Call for Submissions: Banshee Press

Submissions are open from 1–31 October 2026 for issue 23 (spring/summer 2027).

Submission Guidelines

Banshee welcomes submissions from both Irish and international writers of any background, including first-time writers. We welcome work from members of groups or communities typically under-represented within literature, whether or not the work addresses this.

All submissions should be previously unpublished.

Our guideline maximum word count for stories and essays is 5000 words. Flash fiction should be under 1000 words, poems no more than 40 lines.

We are happy to read: one story or one essay or two flashes or up to four poems. Please submit in one category only.

Submissions should be in one .doc or .docx attachment. Prose submissions should be double-spaced.

Please include a third-person biography (max 50 words) in the body of your email. If you are sending a prose submission, please note the word count of the piece in the body of the email.

Email to:

subs dot bansheelit at gmail dot com (Change dot to . and at to @ .) 

indicating the category of your submission in the subject line (e.g. Flash/Story/Essay/Poetry).

We are happy to consider simultaneous submissions, but ask that you notify us as soon as your work is accepted elsewhere.

Please note that we cannot offer feedback on unsuccessful submissions.

We believe in paying writers. We can offer contributors a small fee as well as a copy of the journal.

Copyright of the work remains with the writers.

Banshee Press is currently funded by the Arts Council and commits to upholding its Paying the Artist policy.

• For contributions to Banshee literary journal, we pay: €350 for a story/essay; €120 for flash fiction; €90 per poem. 

• Banshee Press authors receive advances in the range of €1000–€5000. We hope to increase these rates with future publications.

• For events, we cover the cost of travel where the writer is travelling outside their county of residence. We also cover accommodation where the length of travel involved and/or the start time of the event necessitates it.

• We are committed to paying artists within 14 days of work being delivered.

• We ensure that writers’ copyright is respected, both in terms of moral and economic rights.      

• We believe in the importance of transparency on matters of pay and working conditions, and that sharing this information publicly is to the benefit of all writers.

Writing Competition: Discover New Art Prize for Poetry and Prose

Discover New Art Prize for Poetry and Prose

Two $25K prizes—one in poetry, one in prose—awarded to exceptional manuscripts-in-progress poised to become significant books. Five finalists in each category also receive $1K awards.

What to submit:

Submit up to fifteen pages of your manuscript for poetry or twenty-five pages for prose.

Submitters whose manuscripts are selected for the second round of review will be asked to submit a personal statement (no more than two pages, double-spaced) detailing how the award will support the completion and eventual publication of the work.
The winners will be selected by a panel of judges for each genre. Each of our judges will provide a statement on the merits of the winning work.

Eligibility:

This award is open to writers who have not published or are not contracted to publish a single-author work of creative poetry or prose with a Big Five publisher (or their imprints) between January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2027.

Guidelines:

• Submissions will be open from October 1, 2026 - January 31, 2027.

• The early-bird submission fee is $30 (October 1, 2026 - November 30, 2026).

• The regular deadline submission fee is $35 (December 1, 2026 - January 31, 2027).

• Writers from historically marginalized or underrepresented groups are invited to submit for free until we reach fifty submissions in this category. NOTE: We've reached our submission cap.

• Submissions must be primarily in English.

• Submissions may be excerpts of novels, memoirs, book-length essays or poems, or collections of poetry or short stories.

• Multiple and simultaneous submissions are allowed, but each submission must be accompanied by a submission fee.

• If your manuscript is accepted for publication, or you opt to self-publish before the results are announced, you must withdraw your submission from consideration.

• Submissions must be from manuscripts not published in full. The submitted excerpt (individual chapters, essays, stories, or poems) may be previously published, provided the entire manuscript has not been.

• The panel of judges reviews anonymously—please do not include identifying information on your manuscript.

• No translations, unless translating your own work. Original and translation must both be unpublished.

• AI-generated or AI-assisted submissions are automatically disqualified. This includes using AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or other similar LLMs) to translate your own work.

• Friends, family, and associates of the judge panel are not eligible for this award.

• If you submit to the wrong genre, feel free to email us, but don’t worry about editing your submission. We’ll take care of it.

The Judges—Meet the Panel

The winning manuscripts in each category will be chosen by these distinguished poetry and prose judges.

Poetry

Kaveh Akbar's poems appear in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Paris Review, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. He is the author of the poetry collections Pilgrim Bell and Calling a Wolf a Wolf, and editor of The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse. His first novel, Martyr! (2024), was a New York Times bestseller, a National Book Award finalist, and winner of the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize for Fiction.

Carl Phillips's latest book of poems is Scattered Snows, to the North (2024). His Then the War: And Selected Poems 2007–2020 won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize. Other honors include the Jackson Poetry Prize, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, the LA Times Book Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Academy of American Poets, and the Library of Congress. He lives on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the New York Times-bestselling author of two illustrated collections of essays, Bite by Bite and World of Wonders. Her honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. A professor for over twenty-five years, she serves as a firefly guide for the Mississippi State Parks. Her newest poetry book is Night Owl (Ecco).

Prose

Lauren Groff is the author of eight books, including the National Book Award finalists Fates and Furies, Florida, and Matrix. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, where she and her husband own the independent bookstore The Lynx.

Rebecca Makkai is the author of the New York Times bestselling I Have Some Questions For You as well as four other works of fiction. Her last novel, The Great Believers—one of the New York Times’s Best Books of the 21st Century—was a finalist for both the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and the 2018 National Book Award, and won the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize, among other honors. A 2022 Guggenheim Fellow, she teaches graduate fiction writing at Middlebury College, Northwestern University, and the Bennington Writing Seminars, and is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago.

Roxane Gay is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and the author of Ayiti, An Untamed State, the New York Times-bestselling Bad Feminist, the nationally bestselling Difficult Women, and the New York Times-bestselling Hunger, as well as World of Wakanda for Marvel. Her writing appears in Best American Short Stories, Best American Mystery Stories, McSweeney's, Tin House, Oxford American, Virginia Quarterly Review, and many others. She also writes the newsletter The Audacity.

Submission Timeline—Key dates:

October 1, 2026–Submissions open

November 30, 2026–Early-bird deadline

January 31, 2027–Final deadline

About Discover New Art

Discover New Art is a literary organization devoted to uplifting the craft and careers of literary writers.

Since 2011, we have published contemporary writing and created opportunities for writers through publication, contests, prizes, and other forms of recognition.

Across our platforms, we offer always-open, always-free submissions alongside competitive prizes judged by accomplished writers and literary professionals.

Our magazines are distinct publications, each with their own editorial identity, aesthetic, and literary focus, connected by a shared commitment to strong writing, thoughtful editorial practice, and meaningful opportunities for writers. Together, they allow Discover New Art to publish a broad range of literary work while preserving the particular character of each magazine.

At the center of Discover New Art is a commitment to both the work and the writer: to publishing literature we believe in, supporting the development of literary craft, and creating opportunities that can contribute to a writer’s career over time.

Submissions must be made through Submittable.

Please contact:

blake@discovernewart.com

with any questions about the Prize.

By submitting to the Discover New Art Prize for Poetry and Prose, submitters agree to receive correspondence about future publications and submission opportunities from Discover New Art and associated magazines. You can easily unsubscribe at any time.

Submit your entry here. 

Writing Competition: Cider Press Review Book Award

The annual Cider Press Review Book Award offers a $1,500 prize, publication, and 25 author’s copies of a book length collection of poetry. Author receives a standard publishing contract. Initial print run is not less than 1,000 copies.

Our submission dates have recently changed. Cider Press accepts submissions for the Book Award between August 1 and October 30 annually. Submit 48-80 pages of original poetry in English not previously published in book form (individual poems may have been previously published in journals, anthologies, and chapbooks). We do not accept submissions created by or with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI).

$28 entry fee required. BY SUBMITTING A MANUSCRIPT TO THE CIDER PRESS REVIEW BOOK AWARD AND REMITTING ENTRY FEE, THE AUTHOR AGREES TO BE BOUND BY OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Submit your entry here. 

Call for Submissions: Cleaver Magazine

We review submissions only through Subfolio, our online portal. We are not able to consider work sent to us through postal mail or email.

We are happy to read simultaneous submissions, with immediate notification if work is accepted elsewhere. Previously published work is not considered, although we will sometimes consider work previously shared on personal blogs. Translations are welcome with permission of the original author, or for works in the common domain.

If the $5 submission fee presents any kind of hardship, please email us at:

editor@cleavermagazine.com,

tell us the genre category you’d like to submit in, and we will send you a no-fee submission link. No questions asked, no explanation necessary.

If you have a submission still in the queue and have not heard back from us, assume it has been held over for consideration for another issue.

If you have a question for an editor you’re working with, please message them directly through Subfolio.

If you previously submitted to Cleaver through Submittable, your submission and submission history have been moved to Subfolio. Please make a new, free account using the same email address, and you’ll be able to see your in-progress submissions as well as any archived submissions.

For inquiries, thwack us an email:

editor@cleavermagazine.com

Book Reviews and Newsletter Submissions

Cleaver reviews books that have been recently published (within the past year or two) by small and indie presses, including shorter works such as poetry chapbooks and novellas. If you’re a reviewer interested in writing for Cleaver, if you’ve written a review you’d like us to consider, or if you’re an author, publisher, or publicist, please email:

Autumn Konopka directly 

with your query.

Note: If you previously queried via our submission forms, you are welcome to follow up with a direct email.

A TIP FROM OUR EDITORS
The most successful pitches are those that make a direct, specific connection between the proposed work/author and Cleaver.Why is the particular book or author relevant for us and our readers?
How does it relate to our mission, the work we publish in our magazine, the kinds of books we review, or the authors we interview/feature?
And/or how does it relate to our interests and experience as readers and editors?
Finally, if you’re a past Cleaver contributor, make sure you let us know.

Autumn Konopka, Senior Editor (she/her)
Joy Manning, Editor (she/her)

Craft Essay Submissions

Cleaver publishes craft essays on writerly topics. If you are a poet, fiction writer, essayist, or graphic narrative artist and would like to propose a craft essay, contact the editors with a query before submitting.

A TIP FROM OUR EDITORS
Offer a reaction to or exploration of one’s personal experience as a prose writer/artist/creative; pieces that delve into something you’ve either found compelling, learned along the way, figured out, gotten obsessed with, found surprising, and want to share with other writers. Quirky is okay. Nothing too scholarly/academic/ pedagogical. Aim for between 800 and 2000 words. Please first take a look at what we’ve published before here.

—Lisa Romeo, Prose Craft Essays Editor

For Poetry Craft Essays, contact Mark Danowsky.

Please note: Cleaver welcomes diverse human voices, but we do not consider AI-generated or AI-assisted work.

Call for Submissions: F(r)iction

Thank you for your interest in submitting to F(r)iction!

Categories Accepted

• Short stories: 1,001 – 7,500 words

• Creative nonfiction: up to 6,500 words

• Flash fiction: (up to three pieces in the same document) up to 1,000 words per piece

• Poetry: (up to five poems in the same document) up the three pages per poem

Please visit our guidelines page to properly format your work for submission.

What We Look For in Submissions

Our editors have drafted up this fantastic page on our website to share what we look for in our submissions. We strongly recommend you read this and check out the examples before submitting to get an idea of our general publishing aesthetic.

We also highly recommend checking out a past issue of F(r)iction. We have several pieces available online, but there’s nothing like holding a glossy, full-color issue in your hands. You can check out all of our issues in our shop.

Our Submission Guidelines

We accept work, written in English, from anywhere in the world—regardless of genre, style, or origin—and welcome speculative writing and experimental literature.

We read all submissions anonymously. Please include your name and contact information in your cover letter only and remove any identifying information from both the submitted manuscript and the file name as well.

We accept, and encourage, simultaneous submissions and only ask that you withdraw your piece(s) using Submittable upon acceptance elsewhere.

There is a small reading fee for general F(r)iction submissions ($2.50), but authors accepted will be awarded payment for their work. Our staff is almost entirely comprised of volunteers, so this fee goes toward paying all the contributors who are printed in our beautiful pages. F(r)iction pays contributors $25 per final printed page, plus two contributor copies.

We edit every piece accepted for publication; for this collaborative process we will pair you with one of our Senior Editors. All our editors have been trained to help guide the development of each piece to reach its fullest potential in keeping with the author’s vision. This does not mean we will take on a wild jumble of words and half-formed musings. But it does mean that we value your work and want to help each piece to be as unforgettable as possible.

We respond to every submission as quickly as possible, usually within one or two months.

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submissions: The Turning Leaf Journal

The Turning Leaf Journal

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!

Review our guidelines below. General submissions are free.

Submissions close December 1.

What We Publish

The Turning Leaf Journal is founded upon the message of change. We want essays, poetry, and hybrid works that explore the turning over of a new leaf through life’s entrances, exits, seasons, formation, and destruction. What happened when you left the religion you grew up in? When you broke generational tradition? When you confronted addiction? When your human rights are under attack? Embrace the uncomfortable and send us the work that was written with tears and through gritted teeth.

We are also looking for art submissions, to be paired with our written publications. We are interested in art that evokes strong emotional reactions through landscapes, collages, sketches, still life, and abstracts. Please view our previous issues and instagram account to get a better sense of our visual aesthetic.

How to Submit

Email submissions to:

theturningleafjournal@gmail.com

with the following subject line adjusted to your submission: [Genre]–[Your Name]. Example: CNF–Jane Doe

Alternatively, send a Tip Jar submission through Duosuma. Your donations help us afford our current operational costs, and will be put towards our long term goal of creating print issues. Tip Jar submissions do not influence our decision nor do they guarantee publication. Name your submission file “[Genre]—[Your Name],” same as your email subject line.

Send only one submission per genre per submission period. You may submit work for each genre during the same period.

Simultaneous submissions are allowed. If your work is accepted elsewhere, notify us via email as soon as possible so we can celebrate your success and withdraw your submission.

We do not accept previously published material. Work posted on personal blogs and social media is okay.

We do not consider work created in full or in part by artificial intelligence (AI).

If you submit derivative work (ekphrastic, found/blackout, works written “after” some existing inspiration), please include a link or copy of the source material.

We may reject submissions that do not follow the guidelines as outlined.

Questions are always welcome! Please email them to us at:

theturningleafjournal@gmail.com

More information here.

Call for Submissions: Pangyrus Literary Magazine

Pangyrus Literary Magazine 

We are open for submissions for two reading periods a year:

Feb. 15 to April 15

Sept. 15 to Nov. 15

WHO WE ARE

Pangyrus literary magazine is dedicated to making unexpected connections across a wide range of ideas, arts, genres, and geographies. Our name combines Pangea (the world continent) and gyrus (the folds on the cerebral cortex of the brain), with a deliberate echo of “papyrus.” We engage with political and social issues, but edit for writing that will stand the test of time.

We publish a mix of opinion pieces and reviews, poetry, comics and visual art, memoir and fiction, twice a week online, and twice a year in print.

We're looking for work with a strong point of view that takes us into surprising spaces.

CATEGORIES

For the categories, please see below. If there is a link, then that category is open for submissions.

Fiction
Poetry
Nonfiction — Including our special categories of Zest! (food writing) & Generations (family).
Comics and Art
By Prior Arrangement (only open to use if you have permission from an editor; tell us who has referred you, please)

WHERE WE PUBLISH

This is a general call for work, with no limit as to subject, and we are proud to feature all accepted work on our website, pangyrus.com. In addition, we select some work to feature in our annual print anthology. Our 15th print issue (2027) has as its theme UNDERCURRENTS. We’re looking for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, graphic work, and poetry that cracks open the surface and gives us a glimpse of the unseen forces — emotional, historical, interpersonal, demiurgic — at work.

WHAT TO EXPECT

We accept simultaneous submissions, asking that you notify us immediately if a work is accepted elsewhere.

We pay all our authors, with a current rate of $30 per accepted piece. (We only use PayPal for payments.) All accepted work will appear online. Selected work will also appear in our print editions. Upon acceptance of your work, we send a contract.

All submitted work must be wholly original and previously unpublished. We do not accept work created with AI software. Please DO NOT send revisions of your work after you've submitted it.

All messages from Pangyrus about your submissions will come to you via Submittable. Please make sure they aren't going into your spam folder. Here's what Submittable suggests:

https://submittable.help/en/articles/3221476-how-can-i-safelist-notification-emails-from-submittable

Thank you for submitting!

Submit your work here.