Some upcoming magazine and ezine deadlines for September and October

What better way to motivate yourself to write this autumn than a glimpse of a few  upcoming deadlines? Here are a few magazine and ezines with submission periods now open. They are also lovely to read.

Bohemyth - looking for submissions for a special Oscar Wilde themed issue - short stories, flash, one act plays and photography. See here for more details. Submit by end of September.

Wordlegs – poetry, flash and short stories – open until 30/09 - poetry, flash and short stories here

Abridged are seeking submissions of poetry for two issues: Blue 0 - 34; and Mara 0 - 13. Deadline for both is 30th September 2013. See here for more details. 

3:am - fiction submissions, deadline 30th September, details here

The Pickled Body -  poetry submissions on the theme of The Red Shoes. Deadline 30th September, here

Burning Bush 2 – mainly poetry and some flash fiction – open now until 01^st October here

Skylight 47 - issue 3, poetry, deadline 01st October 2013, send up to 4 poems (max 40 lines each) with a short bio to skylightpoets47@gmail.com Unpublished poems only, send by attachment and in the body of the email. 

The Letters Page - edited by Jon McGregor. Issue 2 The Penpal Issue - wants handwritten letters on one side of one A4 page - deadline 16th October. See here

TheSouth Circular - short stories, deadline 21st October. See here 

The Stinging Fly - poetry, fiction, book reviews etc.. see here open to submissions in October 2013.

I'll maybe sneak this one in too since it's a 01st November deadline - The Linnet's Wings - publishes poetry, flash, micros, short story and creative non-fiction. See details here

For information on competitions see our competitions page. 

And, for those of you who detest working to dates, here are some ideas for submissions with no deadlines.

Word  Bohemia - poetry, flash and video among other things. See here

Poetry 24 - news related poetry. See here

The Weary Blues - poetry, short fiction, visual art and photography. See  here

Roadside Fiction - stories and photographs. See here    

Scissors and Spackle - stories, poetry and non-fiction. See here