Calls for Submissions
Call for Submissions: the TONIC Issue 002 submitted by The Tonic
the TONIC is a literary journal affiliated with Lesley University’s MFA Program. We publish a wide range of prose, poetry, and text-based art and are drawn to provocative, innovative, and…
Aurora Polaris Award in Creative Nonfiction submitted by Trio House Press
The Aurora Polaris Creative Nonfiction Award is open to ALL authors, regardless of publication history. Manuscripts must be 45,000 – 80,000 words of creative nonfiction (memoir, essay collections, or other)…
CNF and Cover Image Window EXTENDED submitted by Epistemic Literary
***We have extended our deadline for our third issue, Theme: Anticipation, until May 15th for Cover Art and Creative NonFiction ONLY; the submission window for Fiction and Poetry is NOW…
Sally Albiso Poetry Manuscript Award submitted by Concrete Wolf Poetry Series
2024 Sally Albiso Book Award for Poets Living in Alaska, Oregon, Washington state Ends on Sun, May 19, 2024 11:59 PM The Sally Albiso Poetry Book Award: $2500 and publication. Winner also…
Open Call: the theme — Open Theme submitted by Written Tales
Theme to Use: Open Theme Form to use: short story or poem Apr. 22, 2024 ~ May. 26, 2024 Directions Welcome to our next edition of the Chapbook series for…
Glacial Hills Review submitted by Choeofpleirn Press
Glacial Hills Review is seeking literary nonfiction, reviews, scholarly essays, poetry, and art. The deadline for submissions is May 26. There is no fee to submit unless you want to…
Oyster River Pages is open for submissions! submitted by Oyster River Pages
Oyster River Pages’ seventh annual issue has begun its formation and is currently accepting short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual arts! For writers with 2 or fewer publications, ORP…
Kinsman Poetry slam submitted by Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc.
Kinsman Quarterly is conducting a global competition in search of unique, contemporary poetry for the upcoming collection, SLAM! Poetry slams are traditionally live competitions, featuring poets who perform works that…
The Black River Chapbook Competition submitted by Black Lawrence Press
Twice each year Black Lawrence Press will run the Black River Chapbook Competition for an unpublished chapbook of poems or prose between 16-36 pages in length. The contest is open…
Poetry Chapbook Info, Excerpts, and Reviews submitted by Philly Poetry Chapbook Review
Philly Poetry Chapbook Review is open to submissions relating to poetry chapbooks that are forthcoming or published in the last year. We’re looking for submissions from both authors/publishers and potential…
RockPaperPoem Poetry Prize Contest submitted by RockPaperPoem
RockPaperPoem, a nonprofit online poetry journal, is holding its first-ever poetry contest: the RockPaperPoem Poetry Prize. Along with $450 in cash prizes all entries will be considered for publication. A…
2024 Laux & Millar Prize Open (on Submittable) to 01 June 2024 submitted by Raleigh Review
Submission gates for our 2024 Dorianne Laux & Joseph Millar Prize are open to submissions through 01 June 2024 via Submittable. This prize is open to submissions every even year.…
Fuente Fountain Books, Query letter for book-length feminist progressive manuscripts submitted by Fuente Fountain Books
Fuente Fountain Books is a new small independent press based in Portland, Oregon. We are thrilled that our first title was a finalist for the prestigious 2023 PEN Award for…
Auburn Witness Poetry Prize judged by Victoria Chang submitted by Southern Humanities Review
Southern Humanities Review awards an annual $1,000 prize and publication opportunity for a poem of witness in honor of the late poet Jake Adam York. York died unexpectedly of a…
Etched Onyx Magazine and the Story Discovery Podcast (Summer 2024) submitted by Onyx Publications
Onyx Publications is currently accepting submissions for the Winter edition of our on-line magazine, Etched Onyx. All stories in the magazine are narrated and include an author interview in our…
Fahmidan Journal is now reading for our Autumn Issue (19) submitted by Fahmidan Journal/ Publishing & Co.
Fahmidan is over three years old and with a diverse team, we believe in true diversity of thought, perspective and indeed, literature! You can also submit simultaneously to both poetry…
Apple in the Dark submitted by Apple in the Dark
Apple in the Dark is seeking pieces of fiction and nonfiction up to 1,500 apiece for its summer 2024 issue.
Issue #1: Blood Pressure submitted by Heart on Our Sleeves Press
Heart on Our Sleeves Press is proud to announce our very first submission period is now open! We shall be reviewing works of poetry and prose during a three-month period,…
Superpresent - Summer 2024 submitted by Superpresent
Contact Us Superpresent is seeking submissions for our Summer 2024 issue. The theme for the Summer issue is Zing! We are seeking poetry, short stories, essays, asemic writing, experimental art,…
new words no. 4: a trans* & gender-expansive poetry & hybrid journal submitted by new words press
nw{p} is a trans* and gender-expansive poetry and hybrid journal, but that doesn’t mean work must be related to those topics. We publish three issues per year (Spring, Summer, &…
2024 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize submitted by Autumn House Press
For the 2024 contest, the Autumn House staff as well as select outsider readers serve as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Kazim Ali. The winner receives publication of their full-length…
African Diaspora Awards 2024 submitted by Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc.
Afro descendants wanted to submit original poetry (100 – 5,000 words), fiction (500 – 5000 words), nonfiction (500 – 1000 words), and creative art for Kinsman Quarterly’s 2024 African Diaspora…
Thimble Literary Magazine is now Open for 7.2 submitted by Thimble Literary Magazine
Thimble Literary Magazine is primarily a poetry journal, but we happily publish plenty of short prose and art. We are not looking for anything in particular in terms of form or…
