Reviews

The Last Girls Club

Published on April 2, 2026

“We are the modern witches’ Cosmo. We have columns on herbology, cemetery tours, book reviews, movie reviews, wacky quizzes, women in history, short stories and poetry.” Welcomes new writers. Quarterly. Pays after acceptance. Publishes ms approximately a month after acceptance. Accepts reprints three years or older. Responds within two weeks. Subscriptions are $3/month for the online issue, $6/month for the print issue, and $12/month for the print issue with a gift on the solstice.

Pays $0.015/word for fiction up to 2500 words, and $10 for poems up to 200 words

New Letters

Published on November 6, 2025 Paying Markets for Writers, welcomes new writers

“New Letters is an international quarterly magazine featuring fiction, essays, poetry, reviews, and interviews with writers and original art, published by the University of Missouri at Kansas City.” Welcomes new writers. 90% freelance. Quarterly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 3-9 months after acceptance. Buys First NA rights. No reprints. Responds in 3-6 months.

Pays “$15 to $35 per poem; $35 book reviews; $65 to $200 short stories

The Prairie Journal

Published on September 11, 2025 Paying Markets for Writers, welcomes new writers

100% freelance. “Nonprofit arts, literary and cultural small magazine publishing.” Welcomes new writers. Biannual. Pays on publication. Publication time varies. Buys first N.A. serial rights, or limited online with previously published work. No reprints. Response time varies. Guidelines available online

Pays $25 – 100

The Hollins Critic

Published on October 4, 2024 Paying Markets for Writers, welcomes new writers

“Literary journal with a lead essay on the work of a contemporary writer; poetry; and book reviews.” 100% freelance. Welcomes new writers. Pays on publication. Publishes ms within one year. Buys first serial rights. Responds 2-3 months. Guidelines online.

Pays $25/poem