Writing and Artists Residency: The Kyoto Retreat

The Kyoto Retreat

Deadline: July 17, 2026

The Kyoto Retreat is a program founded by Japan-based independent curator Dexter Wimberly. It offers artists, curators, and writers from anywhere in the world the opportunity to spend four weeks in Kyoto, Japan for research, exploration, and inspiration. Selected participants will receive a roundtrip flight, private accommodation, and $800 USD to supplement meals and local transportation.

The Kyoto Retreat welcomes applicants at all career stages working in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and nonfiction writing, poetry, interdisciplinary practice, and social practice. Applicants must be over 21 years old.

The 2026 retreat will take place November 1–30. The application deadline is July 17, 2026, and selected participants will be notified by September 1, 2026.

For more information, please visit www.kyotoretreat.com

Call for Submissions: The Writing Disorder

The Writing Disorder

We are currently accepting submissions for our Spring and Summer 2026 issues — and beyond.

CURRENT NEEDS:
Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art, Reviews, Interviews, Comic Art and Experimental work.
We would like to see more poetry, long fiction, nonfiction, artwork, reviews and interviews.

Needs:
We seek work of the highest quality, but do not have specific guidelines for style or subject matter. Check our website before submitting for any announcements. Although we look for short stories and poetry, we also publish personal essays and memoirs. Novel excerpts are acceptable, if self-contained. Reviews, nonfiction pieces, humor, comic art, and criticism are also welcome. And we love experimental work. For poetry, please submit THREE to EIGHT poems. Also, let us know what type of work you are submitting. Sometimes it’s difficult to tell whether a piece is fiction or nonfiction.

Format:
Submit one prose piece or three to eight poems. A notation of publications and awards, if any, is helpful. Poems should be individually typed either single- or double-spaced on one side of the page. Prose should be typed double-spaced on one side and can be as many pages as you need.

Deadline:
Our reading period is all year long. Submit your work at any time during this period; if a manuscript is not timely for one issue, it may be considered for another.

Submitting Your Work:

Send only one manuscript at a time online. Do not send duplicate or multiple submissions. There is a limit of four total submissions per writer per reading period (season), regardless of genre, whether it is by mail or online. Do not send a second submission until you’ve heard about the first. We cross-reference our database periodically, and if we find more than one active submission, or a fifth submission (or more) during the reading period, all submissions will be immediately rejected unread. Simultaneous submissions to other journals are amenable as long as they are indicated as such and we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.

NOTE: We accept previously published work—as long as it is not currently available online.

Submissions by Email:
Email one file to:

submit@thewritingdisorder.com

containing one prose piece or three to eight poems. If you have a legitimate association with a staff editor you may address that editor by name in your email. You should also include a brief citation of publications and awards (less than 50 words), if any. A longer citation of credits or a cover letter may be included as the first page of your submission document. Submissions must be sent as a Word (.doc or .docx) file. Any files that don’t adhere to our guidelines will be withdrawn from consideration.

Notifications and Queries:
Expect at least three months for a decision. Please be patient. Do not query us until three months have passed. If you write us, please include a current email address and indicate the date of your submission. You can also send us an e-mail.

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Post and Beam": Qwerty Magazine

 

Qwerty Magazine 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POST AND BEAM (The Architecture Issue)

We've lain the cornerstone. Now we build the house. In this special issue commemorating our 30th anniversary, we want your stories, poems, and otherwise artistic interpretations on the theme of dark architecture and pseudoarchaeology. The connection is closer than you think: chances are the chill summer enclosure on your back deck was built with the same basic principle as Stonehenge: post and beam construction. We're not looking for any old office building—no perfect beachfront property. We want your weird little crawlspaces. We want your five-and-a-half-minute hallways and backrooms. We want your unknowable ancient monuments that might be instruments for giants. Send us your doors found ajar, dwelling and liminality, flash fiction found on street signs and graffiti, and literal concrete poetry. Over the last 30 years, we have built a lasting little nook behind the cracks of the Poets' Corner—our own typeface Fraggle Rock. Let this issue be a testament to the weird: an architecture you don't so much digest as suck it down.

We accept up to five high-quality, not-yet-curated visual art pieces; up to six pages of poetry in a single document with 1-inch margins on all sides; or prose up to 5,000 words in length, double-spaced, in 12-point font and with 1-inch margins on all the pages per submission.

In your cover letter, please include your name and full contact information, and if your submission has been simultaneously submitted elsewhere. After sending us your work, please wait at least six months before submitting again.

All contributors selected for this issue will receive $15 and two copies of the issue once published.

Submit your work through this link: https://qwertymagazine.submittable.com/submit

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO WE ACCEPT AI-GENERATED ART OF ANY GENRE, BE IT POETRY, PROSE, OR VISUAL

Deadline is May 31, 2026

Call for Submissions: F(r)iction

 

F(r)iction Series   For our print magazine, we accept short fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry—regardless of genre, style, or origin. To get an idea of the kind of work we look for and the ethos behind what we do, please check out this page from our editors detailing what we look for in our submissions and this CLMP Member Spotlight article. And please note that we strongly encourage you to check out a past issue of F(r)iction, available in our shop.   Note: Writers published in F(r)iction can opt-in to have their work and contact information shared directly with our community of partner literary agents following the release of the issue containing their work.   Guidelines   Categories accepted: ● Short fiction: 1,001 – 7,500 words ● Creative nonfiction: up to 6,500 words ● Flash fiction: 1,000 words or less ● Poetry: three pages or less per poem, up to five poems per submission Other notes: ● All genres are welcome, but especially those that celebrate the weird, take risks with form and content, and are driven by a strong, unique voice. ● All work must be previously unpublished. This means if your work has appeared in any print or online source (this includes personal blogs, websites, and social media pages), we cannot accept it. ● Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately by choosing “withdraw” in Submittable if your work is selected for publication elsewhere. ● No AI submissions: We currently do not accept work from artificial intelligence (“AI”) generators or similar. ● Submit as many pieces as you’d like.
Reading Period: Submissions are open   Submission fee: $2.50   Payment: $25 per printed page and two free copies. Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions: The Rush Magazine

The Rush Magazine seeks to feature original works in poetry, micro fiction & non-fiction, photo poetry & narrative, photography, and video poetry/ narrative.

-Poetry: We are currently looking for poetry that emphasizes form. The forms may vary – from sonnets to villanelles, from pastoral odes to elegies, and everything in between – however, no matter the form, the verse must contain a strong sense of structure. Please submit no more than six poems at a time, and do not exceed six pages.

-Micro Fiction & Micro Non-Fiction: 200-300 words

-Photo Poetry/Narrative: We look for pieces that fuse short forms and a photo, evoking or resisting each other through imagery/images and context/main idea. That means we look for texts that use photos beyond their “illustrative” purpose; we want written pieces that converse with the photo and vice versa. Poetry should be one poem (max four pages) & a vignette or micro-fiction should be 250-300 words. Please include the photo and credit the photographer (Name and photo title). Text and photo should be in a single file.

-Photo stories: We welcome all themes from visual storytellers. We seek a cohesive body of work from a completed or ongoing project. Please submit up to 6 photos per photo story and in a separate document (one-page minimum to two max), including the title and the Pictorial Story Idea or project description (you and your project). Photo Story Formatting: Photographs in a submission must be contained in a single .doc, .pdf, or .docx. Images should be submitted in low resolution; however, upon acceptance, images must be provided with a resolution of at least 300 dpi, or greater and as a .jpg that can be reproduced at 1,650 pixels wide.

-Video Poetry/Narrative: we look for pieces where language is made of literary and the moving image, so with the reader/viewer’s participation to create a new meaning. We welcome:

• Collaborations between video artists and writers.

• Video by poets creating video from and their writing.

• Adaptations/Ekphrasis: Videos created to bring new meaning and dimension to pre-existing poetry.

**Any poems used for adaptations of pre-existing poetry must be in the public domain or used with the author's written consent.

-Poetry should be one poem (max 1.5 -pages) & vignette or micro-fiction should be 100-150 words.

-You can submit your video poems by sending us a Vimeo link. You may submit them in additional imaging formats, including .png, .jpg, .mp4, and .m4v.

In the description, you must include:

– short bio of the artists (video & text).

-All written portions of your submission should be in Times New Roman 12-point type, with at least one-inch margins, and your pages should be sequentially numbered. Please include a page with your name, telephone number, location, and email address at the top of the first page. Please include a brief biographical note with your submission.

-Please include “Full Name” and “Submission Type” in the subject header:

Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz. Poetry-Sonnet/Poetry Free Verse

John Milton. Photo poem

Ernest Hemingway. Photo microfiction

Franz Kafka. Photo vignette

Dorothea Lange. Photo Story

Tommy Nguyen. Video poem.

We look forward to reading your work!

Additional Information:

-We aim to respond to all submissions within thirty days. Please feel free to contact us if you have not received a response within the allotted time.

-We encourage and welcome simultaneous submissions; please let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere by adding a note to your submission. If you have sent multiple pieces in one submission and must withdraw one piece or two, you don't need to remove the entire submission if there are still some pieces for our consideration.

-We do not accept work that has been previously published.

-No AI Images/Photography.

-We do not own anyone’s work. The author may republish the work elsewhere after publication. Acceptance grants us non-exclusive North American Serial Rights in print and digital format.

-Please note that there is no Payment for your work.

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submissions: Cahava

Cahava is an international online literary journal, published quarterly. Each issue features a thoughtfully curated selection of poetry and fiction.

We welcome submissions of short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and prose poetry. All work must be original, unpublished, and written in English. Translations are also welcome, provided that appropriate permissions have been secured.

We accept submissions year-round and do not charge a submission fee.

Submission - Spring 2026

Deadline: Apr 15, 2026

Prose
Submissions up to 3,000 words, including:

• Short stories

• Novel excerpts

• Creative nonfiction

• Personal essays (literary or general interest)

• Play scripts

• Postcard stories

Compensation: $0.05 (CAD) per word

Poetry
Submit up to five original poems of any style. Individual poems must not exceed three pages in length.

Compensation: Higher of $10 or $0.05 (CAD) per word

Additional Notes

Simultaneous submissions are accepted; however, notify us immediately (contact@cahava.com) if your piece is accepted elsewhere.

Previously published work (in print, online, or digital) will not be considered.

Response time: up to 6 weeks.

All rights revert to the author after publication.

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submissions: ArLiJo (The Arlington Literary Journal)

Reading Submission Period:

Please note that in 2026 the online journal, ArLiJo (The Arlington Literary Journal) will have an open reading period for poetry (about 3-5 poems at a time), fiction / nonfiction (of no more than 10 pages or @ 2,500 words), and/or photography or art (@ 300 dpi) from March 30 to April 30, 2026. Works may be in other languages as long as an English translation accompanies the work, and the work is original and written by the author who submits the work. Obviously, the author will need to submit proof of permission to translate any work that is under copyright and/or contract.

There is no charge for submissions.

 Please place Query in the Subject line of any email and include a short bio. Please only send work as a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document or jpg/tiff; please do not send work as a PDF document.

​ Send ArLiJo submissions only to:

ArLiJo @ myyahoo . com (Remove extra spaces.)

Any work published shall remain the property of the author/poet/artist and for any previously published work to appear the author/poet/artist must still retain the rights of the work and must provide the publication name and the date of publication. Please note that ArLiJo is an ejournal.