Call for Submissions: riverSedge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since 1977, riverSedge has published the very best art and literature from the South Texas region and beyond. Past artists and authors Rolando Hinojosa, Angela de Hoyos, Alurista, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sandra Cisneros, and Denise Duhamel.

riverSedge is published annually and is now an online-only format, beginning with the 2020 issue . Electronic submissions only. If your work appears in our latest issue, please wait a year before submitting again. We welcome and are excited to read interesting, bold, well-crafted writing. We encourage submissions from writers who belong to historically marginalized groups.

riverSedge General Submission Guidelines:

• Submissions are open October 1, 2026 to March 1, 2027.

• $3 submission fee for all genres.

• 2 prizes of $350 will be awarded in poetry and prose. All entries, excluding reviews, interviews, and graphic literature, are eligible for contest prizes.

• Multiple submissions welcome in all genres. However, each submission should be uploaded as a separate entry. In other words, one story/essay/comic/script per $3 entry fee. For poetry, up to five poems per entry. For specific guidelines, visit the categories below.

• Previously unpublished work only. Self-published written work (in print and/or on the web) is not eligible.

• Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission as soon as possible in its entirety or send us a message if it's only a specific poem.

• Submissions welcome in English, Spanish and anything in between.

• Our terms: we require First North American Serial Rights for all accepted work and non-exclusive print rights indefinitely for potential anthologies and promotional materials. Additionally, we require non-exclusive electronic rights indefinitely so we may include accepted works in potential online archives.

Current staff, faculty, and students of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley or South Texas College cannot submit original work to riverSedge.

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submissions on Theme of "People, Places, Things!": Catalogue Zine Magazine

Catalogue Zine Environmental Magazine

People, Places, Things! is a study into the nouns and identities that are defining modern sustainability and social justice.

We want to see works on the people that have changed life as we know it, the people driving the world forward, the places that hold a special place in the public conscious or how different places and systems are more or less conducive to sustainability. We want to hear about the things in life that bring you joy, and the things that we need to do away with.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION

We accept any submission type in any format. This includes, but is not limited to:

Nonfiction Fiction Audio Memoir Criticism Drama Photography Essays Graphic Novels Humor Interviews Reviews Visual Art Graphic Design Poetry Translation Research Fashion Food

in Print, Digital, Audio, Video, File, etc.

No more than 5 pages in total, and please no more than 3 works.

Please provide an email for which you will be easily contactable at.

Accepted contributors will have their work published in the upcoming issue and can also have their work featured on this website for one week. They will also receive an online or print copy of the issue they were accepted for.

YOU MUST HAVE YOUR NAME ON YOUR SUBMISSION!

We do not accept AI Generated work.

It is your responsibility to ensure your submission does not infringe any other magazine or publication's submission/publication rules.

Submissions are accepted until EOD November 30.

YOU MUST INCLUDE A COVER LETTER WITH YOUR NAME, THE TITLE OF YOUR WORK, AND YOUR EMAIL.

Please ensure your submission relates to the overall concepts of our zine (climate advocacy) and the current issue theme (currently "Lifestyle").

Simultaneous and pre-published works are accepted for all submission types.

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submissions: iExile Literary & Art Platform

Poetry·Fiction·Essays·Creative Nonfiction·Plays·Screenplays·Satire·Fragments·Hybrid/Other·Translations

One piece per submission. PDF preferred; DOCX accepted.Max 20 pages or up to 6 poems.Response within 30 days.

Translations require a signed approval from the original author or rights holder. Include a third-person bio of around 50 words for both author and translator.

Previously published work is fine — just let us know where and when.

Simultaneous submissions are fine — tell us if it gets accepted elsewhere.

Painting·Drawing·Printmaking·Illustration·Photography·Sculpture·Mixed Media·Collage·Digital art·Video·Comics / graphic narrative·Book art / zine·Installation·Other

Up to 5 images — PNG, JPG or SVG, 25 MB each.For video or mixed media, add up to 5 public links (Vimeo, YouTube, Drive, Dropbox).We respond within 30 days.

Previously exhibited work is fine — just let us know where and when.

Simultaneous submissions are fine — tell us if it gets accepted elsewhere.

Rights: you must own or hold rights to publish every image or video you submit.

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions from Writers in the Southwest: Horizon Review

Our Submission Philosophy

Horizon Review is a fine arts magazine that accepts submissions of literature (fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction), visual art, and open media. We accept submissions from both established and emerging artists. We believe art is revolutionary. We love stories that speak deeply about the spectral complexity of being human. We want to hear about the mundane as much as the fantastical and look for pieces we can chew on. We want pieces with more questions than answers. Make us think, make us feel, break our hearts, or bring us hope. We love pieces that show us a horizon: a meeting place, a fusion, a future, a light, or something looming.

We encourage submissions from all creatives, including those underrepresented in publishing, for example, Indigenous artists, artists of color, LGBTQ+ artists, and artists with disabilities.

Current Submission Period (Spring 2027 issue)

Submissions for the Spring 2027 Issue are currently open! Submissions will close on November 2, at 11:59 p.m. (PST). 

General Submission Guidelines

Horizon Review accepts previously unpublished work in fiction (up to 5,000 words), nonfiction (up to 5,000 words), poetry, visual art, and open media (read open media guidelines for more information on what we accept). Horizon Review is dedicated to encapsulating the stories of our local community. Therefore, we only accept submissions from current residents of the Southwest (New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah), with preference given to submissions from New Mexico. Note: The subject matter does not need to relate to the Southwest.

We only accept unpublished work (we will not accept work that has been published online, such as your website, blog, Substack, social media, or in an anthology, etc.).

We only accept submissions through our official Jotform submission page.

Submission fee: Submissions are free. We want submissions to our magazine to be accessible. However, Horizon Review is a non-profit organization, and donations help us with operating costs. There will be an opportunity to donate with your submission. You may also pay an optional fee of $15 for an expedited response and/or $20 for a feedback response.

Simultaneous submissions: We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if a piece is accepted elsewhere.

Multiple submissions: You may submit to up to two genres, but please only submit one submission per genre.

Compensation: Horizon Review believes in paying artists. We are a startup program in our first year, and at this time we are able to offer contributors a flat rate of $25 per piece accepted for publication in our magazine. All contributors also receive one free copy of the magazine upon launch in Spring 2027.

Rights: Horizon Review acquires First Serial Rights and non-exclusive electronic rights to archive your piece on our website. Rights revert back to the author upon publication.

Response time: We review submissions regularly and strive for a response time of 3 months for submission acceptances and rejections. However, our workload may exceed our manpower, so we ask that you wait 6 months before sending us an email on the status of your submission. If you have not heard from us in 6 months, you can contact us here.

Formatting: Written submissions should be attached as a Word document (.doc or .docx) or a PDF for specific formatting purposes. Submissions should use standard formatting (12pt font, double-spaced for prose and single-spaced for poetry), and the pages should be numbered. Visual art and open media should be submitted as a .jpeg, .png, .pdf, .mp3, or .mp4 and images should be no less than 300dpi. Please include any relevant content warnings at the top of your submission document. As submissions are reviewed blindly, please do not include any identifying information in your submission document or file name.

AI Policy: Horizon review does not accept any works created with generative AI (ChaptGPT, Gemini, etc.). Any pieces using AI will be rejected.

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Queer/Trans": Usawa Magazine

 

Open Call · Trans & Queer Issue
Queer Unfiltered
Emotions, Moments & Journeys

For a moment, let us imagine a world beyond heteronormativity. A world where children are not assigned futures before they are born. A world that does not prescribe how people should dress, speak, move through the world, or whom they should love. A world where human experience is not measured against a single norm, but embraced in all its complexity and possibility. Perhaps this world is not entirely imaginary. It already exists—in moments of queer joy, in chosen families, in radical care, in resistance, in becoming. Queer Unfiltered, Usawa’s trans and queer issue, hopes to gather these fragments and possibilities: part archive, part sanctuary, part blueprint for more liberated futures.

We invite LGBTQIA+ writers to send us poems, short stories, graphic fiction, creative nonfiction, and photo essays that reflect on the world they inhabit and the world they dream of. Send us stories of small and big acts of resistance that inhabit this world. Or, conjure up entirely new worlds for a transtastic tomorrow. Send us poems about moments of self-discovery, found families, or queer joy. Send us your lyrical odes to a diverse, equitable world. And send us essays that let readers into your world, work, and daily lives.

While we look forward to submissions of high literary merit, our focus is on featuring unique voices and perspectives. We accept short stories, poetry, graphic fiction, creative nonfiction, photo essays and humour pieces. If you have anything else that doesn’t fit into these categories but makes your heart sing, send it to us; we are open to hybrid and experimental forms.

Eligibility, Word Count & Timeline

We are primarily looking for entries from queer and transgender writers. But we welcome a few entries from allies that specifically and thoughtfully engage with queer and trans lives. Some of the entries will be by invitation, and the others through an open call for submissions.

 

Deadline: 25th August 2026

 

Prose

Up to 3,000 words (fiction & nonfiction)

 

Poetry

Up to 50 lines (max two poems)

 

Photo essays

Up to 16 photos & 3,000 words

 

Graphic narratives

6 to 12 panels

 

Multiple submissions: Maximum of two submissions across all categories. 

 

Simultaneous submissions: Welcome, but please let us know immediately if your piece is accepted elsewhere.

 

This is a paying market. 

 

Submit your work here.

Writing Competition: Solstice 2026 Annual Literary Contest

Prizes: $1,000 (fiction), $500 (poetry), $500 (nonfiction), $500 (graphic lit)

Entry fee: $20

Deadline: June 1

Soltice Annual Literary Contest  

Rules & Guidelines

Cover sheet required with name, address, telephone number and email. Email and/or phone MUST be included to be considered. Please include the cover sheet in the same file as the actual submission. Do not put your name on the manuscript itself. Final judges will be choosing on the basis of the quality of your work. Please indicate the genre of your piece next to the title.

Each entry:

Fiction or Nonfiction: 25-page maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font, .DOC or .DOCX attachment; free-standing excerpts from books also accepted.

Poetry: 3-poem maximum, 12-point font, .DOC or .DOCX attachment.

Graphic Lit: Original artwork, multiple panels (no single image pieces), 1-6 pages preferred, maximum 8-10 pages, in JPG/PDF format.

You may submit more than once during the contest period but must pay a separate fee for each entry.

You may submit simultaneously elsewhere, but please contact us immediately if accepted by another journal.

We will not accept previously published work. Solstice has first publication rights, but copyright reverts to you upon publication. After the piece is published in our Summer Awards Issue, we will publish the piece in our Archives. All winners, finalists, and editors’ choice will be cited in future advertisements and announcements.

Solstice has a zero tolerance policy for AI generated submissions of any genre. Any individuals found to be submitting AI generated work will have that work rejected. Any reading fees sent to Solstice will not be refunded on the basis of rejection.

If you won last year’s contest, you must skip a year before resubmitting to the contest, but we encourage you to submit work to Solstice for general publication.

We will announce the winners, finalists, and editors’ choice approximately 6-8 weeks after the contest deadline.

After announcing the winners, finalists, and editors’ choice, all contest submissions will be automatically considered for standard publication unless you indicate otherwise.

The $20.00 entry fee must be paid online at the time of entry.

 We accept online submissions only through Submittable. No emails please.

Call for Submissions: The Metaworker

Submission windows for 2026:
April 1 to May 31
September 1 to October 31

Here at The Metaworker, we are looking for writing and art that offers a wide range of new perspectives, upends stereotypes and tropes, plays with form or style, or that otherwise surprises, challenges, or enchants. The pieces we publish may sometimes be a little rough around the edges but we enjoy them because they are one of a kind works. We accept any genre or style from people of all backgrounds.

We publish a new piece every Monday at 12pm Pacific. We also post on Fridays and sometimes Wednesdays, depending on how many submissions we accept or what fun projects we have going on (like our podcast episodes and newsletter).

Here’s a quick rundown of what you need to know:

• Include a bio written in 3rd person.

• Cover letter optional but appreciated.

• Simultaneous submissions are okay.

• Reprints published at least 2 years prior are okay.

• You cannot submit to more than one call simultaneously. Submit to EITHER general call OR micro call OR Art/Misc.

• Pieces will be published as-is. We do not accept revisions (unless requested) nor do we edit pieces (except for light proofreading).

• Response time: 3-6 months.

• If you’ve been accepted, please wait 3 months before submitting again.

Read below for details about our three calls.

Submission Requirements for General Call:

WANT: 

• 2 pieces max (aka 2 individual poems or prose pieces).

• 3,000 words total (with page numbers). If you send two pieces, the total word count of both pieces should not be more than approx. 3k words combined.

• Submit .doc .docx .txt or .rtf formats for prose.

• Send each piece in a separate file.

• Accompanying translations are okay to send alongside the English version.

• Any genres and styles.

• Works created by humans.

DO NOT WANT:

• Text written, co-written, or assisted by generative AI or LLMs. (Spell check and basic grammar check are okay.)

• Huge novel excerpts or 3+ pieces – these will be automatically declined.

• The only contact info we need from you is your email. Including other info (like address and phone number) in your submission documents is unnecessary for us.

• Submissions by email are not accepted (unless for accessibility reasons).

• Research papers or news articles.

• Racist, ableist, sexist, or other discriminatory works.

• Gore or sex for the sake of shock value.

• Fonts that are unreadable.

HARD SELLS:

• Political rants
• Cancer stories
• Wake-up stories / it’s all just a dream
• Death at the end (See former EIC Matthew’s article about this)

Submission Requirements for Micro Call:

WANT:

• You may submit EITHER micro prose OR micro poetry, but not both. 

• Micro Prose: up to 5 pieces, 10 to 300 words each

• Send all pieces in a single file.

• Pieces that make every word count!

• Strong sense of place or character.

• Pieces that leave an emotional impact and/or that are more than the sum of their parts.

OR:

• Micro Poetry up to 5 pieces, each 60 words or less

• Send all pieces in a single file.

• Surprise us! (With wordsmithery :P)

DO NOT WANT:

• Text written, co-written, or assisted by generative AI or LLMs. (Spell check and basic grammar check are okay.)

• Prose pieces that read like the setup of a joke, with the last sentence being the punchline.

Submission Requirements for Art & Miscellaneous Call:

• You may submit no more than 2 pieces of: Visual art, collage, or photography, but we do NOT accept AI art

• Web comics / illustrations / comic strip style pieces / graphic novel or picture book excerpts / plays and screenplays / hybrid works / etc.

• Experimental pieces (3,000 words max) that work well in an online format, such as: Audio pieces / monologues / spoken word

• Ergodic stories

• Multimodal stories that include gifs or hyperlinks

• Anything else up to 3,000 words that doesn’t fit neatly into one category–surprise us! (Check out our Wish List for more ideas.)

If you send two writing pieces, the total word count of both pieces should not be more than approx. 3k words combined.

For art, please include details about camera, lens, drawing/painting medium, collage materials, etc. and a short description of your piece, such as the location, what inspired you, how long it took to complete, etc.

Stick to .jpeg, .png or .tiff files. Audio/video should be in .mp3 or .mp4

Place EACH of your submissions in its own individual file. (separate docs for writing, separate jpegs for images).

More information and submission portal here. 

Call for Submissions: The Rebis

 

Submissions are open January 18-February 17, 2026.

The fifth anthology of The Rebis will focus on The Moon (XVIII), and we are open for submissions from January 18-February 17 at 12pm PT.

As with previous issues, the work should be deeply intimate. We are looking for original writing, artwork, and any other form of creative expression that you dream up inspired by the 18th card of the Major Arcana. Send us work that is subversive, provocative, erotic, and deliciously alive.

We are interested in exploring: 

• nonlinear time, ancestral time, dream time

• ancestry, inherited memory & collective grief

• disorientation & bewilderment

• resistance to Western logics of coherence

• diverse cultural understandings of the Moon

• tidal intelligence & water stories (Tidalectics, flood states, brackish zones, amniotic memory)

• lunar states beyond Full/New Moon (progressed lunations, eclipses)

• subcultural spaces & underground worlds

• nonhuman consciousness, shapeshifting, anti-anthropomorphism, biodiversity

• themes inspired by Borderlands/La Frontera (Gloria Anzaldúa)

• protection magic

• decolonial, Black, feminist, and mythic frameworks

• work inspired by thinkers such as David Abram, Bayo Akomolafe, Octavia Butler, Gloria Anzaldúa, Edouard Glissant, Hélène Cixous, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Toni Morrison, Rebecca Solnit, Christina Sharpe, Simone Weil, Francis Weller

The ideas shared here are simply thought-starters. We encourage you to take an imaginative, deconstructionist lens. We are looking for diversity and originality in both creative techniques, artistic formats, and concepts explored.

To submit, please fill out this form.

Writing: We are especially interested in publishing experimental and genre-bending work (creative non-fiction, short stories, flash fiction). Personal memoirs, researched articles, interviews, and poetry are all welcome, too. For full guidelines, please refer to the submissions form.

Artwork: Photography, illustrations, paintings, comics/graphic stories, digital art, and collage art are all welcome. Multimedia work that weaves print + digital into an immersive and/or interactive experience is always fun. Artwork needs to fit into our vertical magazine orientation. For full guidelines, please refer to the submissions form.

Collaborative work: We enjoy seeing work incorporating multiple collaborators—art and writing that pair together, dual bylines, an epistolary project, etc. If you are submitting as a collaborative project, please submit one time only, but include the names, bios, and links to examples of work for all people involved.

Only submit unpublished work: Please submit previously unpublished work. By "unpublished" we mean that it hasn’t appeared in any print or digital publications beyond your own social channels or website.

To submit: Please fill out this form by 12pm PT February 17, 2026. Contributor decisions will be made in February, and complete/final work will be due in mid-April.

Questions: If you have any questions about the submissions process, please email:

submissions@therebis.com

We love workshopping ideas and helping you bring your concepts to life.

AI policy: We do not accept AI-generated content or artwork.

Payment: The Rebis believes in compensating writers and artists for their work. Right now, we can afford to pay each contributor $200 for longer-form essays or short stories, and two pages of poetry or artwork. We pay $100 for pieces of flash fiction, single page poems, and one page of artwork.

Disclaimer: By submitting your work to The Rebis, you agree to grant our publication first serial rights as well as electronic archival rights. If your submission is accepted, you’ll grant The Rebis a license to use the submission on all its assets; however, you’ll retain ownership. By submitting your work, you confirm that your work is original and does not violate copyright laws. Full terms will be sent out in a Contributor Agreement.

Call for Submissions: The Good Life Review

 

Work must be original and previously uncurated. We gladly accept pieces that have previously only appeared on personal blogs and/or social media. Please reference this thoughtful article by Tim Green on the term curation.

We pay $60 per piece for writing published in seasonal issues and $25 for pieces appearing in our “Micro Monday” segment. We also pay $25 for artwork that is used on the cover of a seasonal issue. For international submissions, we are only able to send money via PayPal.

There is a $4 fee for submissions for our short prose and $2.50 for flash prose. The fee for our annual HoneyBee Poetry Prize is $18, which is used to support payment to contributors. Details about the contest can be found here. Info and results from the latest contest are here.

There is currently no fee for submitting artwork.

We will respond to all submitted work. It may take from one to three months, depending on when in the reading period the work is submitted. Artwork may remain open for the duration of a calendar year. Thank you in advance for your patience.

We accept submissions via Submittable. Any received via email or post will not make it into the queue of our editorial teams.

If you have an issue with the fee because of financial hardship or difficulties with the submission platform, please send a message to:

editors@thegoodlifereview.com

Note: Current UNO MFA students and recent (within the last 3 years) UNO MFA graduates/affiliates are not eligible.

General Guidelines:

Simultaneous submissions are cool, cool. If accepted elsewhere, please withdraw in Submittable.

The Good Life Review acquires First North American Serial Rights and the right to maintain an archive copy of the work online. All other rights revert to the author upon publication, with a request that if the work is reprinted, appropriate acknowledgment to The Good Life Review is made.

We do not publish offensive work or pieces that exhibit hatred directed toward a particular gender, race, ethnicity, ability, sexual identity, socioeconomic class, or disability. In other words, if you are an asshole, we don’t want your writing or your money.

If there are content warnings, please include those in the submitted document(s) preceding the piece(s).

We prefer to read blind, so please remove your name from the submitted document.

Your submission will not be disqualified if it was submitted incorrectly. If we have a question or concern about your submission, we will contact you. Please know that we are on your side. Thank you for trusting us with your work.

Again, work must be original and absolutely fabulous! We want your very best!!

Genre-specific goodies are below.

Poetry

We are interested in work that pushes boundaries, both in content and form. Poems should emanate from textured, evocative images, use language with an awareness of how words sound and mean, and have a definite sense of voice. Each line should help carry the poem from the first line to the last. We are open to experimentation, traditional form, and free verse. 

• Whatever shape it takes, we want exciting work that thinks through or challenges poetic traditions. There is no length limit on individual poems, but please send no more than 5 poems per submission and no more than 10 pages in total in a single text file.

• Poems should be typed with at least one-inch margins and a 12-point serif font, preferably Times New Roman.

• Longer lines and unique formatting are fine; the presentation of these may be altered as text could wrap to a newline based on the display media/window size being used. We do our best to maintain the poet’s vision.

• Begin each new poem on a new page.

• Please remove your name from the submitted document.

Flash and Micro

• Flash should yield quick transformations and revelations, have compelling characters, and a narrative that provokes thought in a voice that urges us forward and carries us past the last line. Flash is 500 to 1,000 words. Micro is max 500 words. For pieces over 1,000 words, we encourage you to submit via our fiction or creative nonfiction categories.

• Pieces should be typed, double-spaced, and paginated with one-inch margins and a 12-point serif font, preferably Times New Roman.

• Include no more than 3 pieces in a single text file.

• Please remove your name from the submitted document.

Nonfiction

• We want essays that get our minds working and hearts thumping and prose that is artful with voices that are clear and cadent. Whether traditional or experimental, structure and form should enhance the content of a story that is both universal and painfully specific. Essays should not exceed 5,000 words. Include word count at the top of the first page. For pieces under 1,000 words, we encourage you to submit via our flash cnf category.

• Essays should be typed, double-spaced, and paginated with one-inch margins and a 12-point serif font, preferably Times New Roman.

• Please remove your name from the submitted document.

Fiction

• We want polished, confident, well-developed stories that are engaging from the first word to the last. Experimental fiction is welcome. We consider original, previously unpublished stories up to 5,000 words. Include word count at the top of the first page. For pieces under 1,000 words, we encourage you to submit via our flash category.

• Stories should be typed, double-spaced, and paginated with one-inch margins and a 12-point serif font, preferably Times New Roman.

• Please remove your name from the submitted document.

Spoken Word

• We are seeking poems, brief prose pieces, and mini monologues rendered with passion and flair. We consider original, previously uncurated audio and video files. Live performances and audio/video shared on social media platforms are welcome.

• Send up to 3 pieces, max of 3 minutes each. Either all in the same audio or video file or three separate files. If selected, our AV Editor will work with you to produce files suitable for presentation on the website.

• Please also include a text document with the pieces typed.

• Please remove your name from the submitted document(s).

Art

• Does your original photography or artwork tell a story? We are currently looking for vibrant pieces to feature in our next issue. There are no specific guidelines, and the only requirement is that the artwork must be original. We would encourage you to check out our archive of issues here to see if we would be a good home for your work.

• At this time, we are paying an honorarium of $25 for artwork used on the cover of our seasonal issues. We appreciate the love that goes into every piece and hope that we can pay all artists for their efforts in the future.

* Also of note * We currently don’t require first rights or formal contracts for images and therefore, by submitting, you acknowledge and authorize publication if accepted. The only exception to this is if you explicitly withdraw the entire submission or send a note/email letting us know the piece or pieces that are no longer available.

We will respond to all submitted artwork; however, pieces we have a particular interest in may remain “in process” for the duration of a calendar year. Our aim is to select pieces that visually complement the writing accepted for our seasonal issues, and therefore, we don’t know what might make a good match until the writing is selected. Thank you in advance for your patience.

Translation/Comics/Graphic Narrative/Collaborations/Hybrid/Experimental

Here at The Good Life Review, we recognize that life is complicated, and part of the joy of being an artist is the freedom to explore outside the lines. If you have writing that doesn’t fit neatly into a single genre category, or was written by more than one person, you might find a good home for your work with us! We also support Spanish translations.

Call for Submissions from Australian Writers: Slush

Slush seeks previously unpublished (including Substack, Instagram etc.) short fiction of up to 5000 words in length. This includes micro and flash fiction as well as comics, prose poetry and other forms.

Basically, if your piece is fiction ~ a short story ~ Slush would like to read it.

• Submissions are open to writers currently living in Australia, or Australians living overseas.
• You may submit up to three stories for consideration.
• Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please withdraw your work if it is accepted elsewhere.

Slush does not accept work written by generative AI, in whole or in part.

Deadline: Sunday 1 February 2026, 11:59PM AEDT

Payment: Selected authors will be paid $100 AUD for their work.

Submit: Send your stories via the Wufoo form here.

Call for Submissions: Palooka Press

 

Interests:

We're open to all voices, forms, and styles. Please send your best unpublished chapbooks, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, artwork, photography, graphic narratives, and comic strips.

Simultaneous:

We encourage simultaneous submissions. Please withdraw your piece if accepted elsewhere.

Multiple:

No problem. Send all you like.

Misc:

Contributors receive a free copy and unlimited discounted copies of their issue, a bio and photo in the magazine, and the support of a caring and hardworking editor!

Response:

A week or so.

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Temper & Testimony": Vassar Review

 

For our eleventh edition, the Vassar Review seeks to address an era of bearing witness. We live in an economy of believability, where testimonies are not taken at face value—they must be maintained through labor. A testimony can voice experiences of injustice; testimonial narrative can, as Cuban author Miguel Barnet articulates in his theory of the testimonio, reveal the urgency to make an event or a situation of oppression public. However, the believability of one’s testimony can also reflect their power and resources; it can reflect the ability to wield affect and emotion in one’s favor. Can one’s temper strengthen their testimony, or render it obsolete? How are temper and emotions facets of writing that can distort, establish, or influence the truth? The synthesis of temper and testimony allows for robust discourse about how emotion and truth are expressed in our world—in politics, personal narratives, court and the pursuit of social change. Just as glass and steel are tempered, we want art, prose and poetry that encourages the strength of truth. And, like the process of tempering, we are curious about how emotion can strengthen one’s chosen artistic or literary medium. We are looking for your strangest truths, your unwritten testimonies, your work that bears witness to the truth. In this edition, we will celebrate the pursuit of truth, which is, after all, the closest we can get to a global recollection of what is real.

The Vassar Review is a revival of the literary arts journal published by Vassar College from 1927 to 1993. Each edition approaches its theme as a subject for a discourse of contemporary works across mediums.

The journal is released annually in the spring in print and online. We will be accepting submissions relating to the theme of “Temper & Testimony” from November 25th, 2025 until January 15th, 2026.

We accept a range of work including poetry, prose, sculpture, soundscapes, performance, scripts, digital media, and beyond that relates to this year’s theme. Bilingual texts and excerpts from longer dramatic works such as screenplays and graphic novels are also considered. We do not accept works previously published in print but will consider previously exhibited visual work. Simultaneous submissions are allowed but require that artists notify editors if the work has been accepted elsewhere. All contributors retain copyright over their individual works.

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submissions: New Letters

 

New Letters reads submissions all year long. We only accept work submitted through Submittable, our online submission manager. There is a small fee for submissions, though fees are waived for current subscribers. You may subscribe to the magazine here.Please send no more than six poems, one chapbook, one piece of nonfiction, one short story (graphic or traditional), or one novella per submission.

• Send one submission at a time.

• Put your name, postal address and email address at the top of the first page of the submission.

• We generally publish short stories that are no more than 5,000 words; novellas that are no more than 30,000 words or roughly 60 pages; graphic short stories in comic spreads up to ten pages and in color or black and white; and chapbooks that are no longer than 30 pages.

• We consider simultaneous submissions if you (a) let us know and (b) notify us immediately if the work you sent to us has been accepted for publication elsewhere.

• Like most literary magazines, our staff is small and the volume of submissions large; please be patient. We make every effort to respond to submissions within six months.

Book Review Guidelines 

• New Letters is primarily—but not exclusively—interested in reviewing excellent books (even movies and visual art) otherwise not receiving much attention in the national media. We also like books that have something important to say about culture, politics, aesthetics, or any kind of art; that includes scholarly, critical, or biographical books that could find a non-specialized readership.A single-book review will run 500 to 900 words, usually; essay-reviews of groups of books run longer. The review should merit its length. 

• If you have a potential conflict of interest, you should mention that connection in the review.

• Negative appraisals can be included as part of reviews; however, if the review is substantially negative, we prefer simply to ignore the book.

• New Letters pays, typically, $25 for book reviews; payment is not guaranteed but made as resources allow. 

Artist Guidelines 

• New Letters publishes photographs, drawings, paintings and even, at times, photographs of three-dimensional work. Although placement in the magazine sometimes creates a resonance with a particular piece of writing, we generally do not use art to illustrate the writing. Art in New Letters is there for its own sake.

• We have two principal standards for selecting art: Is it fresh, interesting, high-quality work; will it effectively reproduce on the pages of this magazine?

• Please note these criteria and suggestions:We have no preferences for subject matter or style. We evaluate each work of art on its own terms, based on how it will serve the needs of the magazine.

• Send professional resume information and one or two (at most) sample works of art. Do not send art without professional background information.

• Send sample low-res images by email to:

 NewLetters@umkc.edu 

 

or direct us to a website where we can view your work.

• There is a small payment for work after publication. The amount varies, depending on grant revenue.

• We usually respond within three or four weeks.

 Format & Style Tips

• Our only fixed requirement is good writing, and we have no rigid preferences as to subject, style, or genre.

• We are open to critical discourses about writing, art, or culture, as long as that writing is, in itself, lively, fresh, and vivid.

• We do not read unsolicited email submissions, nor do we respond to such submissions by email.

• Double space prose.

• We suggest generous margins (consider 1.5-inch side margins for prose and at least that for poems).

Rights & Payment

 

We buy first North-American serial rights. All rights revert to the author upon publication. New Letters is among a group of literary magazines that actually pay writers & artists, albeit modestly. Payment to contributors also includes two copies of the issue and 50 percent discounts for additional copies and subscriptions.

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Labor": The Arkansas International

 

The Arkansas International invites the world’s best writers and artists into conversation with each other and with readers who yearn for depth, complexity, and delight. We are eager to read your work!

We welcome previously unpublished general submissions of fiction, poetry, essays, comics, and works in translation. To get a sense of what we publish, read previous issues on our website.

Submit to Issue #20, the Labor Issue.

We are now open for submissions for themed issue #20, due out in the fall of 2026. This issue will be both online and in print.

Send us your stories, poems, comics, and non-fiction about all the ways we labor, whether emotional, physical, or mental. How does labor form and inform our lives? What does our work say about what we love, or about what or whom we care for? What does it reveal about what we hate or fear? Hired labor, hard labor, labors of love, or laborious revenge, all of it creative fodder. Send us your best work by January 15, 2026!

General Guidelines

• For all submissions, include a brief cover letter and bio.

• Prose submissions should be no more than 8,000 words, poem packets no more than five poems, and we ask that excerpts from longer works be self-contained. Please submit all work in one document.

• Simultaneous submissions are welcome, provided we are notified in the event that a piece is accepted elsewhere. Please do not submit more than a single story, essay, or poem packet until you have heard back from us about your previous submission.

• Submissions of translated works must include a copy of the original text. Before submitting translations of works that are not in the public domain, translators should identify the rights holder and obtain a statement that the rights to publish an English translation are available.

• We assume you are human and do not accept work produced by artificial intelligence (AI) generators or similar.

• If you need to withdraw any or all parts of your submission, please withdraw via Submittable For partial withdrawals of poetry submissions, add a message to your submission.

• While we no longer offer free submissions, we are happy to provide waivers to those identifying as BIPOC or in need of financial assistance. For more information on how to apply, please email editor@arkint.org.

Response time:

On average, we respond within three to six to months, although sometimes longer due to the volume of submissions received. We continue to review submissions and will be in touch as soon as we can. We are unable to respond to general status queries. Should you need to be in touch with the editorial team, Submittable message is the best way to do so.

Beginning with issue #19 in spring 2026, the unthemed spring issue will be online only, while the themed fall issue will be both in print and online. Fiction contributors will be paid $25 per 500-word page and poets will be paid $25 per page, with payments capped at $200. All contributors will receive a one-year digital subscription. In addition, contributors to a print issue will receive two complimentary copies of the issue. 

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submissions: Skipjack Review

 

These waters are eclectic, baby, sometimes irreverent and odd, but mom loves us anyway—Mother Nature, that is. And we love her. That’s why everything we publish at Skipjack Review shares a reeling concern for the world around us.

Send us your truths. Send us your untruths. Send us your tales of victory. Send us your tales of whoa—like that time you flipped your canoe, lost all your gear, and spent a night roughing it and wondering if you could fight off a pack of coyotes with a rock. (Whoa!) We’re interested in writing and art that slays real-world red herrings in our day-to-day lives. If it pokes holes in preconceived notions, bursts bubbles, offers insight, or makes light where, otherwise, darkness might prevail, we want it to—and we want it, too!

Skipjack Review invites submissions of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, interviews, graphic narratives, translations, and hybrid works year-round. We publish three issues annually: two free, online issues, and one print anthology. We are now a paying market, although our pockets are still pretty shallow. Simultaneous submissions are encouraged, but please let us know if work submitted this way is accepted elsewhere. Submissions accepted via Submittable.

Guidelines

Prose

Fiction and creative nonfiction should be limited to one standalone short story, essay, or hybrid work, double-spaced, up to 5,000 words in length. Skipjack Review primarily publishes literary fiction and narrative nonfiction, but we love breaking this rule for cli-fi and slipstream stories and experimental works that blur genre conventions. Please include a word count at the top of your submission or in your cover letter.

Poetry

Writers are encouraged to submit up to 5 poems per submission, max ten pages. While we prefer modern poetry forms, we are open to anything, even, on occasion, eccentric limericks, sonnets, and haikus.

Visual Art and Graphic Narratives

All visual art, graphic narratives, comics, etc. should stand alone as a complete story or thought. Alternatively, we also consider suites of small-ish doodles and art, up to five pieces per submission. Please submit comics as a PDF. You may submit any combination of black and white or full color. We may ask for a higher resolution upon acceptance.

Simultaneous/Multiple Submissions

We accept and encourage simultaneous submissions but ask that you promptly inform us if your work is accepted elsewhere. We won’t be mad; we’ll be happy for you. However, please wait at least three months after receiving a response before submitting again. Additionally, please do not send another submission if you already have an active submission.

Works we do not consider: 

• Congrats! But we do not accept previously published work at this time. This includes blogs, social media, etc.

• Please do not submit book-length works at this time.

• Nature is scary, but we will only entertain a specific brand of spooky: getting lost on a hike through Mark Twain National Forest, poetry or prose detailing animal calls at night, the terrors of climate change, etc. Skipjack does not publish outright horror.

• We don’t accept works with copyrighted materials of any kind. As an independent journal, we do not have the funding to pay for copyrighted material.

• Nature is beautiful and fun, but we do not accept erotica or fan fiction either.

Other Considerations: 

• Please use standard formatting, more or less

• If your work warrants a trigger warning, please provide one

• We try to respond to submissions within three months, but if you haven’t heard from us after six months feel free to drop us a line at:

 skipjackreview@gmail.com

• Because Submittable charges us a small fee for each submission we receive, please wait three months after receiving a response before submitting again unless submitting a tip jar or feedback submission.

Acceptances

Accepted works will appear in Skipjack Review and/or on the Skipjack Review website and will be considered for The Dead Herring Prize . Additionally, we nominate contributors for Best-of Net, the Pushcart Prize, and, when possible, other such honors.

Payments

We pay .01 cent/word, minimum $5, via PayPal or Venmo. Additionally, The Dead Herring Prize is awarded annually to one contributor from the previous year whose work slays real-world red herrings in our day-to-day lives. All accepted stories, poems, prose, comics, notes, doodles, whispers, and whimsy published by Skipjack Review during the calendar year are considered for this $100 prize. 

The Fine Print

Skipjack Review obtains exclusive first serial rights in English to publish your work in our literary magazine in print, online, and/or electronic versions, as well as promotional, nonexclusive anthology and archival rights. All applicable rights revert back to you following publication, and at all times you retain the copyright to your work. Skipjack Review reserves the right to remove content from issues following publication.

Skipjack’s Purpose

We are a journal about environment in every sense of the word. Beginning at birth, each of us is bound to our environment. From pollution of the earth to pollution of the mind to server farm statistics to gardening on Mars… We’d publish a modernized rendition of War and Peace, follow that up with a pretty haiku about flowers, and the next minute release some weird sci-fi in the vein of Flowers for Algernon—so long as at the heart of each is a deep concern for the world around us. For a deeper dive into the kind of writing and art we publish, check out our archives.

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions: The Southampton Review

 

Reading period: September 10 – October 15 

We do not accept multiple submissions. Please submit only once per reading period. We do not accept emailed submissions.

WHAT we publish

We encourage submissions from unpublished authors. We’re interested in voice-driven writing that takes risks with structure and content.

fiction

- We accept short stories and novel excerpts.
- 5,000 words max.
- Flash Fiction is welcome!

poetry

- 5 poems max per submission.

nonfiction

- We accept creative nonfiction, memoir, personal essay, and traditional essay.
- 5,000 words max.

fine art / photography
illustration / graphic story
comic

Artwork should conform to the following specifications:
- 10 images max.
- Raster based images (photos/scans) must be 300dpi at 7” wide at least (larger is okay).
- All files should be in CMYK color mode.

Submissions are $3

All submissions will be considered for the print edition or TSR Online.

PRINT EDITION PAY RATES

Prose: $100+
Poetry: $75 per poem
Art Portfolios: $200
Illustration: $100 per page

Every contributor receives one copy of TSR.

TSR Online contributors receive a one-year subscription.
* For reasons related to the university with which we’re affiliated, we are prohibited from paying current students or employees of any SUNY or CUNY institution, or anyone who’s been a student or employee of a SUNY or CUNY institution within the past three years from the date their work is accepted for publication.
* We are prohibited from paying for work published on TSR Online.

cover letter

Please include your name, telephone number, address, and email address.

Internet submission is preferred

We urge all of those who submit work to read copies of TSR or visit TSR Online in order to have a better idea of our editorial range. The Southampton Review is published twice each year. Annual subscriptions are $25. Individual copies are $15.

Purchase a copy of TSR or subscribe here.

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions and Writing Competitions: 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 on our blog. Our editorial staff considers submissions between September 1 and December 31 each year for publication in print or online during the following year.

Please read our publication ethics statement before submitting and note that we follow COPE Guidelines on AI usage: “Authors who use AI tools in the writing of a manuscript, production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or in the collection and analysis of data, must be transparent in disclosing in the Materials and Methods (or similar section) of the paper how the AI tool was used and which tool was used. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even those parts produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics.”

We consider submissions made online through Submittable only. There is a small processing fee ($3 for poetry; $4 for prose) for online submissions.

Tampa Review is open for submissions September 1 – December 31, including for the Danahy Fiction Prize and Richard Mathews Poetry Prize.

Our payment for work accepted for the print edition of the journal is ten dollars per published page for both prose and poetry (payable upon publication), together with one free copy of the issue in which the work(s) appears, and a 40% discount on any additional copies you may wish to purchase. International authors will receive a digital issue.

Please note that prize entries appear as categories distinct from general poetry or fiction.

Call for Submissions on Theme of: "the in-between": Bog Matter

 

Bog Matter is a speculative literary magazine published biannually in the spring and fall. It seeks to publish new short fiction, poetry, and graphic shorts that could be described as science fiction, horror, fantasy, magical realism, slipstream, New Weird, utopian, dystopian, satirical, cross-genre, experimental, or exuding a general air of oddness.

Submissions are currently open for our Fall 2025 issue, now until September 1. The optional theme is “the in-between”. Click the link above to submit. Please be sure to read the submission guidelines thoroughly before submitting.

General Info:

Any form of writing is acceptable (prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, essay, alternative forms, etc.) along with graphic short stories/comics.

Maximum 3500 words (submissions under 2000 words are preferred and will have a higher likelihood of acceptance).

Submitted pieces should be formatted to roughly follow Standard Manuscript Format and uploaded as a DOC or DOCX file. Graphic short stories should be submitted as a multi-page PDF file.

Pieces should be self-contained and complete, meaning works in progress or excerpts from larger works will not be considered.

Please note that any use of AI involved in the creation of a submission will result in its automatic rejection.

Fiction Short Stories, Essays, & Alternative Forms
are paid at $0.02/word, with a minimum payment of $5, plus two copies of the print issue. We are looking for works that are intended for print, meaning no screenplays, please! Unless the format is intentional/experimental and ultimately intended to be read on a page. Submitted short stories, essays, and alternative forms cannot have been previously published.

Poems
are paid at $0.02/word, with a minimum payment of $5 (if your combined accepted poems do not reach 250 total words), plus two copies of the print issue. You are welcome to submit up to ten poems as long as they collectively do not exceed 2000 words. Please format them together into one single document. Multiple accepted poems from one author may be split up and/or reordered when placed in the final print magazine. Submitted poems cannot have been previously published.

Graphic Short Stories/Comics
are paid at $4/page (as laid out in Bog Matter), plus two copies of the print issue. They should be able to take up a minimum of 2 laid-out pages and a maximum of 20, but we are more likely to accept pieces that would occupy 4-12 pages. Submitted graphic shorts can have been previously published. Please note that all images will be printed in Risograph and may not look exactly the same as they do in the original digital file once printed. When submitting, please upload a PDF of your piece as is (whether that’s full-color, spot-color, grayscale, or black and white) and we will discuss printing and color options after acceptance. We do all prepress and color-processing in-house and do not require you to do any additional color separations or image editing (unless requested for content/layout).

We do not accept multiple submissions, meaning you can only submit once for each issue. Simultaneous submissions are okay, but please notify us promptly if your submitted piece gets accepted elsewhere. Please only withdraw your submission (via email) if it is accepted elsewhere, or you feel it truly isn’t up to your standards for publication. If you’ve edited your piece since submitting, we will consider your new edits after acceptance. Please do not withdraw a submission to submit a further edited version of the same piece.

Expect to hear our decision on your submission 2-6 weeks after the submission period closes.

Feel free to reach out with any questions to:

bogmattermag@gmail.com

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions to Anthology on Theme of "NOISE": Procrastinating Writers United

Hello? Can you hear me? Join us for our 2025 mini-digital-publication THE YELLING CONTINUES, a cacophonous collection of creativity in a small package! Submissions open February 1st – June 30th. 

Theme: NOISE. Submitted work titles will be styled in ALL CAPS. (NOISE is open to interpretation; let us know how your work fits the theme!)

We’re looking for: 

• Artwork 300 dpi (illustration/comics/something else?!)

• Poetry up to 5 formatted pages (rhyming/nonrhyming/weird format/etc.)

• Prose up to 8,000 words (fiction/nonfiction/creative nonfiction/lists/almost anything!)

• Other up to 5 formatted pages (in case you have something hybrid to share)

What kinds of work are you accepting as submissions?
We are likely to accept the following styles of artwork and writing, with some exceptions. If you’re interested in submitting a type of work not listed here or addressed elsewhere on this page, reach out to us via email! 

• Collage

• Comics

• Creative essays

• Graphic design

• Illustration

• Nonfiction

• Poetry

• Writing

• Works shorter than 8,000 words

• Works longer than 8,000 words (at editors’ discretion)

Are there any mediums or topics that will be automatically rejected?

– We do not accept plagiarized or stolen work; fanwork; work with AI-generated elements.
– We do not accept works promoting or glorifying bigotry, homophobia, racism, ableism, or other forms of hate.
– We reserve the right to reject sexually suggestive/explicit works and works including sensitive topics such as violence and sexual assault, as well as anything else taken on a case-by-case basis at the editors’ discretion.
– Longer works (10,000+ words, 10+ pages) may be rejected depending on a variety of factors.
– We provide editing suggestions; if your work is not open to edits, we are likely not the publication for you.

What compensation does PWU offer to contributors?

Contributor compensation for TYK includes one digital (ebook as EPUB or PDF) copy of the anthology per contributor. Submissions are free and always will be. If TYK becomes available in print, authors will have access to at-cost copies. 

We’re currently not a paying market but we hope to become one someday! PWU is a labor of love, and we receive no grants or outside funding. Our publication is intended to serve as a platform for creators to see their work in print, and any possible profit from the current anthology is put toward future projects.

How will contributors get their copy?

Contributors will receive their ebook via email. For projects with a print copy version, we will reach out with options for discounted or at-cost copies.

Do you accept simultaneous submissions / previously published work?

Short answer: yes! In general, we don’t reprint work within the same year.
– Simultaneous: please email to withdraw if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.
– Previously published: if the work can be reprinted, we can accept it. Please let us know where it has been published before; submissions that try to be sneaky will be rejected.

More information and submission details here.

Writing Competition: Solstice Annual Literary Contest

ANNUAL LITERARY CONTEST

Ends on Sun, Jun 1, 2025 10:00 PM

$1,000 Fiction Prize, judge: Helen Elaine Lee
$500 Michael Steinberg Nonfiction Prize, judge: J. D. Scrimgeour
$500 Graphic Lit Prize, judge: Bhanu Pratap
$500 Stephen Dunn Poetry Prize, judge: Sandra Lim 

Winners, finalists, and Editors' Choice in each genre will be published in our Summer Awards Issue due out in August. All winners, finalists, and editors' choice will be cited in future advertisements and announcements.

FEE: $18.00/entry

GUIDELINES

• Cover sheet required with name, address, telephone number and email. Email and/or phone MUST be included to be considered. Please include cover sheet in the same file as the actual submission. Do not put your name on the manuscript itself. Final judges will be choosing on the basis of the quality of your work. Please indicate the genre of your piece next to the title.

• 12-point font, double-spaced, .DOC or .DOCX attachment. We accept online submissions only through Submittable. No emails please.

• Each entry: Fiction or Nonfiction: 21-page maximum, double-spaced; free-standing excerpts from books also accepted. Poetry: 3-poem maximum. Graphic Lit: Original artwork, multiple panels (no single image pieces), 1-6 pages preferred, maximum 8-10 pages, in JPG/PDF format.

• You may submit more than once but must pay a separate fee for each entry.

• You may submit simultaneously elsewhere, but please email us immediately if accepted at another journal.

• We will not accept previously published work. Solstice has first publication rights, but copyright reverts to you upon publication. We will publish the piece after the Summer Awards Issue in our Archives.

• If you won last year’s contest, you must skip a year before resubmitting to the contest, but we encourage you to submit work to Solstice for general publication.

• We will announce the winners, finalists, and editors' choice approximately 6-8 weeks after the contest deadline.

• After announcing the winners, finalists, and editors' choice, all contest submissions will be automatically considered for standard publication unless you indicate otherwise.

• The $18.00 entry fee must be paid online at the time of entry.

Submit your entry here.