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  1. This is PM Test page. Ignore it :-)
    Closes todayN13.2 Test · Fee: Free · Pays: $10000000000000000000
  2. Dorveille Literary Magazine
    Open until Nov 15Issue 1: Eternal · Fee: Free · Pays: No monetary payment reported for Issue 1.
  3. Gnome & Bone Magazine
    Open until Nov 15Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  4. IHRAM Press
    Open until Nov 15Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $50 per accepted piece
  5. JMWW
    Open until Nov 15Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: No monetary payment.
  6. LIT eZINE Magazine
    Open until Nov 15Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  7. MicroLit
    Open until Nov 15Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  8. redrosethorns journal
    Open until Nov 15Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  9. Riddle Fence
    Open until Nov 15Poetry — free Issue 60 window · Fee: Free · Pays: $50 per published page (currency not specified on the guidelines page)
  10. Tension Literary
    Open until Nov 15Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  11. Ugly People Literary Magazine
    Open until Nov 15Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  12. TRU DAT lit mag
    Open until Nov 19Poetry (issue 3) · Fee: Free · Pays: Joke payment (North Korean won); best 13 poems of the year get a tin of fish
  13. Rosetta Literary
    Open until Nov 20Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  14. Usawa Literary Review
    Open until Nov 20Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: INR 1,000 ($12) per accepted piece; payments currently to Indian bank accounts, other options discussed for writers outside India
  15. WayWords
    Open until Nov 20Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Digital contributor copy
  16. astroflakes (Moonflake Press)
    Open until Nov 21Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  17. Moonflake Press
    Open until Nov 21Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  18. Artists from Maryland
    Open until Nov 22Poetry (Issue 3) · Fee: Free · Pays: None for Issue 3
  19. MudRoom
    Open until Nov 25Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $15
  20. Headlight Anthology
    Open until Nov 27Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  21. Northern Gravy
    Open until Nov 29Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: £100 per accepted submission.
  22. Black Fox Literary Magazine
    Open until Nov 30Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $20 per contributor via PayPal; physical contributor copies are not supplied.
  23. BlinkerLit
    Open until Nov 30Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: One contributor copy (postage paid by contributors outside the USA)
  24. BlinkerLit
    Open until Nov 30Hope themed issue (poetry, prose, art) · Fee: Free
  25. Bog Matter
    Open until Nov 30Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $0.02/word ($5 minimum) plus two print copies
  26. Common House Magazine
    Open until Nov 30Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: No payment for Issue 8
  27. Haven Speculative
    Open until Nov 30General submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $20 per poem
  28. Long Poem Magazine
    Open until Nov 30Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  29. Mantis
    Open until Nov 30New Poetry · Fee: Free · Pays: No monetary payment. Contributors receive a copy of the print journal.
  30. Mantis
    Open until Nov 30Poetry in Translation · Fee: Free · Pays: No monetary payment. Contributors receive a copy of the print journal.
  31. NonBinary Review
    Open until Nov 30NonBinary Review · Fee: Free · Pays: Not stated for NonBinary Review on the guidelines page
  32. Roses and Wildflowers
    Open until Nov 30Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $5 per poem on acceptance
  33. The Dead Vulture Review
    Open until Nov 30Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  34. Tint Journal
    Open until Nov 30Poetry — Tint Spring ’27 (Issue 17) · Fee: Free
  35. Baltimore Review
    Open until Dec 1 Poetry Submissions · Fee: Free
  36. Baltimore Review
    Open until Dec 1 Poetry Submissions · Fee: Free
  37. Madwomen in the Attic
    Open until Dec 1The Featured Writer Project · Fee: Free · Pays: None; MITA is volunteer-run and cannot offer financial compensation.
  38. Months to Years
    Open until Dec 1Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  39. MSU Libraries Short Édition
    Open until Dec 1Themed issue: Epiphany · Fee: Free
  40. The Turning Leaf Journal
    Open until Dec 1Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  41. Still Here Magazine
    Open until Dec 5Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  42. Liminal Lit
    Open until Dec 7Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Every published contributor receives a $100 honorarium, paid by PayPal, Wise, Venmo, Zelle, or another method you choose.
  43. Superpresent Magazine
    Open until Dec 10Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  44. The Bokeh Review
    Open until Dec 10Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: One piece per issue receives a $20 award
  45. The Orichalcum Tower Review
    Open until Dec 10Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  46. New Writing Scotland
    Open until Dec 13Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: £50 for the first page, £25 per subsequent page
  47. 45th Parallel
    Open until Dec 15Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  48. Book of Matches
    Open until Dec 15Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  49. DSTL Arts
    Open until Dec 15Conchas y Café Zine · Fee: Free · Pays: One contributor copy for accepted work
  50. The Caribbean Writer
    Open until Dec 19Volume 41 submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Not stated for poetry; all submissions are eligible for annual prizes (Daily News Prize, Marvin E. Williams Literary Prize, Vincent Cooper Literary Prize, Anacaona Prize)
  51. The Pocket Poet
    Open until Dec 25Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  52. FlowerMouth Press
    Open until Dec 27Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Digital copy of the issue; contributors are not currently paid
  53. Angel Food
    Open until Dec 30Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  54. Catbird Review
    Open until Dec 31Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  55. Girls Right the World
    Open until Dec 31Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  56. Heart on Our Sleeves Press
    Open until Dec 31Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  57. Ink Nest Poetry
    Open until Dec 31January Issue 2027 - Poetry, Visual Art, and Fiction · Fee: Free · Pays: $20 and one free author copy of the magazine.
  58. Macrame Literary Journal
    Open until Dec 31Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  59. Spectrum Literary Journal
    Open until Dec 31Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Not stated; selected work considered for $300 awards
  60. The Galway Review
    Open until Dec 31Galway Review 15 (Printed Edition) · Fee: Free
  61. Apricity Press
    Open until Jan 1, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  62. Accent
    Open until Jan 3, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  63. Fantastic Other
    Open until Jan 3, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $5 per piece
  64. ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action
    Open until Jan 4, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  65. Eavesdrop Magazine
    Open until Jan 10, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $30 per poem
  66. NoD Magazine
    Open until Jan 11, 2027General submissions · Fee: Free
  67. Please See Me
    Open until Jan 15, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: None; volunteer-run publication
  68. The First Line
    Open until Feb 1, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $10 per poem on publication, plus an issue copy. International print-copy postage is deducted from payment; choose a PDF copy to receive the full payment.
  69. Unbound Ink
    Open until Feb 1, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: None at this time
  70. Matter of the Imagination
    Open until Mar 1, 2027General submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Flat rate for poetry (amount not stated; described as mostly symbolic)
  71. Generation Gap
    Open until Apr 30, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Contributor copy
  72. SeaGlass Literary
    Open until May 1, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  73. filling Station
    Open until May 14, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  74. Slipstream Press
    Open until May 31, 2027Issue 47: "The Little Things" · Fee: Free · Pays: Contributor copies
  75. Poetry Foundation
    Open until Jun 14, 2027Poetry magazine: general submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $500 per poem ($600 video poem)
  76. Contrapuntos
    Open until Sep 1, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  77. Academy of the Heart and Mind
    Open until Dec 15, 2027Magazine submissions · Fee: Free
  78. 100subtexts Magazine
    Open year-roundGeneral submissions · Fee: Free
  79. 149 Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  80. 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  81. 3Elements Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: No, it's free
  82. A Feeld Magazine (AFM)
    Open year-roundPitches (including poetry) · Fee: Free · Pays: Starting flat fee of $500 (negotiable)
  83. Ablanatha
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  84. Abortion Escort Stories
    Open year-roundGeneral submissions · Fee: Free
  85. Abstract Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  86. AC|DC: A Journal for the Bent
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  87. Across the Margin
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  88. African Writer
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  89. Afternoon Visitor
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: No pay
  90. Aftertouch Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: None currently
  91. Agape Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: None (social media promotion)
  92. Alaska Women Speak
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  93. AllPoets
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: No contributor payment; accepted writers are promoted on Instagram.
  94. ALOCASIA
    Open year-roundGeneral submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $50 per contributor
  95. America Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Paid on acceptance at competitive rates (amount not stated)
  96. Amethyst Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  97. Another New Calligraphy
    Open year-roundGeneral submissions · Fee: Free
  98. Antiphony: a journal & press
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  99. Aphor Magazine
    Open year-roundGeneral submissions · Fee: Free
  100. Appalachia
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Two contributor copies
  101. Apple Valley Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: None (annual Editor's Prize)
  102. Aprosexia
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  103. Ark Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  104. Arkana
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: No payment stated; all work considered for $50 Editors' Choice Awards
  105. Ars Medica
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: See site (contact the journal about rates)
  106. Autumn Sky Poetry Daily
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  107. Ave Astra
    Open year-roundGeneral submissions · Fee: Free
  108. Backsliders
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  109. Ballast
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  110. Baltimore Gothic
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  111. Basket
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  112. Belmont Story Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $50 per poem plus 1 print copy (US/Canada check); otherwise 3 copies
  113. Better Than Starbucks Poetry & Fiction Journal
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Unpaid for most poetry; up to 12 Features per issue get a $20 honorarium; free PDF or eBook of the issue
  114. Bharat Patriotism Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  115. Big Sky Journal
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Negotiable
  116. Bing Guff Literary Magazine
    Open year-roundGeneral submissions · Fee: Free
  117. Bipolar Poetry
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  118. Blue Arrangements
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  119. Blue Collar Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Contributor copies; no monetary payment.
  120. Blue Crystal Literary Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  121. Bluebird's Scribe Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  122. Breath & Shadow
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $25 per poem
  123. Bridge & Tunnel Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  124. Brief Wilderness
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  125. Brittle Paper
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  126. Cerasus Magazine
    Open year-roundPoetry and Artwork · Fee: Free · Pays: Complimentary PDF
  127. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
    Open year-roundPoetry: En Route · Fee: Free
  128. Chainmail Poetry
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  129. Chantarelle's Notebook
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  130. Chat Log
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: None at this time
  131. Chewers by Masticadores
    Open year-roundGeneral submissions · Fee: Free
  132. Cholla Needles Arts & Literary Library
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Two copies of the print issue (US); PDF for non-US authors
  133. Christian Science Monitor
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $150 per poem on publication
  134. Churchdale Quarterly
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  135. Cimarron Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Two contributor copies
  136. Citron Lit
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  137. Clockwise Cat
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  138. Club Plum Literary Journal
    Open year-roundProse poetry · Fee: Free
  139. coalitionworks
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  140. Collateral
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  141. commodity fetish
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  142. CommuterLit
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  143. COOP
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  144. Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $1/line new; 50¢/line reprints
  145. Cottonwood
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  146. Creation Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Contributor copy
  147. Cryptic Frog Quarterly
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $3 per piece via PayPal
  148. Currant Jam
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  149. Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  150. Dappled Things
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  151. DIAGRAM/New Michigan Press
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  152. DIALOGIST
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  153. The Dionysian Public Library
    Open year-roundGeneral submissions · Fee: Free
  154. Dipity Literary Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  155. Dipity Literary Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: At this time, we cannot pay writers due to no significant funding.
  156. Dishsoap Quarterly
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  157. DisLit Youth Literary Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  158. Doubleback Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  159. DUMBO Press
    Open year-roundWeb features · Fee: Free
  160. Earthshine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Two copies of the printed journal
  161. Emergent Literary
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  162. Enchanted Living
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  163. Enola's Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  164. EPOCH
    Open year-roundPostal Poetry Submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $100–$500 for poetry, prose and comics, depending on length; rates vary with annual funding. Not a guaranteed per-poem rate.
  165. Eunoia Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  166. Fiction Week Literary Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: No payment to contributors
  167. Fiery Scribe Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: No general payment; $15 Editor's Choice prize per issue
  168. Five on the Fifth
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  169. Free the Verse
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $10 per published poem
  170. Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  171. Frontier Poetry
    Open year-roundNew Voices · Fee: Free · Pays: $50 per poem, up to $150
  172. Fruitslice
    Open year-roundYear-round poetry pitches · Fee: Free · Pays: Fruitslice can't currently pay contributors.
  173. The Garlic Press
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: None at this time
  174. Gastropoda
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  175. The G&LR (The Gay & Lesbian Review)
    Open year-roundGeneral submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: All writers receive a complimentary subscription, plus a few copies of the issue in which their article appears, and are encouraged to give up to four gift subscriptions to parties of their choice.
  176. Gemini Magazine
    Open year-roundGeneral submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $20 per published piece
  177. Gigantic Tentacles Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  178. GossamerWight Literary Magazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  179. Grand Little Things
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: No monetary payment.
  180. Haikuniverse
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: No monetary payment; accepted poems are published online.
  181. HALSEY Literary Reader
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: Optional $15 and one copy (two copies without PayPal)
  182. Harbour Publishing
    Open year-roundManuscript submissions · Fee: Free
  183. Hayduke Irish Lives!
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $10 per poem
  184. Hidden Peak Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  185. Home Planet News
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  186. Humane HR Magazine
    Open year-roundCreative and visual work · Fee: Free · Pays: No monetary compensation; selected pieces may be nominated for recognition
  187. HUNGERCANDLE
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  188. Identity Theory
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: No pay
  189. iExile
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: They do not currently pay contributors.
  190. Impossible Task
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  191. Impspired
    Open year-roundImpspired Magazine · Fee: Free
  192. Indian Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: No monetary payment
  193. Infrarrealista Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  194. Ink Pantry
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  195. Inkhorn Review
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $25 per poem
  196. Irish Pages
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  197. Iterant
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $50
  198. Jerry Jazz Musician
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  199. JONAHmagazine
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free
  200. Josephine Quarterly
    Open year-roundMagazine submissions · Fee: Free · Pays: $30 per poem

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