Calls for Submissions

Take a look at the latest publishing opportunities currently available to writers from the many literary magazines and presses that are members of CLMP. Before submitting your work, be sure to check the publisher’s website for any updates.

 
Mini Moon Writing Contest submitted by Tadpole Press

We look for clever, uplifting pieces. 10 words or less (including any title) according to Microsoft Word. Any genre or theme. Deadline: 2 days after the full moon.

Expires:January 5, 2026
Black History in Poetry submitted by Jerry Jazz Musician

We are currently seeking poetry from writers of all backgrounds for Black History in Poetry, an anthology scheduled for publication in the Summer of 2026. The anthology will be a means…

Expires:January 9, 2026
Submit Your Experimental/Avant Garde Poetry and Art to #Ranger Magazine submitted by #Ranger Magazine

Submit your avant garde/experimental poetry, art, music and film to #Ranger magazine! We accept everything. Text-based. Visual. Text-visual. Please check out the mag to see what our aesthetic is like…

Expires:January 15, 2026
2024 Test Site Poetry Series submitted by Interim

Now open! Test Site Poetry Series 2025The Test Site Poetry Series is open to all writers who are seeking to place an unpublished manuscript.We’re looking for manuscripts that engage the…

Expires:January 15, 2026
Calico: Call for Animal Stories in Translation submitted by Two Lines Press / Center for the Art of Translation

Two Lines Press’s Calico Series is looking for stories that largely feature one or more animals for a forthcoming edition. This call is open to translations from any language into…

Expires:January 15, 2026
Auto Draft submitted by Santa Clara Review

The Santa Clara Review publishes a wide variety of work from all over the world. Our magazine is open to all and is especially interested in writing and art from…

Expires:January 15, 2026
The Henry Morgenthau III First Book Poetry Prize submitted by Passager

Passager (passage + passenger) is a small, independent literary press whose mission is to publish the work of older writers, encourage the imagination in the later stages of life, and…

Expires:January 15, 2026
Purple Ink’s Cat’s Eye Fiction Chapbook Contest submitted by Purple Ink Press

Purple Inl’s Cat’s Eye Fiction Chapbook Contest: This is a fiction Chapbook Contest open to everyone. We are accepting works between 16 and 35 pages. You can submit several shorter…

Expires:January 18, 2026
Authors and Playwrights! The Lemonwood Quarterly is now accepting submissions for our Winter 2026 issue! submitted by The Lemonwood Quarterly

We’re looking for exquisite stories and plays between 2,000 and 10,000 words. We pay a flat rate of $200 for every story or play we publish. All of the stories…

Expires:January 19, 2026
Issue #4: Pharmakon submitted by Heart on Our Sleeves Press

Heart on Our Sleeves Press is opening up submissions again for our fourth issue! We’ll be accepting work for a three-month period: from October 22, 2025 to January 22, 2026.…

Expires:January 22, 2026
PUBLICATION SEEKS COVERT INTEL submitted by Frog Mag

NEW YORK — Frog Mag is seeking all manner of experimental writing (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, & everything in-between) regarding the intersection of textiles and clandestine activities for its Volume 3:…

Expires:January 23, 2026
Purple Ink’s Multi-Genre Chapbook Contest for BIPOC Women and Nonbinary Folks submitted by Purple Ink Press

Purple Ink’s Beloved Multi-Genre Chapbook Contest for BIPOC Women and Nonbinary Folks This is a multi-genre Chapbook Contest for BIPOC women and nonbinary folks. What do we mean by multi-genre? You can…

Expires:January 25, 2026
Litmosphere: Journal of Charlotte Lit — Spring 2026 Issue submitted by Charlotte Lit Press

Litmosphere is an open submission, paying online literary and art journal, published twice a year. We accept submissions of art, poetry, flash (fiction and nonfiction), and short prose (fiction and…

Expires:January 31, 2026
🔥 Campfire Stories: Abjection ($50 Prize) submitted by Cosmographia Books

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Expires:January 31, 2026
General ART Submissions submitted by Page Turner Magazine

Page Turner Magazine at Emerson College is now accepting General Art Submissions! General Art Submissions are open to ANY CURRENT COLLEGE STUDENT, and the pieces submitted can be any medium…

Expires:January 31, 2026
Music, poetry, and visual art submissions now open for issue nr. 2 submitted by Double Dutch magazine

Just to let you know we at Double Dutch magazine have started taking submissions for our second regular issue! Due to go live in March 2026. We want your poetry/music/art!…

Expires:January 31, 2026
ALOCASIA Seeks Queer Planty Writing submitted by ALOCASIA

ALOCASIA, a journal of queer plant-based writing is accepting creative writing of all genres from queer writers on a rolling basis with no reading fee. Please send no more than…

Expires:January 31, 2026
Ares Press Seeks Literary Fiction submitted by Ares Press LLC

Ares Press, a new publisher of literary fiction, seeks writers who wish to break free of the orthodox strictures of the contemporary publishing scene. Ares Press hearkens to an older…

Expires:January 31, 2026
General Prose Submissions submitted by Page Turner Magazine

Page Turner Magazine is now accepting GENERAL PROSE SUBMISSIONS! This submissions call is open to any current college student with a valid institutional email. Please see the details below: General Prose…

Expires:January 31, 2026
The Big Moose Prize (novels) submitted by Black Lawrence Press

Each year Black Lawrence Press will award The Big Moose Prize for an unpublished novel. The prize is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner of this contest…

Expires:January 31, 2026
Quibble Lit - Volume 7: PEOPLE - Prose, Poetry, & Visual Art

Quibble, an online & print literary magazine for prose, poetry, and art, is thrilled to open submissions for PEOPLE: Volume VII of Quibble Lit. Work selected for this volume will…

Expires:January 31, 2026
Being in Bodies submitted by The Passionfruit Review

Judge: John L. Stanizzi 1st prize £600 2nd prize £75 3rd prize £25 9 × COMMENDED POEMS £10 EACH All prizewinning poems will also be published in a special issue…

Expires:January 31, 2026