Calls for Submissions

Take a look at the latest publishing opportunities currently available to writers from the many literary magazines and presses that are members of CLMP. Before submitting your work, be sure to check the publisher’s website for any updates.

 
The Lemonwood Quarterly seeks excellent short stories and plays for our Spring 2025 issue! submitted by The Lemonwood Quarterly

The Lemonwood Quarterly is open for submissions! We are seeking outstanding fiction and drama for both our Spring 2025 and Summer 2025 issues! We accept short stories and theatrical pieces between…

Expires:April 13, 2025
THE STEVNS TRANSLATION PRIZE 2025 submitted by Two Lines Press / Center for the Art of Translation

The Stevns Translation Prize, run by Peirene Press (UK) and Two Lines Press (US), is an annual award which offers opportunities for emerging translators to translate their first full-length work of…

Expires:April 15, 2025
Stained Silk Magazine: Call for Submissions – Be Part of Our Debut Issue! submitted by Stained Silk Magazine

Hello writers, thinkers, and overanalyzers, I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Stained Silk Magazine, a new digital and print literary magazine that takes an irreverent look at philosophy, meditation, psychology,…

Expires:April 15, 2025
The Thalweg - Issue 4, Southwestern Deserts submitted by The Thalweg

The Thalweg exists to support creatives in rural, agricultural, outdoor, and wilderness-based communities. It is a space where the voices of folks who work outside—guides, fisherman, hunters, sailors, rangers, firefighters,…

Expires:April 16, 2025
HerStry - General Submission submitted by HerStry

HerStry welcomes women identifying writers of all levels and talents to tell their stories. We are proud to have published stories from women all around the world. We accept all types…

Expires:April 18, 2025
African Voices Call for Submissions for Harry Belafonte Issue submitted by African Voices Communications

African Voices invites submissions for the Summer/Fall 2025 issue focused on the artistry and activism of the late Harry Belafonte. This issue will be guest edited by award-winning poet, author,…

Expires:April 19, 2025
Fruitslice Issue 7: Home submitted by Fruitslice

In an era where belonging feels increasingly elusive—particularly for Queer people—we seek stories about creating home against the odds. Beyond designated urban enclaves, countless Queer lives unfold in quiIn an…

Expires:April 20, 2025
Seems, a print magazine since 1971! submitted by Seems Literary Magazine

Seems is an irregularly published literary magazine that accepts poetry, short stories, flash fiction, and short creative nonfiction pieces. The magazine seeks pieces that exhibit sensory imagery and inventive diction. Common…

Expires:April 27, 2025
Half Mystic Journal Opus II, Issue II: Sevdah submitted by Half Mystic

The theme for Half Mystic Journal Opus II, Issue II is Sevdah, a genre of Turkish & Bosnian folk music evoking sorrowful love and ecstatic, amorous yearning—from the Arabic sawda,…

Expires:April 28, 2025
2025 Passager Poetry Contest submitted by Passager

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Passager, a nonprofit literary press for writers over 50, is interested in new, diverse voices for our annual poetry contest. The winning poet receives $1000, publication of several…

Expires:April 30, 2025
2025 Autumn House Press Nonfiction Prize submitted by Autumn House Press

For the 2025 prize, the Autumn House staff as well as select outsider readers serve as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is May-lee Chai. The winner receives publication…

Expires:April 30, 2025
Making Waves | Fall 2025: Submissions Open Jan - Apr submitted by Making Waves: A West Michigan Review

Art, “Escape from Captivity,” by Kathy Bruce, published in the 2024 issue of Making Waves. Making Waves is published each fall by Ludington Writers, a small, independent, not-for-profit press run…

Expires:April 30, 2025
Choeofpleirn Press Poetry Chapbook Contest submitted by Choeofpleirn Press

This chapbook contest exists for those poets who have not yet published a full-length collection of poems. To enter, send 25 to 40 pages of poetry to [email protected] saved as…

Expires:April 30, 2025
American Series Project (authors from CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA) submitted by Lawrence Landing Company [Serving House Books & Broken Tribe Press imprints]

The Broken Tribe Press American Series Project (only authors from Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, and Georgia) Jan-April 30 $12 for Poetry collections, Short Story collections, Novellas, and…

Expires:April 30, 2025
Call for Submissions submitted by KRNT

Wordsmiths, visionaries, dreamweavers, and poets of the world, unite. We are seeking submissions for our upcoming issue. Our goal is to bring together a community of original thinkers, daring poets,…

Expires:April 30, 2025
Call for CNF - 13 Bridges Review - Online submitted by Thirteen Bridges Review

At Thirteen Bridges Review we are looking for beautifully written, character driven creative non fiction pieces for our online monthly story feature and are open to all forms and styles.…

Expires:April 30, 2025
Call for Art Submissions submitted by KRNT

KRNT: Celebrating art and artists from around the world. We invite unconventional artists from all walks of life to submit their artistic expressions for our magazine. The selected artwork will…

Expires:April 30, 2025
YELLOW: a Hue Are You anthology, last round for submissions submitted by Jambu Press

We are seeking the final gems for our YELLOW Hue Are You anthology, the third in a series celebrating color in our world. YELLOW embraces the hue in all its…

Expires:April 30, 2025
The Sabine Series In Literature (Debut Poetry & Fiction) submitted by TRP: The University Press of SHSU

About Series Editor: J. Bruce Fuller The Sabine Series in Literature highlights work by authors born in or working in Eastern Texas and/or Louisiana. There are no thematic restrictions; TRP seeks the…

Expires:April 30, 2025
Open Reading Period submitted by TRP: The University Press of SHSU

About TRP publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and scholarly works. Topics we are interested in include 20th/21st Century American Poetry, Environmental Writing, Ecopoetics, Contemporary Poetics, Creative Writing Pedagogy, Southern Literature, Southern Issues,…

Expires:April 30, 2025
Silly Goose Press Issue Five submitted by Silly Goose Press

Silly Goose Press is open for submissions for Issue Five April 1-30! Send us your best craft-forward whimsy, the work that explores the magical in the mundane and the mundane…

Expires:April 30, 2025
Nonfiction stories for sneaker wave magazine submitted by sneaker wave magazine

sneaker wave magazine is a leading online home for compelling nonfiction storytelling. If you have written a compelling true story, submit it to us! Submissions will be responded to on a…

Expires:April 30, 2025
Slant'd Magazine Issue 07: Lore submitted by Slant'd

Slant’d is an annual literary print magazine that showcases authentic stories told by diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) writers and artists across generations, geographies, and experiences. Tied together…

Expires:April 30, 2025
Thimble Lit Mag Open for a Special *Spanish* Edition submitted by Thimble Literary Magazine

En 2025, decidimos tener un quinto número especial de Thimble: Revista Literaria Guardacabo. Está en línea y en formato físico, en español, por hispanohablantes y para hispanohablantes. In 2025, we decided to…

Expires:April 30, 2025