Lit Mags Looking For Your Poetry This Fall
Each of these options is open for submissions now with deadlines ranging from the first week of September until the end of the year, has no reading fee, and considers poetry for entry! Also, most of these literary magazines and journals are seeking BIPOC and LGBTQ+ submissions. Accessibility is important and marginalized voices need to be heard.
Please See Me
About: Please See Me is a literary journal that seeks to tell health related stories from the voices and perspectives of vulnerable populations.
What are they looking for: individuals to submit with health related stories in their poetry; underrepresented / marginalized voices dealing with health related issues, patients, caregivers, health workers (use the link for more information)
Deadline: September 5th
Ang(st) Zine
About: ang(st) is feminist centered zine that examines the physicality of feminism. ang(st) seeks diversity in voice over the topics of gender, sex, societal views, limits, and expectations of feminine bodies. an intersectional, transnational, diverse, inclusive, and queer feminist zine.
What are they looking for: Ang(st) focuses on feminist bodies and underrepresented voices; BIPOC, lgbtq+, differing abilities, feminism, and other feminist voices.
Deadline: September 7th
Stonecoast Review
About: Stonecoast Review’s core values are justice, awareness, and exploration. Poems are edited by Stonecoast’s MFA Program.
What are they looking for: New or established writers from all backgrounds.
Deadline: October 1st
Androit Journal
About: The Android Journal is registered as a literary and arts nonprofit organization. The journal focuses on the future of poetry and seeks out emerging writers as well as showcasing established ones too.
What are they looking for: “the bizarre, authentic, outrageous, and raw; writing somewhere between the land and sky…”
Deadline: October 31st
Indelible
About: Indelible comes from a poem called the Trilogy and refers to inerasable ink. Indelible focuses on the power of words and hopes to appeal to a variety of writers established and emerging. They seek strong diverse voices with conviction.
What are they looking for: Established and emerging writers’ work.
Deadline: October 31st
Poets Reading the News
About: Poets Reading the News focuses on the intersectionality of poetry and current events. Their mission is to use voices to enact political change
What are they looking for: poems about current events.
Deadline: November 15th
DMQ Review
About: The DMQ Review is one of the longest continuing online journals in the nation (since its conception in 1998) and it operates on a volunteer basis. DMQ Review works to publish established and emerging writers for free without fees.
What are they looking for: PROSE and diversity from all cultural identities
Deadline: December 12th
Q&A Queer Zine
About: This zine is established for lgbtq+ artists and the need for love, acceptance, community, being, and belonging.
What are they looking for: lgbtq+ writer’s submissions
Deadline: No stated due date
Happy submitting! The more you put your work out there, the more likely you are to achieve success! I’m aiming for 100 rejections by the end of the year! How many do you have so far? Feel free to share your rejections or successes in the comments.
