If you are a writer or artist looking for places to submit Christian-themed work, we’re here to help! Here is a growing list of literary journals, magazines, and presses accepting Christian, religious, and spiritual work. Please check each site for more information about reading periods, themes, and guidelines. May God bless and guide you on your publishing journey!
(Note: Being included in this list does not equal endorsement by Heart of Flesh. Please carefully check the content on each site to see if it is a good fit for you.)
Know of someone that accepts Christian/Religious/Spiritual work that doesn’t appear on the list? Leave a comment below, and our editor will check it out.
Literary Journals, Magazines, and Presses:
- Agape Review: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction
- America Magazine: Essays, Poetry
- Amethyst Review: Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reviews
- Ancient Paths: Poetry, Flash Fiction, Photography, Visual Art
- Anglican Theological Review: Articles, Poetry
- As Surely As the Sun: Poetry, Flash/Micro Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Photography, Art
- Assisi: Essays, Short Fiction, Poetry, Photography, Visual Art
- Bearings Online: Articles, Essays, Poetry
- Bez & Co: Poetry, Short Stories, Flash Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Essays, Visual Art
- Bible Advocate: Articles, Poetry
- Calla Press: Articles, Prose, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Photography
- Catholic Poetry Room: Poetry
- Christ and Pop Culture: Articles
- Christian Century: Articles, Poetry, Guest Blog Posts
- Christian Courier: Visual Art, Poetry, Reviews
- Christian Devotions: Devotions
- The Christian Journal: Articles, Testimonies, Book Reviews, Visual Art, Children Stories
- The Clayjar Review: Poetry, Prose, Musings
- Creation Illustrated: Photography, Poetry, Nonfiction, Short Stories, Children Stories, Articles
- The Cresset: Essays, Articles, Book Reviews, Poetry
- Commonweal Magazine: Articles, Poetry
- The Curator: Essays, Reviews, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Dappled Things: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Book Reviews, Guest Blog Posts, Interviews, Visual Art
- Devotable: Devotions
- EcoTheo Review: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Interviews, Visual Art, Reviews
- Ekstasis: Essays, Poetry
- The Ethicist: Creative Nonfiction, Essays, Op-Eds, Fiction of all genres, Poetry, Experimental Work
- Faith On Every Corner: Articles, Short Stories, Poetry, Testimonies
- Fare Forward: Reviews, Essays, Poetry
- Fathom: Articles, Essays, Profiles, Interviews, Book Reviews, Bible Exposition, Theological/Historical Analysis, Poetry, Short Stories
- Focus on the Family Clubhouse: Short Fiction, Nonfiction, Articles // *For child audience, ages 8-12*
- Focus on the Family Clubhouse Jr.: Short Fiction, Nonfiction, Articles // *For child audience, ages 3-7*
- Foreshadow Magazine: Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Music, Photography, Visual Art
- Guide: Nonfiction // *For child audience, ages 10-14
- Guideposts: Nonfiction
- Image Journal: Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Visual Art // *Charges fees*
- Inkslinger: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, B+W Art // *Accepts submissions only from Biola University students, alumni, and faculty, and students from Christian colleges across California*
- inScribe Journal: Short Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
- Keys for Kids: Short Stories // *For child audience, ages 6-12*
- Kosmeo: Poetry, Short Stories, Art
- Labyrinthine Passages: Poetry, Prose
- The Lutheran Digest: Articles, Poetry, Jokes
- Macrina Magazine: Academic Essays, Articles, Short Fiction, Poetry, Personal Essays
- Mizmor Anthology: Poetry
- Mysterion: Speculative Fiction, Visual Art
- North American Anglican: Articles, Book Reviews, Poetry
- Orison Books: Long Fiction, Short Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Essays, Memoir, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Chapbooks
- The Penwood Review: Poetry
- Pilgrimage: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Translation, Poetry, Visual Art
- Plough: Articles, Essays, Reviews, Visual Art, Photography, Short Fiction, Letters to the Editor, Book Proposals, Poetry
- Presence: Poetry, Book Reviews
- Providence: Articles
- Psaltery & Lyre: Essays, Stories, Poetry, Hybrid Work
- Pure in Heart Stories: Poetry, Short Stories, Photography, Visual Art, Image-Text Hybrid // *For child and family audiences; accepts work from kids, teens, and adults*
- The Purpled Nail: Short Stories, Poetry
- Radix: Essays, Reviews, Stories, Interviews, Poetry // *Charges fee for poetry submissions*
- Relevant: Articles
- Relief: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Graphic Narrative // *Charges fees*
- Rock & Sling: Graphic Art & Comics, Visual Art, Photography, Creative Nonfiction, Reviews
- Ruminate: Fiction, Nonfiction, Image-Text/Hybrid, Poetry, Visual Art
- Saint Anthony’s Messenger: Articles, Short Fiction
- Saint Katherine Review: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Reviews
- Saint Mary’s Messenger: Articles, Short Fiction, Poetry, Games/Activities, Crafts, Recipes // *For child audience, ages 7-12*
- The Scriblerus: Cartoons, Short Fiction, Film, Music, Essays, Poetry, Spoken Word Poetry, Visual Art
- Solid Food Press: Poetry, Prose, Essays & Articles, Photography, Art, Comics
- Solum Literary Press/Solum Journal: Poetry, Short Stories, Homilies
- Spirit Fire Review: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Essays, Photography, Visual Art, Testimonies, Music
- Spiritus: Academic Articles, Essays
- Theophron: Academic Articles, Poetry, Reflections
- Tiferet: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Visual Art, Photography
- Time of Singing: Poetry
- Touchstone: Articles, Reviews
- Transfigured Lit: Flash Fiction
- Twelve House Books: Short Story Collections, Novellas, Poetry Collections // *New Weird and Fabulist Fiction only*
- Unlocked: Essays, Fiction, Poetry // *For teen audience; accepts work from teens and adults*
- Untold Volumes: Poetry
- The Unmooring: Essays, Articles, Visual Art, Liturgy, Photography // *Women only*
- U.S. Catholic: Essays, Articles, Reviews, Poetry
- Vita Poetica Journal: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Visual Art, Reviews, Interviews
- The Windhover: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Book Reviews
- The Wittenburg Door: Articles, Cartoons, Interviews, Humor
- Words of the Lamb: Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, Photography // *NEW*
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Hello, As Surely As the Sun Lit (surelyasthesun.weebly.com) is a beautiful new Christian literary journal you may want to add to your list. God Bless:)
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Hello! Thank you for creating this list. I’m the EiC for Inkslinger, a Christian literary journal for students by students. 🙂
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Hello, Words of The Lamb Magazine is new on the block, and set in motion. Can’t wait to meet fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
http://www.wordsofthelamb.com
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