To all the writers and poets, I urge you not to stop writing and voicing your thoughts. Instead of focusing on the negativity, write your heart out and try to get it published!
Now, publish short-stories, poetry in magazines for free. Submit short-stories, submit poetry in magazines for free. Below is a list of magazines to submit your short-stories.
While I will list all the necessary basic details, I strongly advise you to visit the website and read the submission guidelines, properly, before submitting.
Split Rock Review
- Remuneration (if published): None
- Theme: None
- Submission Fee: None
- Form: Poetry, Short Fiction, Comics, Graphics Stories, Hybrids, & Visual Poetry, Short Creative Non Fiction, Photography and Art
- Guidelines: here
The Purpled Nail
- Remuneration (if published): None
- Submission Fee: None
- Form: Literary Fiction, flash fiction, Poetry
- Guidelines: here
Alien Magazine
- Remuneration (if published): None
- Theme: None
- Submission Fee: None
- Form: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, and Visual Art
- Guidelines: here
Dots Press
- Remuneration (if published): None
- Theme: none
- Submission Fee: None
- Guidelines: here
Awakenings: The Nightingale
- Remuneration (if published): None
- Theme: none
- Form: Fiction, Memoir, Essay, Reviews, and Resources
- Submission Fee: None
- Guidelines: here
Chitro Magazine
- Remuneration (if published): None
- Theme: None
- Submission Fee: None
- Form: Poetry, Photography, Short Fiction and Illustration
- Guidelines: here
New Delta Review
- Submission Fee: None
- Writing Form: Fiction, Flash, Poetry, Nonfiction
- Remuneration (if accepted): None
- Please read the detailed guidelines before submitting.
Marathon Literary Review
- Submission Fee: None
- Writing Form: Poetry, Flash, Fiction
- Remuneration (if accepted): None
- Please read the detailed guidelines before submitting.
I hope all these resources help you to find a place for your valuable work. Let me know if you bag a submission, so that we can celebrate together! Cheers
Bookish Bubble 
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