Lit Mags for Women's Rights
The magazines focused on being a woman in this world.
Women’s rights and women’s advocacy are an ever-evolving fight. There is no ‘made it’ — freedom is a verb, and sleeping at the wheel isn’t going to cut it. Patriarchy likes to say history ‘moves forward.’ Rather, history moves, and we have to work to make it better.
These lit mags get it, and we think they deserve your attention.
Bust Magazine
BUST is the groundbreaking, original feminist lifestyle brand—producing a magazine, website, podcast, and events—that is unique in its ability to connect with smart, thought-leading, influential women.
CALYX Journal
While CALYX has long existed to provide a platform for women’s work, it is an intersectional platform that serves to spotlight the voices of underrepresented communities in the literary world. We are dedicated to keeping that space open to cisgender women, transgender women, and nonbinary and genderfluid authors.
Dorothy Parker’s Ashes
Monthly publication of personal essays. Bringing the voices of women in midlife (as well as either side) to the world. The publication’s name references the posthumous fate of Parker’s remains, which spent years in a filing cabinet at the NAACP headquarters after her death.
Fahmidan Journal
Founded in the Summer of 2020, Fahmidan Journal Hopes to bring out diverse voices and their cacophonous words. Our press, founded in 2021 is focused on the publication of POC & Women Identifying voices ardent battle against subjugation! Now five years old, Fahmidan Journal has been a paying market for nearly two years. We have now grown to offer editorial & feedback services, consultations, affordable workshops and much more!
Grand Dame Literary
Grande Dame Literary is for women writers of any age and their vibrant voices. There is a Grande Dame in every woman, and we are women writers/editors who support women writers. We do not define age, nor should you.
Hallaren
Hallaren is an online literary magazine committed to elevating the creative voices of the women writers & photographers in our military community. Often, literary spaces dedicated to service members, veterans, et al. are male-dominated. We wanted to carve out a piece of the lit world just for our unique voices.
HerStry
Where our cofounder Veronica got her start! HerStry started in the mid-teens and focuses only on women’s stories with a mission of preserving our history. They have wonderful workshops, writing groups, and a yearly conference.
Lilith Magazine
Independent, Jewish & frankly feminist since 1976, Lilith’s mission is to be the feminist change-agent in and for the Jewish community: amplifying Jewish feminist voices, creating an inclusive and positive Judaism, spurring gender consciousness in the Jewish world.
Luna Station
Luna Station Quarterly publishes speculative fiction written by women-identified authors. We think women write awesome characters and really cool stories and we want to show it to the world. We will consider stories submitted by any woman writer, regardless of experience or writing resume.
Minerva Rising
Minerva Rising publishes thought-provoking fiction, nonfiction, memoir, essays, and photography and art by emerging and established women writers and artists in a literary journal twice a year (a print in the fall/winter and an e-book spring/summer).
Mslexia Magazine
What’s new in creativity and publishing, expert advice and inspiration, debate and opinion, extraordinary poetry and prose, plus a unique directory of 60 competitions with closing dates pending and 60 editors and publishers on the lookout for fresh talent – all packaged up in a collectable 84-page perfect-bound magazine.
Raising Mothers
Raising Mothers amplifies and provides a supportive and inclusive space exclusively for Black, Asian, Latine(x), Indigenous and other marginalized identities from the Global Majority to share their experiences and creative works, while also advocating for social justice and equity.
Room
Room is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, and has published fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, interviews, and book reviews for forty years. We specifically encourage writers with overlapping under-represented identities to submit their work.
WIA Magazine
WIA began as a simple idea: young people, especially girls, deserve a space where their words and creativity are truly heard. We’re a youth-led digital magazine that brings together writing, art, and photography — not just as forms of expression, but as tools for change. (We at Anodyne adore any opportunity for young women to find community and voice!)
Yellow Arrow Press
Yellow Arrow Publishing supports and inspires writers and artists identifying as women through publication and access to the literary arts. Women’s voices have historically been underrepresented in literature, and we aim to elevate those voices and stories through our programs and publications.
This was just a sampling. There are a few that we skipped strategically, as we highlighted them in other newsletters. Which mags do you think deserve more attention? Link them in the comments!