Magazines and Journals
There are many great magazines and journals publishing short fiction, most of them online and accepting submissions. Here are a few of our favourites- all are worth checking out.
Mslexia
Quarterly print and online magazine that provides a mix of debate and analysis, advice and inspiration; news, reviews, interviews; competitions, events, courses, grants.
Action, Yes
Online quarterly magazine featuring short stories, poetry, criticism, visual art and more.
Ambit
Quarterly magazine publishing short fiction, poetry, art and reviews.
Barrelhouse
Site that regularly posts new short fiction, nonfiction and interviews and a print journal featuring fiction, poetry, interviews, and essays about music, art, and popular culture.
CEllA's Round Trip
Literary & visionary journal publishing fiction, poetry, art. Particularly interested in digital art and creative, innovative use of the digital medium.
The Collagist
Monthly online magazine publishing short fiction, poetry, essays, book reviews, and an excerpt from a forthcoming novel. Part of the excellent Dzanc Books.
Conjunctions
Quarterly literary magazine featuring fiction, poetry, interviews, essays and features.
Dogzplot
Quarterly literary journal publishing fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, artwork and photography. Also, host a bi-weekly flash fiction site that features stories under 200 words and a best-of annual anthology.
Everyday Fiction
Online magazine publishing a new story up to 1000 words long every day. See, also, Everyday Poets.
Litro
Monthly literary magazine that publishes new, original short fiction.
Metazen
Online magazine that publishes short fiction and poetry
Monkeybicycle
Monkeybicycle is an online literary journal which is updated on Mondays and Fridays. It is also a print journal, publishing two issues per year.
Pank magazine
Nonprofit literary magazine publishing short fiction, poetry and artwork.
Pulp.Net
Online magazine dedicated to publishing new and original short stories.
Contrary Magazine
Quarterly magazine featuring fiction, poetry, reviews and essays.
SmokeLong Quarterly
Online flash fiction quarterly from widely published authors and those new to the craft.
Tomlit
Online quarterly featuring short stories, poetry, interviews and features.
The Pygmy Giant
Online home for UK flash fiction, non-fiction, poetry under 800 words. Aim to publish something new approximately every other day.
Wigleaf
Online magazine publishing stories under 1000 words fortnightly for 9 months of the year. Also publish a top 50 of the year.
Word Riot
Online magazine publishing short stories, flash fiction, poetry, novel excerpts, creative non-fiction, reviews and interviews.
