Call for Submissions: The Baltimore Review

The Baltimore Review

If your work is accepted for publication, we ask only for the right to publish it for the first time, online and in print. Please do not submit work that has been accepted for publication elsewhere. All rights revert to the author after publication by The Baltimore Review. All accepted work will be archived on the website.

We accept submissions only through Submittable. We do not consider emailed submissions or submissions sent through the postal service. Every poem, short story, and work of creative nonfiction we accept is selected from the Submittable queue based on merit and the needs of the journal.

Submissions in more than one category are permitted, but please do not submit work more than once per reading period in any category.

Among other resources for writers, NewPages.com has a Publications for Young Writers page. We encourage teen (and younger) writers to review this list before submitting work to literary journals. The Baltimore Review considers submissions from writers who are 18 years of age or older.

Simultaneous submissions are absolutely fine. If you need to withdraw your work, or part of your work, from consideration, let us know. Use the Withdraw option if withdrawing the entire submission; send us a message through Submittable if withdrawing part of your submission, e.g., one poem from a group of three.

Once your work has been accepted by a publication, always withdraw it from any other publications right away.

About AI: Do we really have to say it? OK. No. We want to read work created entirely by humans.

Our current submission period: February 1 through May 31, 2026.

 Please do not withdraw and re-submit your work if making revisions. Simply note the minor edit or, if the changes are more extensive, attach the new version in the Submittable message. But it’s always best, of course, to take some time to thoroughly proofread your work before submitting. Thanks!

Response time: You will be notified of our decision within four months. We're aiming for a response time well within that time frame, usually one to three months, but we do receive thousands of submissions in each submission period, and we read each one of them. Thank you for your patience.

Fees: We do not charge fees for non-contest submissions and have no plans to do so in the future. We charge a modest $8 fee for contest submissions.

Payment for non-contest submissions is $50 via Amazon gift certificate or $50 through PayPal, if preferred, as well as a copy of the annual print compilation in which the author's work appears. We hope to continue this as long as funding is available. We also nominate our contributors' work for every possible prize. Contest prize amounts are announced with each contest.

Submit your work here. 

Call for Fantasty Submissions: PodCastle

We are OPEN to general submissions until midnight BST on May 1, 2026.

PodCastle is looking for quality fantasy fiction. If you’re a writer with a speculative short story that you’d like to hear narrated by one of our performers, we’d like to see it.

Submit online via our Moksha submissions portal using a Standard Manuscript Format, with the exception that we do not require your home address or telephone number on the document. We accept files in .rtf, .docx, or .doc format.

Word count: up to 6,000 words.

Occasionally, we run reprints in the novelette range (up to 17,000 words), although they are a harder sell. Please note we do not accept originals at this length. Be aware that if you submit a story over 6,000 words without seeking prior permission from the editors, your story is likely to be rejected unread. Send a query to:

 podcastle@escapeartists.net

before submitting reprints over 6,000 words. Please do not waste your time or ours if your query relates to a previously unpublished work – we absolutely cannot consider any original stories that exceed 6,000 words in length.

Reprints are welcome and encouraged. We are happy to consider stories previously released on Patreon as reprints. However, if a story was sent to us as an original and received a rejection, please do not submit it again as a reprint.

Multiple submissions: you are permitted to submit one (1) original story and one (1) reprint at any given time, thus you may have two (2) stories under active consideration at a time. If you receive a rejection while submissions are still open, you can send another story of the same type. If your story is still being held from a previous period or special call, you are free to submit another story (or stories) this period.

Simultaneous submissions are permitted; just mention in your cover letter upfront that you’ve submitted your story elsewhere, and let us know if you sell it to another market first. Caveat: The only places we ask you not to simultaneously submit your story are to the other EA podcasts, namely Escape Pod, PseudoPod, Cast of Wonders, and CatsCast.

Translations of stories into English are welcome. We will treat stories that have not previously been published in English as originals even if they’ve been published elsewhere in a different language; we’ll consider them reprints only if they have already appeared somewhere in English. The author and translator will be asked how they’d prefer to split payment for the story.

AI-generated stories will not be accepted for submission. We are not interested in stories for which the “traditional elements of authorship,” as the U.S. Copyright Office describes it, were performed by AI or machine-learning tools. Stories drafted using spell-check and grammar-check are acceptable, but we are not interested in any story where AI tools or text generators wrote or drafted any portion of the text. We consider the representation of an author’s work as their own when it is, in fact, machine-generated, whether whole or in part, to be plagiarism, and grounds for being permanently banned from submitting to us. In short, DO NOT submit AI-generated works.

PodCastle is looking for quality fantasy fiction. If you’re a writer with a speculative short story that you’d like to hear narrated by one of our performers, we’d like to see it.

Submit online via our Moksha submissions portal using a Standard Manuscript Format, with the exception that we do not require your home address or telephone number on the document. We accept files in .rtf, .docx, or .doc format.

Word count: up to 6,000 words.

Occasionally, we run reprints in the novelette range (up to 17,000 words), although they are a harder sell. Please note we do not accept originals at this length. Be aware that if you submit a story over 6,000 words without seeking prior permission from the editors, your story is likely to be rejected unread. Send a query to:

podcastle@escapeartists.net

before submitting reprints over 6,000 words. Please do not waste your time or ours if your query relates to a previously unpublished work – we absolutely cannot consider any original stories that exceed 6,000 words in length.

Reprints are welcome and encouraged. We are happy to consider stories previously released on Patreon as reprints. However, if a story was sent to us as an original and received a rejection, please do not submit it again as a reprint.

Multiple submissions: you are permitted to submit one (1) original story and one (1) reprint at any given time, thus you may have two (2) stories under active consideration at a time. If you receive a rejection while submissions are still open, you can send another story of the same type. If your story is still being held from a previous period or special call, you are free to submit another story (or stories) this period.

Simultaneous submissions are permitted; just mention in your cover letter upfront that you’ve submitted your story elsewhere, and let us know if you sell it to another market first. Caveat: The only places we ask you not to simultaneously submit your story are to the other EA podcasts, namely Escape Pod, PseudoPod, Cast of Wonders, and CatsCast.

Translations of stories into English are welcome. We will treat stories that have not previously been published in English as originals even if they’ve been published elsewhere in a different language; we’ll consider them reprints only if they have already appeared somewhere in English. The author and translator will be asked how they’d prefer to split payment for the story.

AI-generated stories will not be accepted for submission. We are not interested in stories for which the “traditional elements of authorship,” as the U.S. Copyright Office describes it, were performed by AI or machine-learning tools. Stories drafted using spell-check and grammar-check are acceptable, but we are not interested in any story where AI tools or text generators wrote or drafted any portion of the text. We consider the representation of an author’s work as their own when it is, in fact, machine-generated, whether whole or in part, to be plagiarism, and grounds for being permanently banned from submitting to us. In short, DO NOT submit AI-generated works.

Payment and Rights

We pay $0.08 per word USD for original fiction, $100 flat rate for reprints over 1,500 words, and $20 flat rate for flash fiction reprints (stories below 1,500 words).

PodCastle publishes stories in both text and audio. You are indicating both are available when you submit your story. We ask for 4 months exclusivity for text and audio for original stories, and 4 months audio exclusivity for reprints. We are happy to receive previously-podcasted stories; this just means don’t re-pod the story until 4 months after publication with PodCastle.

We distribute under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Briefly, this means that the entire world has permission to distribute the audio files for free, provided they give credit for it, don’t try to make money off of it, and don’t change it in any way. Transcribing it, extracting portions from it beyond fair use, and mashing it up are all prohibited.

This license applies only to our audio performance of your work, for which we’ve contracted and paid you. It does not apply to your story itself; you retain your copyright and all rights to any other use of the story.

You can find samples of our contracts here. Note that these are for informational purposes only, and upon acceptance all the relevant information will be completed by our managing editor.

What We Want

PodCastle is looking for fantasy stories. We’re open to all the sub-genres of fantasy, from magical realism to urban fantasy to slipstream to high fantasy, and everything in between. Fantastical or non-real content should be meaningful to the story. Our word count limit is 6,000. Please note that for original stories, the closer to the limit the story is, the more difficult it is for us to buy it. Our “sweet spot” for story length is between 3,000 and 4,000 words.

We are an audio magazine. Our audience can’t skim past the boring parts. Ideally, fiction should have strong pacing, well-defined characters, engaging dialogue, clear action, and still be beautiful. Above all, we’re looking for stories that are fun to listen to. Humor is encouraged.

We hope to publish fiction reflecting the full range of settings and tropes found in fantasy fiction. We’d particularly like to see more stories set outside America, and stories that feature characters who represent a range of backgrounds and ethnicities.

We only publish short fiction. We do not accept poetry, novel excerpts, screenplays, audio dramas, or non-fiction.

Hard sells

This list may be altered or added to as time goes on, so do keep checking in, but for now our main hard sell is selkies. We receive a tremendous number of selkie stories at PodCastle, and for us personally it’s a least-favourite trope. “Hard sell” does not mean “do not submit” – there will always be an exception to the rule – but unless you’re doing something truly fresh and unique with this trope, a selkie story will almost certainly be declined.

More information here.

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Call for Submissions: The Argyle Literary Magazine

 

The Argyle is an online, quarterly that brings you the best poetry, fiction, CNF, essays, art, and more from across the globe.

The Argyle Literary Magazine (“The Argyle” for short) philosophy is simple: GOOD writing should be celebrated not segregated. We don’t follow a particular aesthetic nor do we prefer a certain “type” of literature or art. What we do care about is the artistry and impact of a piece: How we are touched, changed, even shaken to our cores by the images and words that wait for us just around the corners of proverbial pages. In a nutshell, we LOVE to touch of the unexpected and the daring with splash of sexy-cool in all their manifestations.

The Argyle seeks to blur the lines between genres and strips the labels off your “little darlings,” offering an immersive experience of words and images that feeds the mind, stirs the soul, and disturbs the quiet of blank spaces. Our content is motley…and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
Submission Guidelines

***General Submissions for Issue #8 are currently OPEN!!!***

***Submissions for Issue 8’s theme-page “Bright Lights, Dark City” are currently OPEN***

We are looking for original, unpublished work; however, we are also all about reprinting strong pieces that aren't done making their “rounds” (just let us know where reprints they were originally published and acknowledge you currently retain the rights to them). Please do let us know if your submission (or part of your submission) has been accepted elsewhere ASAP by leaving us a “Note” via our Submittable page so we can omit said portion from consideration and give you a heartfelt “Congratulations!”

The Argyle accepts general submissions for poetry, short fiction, essays, interviews, reviews, and more.

Short fiction, CNF, & Essays – up to 3 pieces (approximately 3,000 words each). We can be a little flexible for longer pieces).

Poetry – up to 6 poems (no limitations, but rhyme at your own risk).

Interviews & Reviews – query us to pitch your ideas.

Articles - between 750 and 2500 words is the "sweet spot" (and pay careful attention to overuse of passive voice). The Argyle is open to articles about writing, art, and especially the intersections between writing, literature, the visual arts, and culture. Query us to pitch your ideas.

Digital Art - up to 5 submissions. Color and black & white accepted. Work that is strongly poetic and/or narrative works nicely. This includes multi-modal prose/verse submissions.

Writing Competition: The Iowa Poetry Prize

Iowa Poetry Prize

Eligibility

The Iowa Poetry Prize, open to new as well as established poets, is awarded for a book-length collection of poems written originally in English. Previous winners, current University of Iowa students, and current and former University of Iowa Press employees are not eligible.

Manuscript

Manuscripts should be 50 to 150 pages in length. Put your name on the title page only; this page will be removed before your manuscript is judged. Poems included in the collection may have appeared in journals or anthologies; poems from a poet's previous collections may be included only in manuscripts of new and selected poems.
Publication

The winning manuscript will be published by the University of Iowa Press under a standard royalty agreement.

Submission

Please submit only via Submittable. Hard copies of manuscripts sent to the Press will not be accepted.

Manuscripts must be submitted during the month of April. Please note that the Submittable form opens at 12:00 am CST on April 1st, and closes at 11:59 pm CST on April 30th.

A $20 reading fee is payable to the University of Iowa Press Poetry Fund. We consider simultaneous submissions but ask that you notify us immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Only the winners will be notified. The results will be posted on our Instagram account.

Submit your entry here. 

Call for Submissions: Four Way Review

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Four Way Review accepts poetry and fiction from both established and emerging authors. We look for work that demonstrates fine attention to craft while retaining a powerful and compelling voice. We want writing that showcases the imagination's unique ability to refine the raw materials of human experience.

We encourage submissions from diverse voices.

Unsolicited submissions are considered year-round. Before submitting, please see our latest issue and ensure your work is a good fit. Please wait to hear back from us before submitting again.

We accept .pdf (preferred), .doc, and .docx. You may also include a cover letter with your contact information and a brief bio in the "comments" box. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please note this in your cover letter and let us know immediately if a piece is accepted somewhere else. Due to a high volume of submissions, we cannot respond individually to withdrawal requests.

In order to offer our writers a small honorarium, we now charge a small submission fee of $3 for part of the year. In January, April, August and November, all submissions are fee-free. During these months, we might close submissions for one or more genres, should the submission maximum be reached. This is done to ensure that our readers are able to read and respond to each submission in a timely manner.

 

Poetry

— We are interested in all styles and forms of poetry.

— We ask that writers submit poetry no more than three times per year, with three to five poems in a single submission.

— Please email us to withdraw individual poems.

 

Fiction

— We're looking for finished stories that are both whole and surprising.

— Keep longer submissions below 6,000 words. Submit only one piece at a time and no more than three pieces a year.

— Short shorts should be under 1,000 words. You may submit up to three flash pieces in one submission.

 

Translation

— We are interested in all styles and forms of writing in translation.

— We ask that writers submit work no more than three times a year, adhering to our guidelines for poetry, fiction and nonfiction (i.e., no more than three to five poems in a single submission and keeping prose below 6,000 words).
— If possible, please include the original piece with your translated submission.

— Please confirm that you have obtained permission, either from author or rights holder, to publish the translation.

 

Creative Nonfiction

— We're looking for pieces that surprise us, pieces that push at the corners of the form.

— Keep longer submissions below 6,000 words. Submit only one piece at a time and no more than three pieces a year.

— We do accept flash nonfiction. These should be under 1,000 words. You may submit up to three flash pieces in one submission.

All submissions must be previously unpublished. We request first North America serial rights for any work that we accept. All rights revert to the author upon publication, though we ask that you acknowledge Four Way Review if the work is published elsewhere.

You can withdraw your work using our submissions manager. To withdraw part of a submission, email us at:

 

fourwayreview (at) gmail [dot] com (Change (at) to @ and [dot] to . )

We try to respond within 90 days. Please note that our submissions manager is separate from the manager for Four Way Books. We will not respond to manuscript submissions.

We accept submissions through our online submissions manager. Unsolicited email submissions will be discarded unread.

THE BASICS

Submit through our Submissions Manager

Up to 5 poems or 6,000 words

We'll respond within 90 days

Call for Submissions: Dreamers Magazine

 

General Submissions

Dreamers Magazine

We are open year-round for writing submissions, with rolling deadlines. Please check Submittable for current deadlines.

We’re looking for writing submissions of short stories, poems, personal essays or excerpts (that stand alone) from any genre. We’re willing to consider any form of writing that is well-written and from the heart. We especially love writing that has some connection to writing for wellness – narrative medicine, medical memoir, writing the self, healing writing, etc.

All accepted pieces will be published on our website and authors will be paid an honorarium of between $20 and $60 CAD. Three times per year, we’ll select the best from among all the submissions received for publication in our tri-yearly magazine. All authors whose work is chosen for this magazine will receive an honorarium of between $20 and $60 CAD, and 2 magazine copies (1 print, 1 electronic).

We ask for limited non-exclusive digital and print rights. Copyright remains with the author. You can find a copy of our contributor contract here.

*Please note: Although we are open to world wide submissions and we publish a broad selection of written contributions from all around the world on our website, as a Canadian publisher, we prioritize Canadian writing in our flagship tri-yearly print magazine; 80% of this print publication is dedicated to highlighting Canadian writing.

Call for Submissions: Centaur

 

Centaur is on the lookout for writing that’s inspired, bold, and surprising. With four seasonal issues a year, and up to eight pieces in each, there’s only room for your best 400 words or fewer. Learn more about Centaur in the interview Six Questions.

Centaur’s pledge to its writers and artists 

• You will not pay a submission fee. Ever. You’ll get a nice acceptance or an equally nice decline within two months of story or artwork submission. (If you don’t hear from Centaur, check your spam folder. Every submission receives a response!)

• Writers: Centaur will nominate pieces for each of the annual literary competitions or anthologies, including Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, and Best of the Net.

• Additionally, your editor will light her Dolly Parton candle for Centaur’s writers at each issue’s launch, in hopes that your work may be honored and anthologized elsewhere. (Please just credit Centaur as first publisher.)

• Centaur will feature its author and artist books on its Bookstore page.

• Your published story or art will be its own prize—shined (copyedits on stories), shown (social media), and shared (however, all rights reserved and rights revert to creator upon publication).

• Your published story or art will receive $20 in payment and a fortune in goodwill.

• New: Starting with the August 2025 issue: Centaur will match payments with a $20 donation to one of the following nonprofits, in your name or anonymously. This is not an effort to influence people politically. It is just a move to make the world a better place. You should be able to find something on the list that benefits Planet Earth, its people, or its animals, wherever you may call home. That said, this is an offer, not mandatory.

Your pledge to Centaur

• Your work is original and previously unpublished. No-AI generated or violent work.

• Artists: If you’re interested in illustrating in any way the magical being known as a centaur in an upcoming issue, please email Centaur with a short note about yourself and your idea for an illustration, as well as a link to samples of your work.

• Writers: Submit a mashup of fiction with prose poetry or nonfiction, also known as hybrid. Open to most styles of writing, but not to horror. Please, 400 words maximum and words only—no mixed media or multimedia. Words only. Only one (not multiple) submission every three months. If your work is published by Centaur, please wait a year before submitting again.

• If you have not heard back on the status of your submission within 2 months, please reach out with a query. Apologies, sometimes the spam folder is overzealous.

• Paste your submission with your full name in 12-point Times New Roman font in the body of an email to Centaur. No attachments, please. Include the word “Submission,” your piece’s title, and your full name in the email subject line, like this: Submission: The Orange Chair – Sadie Smith. New: Please include a 50-word bio so the editor knows who she is communicating with.

• Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let the editor know immediately if your piece has been accepted elsewhere.

• Everyone: You won’t be a horse’s ass, a blockhead, or both and hassle the editor. Examples include pulling your story or art after it’s been accepted for publication, questioning the editor’s decision to decline a piece, or missing deadlines.

Writing Grants: The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grants and The Arts Writers Translation Grant

Application Deadline: May 6, 11:59pm ET

The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant supports emerging and established writers who write about contemporary visual art. Ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 in four categories—articles, books, short-form writing, and translation—the grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from short reviews for magazines and newspapers to in-depth scholarly studies. The program also supports art writing that engages criticism through interdisciplinary methods and experiments with literary styles. As long as a writer meets the eligibility and publishing requirements, they can apply.

Writers are invited to apply in one of the following categories: 

Article
Book
Short-Form Writing
Translation

For guidelines and eligibility criteria for the Article, Book, or Short-Form Writing categories, click here.

The Arts Writers Translation Grant supports individuals who want to translate book-length projects about contemporary visual art from other languages into English. 

For guidelines and eligibility criteria for this grant, click here.

Note that due to legal constraints, only U.S. citizens, permanent residents of the United States, and holders of O-1 visas are eligible to apply.

Call for Submissions: Jagged Edge

Jagged Edge 

We publish sharp, pointed poetry and prose on a rolling basis, about 1-2 pieces a week.

(In the future we hope to publish in physical, printed form.)

What we’re looking for:

poems / short fiction / short plays / book reviews / essays

Some writers we love: Caren Beilin, Mary Ruefle, Wendy Xu, Robyn Schiff, Fady Joudah, Layli Long Soldier

Some magazines and presses we love: Ethel, bethh, betweenthehighway, Rescue Press, Tilted House, Edge City

Don’t self-reject! If you think your work might fit in here, send it. We read each submission with love and care.

Guidelines:

Poetry: up to 5 poems at a time

Prose: up to 2 pieces at a time, no set word limit but be reasonable

Submit your work as an attachment (pdf or docx) to:

hello [at] jaggededge.org (Change [at] to @ )

with the subject line “Jagged Edge <insert genre here> Submission”. Please include a brief bio and any website/social media you’d like included. We’d love if you could also include how you found out about us!

We hope to get back to you within eight weeks of your submission but we greatly apologize if we are late.

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Documentation": The Massasschusetts Review

Open for stories, poems, essays, interviews, and hybrid work until May 15th.

Submission information:

Submissions should be no more than 7,000 words for prose (fiction, nonfiction), hybrids, up to 6 poems for poetry, or up to 3 pages of visual art. We are interested in submissions from people who are most marginalized by oppressive systems, to include trans, queer, poverty-born, incarcerated, system-impacted, disabled, neurodivergent, BIPOC, colonized, people living on the frontlines of state violence and climate crisis, and others.

Published writers will receive $100 upon publication.

Please send work as a Word or PDF attachment to:

themassreview@gmail.com 

and indicate the special issue and genre in the subject line (i.e. “DOCUMENTATION: Fiction”).

If online submission is not possible, please mail work to:

The Massachusetts Review
400 Venture Way
Hadley, MA 01035

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT WORK IS May 15th.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORK.

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.

Writing Competitions: The Lost Kite Chapbook Prize

LOST KITE CHAPBOOK PRIZE

The Lost Kite Editions Chapbook Prize is awarded annually to a chapbook of any genre (fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, etc.). Collaborative, hybrid, and multi-genre submissions are also welcome. The winning author will receive a $1,500 award and 20 contributor copies. The winning chapbook will be published in spring, 2027.

The contest will be open until May 15th, 2026. We accept submissions from all writers, but make a concerted effort to welcome submissions from incarcerated writers. To that end, incarcerated writers will be welcome to submit until August 31st, 2026.

The winning manuscript will be selected by Hanif Abdurraqib.​

Guidelines

We accept submissions through Submittable.

Please do not include your name anywhere within the manuscript itself. Along with your manuscript, please submit a cover letter with a brief biographical note and, if desired, a statement or description that contextualizes your submitted work. While we may consider publishing work under a pseudonym, please include your legal name in your cover letter.

Chapbooks should be between 20 and 50 pages in length (this does not include title, section break, or acknowledgement pages). We won't turn you away if you are a few pages over or under, but please stay close to that limit.

Manuscripts containing individual stories, essays, poems, or excerpts that have been previously published online or in print are eligible; please simply note previously published work in your cover letter. If your manuscript has been previously published as a whole (including publication with a press, self-publication, online/digital publication, and publication in a small, limited-edition print run), however, then the manuscript is not eligible.

The submission fee is $5.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted. Please withdraw your manuscript(s) from consideration immediately if you plan to publish it elsewhere.

You are welcome to submit multiple manuscripts. The $5 submission fee will apply to each manuscript submitted.

We do not accept work generated with artificial intelligence.

Accommodations for incarcerated writers

• Incarcerated writers and those submitting on their behalf are welcome to submit by postal mail to:

 P.O. Box 6037

Minneapolis, MN 55406

or by email (submissions@lostkite.org)

• Typed submissions are preferred, but we will accept handwritten submissions from incarcerated writers.

• The $5 submission fee is waived for incarcerated writers and those submitting on their behalf.

• Incarcerated writers are welcome to submit until August 31st, 2026.

Writing Residency for Single Parents: The Old Knitting Factory

Join us in the beauty and peace of Connemara on the west coast of Ireland by applying for an Arts or Rest Residency at The Old Knitting Factory. Paid residencies are open to applications from everyone, not just single parents! Your time here will help support the space’s mission, and I am so grateful.

All residencies include six nights’ stay in The Old Knitting Factory’s lakeside guest space, including a kitchenette, en suite bathroom, living room, and private entrance. Accommodation includes a double-single bunk bed, so there is space for up to three people; the space is designed for a single parent and up to two children, but adults are welcome to share the space as well.  

Residencies run from Monday (3 pm check-in) to Sunday (11 am check-out) year-round, beginning in June 2026.

Arts Residencies include two hours of private mentorship with New York Times bestselling author and The Old Knitting Factory founder Betsy Cornwell, and are priced at €1000 plus VAT. Rest Residencies do not include mentorship and are priced at €800 plus VAT.

You can also book accommodation for up to three people in our residency space for €170 per night plus VAT, with a three-night minimum.

Please note that fully funded residencies are open for application only in May, using a separate form. I usually receive over 100 applications for each funded residency I’m able to offer.

If you are interested in funding an Arts Residency or Rest Residency for a single parent, I’d be thrilled to hear from you! You can offer a one-time sponsorship using the form below, or offer monthly or annual support through The Old Knitting Factory’s Patreon page. Go raibh maith agat: thank you so much!

More information and application form here. 

Call for Submissions: Vernacular Journal

 

Submissions

Vernacular Journal enthusiastically welcomes submissions on anything and everything that falls under the theme of vernacular. This theme is expansive and we’re open to a very wide range of interpretations. If you’re unsure if your work is a fit for Vernacular, please get in touch.

FORMAT:

Anything that can be displayed online: non-fiction, fiction, art, photography, music, poetry, comics, interviews, dream interpretation, a playlist, a menu for a nonexistent restaurant, etc. The weirder the better.

A reasonable word count for written pieces is maximum 1500 - 2000 words.

PROCESS:

The journal publishes 4 editions a year, on a seasonal basis (Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring).

The deadline to submit for the Spring 2026 edition is May 17, 2026.

Please send your submission(s) to:

vernacularjournal@gmail.com

If you’re submitting a written piece, we encourage you to send along any accompanying photos or pictures as well. Public Domain Review and Wellcome Collection Library are both amazing sources for creative commons images.

Please note that we do not pay for contributions. Licensing-wise, all copyrights are retained by you, the creator.

Call for Submissions: Creation Magazine

 

Deadline: Sep. 1, 2026 

Creation Magazine is a Tampa-based literary and arts journal publishing twice a year. Each issue explores a unique theme, welcoming fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, literary criticism, art, photography, interviews, and book reviews—work that resonates, sparks conversation, and leaves an impression.

We strive to uncover fresh, bold voices and push the boundaries of storytelling and art. We’re here to spark new ideas, celebrate unique perspectives, and give space to work that makes you think, feel, and maybe even question everything.

Originally, our magazine's name—Creation—was inspired by ecofeminism, a philosophy that sees nature's regenerative power and the creative force of femininity as inextricably linked.

Today, that foundation remains at our core; each spring, we embrace a new feminist theme, using it as a lens to explore the evolving narratives of womanhood and creative expression. For our tenth volume, we are seeking vulnerable, diverse literary and artistic works inspired by the creator's experiences with empowerment, exploration, socio-cultural boundaries, and complex interpersonal relationships. We are pursuing works that engage with women, femininity, gender, social criticism, cultural themes, and discussions of equity at their core.

Genres accepted for this issue are poetry (including but not limited to short-form, comic strip poetry, blackout, prose poetry, blank verse, and free verse), fiction (including but not limited to flash, micro, speculative, and general fiction), creative nonfiction, social commentary, and short screenplays. 

• We are not accepting full-length manuscripts or works longer than approximately 5,000 words for this volume. We welcome all styles and forms, from lyric to experimental, traditional to hybrid.

• Poems should engage with the theme in creative, unexpected ways—whether through personal reflection, political vision, or speculative imagining.

• We accept only original, unpublished fiction and nonfiction.

• Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please notify us immediately if any of the works in your submission are accepted elsewhere.

• We do not accept previously published work.

• We are also seeking art pieces, including but not limited to photography, collage, paintings, digital art, and canvas works, to be featured as the volume's cover art. Please ensure your submission is of adequate digital quality before submitting. We accept digital and traditional artwork, including illustration, photography, painting, collage, and mixed media.

• Artwork should fit the 8.5 x 11-inch cover format (portrait orientation).

• Submissions must be high-resolution (300 dpi minimum; PNG or JPEG preferred).

• Please include a short artist statement (100-200 words) about how your work connects to the theme.

• Selected artwork will be featured as the cover of our printed issue.

We do not accept AI-generated art.

If you are unsure whether your piece meets our criteria, feel free to submit, and you will hear back from us sometime after our submission window closes.

Submit your work here. 

Micro-chapbook Writing Competition: Inch

 

We’re looking for your short, short collections—a minimum of three stories or essays, or a constellation of poems, between 10-13 pages in length.​.. read these guidelines first.

Inch celebrates concision, brevity, and the remarkable work such constraints can inspire. When choosing to submit, writers are asked to consider the size and shape of Inch as it imposes constraints not only the length of pieces, but also the actual length of individual lines (for poets).

Up to 75% of the pieces in your collection may be previously published, but we do require that at least 25% of the pieces be unpublished (and not yet under contract) at the time of acceptance.

Include a title page with your contact information, a table of contents, an acknowledgements page (if needed), and an “about the author” page, none of which will count toward your 10-13 pages of creative work.

Each year, we choose one manuscript from each of our three genres:

Fiction: Flash fiction. Microfiction. Sudden fiction. Call it what you will; Inch loves to see cohesive groupings of short-short fiction. Submit your collection of a minimum of three stories in double-spaced format, 10-13 double-spaced pages in length.

Nonfiction: Our theory is, if life is too short, as most agree it is, you shouldn’t need our full sixteen pages for a single essay. Submit your collection of a minimum of three essays in double-spaced format, 10-13 double-spaced pages in length.

Poetry: We’ve always loved the brevity of poetry. Though we no longer have a line limit, we’re still looking for poems that celebrate compression. Submit your collection with each single-spaced poem beginning on a new page, 10-13 single-spaced pages in length.

To lift up our local literary community, we publish a fourth collection by a North Carolina writer each year:

In the genre tab of our submissions portal, select “Inch submission: NC author microchap (all genres)”

Include the genre of your submission in the title field (i.e. “nonfiction: Solving for X”).

In the comments feature, briefly explain your connection to North Carolina.

You do not need to re-submit your work in one of the three genres above.

No fee.

We accept electronic submissions through our online submissions manager from March 15 to April 15 each year. (Please note: this is a new submissions manager, established in 2025.) Submit your work online, and you will be able to log in and check the status of your submission at any time. Because we are an all-volunteer operation, reading times for submissions vary based on the number of manuscripts each volunteer can carefully read while still attending to their day-to-day responsibilities. A minimum of 90 days will pass before we’ve assembled a long list of potential manuscripts to consider. Typically, final results are announced after August 1st.

Simultaneous submissions are just fine, but of course, you gotta promise to withdraw your manuscript if it’s accepted elsewhere.

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Hunger": Version Originale

The theme of the fourth issue of Version Originale is Hunger. As always, we welcome a wide range of interpretations of this theme, whether it’s a strictly food-driven approach or a more metaphorical desire. Let your creativity be your guide!

We invite submissions of short stories and memoirs, literary essays and poems.

We accept submissions in French or English. The sporadic use of words or phrases in other languages is accepted.

This issue is guest edited by Emily Monaco, a culinary journalist, professor of French food and culture, and food tour guide in Paris.

Overview

Please read the guidelines carefully before submitting. All submissions will be reviewed by the Version Originale Editorial team. We strongly encourage prospective contributors to read our previous issues to get a sense of our voice and values.

All submissions must clearly engage with the theme of this issue. Submissions that do not follow the guidelines will not be read.

Theme: Hunger

Length:

Fiction and literary nonfiction contributions: 2500 words maxPoems: 120 lines (including breaks)

Format:

Word documents only

File Name: Title of submission_language_issue.docx

(ex: My Poem_English_VO4.docx)

Please include the title of your submission on the first page

To ensure a fair and unbiased review, submissions will be read blind. Please do not include your name, bio, or any identifying information in your submission document itself.

Submission Period:

Opens: February 5, 2026

Closes: March 31, 2026

Announcements:

Accepted contributors will be contacted via email by the beginning of May 2026. We pay contributors a fee of 50€ for each submission.

Mission Statement

Version Originale is an inclusive and intersectional literary magazine based in Paris for multilingual readers. The magazine gathers essays, short stories, poems, and more, presented in their original language. The texts feature queer, feminist, and identity narratives. We look for submissions that uphold and celebrate our values.

Writing Competition: The Beautiful Pause Nonfiction Prizes

THE PRIZE is open for nonfiction MANUSCRIPTS AND PITCHES! November 15, 2025 - May 1st 2026

the beautiful pause prize…

is a yearly prize of $1,000 and the print publication of a full-length manuscript awarded to a writer of exceptional talent and heart.

One runner-up will receive $500 and publication of an excerpt in one of our biannual print volumes. 

 

Submissions open for NONFICTION manuscripts and pitches NOVEMBER 15TH, 2025 through may 1st, 2026. 

 

Guidelines

• 18 and older to submit.

• This contest is judged by Press Pause editors, and submissions are anonymized.

Please submit complete manuscripts of up to 120,000 words or pitches (yes!)…More info below.

• Only one attachment/manuscript per submission. A single author may submit multiple times but must pay the $25 reading fee for each submission.

• Remove any identifying information from your manuscript or pitch. If your name is anywhere on your manuscript or pitch, it will not be considered.

• Re: Essay collections: It is okay if some essays are published elsewhere separately, but not if they have been published as a collection before. Nonfiction collections should be cohesive.

• Re: Full manuscripts: Anything goes here. However, we should say that we tend to lean away from fully academic works.

• Re: Pitches: Pitch us ideas that wake you up in a frenetic haze in the mornings or keep you up at night. Give us an outline of what you plan to write, why it matters to you, why it should matter to readers, and an introductory 25-50 pages. If a pitch is accepted as the prize-winner, publication timeline may vary. If winning on a pitch, you will receive $300 upon winning, then the remaining $700 when the first draft is complete.

Why are we allowing pitches?

Nonfiction has always had two lives: the finished book and the wiry idea that starts it all. For decades, writers brought sketches of stories into cigarette-smoke-filled newsrooms and editorial meetings, sometimes just a spark of a scene or a single wavering question. And from there, whole articles, whole books were born. We want to honor that tradition by welcoming both full manuscripts and the raw beginnings that keep writers awake at night.

Is it fair? We don’t know. But we believe nonfiction deserves to be judged in the spirit in which it is offered. Some projects arrive whole, others begin as sparks. We will hold space for both. (We’re even considering doing the same for our fiction prize next year, so that our fiction writers get to experience the thrill of throwing an idea out in hopes of support.)

Judging Criteria:

• Full manuscripts: coherence, voice, readiness for publication.

• Pitches: originality, urgency, and feasibility of expansion into a book-length project.

What Makes a Beautiful Pause?

We are looking for original, honest, beautiful nonfiction from humans. We have no gates to keep. Haunt us from every corner of every place. Send us thoughtful essays, narratives, and collections (and pitches for those) that make us pause, slow down, think, laugh, cry, and feel more connected to our fellow humans. As we always say: Send us whatever is in your hearts.
publishing with us

Dear Future Beautiful Pause Winner:

We love you.

Your manuscript will be treated with respect, with you at the helm of the editing process. We will copyedit your manuscript in suggestion mode, and maybe provide a few thoughts on developmental edits that you can take or leave. You will be able to extensively proof your work before publication.

We are fans of the feel of beautiful books in our hands. We don’t print anything that isn’t beautiful.

You will receive your monetary prize immediately upon winning and 25 contributor copies when printed. You will receive royalties on all sales.

Because we do not have a social media account—(We’re Press Pause!)—we will also work with you to market your book and put a small budget behind doing so.

Questions? Email:

 

se.harsha@presspausepress.org

 

Submit your entry here. 

Call for Submissions: Does It Have Pockets?

 

What We Want

We are looking for original fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. We also welcome interviews, book reviews, and other literary adjacent projects. Of particular interest are digital art, hybrid, and cross-genre works that straddle the lines of classification. We are not open to AI generated work at this time.

Submission Specifics

Categories

Poetry: a minimum of 3 poems and a maximum of 5 poems. Note: we rarely publish poems that run over 3 typed pages.

Creative Nonfiction: up to 5K words.

Fiction: up to 5K words. We welcome flash fiction up to 1,000 words. You may send 5 flash pieces (up to 5K words) in a single document.

Artwork: 6 -10 images sized 1080x1080 pixels submitted as a jpeg.

Please limit submissions to two (over all categories) until we’ve replied.

Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know in your cover letter. We appreciate timely notification if a piece under consideration has been accepted elsewhere. We generally accept sets of poetry and cannot guarantee publication if the full set is not available.

Please wait two months after receiving a response before submitting again.

Formatting

We prefer standard formatting and Times New Roman 12 pt font. We will do our best to retain poetry formatting within the limits of our online platform.

We will be glad to look at previously published work (reprints) as long as:

You have the rights;

It has been at least 24 months since published online or three months if published in a small print-only run, and;

You provide the prior publication credit at submission.

Submissions Fee: We charge a $3.00 submission fee.

These funds are used for artist payments and administrative costs (Submittable, website, etc.). We hold fee-free periods for the last two weeks of each February and August, to ensure cost is not a barrier for any writer.

Pitches are free. For periodic features or one-off interviews, reviews, etc., use the Pitch Pockets category. Please include an explanation of your idea, audience, intended frequency, and a writing sample.

Artwork submissions are free. Please use the Pitch Pockets submission category.

Rights

All rights remain with the author before, during, and after publication. We request non-exclusive permission to feature your work on our site, our social media channels, archives, and special projects (anthologies, collections, etc).

Payment

If published, we pay $10 per issue (including artwork). We understand this is nowhere near what writers/artists deserve, and we will raise rates as soon as we are able.

Response Time

Though we strive to make quick decisions, our team meets weekly to discuss each submission we receive. Subsequently, our response times will vary depending on submission queue volume. Please feel free to query if you have not received a decision within 90 days.

Content Warnings

DIHP may provide content warnings when publishing pieces that touch on the following subject matter:

• Sexual assault

• Abuse/child abuse

• Child loss

• Abortion

• Self harm/suicide

• Excessive Violence

• Eating disorders/body dysphoria

Looking for more detail? Read Duotrope’s interview with our editor-in-chief.

Submit here: https://doesithavepockets.submittable.com/submit

Call for Poetry Submissions: Olumo Review

Olúmọ Review seeks amazing poetry—poetry that is bold, poetry that would collide with rocks and grind them to powder, that sparks curiosity, that intrigues the intellect, that kicks in the teeth, that guts the heart, that says something genuine about the world as well as the individual. We celebrate diversity and are open to diverse styles, forms, and kinds of poetry about any and all subjects.

However, we do not want any work that harms or marginalizes others. We also don't want poems that glorify violence.

We are currently open to only poetry submissions from January 1 through March 31 & July 1 through September 30. We publish biannually; June & December. However, our Features column is not unsolicited. Poems, stories, and essays published in the Features column are solicited.

We pay each contributor a modest token per accepted poem (within 10-30 days after publication), nominate select pieces for the Best of the Net, and offer contributor copies annually.

Guidelines:

• Submissions are open internationally to any poet writing in English—other languages are okay to include, as long as the meat of the poem is in English.Send us only your best. We will be extremely selective.

• We accept simultaneous submissions, but please send us a note if your work is picked up elsewhere. (We want to say congratulations!)

• Send us 1-3 poems.

• Submissions should be formatted as Word documents: .doc or .docx, with font 12 and single line spacing. Submissions not formatted in the way specified will not be considered. We will accept a .pdf but will need a .doc or .docx if accepted.

• We do not accept multiple submissions. Please submit all your poems in ONE document.

• Please include a cover letter with your publication history, if any.

• We have a small staff. Please expect 1-3 months for a response. Please do not query until 8 weeks have passed.

• Submit here!

Writing Competition: Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award

Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award

Founded in 2018, Fall for the Book and the Institute for Immigration Research created an award to recognize recently published works that illuminate the complexity of the human experience as told by immigrants, whose work is historically underrepresented in writing and publishing.

Three jurors will judge all entries for the New American Voices Award and choose three finalists and then award the prize to one. Finalists will be announced during the summer and all three finalists and the judges will appear at the Fall for the Book festival in October for the presentation and to read from and discuss their work. The winning writer will receive $5,000 and the two finalists each will receive $1,000.

If America is a country of immigrants as it is often described, then the quintessential American literature would be the literature of immigration... Hopefully these new voices will make us step back and look at ourselves with new eyes, and new hope and new meaning.

Submit to the Award

Starting December 4, 2025, publishers can enter immigrant writers* who have published no more than three books.

• Entries must be prose: literary fiction or creative nonfiction. Please no journalism, plays, anthologies, or poetry.

• Eligible books must have been (or will be) published between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026.

• Four bound copies of the book (galleys/ARCs are acceptable) must be postmarked March 31, 2026 and sent to:

Kara Oakleaf

4400 University Drive, MS 3E4

Fairfax, VA 22030

along with a $20 entry fee. Checks can be made out to Fall for the Book, Inc.; entry fee may also be paid online here.

• For accessibility reasons, please also submit your book digitally. Please email them to:

 kara [at] fallforthebookorg (Change [at] to @)

If no bound copies will be available by the deadline, you may submit digitally only.

*Writers should be immigrants to the U.S., living in the States. They can be first generation by either definition of the term (born elsewhere and immigrated to the U.S., or born in the states to parents who immigrated to the U.S.)

Questions? Contact Kara Oakleaf – kara[@]fallforthebook.org

Call for Submissions: 149 Review

149 Review is an online journal focused on publishing fresh, original, thought provoking poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. We want work that pushes the boundaries of literature while at the same time paying attention to the importance of craft. Devoted to publishing nothing but the highest quality issues, we are looking for work from writers at every stage of their career, so send us your best. We publish issues twice a year, in the Summer and Winter.

Poetry

To submit, send 3-5 poems in a single .doc or .docx file to:

149poetry@gmail.com

Please include a cover letter and third-person bio in the body of your email. The poems should be single-spaced and in a standard 12-point font. Our open reading periods for Poetry are February 1-April 30 for our Summer Issue and August 1-October 31 for our Winter Issue, please send only one submission per reading period.

Creative Nonfiction

To submit, send one essay in a single .doc or .docx file to:

149nonfiction@gmail.com

Please include a cover letter and third-person bio in the body of your email. Please send us your most polished work of up to 5,000 words, though we prefer 3,000 or less. We will be considering Creative Nonfiction year-round, but please send submissions no more than once every three months.

Fiction

To submit, send one Fiction piece in a single .doc or .docx file to:

149reviewfiction@gmail.com

Please include a cover letter and third-person bio in the body of your email. Send us your most polished work of up to 5,000 words, though we prefer 3,000 or less. We will be considering Fiction year-round, but please send submissions no more than once every three months.

Visual Art

We will also be looking to consider art of any form in our issues. Whether it’s photography, oil painting, or any other form of visual art, as long as we have the pieces in .jpeg, .jpg, or .png format, we would like to consider it. Submit up to 6 pieces at a time to:

149reviewart@gmail.com

We will be open for art submissions year-round, but please send submissions no more than once every three months.

Every issue, our editors will choose 1 poem, 1 creative essay, and 1 story that utilize the tools of their craft exceptionally well. Whether it’s the use of line break, mode, and ostranenie in Poetry, whitespace, narrative braiding, and POV in Nonfiction, or character, voice and setting in Fiction, if your work moves our editors with a mastery of craft, we want to highlight it.

This is a non-monetary prize with the intent to acknowledge the hard work of our contributors. It takes an incredible amount of time to develop a command over one’s craft toolkit, and as writers ourselves, we want to put that effort on display.

All accepted unsolicited submissions will be in contention for our craft prizes, so there is no need to send a separate submission to be considered.

We accept simultaneous submissions as long as you notify us immediately if the piece is accepted elsewhere. To let us know, please reply to your submission email with your withdrawal. If your work is accepted by us, we kindly ask that you withdraw your poems from other consideration as quickly as possible. We do not accept reprints.

Please submit once per reading period for poetry, and no more frequently than every three months for CNF and visual art. If you have been published in 149 previously, please wait a year from your work’s publication date before resubmitting.

Upon acceptance, we reserve First North American Serial Rights. Following publication, all rights revert to the author, but we ask that 149 Review is credited in subsequent reprints. On top of this, we will be looking to submit to all major anthologies once given the opportunity.

We will not be considering work that utilizes AI as a writing aid nor will we consider work that has any AI generated content within it. Please avoid submitting if this applies to your work.

Call for Submissions: Banshee

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.

Deadline: March 31, 2026 

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.

For contributions to Banshee literary journal, we pay: €300 for a story/essay; €100 for flash fiction; €75 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. 

Call for Submissions: West Branch

The editors of West Branch welcome submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. We normally read unsolicited manuscripts between August 1st and April 1st. We print only original, unpublished work. For accepted work, we purchase First North American serial rights.

Payment is awarded for accepted works in the amount of $100 per submission of poetry, and $.10/word for prose with a maximum payment of $200. Additionally, we provide each contributor with two copies of the issue in which his/her work appears and a one-year subscription to West Branch.

Submission link here.

Call for Submissions: Colorado Review

  

• Fiction & poetry manuscripts are accepted from August 1 to March 31.

• Nonfiction manuscripts are accepted year-round.

• Book reviews are accepted August 1 through April 30.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted; writers must notify us immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere.

If Colorado Review has published your work in the last two years, please refrain from submitting so that we may continue to feature new voices.

With the exception of book reviews, Colorado Review does not publish the work of CSU faculty (current or emeritus), staff, or students; CSU alumni may submit three years after their graduation.

We consider only previously unpublished work.

We accept translations of previously published or unpublished work. Upon submitting a translation, writers must provide proof of permission to translate.

Colorado Review purchases First North American Serial Rights; all rights revert to the author upon publication in CR. We pay our poets a flat fee of $100 and we pay $300 for short stories and essays. Authors also receive two copies of the issue in which they are published and a one-year subscription to CR.

We strongly encourage writers to be familiar with our magazine before submitting to it. Examples of work published in Colorado Review are posted on our website; sample copies of issues before Spring 2020 are also available for $10 each, including postage; issues beginning with Spring 2020 are $12 each, including postage.

Authors do NOT need to be residents of Colorado or the United States. If you are, however, a foreign national working in the United States, please check the conditions of your visa status with regard to receiving payment from entities other than your sponsor. Colorado State University cannot issue honoraria to foreign nationals with B1/WB, B2/WT, H-1B, or F-1 visas. A J-1 visa holder with a sponsor other than CSU must have written authorization from the Responsible Officer (RO) at their sponsoring institution prior to the activity.

Cover letters should provide the author’s name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address (if available).

Manuscripts should be double-spaced, printed on one or both sides of the paper. We appreciate one-inch margins, 12-point type, and standard typefaces (e.g., Times New Roman). Please don’t send your only copy; we are not responsible for loss of or damage to your manuscript.

Please wait until you've received a response to your submission before submitting again.

Every single submission received at Colorado Review is read at least once. If two or more of our editorial assistants upvote a submission, it moves on to a genre editor, who will make the final decision to accept it. We have a large and talented editorial staff, and generally we respond within four months (and sometimes quicker). Please do not assume that we did not read your work just because you receive a response within a couple of weeks of having submitted to us. At the beginning of our reading period, for example, we are very quick, as we have fewer submissions to read. If, however, you submit during winter break, much of the staff is on vacation and response time may be longer. Similarly, if you submit close to the end of our reading period, we may not get to your submission until the fall. If you have not received a response from us after three months, you are welcome to call or e-mail about your submission.

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Ripples": Libretto Magazine

 

For Issue 15, with the theme RIPPLES, Libretto Magazine is pleased to announce it’s call for submissions. Libretto Magazine invites writers and artists to respond to the theme RIPPLES, the visible and invisible waves created by a single moment, action, or voice. This issue explores how small beginnings expand outward, shaping memory, identity, relationships, environments, and futures. Submissions may engage with personal, social, political, emotional, or ecological ripples, embracing subtlety as much as impact. Libretto Magazine welcomes thoughtful, imaginative work that traces movement, consequence, and connection across time and space.

Send in your experiences and desires, your resilience and patience for brighter days to return, as well as your dreams and despair in relation to the theme. We want voice. We want artistry. We want heart. The selection process is set to be thoroughly rigorous, therefore, endeavor to submit only your best work of art.

The submissions window opens: February 1—March 31, 2026

Submission Guidelines:

POETRY:

• Submit up to 3-5 poems per entry.

• Each poem can be of any length.

• Include all poems in a single document.

• Preferred format: Word document (.doc or .docx) or PDF.

• Use Times New Roman or Arial font, size 12.(Single-Spaced).

• Each poem should be titled and every new poem should begin on a new page.

• Include author’s name, and a biography of no more than hundred words, written in the third person attached on a single document, a profile picture of you in high-resolution, and your social media handle(s).

• Only send unpublished work.

• We accept simultaneous submissions, please do let us know if your submission has been accepted by another platform.

• Submission must be properly edited and sent through our submission form. Our editorial team reserves the right to edit your work if there is any need.

Submit your poetry submissions Here

NONFICTION/ESSAY:

• Submit one entry for nonfiction, essay or article.

• Length: 2,500 to 3,000 words.

• Preferred format: Word document (.doc or .docx) or PDF.

• Use Times New Roman or Arial font, size 12 (Double-Spaced)

• Include author’s name, and a biography of no more than hundred words, written in the third person attached on a single document, a profile picture of you in high-resolution, and your social media handle(s).

• Only send unpublished work.

• We accept simultaneous submissions, please do let us know if your submission has been accepted by another platform.

• Submission must be properly edited and sent through our submission form. Our editorial team reserves the right to edit your work if there is any need.

Submit your Nonfiction/Essay submissions Here

FLASH FICTION:

• Submit one short story per entry for flash fiction

• Length: 1,000 to 1500 words.

• Preferred format: Word document (.doc or .docx) or PDF.

• Use Times New Roman or Arial font, size 12. (Double-Spaced).

• Include author’s name, and a biography of no more than hundred words, written in the third person attached on a single document, a profile picture of you in high-resolution, and your social media handle(s).

• Only send unpublished work.

• We accept simultaneous submissions, please do let us know if your submission has been accepted by another platform.

• Submission must be properly edited and sent through our submission form. Our editorial team reserves the right to edit your work if there is any need.

Submit your Flash Fiction submissions Here

FICTION:

• Submit one short story per entry for fiction

• Length: 3,500–5,000 words.

• Preferred format: Word document (.doc or .docx) or PDF.

• Use Times New Roman or Arial font, size 12. (Double-Spaced).

• Include author’s name, and a biography of no more than hundred words, written in the third person attached on a single document, a profile picture of you in high-resolution, and your social media handle(s).

• Only send unpublished work.

• We accept simultaneous submissions, please do let us know if your submission has been accepted by another platform.

• Submission must be properly edited and sent through our submission form. Our editorial team reserves the right to edit your work if there is any need.

Submit your Fiction submissions Here

VISUAL ARTS/PHOTOGRAPHY:

• Submit original artwork or photography.

• Length: 10-15 artworks

• High-resolution images preferred (at least 300 dpi) with a note about the work you are submitting.

• Submissions should include a cover letter with a brief history/synopsis about each artworks.

• Include author’s name, and a biography of no more than hundred words, written in the third person attached on a single document, a profile picture of you in high-resolution, and your social media handle(s).

• Only send unpublished work.

• We accept simultaneous submissions, please do let us know if your submission has been accepted by another platform.

• Submission must be sent through our submission form.

Submit your Visual Arts and Photography submissions Here

ONE ACT PLAY:

• Submit original plays or scripts for one act play

• Length: 10 to 20 pages.

• The submissions should have at least 8-10 characters

• Preferred format: Word document (.doc or .docx) or PDF.

• Use Times New Roman or Arial font, size 12. (Double-Spaced).

• Submissions should include a cover letter with a brief synopsis of the play, and include the reading time, performance history and awards (If there are any).

• Include author’s name, and a biography of no more than hundred words, written in the third person attached on a single document, a profile picture of you in high-resolution, and your social media handle(s).

• Only send unpublished work.

• We accept simultaneous submissions, please do let us know if your submission has been accepted by another platform.

• Submission must be properly edited and sent through our submission form. Our editorial team reserves the right to edit your work if there is any need.

Submit your One Act Play submissions Here

BOOK REVIEWS:

• Submit original book review

• Length: Not more than 1,500 to 2,000 word

• Preferred format: Word document (.doc or .docx) or PDF.

• Use Times New Roman or Arial font, size 12. (Double-Spaced).

• Submissions should include a cover letter with a brief synopsis of the book you are writing a review on.

• Include author’s name, and a biography of no more than hundred words, written in the third person attached on a single document, a profile picture of you in high-resolution, and your social media handle(s).

• Only send unpublished work.

• We accept simultaneous submissions, please do let us know if your submission has been accepted by another platform.

• Submission must be properly edited and sent through our submission form. Our editorial team reserves the right to edit your work if there is any need.

Submit your Book Review submissions Here

SPOKEN WORD (VIDEO):

• You can submit 1-3 spoken word video entries.

• Keep your video between 3-5 minutes. Short, powerful, and to the point.

• Your piece should reflect the theme of this issue, which is “Ripples.”

• Record in a quiet place with good light. Make sure your face is visible and the sound is audible.

• Record the video in landscape (horizontal) dimension.

• Keep it simple—no need for heavy edits, filters, or visual effects.

• Deliver like you are speaking directly to your audience.

• Save your video in MP4 format (or a widely supported format).

• Ensure the video is of good quality (preferably HD).

• Submit within the deadline provided.

• Name the file: Spoken Word_ [Your Name] _Ripples

• By sending in, you allow us to share your video on the Libretto Publishers platforms (YouTube, Spotify, Audiomack, social media and website).

• Credit will always be given to the performer.

Submit your Spoken Word (video) submissions Here