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.

 
2025 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose submitted by L'Esprit Literary Review

L’Esprit Literary Review invites submissions to our current open calls. The 2025 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose will be awarded to the best piece of fiction, nonfiction, or hybrid work…

Expires:June 8, 2025
Accepting Subs For Our Next Issue! submitted by Neon Origami

Neon Origami strives to publish bold and thought-provoking work by writers holding a wide variety of perspectives. As such, we will consider work that some might find controversial as long as…

Expires:June 8, 2025
Submissions sought until 14th June for Panorama's PARIS edition submitted by Panorama Journal

Submissions sought until 14th June for Panorama’s PARIS edition. Poetry, Fiction (Travel and Flash Fiction), Nonfiction (General and Speculative, Travel Flash works, Memoir, New Nature Writing, Decolonising Travel, Eaten/Gastronomy, Streetview),…

Expires:June 14, 2025
Volume 5 Submissions Open! submitted by io Literary Journal

iō Literary Journal is a Latina-led publication based in Tampa, Florida that strives to showcase the spectrum of experience of all people, especially marginalized and underrepresented voices across writing and…

Expires:June 15, 2025
Fahmidan is reading poetry, prose & non-fiction for Issue 23! submitted by Fahmidan Journal/ Publishing & Co.

Fahmidan is now almost five years old and with a diverse team, we believe in true diversity of thought, perspective and indeed, literature! We’re reading poetry, prose & non-fiction for…

Expires:June 15, 2025
Summer Poetry Submissions Open submitted by Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

We’re looking for serious poetry that has something important to say. This can mean poems about topics important to you, poems telling us about who you are or what you…

Expires:June 15, 2025
Yellow Arrow Vignette: BLAZE submitted by Yellow Arrow Publishing Co.

Submissions are open May 15-June 15 for Yellow Arrow Vignette BLAZE. This year, submissions for Vignette will align with Yellow Arrow’s 2025 yearly value BLAZE : intense direct light often…

Expires:June 15, 2025
The Louisville Review Number 97 - Cornerstone Section - Poetry by Students in Grades K-12 submitted by The Louisville Review Corporation

The submission window for The Louisville Review, Number 97 for Cornerstone, our section for young writers in grades K-12, is open June 1 – 26, 2025. The Louisville Review accepts unsolicited…

Expires:June 26, 2025
Poetry Manuscripts in Translation submitted by Cardboard House Press

APRIL 28-JUNE 28, 2025 Full-length Poetry Manuscripts in Translation Chapbook & Cartonera Series We publish Latin American and Spanish poetry in translation. We encourage potential submitters to review our catalog…

Expires:June 28, 2025
TOFU INK ARTS PRESS 2025 POETRY PRIZE In honor of Visionary Theatre Artist REZA ABDOH OPEN NOW submitted by Tofu Ink Arts Press

“Reza Abdoh (1963-1995) was an Iranian-born American theatre director and playwright known for his groundbreaking, experimental productions. Abdoh died of AIDS in 1995 at the age of 32, having created…

Expires:June 30, 2025
TOFU INK ARTS PRESS POETRY CHAPBOOK PRIZE: 2025-2026 submitted by Tofu Ink Arts Press

We are excited to announce we are running the Tofu Ink Arts Press Chapbook Competition 2023-2024 for an unpublished chapbook of 20 pages of poems. The contest is open to…

Expires:June 30, 2025
TOFU INK ARTS PRESS 2025 VOLUME 7; OPEN NOW submitted by Tofu Ink Arts Press

Submission Guidelines: All submissions must be made via our Submittable page. We are seeking 1-3 polished poems and/or art of any style of less than 5 pages (12 font Times…

Expires:June 30, 2025
2025 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize submitted by Autumn House Press

For the 2025 prize, the Autumn House staff as well as select outsider readers serve as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Matthew Olzmann. The winner receives publication of…

Expires:June 30, 2025
Critical Special Issue: Myanmar - Ecology, History, Culture, and Politics submitted by The Upper New Review

One of our current projects is a critical special issue on Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) involving the curation of written and audiovisual works from the people of Myanmar. In…

Expires:June 30, 2025
Call for fiction, creative non-fiction, and memoir submitted by Galiot Press

Galiot Press is actively seeking submissions! We open up query slots every Monday at times listed ahead on our website, and we guarantee a response within a week. Pitch us…

Expires:June 30, 2025
The Sunlight Books Time-Travel Short Story Competition submitted by Sunlight Books

Submissions are desired for a short story competition focused on time travel. Open to writers worldwide, aged 18 and over. Genre is open—science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, literary fiction, or…

Expires:June 30, 2025
The Essential Voices Editorial Fellowship submitted by Green Linden Press

Proposals for the Essential Voices Editorial Fellowship will be accepted March 1 through June 30, 2025. The Fellowship awards $2500 and publication of an anthology that the recipient edits under…

Expires:June 30, 2025
Fuente Fountain Books: Query letter for book-length feminist progressive manuscripts submitted by Fuente Fountain Books

We’re a new small independent press based in Portland, Oregon. We are thrilled that our first title was a finalist for the prestigious 2023 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation,…

Expires:June 30, 2025
Prose on the theme of "Excess" submitted by Burrow Press

Edited by Bre’Anna Bivens Determine a movement by its value: Who looks? Who buys in? How do we decide what’s ornament and what’s artifact? Seeking fiction or nonfiction prose up…

Expires:June 30, 2025
Submit work for CR's Autumn 2025 issue! submitted by Chestnut Review

For complete information, see: https://chestnutreview.com/submissions/ Poetry: Submit up to six poems (three for free submissions). Length and format are open. Poems should be single-spaced. Begin each poem on a new page, and…

Expires:June 30, 2025
Santa Barbara Literary Journal is open for short fiction, poetry, and art submitted by Borda Books / Santa Barbara Literary Journal

Volume 12, Superposition, is open for submissions May 5 through June 30, 2025 Volume 12’s theme is bursting with creative possibilities. Whether your inspiration is a coin mid-flip, something buried…

Expires:June 30, 2025
Thimble Lit Mag Open for Regular Submissions submitted by Thimble Literary Magazine

Poetry / art / short prose. Online, in print. No pay, no fees. Quarterly. Simultaneous subs welcome.

Expires:June 30, 2025
The Slice Short Story Collection Contest submitted by Fork Apple Press

Short story collection submissions should be 150-250 pages of short stories, 1.5 or 2 spaced, in a 12 point font. Collections should include a total of at least five stories.…

Expires:June 30, 2025
The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Books submitted by The Letter Review

Name: The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, & Books Prizes: 12-16 winners are announced who share in the $4000 USD total prize pool and are published by…

Expires:June 30, 2025