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.

 
Route 7 Review Now Accepting Submissions submitted by The Southern Quill

Published annually since 2013, Route 7 Review is Utah Tech University’s online literary arts journal. We are currently open for submissions of creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, visual art, and book…

Expires:November 10, 2025
Auto Draft submitted by RockPaperPoem

RockPaperPoem is open for submissions of the best contemporary poetry we can find! But hurry–send us your gems by November 13, 2025, to be considered for Issue 13. We would…

Expires:November 13, 2025
Fiction Potluck submitted by WayWords

The October Fiction Potluck Challenge is: Romantasy Send your best story in under 6,000 words. This is a fiction-only challenge. A tip from our guest judge, Allison Rott: Romance movies are a…

Expires:November 15, 2025
2026 Perugia Press Prize submitted by Perugia Press

Founded in 1997, Perugia Press is a nonprofit feminist press that publishes one beautifully designed book each year: the winner of the Perugia Press Prize, our annual national contest for…

Expires:November 15, 2025
CLOCKHOUSE Journal, Vol. 13 submitted by CLOCKHOUSE

CLOCKHOUSE, published by Clockhouse Writers’ Conference, seeks submissions from emerging and established writers for Volume 13 (published in Summer 2026). We’re looking for work that beckons us to listen, share,…

Expires:November 15, 2025
The Mukoli Contest submitted by Mukoli: The Magazine for Peace

Call for Contest Submissions Mukoli is open! We invite submissions for our 5th issue, which will be contest-based across four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Multimedia Art. We seek work…

Expires:November 15, 2025
WayWords Literary Journal submitted by WayWords

Issue 21 invites writers to explore themes of “wonder” in fiction and poetry. Editors’ advice: curiosity, everyday magic, and exciting newness can fill the soul with wonder. Send fiction (up to…

Expires:November 20, 2025
Sea Crow Press Open Submissions submitted by Sea Crow Press

Sea Crow Press is a woman-owned independent publisher based on Cape Cod. We publish eco-literature, historical fiction, poetry, and nonfiction with strong voice and enduring heart. Our books are rooted…

Expires:November 24, 2025
Bridge Journal - Poetry V26 N1 submitted by Bridge Art NFP

Submissions Thank you for your interest in Bridge, Chicago’s independent, intersectional hard bound journal of art and public scholarship. We welcome submissions in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction, visual art, cultural criticism,…

Expires:November 30, 2025
Bridge Journal - Literary Fiction - V26 N1 submitted by Bridge Art NFP

Submissions Thank you for your interest in Bridge, Chicago’s independent, intersectional hard bound journal of art and public scholarship. We welcome submissions in poetry, literary fiction and creative nonfiction, visual…

Expires:November 30, 2025
Bridge Video: Screenplays 2025/26 (Bridge Journal V26N1) submitted by Bridge Art NFP

Award winners in the Screenplay category may have the opportunity to see their work published in one of Bridge’s publications, including Bridge Journal and Bridge Magazine, both in print and…

Expires:November 30, 2025
Bridge Video: Cinepoetry 2025/26 (Streaming Online & In-Person "Festival of Holes") submitted by Bridge Art NFP

Similar in nature to video art, our cinepoetry category is an evolving field that we specifically want to help foster and define. Cinepoems may be simple poetry readings or renditions,…

Expires:November 30, 2025
Cozy Contest - Prose and Poetry submitted by Four Tulips

Grab your big comfy blankets and curl up by the fire, because it’s time to get cozy! For this contest, Four Tulips is looking for short prose and poetry with…

Expires:November 30, 2025
Nimblewitlit Issue 2: Trustworthy submitted by Epistemic Literary

Theme: Trustworthy Whether old or young, one of the most important qualities we look for in friends is being trustworthy. But what does that mean exactly? Three words come to…

Expires:November 30, 2025
Hudson Review Short Fiction Contest submitted by The Hudson Review

We’re happy to announce The Hudson Review’s biennial Short Fiction Contest will be open for submissions from September 1 to November 30, 2025. Online submissions will close at 11:59 p.m.…

Expires:November 30, 2025
Prudence Dispatch - Issue No. 2 - Submissions Open! submitted by Prudence Dispatch

Prudence Dispatch welcomes submissions for Issue No. 2, to be published in print and online in Winter 2026. Poets may submit up to 3 poems that address Islands: Real, Imagined…

Expires:November 30, 2025
Poetry submissions now open for issue nr. 1 submitted by Double Dutch magazine

Just to let you know we at Double Dutch magazine have started taking submissions for our first regular issue! We want your poetry/music/art! But, to be blunt, we can be…

Expires:November 30, 2025
Music submissions now open for issue nr. 1 submitted by Double Dutch magazine

Just to let you know we at Double Dutch magazine have started taking submissions for our first regular issue! We want your poetry/music/art! But, to be blunt, we can be…

Expires:November 30, 2025
(Visual) Art submissions now open for issue nr. 1 submitted by Double Dutch magazine

Just to let you know we at Double Dutch magazine have started taking submissions for our first regular issue! We want your poetry/music/art! But, to be blunt, we can be…

Expires:November 30, 2025
NonBinary Review Issue #43: Carnival submitted by Zoetic Press

What does the word “carnival” bring to mind? Outlandishly-dressed people throwing candy and cheap jewelry to waiting crowds from atop parade floats to mark the beginning of Lent? The smell…

Expires:November 30, 2025
The Wishing Jewel Prize for Poetic Innovation submitted by Green Linden Press

The submission window for the annual Wishing Jewel Prize is open. The Prize awards $1000 and publication for an innovative, book-length manuscript that challenges expectations of what a book of…

Expires:November 30, 2025