Calls for Submissions
Hood of Bone Review: Call for Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction, and Visual Art submitted by Hood of Bone Review
We are looking for southern musing. Appalachian avant-garde. Slash-pile stuff. For poetry, submit up to six poems in a single document, preferably a PDF. Please ensure poems are on separate…
Mudfish 25 Call for Submissions submitted by Box Turtle Press/Mudfish/Mudfish Individual Poet Series
Poems and short fictions in all styles. Narrative, intimate, intense. Photography and art.
Fiction Potluck submitted by WayWords
The July Fiction Potluck Challenge is: Siblings Send your best story in under 5,000 words. This is a fiction-only challenge. A tip from our guest judge, Will Kelly: I’m looking for plot…
Plainsongs poetry journal -- fall 2025 submitted by Corpus Callosum Press LLC
Plainsongs’ title suggests not only its location on the Great Plains but also its preference for the living language, whether in free or formal verse. Published each year from Corpus…
County Lines: a literary journal submitted by County Lines
County Lines is published annually by the Carolina Piedmont Writers Guild, showcasing a curated collection of the finest poetry, prose, and interior art/photography by creators of all ages from all…
History Through Fiction Short Story Contest submitted by History Through Fiction
Description History Through Fiction is proud to announce its third annual short story contest. We’re opening submissions on June 15, 2025, and they’ll close on August 15, 2025. We invite…
Call for novellas and short story, essay, or poetry collections submitted by Cantine Press
Cantine Press is a new independent publisher based in Oakland, Calif. We publish emerging writers in three languages (English, Spanish, French) and are looking for our next titles. Are you:…
Cherry Road Review Call for Submissions submitted by Cherry Road Review
Cherry Road Review is seeking fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art for its inaugural fall issue. We publish fresh, challenging, and formally innovative writing online twice a year. All submissions should…
Futurepoem's Other Futures Award
The Other Futures Award is given annually to an innovative, adventurous full-length work that challenges conventions of genre and language, content and form. Send us writing that imagines new lived…
Open Call: Earth submitted by Oreades Press
Oreades Press is beginning the first of three linked print publications that offer the reader a doorway connecting scientific thought and community action. Each of the three will focus on…
WayWords Literary Journal submitted by WayWords
Issue 20 is open to themes of “messy” in poetry or fiction. Editors’ advice: life is messy; how you respond is what makes you human. Send fiction (up to 5,000 words)…
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…
Fantasy Writing for Four Tulips submitted by Four Tulips Publishing, LLC
Fantastic Mischief 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…
Open Reading Period - Poetry 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…
Open Reading Period - Fiction 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…
Open Reading Period - Nonfiction 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…
Open Reading Period - Translation 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…
