Welcome to Beyond Words, an international printed magazine of literature and art founded in 2020.
Our global Editorial Board of 11 members - editors and writers - will read your submissions in a blind review process.
We consider poems, flash fiction, creative non-fiction and short stories.
We also feature visual art - we are always on the look for inspiring photography, drawings, paintings, collages...
For further information visit our website, and don't forget to check out our Facebook and Instagram!
We are currently reading for Beyond Words Magazine Issue 59 - June 2025.
We invite you to submit your poetry, as well as short fiction and non-fiction, for consideration.
Tired of waiting for months to hear back from literary magazines? We at BEYOND WORDS LITERARY MAGAZINE believe there can be another way. We work around the clock and promise to respond to your submission within 24 hours with a decision.
BEYOND WORDS is an international magazine of literature and art founded in 2020.
The magazine is stocked in bookshops in America and Europe. It is also featured in book fairs and writing conferences such as AWP and IndieCon.
Our global Editorial Board of writers and editors reviews all submissions in a blind review process.
Guidelines:
We accept submissions of poetry (up to three poems in a single submission) and flash fiction/non-fiction (one piece per submission; max. length 1000 words).
We consider previously published works. We also accept simultaneous submissions.
Looking forward to enjoying your writings! In the meantime, we invite you to add us on Instagram @beyondwordsmagazine and/or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BeyondWordsMagazine for the latest news.
Nothing troubles more than feeling that you cannot turn back time. That things could have been different, if only... if only....
Regret is one of the strongest emotions we experience, and often comes together with sadness, anxiety, and the frustrating understanding that we do not always make the correct choices and lack control over our life.
Following the success of our My Greatest Fear anthology, published in December 2023, Beyond Words will release a special anthology in February 2025, all about regrets. We invite you to submit your poems, as well as your fiction or non-fiction short stories / flash pieces, for consideration!
We accept simultaneous submissions.
We are OK with previously published works. However, if a submitted piece has been previously published, please add a note about it.
There is no word count limit for poetry; for stories, we ask that your work doesn't exceed 3000 words.
We promise a fast turnaround - you will hear back from us within 24 hours.
We look forward to reading your wonderful works. Good luck!
In April 2025, we will release an anthology of short stories, flash pieces and poetry. The theme is: Scars.
We will read any work that does not exceed 3000 words and is related to scars.
We accept simultaneous submissions.
We are OK with previously published works. However, if a submitted piece has been previously published, please add a note about it.
We promise a fast turnaround - you will hear back from our 11-member global Editorial Board within 24 hours.
We look forward to reading your works. Good luck!
We are Beyond Words, an international magazine of art and literature, and we are just about to release our 53rd edition!
We are looking for visual artists who would like to get their work featured in one of our 2025 editions. Up to 10 pieces, please. We will get back to you with a decision within 5 business days.
Looking forward to reviewing your submissions! In the meantime, we invite you to add us on Instagram @beyondwordsmagazine and/or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BeyondWordsMagazine for the latest updates.
Good luck!
We are thrilled to announce our brand new 250-word creative writing competition for the January 2025 edition of Beyond Words Literary Magazine! The theme this time, inspired by the ongoing holiday season, is: GIFTS.
We invite you to submit your poems and flash pieces up to 250 words. We will consider any literary work related to gifts or presents. Our 11-member Editorial Board will read all submissions in a blind review process, and will then choose the best works. The winning pieces will be featured in our January 2025 edition - Issue 54!
Good luck!
Decisions will be sent late December.
We are thrilled to announce that we now accept submissions to the 4th round of Beyond Words Poetry Chapbook Awards!
Our extended Editorial Board, a group of international writers and editors, will review your chapbooks and select the most creative; those which demonstrate multiple poetry techniques; and read as one piece, each poem contributing to the others.
The winners will get their chapbook published with Beyond Words Press. We will promote you and your chapbook on our social media channels, and your chapbook will be featured in book fairs and writing conferences including AWP.
Guidelines:
Please only include poems or prose-poems.
We will only consider chapbooks up to 30 pages.
It is OK to simultaneously submit your chapbook elsewhere. However, please let us know immediately in case the chapbook gets accepted there.
Decisions will be sent out late February 2025.
Good luck!
Winners of the inaugural Beyond Words Poetry Chapbook Awards:
Linda Neal Reising - Perpetual Astonishment
Weston Wise - The Songs of the Long Land
Lane Devers - Antarctica is Not the Moon
Winners of the Second Beyond Words Poetry Chapbook Awards:
Hollie Ziskind - So Many Things Flammable
Clayton Spencer - Concerning the Service
Winners of the Third Beyond Words Poetry Chapbook Awards
Von Wise - Grow a Cowboy
James Cook - Around the Lakes
Mar Ka - Near-Presence: An Abecedarian Psalm