Cool Beans Lit Magazine

It’s publishing day! Our latest issue Vol. 2, Issue 2 (Summer 2025) is now live on our website.

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

coolbeanslit.com/vol-2-issue-2

Thank you to all of our wonderful contributors! 🙏

Check out our beautiful cover art by amazingly talented artist Annika Connor.

Full issue will be published this Saturday, June 21. Can’t wait!

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. Very grateful to everyone who submitted their work. We wish we could have accepted so many more.

Cover reveal coming soon. 🖼️

Last day for submissions! We close today 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.

It’s gonna be May… for submissions. Send us your favorite work!

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

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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 by Robin Young)

Please join us in congratulating 31 contributors to our Volume 2, Issue 1. We were overwhelmed with such high caliber writing and art 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!

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! 🎊

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.

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

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

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Subs are now open through November 30 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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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

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So honored to announce our Best of the Net nominations for 2025.

Best of luck to all nominees!

It's publishing day!

Vol. 1, Issue 4 (Summer 2024) is now live on our site.

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

coolbeanslit.com/issue4

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

Thanks 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✌️

Only 2 more days to submit to our summer issue! Deadline: 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.

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Looking for more visual art and photography for our Summer 2024 issue! Please send us your favorites.

Deadline: June 1

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Subs are now open through June 1.

Come on in. The water’s fine.

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Submissions for Cool Beans Lit will reopen later this week!

Submission guidelines: CoolBeansLit.com/submissions

Let’s take a deep dive together.

Cool Beans!
Issue No 3 (Spring 2024) is now live.

You can view it 3 ways:
1. PDF flipbook
2. Downloadable pdf print version
3. Hyperlinked on our website

coolbeanslit.com/issue3

Thank you to all who contributed!
(Cover art by @KellyDuMar)

We are honored and excited to announce our 27 contributors to Cool Beans Lit Issue No. 3. Please join us in congratulating them.

The issue will be published online on March 19 — the first day of spring.

Thank you to all 660 of you who submitted this round for our spring issue. Wowzer! We’ve got some reading to do. Halfway there already. All responses will go out within the next 10 days.

Subs are closed until summer. 😎

We’d LOVE to review your submissions! Submit now through March 1.

CoolBeansLit.submittable.com

Open for submissions until March 1.

Our spring issue will be a beauty. We’re already blown away by the quality of early subs received. Keep it coming!

Link to submit:
CoolBeansLit.submittable.com

Today is the day!

Subs are now open for our Spring 2024 issue. Submit to us your most divine art and ruthless writing. Deadline is March 1.

CoolBeansLit.Submittable.com

One week from today the sub gates will open! Send us your best words and images.

No theme. No fee to submit.

coolbeanslit.submittable.com