Literary Magazines That Publish Personal Essays

View Submission Guidelines Showcasing work by prominent as well as emerging Asian Canadian writers, Ricepaper magazine seeks superlative unpublished literary content for our upcoming issues. View Submission Guidelines Submissions for our New Voices category are open year round.Fiction, creative non-fiction, drama and graphic novel should be of 6,000 words or less in length. New Voices are open to any new or emerging author who has not published a work of fiction or narrative nonfiction of novel length.The editors are interested in reviews of small press books, experimental books, and books reflecting diverse cultures.

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New writers can pitch a short story as opposed to a lengthy feature article. The editor is interested in literary fiction, including short stories, short shorts, and novel excerpts up to 6,250 words in length. View Submission Guidelines The Southern Pacific Review features “Latin America’s Best Writing.” The editors seek fiction, poetry, reporting, essays, and criticism.

While based in Santiago, Chile, the magazine accepts material from writers around the globe. View Submission Guidelines Colorado Review publishes short fiction and personal essays with contemporary themes (no genre fiction or literary criticism).

Some differences between this ranking and my Best American Short Stories ranking: the fiction list concentrates on the top journals, while this literary nonfiction one is much more democratic, spreading the wealth of mentions and publications across a far broader span of publications. It could be because the Best American Essays lists far more special mentions than the Best American Stories, letting them highlight lesser known publications.

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What magazines and journals are punching above their weight class?

The big surprises for me were that River Teeth and Southwest Review were ranked so highly, and also Guernica and Normal School made amazing showings.

Authors with short story collections are free to submit. View Submission Guidelines Deep South Magazine accepts original fiction, short stories and shorts, nonfiction and poetry.

All submissions must have a Southern connection, whether the author lives in the South, used to live in the South, has family in the South or was inspired by a visit to the region. View Submission Guidelines New Letters is a quarterly literary journal.

Pays 0 for stories and essays and for poems.

View Submission Guidelines The Rusty Toque accepts unpublished literary writing in the following genres: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, graphic short fiction, and experimental writing. Reviews should be a minimum of 1000-2000 words and should engage in detail with the work in question.