trying to decide where to submit your work? check this out

the 2014 pushcart prize rankings are now available for fiction, nonfiction and poetry writing.

literary magazines focused on fairytale / myth poetry and fiction

Goblin Fruit

The Fairytale Review

Scheherezade's Bequest

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Literary Magazines focused on Undergraduate Writers

Adroit Journal
A  literary magazine run entirely by high school and college students. Adroint publishes poetry, fiction, flash fiction, art/photography, and cross-genre works with separate submissions for "adults" and those "under the age of 21."

Allegheny Review
Only accepts submissions from currently enrolled undergraduates (which could include dual-enrolled high school students). This will link to their temporary web site - their way-cool site crashed. Stay tuned for updates.

The Blue Route
An online magazine of undergraduate fiction and poetry, published biannually by Windener University.

Catfish Creek
Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction journal from Loras College. Any student currently registered in an undergraduate program is eligible to submit writing.

First Inkling
A publication of writing from students in accredited colleges or universities at the community college, undergrad, graduate, or post doctorate level around the world.

Literary Laundry
An online publication of poetry, prose, and drama. Each issue the editors select works written by undergraduates for outstanding award as well as cash prizes.

North Central ReviewThe North Central Review is one of only a handful of literary journals publishing exclusively the writings and works of undergraduate students. The North Central Review considers all genres, including short fiction, poetry, drama, creative nonfiction, and mixed genre pieces. Submission deadlines Oct 15 and Feb 15.

The Oval
The Oval is an undergraduate-run, non-profit annual literary journal at the University of Montana. They accept previously unpublished poetry, prose, and visual art by currently enrolled undergraduates nationwide.

Pegasus
A regional journal, focused only on Georgia writers who are of high school age or who are freshman or sophomores in Georgia colleges.

Polaris
The undergraduate journal of arts and literature of Ohio Northern University is now accepts submissions for poetry, fiction, visual art, and nonfiction only from undergraduate students worldwide.

Prairie Margins
Prairie Margins is an undergraduate publication at Bowling Green State University. Our reading dates are between September and December. Accepts submissions of unpublished poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

A River & Sound Review
If you are between the ages 14 and 21 and enjoy writing, please submit your poems, stories, or essays to be considered for reading at an upcoming live production. "Writers may submit up to three poems, or an essay or story up to 1,000 words in length. Selection of the work will be based on the literary merit of the submission and its appropriateness for our program. Due to our production schedule and limited staff, it may take us up to three months to notify you of our acceptance of your submission."

The Susquehanna Review
Susquehanna University's nationally distributed student-run annual literary magazine contains riginal ficiton, creative nonfiction, and poetry by undergraduate writers currently attending an accredited university in the United States.

Zaum
a literary and art magazine providing college students a venue for publishing their  poetry, prose, fiction and visual artwork. The magazine is distributed and produced by students at Sonoma State University in California.

Literary Magazines Worth Submitting To

Confused about where to send your poems and short stories? check out this article on literary magazines: Literary Magazines: Old School, New School, and Ones that Pay Cash

a wonderful and incredibly thorough guide to publishing in literary magazines

Whatever genre you write, I encourage you to check out The Writer's Studio Guide to Publishing in Literary Magazines and Entering Contests. It covers everything from what is a literary magazine to handling rejection--an excellent guide for beginners.

Southern Literary Magazines

If you are looking for literary magazines to submit to that are a little more close to home, Check out the Review Review's list of Southern Lit Mags.

Pushcart Prize Ranking of Literary Magazines (2013)

the 2013 Pushcart Prize Ranking of Literary Magazines (Poetry)

The Marks of Oft-Rejected Poems

The Indiana Review editors reveal 5 marks of a poems they typically reject--a must-read if you are interested in submitting there!

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A List of Competitive Literary Magazines

Agni
Alaska Quarterly Review
American Poetry Review
Antioch
Arts and Letters
Barrow Street
Bellingham Review
Beloit Poetry Journal
Blackbird
Boulevard
Cerise Press
Chattahoochee Review
Cincinnati Review
Columbia Poetry Review
Connecticut Review
Cortland Review
Crazyhorse
epoch
Fence
Five Points
Georgia Review
Gettysburg Review
Green Mountains Review
Greensboro Review
Gulf Coast
Harpers Magazine
Hayden's Ferry Review
Hudson Review
Image
Kenyon Review
Massachusetts Review
Meridian
Mid-American Review
Missouri Review
New England Review
New Ohio Review
North American Review
Ploughshares
Poetry
Post Road Magazine
Quarterly West
The Pinch
Saint Ann's Review
Salmagundi
Sewanee Review
Shenandoah
Slate
Sou'Wester
Southern Review
Southwest Review
Stirring
storySouth
Subtropics
The Atlantic
Threepenny Review
Turnrow
Triquarterly
Virginia Quarterly Review
Witness
Yemassee
West Branch

Lists of Literary Magazines

1} The Review Review's list of journals that review poetry


2} Joanne Merriam's composite list of journals, ranked

3} John Fox's list of journals that accept electronic submissions

4} 2012 Pushcart Prize rankings 2012

5} Jeffrey Bahr's list of print journals from most difficult to least

6} a list of journals that read in the summer: Here, here and Here

7} journals that only publish poetry

8} print journals that accept online submissions