Calls for Submissions
2025 Broken Tribe Short Story Collection Award submitted by Lawrence Landing Company [Serving House Books & Broken Tribe Press imprints]
2025 Broken Tribe Press Short Story Collection Award submissions: June 1 – August 28 We are seeking a 2025 winner in a short story collection 90 pages +, excluding front…
Serving House Books International Series (Africa) submitted by Lawrence Landing Company [Serving House Books & Broken Tribe Press imprints]
2025: We are now seeking manuscripts from authors born in any of the 54 countries in Africa (excluding Uganda, which we selected a winner for in a previous round). Objective…
Fantastic Mischief submitted by Four Tulips Publishing, LLC
Show us your rangers in taverns, your whimsical narrators, and your mischievous bards! We are looking for anything fantasy: magical battles, winged creatures, cozy wizards, whatever suits your fancy. Whether…
Open Reading Period submitted by Strange Hymnal
Strange Hymnal is a literary magazine of mystery, ritual, and obsession. A biome of writing and art that worships the strange and unusual. An investigation of liminal spaces, the ineffable, the…
Poetry Submissions, Shō No. 8 (30-day Response) submitted by Shō Poetry Journal
Shō Poetry Journal is an Arizona-based nonprofit print journal coming out of a 20-year hibernation. We publish an eclectic range of poetry twice a year and release audio features on…
Free Submissions for Native Poets (Shō No. 8) submitted by Shō Poetry Journal
As an Arizona-based journal, Shō Poetry Journal offers free submissions to community-recognized members of tribal nations within the U.S. and its trust territories and to Indigenous Canadians (including First Nations,…
Join the Old Scratch Press Poetry Short Form Collective submitted by Old Scratch Press
Old Scratch Press (OSP), a poetry and short-form collective sponsored by Current Words Publishing, is seeking two new members to join us starting at the end of 2025. Your book…
Nine Syllables Press chapbook contest submitted by Nine Syllables Press
Nine Syllables Press is delighted to announce our third annual chapbook contest. Eugenia Leigh will be the final judge for 2025. The winner will be awarded $500 and author’s copies.…
Sundress Publications Open Reading Period for Full-Length Poetry Manuscripts submitted by Sundress Publications
Sundress Publications is open for submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts. All authors are welcome to submit qualifying manuscripts during our reading period of June 1st to August 31st, 2025, but…
NonBinary Review Issue #42: Erased From History submitted by Zoetic Press
History, as the old saying goes, is written by the winners. This means that in most histories, the stories are about discovery and conquest rather than plunder and genocide. It…
Sligo Creek Publishing calls for Poetry Submissions: BEARING WITNESS 2025
As Salman Rushdie has noted, a poem cannot stop a bullet. Nor can a chapbook shoot a rifle. No, in troubled times–like these–the poet’s job is not to soldier, but…
Yellow Arrow Journal (X/02) KAIROS Submissions Open August 1-31 submitted by Yellow Arrow Publishing Co.
Yellow Arrow Publishing is excited to announce that submissions for our next issue of Yellow Arrow Journal, Vol. X, No. 2 (fall 2025) are open August 1-31, exploring the aftermath…
2025 QTBIPOC Prize submitted by Kelsey Street Press
We would like to announce Kelsey Street Press’s 2025 QTBIPOC Book Prize! This is a FREE book contest open to QTBIPOC-identified, feminist, innovative writers/poets. The winning manuscript will be chosen…
Empty Bowl Press: Working the Land, Working the Sea submitted by Empty Bowl Press
To mark its fiftieth anniversary in 2026, Empty Bowl Press will publish a new edition of Working the Woods, Working the Sea, first published in 1986, with a second edition…
Superpresent Fall 2025 issue is seeking submissions submitted by Superpresent
Superpresent is seeking submissions on the theme TRUTH. We are looking for all forms of visual arts, poetry, short stories, asemic writing, videos, and sound art. Submission deadline is September…
new words issue 7 call for submissions / a trans* & gender-expansive poetry journal submitted by new words press
new words is a trans and gender-expansive poetry and hybrid journal, but that doesn’t mean work must be related to those topics. we publish work from emerging and established trans*…
IHRAM Press are seeking submissions for Disability Awareness | 3rd Quarter Literary Magazine submitted by International Human Rights Art Movement (IHRAM)
IHRAM Press are seeking submissions for their upcoming 3rd Quarter Literary Magazine, including poetry, short-stories, essays, and visual art. For more details about submission guidelines, view here. We aim to…
Jewish Poets Collective Open for Submissions submitted by The Jewish Poets Collective Journal
The Jewish Poets Collective is open for submissions for its Fall Issue. Jewish poets and allies are welcome to submit their poetry now through September 4. There is no theme,…
Fahmidan is Open for Issue 24 Submissions! submitted by Fahmidan Journal/ Publishing & Co.
Fahmidan is now five years old and with a diverse team, we believe in true diversity of thought, perspective and indeed, literature! We’re reading for Issue 24 and excited to…
Rawhead Presents: Bloody Bones - Special Issue #1 submitted by Rawhead
Rawhead is not a horror journal, but we believe in monsters and love Halloween. For our first Special Issue, we’re borrowing back the other half of our name. In the…
Fahmidan Journal is reading Poetry, Prose & Non-Fiction for Issue 24 submitted by Fahmidan Journal/ Publishing & Co.
Fahmidan is now five years old and with a diverse team, we believe in true diversity of thought, perspective and indeed, literature! We’re reading for Issue 24 and excited to…
Tales from the Unknown submitted by WayWords
For this year’s Tales anthology, we’re looking for themes of “the unknown“. We review and contact on a rolling basis. Editor’s Tip: From the abyss to the great beyond to…
Carnegie Mellon University Press Announces an Open Reading Period for Poetry and Fiction from August 15 to September 15 submitted by Carnegie Mellon University Press
Carnegie Mellon University Press Announces an Open Reading Period for Poetry and Fiction from August 15 to September 15 Poetry Submissions Eligibility: Submissions to the Poetry Series are open to any…
call for artists and writers to celebrate diversity and multicultural expression submitted by Kreatif Magazine
We are dedicated to fostering original artistic expression, providing a safe space for diverse creative art forms such as prose, poetry, painting, collage, sculpture, and more. Our goal is to…
