Call for Submissions: Northwest Review

Thank you for your interest in the Northwest Review. We look forward to reading your work.

Founded at the University of Oregon in 1957, the Northwest Review publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, flash fiction/nonfiction, translations, and art. Located in Eugene, Oregon, the journal will always welcome work related to the Pacific Northwest, but we are a national magazine, open to writers beyond borders and limits. We love innovation in form and style, but prize literary quality above all. Surprise us, transport us, immerse us, entertain us, move us—give us your best.

We are open to both new and established writers. We have published Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners, but we also love nothing more than discovering new voices, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds.

Authors receive $25 per poem and up to $75 per short story/essay. Please allow six months before querying. Due to the volume of submissions, we may not be able to respond to individual queries.

For poetry, please send one to four poems at a time (and no more than 10 pages). Short fiction and creative nonfiction should range between 1,000 and 9,000 words. We also accept flash fiction and flash nonfiction of up to 1,000 words (please submit no more than three per submission).

We accept simultaneous submissions but please let us know ASAP if your work is accepted elsewhere. We only accept writing that has not been previously published. Do not resubmit work even if it’s been revised, unless a revision is requested by the editors. We do not publish current University of Oregon students.

Please submit your work via Submittable. The small submission fee we charge helps keep the lights on and ensures we can publish writers at all stages of their careers.

Our professional genre editors select all NWR content but work in close collaboration with both undergraduate and graduate student editors to produce each issue. NWR provides UO students with opportunities to gain valuable experience in literary editing and production. We also employ a team of volunteer editors, who help us find the best work possible. Most of the work we publish is found through the slush pile. Although we are a digital publication, we hope to eventually expand to publishing print anthologies and books of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

We believe that literary magazines build community. If you want to help us build our community, become a supporter here. 

Deadline: Feb. 16, 2026

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Moral Injury": Unbroken Journal

We seek prose poems. We do not publish lined poetry. Our strong preference is for a single block of text (one paragraph/stanza), maybe two, per piece. More than that, we start arguing about whether it’s a prose poem! Don’t make us argue. Some of our editors are already dangerous.

Both traditional and innovative works are welcome. We want dark and disquieting, we want fanciful and funny, we want surreal and surprising. We want stunning and unusual imagery and language that compels.

To get some idea of the kind of content we like, check out current and past issues.

The editors of Unbroken seek prose poems that transcend the boundaries of conventional storytelling. Of course, we believe that submissions should be coherent and intelligible, but also that coherence can be achieved through style, tone, imagery, and even transgressive methods. Linear narratives with predictable situations and language will be discounted. We want prose that smolders in the ditch. We want it to cry. Maybe laugh at inappropriate times. We want it to knock on our doors in the middle of the night and demand to be let in, fed, given black coffee, and assured that life isn’t completely insane. We want prose poems that have been fired from multiple jobs and have gaps in their resumes that cause them to perspire in interviews. Poems that listened to “Venus in Furs” daily for the entire year of 1993. We want poems that are the perfect carrot cake at your aunt’s house. We want poems that need extensive dental work because of unfortunate incidents outside bars in Phoenix or Indianapolis or Mobile. Finally, we want submission guidelines that don’t read like Dale Wisely got his hands on them.

We publish quarterly online. We have a reading period of six weeks for each issue.

Feb 1-Mar 15 for our April issue 

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Surprise": South 85 Journal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South 85 Journal will be open to general submissions January 24 ~ March 13 for its Spring/Summer issue through Submittable: South 85 Submissions Page. Additional reading periods will be announced for 2026.

ISSUE: SURPRISE US | UNTHEMED 

• Surprise: an unexpected or astonishing event, fact, or thing

• Surprise: the feeling caused by something unexpected or unusual

• What you hope will happen, what you dread will happen, what happened

• A surprise return, surprise departure, surprise attack; you were caught by surprise; it came as no surprise; that element of surprise

• Or truly surprise us: your piece has nothing at all to do with surprise! (We mean it…that’s legit.)

• Surprise us with your wit, your wisdom, your wild, your restraint; surprise us with form, image, metaphor; your character said/did/thought what?!; show us anew that thing we’ve seen 1000 times, or show us that thing we never knew we’d want to see.

• The possibilities are endless, and we want this theme that’s unthemed to feel open to countless interpretation, introspection, and examination. As always, we’re eager to read what you come up with.

Submission fee = $3

• We will publish novel excerpts, provided they can stand on their own. We do not publish genre fiction or children’s stories. We encourage you to read archives of South 85 Journal and acquaint yourself with the material we publish before submitting your work. We encourage the use of a content warning if necessary, in consideration of our manuscript readers.

• Type should be no smaller than 12-pt. font. Please use a standard font such as Times New Roman or Arial, and refrain from script or “flowery” lettering.

• All work will be considered for our Editor’s Choice Award of $100, which be given to ONE piece in the issue.

• Submissions should be saved in Word or Rich Text format.

• Number pages consecutively, double space, and use margins of at least one inch.

• Place your name, email address, and word count in an upper corner of the first page.

• We do not solicit work; each published piece comes to us through Submittable. 

More information here. 

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Spring": Altar Literary Magazine

We’re not a typical literary magazine, we’re your guide for the season. Yes you’ll find poems and beautiful stories but there’s also reviews, recipes, and rituals. We want to provide a space for creatives and help you navigate the energy of the season whether it’s through prose or some kitchen magic, we’re here.
What We Are Looking For

We want your offerings. A flower, a candle, a memory. Altar is a space for your mythic and elemental stories. We want poetry that isn’t afraid of the darkness and revels in the light. That understands tension and feels like an ancient whisper from the forest floor. Stories and essays that transport us to other realms. Art that could live in a grimoire. Reviews that introduce us to new perspectives. Recipes and spells that nourish and conjure.

All things spiritual, nature-based, and visceral can find a home at our altar.
Issue One: Spirals and Stars

Submissions Open: January 23rd

Submissions Close: March 1st

Publication: April 2026

Our inaugural issue explores Spring and all that comes with it. Buds breaking through willow trees. Fresh blooms scenting the air. The return of the songbirds and rabbits. Ferns unraveling on the forest floor. Fertility magic, fae, gardens. New beginnings.

While the season is filled with new life and bright energy, there’s also abandoned nests, a struggle to break free from the cold, the chance of getting whisked away by the fae and never being seen again.

Give us your spring offerings.

Free! No charge for submissions. You may either submit via Duosuma (pending launch) or email us directly! All those selected for publication will receive a $5 payment, we hope to increase this in the future but for now we are just happy we are able to acknowledge your work through some form of payment.

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submission to Anthology on "Vampires": Flame Tree Publishing

 

Flame Tree Publishing 

Vampires

A New Collection of Spine-tingling Short Stories of Vampirism in All Its Forms

 

Vampire-like creatures appear in almost every culture in some form: from ancient civilisations such as the Romans, Greeks, Hebrew and Mesopotamia, to the walking, blood-drinking corpses of mediaeval Europe and the Transylvanian tale of Vlad the Impaler, which of course gave rise to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This anthology will include tales that reflect both these older legends and also the current view of modern-day vampires – as evoked in films such as Sinners and 30 Days of Night, as well as in literature such as Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot, the American Vampire comic series, George R.R. Martin’s Fevre Dream and Anne Rice’s Interview With a Vampire just to name a few. A gripping new anthology from the superlative purveyors of short stories, Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane. This is your chance to be one of the few selected from open submissions to join the selection commissioned and curated by Marie and Paul.

 

Submit to:

 

anthologies@flametreepublishing.com

• Terms: Multiple submissions are fine but must be in separate emails.

• Simultaneous submissions are fine but you must have the right to license your story in an anthology.

• Stories using AI-generated text will not be accepted.

• Please only submit unpublished/original/new stories for consideration. Reprints will not be accepted for consideration.

• For accepted stories we pay Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) rates of 8 cents/6 pence per word.

• We will aim to read each story and confirm its status within 4 months of the submission deadline.

• Payment for the chosen stories will be made within 30 days of the final advertised publication date (see our website flametreepublishing.com for details), although some may be paid earlier than that.

• Submission does not imply the right to publication. Each story will be read and assessed by the selection panel.

Important Notice about Submissions and Guidelines

We're always looking for better ways of working so we've tweaked our submission process to allow us to read more stories, and spend more time assessing the balance of our books.

• Submissions must use the dedicated email address.

• The subject line of the email must be the story title.

• The body of the email should state which anthology your story is being submitted to.

• The file with the story must be attached to the email (.docx, .doc or .rtf format).

• The name of the file must match the name in the subject line.

• If submitting more than one story, please submit one story per email.

Other useful tips for a more successful submission:

• The file name of the submission must be the story name only.

• Please just use spaces between words in the title (not _ or - ).

• If the story name starts with A or The, please use it at the beginning of the file name.

• Story length is most likely to be successful at 2000–4000 words, but we will still read stories slightly outside this range.

• If submitting a story that has recently been submitted to us for consideration to another anthology, please state this in the submission email.

Deadline for submissions is 15th February 2026

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Awakening": Prairie Schooner

The Spring 2027 issue will mark the 100th anniversary of the first issue of Prairie Schooner, so we are seeking poems, short stories, and essays on the theme of Awakening. Awakening, awareness, revival, rebirth. Our centenary coincides with overwhelming challenges to our freedoms, our cultures, our progress, our expression, and the next 100 years will be informed by the wisdom and invention of writers and thinkers, by strong voices, creative vision. We seek inspiring work that will carry us forward or reflect on the past, work that will pose questions or suggest answers. We want work that will invigorate with new understanding or break our hearts with it—all with insight and perspective, whether lyric or bold, quiet or insistent.

Submission window: February 1 – February 15 (or until submission caps are reached)

No submission fee. Please limit to one submission per genre. If the category is no longer available after February 1, we have met our submission cap and are closed to that genre. (Submit early!)

Submissions will be accepted via Submittable starting February 1; more guidelines can be found there and on our website.

Artists' Residency on Themes of "Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Environment": Foundation House Artist Residency

Foundation House Artist Residency Program Application

Please note that, due to the limited time period between the close of applications and the start of the residency session, we are no longer able to accept applicants from countries that would require obtaining a visa for travel.

Application is now open for our Spring 2026 Climate-Themed session!

Spring Session Dates: April 17th - April 26th, 2026

Foundation House, located in backcountry Greenwich, CT, will open its doors for 10 days to six residents, allowing residents the time and space for concentrated creation in beautiful and inspiring surroundings. Foundation House’s mission as a nonprofit center for learning is to focus on mental health, environmental, and social justice issues. To that end, we host residencies, workshops, lectures, and other meaningful gatherings on these topics.

At Foundation House, we believe that conversations about these critical topics are not complete without the input of creatives, and it is our privilege to be able to offer space for artists of all disciplines to work and therefore be a part of those conversations.

Please note: No applicants focusing on any area other than relating to climate, climate justice and environmental issues will be considered for this residency.

Each resident will be given a stipend, a private bedroom, and private or semi-private bathroom, all meals plus full kitchen access, and access to a studio space, a wide variety of common areas, and 75 acres of land to explore and enjoy. Residents will eat dinner together every evening to ensure that they are building relationships and familiarizing themselves with each other's work, facilitating feedback and collaboration. Our residency is a working residency. Accepted residents are expected to carry through with their proposed projects and create work that is aligned with Foundation House's mission and the themes of the session.

Foundation House is committed to diversity and inclusion, and we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind.​​

The Spring 2026 application will close on March 9th, 2026, at 11:59 PM EST. 

Accepted applicants will hear back from us in around two to three weeks. Applicants will hear back from us either way, so if you have not heard from us yet it only means we have not finished reviewing.

***We highly recommend writing your application in a separate document and pasting your answers into the form so as not to lose any work should there be any application issues.
Once you submit, please check your spam folder for the email confirmation before submitting a duplicate application.***

Thank you for your interest in Foundation House, and we look forward to reviewing your application!

Submit your application here.