October is a busy time of year for many literary journals, and The Kudzu Review isn’t the only one currently accepting submissions. 

If you don’t have much experience submitting your writing to publications, here are some things to remember. 

1. Always check the journal’s guidelines. Who can submit? When? What lengths/genres/themes do they accept? Do they accept simultaneous submissions? Do they accept submissions through Submittable, Duotrope, email, snail mail, or other forms? Is there a submission fee and does the publication pay their contributors? Do they accept previously published works or only pieces that have never seen the light of day? The answers to these questions will help you discern if a magazine is the right fit for you. 

2. Familiarize yourself with the content a journal publishes by reading previous issues or browsing the content they post online. This will give you an idea of the work they typically want to see. 

3. There is a niche for every writer out there, and some publications can be very competitive. Don’t fear rejection and trust that somewhere will be the right place for your work! 

With that said, here is a list of some publications whose submissions periods are now open. 

Abandon Journal | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Hybrid | Ends November 30^th 

Acentos Review | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Translation, Art (Latinx writers only) | Ends November 1^st 

Albion Review | Art, Poetry, Prose (Undergraduates only) | Ends October 31^st 

Apalachee Review | Fiction, Poetry, Reviews | Rolling Submissions 

Barnstorm Journal | Art, Poetry, Prose | Rolling Submissions 

Bayou Magazine | Visual Art, Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | Ends May 1st, 2023 

Beyond Thought| Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Mixed Media (Theme: Familiar/Undiscovered) | Ends November 5^th 

Blood Orange Review | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | Ends April 1^st, 2023 

Carve | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | Year-Round 

Capsule Stories | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | Rolling submissions 

Collision Literary Magazine  | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art (Undergraduates only) | Ends February 24^th, 2023 

Consequence | Poetry, Prose, Art, Reviews | Ends October 15^th 

Crab Creek Review | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | Ends November 15^th 

Cream City Review | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art | Ends November 1^st 

Equatorial Mag | Poetry (Undergraduate writers only) | Ends November 30^th 

Fence | Poetry, Fiction, Hybrid, Translations | Ends October 19^th 

Fictive Dream | Fiction | Year-Round 

Five South Journal  | Poetry, Fiction | Ends October 31^st 

Flash Frog | Fiction | Year-Round 

Foglifter Journal | Poetry, Prose, Hybrid (LGBTQ+ writers only) | Ends November 1^st 

Fourth Genre | Nonfiction | Ends November 30^th 

Fugue Journal | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | Ends November 2^nd 

Gulf Stream Magazine | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art | Ends November 3^rd 

Haven Speculative | Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translations, Art 

Indiana Review | Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translations, Art | Ends October 31^st 

Jet Fuel Review | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art | Ends October 15^th 

Lavender Lime Literary  | Poetry, Art (Theme: Bone Dust/Horror) | Ends October 15^th 

Literary Mama | Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction (Mothers only) | Year-round 

Maine Review | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Translations | Ends November 30^th 

Michigan Quarterly Review | Prose, Poetry, Translations | Ends November 1^st 

Midnight & Indigo | Fiction, Nonfiction (Black women writers only) | Ends October 31^st 

Moon City Review | Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Graphic Narrative, Translations 

MudRoom | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | Ends October 25^th 

Musing Publications | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art (Theme: Winter Dreams) | Ends October 31^st 

Ninth Letter | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction 

Northwest Review | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, Graphic Narratives, Translation 

Obsidian | Poetry, Fiction, Drama, Media (Black, African, African Diaspora writers) | Ends October 15^th 

On-The-High Literary Journal  | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art | Ends October 15^th 

Outrageous Fortune | Visual Art, Film, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | Closes March 31^st, 2023 

Pepper Coast Lit | Poetry, Fiction (African/POC/Diasporic Writers Only) 

Pleiades | Poetry | Ends October 31^st 

Ploughshares | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | Ends January 15^th 

Poetry Northwest | Poetry | Ends November 30^th 

Poetry Online | Poetry | Year-Round 

Polaris  | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art (Undergraduates only) | Ends February 1st, 2023 

Porter House Review | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry 

Prairie Schooner  | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | Ends May 2nd, 2023 

Prism Magazine | Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | Year-round 

Psaltery & Lyre | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Book Review 

Rattle | Poetry, Translations 

River Heron Review | Poetry | Ends November 30^th 

Saranac Review | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | Ends October 15^th 

Scapegoat Review | Poetry, Flash Fiction, Art 

South Dakota Review | Prose, Poetry | Ends April 30^th 

Southern Indiana Review | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art/Photography | Ends December 15^th 

Split Lip Mag | Memoir, Fiction, Poetry, Art, Reviews 

Story Magazine | Fiction | Ends December 15^th 

Sundog | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art | Ends December 1^st 

Swamp Pink | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | Ends January 1^st 

Sycamore Review | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, Translation | Ends March 31^st 

Tahoma Literary Review | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | Ends October 15^th 

The Adroit Journal | Poetry, Prose, Art, Reviews, Interviews | Ends October 31^st 

The Broken Plate | Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama, Poetry, Comics, Art, Hybrid | Ends October 31^st 

The Dawn Review  | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, Plays, Hybrid | Ends October 31^st 

The Florida Review | Art, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Film, Reviews, Interviews 

The Georgia Review | Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Book Reviews | Ends May 15^th, 2023 

The Hudson Review | Fiction | Ends November 30^th 

The Lickety Split  | Poetry that can fit in a single tweet 

The Madrigal Press | Poetry | Ends October 22^nd 

The Pinch | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art | Year-Round 

The Southern Review | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Translation | Ends January 1^st 

The Sun Magazine  | Essays, Fiction, Poetry 

The Yale Review | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reviews, Translations | Ends October 11^th 

Third Coast Magazine | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama | Ends October 15th 

Thrush | Poetry | Rolling Submissions 

Tinderbox Poetry Journal | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid | Rolling Submissions 

Tofu Ink Press | Poetry 

Tupelo Quarterly | Poetry, Prose, Translation | Ends October 15^th 

Uncanny Magazine | Poetry, Fiction (Theme: Sci-fi, Fantasy) 

Under the Sun | Nonfiction | Ends January 2^nd, 2023 

Vagabond City | Art, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Interviews, Reviews | Year-Round 

Welter | Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | Ends October 21^st 

West Branch | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Reviews | Ends April 1^st, 2023 

Wild Thyme Literary | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry (Writers under 19 only) | Ends October 20^th 

Of course, The Kudzu Review is also currently accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art submissions. Our deadline to submit is October 28^th. Check out our submission guidelines, and good luck!