Calls for Submissions
The Fifth Corner Dark Fiction Prize — $1,500 CAD submitted by The Fifth Corner
The Fifth Corner invites submissions for its Winter 2026 Dark Fiction Prize. We welcome dark literary fiction, speculative fiction, and literary horror of up to 4,000 words. The winning writer…
CODA Poet Prize — $500 CAD | Guest Judge Luke B. Wilson submitted by The Fifth Corner
The Fifth Corner is accepting submissions for its Winter 2026 CODA Poet Prize, with the laureate selected by guest judge Luke B. Wilson. The winning poet receives $500 CAD, publication…
Blood Tree Issue 18 Submissions Open Oct. 5th submitted by Blood Tree Literature
Blood Tree is dedicated to showcasing evocative writing that takes linguistic risks to push the boundaries of conventional language and genre. We favor lyrical pieces that do not withhold depth or…
Winter-Spring: Poetry, Reviews, Nonfiction, Art submitted by Bicoastal Review
Bicoastal Review (www.bicoastalreview.com) is a quarterly journal of poetry, nonfiction, interviews, reviews, art, and occasional fiction. We publish writing that is often about, but not limited to, the cultures of…
Cornerstone - Poetry by Young Writers in Grades K-12 - The Louisville Review Number 100 submitted by The Louisville Review Corporation
Cornerstone: Submissions of poems by students in grades K-12. All styles and voices welcome! The Louisville Review accepts submissions of previously unpublished poetry from students in grades K-12 for publication…
Submissions of Collaborative Fiction & Poetry for Monthly Theme: “Bus Stop” (Oct 2026)🚏 submitted by Switch-Lit
Switch-Lit is a literary platform-publisher of collaborative fiction, poetry, and prose that enables two writers — already familiar or total strangers — to take alternating turns and craft the…
Poetry Submissions for December 2026 Issue submitted by Poems for Persons of Interest
Poems for Persons of Interest is open for poetry submissions from October 1 through October 31. For this issue, we are particularly interested in work related to the theme of…
Comstock Review Chapbook Contest submitted by Comstock Review, Inc.
The 2026 Comstock Review Chapbook Contest is open for submissions!!!! Prize: $1000 plus publication and 50 author’s copies. Judge: Martin Willitts, Jr. Sponsored by Comstock Review, Inc. Entry Fee: $30…
Winter Issue 2027 submitted by HerStry
HerStry is currently accepting submissions in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Profile Pitches for our 2027 Winter Issue: Light. HerStry centers the experiences and words of underrepresented voices. We’re looking for…
Seeking Poems of Perception and Participation submitted by Sabre Lake Publishing
The theme of our poetry anthology for the season is “Senses.” We want poems that ask, How does a living thing know the world? How does the world know it?…
The Fall 2026 Black River Chapbook Competition submitted by Black Lawrence Press
Twice each year Black Lawrence Press will run the Black River Chapbook Competition for an unpublished chapbook of poems or prose between 16-36 pages in length. The contest is open…
Alchemical is open to submissions for its inaugural issue! submitted by Alchemical
Alchemical: a literary journal of the speculative now seeks short stories which exist at the precise intersection of literary and speculative fiction. We want genuine, literary fiction first and foremost,…
Disco Kitchen submissions open for PRINT VOLUME submitted by Disco Kitchen
DISCO KITCHEN, VOLUME 4 is accepting submissions through October 31 for our first-ever print issue! Volume 4 accepted work will live online with our previous volumes AND be featured in…
TOFU INK ARTS PRESS 2026 POETRY PRIZE In honor of Visionary Theatre Artist REZA ABDOH -LAST CALL 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…
Winter Prose & Poetry Contest - Etched Onyx Magazine and the Story Discovery Podcast submitted by Onyx Publications
We are currently accepting works for the Etched Onyx Winter Prose & Poetry Contest. The EARLY BIRD deadline with a reduced entry fee of $8.50 is August 31, 2026, after…
Submissions Open For Issue 01 submitted by The Columbus Review
The Columbus Review is now accepting submissions! This will be our inagural issue.The Columbus Review is a new nonprofit experimental literary magazine and publisher based in Columbus, Ohio. We publish raw, weird,…
POETRY — Issue Three — Winter 2026 submitted by Copytext Magazine
Please send us up to five poems! We welcome poetry in all forms, from experimental free verse and received forms to prose poems and erasure. We are able to recognize…
FICTION — Issue Three — Winter 2026 submitted by Copytext Magazine
Send us up to three pieces of fiction, up to 750 words each! We welcome fiction in all its forms, from flash and micro fiction to self-contained excerpts from larger…
ART — Always Open (Winter 2026 Issue) submitted by Copytext Magazine
Send us up to five different artworks, documented via high-resolution PNGs. For each piece, include images of two early stages/versions as well as the final piece. We welcome submissions of…
CREATIVE NONFICTION — Issue Three — Winter 2026 submitted by Copytext Magazine
Please send us up to three pieces of creative nonfiction, up to 750 words each! For each piece, include two drafts and one final version. We welcome CNF in all…
BLUE submitted by Lawrence Landing Company [Serving House Books & Broken Tribe Press imprints]
Two calls in one! One theme: the color blue. Call for stories or poems for print anthology on the color blue: Free submission. Call for story & poetry collections featuring…
Evaristo Prize for African Poetry submitted by African Poetry Book Fund
The Evaristo Prize for African Poetry is an annual prize of USD $1,500 awarded to ten poems written by an African poet. Established first as the Brunel International African Poetry…
Horizon Review, Issue 2 - An Annually Printed Literature and Fine Arts Magazine submitted by Horizon Review (c/o FUSION)
Horizon Review is accepting submission for Issue 2 until November 2, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. (PST). We accept submissions of literature (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction), visual art and open media from…
Horizon Review, Issue 2 - ART- An Annually Published Literature and Fine Arts Magazine submitted by Horizon Review (c/o FUSION)
Horizon Review is accepting submission for Issue 2 until November 2, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. (PST). We accept submissions of literature (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction), visual art and open media from…
