Prairie Schooner
journalUniversity of Nebraska quarterly publishing since 1926; edited for years by Kwame Dawes.
University of Nebraska quarterly publishing since 1926; edited for years by Kwame Dawes.
Los Angeles poetry journal known for accessibility and its Poets Respond series. No fee, pays, fast responses.
A free daily email digest from Rattle delivering one team-selected poem each day, drawn from its print archive, current issue, and the timely 'Poets Respond' series.
Five $27,000 fellowships from the Poetry Foundation for U.S. poets ages 21–31. Applications open each winter.
Suffolk University–based literary magazine (founded 1992) publishing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translation, and art, and running an annual fiction contest and emerging-poet chapbook award.
Louisville nonprofit independent press publishing poetry, short fiction, and essay; discovers new work chiefly through the Morton Prize in Poetry and Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction.
Washington and Lee University's long-running literary journal, now published online twice yearly; pays $100 per poem.
Online poetry and art journal known for a spare, surreal aesthetic, with an annual print anthology and an affiliated chapbook press, Sixth Finch Books.
University of Arizona's MFA-run literary magazine, publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction since 1980, with an active online arm and periodic themed contests.
Monthly online literary magazine publishing flash fiction, fiction, poetry, and memoir, known for a voice-driven, pop-culture-inflected aesthetic and an active contributor-focused blog (Lip Service).
Bucknell's post-MFA fellowship providing a year of stipend, housing, mentorship, and hands-on arts-administration/editorial experience with West Branch and the Stadler Center for Poetry and Literary Arts.
Fully funded residencies for women writers in individual cabins on a retreat property overlooking Cook Inlet in Homer, Alaska.
Weekly submission calls, deadlines, and lit-mag news from the Chill Subs team; free with a paid tier.
Independent, nonprofit poetry-only journal based in Utah, publishing two issues a year including a chapbook series.
College of Charleston literary journal, formerly Crazyhorse (founded 1960, renamed swamp pink in 2022). Publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction twice a year and pays contributors.
Fully funded three-year MFA in fiction and poetry, known for a small, highly selective cohort and a faculty list that has included Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, Mary Karr, and George Saunders.
Online journal with a strong youth mentorship program; a launching pad for early-career poets.
University of Cincinnati literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction twice yearly, plus miCRo, a weekly online series of works 500 words or fewer; pays contributors.