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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We are looking for original, unpublished work; however, we are also all about reprinting strong pieces that aren't done making their “rounds” (just let us know where reprints they were originally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.