Calls for Submissions
Harvest's Bounty submitted by Little Fruits Magazine
Harvest summer’s excess and transform it into a bounty of prose. Send us your roasted squash, sweet corn, overripe fruits, and memories of long summer days transitioning to cool autumnal…
POETRY / PROSE / ART - "HUMBLE" - Vol. IX (Quibble Lit) submitted by Quibble Lit
Quibble Lit is a literary magazine and collective publishing contemporary writers and artists across print, online, and community programming. We like work with imagination and tension in it. Volume IX:…
Issue V: Noise submitted by Navy Pen Literary Magazine
Noise is what we hide behind when silence is too honest. It takes shape as sound, internal chatter, distraction, interruption, and the volume people create before something difficult can be…
Consequence Reading Period submitted by Consequence
The reading period for our Spring ’27 issue, Volume 19.1, is open from July 15 through Oct. 15. As always, we’re after the strongest fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art, and…
Winnow Literary open for poetry submissions to Issue #3 between Aug. 15th - Oct. 15th, 2026 submitted by Winnow Literary
Winnow Literary, a digital journal of poetry & occupation housed in the occupational therapy program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be open for poetry submissions to Issue Three between August…
The Iran Feature (Translations Only) submitted by Consequence
Translations Feature—Iran’s Conflicts and Their Afterlives Issue 19.1, Spring 2027 Reading Period: July 15 – Oct. 15, 2026 Iran’s modern history has been shaped by decades of conflict—from the eight-year…
The America Feature submitted by Consequence
The America Feature Issue 19.1, Spring 2027 Reading Period: July 15 – Oct. 15, 2026 In recent years, our work has focused more on war-torn regions, without emphasizing the geopolitical…
shoegaze literary - issue four: reality bites back submitted by shoegaze literary
shoegaze literary is back for our next themed issue, “reality bites back”. our editors invite you to submit poetry and fiction that embrace the beautiful indignities of being watched. we’re…
Call for Submissions Annual Gerald Cable Book Award Silverfish Review Press
Silverfish Review Press sponsors the Gerald Cable Book Award. This prize, consisting of a $1,000 award, publication, and 25 copies of the book, is awarded annually for a book-length manuscript…
🌳 The Lemonwood Quarterly is open for Fall 2026 Short Story Submissions! submitted by Lemonwood Quarterly
The Lemonwood Quarterly seeks the best English-language short stories we can find. We do not publish poetry, flash fiction, nonfiction prose, book reviews, or interviews. We are looking for superbly…
🌳 The Lemonwood Quarterly is OPEN for Fall 2026 Play Submissions! submitted by Lemonwood Quarterly
The Lemonwood Quarterly seeks the best English-language playscripts we can find. We do not publish poetry, flash fiction, nonfiction prose, book reviews, or interviews. We are looking for superbly written…
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…
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…
Auto Draft submitted by BlinkerLit.com
Cover art – submit 1 to five pieces – prefer non-geometrical – publication is aimed designed to encourage unpublished and under-published writers. It would be a plus is the artwork…
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…
