Call for Submissions: Cutbank

Electronic submissions open from September 15 to February 1.

For the print editions of CutBank, we accept poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art submissions. Please only submit online; paper submissions will be recycled. We now charge a $5 reading fee, which goes toward paying our contributors for their work. Rates will be decided at the close of the submission period.

We encourage you to read CutBank before submitting. Sample issues are available here for $10, one-year subscriptions for $17.

Submit unpublished, original work, and include a cover letter (in the designated space) with a brief biography and contact information. Please do not include your contact information or biography in the document.

Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but ask that you withdraw your work immediately via Submittable if it is accepted elsewhere. Poets please email us if an individual poem in your submission becomes unavailable, and add a note in Submittable detailing the change.

Response time is typically 3 to 5 months. We appreciate the opportunity to read your work, however please do not submit again until you hear back from us, and please submit no more than twice per reading period.

Call for Submissions from Active-Duty Military, Veterans, and Family Members: ISSUED

ISSUED: stories by active-duty military, veterans, and family members

Deadline: November 11, 2022

ISSUED is looking for stories by active-duty military, veterans, and family members—specifically, poetry and flash prose (fiction or memoir) that expresses the spectrum of experiences within military life—e.g. gender and sexuality, BIPOC experiences, physical and mental health, combat, enlisting and separating, family and relationships, and reintegration into society. We’re also accepting visual art in any genre (up to 5 pieces). 

Submit up to 5 poems or 2 pieces of flash prose (1000 words or fewer) in a single word doc to:

issuedjournal@gmail.com

by November 11, 2022. Please include a bio (100 words or less) that includes your military affiliation.

Call for Submissions: Barzakh

 

Barzakh Open for Poetry, Prose, and Visual Art Submissions

Deadline: October 31, 2022

Barzakh Literary Magazine is an online, multi-genre journal with an internationalist stance, and we are currently accepting art, poetry, and prose submissions for our Winter 2023 issue! The work we publish transcends borders and boundaries of all kinds, and we are especially interested in anything that is innovative, uncategorizable, and socially engaged.

We will be open for submissions until Oct. 31st, 2022.

Please see our Submission Guidelines for more information.

Call for Submissions: Vilas Avenue

 

Vilas Avenue Open for Poetry Submissions to Issue Three

Deadline: Rolling

Vilas Avenue publishes well-crafted poetry at the intersection of language & movement. We are currently open for poetry submissions to Issue Three. Submit 1-3 poems pasted into the body of an e-mail to:

VilaAvenue@gmail.com

with the subject line “Poetry submission”. Please include a brief bio. You’ll hear back within 2-4 months, if not much sooner.

Full submission guidelines here. Thank you for considering Vilas Avenue as a potential outlet for your work!

Writing Competition: Conduit Books & Ephemera

Fifth Annual Open Book Prize—$1,500 and Publication

Deadline: November 1, 2022

Entry Fee: $25.00

Our fifth annual open book prize is accepting manuscripts. If you have a manuscript or know someone who does, please give us a shot. Open to any poet writing in English regardless of previous publication record, the prize seeks to represent the best contemporary writing in high-quality editions of enduring value. Prospective entrants are encouraged to familiarize themselves with Conduit, which champions originality, intelligence, irreverence, and humanity. Previously unpublished manuscripts of 48-90 pages should be submitted through our Submittable page or via the USPS.

Please visit our website for details.

Call for Submissions: The Sepia Journal

Sepia is committed to showcasing the work of both emerging and established artists. All artists are eligible to submit, irrespective of age, experience, or location.

We are open to submissions all year, and we aim to reply to all submissions within three months. We hope to publish a blend of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art; we are also open to plays and cross-genre or interdisciplinary work.

All submissions should be emailed to:

thesepiajournal@gmail.com 

Please title the subject line of your email with the genre of submission, i.e., ‘SUBMISSION: [Genre]’.

Submissions open year round.

We would also appreciate the inclusion of a short third-person artist biography in the body of your email. Please do not include any identifying information within the document(s) containing your work, as we aim to read all submissions blindly.

We will consider only previously unpublished work. We are open to multiple submissions. Although we are also open to simultaneous submissions, we ask that you classify them as such, and contact us immediately should your work be accepted for publication elsewhere.

If your work is accepted, we ask for first publishing rights and archival rights. Upon publication, all rights revert back to the author. Should the piece be reprinted in the future, we would be grateful if you could credit Sepia as the place where your work first appeared.We are currently unable to offer our contributors financial compensation for their work, but we very much hope to do so for future issues.

Please go to our website for more information.

Call for Submissions: word west revue

hi, we're looking for writing and art and whatever else you've got that engages with and reimagines the 'west.’ ideally you or your work will have some connection to the western usa, but this theme is wide open to your interpretation (though our print issues will be more focused and western-y than online, which will be more free-wheeling). we like intersections and echoes, mythos and symbolism, and perspectives not as often seen. we like road stories and weird americana. most of all, tell us a great story. show us something cool. something we can't help falling in love with. our goal is to remain open to the unexpected—to what surprises us, to what moves us, to what makes us see ‘the west’ in ways we haven't before. still unsure? tune into word west radio, or catch a flick at the westword cinemas. maybe you'll find some inspiration? yeehaw 🤠

• no submission fees.

• 1 submission per submission window.

• submissions will be open twice / year: september 15 - november 15 & march 15 - june 15

• pitches for online content (reviews, interviews, etc.) will always be accepted

• sim-subs totally fine. just please let us know if a piece is accepted elsewhere

• 5k words or less for prose. up to 5 poems for poetry.

• pieces are read for both online and print.

• we aim to respond in 9-12 wks for print. online subs will likely be responded to sooner.

• $100 for each accepted print piece.

• $25 for each accepted online piece.

thank you for trusting us with your work.

Submit your work here.