Bateau Literary Magazine is open for submissions: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, b/w illustrations, playlets, flash, & comics.

Bateau: “The time has come to relaunch Bateau….CUZ YOU CAN’T KEEP A GOOD THING DOWN!!!! We are accepting submissions for Bateau Vol 6.1 Jan-May 1st 2016.”

Submission for Boom Chapbook will begin in August 2016.

Do you have snippets of writing? Flesh them out and Submit!

We’re still hopping from blog to blog. Visits one of these blogs, get some ideas, and write! And submit! And,  Good Luck!

Bayou Magazine is a biannual, national literary magazine published by The University of New Orleans. Bayou publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, including the winner of the annual Tennessee Williams One-Act Play Contest.

Bayou‘s mission is to publish exceptional, exciting work by both established and emerging writers.

Submissions accepted between August 1 and May 1, with a response time of 3 to 5 months. More information on their website, including Submission Guidelines.

Note from Marlene: Good luck! “Laissez les bons temps rouler!” is a Cajun expression meaning “Let the good times roll!”  I heard this expression often while visiting New Orleans. It may have nothing to do with Bayou Magazine. I just wanted to tack it along with my Good Luck wishes for you!  I hope you are having a good time writing. And submitting!

Boulevard Magazine “strives to publish only the finest in fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. While we frequently publish writers with previous credits, we are very interested in less experienced or unpublished writers with exceptional promise. If you have practiced your craft and your work is the best it can be, send it to Boulevard.”

Boulevard’s mission is to publish the finest in contemporary fiction and poetry as well as definitive essays on the arts and culture, and to publish a diversity of writers who exhibit an original sensibility. It is our conviction that creative and critical work should be presented in a variegated yet coherent ensemble—as a boulevard, which contains in one place the best a community has to offer.

To get a feel for style, content, quality, and form of the work that Boulevard publishes try a sample issue or subscription.

Boulevard accepts submissions from October 1 to May 1.

Prose Guidelines – up to 8,000 words.

Boulevard does not accept: science fiction, erotica, westerns, horror, romance, or children’s stories.

Poetry

Submit no more than five poems at a time, up to 200 lines. Light verse not accepted.

Payment

Prose minimum is $100, maximum is $300

Poetry minimum is $25, maximum is $250

There is a $3 fee to submit online. There is no fee to submit by U.S. Postal Service.

The Apple Valley Review is an online literary journal, published twice annually.  Each issue features a collection of poetry, short fiction, and essays.
Submissions for the Spring 2016 issue ends March 15, 2016.

Some of the submission guidelines:

Submissions accepted year-round.
Writing needs to be mainstream with literary appeal.
Original, previously unpublished, and in English.

Prose submissions may range from approximately 100 to 4,000 words.
Shorter pieces stand a better chance of being published. Longer pieces will be read and considered.
Novel excerpts must be self-contained.
Preference is given to short (under two pages), non-rhyming poetry.
This is not currently a paying market.  However, all work published in the Apple Valley Review during a given calendar year will be considered for the annual Apple Valley Review Editor’s Prize.  From 2006 to 2015, the prize was $100 and a gift of a book of poetry or fiction.

Booth ~ A Journal publishes one new piece or author every Friday, front and center, on their home page.

Booth is now reading new submissions. All accepted work will appear on their website.

Two print issues are published yearly, usually in winter and summer.

To submit work, please visit  submission manager.

Booth publishes 50 pieces a year online. Twice a year they release print issues, curated from material that appeared on their website.

Please join a variety of bloggers participating in The Valentine’s Day Blog Hop. Scroll down the Blog Hop Roll Call, click on a name and be entertained with new thoughts, fresh ideas and other worlds. Hosted by Francis L. Powell.

Saturdays are “Places to Submit” Days. . . Watch the deadlines. They sneak up on us.

The Tulip Tree Review is now seeking submissions.

“Tulip Tree is just a little sprout in terms of how long it’s been in the world, but already its branches are finding their own way toward the sun, and the organization is becoming what it needs to be.”

Stories That Need To Be Told

Contest Deadline:  September 16, 2016

Contest Theme:  [Not] The End: Prison Stories

“This is a collection of stories and poems about life in and after prison, that will remind readers of the humanity of people who are incarcerated, and the fact that we really are all in this together. We are mainly looking for stories from prisoners themselves, although submissions from family members and loved ones will also be considered.”

See the Contest page for more details (scroll down).

Submissions to Tin House Magazine  are now open.

Submissions accepted through February 28, 2016.  Tin House considers each submission for all upcoming issues regardless of theme. Summer and winter issues are not themed

Submission Guidelines page includes a helpful FAQ’s column. Worth reading. Good advice for submissions to almost all magazines.

Submit only one story or essay (10,000-word limit), or up to five poems at a time. Multiple submissions will be returned unread. Please wait until you hear from Tin House before submitting new work for consideration.

“We shall do our best to respond within six months but, in some cases, this period may be longer. If you have not received a response from us within six months, we will be happy to receive e-mail inquiries and will do our best to respond.”

TriQuarterly is the literary magazine of Northwestern University. This web journal is edited by graduate students and supervised by faculty. TriQuarterly is “an international journal of writing, art, and cultural inquiry.”

From now until May 1, 2016, TQ welcomes submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, short drama, short-short prose pieces, video essays, and hybrid work from established as well as emerging writers. TQ is especially interested in work that embraces the world and continues, however subtly, the ongoing global conversation about culture and society that TriQuarterly pursued from its beginning in 1964. TriQuarterly pays honoraria for creative work and publishes two issues a year.  Submission Guidelines.