publishers

a resource for myself and anybody else that can’t keep track of where and when to submit. if you know any more let dis gyal know.

goal? what if i just go and submit to all the places on this list?

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  • 32 Poems
    • poetry for the ear, the eye, and the ego.
      • interpersonal issues – rejected
      • mouthy – rejected
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  • Ability Maine
    • quarterly literary journal written and edited by people living with disabilities
  • Agnes and True
    • a Canadian online literary journal dedicated to providing a place for the work of Canadian writers, both established and emerging
  • Alien Magazine
    • publication with the goal of creating an archive of work, as well as an innovative and supportive literary community, for outsiders
  • ALOCASIA
    • a journal of queer plant-based writing
  • Arc Poetry
    • finds the brave new voices, features poetry that is woozy, cunning, shearing and wildlike; and prose that offers new perspectives on the verse you thought you knew
      • en psalm nee ack – pending
  • Arrival
    • publishes fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction by emerging writers from undergraduate creative writing programs across Canada
      • “tending”, “sweet tooth”, “sour tongue”, “mouth wash” and “ring stones”- pending
  • Arsenal Pulp Press
    • interested in literature that engages and challenges readers, and which asks probing questions about the world around us
  • The Atlantic
  • Augur Press
    •  publishes books which enable the reader to reflect, and to look beyond or behind that which is immediately apparent
  • Aurore
    • curated collection of erotic stories written by and for women and LGBTQ+ based on their own experiences
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  • Bare Bones
    • independent publishing house based in India. rimary focus is on creating engaging and meaningful literature for children and young adults.
      • A Walk with Ma Jane – pending
  • Brilliant Flash Fiction
    • online quarterly journal
      • banana pit – pending
  • Baby Teeth
  • Bellevue
  • Black Fox Lit
  • Booth
  • Bullshit Lit
  • Banshee
C
  • The Capilano Review
  • Concord Ridge
    • biannual poetry broadsheet based in the Hudson Valley
  • Centaur
    • online journal publishing hybrid stories
      • mouthy – rejected
  • Chestnut Review
  • Clarksworld Magazine
  • Commonwealth Short Story Prize
    • awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction from the Commonwealth
      • A Walk with Ma Jane – longlisted
  • Confingo
  • Consequence Forum
  • Creepy Pod
  • Crow & Cross Keys
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E
  • #EnbyLife
    • online publication for non-binary and gender diverse creatives
  • The Eco Justice Project
    • a digital platform and resource hub that raises awareness about global environmental challenges, promotes intersectional advocacy, and seeks to make climate information more creative, accessible, and inclusive by uplifting the stories of vulnerable communities and people
  • Exile
    • independent small Canadian press dedicated to publishing works of singular quality
  • The Ex-Puritan
    • seeks to publish the best in all forms of writing
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  • Fiddlehead
G
  • The Garlic Press
    • online literary magazine for extra pungent poetry and prose—by which we mean vivid, mean sticky and raw, mean flavorful, biting, sharp-edged
      • women should never frown – rejected
  • Geist
  • Gut
  • Ghost City Press
  • Graveside Press
    • new imprint focused on horror
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  • Immigration Diaries
J
  • Alien Magazine
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  • Kaleidotrope
    • ublishes predominantly speculative fiction and poetry—science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but also compelling work that blurs the lines between these and falls outside of neat genre categories.
      • the hagging of [redacted] – rejected
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M
  • The Malahat Review
    • features contemporary Canadian and international works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction as well as reviews of recently published Canadian poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction
      • commonrooms – rejected
      • then watch & rust away – rejected
  • Milk Candy Review
    • beautifully weird, lyrical flash fiction pieces of up to 750 words
      • women should never frown – rejected
  • MoonPark Review
    • quarterly journal of short prose
      • ancestors – rejected
  • Mud Room
    • mission is to provide every writer, emerging and established, the opportunity to both see their work published and engage with a larger literary community
      • labyrinth – rejected
N
  • The New Quarterly
O
  • One Art Poetry
    • aims to curate poetry that adds value to the life of their readers.
      • white collar watcher; grocery man – rejected
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  • Pinhole Poetry
    • creating space for poets, artists and readers that unviels a world were time slows down and perspectives shift
      • dining room; kitchen; closet; basement; tending – rejected
  • Prism International
    • mandate is to publish the best in contemporary writing and translation from Canada and around the world
      • the burial of the thing that was not-tiger – rejected
  • Paper Plates
  • Poetry is Currency
  • Prismatica Press
  • Prairie Fire
Q
  • Queer Toronto
R
  • Room
  • Radon
S
  • Scrawl Place
    • scrawl Place is part visitor’s guide, part travelogue, part literary journal. it’s meant for readers who prefer Bashō to Lonely Planet.
      • vernon downtown –
  • Seaside Gothic
    • look for writing that expresses the sense of border living that is shared between the coast and the ocean, where language is pushed to the horizon and words take on new form as they find their home where the sea meets the sky
  • Shoegaze Literary
    • capsule project that publishes poetry and fiction
  • subTerrain magazine
    • strive to produce a stimulating fusion of fiction, poetry, photography and graphic illustration from uprising Canadian, U.S. & International writers and artists
      • unnamed – pending (but issue is already published)
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U
  • Alien Magazine
V
  • Vast Literary Press
    • wanted to make a space that feels like a place—one where people can come together, share words, and seek knownness
      • The Aftermath of The Caribbean Sink – pending
  • Verdant
W
  • Wrong Turn Lit
X
  • Alien Magazine
Y
  • Yolk
    • publishing fine work by established and emerging artists
      • interpersonal issues – rejected
Z
  • Alien Magazine