Ex Libris

14East is a independent online magazine run by DePaul Communications department. This year, their Creative Writing Editor, Eliot Solomon, is putting together a poetry edition, and is seeking student submissions. The edition will go along with a slam poetry night on Friday, November 13, where poets can share their work in front of an audience. Poems should be based on the following theme: “Write a poem inspired by ugly postmodernist architecture, suburban nightmares, strip mall parking lots, and anything else you’d find while driving through the 12 circles of McMansion Hell.” Submissions are due on… Read Article →

Exit 105, Monmoth University’s new online literary journal, is seeking student submissions across genres—in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, literary translation, and literary criticism—for their inaugural issue. Submissions are free, and open until December 15. To submit, writing should be sent by email to 105submissions@monmouth.edu.

Exposition Review, a multi-genre literary journal, is seeking submissions in fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, film, screenplay, one-act or visual art for their twelfth issue. Authors will recieve $50 for all accepted work. Pieces in issue XII should explore the idea of the word “Trip” both as a noun (a journey, an excursion, a departure from the familiar) and as a verb (to stumble, to falter; to set off a mechanism that was only ever waiting). Submissions are open until December 15th. For more details and guidelines, or to submit work, visit Exposition Review’s… Read Article →

Spalding University’s literary magazine, The Opal, is seeking submission in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. They are specifically looking for writing that acts as a portal introducing readers to new dimensions of thought, expression, and emotional experience. Submissions close on January 12th, and there is no submission fee. See guidelines and subit via The Opal

Reed Magazine is seeking submissions for consideration for their 160th anniversary issue until October 1st. While still accepting submissions across all genres (Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry and Visual Art), they’re particularly searching for thought-provoking Creative Nonfiction submissions. For more specific guidelines, interested submitters may refer to Reed Magazine’s website, which also features their online publications. They may also refer directly to their Submittable.   Tracing its heritage to 1867, Reed is California’s oldest literary journal and annually publishes cutting-edge fiction, poetry, essays, profiles, and art from around the world. Reed features the works of emerging authors alongside established literary… Read Article →

For the 2026 issue of the Department of English newsletter, we’re asking students, alumni and professors to describe a transformative reading experience—one in which you were somehow a different person by the time you put the book down. It could be a text that completely changed your way of seeing the world, but it could also be one that had a more subtle, if no less profound, impact on your life. In no more than 250 words, please tell us about that book and how it rocked your world. What were the circumstances of your… Read Article →