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.

 
CLOCKHOUSE Journal, Volume 11 submitted by CLOCKHOUSE

CLOCKHOUSE, published in partnership with Goddard College, seeks submissions from emerging and established writers for its 2024 volume. Open for fiction, poetry, drama, creative nonfiction and more. Past volumes include…

Expires:December 15, 2023
Submit to AGNI's Portfolio of Central American and Mexican Diaspora Writing submitted by AGNI

AGNI has a history of assembling portfolios that bring attention to rich and often underappreciated categories of writing. Associate poetry editor Esteban Rodriguez, guest editor Jennifer De Leon, and assistant…

Expires:December 15, 2023
West Trade Review Submissions Open submitted by West Trade Review

Submissions are open. We want fiction, poetry, and nonfiction pieces that make the reader think and feel, work that humbles us with its joy, humor, embarrassment, anger, hope, grief, or…

Expires:December 15, 2023
2024 Unleash Press Book Prize submitted by Unleash Press

$1,000 advance and an optional/standard contract from Unleash Press for one winning manuscript. Finalists will be considered for publication. Novels, poetry collections, short story collections, and creative nonfiction manuscripts are…

Expires:December 15, 2023
Long River Review is open for submissions submitted by Long River Review

The Long River Review, an annual literary journal of art and literature staffed by undergraduates at the University of Connecticut, is currently accepting submissions for the 2024 issue. We publish…

Expires:December 15, 2023
Open Call: the theme — Finding Harmony submitted by Written Tales

Theme to Use: Finding Harmony Form to use: short story or poem Dec. 01, 2023 ~ Dec. 22, 2023 Directions Welcome to ‘Finding Harmony,’ our theme for Chapbook vol. XII.…

Expires:December 22, 2023
The Keepthings seeks micro-memoirs submitted by The Keepthings

A literary magazine that lives on Instagram, The Keepthings (@TheKeepthings) publishes micro-memoirs of the dead occasioned by the objects they left behind. Contributors include Alice Elliott Dark and Hannah Tinti.…

Expires:December 31, 2023
A Plate of Pandemic submitted by A Plate of Pandemic: Creativity in a Time of Crisis

A Plate of Pandemic has enlarged its scope. We’re interested in work that says something about life in a pandemic-inflected world. We define the term “pandemic” as a large-scale affliction,…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Submit Your Travel Story - Intrepid Times submitted by Intrepid Times

At Intrepid Times, we publish narrative travel writing with heart. Since 2014, our mission has been to share authentic stories that capture the essence of an experience, a place, or…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Kenneth Johnston Nonfiction Book Award submitted by Choeofpleirn Press

Choeofpleirn Press seeks submissions of nonfiction book manuscripts to our annual Kenneth Johnston Nonfiction Book Award. This year’s judge is Jacquelyn Shah, whose book, Limited Engagement: A Way of Living,…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Exposition Review Vol. IX: "POP!" submitted by Exposition Review

Exposition Review is an independent, multi-genre literary journal that publishes narratives by new, emerging, and established writers in the genres of fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts for stage &…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Tampa Review submitted by Tampa Review

Tampa Review is the faculty-edited literary journal of The University of Tampa. We publish two print issues a year and also publish complementary work online throughout the year at TampaReview.org. Tampa…

Expires:December 31, 2023
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:December 31, 2023
Seeking Non-Fiction Human Ecology Titles submitted by Middle Creek Publishing & Audio

Middle Creek Publishing is actively seeking non-fiction Human Ecology manuscripts. We are deeply interested in works that unravel the intricate tapestry of relationships between individuals and their natural or constructed…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Spectrum Literary Journal seeking poetry, prose, visual art, and hybrid literary forms! submitted by Spectrum Literary Journal

Greetings, Spectrum Literary Journal is currently open for submissions, and for Volume 67 we will be observing and transgressing binaries. Spectrum is an annual publication of art and literature…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Thimble Literary Magazine submitted by Thimble Literary Magazine

Get ready to Thimmmmmble! Thimble Lit Mag is now open for poetry, art, and short prose (around 1,200ish words). No fee, no pay. Quarterly. Online & print. Can’t wait to…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Epistemic Literary Issue 2: Happy Place — Submissions open Dec 1-31. submitted by Epistemic Literary

Theme: Happy Place Happy Place: the place, situation, or environment where one feels most happy and secure. (Oxford Languages, via Google) How often we hear people refer to their “happy…

Expires:December 31, 2023
The Letter Review Prize submitted by Letter Review

The Letter Review Prize is now open in five categories: Short Fiction (up to 5000 words), Nonfiction (up to 5000 words), Poetry (up to 70 lines), Unpublished Books (including fiction,…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Anodyne Magazine submitted by Anodyne Magazine

We are a magazine focused on personal health experiences, including (but not limited to) physical health, doctor visits, mental health, chronic illness, and more. We accept submissions from anyone identifying…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Full Bleed 7 submitted by Full Bleed

Full Bleed, an annual print journal devoted to the intersection of the visual and literary arts, seeks submissions for its seventh issue on the theme of home. We publish portfolios…

Expires:January 10, 2024
Ploughshares Open Reading Period submitted by Ploughshares

Ploughshares welcomes unsolicited submissions of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from June 1 to January 15 each year. The print literary journal (also available in multiple digital formats) is published quarterly:…

Expires:January 15, 2024
Indelible Literary and Arts Journal: Call for Submissions submitted by London Arts-Based Research Centre

Call for Submissions: Issue No. 8 Theme: “Creativity and Knowledge”   Indelible Literary and Arts Journal, our canvas for creative expression, is excited to announce our upcoming issue, and we…

Expires:January 30, 2024
Belmont Story Review ACCEPTING PROSE & POETRY submitted by Belmont Story Review

Belmont Story Review, a journal of literary arts, faith, and culture, is proud to open submissions for its 9th volume. Writers of prose (fiction or nonfiction of less than 12K…

Expires:January 31, 2024
Nonfiction, Poetry, Photography submitted by Bicoastal Review

Bicoastal Review is committed to fostering creative and cross-genre conversations among poets and writers whose works and theories are helping to shape the contemporary literary scene. We’re opening gates for…

Expires:February 1, 2024