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.

 
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
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
Hardship (No Fee) | Raleigh Review Holiday Poetry Submission

Raleigh Review is a resourceful nonprofit magazine. We accomplish more with less because Raleigh Review is a true nonprofit. Submit up to 3 poems only once during this open submission…

Expires:December 25, 2023
TOFU INK ARTS PRESS POETRY CHAPBOOK PRIZE: 2023-2024 submitted by Tofu Ink Arts Press

We are excited to announce we are running the Tofu Ink Arts Press Chapbook Competition 2023-2024 for an unpublished chapbook of 20 pages of poems. The contest is open to…

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
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
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now open in five categories: Short Fiction (up to 5000 words), Nonfiction (up to 5000 words), Poetry (up to 70 lines), Unpublished Books (including fiction,…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
Quibble - Volume 1: Ripple - Poetry submitted by Quibble

Quibble is excited to accept submissions for Ripple, our very first volume! Selected submissions will be published online at Quibblelit.com and promoted through social media. Selected contributors will receive $20…

Expires:February 28, 2024
Humana Obscura Open for Submission! submitted by Humana Obscura

SPRING/SUMMER 2024 SUBMISSIONS OPEN! Humana Obscura is now accepting submissions of poetry, prose/short fiction, and art for its next issue! Submissions will remain open until the end of February 2024.

Expires:February 29, 2024
Call for Submissions: Levitate Magazine (With Themed Section: Insomnia) submitted by Levitate Magazine (The Chicago High School for the Arts)

Levitate is now open for submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art! Levitate aims to be inclusive, both in terms of the authors and the types of work we accept.…

Expires:February 29, 2024
Spring '24 Reading Period submitted by Consequence Forum

Consequence is excited to announce that our next issue, Volume 16.2, will feature BIPOC writers and artists with fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations, or visual art that relates to the experiences,…

Expires:April 15, 2024
An Invitation to A YEAR OF HYGGE: Calling all writers, artists, photographers, and makers submitted by Glacehouse Books

A Year of Hygge: The Invitation Glasshouse Books invites artists, poets, and writers to submit their work and get cozy with us for our upcoming quarterly publication: “A YEAR OF…

Expires:April 25, 2024
365 Collection submitted by Lucky Jefferson

Missed the submission deadline for an upcoming print issue? Lucky Jefferson happily accepts unso­licited sub­mis­sions of poetry year-round into its 365 Collection, an all-digital collection of poetry and other writing forms. Writers looking…

Expires:January 1, 2025
Shape Literature and Art in Illinois submitted by Lucky Jefferson

With support from Illinois Humanities, Lucky Jefferson is surveying Black, African, and African-American-identifying writers and artists residing in Chicago’s North Side, West Side, and South Side neighborhoods to better evaluate the needs…

Expires:January 31, 2025
We Pay Contributors: Driftwood Press Submissions Open submitted by Driftwood Press

John Updike once said, “Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.” At Driftwood Press,…

Expires:December 31, 2100