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Memoir Magazine’s goal is to cultivate our collective and individual capacity to recognize truth, while creating greater diversity and empathy, by flooding the world with stories that need to be told. We welcome submissions from all writers and artists, whether you’re emerging or established. So even if you don’t yet have a publishing track-record we’re eager to hear from you. We love.
Published twice annually by the Michigan State University Press, Fourth Genre is a literary journal devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in creative nonfiction. We love essays in which the ideas accrete, accumulate, and augment, but definitely not those that appropriate.
Gold Man Review, a West Coast Journal, is currently looking for submissions in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for Issue 10.We are open to all topics and themes and love writing that pushes boundaries. If your work is on the unusual side, then we’re probably the journal for you.
ESSAYS. Essays: We are currently seeking submissions to complete our anthology Modern American Essays. Submit your essay. To see examples of the kind of work that will appear in this anthology, see the award-winning essays “The Electric Discharge Corona,” by Anne-Marie Yerks, and “Spoken World,” by Brett Garcia Rose.We want essays that make us feel and make us think, essays that help.
For upcoming issues of Creative Nonfiction magazine, we’re considering manuscripts on any subject, in any style. Surprise us! We’re especially interested in work that pushes at the boundaries of the form. We love personal narratives, of course, but we’d love to see more: lyric essays and experimental work (however you define that); medical and science narratives; journalistic.
Spring Submissions are now open for our 2020 Issue of Quirk! Submissions are NOW open. EXTENDED DEADLINE: April 20, 2020. Quirk is the Literary and Visual Arts journal of the University of the Incarnate Word. What We’re Seeking: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, and Visual Art on any subject. Submissions must be original, your own work, and must not have been previously published. Who Is.
Talking Writing is a nonprofit digital magazine that features poetry, personal essays, visual art, and hybrid genres. At TW, we care about writing that's honest, personal, and a joy to read—and we seek writers with diverse backgrounds, strong voices, and a commitment to words that impact the world. Please visit talkingwriting.com to get a sense of the magazine's style and TW's eclectic mix.