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.

 
Two Lines Press Submissions: Asia and Oceania submitted by Two Lines Press / Center for the Art of Translation

Two Lines Press is excited to open a focused submissions call for translations of literature from Asia and Oceania. We’re looking to expand our list, which includes Duanwad Pimwana, Ho…

Expires:July 6, 2025
Calico Series (Two Lines Press): Trans Writers submitted by Two Lines Press / Center for the Art of Translation

As part of a forthcoming edition of Two Lines Press’s Calico Series, we’re looking for translations of contemporary trans writers. The call is open to translations from any language into English. We…

Expires:July 6, 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:July 7, 2025
MER Seeks Literary Work on "Mother and Family" submitted by MER - Mom Egg Review

MER – Mom Egg Review will be open from April 23, 2025 to July 15, 2025 for literary submissions to our annual print issue. This will be a themed issue,…

Expires:July 15, 2025
Epistemic Literary Issue 6: Nostalgia

SUBMIT HERE: https://forms.gle/aAabnN3fYcyfzec49   Theme: Nostalgia For our sixth issue, we’re exploring the idea of NOSTALGIA. Whether a longing for the sentiments of the past, or a marketing trend that…

Expires:July 15, 2025
Barely South Review Summer Nonfiction Contest ($300 Prize) submitted by Barely South Review

Barely South Review is excited to have Annabelle Tometich as our special guest judge for this summer’s Creative Non-Fiction Writing Contest. Annabelle Tometich went from medical school reject to line cook…

Expires:July 31, 2025
Return to Roots: Writing Toward Land—A special teaching issue on Palestine and the Global Indigenous Struggle submitted by The Dodge, formerly The Artful Dodge

Call for submissions. A special issue of The Dodge magazine. Deadline July 31, 2025. Return to Roots: Writing Toward Land—A special teaching issue on Palestine and the Global Indigenous Struggle…

Expires:July 31, 2025
Fee Free / Tip Jar (optional) Submissions OPEN at The Fool's World submitted by The Fool's World

June 1 to July 31 of 2025 Submissions NOW OPEN. Fee Free / Tip Jar is optional. No waivers and no questions asked as our gates are open to all.…

Expires:July 31, 2025
Rawhead Issue #1 is Open to Submissions submitted by Rawhead

Rawhead is an online journal publishing poetry, prose, and visual art that resists easy categories. We seek to champion work with emotional depth, sharp craft, and the power to unsettle.…

Expires:July 31, 2025
Y2K Quarterly : Issue 7 submitted by Y2K Quarterly

We accept all types of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, essay, etc. as long as it is 1999 words or less. Submitting work beyond that could result in global infrastructure failure, famine,…

Expires:July 31, 2025
Brink Literary Issue #10: Obsession submitted by Brink

At first glance, obsession indicates preoccupation. It gestures toward desire. Obsessions command our attention, motivate our actions, and are always top of mind. But the etymology of obsession hints at…

Expires:July 31, 2025
Noco Books Manuscript Submissions submitted by Noco Books

Books in any form and of any length. We are interested in strange, stylish work, with a special focus on authors from the Pacific Northwest, but we will consider work…

Expires:August 1, 2025
Raw Man Zine submitted by Noco Books

Horny. Macho. Surreal. A new gay men’s interest zine launching late 2025. If you have work that fits the Horny/Macho/Surreal vibe, please consider submitting your work to [email protected] with the…

Expires:August 1, 2025
Short Stories submitted by 9vt5

9vt is seeking fiction and creative nonfiction short stories for inclusion in our upcoming anthology. Submissions may be in any genre or on any subject matter, but should be no…

Expires:August 1, 2025
ANMLY Seeks New Work in All Genres! submitted by Anomalous Press / ANMLY

ANMLY (www.ANMLY.org) is seeking new poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translations, and comics. Learn more about what we’ve published in the past at www.ANMLY.org/ap39. We are especially seeking more work in…

Expires:August 1, 2025
The Best Spiritual Literature Awards submitted by Orison Books

The 2025 Best Spiritual Literature Awards in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction will award $500 and publication in Orison Books’ annual Best Spiritual Literature anthology for a single work in each…

Expires:August 1, 2025
Off Season Issues 01 & 02 submitted by Off Season

Off Season is an independent quarterly literary magazine that celebrates the rough patches of a creative life. We exist as a respite from the rejection, writer’s block, and self-doubt that follows…

Expires:August 1, 2025
Unwoven Literary and Arts Magazine Issue #2 submitted by Unwoven Literary & Arts Magazine

Guidelines Unwoven Literary & Arts Magazine is committed to publishing original work that represents a wide aesthetic range, from the traditional to the experimental. ​We’re looking for authors with an awareness…

Expires:August 4, 2025
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…

Expires:August 15, 2025
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…

Expires:August 31, 2025
Fahmidan is Open for Issue 24 Submissions! submitted by Fahmidan Journal/ Publishing & Co.

Fahmidan is now five years old and with a diverse team, we believe in true diversity of thought, perspective and indeed, literature! We’re reading for Issue 24 and excited to…

Expires:September 14, 2025
Rawhead Presents: Bloody Bones - Special Issue #1 submitted by Rawhead

Rawhead is not a horror journal, but we believe in monsters and love Halloween. For our first Special Issue, we’re borrowing back the other half of our name. In the…

Expires:September 14, 2025
Raven Chronicles Press's 2026 Keepers of the Fire Prize for Fiction & Nonfiction submitted by The Raven Chronicles

Each year we publish two books, one fiction (speculative, utopian, historical, etc.), and one nonfiction (creative nonfiction, memoir, scientific, historical, etc.). We seek manuscripts for publication in September 2026 on the…

Expires:October 1, 2025