without the academy. Buys first serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 2 months to queries and mss. Sample: $4. Guidelines available online.
The Laurence Goldstein Award is a $500 annual award to the best poem published in MQR during the previous year. The Lawrence Foundation Award is a $1,000 annual award to the best short story published in MQR during the previous year. The Page Davidson Clayton Award for Emerging Poets is a $500 annual award given to the best poet appearing in MQR during the previous year who has not yet published a book.
MAGAZINES NEEDS No previously published poems. No e-mail submissions. Cover letter is preferred. “It puts a human face on the ms. A few sentences of biography is all I want, nothing lengthy or defensive.” Prefers typed mss. Reviews books of poetry. “All reviews are commissioned.” Length: should not exceed 8-12 pages. Pays $8-12/published page.
TIPS “Read the journal and assess the range of contents and the level of writing. We have no guidelines to offer or set expectations; every ms is judged on its unique qualities. On essays, query with a very thorough description of the argument and a copy of the first page. Watch for announcements of special issues, which are usually expanded issues and draw upon a lot of freelance writing. Be aware that this is a university quarterly that publishes a limited amount of fiction and poetry and that it is directed at an educated audience, one that has done a great deal of reading in all types of literature.”
Bowling Green State University, Department of English, Bowling Green OH 43403. (419)372-2725. E-mail: mar@bgsu.edu. E-mail: marsubmissions.bgsu.edu. Website: www.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview. Contact: Abigail Cloud, editor-in-chief; Bridget Adams, fiction editor. “We aim to put the best possible work in front of the biggest possible audience. We publish contemporary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, translations, and book reviews.” Contests: The Fineline Competition for Prose Poems, Short Shorts, and Everything In Between (June 1 deadline, $10 per 3 pieces, limit 500 words each); The Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award (November 1 deadline, $10 per piece); and the James Wright Poetry Award (November 1 deadline, $10 per 3 pieces). Buys first North American serial rights. Publishes mss an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 5 months to mss. Sample copy: $9 (current issue), $5 (back issue), $10 (rare back issues). Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit by mail with SASE, or through online submission manager. Publishes poems with “textured, evocative images, an awareness of how words sound and mean, and a definite sense of voice. Each line should help carry the poem, and an individual vision must be evident.” Recently published work by Mary Ann Samyn, G.C. Waldrep, and Daniel Bourne.
TIPS “We are seeking translations of contemporary authors from all languages into English; submissions must include the original and proof of permission to translate. We would also like to see more creative nonfiction.”
216 Banks St. #2, Cambridge MA 02138. (763)516-7463. E-mail: editors@midwayjournal.com. Website: www.midwayjournal.com. See website for specific genre contacts and e-mails.. Contact: Christopher Lowe, nonfiction editor; Ralph Pennel, fiction editor; Paige Riehl, poetry editor. “Just off of I-94 and on the border between St. Paul and Minneapolis, the Midway, like any other state fairgrounds, is alive with a mix of energies and people. Its position as mid-way, as a place of boundary crossing, also reflects our vision for this journal. The work here complicates and questions the boundaries of genre, binary, and aesthetic. It offers surprises and ways of re-seeing, re-thinking, and re-feeling: a veritable banquet of literary fare. Which is why, in each new issue, we are honored to present work by both new and established writers alike.” Member CLMP. Responds in 6-9 months. Sample copy online. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems, no more than 10 pages in a single document, via online submissions manager. No line-length limits.
TIPS “An interesting story with engaging writing, both in terms of style and voice, make a ms stand out. Round characters are a must. Writers who take chances either with content or with form grab an editor's immediate attention. Spend time with the words on the page. Spend time with the language. The language and voice are not vehicles; they, too, are tools.”
Pittsburg State University, 1701 S. Broadway, Pittsburg KS 66762. E-mail: chermansson@pittstate.edu; lkmartin@pittstate.edu. Website: www.pittstate.edu/department/english/midwest-quarterly. Contact: Dr. Casie Hermansson, editor in chief; Lori Martin, poetry editor. The Midwest Quarterly publishes “articles on any subject of contemporary interest, particularly literary criticism, political science, philosophy, education, biography, and sociology. Each issue contains a section of poetry usually 12 poems in length. We seek discussions of an analytical and speculative nature and well-crafted poems.” For publication in MQ and eligibility for the annual Emmett Memorial Prize competition, the editors invite submission of articles on any literary topic but preferably on Victorian or Modern British Literature, Literary Criticism, or the Teaching of Literature. The winner receives an honorarium and invitation to deliver the annual Emmett Memorial Lecture. Acquires first serial rights. Responds in 2 months to mss. Sample: $5. Subscription: $15 US; $25 foreign. Guidelines available on website.
The Midwest Quarterly is 130 pages, digest-sized, professionally printed, flat-spined, with matte cover. Press run is 650 (600 subscribers, 500 are libraries).
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 10 poems at a time via e-mail or postal mail. “Mss should be typed with poet's name on each page. Include e-mail address for notification of decision. SASE only for return of poem.” Comments on rejected poems “if the poet or poem seems particularly promising.” Occasionally publishes theme issues or issues devoted to the work of a single poet. Receives about 3,500-4,000 poems/year; accepts about 60. Has published poetry by Peter Cooley, Lyn Lifshin, Judith Skillman, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jonathan Holden, and Ted Kooser. “Both traditional forms and free verse are accepted. Whatever the form, however, we want poems that are fresh, that move us, have strong imagery, and which use language in a surprising, musical, and interesting way.” Length: up to 80 lines/poem ("occasionally longer if exceptional"). Pays 2 contributor's copies.
E-mail: submissions@millerspondpoetry.com (Julie Damerell); mail@handhpress.com (C.J. Houghtaling). Website: www.millerspondpoetry.com. Contact: C.J. Houghtaling, publisher; Julie Damerell, editor. miller's pond is exclusively an e-zine and does not publish in hard-copy format. Web version is published 3 times/year. Submissions accepted year round but read in late December, over the school spring break, and in late August. Submissions that do not indicate the poet has read the guidelines are deleted without comment. Writers are encouraged to submit near the reading dates to avoid long waits. Responses usually sent only in late December or early January, April, and late August. “Current guidelines, updates, and changes are always available on our website. Check there first before submitting anything.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poems to Julie Damerell, editor. All submissions must be sent in the body of an e-mail. Mail sent through the post office will be discarded. No payment for accepted poems or reviews.
TIPS “Read the pages on the website to see the range of poetry I like.”
American Tolkien Society, P.O. Box 97, Highland MI 48357-0097, U.S.A.. E-mail: editor@americantolkiensociety.org; americantolkiensociety@yahoo.com. E-mail: editor@americantolkiensociety.org. Website: www.americantolkiensociety.org. Contact: Amalie A. Helms, editor. Minas Tirith Evening-Star: Journal of the American Tolkien Society, published occasionally, publishes poetry, book reviews, essays, and fan fiction. Minas Tirith Evening-Star is digest-sized, offset-printed from typescript, with cartoon-like b&w graphics. Press run is 400. Single copy: $3.50; subscription: $12.50. Sample: $3. Make checks payable to American Tolkien Society. Responds in 2 weeks. Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Uses poetry of fantasy about Middle-earth and Tolkien. Considers poetry by children and teens. Has published poetry by Thomas M. Egan, Anne Etkin, Nancy Pope, and Martha Benedict. Submit by mail or e-mail. Reviews related books of poetry; length depends on the volume (a sentence to several pages). Send materials for review consideration. Pays 1 contributor's copy.
ALSO OFFERS Membership in the American Tolkien Society is open to all, regardless of country of residence, and entitles one to receive the quarterly journal. Dues are $12.50/year to addresses in U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and $15 elsewhere. Sometimes sponsors contests.
E-mail: editors@theminnesotareview.org. E-mail: submissions@theminnesotareview.org. Website: minnesotareview.wordpress.com. Contact: Janell Watson, editor. The Minnesota Review, published biannually, is a journal featuring creative and critical work from writers on the rise or who are already established. Each issue is about 200 pages, digest-sized, flat-spined, with glossy card cover. Press run is 1,000 (400 subscribers). Also available online. Subscription: $30 for 2 years for individuals, $60/year for institutions. Sample: $15. Guidelines available online.
Open to submissions August 1-November 1 and January 1-April 1.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems per reading period as 1 document via online submissions manager Pays 2 contributor's copies.
P.O. Box 27484, Minneapolis MN 55427. Website: www.mipco.com. Contact: Michael Peltsman, editor. The publisher of controversial Russian literature (erotic prose and poetry). Responds in 1 month to queries. Seldom comments on rejected poems.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Considers simultaneous submissions; no previously published poems.
THE MISSOURI REVIEW357 McReynolds Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia MO 65211. (573)882-4474. E-mail: question@moreview.com. Website: www.missourireview.com. Contact: Kate McIntyre. Publishes contemporary fiction, poetry, interviews, personal essays, and special features—such as History as Literature series, Found Text series, and Curio Cabinet art features—for the literary and the general reader interested in a wide range of subjects. Acquires first serial rights. Pays on publication Responds in 2 weeks to queries; in 10-12 weeks to mss. Editorial lead time 4-6 months. Sample copy: $10 or online. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS TMR publishes poetry features only—6-14 pages of poems by each of 3-5 poets per issue. Keep in mind the length of features when submitting poems. Typically, successful submissions include 8-20 pages of unpublished poetry. (Note: Do not send complete mss—published or unpublished—for consideration.) No inspirational verse. Pays $40/printed page and 3 contributor's copies.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Gerald T. Perkoff Prize in Poetry is an ongoing series, awarded at least once a year at the discretion of the editors. This prize is given to a poet published in the most recent volume year whose poetry addresses some aspect of the experience or meaning of illness, healing, death and dying, or the practice of medicine. No application is required.
TIPS “Send your best work.”
The Journal of Social Change, 149 Talmadge St., Madison WI 53704. E-mail: fmschep@charter.net. E-mail: fmschep@charter.net (fiction); demiurge@fibitz.com (poetry). Website: www.mobiusmagazine.com. Contact: Fred Schepartz, publisher and executive editor. Mobius: The Journal of Social Change is an online-only journal, published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. “At Mobius we believe that writing is power and good writing empowers both the reader and the writer. We feel strongly that alternatives are needed to an increasingly corporate literary scene. Mobius strives to provide an outlet for writers disenfranchised by a bottom-line marketplace and challenging writing for those who feel that today's literary standards are killing us in a slow, mind-numbing fashion.” Acquires one-time electronic publishing rights. Publishes ms 3-6 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 month. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poetry dealing with themes of social change. Accepts e-mailed poetry submissions only. “We have a marked distate for prosaic didacticism (but a weakness for prose poems).” Do not submit poems by postal mail.
TIPS “We like high impact. We like plot- and character-driven stories that function like theater of the mind. We look first and foremost for good writing. Prose must be crisp and polished; the story must pique my interest and make me care due to a certain intellectual, emotional aspect. Mobius is about social change. We want stories that make some statement about the society we live in, either on a macro or micro level. Not that your story needs to preach from a soapbox (actually, we prefer that it doesn't), but it needs to have something to say.”
The League of Minnesota Poets, 427 N. Gorman St., Blue Earth MN 56013. (507)526-5321. Website: www.mnpoets.com. Contact: Meredith R. Cook, editor. The Moccasin, published annually in October, is the literary magazine of The League of Minnesota Poets. Membership is required to submit work.
The Moccasin is 40 pages, digest-sized, offset-printed, stapled, with 80 lb. linen-finish text cover with drawing and poem. Receives about 190 poems/year, accepts about 170. Press run is 200. Single copy: $6.25; subscription is free with LOMP membership.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send submissions by mail by mid-July each year. (Check website for exact deadline.) Looking for all forms of poetry. Prefer strong, short poems. Considers poetry by children and teens who are student members of The League of Minnesota Poets (write grade level on poems submitted). Has published poetry by Diane Glancy, Laurel Winter, Susan Stevens Chambers, Doris Stengel, Jeanette Hinds, and Charmaine Donovan. Does not want profanity or obscenity. Do not use inversions or archaic language. Length: up to 24 lines/poem.
TIPS To become a member of The League of Minnesota Poets, send $20 ($10 if high school student or younger) to Angela Foster, LOMP Treasurer, 30036 St. Croix Rd, Pine City MN 55063. Make checks payable to LOMP. You do not have to live in Minnesota to become a member of LOMP. “Membership in LOMP automatically makes you a member of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, which makes you eligible to enter its contests at a cheaper (members') rate.”
Missouri Western State University, Department of English & Modern Languages, 4525 Downs Dr., St. Joseph MO 64507. E-mail: mochila@missouriwestern.edu. Website: www.missouriwestern.edu/orgs/mochila/homepage.htm. Contact: Dr. Marianne Kunkel, editor in chief. “The Mochila Review is an annual international undergraduate journal published with support from the English and Modern Languages department at Missouri Western State University. Our goal is to publish the best short stories, poems, and essays from the next generation of important authors: student writers. Our staff, comprised primarily of undergraduate students, understands the publishing challenges that emerging writers face and is committed to helping talented students gain wider audiences in the pages of The Mochila Review and on our website.” Responds in 3-4 months to mss. Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems via online submissions manager. Include cover letter, contact information, SASE. Pays contributor's copies.
TIPS “Mss with fresh language, energy, passion, and intelligence stand out. Study the craft, and be entertaining and engaging.”
P.O. Box 930, Portsmouth RI 02871. E-mail: modernhaiku@gmail.com. Website: modernhaiku.org. Contact: Paul Miller, editor. Modern Haiku is the foremost international journal of English-language haiku and criticism and publishes high-quality material only. Haiku and related genres, articles on haiku, haiku book reviews, and translations comprise its contents. It has an international circulation; subscribers include many university, school, and public libraries. Modern Haiku is 140 pages (average), digest-sized, printed on heavy-quality stock, with full-color cover illustrations, 4-page full-color art sections. Receives about 15,000 submissions/year, accepts about 1,000. Acquires first North American serial rights, first international serial rights. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 week to queries; in 6-8 weeks to mss. Editorial lead time 4 months. Sample copy: $15 in North America, $16 in Canada, $20 in Mexico, $22 overseas. Subscription: $35 ppd by regular mail in the U.S. Payment possible by PayPal on the Modern Haiku website. Guidelines available for SASE or on website.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Postal submissions: “Send 5-15 haiku on 1 or 2 letter-sized sheets. Put name and address at the top of each sheet. Include SASE.” E-mail submissions: “May be attachments (recommended) or pasted in body of message. Subject line must read: MH Submission. Adhere to guidelines on the website.” Publishes 1000 poems/year. Has published haiku by Roberta Beary, Billy Collins, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Carolyn Hall, Sharon Olds, Gary Snyder, John Stevenson, George Swede, and Cor van den Heuvel. Does not want “general poetry, tanka, renku, linked-verse forms. No special consideration given to work by children and teens.” Offers no payment.
ALSO OFFERS Reviews of books of haiku by staff and freelancers by invitation in 350-1,000 words, usually single-book format. Send materials for review consideration with complete ordering information. Sponsors the annual Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Competition. Guidelines available for SASE or on website.
TIPS “Study the history of haiku, read books about haiku, learn the aesthetics of haiku and methods of composition. Write about your sense perceptions of the suchness of entities; avoid ego-centered interpretations. Be sure the work you send us conforms to the definitions on our website.”
MSLEXIAMslexia Publications Ltd., P.O. Box 656, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1PZ, United Kingdom. (44)(191)204-8860. E-mail: submissions@mslexia.co.uk; postbag@mslexia.co.uk; debbie@mslexia.co.uk. Website: www.mslexia.co.uk. Contact: Debbie Taylor, editorial director. “Mslexia tells you all you need to know about exploring your creativity and getting into print. No other magazine provides Mslexia's unique mix of advice and inspiration; news, reviews, interviews; competitions, events, grants; all served up with a challenging selection of new poetry and prose. Mslexia is read by authors and absolute beginners. A quarterly master class in the business and psychology of writing, it's the essential magazine for women who write. We accept submissions from any woman from any country writing in English. There are 14 ways of submitting to the magazine, for every kind of writing, and we pay for everything we publish. Submissions guidelines are on our website. We also run a series of women's fiction competitions with top cash prizes and career development opportunities for finalists.” Buys one-time rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 1 month after acceptance. Responds in 3 months to mss. Editorial lead time 3 months. Purchase of single issues via office or website. Writer's guidelines online or by e-mail.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Pays £25 per poem plus contributor's copies.
TIPS “Read the magazine; subscribe if you can afford it. Mslexia has a particular style and relationship with its readers which is hard to assess at a quick glance. The majority of our readers live in the UK, so feature pitches should be aware of this. We never commission work without seeing a written sample first. We rarely accept unsolicited manuscripts, but prefer a short letter suggesting a feature, plus a brief bio and writing sample.”
Box Turtle Press, 184 Franklin St., Ground Floor, New York NY 10013. (212)219-9278. Website: www.mudfish.org. Contact: Jill Hoffman, editor. Mudfish, a journal of art and poetry (and some fiction), takes its title from the storyteller's stool in Nigerian art. The poems each tell a story. They are resonant and visceral, encapsulating the unique human experience. There is a wide range to the subject matter and style, but the poems all have breath and life, a living voice. Mudfish has featured work from the best established and emerging artists and poets—including John Ashbery, Charles Simic, and Frank Stella—since it burst onto the poetry scene. Responds in 3 months, or ASAP.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants free verse with energy, intensity, and originality of voice, mastery of style, the presence of passion. Submit 5-6 poems at a time. No e-mail submissions; postal submissions only. Pays 1 contributor's copy.
CONTEST/AWARD OFFERINGS Sponsors the Mudfish Poetry Prize Award of $1,000. Entry fee: $15 for up to 3 poems, $3 for each additional poem. Deadline: varies. Guidelines available for SASE.
An Electronic Journal of Poetry & Poetics, Department of English, University of North Florida, Jacksonville FL 32224. E-mail: mudlark@unf.edu. Website: www.unf.edu/mudlark. Contact: William Slaughter, editor and publisher. Mudlark: An Electronic Journal of Poetry & Poetics, published online “irregularly, but frequently," offers 3 formats: Issues of Mudlark are the electronic equivalent of print chapbooks; posters are the electronic equivalent of print broadsides; and flashes are poems with “news that stays news" in them, poems that feel like current events. The poem is the thing at Mudlark, and the essay about it. “As our full name suggests, we will consider accomplished work that locates itself anywhere on the spectrum of contemporary practice. We want poems, of course, but we want essays, too, that make us read poems (and write them?) differently somehow. Although we are not innocent, we do imagine ourselves capable of surprise. The work of hobbyists is not for Mudlark. As for representative authors: No naming names here. If we are, as we imagine ourselves, capable of surprise, then there is no such thing as a 'representative author' in the Mudlark archive, which is 'never in and never out of print.' The Mudlark archive, going back to 1995, is as wide as it is deep, as rich and various as it is full.” Mudlark is archived and permanently on view at www.unf.edu/mudlark. Acquires one-time rights. Offers no payment; however, “one of the things we can do at Mudlark to 'pay' our authors for their work is point to it here and there. We can tell our readers how to find it, how to subscribe to it, and how to buy it—if it is for sale. Toward that end, we maintain A-Notes on the authors we publish. We call attention to their work.” Publishes ms no more than 3 months after acceptance. Responds in “1 day-1 month, depending.” Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit any number of poems at a time. Prefers not to receive simultaneous submissions but will consider them if informed of the fact, up front, and if notified immediately when poems are accepted elsewhere. Considers previously published work only as part of a Mudlark issue, the electronic equivalent of a print chapbook, and only if the previous publication is acknowledged in a note that covers the submission. Only poems that have not been previously published will be considered for Mudlark posters or flashes. Accepts e-mail or USPS submissions with SASE; no fax submissions. Cover letter is optional. Seldom comments on rejected poems. Always sends prepublication galleys in the form of inviting the author to proof the work on a private website that Mudlark maintains for that purpose.
2443 Fillmore St., #214, San Francisco CA 94115. E-mail: contact@narrativemagazine.com. Website: www.narrativemagazine.com. Contact: Michael Croft, senior editor; Mimi Kusch, managing editor; Michael Wiegers, poetry editor. “Narrative publishes high-quality contemporary literature in a full range of styles, forms, and lengths. Submit poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including stories, short shorts, novels, novel excerpts, novellas, personal essays, humor, sketches, memoirs, literary biographies, commentary, reportage, interviews, and short audio recordings of short-short stories and poems. We welcome submissions of previously unpublished mss of all lengths, ranging from short-short stories to complete book-length works for serialization. In addition to submissions for issues of Narrative itself, we also encourage submissions for our Story of the Week, Poem of the Week, literary contests, and Readers’ Narratives. Please read our Submission Guidelines for all information on mss formatting, word lengths, author payment, and other policies. We accept submissions only through our electronic submission system. We do not accept submissions through postal services or e-mail. You may send us mss for the following submission categories: General Submissions, Narrative Prize, Story of the Week, Poem of the Week, Readers' Narrative, iPoem, iStory, Six-Word Story, or a specific Contest. Your mss must be in one of the following file forms: DOC, RTF, PDF, DOCX, TXT, WPD, ODF, MP3, MP4, MOV, or FLV.” Buys exclusive first North American serial rights in English for 90 days, and nonexclusive rights thereafter “to maintain the work in our online library.” Responds in 1 month-14 weeks to queries. Guidelines online. Charges $25 reading fee except for 2 weeks in April.
Narrative has received recognitions in New Stories from the South, Best American Mystery Stories, O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, and the Pushcart Prize Collection. In an article on the business of books, the National Endowment for the Arts featured Narrative as the model for the evolution of both print and digital publishing.
TIPS “Log on and study our magazine online. Narrative fiction, graphic art, and multimedia are selected, first and foremost, for quality.”
Nassau Community College, Nassau Community College, English Department, 1 Education Dr., Garden City NY 11530. E-mail: nassaureview@ncc.edu. Website: www.ncc.edu/nassaureview. Contact: Christina M. Rau, editor in chief. The Nassau Review welcomes submissions of many genres, preferring work that is “innovative, captivating, well-crafted, and unique, work that crosses boundaries of genre and tradition. You may be serious. You may be humorous. You may be somewhere in between. We are looking simply for quality. New and seasoned writers are welcome.” Acquires first North American serial rights “and the right to archive your work online for an indefinite period of time.” Responds in 3 months. Please read all guidelines and details on the website: www.ncc.edu/nassaureview.
All open submissions are under consideration for the Writer Awards.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts simultaneous submissions: “Please let us know they are simultaneous when you submit them.” Submit via online submissions manager. Include title and bio of up to 100 words. Length: 50 lines/poem. Pays 1 contributor's copy.
Website: www.nationalpoetryreview.com. Contact: Angela Vogel, editor in chief. The National Poetry Review seeks “distinction, innovation, and joie de vivre. We agree with Frost about delight and wisdom. We believe in rich sound. We believe in the beautiful—even if that beauty is not in the situation of the poem but simply the sounds of the poem, the images, or (ideally) the way the poem stays in the reader's mind long after it's been read.” TNPR considers both experimental and 'mainstream' work.” Does not want “overly self-centered or confessional poetry.” Acquires first rights. Time between acceptance and publication is no more than 1 year. “The editor makes all publishing decisions.” Sometimes comments on rejected poems. Usually responds in 3-4 months. Guidelines available on website.
The National Poetry Review is an annual online journal that accepts less than 1% of submissions received. Poetry appearing in The National Poetry Review has also appeared in The Pushcart Prize. Has published poetry by Bob Hicok, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Larissa Szplorluk, Martha Zweig, Nance Van Winkel, William Waltz, and Ted Kooser.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Our reading period is January 1-April 1 annually. Please submit all poems in 1 file. Include a brief bio with previous publications.”
ALSO OFFERS Review copies of new poetry books may be sent for consideration to Douglas Basford, TNPR Reviews Editor: 306 Clemens Hall, Department of English, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260. Please do NOT send poetry submissions to this address! ALL poetry submissions must be sent via the Submittable link. Poems sent through other means will be discarded.
THE NATION520 Eighth Avenue, 8th Flo, New York NY 10018. E-mail: submissions@thenation.com. Website: www.thenation.com. Steven Brower, art director. Contact: Roane Carey, managing editor; Ange Mlinko, poetry editor. The Nation, published weekly, is a journal of left/liberal opinion, with arts coverage that includes poetry. The only requirement for poetry is excellence. Guidelines available online.
Poetry published by The Nation has been included in The Best American Poetry. Has published poetry by W.S. Merwin, Maxine Kumin, James Merrill, May Swenson, Edward Hirsch, and Charles Simic.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “Please email poems in a single PDF attachment to PoemNationSubmit@gmail.com. Submissions are not accepted from June 1-September 15.”
Department of English, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1 University Blvd., St. Louis MO 63121. E-mail: natural@umsl.edu. Website: www.umsl.edu/~natural. Natural Bridge, published biannually in April and December, invites submissions of poetry, fiction, personal essays, and translations. Acquires first North American rights. Publishes ms 9 months after acceptance. Responds in 4-8 months. Guidelines available online at website.
No longer accepts submissions via e-mail. Accepts submissions through online submission manager and postal mail only.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Seeks “fresh, innovative poetry, both free and formal, on any subject. We want poems that work on first and subsequent readings—poems that entertain and resonate, and challenge our readers.” Submit 4-6 poems at a time. Submit year round; however, “we do not read May 1-August 1. Work is read and selected by the guest-editor and editor, along with editorial assistants made up of graduate students in our MFA program. We publish work by both established and new writers.” Length: no limit. Pays 2 contributor's copies and one-year subscription.
P.O. Box 368, Westfield MA 01085. E-mail: naugatuckriver@aol.com. Website: naugatuckriverreview.wordpress.com. Contact: Lori Desrosiers, managing editor and publisher. Naugatuck River Review, published semiannually (summer issue online, winter issue in print), “is a literary journal looking for narrative poetry of high caliber, where the narrative is compressed with a strong emotional core.” Acquires first North American serial rights. Publishes ms 1-3 months after acceptance. Responds in 2-5 months. Always sends prepublication galleys. Guidelines available in magazine and on website.
Accepts submissions through online submission form only.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 3 poems. Prefers unpublished poems. Accepts online submissions through submission manager only; no e-mail, fax, or disk submissions. Include a brief bio and mailing information. Reads submissions January 1-March 1 and July 1-September 1 for contest (fee). Length: up to 50 lines/poem. Pays 1 contributor's copy.
HOW TO CONTACT Write us at naugatuckriver@aol.com with questions, not submissions.
CONTEST/AWARD OFFERINGS Submissions made July 1-September 1 are entered into annual contest, which offers $1,350 total in prizes.
TIPS “What is narrative poetry? What NRR is looking for are poems that tell a story or have a strong sense of story. They can be stories of a moment or an experience, and can be personal or historical. A good narrative poem that would work for our journal has a compressed narrative, and we prefer poems that take up 2 pages or less of the journal. Any style of poem is considered, including prose poems. Poems with very long lines don’t fit well in the 6x9 format.”
Arkansas Tech University, Department of English, Russellville AR 72801. E-mail: nebo@atu.edu. E-mail: nebo@atu.edu. Website: www.atu.edu/worldlanguages/Nebo.php. Contact: Editor. Nebo, published in the spring and fall, publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama, comics, and art from Arkansas Tech students and unpublished writers as well as nationally known writers. Acquires one-time rights. Publishes mss 3-6 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 weeks-4 months to mss. Occasionally comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $6. Subscriptions: $10. Guidelines available on website.
Reads submissions August 15-May 1.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts all forms of poetry. Submit up to 5 poems by e-mail or postal mail.
TIPS “Avoid pretentiousness. Write something you genuinely care about. Please edit your work for spelling, grammar, cohesiveness, and overall purpose. Many of the mss we receive should be publishable with a little polishing. Mss should never be submitted handwritten or on 'onion skin' or colored paper.”
NEON MAGAZINEE-mail: info@neonmagazine.co.uk. E-mail: subs@neonmagazine.co.uk. Website: www.neonmagazine.co.uk. Contact: Krishan Coupland. Twice-yearly online and print magazine featuring alternative work of any form of poetry and prose, short stories, flash fiction, artwork, and reviews. “Neon sits on the edge of horror and science-fiction, but with strong literary leanings. If you have a taste for the magical realist or uncanny, Neon is the magazine for you.” Buys one-time rights. “After publication all rights revert back to you.” Responds in 6 months. Query if you have not received a reply after 6 months. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “No nonsensical poetry; we are not appreciative of sentimentality. Rhyming poetry is discouraged.” No word limit. Pays royalties.
TIPS “Send several poems, 1-2 pieces of prose, or several images via form e-mail. Include the word 'submission' in your subject line. Include a short biographical note (up to 100 words). Read submission guidelines before submitting your work.”
369 Molino Ave., Mill Valley CA 94941. Website: www.newamericanwriting.com. Contact: Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover, editors. New American Writing is a literary magazine emphasizing contemporary American poetry. It appears once a year in early June. The magazine is distinctive for publishing a range of innovative writing. Responds in 2 weeks-6 months. Sample copy: $15. Guidelines available online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Reading period: September 1-January 15. Submit via postal mail.
THE NEW CRITERION900 Broadway, Ste. 602, New York NY 10003. Website: www.newcriterion.com. Contact: Roger Kimball, editor and publisher; David Yezzi, poetry editor. “A monthly review of the arts and intellectual life, The New Criterion began as an experiment in critical audacity—a publication devoted to engaging, in Matthew Arnold’s famous phrase, with 'the best that has been thought and said.' This also meant engaging with those forces dedicated to traducing genuine cultural and intellectual achievement, whether through obfuscation, politicization, or a commitment to nihilistic absurdity. We are proud that The New Criterion has been in the forefront both of championing what is best and most humanely vital in our cultural inheritance and in exposing what is mendacious, corrosive, and spurious. Published monthly from September through June, The New Criterion brings together a wide range of young and established critics whose common aim is to bring you the most incisive criticism being written today.”
The New Criterion is 90 pages, 7x10, flat-spined. Single copy: $12.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Has published poetry by Donald Justice, Andrew Hudgins, Elizabeth Spires, and Herbert Morris.
University of Louisiana English Dept., Baton Rouge LA 70803. Website: ndrmag.org. “We seek vivid and exciting work from new and established writers. We have published fiction from writers such as National Book Award finalist Patricia Smith, Pushcart Prize winner Stacey Richter, and former poet laureate Billy Collins.” Acquires first North American serial rights, electronic rights. Responds in 3 weeks to queries; 3 months to mss. Rarely comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $7.
Semiannual. Editors change every year; check website. Online only. New Delta Review also sponsors the Matt Clark Prizes for fiction and poetry, the annual Ryan Gibbs Awards for short fiction and photography, and an annual chapbook contest. Work from the magazine has been included in the Pushcart Prize anthology.
MAGAZINES NEEDS “New Delta Review believes in straddling the line between beautiful and ugly, fearless and utterly terrified. We want you to challenge traditional notions of lyricism. Be quite sure you have done all that you can for lyricism and that it has done all that it can for you. No static poems here—no static anywhere!—unless it is the lightning between the sheets of your stanzas, and then, please, by all means. And when you have dissected the meaning of timbre and splayed its innards on your pages, send that poem to us.”
TIPS “Our staff is open-minded and youthful. We base decisions on merit, not reputation. The ms that's most enjoyable to read gets the nod. Be bold, take risks, surprise us.”
NEW ENGLAND REVIEWMiddlebury College, Middlebury VT 05753. (802)443-5075. E-mail: nereview@middlebury.edu. Website: www.nereview.com. Contact: Marcia Parlow, managing editor. New England Review is a prestigious, nationally distributed literary journal. Reads September 1-May 31 (postmarked dates). New England Review is 200+ pages, 7x10, printed on heavy stock, flat-spined, with glossy cover with art. Receives 3,000-4,000 poetry submissions/year, accepts about 70-80 poems/year. Receives 550 unsolicited mss/month, accepts 6 mss/issue, 24 fiction mss/year. Does not accept mss June-August, December-January. Agented fiction less than 5%. Buys first North American serial rights, first rights, second serial (reprint) rights. Sends galleys to author. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; in 3 months to mss. Sometimes comments on rejected mss. Sample copy: $10 (add $5 for overseas). Subscription: $35. Overseas shipping fees add $25 for subscription, $12 for Canada. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 6 poems at a time. No previously published or simultaneous submissions for poetry. Accepts submissions by online submission manager only; accepts questions by e-mail. “Cover letters are useful.” Address submissions to “Poetry Editor.” Pays $20/page ($20 minimum), and 2 contributor's copies.
ALSO OFFERS NER pays $50 per published online essay in their digital series “Confluences," works of 500-1,000 words. Submission details appear online.
TIPS “We consider short fiction, including short shorts, novellas, and self-contained extracts from novels in both traditional and experimental forms. In nonfiction, we consider a variety of general and literary but not narrowly scholarly essays; we also publish long and short poems, screenplays, graphics, translations, critical reassessments, statements by artists working in various media, testimonies, and letters from abroad. We are committed to exploration of all forms of contemporary cultural expression in the U.S. and abroad. With few exceptions, we print only work not published previously elsewhere.”
NEW LETTERSUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City, 5101 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City MO 64110. (816)235-1168. Fax: (816)235-2611. E-mail: newletters@umkc.edu. Website: www.newletters.org. Contact: Robert Stewart, editor-in-chief. “New Letters, published quarterly, continues to seek the best new writing, whether from established writers or those ready and waiting to be discovered. In addition, it supports those writers, readers, and listeners who want to experience the joy of writing that can both surprise and inspire us all.” Submissions are not read May 1 through October 1. Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 month to queries; 5 months to mss. Editorial lead time 6 months. Sample copy: $10; sample articles online. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS No light verse. Length: open. Pays $10-25.
TIPS “We aren't interested in essays that are footnoted or essays usually described as scholarly or critical. Our preference is for creative nonfiction or personal essays. We prefer shorter stories and essays to longer ones (an average length is 3,500-4,000 words). We have no rigid preferences as to subject, style, or genre, although commercial efforts tend to put us off. Even so, our only fixed requirement is good writing.”
Journal of Contemporary Literature, Murray State University, Department of English and Philosophy, 7C Faculty Hall, Murray KY 42071-3341. (270)809-4730. E-mail: msu.newmadrid@murraystate.edu. Website: newmadridjournal.org. Contact: Ann Neelon, editor; Jacque E. Day, managing editor. “New Madrid is the national journal of the low-residency MFA program at Murray State University. It takes its name from the New Madrid seismic zone, which falls within the central Mississippi Valley and extends through western Kentucky.” Acquires first North American serial rights. Publication is copyrighted. Responds within three months of close of reading period. Guidelines available on website.
See website for guidelines and upcoming themes. “We have 2 reading periods, August 15-October 15 and January 15-March 15.” Also publishes poetry and creative nonfiction. Rarely comments on/critiques rejected mss.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Accepts submissions by online submissions manager only. Include brief bio, list of publications. Considers multiple submissions.
TIPS “Quality is the determining factor for breaking into New Madrid. We are looking for well-crafted, compelling writing in a range of genres, forms, and styles.”
NEW OHIO REVIEWEnglish Department, 79 S. Court St.; Lindley Hall, Ohio University, Athens OH 45701. (740)707-3191. E-mail: noreditors@ohio.edu. Website: www.ohiou.edu/nor. Contact: David Wanczyk, editor. New Ohio Review, published biannually in spring and fall, publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Member CLMP. Reading period is September 15-December 15 and January 15-April 15. Annual contests, Jan 15th-Apr 15th ($1,000 prizes). Responds in 2-4 months. Single copy: $9. Subscription: $16. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Please do not submit more than once every 6 months unless requested to do so.
NEW ORLEANS REVIEWBox 195, Loyola University, New Orleans LA 70118. (504)865-2295. E-mail: noreview@loyno.edu. Website: neworleansreview.org. Contact: Heidi Braden, managing editor; Mark Yakich, fiction editor. New Orleans Review is an annual journal of contemporary literature and culture, publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, photography, film, and book reviews. Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Responds in 4 months to mss. Sample copy: $5.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit using online submissions manager ($3 fee).
TIPS “We're looking for dynamic writing that demonstrates attention to the language and a sense of the medium, writing that engages, surprises, moves us. We're not looking for genre fiction or academic articles. We subscribe to the belief that in order to truly write well, one must first master the rudiments: grammar and syntax, punctuation, the sentence, the paragraph, the line, the stanza. We receive about 3,000 mss a year and publish about 3% of them. Check out a recent issue, send us your best, proofread your work, be patient, be persistent.”
THE NEW QUARTERLYSt. Jerome's University, 290 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo ON N2L 3G3, Canada. (519)884-8111, ext. 28290. E-mail: editor@tnq.ca; info@tnq.ca. Website: www.tnq.ca. Sophie Blom. “Emphasis on emerging writers and genres, but we publish more traditional work as well if the language and narrative structure are fresh.” Open to Canadian writers only. Reading periods: March 1-August 31; September 1-February 28. Buys first Canadian rights. Pays on publication. Responds in early January to submissions received March 1-August 31; in early June to submissions received September 1-February 28. Editorial lead time 6 months. Sample copy: $16.95 (cover price, plus mailing). Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Canadian work only. Send with submission cover sheet and bio. Does not accept submissions by e-mail. Accepts simultaneoues submissions if indicated in cover letter. Pays $40/poem
TIPS “Reading us is the best way to get our measure. We don't have preconceived ideas about what we're looking for other than that it must be Canadian work (Canadian writers, not necessarily Canadian content). We want something that's fresh, something that will repay a second reading, something in which the language soars and the feeling is complexly rendered.”
Georgia State University, Campus Box 1894, MSC 8R0322 Unit 8, Atlanta GA 30303-3083. E-mail: newsoutheditors@gmail.com. Website: www.newsouthjournal.com. Semiannual magazine dedicated to finding and publishing the best work from artists around the world. Wants original voices searching to rise above the ordinary. Seeks to publish high-quality work, regardless of genre, form, or regional ties. New South is 160+ pages. Press run is 1,500, and free to GSU students. The New South Annual Writing Contest offers $1,000 for the best poem and $1,000 for the best story or essay; one-year subscription to all who submit. Submissions must be unpublished. Submit up to 3 poems, 1 story, or 1 essay on any subject or in any form. Guidelines available online. Competition receives 300 entries. Past judges include Sharon Olds, Jane Hirschfield, Anthony Hecht, Phillip Levine, Mark Doty, and Jake Adam York. Winners will be published in the Fall issue. Acquires first North American serial rights. Time between acceptance and publication is 3-5 months. Responds in 3-5 months. Sample: $4 (back issue). Single copy: $6; subscription: $9/year. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems at a time through Submittable. Pays 2 contributor's copies.
TIPS “We want what's new, what's fresh, and what's different—whether it comes from the Southern United States, the South of India, or the North, East or West of Anywhere.”
THE NEW VERSE NEWSTangerang, Indonesia. E-mail: nvneditor@gmail.com. Website: www.newversenews.com. Contact: James Penha, editor. The New Verse News, published online and updated every day, has a clear liberal bias but will consider various visions and views. Acquires first rights. Rights revert to poet upon publication. Normally, poems are published immediately upon acceptance. Responds in 1-2 weeks. Does not comment on rejected poems. Timely poems may be published immediately. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants previously unpublished poems, both serious and satirical, on current events and topical issues; will also consider prose poems. Accepts only non-simultaneous e-mail submissions (pasted into body of message); use “Verse News Submission" as the subject line; no postal submissions. Send brief bio. Reads submissions year round. Poems are circulated to an editorial board. Receives about 3,000 poems/year; accepts about 365. Does not want work unrelated to the news. No length restrictions. No financial remuneration.
TIPS “Take a look at the website to get to know the kind of poetry published.”
NEW WELSH REVIEWP.O. Box 170, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 1 WZ, United Kingdom. 01970-628410. E-mail: editor@newwelshreview.com. E-mail: submissions@newwelshreview.com. Website: www.newwelshreview.com. Contact: Gwen Davies, editor. “New Welsh Review, a literary magazine published 3 times/year and ranked in the top 5 British literary magazines, publishes stories, poems, and critical essays. The best of Welsh writing in English, past and present, is celebrated, discussed, and debated. We seek poems, short stories, reviews, special features/articles, and commentary.”
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit by e-mail. Pays direct to account or sends check on publication and 1 copy at discounted contributor's rate of £5 inc p&p.”
THE NEW YORKER1 World Trade Center, New York NY 10007. E-mail: themail@newyorker.com. E-mail: poetry@newyorker.com. Website: www.newyorker.com. Contact: David Remnick, editor in chief. A quality weekly magazine of distinct news stories, articles, essays, and poems for a literate audience. Pays on acceptance. Responds in 3 months to mss. Subscription: $59.99/year (47 issues), $29.99 for 6 months (23 issues).
The New Yorker receives approximately 4,000 submissions per month.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 6 poems at a time by e-mail (as PDF attachment) or mail (address to Poetry Department). Pays top rates.
TIPS “Be lively, original, not overly literary. Write what you want to write, not what you think the editor would like.”
International Journal of Prose and Poetry, University of Tulsa, 800 S. Tucker Dr., Tulsa OK 74104-3189. (918)631-3080. Fax: (918)631-3033. E-mail: nimrod@utulsa.edu. Website: www.utulsa.edu/nimrod. Contact: Eilis O'Neal, editor-in-chief; Cassidy McCants, associate editor. Since its founding in 1956 at The University of Tulsa, Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry’s mission has been the discovery, development, and promotion of new writing. On a national and international scale, Nimrod helps new writers find their audiences through publication in our semiannual journal. We offer new and promising work that may be unfamiliar to readers, such as writing from countries not well represented in the American mainstream, writing in translation, and writing from people of under-represented ages, races, and sexual identities. On a personal scale, we continue our longstanding dedication to a full review of every submission to Nimrod by at least two readers from our Editorial Board. We also remain committed to responding personally to the hundreds of submissions we receive, often offering direct editorial feedback geared to helping writers expand their craft. Nimrod supports and defends the literary tradition of small magazines, spotlighting lesser-known poets and writers and providing foundations for their literary careers. We promote a living literature, believing that it is possible to search for, recognize, and reward contemporary writing of imagination, substance, and skill. Semiannual magazine: 200 pages; perfect-bound; 4-color cover. Receives 300 unsolicited mss/month. Publishes 50-120 new writers/year. Reading period: January 1 through November 30. Online submissions accepted at nimrodjournal.submittable.com/submit. Does not accept submissions by -mail unless the writer is living outside the U.S. and cannot submit using the submissions manager. Buys first North American rights. Responds in 3-5 months to mss. Sample copy: $11. Subscription: $18.50/year U.S., $25.00/year outside U.S. Guidelines online or for SASE.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poems by mail or through the online submissions manager. Include SASE for work submitted by mail. Length: up to 7 pages. Pays 2 contributor's copies.
NINTH LETTERDepartment of English, University of Illinois, 608 S. Wright St., Urbana IL 61801. E-mail: info@ninthletter.com; editor@ninthletter.com; fiction@ninthletter.com; poetry@ninthletter.com; nonfiction@ninthletter.com. Website: www.ninthletter.com. Contact: Editorial staff rotates; contact genre-specific e-mail address with inquiries. “Ninth Letter accepts submissions of fiction, poetry, and essays from September 1-February 28 (postmark dates). Ninth Letter is published semiannually at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. We are interested in prose and poetry that experiment with form, narrative, and nontraditional subject matter, as well as more traditional literary work.” Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication.
Ninth Letter won Best New Literary Journal 2005 from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) and has had poetry selected for Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize, Best New Poets, and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-6 poems (no more than 10 pages) at a time. “All mailed submissions must include an SASE for reply.” Pays $25/printed page and 2 contributor's copies.
ALSO OFFERS Member: CLMP; CELJ.
E-mail: nitewritersliteraryarts@gmail.com. Website: sites.google.com/site/nitewriterinternational/home. Contact: John Thompson. Nite-Writer's International Literary Arts Journal is “dedicated to the emotional intellectual with a creative perception of life.” Retains first North American serial rights. Copyright reverts to author upon publication. Guidelines available on website. Does not pay authors but offers international exposure to the individual artist.
Journal is open to beginners as well as professionals.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants strong imagery. Considers previously published poems and simultaneous submissions (note when and where your work has been published). Cover letter is preferred. “Give brief bio, state where you heard of us, state if material has been previously published and where.” Receives about 1,000 poems/year, accepts about 10-15%. Has published poetry by Lyn Lifshin, Rose Marie Hunold, Peter Vetrano, Carol Frances Brown, and Richard King Perkins II. Does not want porn or violence. Length: open.
TIPS “Read a lot of what you write—study the market. Don't fear rejection, but use it as a learning tool to strengthen your work before resubmitting.”
E-mail: editors@thenormalschool.com. Website: thenormalschool.com. Contact: Sophie Beck, managing editor. Semiannual magazine that accepts outstanding work by beginning and established writers. Acquires first North American serial rights. Publication is copyrighted. Publishes ms 3-6 months after acceptance. Responds in 2 months. Sample copy: $7. Guidelines available online.
Mss are read September 1-December 1 and January 15-April 15. Address submissions to the appropriate editor. Charges $3 fee for each online submission, due to operational costs.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Considers poetry of any style. “Limit the number of cat poems (unless, of course, they are really, really good cat poems).” Pays 2 contributor's copies and one-year subscription.
NORTH AMERICAN REVIEWUniversity of Northern Iowa, 1222 W. 27th St., Cedar Falls IA 50614. (319)273-6455. E-mail: nar@uni.edu. Website: northamericanreview.org. “The North American Review is the oldest literary magazine in America and one of the most respected; though we have no prejudices about the subject matter of material sent to us, our first concern is quality.” Buys first North American serial rights, first rights. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 3 months to queries; 4 months to mss. Sample copy: $7. Guidelines available online.
This is the oldest literary magazine in the country and one of the most prestigious. Also one of the most entertaining—and a tough market for the young writer.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit up to 5 poems via online submissions manager.
TIPS “We like stories that start quickly and have a strong narrative arc. Poems that are passionate about subject, language, and image are welcome, whether they are traditional or experimental, whether in formal or free verse (closed or open form). Nonfiction should combine art and fact with the finest writing.”
NORTH CAROLINA LITERARY REVIEWEast Carolina University, Mailstop 555 English, Greenville NC 27858-4353. (252)328-1537. Fax: (252)328-4889. E-mail: bauerm@ecu.edu; nclruser@ecu.edu. E-mail: nclrsubmissions@ecu.edu. Website: www.nclr.ecu.edu. Contact: Margaret Bauer. “Articles should have a North Carolina slant. Fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry accepted through yearly contests. First consideration is always for quality of work. Although we treat academic and scholarly subjects, we do not wish to see jargon-laden prose; our readers, we hope, are found as often in bookstores and libraries as in academia. We seek to combine the best elements of a magazine for serious readers with the best of a scholarly journal.” Accepts submissions through Submittable. Acquires first North American serial rights. Rights returned to writer after publication. Publishes ms an average of 1 year after acceptance. Responds in 1 month to queries; in 3-6 months to mss. Editorial lead time 6 months. Sample copy: $5-25. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit poetry for the James Applewhite Poetry Prize competition via Submittable. Only subscribers can submit, and all poets must have a North Carolina connection. Submit up to 3 poems with a one-year subscription ($15), or up to 5 poems with a two-year subscription ($25). First-place winners of contests receive a prize of $250. Other poets whose poems are selected for publication receive contributor's copies.
TIPS “By far the easiest way to break in is with special issue sections. We are especially interested in reports on conferences, readings, meetings that involve North Carolina writers, and personal essays or short narratives with a strong sense of place. See back issues for other departments. Interviews are probably the other easiest place to break in; no discussions of poetics/theory, etc., except in reader-friendly (accessible) language. Interviews should be personal, more like conversations, and extensive, exploring connections between a writer's life and his or her work.”
University of North Dakota, 276 Centennial Dr. Stop 7209, Merrifield Hall Room 15, Grand Forks ND 58202. (701)777-3322. E-mail: ndq@und.edu. Website: www.ndquarterly.org. Contact: William Caraher, editor; Gilad Elbom, fiction editor; Heidi Czerwiec, poetry editor; Sharon Carson, book reviews editor. North Dakota Quarterly strives to publish the best fiction, poetry, and essays that in our estimation we can. Our tastes and interests are best reflected in what we have been recently publishing, and we suggest that you look at some current issues for guidance. Buys first North American serial rights and rights to publish electronically on website. Pays only in contributors' copies. Guidelines online: https://ndquarterly.submittable.com/submit
Work published in North Dakota Quarterly was selected for inclusion in The O. Henry Prize Stories, The Pushcart Prize Series, and Best American Essays.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Send 3-5 pages of your best work. No preference with regard to form, style, as long as the content isn't lame and the language works. Published and unpublished poets are welcome, as are translations from across the globe. We are digitally capable for the performance oriented, so send video if the body is your best medium. Editors enjoy everything from Sappho to Mayakovsky, from Dante to Anzaldúa. No simultaneous submissions. No length restrictions.
NOTRE DAME REVIEWUniversity of Notre Dame, B009C McKenna Hall, Notre Dame IN 46556. Website: ndreview.nd.edu. “The Notre Dame Review is an independent, noncommercial magazine of contemporary American and international fiction, poetry, criticism, and art. Especially interested in work that takes on big issues by making the invisible seen, that gives voice to the voiceless. In addition to showcasing celebrated authors like Seamus Heaney and Czelaw Milosz, the Notre Dame Review introduces readers to authors they may have never encountered before but who are doing innovative and important work. In conjunction with the Notre Dame Review, the online companion to the printed magazine, the nd[re]view, engages readers as a community centered in literary rather than commercial concerns, a community we reach out to through critique and commentary as well as aesthetic experience.” Buys first North American serial rights. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6 months after acceptance. Responds in 4 or more months to mss. Sample copy: $6. Guidelines online.
Does not accept e-mail submissions. Only reads hardcopy submissions September through November and January through March.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit 3-5 poems via online submissions manager.
TIPS “Excellence is our sole criteria for selection, although we are especially interested in fiction and poetry that take on big issues.”
The Appalachian Magazine, East Tennessee State University, Box 70556, Johnson City TN 37614-1707. (423)439-5348. Fax: (423)439-7074. E-mail: nowandthen@etsu.edu; sandersr@etsu.edu. Website: www.etsu.edu/cas/cass/nowandthen. Contact: Randy Sanders, managing editor. Now & Then accepts a variety of writing genres: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, essays, interviews, memoirs, and book reviews. All submissions must relate to Appalachia and to the issue's specific theme. Readership is educated and interested in the region. Sample copy: $8 plus $3 shipping.
"At this time, the magazine is in the process of transitioning to an online-only publication. Therefore, we are currently not accepting submissions. Follow our progress by visiting the Now & Then website at www.etsu.edu/cas/cass/nowandthen.”
E-mail: submissions@nthzine.com. Website: www.nthzine.com. Contact: Michael D. Pederson. Free online fanzine to promote up-and-coming new science fiction and fantasy authors and artists. Also supports the world of fandom and conventions. No longer accepts hard copy submissions. Acquires one-time rights. Responds in 2 weeks to queries; 3 months to mss. Online e-zine; copies available upon request. Guidelines online.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Submit through e-mail. Looking for poetry about science fiction, fantasy, horror, alternate history, well-crafted mystery, and humor. Pays in contributor's copies.
TIPS “Don't submit anything that you may be ashamed of 10 years later.”
Website: www.nuthousemagazine.com. Nuthouse, published every 3 months, uses humor of all kinds, including homespun and political. Acquires one-time rights. Publishes ms 6-12 months after acceptance. Responds in 1 month. Sample: $1.50. Make checks payable to Twin Rivers Press. Guidelines for #10 SASE.
Nuthouse is 12 pages, digest-sized, photocopied from desktop-published originals. Receives about 500 poems/year, accepts about 100. Press run is 100. Subscription: $5 for 4 issues.
MAGAZINES NEEDS Wants “humorous verse; virtually all genres considered.” Has published poetry by Holly Day, Daveed Garstenstein-Ross, and Don Webb. Send complete ms with SASE and cover letter. Include bio (paragraph) and list of publications. No e-mail submissions. Pays 1 contributor's copy per poem.