Cool Beans Lit

It’s publishing day. Our latest issue Vol. 2, Issue 2 (Summer 2025) is now live. You can view it 3 ways: 1. Interactive PDF flipbook 2. Downloadable pdf 3. Hyperlinked pages by author coolbeanslit.com/vol-2-issue-2 Thank you to all of our amazing contributors!

@thestripesmag @AkpataMagazine @hcaflagos @JAY_Literature @brittlepaper @dishsoapquart @EunoiaReview @JB_INKspired @HooghlyReview @PoetryColumnNnd Thank you for your support! 💕

#followfriday Here are some fine folks to follow @AkpataMagazine @hcaflagos @JAY_Literature @brittlepaper @CoolBeansLit @dishsoapquart @EunoiaReview @JB_INKspired @HooghlyReview @PoetryColumnNnd

Cool Beans Lit Summer 2025 offers diverse literary and artistic explorations of human experiences, from life changes to social media and immigration. #litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity @CoolBeansLit newpages.com/blog/magazines…

Don’t miss new magazine issues out this month from @AfterDinnerCon, @CoolBeansLit, @Colorado_Review, @DoorIsAJarMag, @eleventhhourlit, @epiphanylit, @fahmidanjournal, @TheLouRev, @TheMarkazReview, @baypathmfaCNF, and more lit mags! Find them all here: clmp.org/news/june-2025…

No fees, just opportunities. Fahmidan Journal doesn't charge submission fees. We publish quarterly and are open year-round. Send us your unpublished poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Submit: buff.ly/3OYTRme

@RuiShanewrites We are ever so grateful (and lucky!) to have your work in our pages. 🙏 Thank you.

Thanks to @CoolBeansLit for publishing my poem "No Go Zone" about an ordinary morning on my street. Read it here: coolbeanslit.com/brandon-shane

We’re proud to share the names of our 25 amazing contributors to Vol 2, Issue 2 coming out later this week. They were selected from 960 submissions. Thank you to all who submitted. We wish we could have accepted so many more. The work we received was astounding.

All responses have gone out as of today. Please check your email or Submittable account. Contributor announcement coming soon!

Last day for submissions! We close at 6:00pm EST. Thank you for the overwhelming response. We’ve received 940+ subs in this round and will begin sending out responses soon with all of them going out in the next 2 weeks. We plan to announce contributors in mid- to late-June.

We are offering free subs today and through the end of May. Why? Well... find out by reading our silly announcement on the buzz blog. thegoodlifereview.com/2025/05/21/fre… Oh, and links to guidelines and forms to submit are there too, plus info about what we pay and prizes we nominate for.

A list of our fellow mags/journals that are OPEN for submissions 🌿✨️ Spread the word! @bloominonionlit @bone_exposed @CapndaveNFNF @mosspuppymag @DaisiesJournal @fahmidanjournal @otdjournal @sufferersdigest @bleachlitmag @DaisiesJournal @corporeallitmag @fussubmag

✨️LOST & FOUND 🌟 SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN! ❤️ July 14th is the deadline.

Let’s get into it.

Friendly reminder that we will reopen submissions tomorrow, May 1, in the morning. Our reviewers eagerly await your work and will be pumped with matcha. So don’t be afraid to send us the good stuff. We can take it.

Set your reminders for May 1st. We’ll be opening submissions for our Summer 2025 issue! @CoolBeansLit

Experimental. Bold. Unapologetic. At Fahmidan Journal, we seek work that pushes literary boundaries— fragmented narratives and raw emotion. If your words don’t fit the mould, we want them. 🧡 Submit: buff.ly/3OYTRme

Combed through magazines accepting submissions right now and these calls caught my eye 👀 All the info you need to submit listed (for free) on our database: chillsubs.com/browse