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OF OVER 300 SHORT STORY MAGAZINES
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Read: Who Will Publish My Short Story a reprint from Writers' Journal, Nov/Dec 2007

A story adventure & intrigue
in 1885 Montana.
Nathan's Valley
INFORMATION

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General: k=1,000, pg=double spaced manuscript pages, c=copies, *=Submissions accepted online.
Publishes: f=fiction, nf=nonfiction, p=poetry, e=essays, r=reviews, rp=reprints, a=art, ph=photography, sp=screenplays

Magazine Home Page

Publishes

Size Limit

Submission Dates

Compensation

Website

f

1.5k

Anytime

f-p

12k

Anytime

f-r

Anytime

f

.1 to 4k

Anytime

Adirondack Review

f-p-a-ph

Anytime

f-nf-p

Unlimited

Sept 1 to May 31

10$/pg,150max

Alaska Quarterly Review

f-nf-p-ph-sp

<50pg

8/15 to 5/15

f-nf-p

Anytime

American Letters & Comm.

f-nf-p

10pg

10/1 to 3/1

1c

American Literary Review

f-nf-a-p

8k+?

9/1 to 5/1

f-nf-p

3.5k

Anytime

f-nf

5k

Anytime

Antietam Review

f-nf-p-e-r-ph

5k

2c,50-100$

f-nf-p-e

5k, 8k max

9/1 to 6/1

15$,2c

Antithesis Common

f-nf-p-a-ph

3.5k

Anytime

Apple Valley Review, T

f-p-e

.1 to 3k

Anytime

f-nf-p-r-a-sp

25pg

9/1 to 3/1

f-p-e

Anytime

Ascent Aspirations Mag.

f-p-e-r-a

1k

Anytime

f-p-e-a

1.5k

Anytime

f-nf-p

.3 to 5k

Anytime

Barcelona Review

f-nf-e

4.5k

Anytime

Bare Root Review

f-nf-p

3.5k

Sept. and Jan.

f-nf-p

6k

9/1 to 11/7

Bellingham Review

f-nf-p

9k

9/15 to 2/1

f-nf-p-e-rp-a-ph

Anytime

7k

Anytime

Big Ugly Review, The

f-nf-p-a

Anytime

Bitter Oleander

f-p

2.5k

Not in July

f-p

7/15 to 9/30

Black Warrior Review

f-nf-p-a

7.5k

Anytime

1yr. & <150$

f-p-e

9/15 to 3/31

f-p-a

Anytime

Blood Orange Review

f-nf-p

3k

Anytime

f-p-a-ph

20pg

Anytime

f-p

Anytime

f-p

?

Anytime

Briar Cliff Review

f-nf-p-r-a-ph

6k

9/1 to 11/1

2c

Brilliant Corners

f

9/1 to 5/15

Bryant Literary Review

f-p-a-ph

5k

9/1 to 12/31

Cafe Irreal, The

f

2k

Anytime

.01$/word

f-nf-p-ph

7.5 to 50k

Anytime

75 to 300$

Carolina Quarterly

f-nf-p-r-a-ph

Sept. to March

f

Anytime

Chattahoochee Review

f-nf-p-r-a

6k+

f-nf-p

5k

Anytime

1 yr sub + 3c

Cimarron Review

f-nf-p-a

25pg

Anytime

2c

Colorado Review

f-nf-p-r

20 to 25p

Columbia: A Journal

f-nf-p-a

20p

Anytime

?$,2c

f-p-r-a-sp

Anytime

Connecticut Review

f-p-e-a-sp

?

9/1 to 5/30

2c

Controlled Burn

f-nf-p

5/1 to 12/15

f-p-a

1k

Anytime

Courtland Review, The

f-p-e-r

Anytime

Crab Orchard Review

f-nf-p

25pg

1/1to3/30&9/1to10/31

f-p

2k

f-p-e

25pg

Cream City Review, The

f-nf-p-e-r-a

30p

8/1to11/1 & 12/1to4/1

Cricket Online Review

f-p-e-a

Anytime

f-nf-p-e-r-a-ph

f-nf-p-a

40p

10/1 to2/28

f-nf-p-a-ph

2.5 to 3.5k

Danforth Review, The

f

Anytime

100$

f-nf-p-a-rp

5k

Anytime

Del Sol Review, The

f-nf-p

6/1 to 11/1

Denver Quarterly

f-nf-p-e-r

15pg

9/16 to 5/14

f-p

5k

9/1 to 4/1

f-nf-p-r-a-ph

3k

f-p-r

6/21 to 9/4

f-nf-p-a

Anytime

f-nf-p-e-r-a-sp

Anytime

f-nf-p-e-r-sp

Anytime

f-nf-p-a

30pg

8/15 to $/30

f-nf-p-e-r

Anytime

f-nf-p-e-a

Anytime

Evergreen Review

Anytime

Exquisite Corpse

f-nf-p-e-r-a-sp

15pg

Anytime

f-nf-p

5k

Anytime

f-p-a

Anytime

1c

f-nf-p-a-ph

20pg

9/15 to 2/15

f-p

25pg

Anytime

f-a-ph

1k

Anytime

Fifth Wednesday Journal

f-nf-p-hp

1 to 15k

Anytime

f-nf-p-e-a-ph

7.5k

9/1 to 3/31

15$/pg

f-nf-p-a-ph

1k

Varies

Florida Review, The

f-nf-p-a-ph-sp

Anytime

f-nf-p-r-a

9/1 to 5/30

1c

Foliate Oak, The

f-nf-p-a

1k, <2k

8/1 to 4/30

f-nf-p

3.5k

8/15 to 3/1

2c

f-nf-p-a-sp

Anytime

f-p

<1k, <8k

Anytime

f-nf-p-r

Anytime

f-nf-p

9/1 to 5/1

50$?

Furnace Review, The

f-p

7k

Anytime

Gargoyle Magazine

f-p

Summer 2007

f-nf-p-r-a

8/16 to 5/14

40$/pg

Gettysburg Review

f-p-e-r-a

Unlimited

9/1 to 5/31

30$/pg

Ginosko Literary Journal

f-p

Anytime

Glimmer Train Stories

f

?

Varies

f-nf-e-r

1.2 to 4k

Anytime

15 to 25$

f-p-e-r-ph

None

f-p

Anytime

Green Mountains Review

f-nf-p-e-r

9/1 to 3/1

Greensboro Review, The

f-p

7.5k

Year around

f-p-e

7k

5/1 to 8/15

100$

f-p

f-nf-p-a

.25 to 8k

2c

Hayden’s Ferry Review

f-nf-p-a

?

Anytime

25$/pg,100$max

f-nf-p-a

4.5k

1/1 to 5/15

10 to 20$, 2c

r-e

9/1 to 5/1

f-nf-p-e-r-a-sp

10k

9/1 to 11/30

Hunger Mountain

f-nf-p-a-ph

f-p

Unlimited

9/1 to 12/1

Identity Theory

f-nf-p-a-ph

4k

Anytime

In Posse Review

f-nf-p-e

Anytime

f-nf-p-r-a-ph

40pg

10/1 to 4/31

5$/pg

f-p-a-ph

5k

9/1 to 11/30

f-p-e-r

Sept., Oct., Nov.

25$ 1^stp, 15$ea

Iron Horse Literary Rev.

f-nf-p-ph

Unlimited

8/15 to 4/1

100$

f-nf-p-a

20pg

9/1 to 11/30

Istanbul Literature Review

f-nf-p-e

Anytime

f-a

Anytime

f

Anytime

f-nf-p-e-a

25pg

Anytime

f-nf-p-r

Unlimited

Anytime

f-p

Anytime

Kennesaw Review

f-nf-p-e-r

Anytime

f-p-e-sp

7.5k

9/1 to 1/31

f-nf-p-e-r-a-ph

1.5 to 3k

Anytime

King's English, The

f-nf-p-e-r

11k min.

Anytime

20$

f-p-a-ph-sp

2.5k

2c

Konundrum Engine....

f-p-e

Anytime

Land-Grant College Rev.

f-a

Anytime

f-p-e-r

9/1 to 5/1

f-p

7.5k

Sept. thru May

1c

Lemon Puppy Quarterly

f-p-e-ph-sp

30pg

Anytime

Like Water Burning

f-nf

.5k

f-p-rp-a-ph

5k

Anytime

f-nf-p-a-ph

25pg

Sept. & Nov.

f-p-e-a-ph-sp

6k

Anytime

Literary Review, The

f-nf-p

?

9/2 to 5/31

little magazine, the

f-nf-p-e

Anytime

Long Story, The

f

8k to 20k

9/1 to 6/30

f-nf-a

Anytime

Louisville Review, The

f-p-sp

Anytime

f-nf-p-e-a-ph

4k

9/1 to 1/26

f-nf-p-a-ph

5k

Mad Hatters' Review

f-nf-p-e-a-ph-sp

3k

?

f-nf-e-r-a-ph

1.2 to 8k

Anytime

35$/pg+1yr,Sub.

Marlboro Review, The

f-nf-p-r

9/1 to 4/30

2c

f-nf-p-r-a

9/1 to 2/1

50$

Massachusetts Review

f-nf-p-e

30pg

10/2 to 5/31

50$, 2c

f

1.5k

Anytime

f-nf-e-r

1 to 4k

Anytime

f-nf-p-e-r-a

Anytime

Sub.

f-p

Anytime

f-nf-p

8/16 to 4/15

2c

Michigan Quarterly

f-p

1.4 to 7k

Mid-American Review

f-p-e-r

6k

f-p-r-a

10pg

March thru Aug.

f-p-a-ph

.25 to .75k

Anytime

Minnesota Review

f-p-e-r

Miranda Literary Mag.

f-nf-p-e-r-a

8k

Anytime

Mississippi Review

f

2k

Anytime

Missouri Review

f-nf-p-e

30k

Anytime

30$/pg

f-p

5k

8/1 to 11/1

f-p-sp

Anytime

1yr. sub.

f

f-nf-p

7.5k

8/1 to 11/30

2c

Narrative Magazine

f-nf-p

Unlimited

Anytime

Read Fee5-30$

f-p-e

30pg

7/1-8/31, 11/1-12/31

New American Writing

f-p

30pg

Jun. to Jan.

New Delta Review

f-nf-p-e-r-a

6k

8/15 to 3/7

New England Review

f-nf-p-e-r-sp

30k

9/1 to 5/31

10$/pg

f-nf-p-e-r-a-ph

3 to 5k

10/2 to 4/30

Small amount

f-nf-p

10k+?

New Orleans Review

f-nf-p-r

6.5k

New Quarterly, The

f-nf-p-a

200$

New Works Review

f-nf-p-a-ph

Anytime

f-nf-p

5k

Anytime

f-p-e

Anytime

2c

Noneuclidean Cafe

f-nf-p-e-r-ph

6k

Anytime

5$

f-p-e

2.5k

Anytime

North Atlantic Review

f-nf-p-e

6k

Northwest Reviw

f-p

Anytime

Notre Dame Review

f-p-ph

Sep-Nov, Jan-Mar

Small gratuity

f-p-e

Anytime

On the Page Magazine

f-nf-p-r-a

3k

Anytime

f-p

5k

9/1 to 5/31

f-p

1k

Anytime

Orchid: A Literary Rev.

f-a

Unlimited

15 to 150$

Oregon Literary Review

f-nf-p-a-ph

Unlimited

Anytime

f

7k

Anytime

f-nf-p-a

<15 to 20p

9/1 to 10/1

Oyster Bay Review

f-p-a

1/1 to9/30

f-p-e-a-ph

3k

Painted Bride Quarterly

f-p-a-ph

5k

f-p

Anytime

f-p

4k

6/1 to 4/15

f-p-e

9/1 to 4/15

2c

Peacock Voice, The

f-nf

1.5k

Anytime

f-p-a

1.2k

Sept. to May

1c

f-nf-p-r

3k

1c

Pedestal Magazine, The

fnf-p-r

6k

Anytime

.05$/word

Pembroke Magazine

f-p

Anytime

f-p-a

.5 to 3.5k

Anytime

f-nf-p-a

9/1 to 3/1

f-p-a

?

9/1 to 4/15

f-nf-p-a-ph

6k

Copies

Place: The Magazine

f-p

7k

Anytime

0

f-nf-p-e-r-a

?

9/1 to 5/31

f-nf-p

30pg

8/1 to 3/31

25$pg,250$max

Porcupine Literary

f-p-e-a

1c

Portland Review

f-p-a

8k

9/1 to 5/31

1c

f-p-nf

25pg

1/15to3/14, 6/1to9/1

f-p

Anytime

f-p-a-ph

5k

9/1 to 5/1

2c

Powhaton Review, The

f-nf-p-e-a-ph

2k

1c

f-nf

10k

Prairie Schooner

f-p-e-r

Prism International

f-nf-p-sp

25pg

Anytime

20$/pg

f-p-e

11/1 to 3/1

Quarter After Eight

f-nf-p-r-sp

9/15 to 4/15

f-p

9/1 to 4/30

2c+

f

<.5k

f-p

25pg

Ramble Underground

f-p

4k+

Anytime

f-p-a-ph

8k

Varies

f-p-e

f-nf-p-e-a-ph

3k

Anytime

Reading Room, The

f-p-e-a

Anytime

Red Cedar Review

f-nf-p-ph

5k

8/15 to 10/15

Red Mountain Review

f-nf-p

Red Rock Review

f-p-e

7.5k

9/1 to 5/31

f-nf-p-a

30pg

f-nf-p

3k

6/1 to 11/1

Right Hand Pointing

f-p

.5k

Anytime

f-nf-p

7k or 30p

9/1 to 12/15

f-p-e-a-ph

5/1 to 11/30

River Walk Journal

f-nf-p-r-a

8k

Anytime

Subcription

f

Anytime

Rose & Thorn, The

f-nf-p

Anytime

f-nf-p-e

1.2 to 2.5k

Anytime

1$ Read fee

f

.5k

Anytime

Saint Ann’s Review, The

f-p-e-a-ph-sp

6.5k

Sept. to July

50$/pg

Santa Monica Review

f-nf

30p

Anytime

f-p

Oct. to May

Salt Flat’s Annual

f-nf-p

9/1 to 1/31

2c

Salt River Review, The

f-nf-p-r

Anytime

f-p

5.5k

10/1 to 5/31

f-p-e-r

3.5 to 7.5k

9/1 to 5/31

f-p-e

9/1 to 5/15

f

10k+

c?

Six Little Things

f-p

.25k

Anytime

Skidrow Penthouse

f-p-e

1c

f-a-ph

Short

10/15 to 2/15

f-p-a-ph

5k

Anytime

f-p-e-a

5k

Anytime

Small Spiral Notebook

f-nf-p

3k

Anytime

SmokeLong Quarterly

f

1k

Anytime

Snake – Nation - Press

f-p-e-a-ph

5k

9/1 to 3/31

f-nf-p-a-ph

Anytime

f-nf-p-e-a-ph

25pg

12/31 deadline

f-nf-p

10k

Anytime

f-nf-p

9/1 to 5/1

2c, 1yr Sub

South Carolina Review

f-p-e-r

2c

South Dakota Review

f-nf-p-e

1 to 6k

Southeast Review

f-nf-p

Southern Humanities Rev.

f-p-e-r

3.5 to 15k

2c

Southern Indiana Review

f-nf-p-e-a-ph-sp

20p

9/1 to 5/31

Southern Review

f-nf-p

4-8k

Anytime

30$/pg,2cop.

Southwest Review

f-nf-p-e

3.5 to 7k

9/1 to 5/31

f-p-sp

10pg

9/1 to 5/31

Square Table, The

f-nf-e-r-a-ph

3k

Anytime

Steel City Review

f

Anytime

Stickman Review, The

f-nf-p-a-ph

Anytime

f-nf-p-ph

Anytime

Stone Table Review

f-p-e-sp

5k

Anytime

Story Quarterly

f

?

11/1 to 1/31

f

7.5k

Anytime

f-nf-p-e-a-ph

3k

25$/pg, Canada

f-p-e

Unlimited

9/15 to 5/15

.5 to 1.0k$

f-nf-p-e

Anytime

Summerset Review, The

f-nf-e-rp

8k

Anytime

25$

f-p-rp

6k

Anytime

f-p-e

4c

f-nf-p-e

2k

Anytime

Sycamore Review

f-nf-p-e-r-a

9/1 to 3/31

2c

f-nf-p-e-a-ph

2k, 5k max.

Anytime

f-nf-p

5k

9/1 to 12/31

10$/pg, 1c

f-nf-p-e-a-ph

2.5 to 3.5k

f-nf-p-e-a-ph

No limit

Anytime

f-p

9/1 to 4/30

1 yr. sub.

f-p-a-ph

20pg

11/1 to 2/28

25$

f-nf-p

Anytime

f-nf-p-e-sp

9k

Anytime

2c, 1 yr. sub.

Three Penny Review, T

f-nf-p-r-sp

4k

1/1 to 8/31

400$+1 yr. sub.

f-p-e

10k

Anytime

2c, 200$min

f-nf-p

.5 and 5k

Anytime