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.

 
Chapbook Open-reading Period submitted by Green Linden Press

Green Linden Press is delighted to welcome submissions of poetry chapbook manuscripts to be considered for publication in its Chapbook Series. Our mission is simple: to foster excellent poetry. Poets…

Expires:March 21, 2025
Under a Warm Green Linden, Issue 19 submitted by Green Linden Press

Under a Warm Green Linden is accepting poetry and poetry translation submissions for Issue 19, scheduled for publication in June 2025.

Expires:March 21, 2025
issue 6 submissions open / new words: a trans and gender-expansive poetry press 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, &…

Expires:March 25, 2025
Issue 3: “The Sensualist...” in Wellspringwords® Literary Anthology for women of color writers and artists submitted by Wellspringwords®

Literary Anthology Issue 3: “The Sensualist…” The 2025 theme for the Wellspringwords® platform is “Living our freedom…”. Using our Literary Anthology, we will explore, as a collective, some of the more nuanced and…

Expires:March 26, 2025
A Call for Poems: Amplifying Disabled Voices submitted by Day Eight

Day Eight is pleased to invite poets to submit their work for a special section of the Mid-Atlantic Review celebrating the diverse experiences and perspectives of disabled individuals. The editors…

Expires:March 30, 2025
Call for nonfiction submissions

Submit your essays to The Hudson Review! Our reading period is open from January 1 to March 31. NO ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS! Please mail your manuscript to us at 33 W. 67th…

Expires:March 31, 2025
In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction is OPEN for subs! submitted by In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction

In Short is an online, independent literary magazine for flash nonfiction, and we’re looking for submissions! Send us your flash nonfiction of 1,000 words or fewer, micros of 400 words…

Expires:March 31, 2025
Fuente Fountain Books: Query letter for book-length feminist progressive manuscripts submitted by Fuente Fountain Books

We’re 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 Poetry in Translation,…

Expires:March 31, 2025
Trio Award for a First or Second Book of Poetry submitted by Trio House Press

The 2025 Trio Award for a First or Second Book of Poetry is open for submissions from November 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025. Since 2012, Trio House Press has…

Expires:March 31, 2025
Free Submissions for Native American & Canadian Indigenous Poets (Sho No. 7) submitted by Shō Poetry Journal

As an Arizona-based journal, Shō Poetry Journal offers free submissions to community-recognized members of tribal nations within the U.S. and its trust territories and to Indigenous Canadians (including First Nations,…

Expires:March 31, 2025
Poetry Submissions (Shō No. 7) submitted by Shō Poetry Journal

Shō Poetry Journal is an Arizona-based journal coming out of a 20-year hibernation. We publish an eclectic array of poetry twice a year and release online audio features on a…

Expires:March 31, 2025
The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize submitted by TRP: The University Press of SHSU

$1,000 + Publication 2025 Judge: Fatimah Asghar Established in 2001, The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize highlights one book a year that excels in the novella format. Since 2024, the Prize…

Expires:March 31, 2025
The Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize submitted by TRP: The University Press of SHSU

$1,000 + Publication 2025 Judge: KB Brookins Established in 2001, The Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize highlights one book a year that excels in the chapbook format. Since 2024, the…

Expires:March 31, 2025
The Comstock Review Open Reading submitted by Comstock Review, Inc.

The Comstock Review is proud of its long-established reputation of publishing the finest known and unknown poets anywhere. We choose our poems solely on the basis of what we consider…

Expires:March 31, 2025
Submissions Now Open at Raleigh Review! submitted by Raleigh Review

Submission pathways are now open at Raleigh Review for all genres. As we approach our fifteenth year, we look forward to reading your work! Geri Digiorno Multi-Genre Prize – Poetry…

Expires:March 31, 2025
Switchback Books: Gatewood Prize Call for Submissions submitted by Switchback Books

Gatewood Prize Judge: Ae Hee Lee Dates: January 1, 2025 – March 31, 2025 Contest Fee: $25 (or $30 with a book from the Switchback Catalog) Switchback Books is now…

Expires:March 31, 2025
The Hudson Prize submitted by Black Lawrence Press

Each year Black Lawrence Press will award The Hudson Prize for an unpublished collection of poems or prose. The prize is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner…

Expires:March 31, 2025
The Core Review Issue 2 submitted by Fork Apple Press

At Fork Apple Press, we look for work that expands beyond a core, essentialized “truth” to challenge a monolithic point of view. We encourage our submitters to bite into themes…

Expires:March 31, 2025
Airlie Prize Submissions Open Jan. 1 - March 31 submitted by Airlie Press

Submissions for the Airlie Prize 2025 are open January 1 through March 31, for full-length poetry manuscripts. Contest is open to all poets writing in English, regardless of place of…

Expires:March 31, 2025
Thimble Literary Magazine Now Open 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…

Expires:March 31, 2025
Milk & Cake Press Chapbooks submitted by Milk and Cake

Milk and Cake Press publishes full-length and chapbook collections of poetry. For 2025, we are only reading chapbook submissions. We are especially interested in manuscripts with attention to the sound…

Expires:March 31, 2025
Chestnut Review Reading for Summer Issue! (deadline March 31st) submitted by Chestnut Review

Chestnut Review welcomes submissions for our Summer 2025 issue! We publish poetry, flash, short fiction (up to 5k words), and art. We pay $120 per piece All our past issues…

Expires:March 31, 2025
The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction, Poetry, Books, and Nonfiction submitted by The Letter Review

The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction, Poetry, Books, and Nonfiction Open to anyone in the world. There are no genre, theme, or style restrictions. Judged blind. 2-4 winners are…

Expires:March 31, 2025
litl - 02. short story contest submitted by litl

It is with utmost delight that we launch the 02. short story contest, our inaugural literary competition for litl – an insta-native literary journal. We are looking for fiction designed…

Expires:March 31, 2025