Badlands is a place to share poetry.

The Bulb Region is a literary journal aiming to connect with writers from all backgrounds and gravitating toward the short format.

Cosmic Daffodil Journal is a quarterly literary & art journal celebrating creativity in all its beautiful and unexpected forms. From poetry and prose to photography, illustration, and everything in between, CDJ is a little space for big feelings, wild ideas, and stories worth sharing.

Exposed Bone seeks uncanny fiction and poetry that destroys expectations and shoves at barriers. They encourage the sly, weird, and charming. The project is headed by Scum Hellebore and Shauri Cherie, two dumbasses who sold their souls to the literary journal demons in college.

The Hooghly Review is a free-access digital magazine of literature, culture and arts, founded and run by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury and Ankit Raj Ojha, with contributors from 66 countries (and counting) and readers all over the world. They are indexed in EBSCO’s literary research database, were ranked #3 on Chill Subs’ Best Lit Mags of 2024, and are included in Best Microfiction 2026, Monarch Queer Literary Awards 2026 Finalists, and Wigleaf Top 50 Longlists in 2025 and 2026. 

Odd Lobster is a home for the eclectic and the strange. They are always open for submissions and aim to publish three issues a year. You’ll find the submission guidelines in the link below.

Paraselene is an online literary magazine looking for experimentation and innovative poetic philosophies. Their mission is to create and nurture a literary community through publishing semi-frequent issues of poetry as well as book reviews on a rolling basis.

Silly Goose Press is an online literary magazine obsessed with craft-forward whimsy! Born of love, friendship, and a shared desire for community, they value expression, creativity, and honesty. Their top priority is promoting creatives who explore the magical within the mundane and the mundane within the magical. Check them out over at the pond!

Table Salt Press is a new quarterly literary journal pulling up a chair for prose that lingers long after the plates have been cleared. They love personal essays, fiction, micro/flash, and unclassifiable works. They welcome pen names and anonymous publication, and it’s always free to submit. They’re eager to read and excited for a new community—there’s always room at their table!

Aotearoa’s longest-running independent journal of poetry, fiction, art, comics, and culture in review. Since 1989. Champions of diverse voices, new writers, and paying contributors fairly.