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 always 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 63 - October 2025.
We invite you to submit your poetry, or short fiction or non-fiction, for consideration.
Tired of waiting for months to hear back from literary magazines? We at Beyond Words Magazine believe there can be another way. We work around the clock and promise to respond to your submission after 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.
If your work is accepted by us for publication, you consent to giving Beyond Words first publication rights, after which all rights revert back to you. If you do republish your work somewhere else, we ask that you give a mention to Beyond Words.
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.
Following the success of our My Greatest Fear (2023), Once in a Lifetime (2024) and Regrets (2025) themed anthologies, Beyond Words Press will release another anthology in December 2025, this time - all about FATHERS. We invite you to submit your poems, flash fiction/non-fiction, and short stories 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!
We are thrilled to announce our brand new 250-word creative writing competition for Issue 59 of Beyond Words Literary Magazine! The prompt this time is: BREATHE.
We invite you to submit your poems and flash pieces up to 250 words. We will consider any literary work related to breathing. 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 Issue 59.
Good luck!
We are thrilled to announce our brand new 250-word creative writing competition for Issue 60 of Beyond Words Literary Magazine! The prompt this time is: MY EX.
We invite you to submit your poems and flash pieces up to 250 words. We will consider any literary work related to ex-partners. 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 Issue 60.
Good luck!
Following the success of our series of themed anthologies, Beyond Words Press will release another anthology in February 2026, this time - all about DREAMS. We invite you to submit your poems, flash fiction/non-fiction, and short stories for consideration!
Guidelines
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!
We are thrilled to announce our brand new 250-word creative writing competition for Issue 62 of Beyond Words Literary Magazine! The prompt this time is: JUMP!
We invite you to submit your poems and flash pieces up to 250 words. We will consider any literary work related to jumping. 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 Issue 62.
Good luck!
We are thrilled to announce our brand new 250-word creative writing competition for Issue 63 of Beyond Words Literary Magazine! The prompt this time is: DIRTY!
We invite you to submit your poems and flash pieces up to 250 words. We will consider any literary work related to dirt. 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 Issue 63.
Good luck!
We are thrilled to announce our brand new 250-word creative writing competition for Issue 64 of Beyond Words Literary Magazine! The prompt this time is: KING.
We invite you to submit your poems and flash pieces up to 250 words. We will consider any literary work related to kings. 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 Issue 64.
Good luck!
We are thrilled to announce our brand new 250-word creative writing competition for Issue 61 of Beyond Words Literary Magazine! The prompt this time is: ACCIDENT!
We invite you to submit your poems and flash pieces up to 250 words. We will consider any literary work related to accidents. 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 Issue 61.
Good luck!
We are thrilled to announce our brand new 250-word creative writing competition for Issue 66 of Beyond Words Literary Magazine! The prompt this time is: YELLOW.
We invite you to submit your poems and flash pieces up to 250 words. We will consider any literary work related to the yellow color. 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 Issue 66.
Good luck!
No matter the reason for the stay. A much-anticipated vacation, international conferences, sexy encounters, losing your rented apartment... Some of the most significant moments in our life happen in a hotel.
We want to read your creative pieces about hotels! The title of our anthology, that will be published in June 2025, is Do Not Disturb: Hotel Stories. We invite you to submit your fiction, non-fiction, or poetry, for consideration!
We will read any work that does not exceed 3000 words.
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 now accept nominations for our 5th Poetry Chapbook Competition!
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 in 2026. 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 in January 2026.
Good luck!
Past award recipients -
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
Winner of the Fourth Beyond Words Poetry Capbook Awards
Andrew Christoforakis - But What If No One's Looking Out for Us?
We are looking for visual artists who would like to get their work - photography, paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures - featured in one of our next editions!
Beyond Words is a magazine of art and literature. In each issue, we match between literary and visual works and present both side-by-side, adding perspectives and strengths to both pieces.
Please upload up to 15 pieces. We will get back to you with a decision soon.
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!