Cool Beans Lit

01/08/2025

Grateful to be included in the latest CLMP Magazine Roundup!

We’re proud to share this list of literary journals—all members of CLMP—publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, and more in December 2024.   Adi Magazine | Issue 20 Featuring nonfiction by Sarah Lubala and Ruxandra Guidi, poetry by Leslie McIntosh, and fiction by Jess Masi.   RE...

12/18/2024

Happy publishing day! Our latest issue (Winter 2024) is now live. Theme: YUTORI

You can view it 3 ways online:
1. PDF flipbook
2. Downloadable pdf
3. Hyperlinked pages by author

coolbeanslit.com/volume2-issue1

Thank you to all of our talented contributors!
(Cover art: “Feel No Evil” by Robin Young)

12/16/2024

Drumroll for the Winter 2024 cover reveal!

Artist: ROBIN YOUNG
Find more of her stunning art at 2songbird on Instagram. https://instagram.com/2songbird/

Issue will be released on December 18, 2024, on our website as an interactive flipbook and as a downloadable pdf for your reading pleasure.

12/14/2024

Please join us in congratulating 31 contributors to our Volume 2, Issue 1 with the theme “Yutori.” We were overwhelmed with such high caliber writing and art submissions that we wish we could have included far more work in this issue.

Publication is scheduled for next week. Stay tuned for updates and a stunning cover art reveal!

12/13/2024

All responses to submitters for Vol. 2 Issue 1 (Winter 2024) have gone out. Please check your inbox or Submittable.

Our contributors will be announced tomorrow! 🎊

11/30/2024

Thank you for the 665 submissions received in this round for our fifth issue! We are 2/3rds of the way through our total review. All responses will go out in the next 10 days for our winter issue scheduled for a mid-December release.

Subs will reopen in the spring.

11/11/2024

We’re only 11 days in to our submission period and have already received a lot of great work. Thank you, everyone! This may be our best issue yet.

Keep those subs coming and spread the word (unless you don’t like competition).

https://coolbeanslit.submittable.com

11/01/2024

Subs are now open for our winter 2024 issue.

Please review our submission guidelines and submit via our Submittable page. Best of luck! We can’t wait to see your work.

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10/18/2024

Submissions are opening soon via our Submittable page! Mark your calendar for November 1.

Get ready for our upcoming winter issue with the “Yutori” theme. (Theme is only a suggestion. We review all submissions received.)

Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art | Reviews

CoolBeansLit.submittable.com

09/30/2024

We’re honored to announce our 2025 nominations for the Sundress Publications “Best of the Net.”

Please join us in congratulating them. Best of luck to all of this year’s nominees!

06/25/2024

Proud that our Issue No. 4 was featured in the CLMP June magazine roundup!

We’re proud to share this list of literary journals—all members of CLMP—publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, and more in June 2024.   After Dinner Conversation | June 2024 Featuring fiction by Dustin Grinnell, Christina Tang-Bernas, Laurel Doud, Judith Rypma, Maeve Flanagan, A...

06/21/2024

It's publishing day! Issue No. 4 (Summer 2024) is now live.

You can view it 3 ways online:
1. PDF flipbook
2. Downloadable pdf
3. Hyperlinked pages by author/artist

http://coolbeanslit.com/issue4

Thank you to our amazing contributors!
(Cover art by Katie Hughbanks)

06/18/2024

Join us in congratulating our 26 contributors who were selected for the Summer 2024 issue. We enjoyed curating this very special issue which will close out our first full volume.

Vol. 1 Issue No. 4 will be published online this Friday, June 21.

06/01/2024

Thank you for the 500+ submissions received in this round! We’re about halfway through our review. All responses will go out in the next 2 weeks with our summer issue planned for end of June publication.

Subs are closed until Fall. Stay cool ✌️

05/31/2024

Only 2 more days to submit to our summer issue! Deadline is June 1.

Some responses will begin to go out early next week. Still diving deep through the stack and savoring every word and image. Thank you for sharing a bit of yourself with us.

CoolBeansLit.submittable.com

05/19/2024

Call for summer submissions! Open now through June 1.

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05/18/2024

Please send us more visual art and photography for our Summer 2024 issue!

Deadline: June 1

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05/10/2024

Subs are now open through June 1.
Take the plunge with us.

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