Calls for Submissions
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.
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…
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…
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 Test Site Poetry Series 2025The Test Site Poetry Series is open to all writers who are seeking to place an unpublished manuscript.We’re looking for manuscripts that engage the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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:…
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…
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…
🦉 The Lantern Tree Library — Halloween Chapter Books | $450 Prize + Publication submitted by Cosmographia Books
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🎃 The Pumpkin Patch Library — Early Reader Halloween Books | $450 Prize + Publication submitted by Cosmographia Books
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🔥 Campfire Stories: Abjection ($50 Prize) submitted by Cosmographia Books
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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…
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!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
