Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine

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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

  • Website: https://elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/
  • Print magazine: Yes
  • Size: Premier literary magazine ("the world's leading Mystery magazine")
  • Location: Norwalk, CT, US
  • Submissions: Accepts all types of mystery short stories including psychological suspense, deductive puzzles, private eye cases, police procedurals, and imaginative mysteries. Prefers stories between 2,500-8,000 words but accepts stories from 250 words up to 20,000 words. No explicit sex or violence, no true crime.
  • Other information: Founded in 1941. Has published more than forty Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners. Established the Department of First Stories in 1949 for new writers. Has a global focus with the Passport to Crime department featuring translations.
  • Genres: Mystery, Crime, Suspense, Detective, Psychological Suspense, Hard-boiled, Cozy, Police Procedural, Noir, Classical Whodunit
  • Publication frequency: Not specified
  • Payment: 5 to 8¢ per word, sometimes higher for established authors
  • Founded: 1941
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Mystery Tribune

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Mystery Tribune

  • Website: mysterytribune.com
  • Print magazine: Yes (Print and digital)
  • Size: Independent publication
  • Location: Not specified
  • Submissions: Accepts previously unpublished fiction, non-fiction, art and photography, and flash fiction related to mystery, crime, noir, and suspense. Submissions should be between 3,000-6,000 words typically (though no strict limits). All submissions must be in English.
  • Other information: Publisher and Managing Editor: Ehsan Ehsani. Takes a multi-sensory approach to mystery, featuring content across various media. Provides honorarium for fiction and non-fiction published in print edition (amount discussed upon acceptance). Responds to submissions within approximately three months.
  • Genres: Mystery, Crime, Noir, Suspense, Fiction, Non-fiction, Art & Photography, Flash Fiction
  • Publication frequency: Daily online content; print frequency not specified
  • Payment: Honorarium for print contributors; online contributions generally unpaid
  • Founded: Not specified
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Arkana

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Arkana

  • Website: https://arkanamag.org/
  • Print magazine: No (Online only)
  • Size: University-affiliated literary journal
  • Location: Conway, AR, US
  • Submissions: Seeks work that "asks questions, explores mystery, and works to make visible the marginalized, the overlooked, and those whose voices have been silenced." Especially interested in work from Delta region, BIPOC, immigrant, LGBTQ+, women, disabled, and neurodivergent writers.
  • Other information: Founded in 2016. Graduate-run journal of the University of Central Arkansas. Staff and editors are students in the Arkansas Writers' MFA Program. Nominates writers for Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Features audio recordings of published pieces.
  • Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Scripts, Translation, Artwork, Illustrated Narrative
  • Publication frequency: Not specified
  • Payment: $50 Editors' Choice Awards in each genre
  • Founded: 2016
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After Dinner Conversation

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After Dinner Conversation

  • Website: https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/
  • Print magazine: Yes
  • Size: Independent nonprofit publisher
  • Location: Tempe, AZ, US
  • Submissions: Seeks philosophical and ethical short story fiction (1,500-7,000 words) that prompts discussion. Looking for stories addressing universal issues where "two reasonable people could reasonably disagree about what a good (or just) person should do."
  • Other information: Founded in 2019. Editor: Kolby Granville. Monthly print and digital publication. Wide distribution through 22,000 digital libraries, Apple Books, and Amazon. Rated "Most Popular Fiction Magazine 2024" and "Top 10 LitMag of 2023, 2024" by Chill Subs.
  • Genres: Fiction with philosophical/ethical themes
  • Publication frequency: Monthly
  • Payment: $75 per accepted story
  • Founded: 2019
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Glassworks Magazine

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Glassworks Magazine

  • Website: glassworksmagazine.com
  • Print magazine: Yes
  • Size: University-affiliated literary journal
  • Location: Glassboro, NJ, US
  • Submissions: Accepts artwork, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, flash, and hybrid forms. Seeks "work with insight, depth, and emotion" that employs "deliberate craft of creation and format." Especially seeks to promote work by authors from marginalized communities.
  • Other information: A publication of Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing program. Named after Glassboro's founding as "Glass Works in the Woods" in 1779. Graduate students serve as editors under faculty guidance. Provides free online access to all issues while also producing print issues with full color artwork.
  • Genres: Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Flash
  • Publication frequency: Bi-annual print issues, monthly online flash features
  • Payment: One print contributor copy
  • Founded: Not specified
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Gargoyle Magazine

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Gargoyle Magazine

  • Website: gargoylemagazine.com
  • Print magazine: Yes
  • Size: Independent literary magazine
  • Location: Arlington, VA, US
  • Submissions: Prefers emailed submissions through their submission portal. No formal guidelines. Seeks "work we can live with. Work we can read 20 times and still get a kick out of." Tends to publish works that are "bent, twisted, edgy, and/or funny."
  • Other information: Founded in 1976 by Russell Cox, Richard Peabody, and Paul Pasquarella. By 1977, Peabody was the only remaining founder. The magazine was on hiatus from 1990 to 1997. Dedicated to printing work by unknown poets and fiction writers, as well as seeking out the overlooked or neglected. The magazine archive is housed in the Special Collections at George Washington University's Gelman Library in DC.
  • Genres: Art, Fiction, Interviews, Nonfiction, Poetry
  • Publication frequency: Annual (currently)
  • Payment: One contributor copy
  • Founded: 1976
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Club Plum Literary Journal

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Club Plum Literary Journal

  • Website: www.clubplumliteraryjournal.com
  • Print magazine: No (Online only)
  • Size: Independent literary journal
  • Location: Not specified
  • Submissions: Publishes creative nonfiction, flash fiction, prose poetry and art by emerging and established authors whose absorbing tales and imagery unravels in voices either understated or lyrical but always powerful.
  • Other information: Founded in 2019. Editor: Thea Swanson. Provides a focused reading experience without ads or distractions. Describes itself as "a safe place" that excludes sexist, homophobic, or racist content.
  • Genres: Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
  • Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
  • Payment: No
  • Founded: 2019
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Cimarron Review

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Cimarron Review

    • Website: cimarronreview.com
    • Print magazine: Yes
    • Size: Literary quarterly published by Oklahoma State University
    • Location: Stillwater, OK, US
    • Submissions: Publishes work with a wide-ranging aesthetic: bold and ruminative, sensitive and shocking, imaginative and truth-telling. Seeks the finest stories, poems, and essays from working writers across the country and around the world.
    • Other information: Founded in 1967. One of the oldest quarterlies in the nation. Publishes writers at all stages of their careers, including Pulitzer and O. Henry prize winners. Member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP).
    • Genres: Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Photography, Poetry, University Published
    • Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
    • Payment: Contributor copies
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Chestnut Review

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Chestnut Review

  • Website: chestnutreview.com
  • Accepts unagented submissions: Yes
  • Size: Independent literary magazine
  • Location: Not specified
  • Submissions: Features poetry, short fiction, flash fiction, art, and photography from around the world. Writer-centered, selective publication with online quarterly and annual print publication. Responds to all submissions within 30 days.
  • Other information: Founded in 2019. Pays artists and staff. Publishes 4 online issues per year and 1 print issue. ISSN: 2688-0350. Named after the stubborn chestnut trees that continue to send up shoots despite blight, symbolizing the persistence of artists.
  • Genres: Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Photography, Poetry
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Modern Artist

The Modern Artist

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The Modern Artist

  • Website: modernartists.org
  • Print magazine: No
  • Size: Independent literary magazine
  • Location: Not specified
  • Submissions: Seeks work that reflects on the artist's identity and creative process, particularly exploring the intersections of art, identity, labor, and technology in today's rapidly changing world. Interested in fresh, unconventional perspectives, especially those underrepresented in the art world.
  • Other information: Founded in 2024. Created specifically to address the changing role of human artists in a technology-driven world with the rise of AI-generated art. Aims to provide a platform for artists to shape cultural and philosophical dialogue around the future of art.
  • Genres: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Visual Art
  • Publication frequency: Not specified
  • Payment: No
  • Founded: 2024
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