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Literary magazines with one week's response time

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36 literary magazines which respond within a week


By Sandeep Kumar Mishra


This is a list of 36 literary magazines/journals that have a response time of less than a week after receiving submissions. These are based on my own experience as a writer. They range from literary fiction to non-fiction and include science fiction and fantasy, popular non-fiction, politics, flash fiction, reviews, humour, social issues, the economy, lifestyle, horror, artwork and much more. All of them will usually respond within a week, although they may occasionally take a little longer at certain times of year.


Scarymommy.com
Submission Deadlines: No
Payment: None
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Relatable and general humor material, lists and short essays (under 900 words)

Threepenny Review
Submission Deadlines: No
Payment: $400 per story or article, $200 per poem
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Poetry, flash fiction, non-fiction, hybrids, reviews and artwork

Kelsaybooks.com
Submission Deadlines: No
Payment: None
Submission Fee: $20
Genres: Poetry

Afterthepause.com
Submission Deadlines: Year Round
Payment: None
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Poetry, flash fiction and artwork

Nightmare-magazine
Submission Deadlines: No
Payment: 6 cents per word
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Horror and dark fantasy

Matterpress.com
Submission Deadlines: June 15 - September 15, December 15 - March 15
Payment: $50
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, and even kitchen sinks

Bartleby Snopes
Submission Deadlines: Undecided
Payment: No
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Flash fiction, non-fiction, story

Eunoireview.com
Submission Deadlines: Rolling
Payment: None
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction

One Throne
Submission Deadlines: No
Payment: None
Submission Fee: None
Genres: All genres and all styles

Bopdeadcity.com
Submission Deadlines: Rolling
Payment: None
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Poetry, flash fiction, non-fiction and artwork

Cease, Cows
Submission Deadlines: No
Payment: None
Submission Fee: $3
Genres: Poetry, flash fiction

Wintertangerine.com
Submission Deadlines: Rolling
Payment: None
Submission Fee: Yes
Genres: Poetry, flash fiction, non-fiction, and artwork

Driftwood Press
Submission Deadlines: Rolling
Payment: None
Submission Fee: Yes
Genres: Poetry, craft essays, fiction, reviews, and artwork

Thezodiacreview.com
Submission Deadlines: No
Payment: None
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Slipstream, "hybrid," or "genre-bending" fiction

Gargoyle Magazine
Submission Deadlines: Rolling
Payment: None
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Poetry, fiction, non-fiction, hybrids, reviews

Goldmanreview.com
Submission Deadlines: Open
Payment: None
Submission Fee: None
Genres: All types of writing and art forms

Great Lakes Review
Submission Deadlines: Open
Payment: Copy
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Short fictions, essays and poems that have some relation to the Great Lakes region

Ink In Thirds
Submission Deadlines: Open
Payment: None
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Poetry, fiction, non-fiction, photography

Clarkesworld Magazine
Submission Deadlines: Open
Payment: 10¢ per word for the first 5000 words, 8¢ for each word over 5000
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Science fiction, fantasy and art

Tgaps.net
Submission Deadlines: Open
Payment: Free Copy
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Articles, essays, poetry, interview, review

TheDarkMagazine
Submission Deadlines: No
Payment: 3 cents/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Horror, dark fantasy and artwork

Fundforwriters.com
Submission Deadlines: No
Payment: $50
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Articles about earning as a writer

Writersweekly.com
Submission Deadlines: No
Payment: $60
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Articles on how to make more money doing writing

Theindiannolareview.com
Submission Deadlines: No
Payment: No
Submission Fee: $8
Genres: poetry, fiction, non-fiction, hybrids, reviews, and artwork

Csmonitor.com
Submission Deadlines: No
Payment: $250
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Articles on politics, economy, social issues and lifestyle

Thrushpoetryjournal.com
Submission Deadlines: Rolling
Payment: Non-paying market
Submission Fee: No
Genres: poetry, flash fiction, non-fiction, hybrids.

Wordriot.org
Submission Deadlines: Rolling
Payment: None
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Poetry, flash fiction, non-fiction, reviews, and artwork

Theadroitjournal.org
Submission Deadlines: Rolling
Payment: Non-paying market
Submission Fee: No
Genres: poetry, fiction, non-fiction, reviews and artwork

Alfiedog.com
Submission Deadlines: Rolling
Payment: Depends on downloads
Submission Fee: None
Genres: Flash fiction, story

Chironreview.com
Submission Deadlines: Rolling
Payment: None
Submission Fee: No
Genres: Poetry, flash fiction, non-fiction and story

Yellowchairreview.com
Submission Deadlines: Specific
Payment: Non-paying market
Submission Fee: No
Genres: Poetry, found poetry, flash fiction, non-fiction and art

Byandbylit.org
Submission Deadlines: Year Round
Payment: None
Submission Fee: No
Genres: Poetry

Acumenpoetry.co.uk
Submission Deadlines: Year Round
Payment: None
Submission Fee: No
Genres: Poetry

Mithilareview.com
Submission Deadlines: Year Round
Payment: $10-50
Submission Fee: No
Genres: Speculative fiction and poetry

Randomsamplereview.com
Submission Deadlines: Year Round
Payment: No
Submission Fee: No
Genres: Poetry, found poetry, flash fiction, non-fiction and art

Inertiamagazine.com
Submission Deadlines: Rolling
Payment: No
Submission Fee: No
Genres: Poetry, music, prose

 

Sandeep Kumar Mishra

Sandeep Kumar Mishra is an outsider artist, a poet and a lecturer in English. He has edited a collection of poems -   Pearls (2002), written a professional guide book - How to be (2016) and a collection of poems and art - Feel My Heart (2016), as well as having work published in over 20 online magazines.

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