Undergraduate Literary Journals
Want to branch out to show your work to the world?
Get your creative work recognized and published!
Check out the journals accepting submissions from Undergraduates nationwide.
Why submit your work to be published?
Share your work with a national audience
Build your resume by becoming a published author/artist!
Develop your creative skills
What is Quirk?
Quirk is UIW’s Undergraduate Literary Journal that accepts submissions of creative writing and visual art from students nationwide
Created by students in the Editing & Publishing class
Learn more about the editing and publishing business and get a head start with experience!
Build your resume as a key team player in the creation of Quirk’s next issue
Submit your creative work to Quirk and become a published writer/artist
Quirk Magazine
“Quirk is the literary journal of The University of the Incarnate Word. We are entirely run by student-editors seeking to give artists a creative outlet to showcase their talents on a national scale. We are looking for originality and authenticity. Poets, creative writers, and visual artists, the time is now to express yourself.”
Submissions open in Spring 2025!
Permafrost Magazine
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
“As the editors of the Farthest North literary magazine, we’ve chosen an unconventional, expansive place to live. That, too, is what we seek in your submissions.”
Submissions open
Deadline: February 15th
Collision Literary Magazine
University of Pittsburg
“Collision accepts fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art, with a particular interest in experimental work that challenges style and structure.”
Submissions open
Deadline: January 27
Furrow
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
“Dating back to 2000, Furrow showcases outstanding writing and art from undergraduates across the U.S. and gives UW-Milwaukee students training in editing, publishing, publication design, web design, publicity, fundraising, and business practices.”
Submissions are open December 1st 2024 -February 20th 2025
Mistake House
Principia College
“We embrace the moments when creative accidents meet hard work and provide a necessary excuse for rejuvenation. Best enjoyed in the house, with your feet up.”
Submissions open October 15th 2024 - March 15th 2025
Nebo: A Literary Journal
Arkansas Tech University
“Nebo: A Literary Journal , began publication as the Five Cent Cigar in 1971 and took its current name during the 1982-1983 academic year. Nebo routinely publishes Arkansas Tech students and unpublished writers along side nationally known writers.”
Submissions are accepted year-round
Metaphor
Weber State University
“Metaphor is Weber State University's undergraduate literary journal, entirely run by students. Published each spring since 1982, the magazine features original poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, interviews and art.”
Submissions are accepted year-round
Green Blotter Literary Magazine
Lebanon Valley College
“Our mission is to provide a much-needed platform for undergraduate creative writers and artists and to foster outstanding work in each of the genres we publish.”
Submissions are accepted year-round
Glass Mountain
University of Houston
“Forward-thinking and -moving, Glass Mountain is aimed at inspiring creativity, encouraging growth within a craft, and teaching undergraduate students the process of publishing—and getting published—with a can-do attitude.”
Submissions are accepted year-round
The Oakland Arts Review
Oakland University
“Our ambition is to become one of the most prominent literary journals publishing undergraduate writers throughout the world.”
Currently accepting submissions for Spring 2025 edition
The Amistad
Howard University
“The Amistad is Howard University’s literary arts journal. Our goal is to elevate the creative voices of the Black diaspora through poetry, fiction, interviews, and art.”
Submissions are open; “Our reading period is mid-November to mid-January. All writers will be notified of their work by the end of March the following year.”
Dark River Review
Alabama State University
“Dark River Review is a national undergraduate literary magazine, sponsored by the Department of Languages and Literature at Alabama State University.”
Submissions are open year-round
Best to submit August-April
Outrageous Fortune
Mary Baldwin University (Staunton, Virginia)
“Outrageous Fortune is the first online literary magazine created for undergraduates by undergraduates. We accept submissions in the forms of visual art, film, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.”
Submissions are open
Deadline: March 24th, 2025
Prairie Margins
Bowling Green State University
“Publishing writers since 1963, the magazine promotes undergraduate writing nationwide by providing a venue through which talented newcomers to the art of writing can be introduced to a wide audience every year with a print issue.”
Submissions are open until March 2025
The Scriblerus
Greenville University
“The Scriblerus seeks writing and art that explore the human experience with honesty and authenticity. Spirituality permeates our experiences and is therefore an inherent element in our art.”
“Each month, we accept 100 submissions, after which point we close the submissions until the following month.”
The Round
Brown University
“Our name is adopted from the musical “round,” a composition in which multiple voices form an overlapping conversation. It is our mission to extend and enrich the dialogue surrounding literary and visual arts.”
Submissions are open year-round
Apricity Magazine
The University of Texas at Austin
“Our purpose is to provide a platform for voices from all around the world to be acknowledged, heard, and expressed through the literary, visual, and performing arts.”
Submissions are open
Deadline: January 5th, 2025
30 North
North Central College
“We welcome creative writing in all genres, as well as visual art and songwriting. We seek to cultivate a collaborative and generous community of writers, artists, and readers.”
Submissions are open
Deadline: February 19th, 2025
Polaris Literary Magazine
Northern Ohio University
“We want undergraduate writers from around the United States to have a chance to publish their work in a professional quality national venue, building their confidence, and their publishing credentials.”
Submissions are open
Deadline: February 1st, 2025