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Posted June 18, 2013
Book Lovers anthology: Call for Submissions
Online/Email submission deadline: July 1, 2013
Smart is sexy—and we know it. Book Lovers answers the demand for intelligent erotica, offering readers toe-curling tales written by real wordsmiths. Book Lovers is due out on Seal Press in 2014. Send me your well-crafted fiction, creative nonfiction and illustrated stories connecting literature to libido. Dazzle me with your literary prowess. Turn me on enough to make me turn the page. Wow me with words. Seeking smart, sensual storytelling at its finest. More info here: www.shawnakenney.com/book-lovers-a-call-for-submissions/. Send stories to: bookloverseditor@gmail.com.
Lumina Seeks Submissions for Media Chapbook
Online submission deadline: August 1, 2013
LUMINA is pleased to announce the opening of submissions for our first ever Media Chapbook! We’re looking for unique fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and visual art. All genres are welcome; slam poetry and script-work is encouraged. Here’s the twist: With every visual and written work submitted, we would like to have an audio component paired with it. The art and writing will be printed in the physical chapbook and will be twinned with the audio accompaniment on our website. To learn more, visit our website at www.luminajournal.com/media-chapbook.
Queer literary magazine seeking submissions
Online/Email submission deadline: July 5, 2013
Plenitude Magazine promotes the growth and development of LGBTTQI literature through a biannual electronic (e-pub & pdf) publication of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative and short film by both emerging and established LGBTTQI writers. We define queer literature and arts as works created by LGBTTQI people, rather than works which feature queer content alone. Past issues have included some of Canada's most exciting writers like Lydia Kwa, Betsy Warland, Trevor Corkum and Alex Leslie. Canadian and International submissions welcome. Submit online, and read our full submission guidelines at plenitudemagazine.submittable.com/submit.
The Drunken Odyssey Needs Personal Essays on Beloved Books
The Drunken Odyssey with John King, a writing podcast, needs personal essays about a beloved book for its “Book that Changed my Life” segment towards the end of each show. These essays should be between 500 and 700 words. The format is to discuss what was going on in your life when you encountered the book (1-2 paragraphs), what about the book affected you so much (2-3 paragraphs), and close retrospectively with your life now, after having had the book become a part of you. For examples, check out the podcast at thedrunkenodyssey.com. Send pitches for essay ideas to thedrunkenodyssey@gmail.com.
NANO Fiction is currently accepting submissions
NANO Fiction is currently accepting previously unpublished works of fiction 300 words or fewer. Please visit nanofiction.org for details.
The New Verse News seeks submissions
The New Verse News covers the news with poems on issues large and small (especially those of a politically progressive bent) by writers from all over the world. The editors seek to post each day a genuinely poetic take on a very current and specific news story. See the website at www.newversenews.com for guidelines and for examples of the kinds of poems The New Verse News publishes. Then paste your submission and a brief bio in the text of an email (no attachments, please) to nvneditor@yahoo.com OR nvneditor@gmail.com. Write "Verse News Submission" in the subject line of your email.
Weber—The Contemporary West Call for Submissions
Submission deadline: year-round
Weber—The Contemporary West has been in circulation since 1983. We seek work that speaks to the preservation of and access to the wilderness, to environmental cooperation, and to the insights derived from an enlarged understanding of both the new and old West. Please visit the site, read some of the work we publish and view our submission guidelines for a sense of what we are looking for at www.weber.edu/weberjournal.
Posted June 17, 2013
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damselfly press seeks to promote exceptional writing by women.
Email submission deadline: September 15, 2013
We welcome work from female writers of all experiences. We accept fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. We are now accepting submissions for our twenty-fifth issue due out in October 2013. The deadline to submit is September 15, 2013. Please visit our website at www.damselflypress.net for more information and complete guidelines.
Meat for Tea seeks submissions for the "Bone" issue.
Online/Email submission deadline: July 28, 2013
Meat for Tea: The Valley Review seeks submissions of art, poetry, and prose for the "Bone" issue of the magazine. We like essays, paintings, prints, collage, photographs, illustrations, cartoons, rants, raves, micro and flash fiction, short stories, poems, and recipes. Our prior contributors include David Yow, Jad Fair, John Lurie, Anne Serling, Dorian Sagan, John Mandel and many other notables. See more here: www.meatfortea.com
Rattle Seeks Love Poems
Online/Postmark submission deadline: October 15, 2013
RATTLE magazine is seeking submissions of Love Poems for our Spring 2014 issue. Poems may be traditional or experimental: the more unusual the better. Deadline: October 15. Send up to 5 poems and/or a relevant essay by email or hard copy. Guidelines: www.rattle.com/poetry/submissions/.
Steel Toe Review Seeks Submissions
Online submission deadline: Rolling
Steel Toe Review publishes fiction and poetry. We tend to focus on Southern writers and Southern themes, but we are open to any writing of quality. We are particularly interested in work that uses conventions of traditional genres in new and interesting ways. In addition, we sometimes publish creative non-fiction and essays, as long as the subject matter fits our overall aesthetic. Please see the submission guidelines on our website for more information: steeltoereview.com/submissions/.
Posted June 14, 2013
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Call for Submissions
Submission deadline: July 15, 2013
shufPoetry desires poetry which challenges the very definition of poetry, through experimentation, mixed media, genre bending, video, animation, sound, visual text, music. We highly desire poems that incorporate audio, visual and mixed media elements, so please go wild! For full guidelines please visit us at www.shufPoetry.com.
The Chattahoochee Review's Call for Submissions: The Animal
Online submission deadline: October 1, 2013 (or until filled)
Call for submissions: The Animal. Inventive or classic variations of the “animal” theme welcome. Send relevant fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by October 1, 2013, though the issue may fill sooner. Online submissions now available: thechattahoocheereview.gpc.edu. Please note call for submissions in cover letter.
The Labletter: Call for submissions
Email submission deadline: July 15, 2013
The Labletter, an annual magazine of art and literature, is currently accepting submissions to its fiction, essay, and poetry sections. Fiction (as well as creative nonfiction) and essay (narrative nonfiction) submissions can be up to 10,000 words in length. Interested poets should submit four to eight poems. For complete submission guidelines as well as information about contributor compensation, please visit www.labletter.com/submit.
Poems wanted for issue No. 2 of Cruel Garters.
Submission deadline: August 13, 2013
Poems wanted for issue No. 2 of Cruel Garters (cruelgarters.cruelgarters.com). Reviewing immediately and through August 13. Mission/Vision: To publish in print both well-established & newer voices in a small, stripped-down publication that minimizes literary trappings and focuses on the work itself. We prefer the short, lyrical, and odd, but are most interested in work with its own voice and aesthetic. Submissions to cruelgarters.submittable.com/submit.
Scapegoat Review Seeks Submissions for Fall Issue
Scapegoat Review is a quarterly review which is comprised of poetry, flash fiction, and flash nonfiction. We also publish book reviews. The best way to see what we publish is by checking out our website: www.scapegoatreview.com. We are currently looking for submissions for our Fall Issue.
Call for Submissions: Glass Seed Annual
Submission deadline: September 30, 2013
The Glass Seed Annual seeks poems which emphasize the music of language through alliteration, anaphora, refrain, repetition, and other formal metrical devices. The theme for the next issue is superstition and reason. The Glass Seed Annual would like to see contemporary poems on superstition, reason, and their interaction. Please see our guidelines for more details: www.pantoum.org/gsa/offerings.shtml. The Glass Seed Annual pays 20 USD per poem by check or Paypal. The Glass Seed Annual will pay 30 USD for pantoums which fit the theme.
Per Contra Welcomes Fiction Submissions.
Submission deadline: October 15, 2013
Per Contra is open for submissions of short fiction until October 15, 2013. We publish only literary fiction—no genre fiction. We accept stories up to 3000 words, including flash to 1000 words. Please check our full guidelines online at www.percontra.net.
Posted June 13, 2013
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Kaleidoscope Call for Submissions – Issue 68
Email submission deadline: August 1, 2013 to kaleidoscope@udsakron.org
People with disabilities often say that the negative attitudes and perceptions held by others concerning disability are harder to cope with than the realities of their actual circumstances. What strategies do you use in responding to these types of situations? Do you feel that it is important to help dispel these sorts of misconceptions? What are some effective ways of helping to change these attitudes? Please relay your experiences or those of family members or friends in nonfiction essays, short stories, or poems. Guidelines are available at www.udsakron.org. Questions? Call us at 330-762-9755.
Snail Mail Review seeks submissions of poetry & short fiction
Postmark submission deadline: June 30, 2013
We do not accept online submissions, nor do we accept previously published work. Send no more than five poems, each not exceeding 35 lines, or up to seven pages (max: 1500 words) of short fiction to the address below. Along with your poetry or short fiction submission, please include a cover letter with a brief bio and all pertinent contact information (e-mail address, mailing address, and/or phone number) along with a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope). Mail Submissions to: Snail Mail Review, c/o Poetry Editor OR Short Fiction Editor, 1694 Augusta Pointe Dr., Ripon, CA 95366. snailmailreview.com
Submissions open for September issue of BLACKBERRY: a magazine
Online submission deadline: August 1, 2013
BLACKBERRY: a magazine aims to be a premier literary magazine featuring black women writers and artists. We are currently seeking fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for the September issue. Please review our submissions and guidelines on our site: www.blackberryamagazine.com/submissions
Women, Work, and the Web Anthology
Email topic submission deadline: August 30, 2013
Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press; Editor: Carol Smallwood
Seeking chapters of unpublished work from writers in U.S./Canada for anthology. 3,000-4,000 words chapters or two chapters coming to that word count (up to 3 co-authors) on how the Internet has opened doors, leveled the playing field and provided new opportunities for women, are all welcome. Practical, how-to-do-it, anecdotal and innovative writing based on experience. We are interested in communicating how women make money on the Web, further their careers and the status of women. Please e-mail two chapter topics each described in two sentences, along with a brief bio to smallwood@tm.net Please place INTERNET/Last Name on the subject line; if co-authored, paste bio sketches for each author.
Writing After Retirement Anthology Call
Email topic submission deadline: August 30, 2013
Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Editors: Carol Smallwood, Dr. Christine Redman-Waldeyer
Anthology of unpublished 3,000-4,000 word chapters or two chapters coming to that word count by successful, retired writers from U.S./Canada (up to 3 co-authors) previously following other careers than writing. Looking for topics as: Business Aspects of Writing, Writing as a New Career, Networking, Using Life Experience, Finding Your Niche, Privacy and Legal Issues, Using Technology. Please e-mail two chapter topics each described in two sentences with brief pasted bio to smallwood@tm.net placing RETIREMENT/Last Name on the subject line. If co-authored, pasted bios for each.
Posted June 12, 2013
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Fiction, visual art, music needed—ongoing call for submissions
Online/Email submissions accepted year-round.
Every other Monday, Storychord.com features one story, one image, and a one-song soundtrack—each by a different underexposed artist. To submit short fiction, visual art, or songs, please view the submission guidelines: www.storychord.com/2010/02/about-storychord-submission-guidelines.html
Posted June 11, 2013
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Call for Submissions: No Tokens Wants Your Work
Submission deadline: August 15, 2013
No Tokens is a biannually published journal celebrating work that is felt in the spine. We are run entirely by women, dedicated to featuring the words and artwork of all voices of the past, present, and future. We want you to surprise us. Genres help us stay organized, but please feel encouraged to bend, snap, stretch, or fold them anyway you'd like. For more information: www.notokensjournal.com.
Posted June 10, 2013
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The Dying Goose is currently seeking submissions
The Dying Goose is currently seeking submissions for the Fall '13 issue of our online literary magazine. We feature flash and short fiction, as well as nonfiction. www.thedyinggoose.com
Drunken Boat Seeks Poems that Engage with Debt
Online submission deadline: July 1, 2013
The friction between desire and limits, the intersection of ownership and obligation. Poems need not be limited to the political. Special attention will be given to work that considers form when exploring this theme. Limit three poems. www.drunkenboat.com/submissions/
The Milo Review
Accepts submissions year-round.
The Milo Review, a literary online journal, welcomes your submissions for its inaugural issue. Please forward short stories, novel excerpts, essays, and narrative nonfiction (9500 words or less) to associate editor, Susan Matthews at info@milopress.com.
Star 82 Review: Call for Submissions
Online submissions accepted year-round.
Star 82 Review is an art and lit online and print magazine that seeks your best flash fiction and short creative nonfiction, essays, monologues and poems, as well as artworks and word/image combinations. The idea of making the familiar strange and the strange, familiar while revealing psychological and/or emotional truths is of particular interest. Categories include flash, postcard lit, art post images, hidden gems, and erasure texts. Got art or text from 6-1000 words? Please see www.star82review.com for details and online submission information.
Posted June 7, 2013
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Keyhole Magazine Online - Coming Soon, Call for Submissions
Online submissions accepted year-round.
Keyhole is launching a new online journal in the coming months. Nicolle Elizabeth is editing for both the online journal and other forthcoming projects. Submissions are now open. Any length, any genre. Send here: www.keyholepress.com/magazine.
Still Point Arts Quarterly Seeks Work
Still Point Arts Quarterly seeks articles, essays, fiction, and poetry about art, the idea of art, the making of art, being an artist, creativity, inspiration, the artist's medium, etc. Next review periods are August 2013 and November 2013. Visit our website for submission guidelines: www.stillpointartsquarterly.com.
Stone Voices Seeks Works Related
to Connection Between Art & Spirituality
Stone Voices seeks articles, essays, fiction, and poetry that relate to its focus on the connections between art and spirituality. Submissions may be about particular artists, art genres, the idea of art, the making of art, being an artist, creativity, inspiration, etc. Next review periods are August 2013 and November 2013. Visit website for submission guidelines: www.stone-voices.com.
DIALOGIST is seeking original and previously unpublished work.
Online submission deadline: Rolling
DIALOGIST, a quarterly journal of poetry and art, is seeking original and previously unpublished poetry, as well as art/photography/illustration. We are a new online publication dedicated to diversity through discourse—i.e. we ask our writers to be clear, be dynamic, and start a conversation. Submissions are free.
Fourteen Hills now accepting submissions for Fall/Winter 2013 Issue.
Online submission deadline: June 30, 2013
Submissions for Fourteen Hills Fall/Winter 2013 Issue are currently OPEN. We accept the following submissions: 3 to 5 poems (ideally 30-35 lines; maximum 70 lines), 1 short story or novel excerpt (maximum around 25 pages), 3 pieces of flash fiction, 1 piece of literary creative nonfiction, Up to 10 pages of experimental or cross-genre literature (including graphic stories), 3 to 10 pieces of visual art, must be a series . Writers may submit once per submission period. We accept simultaneous submissions; however, please be sure to notify us immediately by email should you need to withdraw submissions due to publication elsewhere.
Searching for Queer Literary Writing
Online submissions accepted year-round.
Educe: A Journal of Queer Literature is looking for literary fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction submissions from queer writers across the globe. Queer=Other. Prose: 8,000 word limit. Poetry: 3 poem limit. www.educejournal.com
Posted June 6, 2013
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Lowestoft Chronicle Calls for Contributors
Online/Email submission deadline: August 15, 2013
Lowestoft Chronicle, a quarterly online literary magazine themed around travel, seeks submissions for Issue #15. We consider fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Preference is given to humorous submissions with an emphasis on travel. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, and we consider a variety of genres. Visit our website at lowestoftchronicle.com to view our submission guidelines, read past issues of the magazine, and submit your work!
Open Submissions for New Poetry Blog
Online/Email submissions deadline: Rolling
Untitled, with Passengers is now open to poetry submissions. Please see the 'Submit' page of the website for more information. www.untitledwithpassengers.wordpress.com
Fiction Fix Seeks Stories, Graphic Literature, and Art
Online submission deadline: August 1, 2013
Fiction Fix seeks works of short fiction, graphic literature, and artwork for the Fall 2013 issue. All works submitted are considered for Editor's and Readers' choice awards, qualifying recipients of which are nominated for inclusion in the Puschcart, Best American Short Stories, Best of the Web, and other awards. See website for more details: FictionFix.Net.
Posted June 5, 2013
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Wilde Magazine Seeking Art and Writing for Summer 2013 Issue
Online submission deadline: June 21, 2013
Wilde Magazine is seeking visual art, poetry, and literary prose for our Summer 2013 issue. We publish work by and for the queer/GLBTQIA community. www.wildemagazine.org
RHINO Poetry is Now Open for Submissions!
Submission period: April 1 – August 31, 2013
RHINO reopened for submissions on April 1. Send us your best! RHINO is an award-winning, eclectic, independent, internationally-oriented annual poetry journal of 37 years. We seek poems, flash fiction (<750 words), and translations that compel, experiment, inspire, provoke, and/or sing. All regular submissions are considered for the Editors’ Prize. For complete guidelines, visit rhinopoetry.org.
Posted June 4, 2013
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Call for Submissions: Lingerpost: a literary journal
Online submissions accepted year-round.
Lingerpost is a biannual online journal that seeks to publish new poetry by established and emerging artists. We are open to a wide variety of poetry as long as it is well-written and interesting. We look for work that exists somewhere between crossroad fingerposts that direct travelers and the idea that poetry, as Emily Dickinson said, lingers and “makes [the] whole body so cold no fire can ever warm [it]. We want poems that allow us to enter another heart and imagination, to know and be known. Please send us your poems.
Help us fill our first issue!
Submission deadline: Rolling
The Squalor Review, a new online-only literary journal, is currently looking for submissions of great poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art. Be a part of our inaugural issue, and see the great works of both new and established writers come together. Visit our site at squalorreview.com/submissions/ to view guidelines and submit your work! We look forward to reading!
The Mom Egg Literary Journal Open for Submissions
Online submission deadline: September 1, 2013
The Mom Egg literary journal will open for submissions of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and art for its twelfth annual issue on June 1st. Volume 12 will be an un-themed issue. Work by mothers about everything and by everyone about mothers or motherhood is welcome. Both experimental and traditional works are welcome. Submissions period is June 1, 2013 to September 1, 2013. Please read full guidelines before submitting: themomegg.com/themomegg/Submit.html.
Kalyani Magazine: "How I Got Over…" submissions by women of color
Online submission deadline: July 31, 2013
We are looking for writing of all types, and black and white art, by
women of color. The theme of the Fall issue is “How I Got Over…” which you
can interpret in any way that you would like. Writing should be up to 1500
words and already published work is accepted. For more info visit
kalyanimagazine.com/submission-details/biannual-literary-magazine-submissions/.
Posted June 3, 2013
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Call for Submissions: Sliver of Stone Magazine
Online submission deadline: July 15, 2013
Sliver of Stone is a biannual, online literary magazine dedicated to the publication of work from both emerging and established poets, writers, and visual artists from all parts of the globe. Authors featured in the current issue include Steven Church, Julie Wade, John McNally, and Denise Duhamel. We're now looking for submissions for our 7th issue! See our website for more details: www.sliverofstonemagazine.com.
Send your beautiful to trans lit mag
Submissions accepted year-round.
trans lit mag is a continually-expanding quarterly name-changing online literary magazine. Submission guidelines can be found on our blog at www.translitmag.com/blog where you can also find past issues. Send submissions to translitmag@gmail.com or on Submittable at translitmag.submittable.com/submit.
Posted May 31, 2013
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Animal Wants Your Work
Submission deadline: Rolling
Animal: A Beast of a Literary Magazine is calling for stories, essays, poems, and images that prowl the fine line between human and animal. In some form, we want a literal beast as a central character or motif. We’re looking for language that is as sinewy, vivid, and alive as the beasts themselves. If you have rendered on the page what is both alien and familiar about an animal, animals, or being “animal,” our readers want to experience it. Please see our website for submission guidelines at animalliterarymagazine.com.
Call for submissions: The Chamber Four Lit Mag
Online/Email submission deadline: Rolling
The Chamber Four Lit Mag is accepting submissions for our fourth issue. We're considering fiction, poetry, nonfiction, drama, visual art—pretty much anything written or two-dimensional. Any genre and subject matter will be considered, as long as the writing is sharp. Simultaneous submissions welcome. For more details, visit chamberfour.com/submit/ or chamberfour.submishmash.com. To see past issues, visit mag.chamberfour.com.
Chaffin Journal Call for Submissions
Postmark submission deadline: June 1 – October 1, 2013
The Chaffin Journal, published annually at Eastern Kentucky University, welcomes submissions of short fiction and poetry from both established and emerging writers from June 1 to October 1. Manuscripts should be submitted with SASE; fiction manuscripts should be double-spaced. Individual copies of the journal are six dollars each, and subscriptions are six dollars per year. All submissions and correspondence should be mailed to Robert W. Witt, editor, The Chaffin Journal, Department of English, Case Annex 467, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475-3102.
HEArt Online Seeks Art & Literature that Promotes Social Justice
Online submissions accepted year-round.
HEArt Online seeks unpublished, artistically crafted, powerful poems, stories, essays, photos, visual art and music that challenge the status quo, fight discrimination and promote social justice by tackling hard issues of gender, race, class, sex, etc. Join Kim Addonizio, Denise Duhamel, Stacey Waite, Sonia Sanchez, Sapphire, Terrance Hayes, Martín Espada, Kara Walker and more, who use art to further social reform. Visit heartjournalonline.com to learn about HEArt's 1997-2002 print journal history and to submit for our August 15, 2013 online relaunch. Art will change the world. Peace. Justice. Community.
the museum of americana seeks work for Issues Three/Four
Email submission deadline: June 1 – June 31, 2013
We seek work that showcases and/or repurposes historical American culture. This is, of course, an enormous and diverse tub of spare parts, and we want to see if you can turn them into a hot rod. Give us fiction that dramatizes weird old folk songs or steals their characters. Give us love poetry that mixes language cribbed from The Federalist Papers with language cribbed from WWII propaganda posters. We want medicine shows and riverboats, Doo-Wop and Duke Snider. We want aspects of Americana we may not have even heard of yet. themuseumofamericana.wordpress.com/submissions/
Peripatetic Media is seeking transposers for its new genre
Submission deadline: August 1, 2013
We are looking for American translators and writers who are fluent in a European foreign language and interested in experimenting with the creation of a new genre between translation and adaptation. For the next collection, we are only considering transpositions of baroque texts. Remuneration subject to negotiation. If you would like to prepare a transposition, please visit our website www.transposing.net where you will find explanations, transposed stories, essays about transposition, and the link to our first collection From Wahnsinnig to the Loony Bin: German and Russian Stories Transposed to Modern-Day America.
Slipstream Seeks Poetry for Themed Issue
Online/Postmark submission deadline: June 1, 2014
Slipstream will read for a theme issue on RUST, DUST, and LUST. A poem could include any combination of the subjects or only one. Be creative with your interpretations. Deadline: June 1, 2014. Submit poetry only. Visit our web site for more details at: www.slipstreampress.org.
Call for Contributors
Late Night Library is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting debut books and writers, as well as fostering literary community. We are seeking regular contributors for our online publication, Late Night Review, which features debut book reviews and interviews with burgeoning authors. This is a great opportunity to engage with contemporary literature and be part of growing community of writers and readers. We encourage established as well as early career authors to contribute. For more information, visit latenightlibrary.org.
Call for Submissions for North Carolina Literary Review
The North Carolina Literary Review seeks submissions for 2014 issue special feature section on North Carolina literature and war. Although we will consider Civil War literature, we are particularly interested in North Carolina literature that deals with other wars, from the Revolutionary War to the current conflicts in the Middle East. Interviews and critical essays must be submitted by August 31, 2013. Creative nonfiction must be submitted by December 1, 2013. For more information, writers’ guidelines, and submissions instructions, go to: www.nclr.ecu.edu/submissions.
Conte Is Now Reading for Summer 2013 Issue
Online submission deadline: July 1, 2013
The editors of Conte, an online journal of narrative writing founded in 2005, announce an open submissions call for poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for our nineteenth issue, slated for publication in Summer 2013. Recent contributors include Norman Dubie, Bruce Bond, Andrew Hudgins, Erika Meitner, Bruce Weigl, Robert Wrigley, Sandy Longhorn, Jim Daniels, Nin Andrews, and E. Ethelbert Miller, among others. Visit www.conteonline.net for specific guidelines and past issues. We accept simultaneous submissions through Submittable and strive to respond in three months or less. We look forward to reading your work!
Issue #10 of Workers Write!
Postmark deadline: December 31, 2013
Issue 10 of Workers Write! will be More Tales from the Cubicle and will contain stories and poems from the office worker's point of view. Drop us a line if you have a question. The deadline for submissions is Dec. 31, 2013 (or the issue is full). Submit your stories via e-mail to: cubicle@workerswritejournal.com, or send a hard copy to: Blue Cubicle Press, P.O. Box 250382, Plano, TX 75025-0382
Word count: 50 to 5,000 words. Payment: Between $5 and $50 (depending on length and rights requested). We will consider previously published material.
Plume’s editors read constantly and publish monthly
Plume’s editors read constantly and publish monthly the very best poetry available, nationally and internationally: twelve poets, one poem each issue. Previous issues include contributions from Previous issues include contributions from Alicia Ostriker, Amy Gerstler, Stuart Dybek, Carl Dennis, Denise Duhamel, Terese Svoboda, G.C. Waldrep, Thomas Lux, Nin Andrews, Kimberly Johnson, Charles Bernstein, Christopher Kennedy, Jean-Michel Maulpoix, Rae Armantrout, Maureen McLane, Stephen Dunn, Elaine Equi, Linda Pastan, Lawrence Raab, Donald Revell, Keith Waldrop, Peter Cooley, Jay Parini, Peter Meinke, and Mary Sarishvili, Angie Estes, and more. Please see our submissions guidelines, and do read our Mission Statement in full before submitting: www.plumepoetry.com.
Posted May 30, 2013
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Outside In Literary & Travel Magazine
Online Submission Deadline: 1st of Each Month
Outside In Literary & Travel Magazine shares stories of human experience from around the world, because we believe global storytelling can serve to broaden horizons (pun intended). We publish nonfiction, fiction, poetry, photostories, and microjourneys on the broad theme of travel, journeying, place, or personal transformation. We like unique voices and risk-taking, and make it a policy to work with experienced writers as well as those just starting out. Visit www.outsideinmagazine.com/submissions for more information.
WIPs Seeks Novel and Story Collection Excerpts
WIPs: Works (of Fiction) in Progress is a literary journal that features the work of authors involved in a book project: a novel, a short story collection, or similar creative endeavor. WIPs gives authors a chance to share some of the work that would otherwise remain in a vacuum until the book project is completed and the author’s manuscript is finally published. For information on guidelines and how to submit, please visit: www.wipsjournal.com/submit/.
Posted May 29, 2013
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Accepting nonfiction submissions: “Meandering”
Online submission deadline: June 20, 2013
Crunchable is an online journal operating since 2001 that publishes the best original nonfiction we can find, including personal essays, interviews, humor, pop culture commentary, and more. For our next issue, we are accepting submissions related to the theme "Meandering," which writers may interpret as creatively as they like. Submissions must be received by June 20; see our submission page for details: crunchable.net/submit.
Posted May 28, 2013
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Arcadia Magazine Announces Themed Issue: The Post-Traumatic
Online submission deadline: September 1, 2013
The theme for Volume 7 of Arcadia is The Post-Traumatic. As always, we are open to submissions of all types and themes, but for this issue we’re particularly interested in works on aftermath, recovery, the meaning or absence of resolution, what fills the quiet vacuum left in the wake of The Event. Stories, nonfiction, poems, and other forms harder to categorize should be clear and plot-progressive—they should be about what happens after the violence, sudden up-ending, or disintegration of the whole—and not simply a meditation on the event itself. Poetry. Fiction. CNF. Art. Surprise us. arcadiajournal.submittable.com/submit
Call for Submissions: Apeiron Review
Online/Email submission deadline: June 30, 2013
Apeiron Review is currently accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and photography for its spring issue. We want something real, something beautiful, something ugly, and something that sings to the far reaches of our being. Make us laugh or make us cry, but we want something visceral. There are no limits on form but please keep submissions of fiction and nonfiction under 5k. All submissions must be sent in the body of an email. Simultaneous submissions are accepted. Please visit our website for further guidelines: www.apeironreview.com.
Neon Seeks Prose And Poetry
Online submission deadline: Rolling
Neon is a UK-based literary magazine, seeking submissions from anywhere in the world. We publish dark slipstream and literary fiction and poetry. Please read full guidelines on the website before sending work in the body of an email. Reprints and simultaneous submissions are accepted.
Otis Nebula Is Hungry
Otis Nebula wants your fearless and unobtuse fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, short plays, reviews, personal dispatches, rants, and letters. Pieces that incorporate audio or video elements really float our boat these days. Visit www.otisnebula.com for complete submission guidelines.
Storm Cellar call for submissions
Online submissions accepted year-round.
Storm Cellar publishes literary prose, poetry, and art from around the world in print-and-ebook form. We're open to work of the highest quality, in any style. Women and Midwestern writers are especially encouraged. Special Section: Superheroes — we're looking to fill a special section of literary takes on superheroines and superheroes, including the broadest swath of nontraditional superhero- and superpower-related poems and stories (to encompass magical realism/speculative fiction). Visit stormcellarquarterly.com/submit for more detail or stormcellar.submittable.com to get started.
Big Muddy literary journal seeks new poetry, fiction, articles, photos
Big Muddy literary journal seeks new poetry, fiction, articles, photos (reproduced in b&w; high contrast is preferred) for its upcoming issue. Any topic, any style. Send unpublished work, cover letter, and SASE to Susan Swartwout, Big Muddy, One University Plaza, MS 2650, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 www6.semo.edu/universitypress/bigmuddy/
Burrow Press Review Seeks Fiction & Creative Nonfiction
Submissions accepted year-round.
Burrow Press Review seeks submissions from established and emerging authors. We publish one excellent work of short fiction, flash fiction, or creative nonfiction as our online feature each week. Submissions should not exceed 5,000 words. Please review our submission guidelines and prior features before sending us your best work.
The Cape Rock is open for submissions!
The Cape Rock is one of the oldest ongoing journals in the nation: 48 years strong! We publish established and emerging poets. Send 3 – 5 previously unpublished poems, any style, with cover letter and SASE to Susan Swartwout, The Cape Rock, One University Plaza MS 2650, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. www6.semo.edu/universitypress/TheCapeRock/
The Offending Adam Reading Submissions of New Writing
Online submission deadline: June 30, 2013
The Offending Adam is currently accepting submissions of New Writing (poetry). Please send 3-5 previously unpublished works and a brief aesthetic statement of purpose. Previous contributors include Dan Beachy-Quick, Jaswinder Bolina, Heather Christle, Gillian Conoley, Kate Greenstreet, H.L. Hix, Claudia Keelan, Melissa Kwasny, Alex Lemon, Geoffrey G. O'Brien, Craig Santos Perez, Tom Raworth, and Srikanth Reddy. Reading period is March 18 to June 30. Complete guidelines are available at theoffendingadam.com.
Seeking Outstanding Americana
Online submission deadline: Rolling
The reading period for Digital Americana’s Spring/Summer 2013 issue is now open. We seek outstanding Americana in every form: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, spoken word, and visual art. See our guidelines for full details (thedigitalamericana.com/submissions). Digital Americana, the original tablet literary magazine, crosses the literary arts with American culture and a state-of-the-art publishing mindset. Find us in print, or on your iPad and iPhone.
Posted May 24, 2013
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Sugared Water seeks submissions for inaugural issue
Submission deadline: July 1, 2013
Sugared Water seeks works of poetry, prose, and art. We are open to speculative fiction and literary fiction, hybrid forms, creative nonfiction, poetry, comics, and sequential art. Micro and flash works are of particular interest, including prose poems. Send up to 5 poems, 7,500 words or fewer in total for prose, or 5 pieces of art/comics. Simultaneous submissions accepted with notification. See our website for more about us and our preferences: sugaredwatermagazine.wordpress.com.
Posted May 23, 2013
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International magazine seeks poetry and fiction
Email submission deadline: Year-round
The Missing Slate, an online magazine with an international team of editors, is seeking new poetry and fiction from around the world, in English or in translation. Over the last six months, we have published writers from around 30 countries—including our first translations from Bengali, Urdu, Italian and Serbian. Full submissions guidelines available at themissingslate.com/submit-work/. Submissions for our web content are open year-round, and we aim to respond to all our authors within a month.
U.S.1 Worksheets is open for submissions until June 30th.
Postmark submission deadline: June 30, 2013
U.S.1 Worksheets is open for submissions until June 30th. Volume 59 will be published in April, 2014. Submit unpublished poetry only. We prefer poems to 36 lines (to fit on one page). No more than five poems, any style. We have eclectic tastes. Visit our website at us1poets.com for expanded guidelines and to read the kind of poetry we like. New and established writers. Postal submissions only.
Posted May 22, 2013
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J Journal: New Writing on Justice seeks submissions
Submission deadline: Rolling
J Journal: New Writing on Justice seeks submissions for its spring 2013 issue. Now in its sixth year, J is the only literary journal in the country framed by the justice theme, with its most powerful pieces approaching justice tangentially rather than directly. Winner of a 2012 Pushcart Prize for fiction. Send previously unpublished literary fiction or personal narrative (6000 words max), poetry (up to 3 poems) to: Editors, J Journal, Department of English, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 West 59th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10019. Include email for reply. Manuscripts recycled. Queries: jjournal@jjay.cuny.edu.
Posted May 21, 2013
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Gigantic is seeking submissions for our fifth print issue, Gigantic Talk
Online submission deadline: July 1, 2013
Gigantic is now accepting submissions for our fifth print issue, Gigantic Talk, to be published in fall 2013. We are seeking short prose, nonfiction, art, comics, interviews, and poetry that speak (pardon the pun) to an idea of "talk": dialogues, monologues, rants, public admissions, private disclosures, depositions, inquisitions, Socratic apologies, deathbed confessions, comments, discussion, feedback, responses, exchanges, repartee, rejoinders, queries, quarrels, qualms, late-night talking-tos, phone calls in which important things are misheard and/or misunderstood, the overheard, the eavesdropped, the made-explicit, and the like. All work should be 1000 words or less and previously unpublished. To submit, click here.
Posted May 20, 2013
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Anak Sastra Call for Submissions
Online/Email submission deadline: July 2013
Anak Sastra seeks short stories (fiction or creative nonfiction) for its 12th issue due out in July 2013. Contributors and/or story themes must have some connection to Southeast Asia. For more information, please visit: www.anaksastra.com.
Pithead Chapel Seeks Gutsy Narratives
Submission period: year-round
Pithead Chapel is a monthly online journal of short fiction and nonfiction. We’re currently seeking gutsy narratives up to 4,000 words, and are particularly interested in essays (personal, memoir, lyric, travel, experimental, etc.) that move. Please visit us at www.pitheadchapel.com to learn more about us and our submission guidelines.
Posted May 15, 2013
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Black Warrior Review is looking for your lyrical nonfiction!
Submission deadline: Rolling
The Black Warrior Review is looking for tiny nonfiction pieces splotched everywhere attractively mean and meaty and examined and lyrically driven (crisp) sentences that come as close to a complete poem as possible. Submit your work to bwr.ua.edu.
Call for Submissions: Rural Northern California and Wyoming
Online/Email submission deadline: November 1, 2013
We are looking for poetry, short fiction, essays, photography, and original artwork in rural northern California and Wyoming for two separate regional publications. Best short story, poem, and essay wins $200.00 (for each region). All runner-ups will receive a penny a word. Winners will receive a free copy of the publication. Contact us for more information.
Split Rock Review Now Accepting Submissions
Online submission deadline: Rolling
Split Rock Review seeks writers and artists with fresh voices to be included in our Fall 2013 issue. We publish poetry, flash fiction, and graphic narratives. Please visit our website for more information and submission guidelines: www.splitrockreview.org.
Sundog Lit - Issue Four - Call for Submissions
Online submission deadline: August 19, 2013
Sundog Lit is currently seeking earth-scorching literature for our 1st Anniversary issue. We are looking for work that's edgy, gritty, and vibrant. Work that rages well beyond when the reader has left the page. We are especially interested in work that plays with form and narrative and does new, exciting things. Send your poetry, nonfiction, hybrid works, fiction, and cover art/photography to sundoglit.com/submissions/.
100 Word Story Call for Submissions
Submit 100-word stories, no more or no less to www.100wordstory.org/submit/. Tell a story, write a prose poem, pen a slice of your memoir, or try your hand at an essay. You get 100 words, which is both the pain and the pleasure here. It’s short, you tell yourself. You would write 100 words at a bus stop, on your lunch break, in your sleep. But with 100 words you must tell the whole story in its entirety, so it holds together like a perfect little dollhouse. Issues are published bi-monthly. There is no deadline for submissions.
Architrave Press seeks Poems
Architrave Press prints poems on individual cards using antique letterpress methods, but sells them individually, like songs. Readers collect and curate their own collection. Submission guidelines and more information available at architravepress.com.
Four Way Review
Accepts submissions year-round.
Four Way Review, the electronic literary journal from Four Way Books, is seeking your best poetry and fiction. We publish both established and emerging writers through our open submissions process. We do not prefer a particular style, instead focusing on work in any style that demonstrates originality and attention to craft. We are also interested in pieces that lend themselves to the possibilities of our online format; we often pair poetry and stories with images, videos, music, sound clips, and more. To read previous issues and submit, please visit fourwayreview.com.
Things They Carry Summer Issue
Online submission deadline: June 30, 2013
Our editors are busy preparing the next issue of American Athenaeum. Due out in time for hot summer days, our summer issue, Things They Carry, will take readers through a variety of stories and essays that deal with answering the question: what do we carry? We believe in honoring work that speaks out, offers compassion, seeks answers and solutions rather than dwelling in a state of inertia and inactivity. We also strive to entertain, and mostly share voices as diverse as there are raindrops in a wild storm. Writers interested in submitting work, please see our submission guidelines. We currently pay in garden seeds!
Posted May 14, 2013
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Paper Scissors Literary Magazine- Now Accepting Submissions
Submission deadline: July 10, 2013
Paper Scissors Literary Magazine is an online publication of unconventional, unusual short poetry and thematically-linked series of visual art including, but not limited to, photography, illustrations, prints, and sketches. The more bizarre and creative, the better. We are looking for a strong sense of self-investment in what you submit. Please visit our site for guideline and submission details.
Skin to Skin
Online submission deadline: July 7, 2013
Skin to Skin is a coffee table magazine for women of the LGBT community. It is a platform that promotes unity, freedom of expression, and the sharing of ideas. Submissions are now open for Issue 03 until July 7, 2013. Poetry: You may send up to 4 poetry pieces in one Word document. Prose: No more than 2 prose/essays not exceeding 3500 words. Illustrations, Artwork, and Photographs: You may send up to 5 art pieces in black-and-white and/or color format. Please include captions or brief descriptions. Visit our website to submit: www.s2skin.com.
Posted May 13, 2013
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Prose—Fiction & Essays
Online submissions accepted year-round.
Map Literary: A Journal of Contemporary Writing & Art seeks high-quality prose for its Fall 2013 online and Spring 2014 print issues. Experimental fiction and provocative essays are given special consideration. See our website for more information: www.mapliterary.org.
Scintilla Call for Submissions
In its second year of publication, Scintilla is now accepting submissions for Issue 5 to be published this fall. We publish poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. For more information, see our website: www.scintillapress.com.
Posted May 10, 2013
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Call for Submissions
Online submission deadline: July 15, 2013
Chagrin River Review, an online literary journal, seeks new fiction and poetry for its upcoming Fall issue. Not only do we publish work with Ohio connections, but any poetry and stories featuring original and powerful writing. We publish writers at all levels, emerging and established. We accept submissions of 1-5 poems and fiction ranging from flash to 3,000 words or so. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Check out current and inaugural issues and submission guidelines at www.chagrinriverreview.com.
Crossed Out Magazine Seeks Short Stories
Online submission deadline: Rolling
Crossed Out Magazine seeks fiction short stories for publication in online quarterly issues. We prefer fresh, concise, socially aware, carefully written, and character driven stories from new, emerging, and established writers. Submissions accepted on a rolling basis. See www.crossedoutmagazine.org for specific guidelines.
Short Stories Wanted by Bleeding Heart's Transfusion
Online submission deadline: June 21, 2013
BHP's Transfusion is now accepting submissions for the Fall issue. Our featured story will be on the theme of “Compassion,” but we are accepting any subject matter that fits our guidelines at this time. The featured author's story will be posted on the website and have the cover of the issue highlighting his or her story. Stories have no minimum, but should not exceed 5,000 words. Writers of accepted material will be notified within 3 months of receipt. Please refer to our submission guidelines at bleedingheartpublications.com/submission.php. Send your stories to submissions@bleedingheartpublications.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
Posted May 9, 2013
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Red Cedar Review seeking submissions from undergraduates
Online/Email submission deadline: August 15, 2013
Red Cedar Review is actively seeking submissions! Published at Michigan State University since 1963, we strive to publish the best undergraduate writers and artists in the nation; we welcome prose, poetry, hybrid texts, photography, video, and more. Come visit our new website for additional information: redcedarreview.com. Submit by August 15, 2013.
Posted May 7, 2013
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Kudzu Review is now reading for Winter Solstice Issue 3.1
Online submission deadline: Rolling
Kudzu Review is looking for submissions for its Winter Solstice Issue. We look for savvy, sharp, well polished literature that captures life in a post-natural world. We publish work that is outstanding, and motivated by concerns with man’s place in the world. Show us the "new-nature" with your place, post-colonial, post-gender, and activist writing. Show us new takes on what is "natural." Turn your ecocritical eye on any aspect of modern life, see what comes out. Avoid overt or preachy messages. Show us what it means to exist in an ecosystem, a biosphere. Most of all, inspire us. Give us hope.
Posted May 6, 2013
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111O/6: call for submissions
Online submission deadline: August 15, 2013
111O is reading for our sixth issue, which will take the form of eleven broadsides in an illustrated envelope. We like work that's playful, intelligent, surreal, and we're especially interested in supporting the work of writers of color, trans writers, lgbt writers, and women. You can of course find out more about what we've published on our website.
Conjunctions Is Now Reading for Fall 2013 Menagerie Issue
Postmark deadline: July 2013
Paul Celan wrote, “there are / still songs to sing beyond / humankind.” Conjunctions:61, A Menagerie (November 2013), is a gathering of those songs. Edited by Benjamin Hale and Bradford Morrow, this issue embraces the world of beasts through new fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction about the nonhuman creatures with whom we share the world. Electronic and simultaneous submissions cannot be considered; see the complete guidelines at www.conjunctions.com/about.htm.
Posted May 3, 2013
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Voicewalks: a creative exploration of inner speech
Email submission deadline: August 1, 2013
In collaboration with the Hearing the Voice project at Durham University, StepAway Magazine seeks to publish a special issue dedicated to the creative exploration of inner speech and voice-hearing experiences within the context of walking in the city. The issue will present a collection of walking narratives by both voice-hearers and writers who creatively imagine hearing voices. To accompany a commissioned piece by Iain Sinclair, we welcome submissions of poetry, prose and nonfiction from writers of any background. Submissions can be as long as a 1000-word essay or story, or as short as a 17-syllable haiku poem. See stepawaymagazine.com/voicewalks for more information.
Heavy Feather Review needs work for Issue 2.2.
Online submission deadline: July 15, 2013
HFR is an independent, biannual electronic and print journal dedicated to publishing the finest in short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama, comics or any hybrid thereof. The HFR homepage sees updates on a rolling basis including essays, guest posts, and book reviews. Please review our guidelines before submitting. The deadline for Issue 2.2 consideration is July 15, 2013. HFR is also actively looking for people willing to write reviews, essays/posts, and conduct interviews. www.heavyfeatherreview.com.
Posted May 2, 2013
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Cactus Heart Seeks Submissions for Issue #5
Online submission deadline: July 1, 2013
Cactus Heart seeks new and original poetry, fiction, nonfiction,
book reviews, art & photography for e-Issue #5, due out in September. Send
us your spiny, your sharp, your relentless; we want work coursing with
energy and able to thrive in the harshest of places, all while maintaining a
vulnerable, succulent interior. Make us swoon. Open: May 1 - July 1.
Full
guidelines:
www.cactusheartpress.com/submit/
Questions:
sara@cactusheartpress.com
S/tick is seeking submissions for its third issue, theme: Torn
Email submission deadline: September 1, 2013
S/tick is seeking submissions for its third issue, theme: Torn. Please send your feminist art and creative writing by September 1st. Preference will be given to women and artists in Canada, though if neither of these red dresses fits you, simply ensure you redress something of interest to women. Check out S/tick's second issue and submission guidelines at s-tick.tumblr.com, and e-mail your submissions to stickyhaibuns@gmail.com.
Bohemian Pupil Press seeks poetry submissions
Bohemian Pupil Press seeks poetry submissions for Dead Flowers: A Poetry Rag, a hopefully not too heady "experiment" exploring the notion that there are no careerists in the underground. As well, Dead Flowers is seeking intelligent readers who are indifferent to poetry – who are outside the poetry world – to accept the rewarding challenge of Guest Editing. There is no pay involved; rather, by introducing a discerning voice from outside the poetry world, guest editors will be partaking in the enormous task of influencing a new perception of poetry. Visit www.bohemianpupil.com (go to Dead Flowers tab) for full details.
Stone Highway Review looks for innovative poetry and prose.
We are interested in hybrid writing, cross-genre, work that does not fit in a specific category. In particular, we are looking for work that is emotionally provocative, bold, and different. We want what we haven’t read before. We urge women and other underrepresented writers to submit. www.stonehighway.com. Submissions are open year-round.
Posted May 1, 2013
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Black Warrior Review Wants Your Fiction.
Online submission deadline: September 1, 2013
We want your formally inventive fiction. We want your genre fiction, your genre bending fiction, your genreless fiction. We want your heavily plotted fiction and your language driven fiction. Above all: we want your courageous and imaginative fiction. And we want it now at bwr.ua.edu.
Crack the Spine Literary Magazine wants your submissions!
Online submission deadline: Rolling
Crack the Spine loves the written word. We publish diverse and sharp literary works, including flash fiction, micro fiction, poetry, short stories, personal essays, and book reviews. Given the choice, we will always select madness over method. Crack the Spine publishes an online digital magazine weekly. Works published online are automatically eligible to be selected for later publication in our quarterly print anthologies. See our website for more information: www.crackthespine.com.
The Meadowland Review Call for Submissions, Summer 2013
Online submission deadline: July 1, 2013
Now in its third year, The Meadowland Review is an online literary journal comprised of a small group of writers and editors who share a commitment to providing a public space for thoughtful and original material. We welcome and encourage both emerging and established writers of short fiction and poetry. www.themeadowlandreview.com
Poets’ Quarterly seeks reviews, interviews, and essays
Online submissions accepted year-round.
Poets’ Quarterly seeks content for our next issue, as well as the ongoing blog. We publish in-depth reviews of poetry books and chapbooks, recognizing new works from both emerging and established poets. The interview series aims to showcase the overall scope of work poets contribute to their society. We also seek essays related specifically to poetry. Submissions should be between 500—2,000 words. Please review our submission guidelines and submit online at www.poetsquarterly.com/p/submit.html.
Sleet Magazine Call for Submissions
Submission deadline: Rolling
Sleet Magazine, an online literary journal, is now open for submissions. We are Cinderella-searching for poetry, fiction, flash, irregulars, and our new category, creative nonfiction. Please read our just launched spring edition, and see our website for complete submission guidelines. www.sleetmagazine.com.
Word Soup End Hunger Seeks Poems
Online submission deadline: August 1, 2013
Word Soup End Hunger seeks poems on the theme of hunger, however the poet interprets it. 100% of the submission fees are donated to a food bank. Send us 3-5 of your best previously unpublished poems and a submission fee of $6.00 for each submission. Inaugural issue will be published September 2013. Submission guidelines at www.wordsoup.weebly.com. Help us end hunger one poem at a time.
Submit to Lalitamba
Submissions accepted year-round
Lalitamba is a journal of contemporary spiritual literature. Contributors have been included in the Best American series, written award-winning novels, and received NEA grants. We have also been known to discover new authors, and to publish the writings of people who are homeless or in prison. The journal accepts submissions of fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, translation, and artwork. Lalitamba was inspired by a song sung in the evenings on a pilgrimage through India—“Lalitamba, Lalitamba.” The name “Lalitamba” means Divine Mother.
Poetry South Considers Submissions Year-Round
Deadline: July 1, 2013
Poetry South, a national journal published annually by The Yazoo River Press, considers submissions year round. The deadline is July 1, 2013. Responses usually within three months. Manuscripts received after the deadline will be considered for the following year. No previously published material. Submissions with an email address (no SASE) can be sent to The Editor, Poetry South, MVSU 5032, 14000 Highway 82 West, Itta Bena, MS 38941 or to poetrysouth01@gmail.com.
Posted April 29, 2013
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Gemini Magazine has no rules
Gemini Magazine has no rules. Send your very best fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction or anything else you think might capture our interest. We read work year-round: www.gemini-magazine.com/
The Letter Project seeks letters
The Letter Projects seeks letters about the creative life. Letters are an important artform. We want to explore everything that a letter can be. All letters must pass through the snail mail system in order to qualify. Please visit the site: theletterproject.wordpress.com. Address your questions to Theresa Williams at theresarrt7@aol.com.
Valley Voices Seeks Submissions for Fall Issue
Deadline: September 30, 2013
Valley Voices is a journal of literature, culture, and criticism published twice a year at Mississippi Valley State University. Please send no more than five poems, one short story or an article on the American south at a time to valley_voices@yahoo.com or to The Editor, Valley Voices, 14000 Highway 82 W., #7242, Itta Bena, Mississippi 38941-1400, USA. If you don’t require the return of your manuscript, please indicate your e-mail address and skip the SASE. We are conservationists and encourage double-sided manuscripts. Deadline for the Fall 2013 Issue: September 30, 2013.
Posted April 25, 2013
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Call for Submissions: Oklahoma Writers of Color Anthology
Online submission deadline: August 1, 2014
Quraysh Ali Lansana and Dr. Jeanetta Calhoun Mish, in collaboration with Mongrel Empire Press, seek to publish the writing of People of Color born and/or raised in Oklahoma or who have lived in the Oklahoma for five or more years. Though the editors prefer writing that speaks to some aspect of life in the Sooner State (politics, history, culture, the land, etc.), all topics and genres are welcome. Payment: 1 copy. Complete call & guidelines available here: http://tinyurl.com/OKPeopleOfColor.
Otis Nebula Wants Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Plays & More
Otis Nebula wants to read your previously unpublished fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, reviews, and dispatches. Pieces that take incorporate audio or video elements really float our boat. We also feature music and photography, so feel free to send us some of that, too. Visit www.otisnebula.com for complete submission guidelines.
The Puritan seeks literary excellence for Summer Issue!
Online submission deadline: June 21, 2013
The Puritan | Frontiers of New English is seeking new poetry, fiction, reviews, and interviews for its 21st issue (Summer 2013). The Puritan is an online quarterly based in Toronto, Canada and pays honorariums for published work. Please see recent issues of the magazine to understand type/quality of work sought. See website for submission details. Brave the frontiers today! Deadline: June 21, 2013. www.puritan-magazine.com
WORK Literary Magazine seeks submissions
Online submissions accepted year-round.
WORK Literary Magazine is accepting submissions of all genres related to the theme of work. In addition to thematic literary writing, we seek inter-office memos, chat, and conversations; pink slips; interviews; photocopy & office supply art; resumes and cover letters (please redact confidential information). WORK thrills to receive in-depth interviews with individuals who have interesting occupations (e.g. bird caller, hazardous waste remover, or chicken sexer). Visit our website to submit: www.workliterarymagazine.com.
Posted April 23, 2013
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Call for Submissions (Poetry or Prose)—The Voices Project
Submissions accepted year-round.
The Voices Project, an online literary venue for women to promote social change, is taking submissions of poetry or prose. We accept poetry of any length. Prose, no longer than 250 words. Please include a short bio (160 words or less). Anonymous submissions are welcome. Women and girls of any age or education level are encouraged to submit. Submit up to 10 pieces through our website: www.thevoicesproject.org/submit.html OR email us at info@thevoicesproject.org. DOC, DOCX, PDF, or TXT attachments are OK. Or, cut and paste your poem or prose into the email.
The Bakery
The Bakery is a glutton for poetry and wants it all, so don't be afraid to submit what you have! Send 3-10 of your best poems. Visit www.thebakerypoetry.com for more information.
Posted April 22, 2013
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Anaphora Literary Press is accepting submissions in all genres
Open submissions
Anaphora Literary Press is accepting submissions in all genres: fiction, poetry, academic, biography, reference, business, and many others. Email the full manuscript, your paragraph bio and book summary (for the back cover), and a paragraph marketing plan (how you will practically help to sell the book) in 1 Word email attachment for a full review to Anna Faktorovich, Ph.D., at director@anaphoraliterary.com.
FLARE: The Flagler Review now accepting submissions
Online submission deadline: August 15, 2013
FLARE is now accepting submissions for its Fall 2013 issue. We are looking for compelling fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and even screenplays and plays. We also accept submissions of visual art for consideration for each issue’s cover. See our submissions page at theflaglerreview.com/submissions-guidelines/ for ore information.
Apalachee Review seeks work from writers in the U.S. and abroad.
For Issue 63, we are putting
together another vivid and vibrant collection of poetry, fiction, and essays. Please send us your best writing! We do like to see work that has an international/intercultural theme, but only send material with this theme if it is your best. Simultaneous submissions are OK. Always send an SASE with your submission. We read all-year-round. Send to: Apalachee Review, P.O. Box 10469, Tallahassee, Florida 32302. For writers living outside of the United States: please query at ARsubmissions@gmail.com. For more details, see our website: apalacheereview.org.
Ashland Creek Press seeks submissions
about environment & animal protection
Online submission deadline: Year-Round
Ashland Creek Press is currently accepting submissions of book-length fiction and nonfiction on the themes of the environment, animal protection, ecology, and wildlife — above all, we’re looking for exceptional, well-written, engaging stories. We are open to many genres (young adult, mystery, literary fiction) as long as the stories are relevant to the themes listed above. Submissions MUST be made online using the service Submittable. Visit www.ashlandcreekpress.com/submissions.html for complete details.
Dark Matter Journal now open for submissions for issue #3
Online submission deadline: July 1, 2013
Dark Matter: a journal of speculative literature accepts submissions of poetry, fiction, essays, and musings year round. Online issues are published in summer and winter. Selected pieces may also appear on the blog. We are now reading for the summer 2013 issue. Go to www.darkmatterjournal.org for guidelines and to submit your work.
Freerange Nonfiction seeks submissions of creative nonfiction
Freerange Nonfiction seeks submissions of creative nonfiction: memoir, essay, or multimedia. Submissions for Freshly Hatched (our online publication) should be 3,000 words or fewer. The subject of your email should be “SUBMISSION” + the title of your submission + your last name. Please double space and number pages and send in a Microsoft Word 2003 compatible (.rtf, .doc) or OpenDocument (.odt) format. We are unable to read files with the extension “.docx.” Please be sure to include contact information and a short bio. Authors may submit to submissions@freerangenonfiction.com.
Josephine Quarterly Seeks Submissions
Online submission deadline: Rolling
Josephine Quarterly is accepting poems on a rolling basis. Our first issue was published in December. Founded and edited by Komal Mathew and Jenny Sadre-Orafai, the online literary journal is interested in work from both established and new voices. Please submit up to five poems of any length via Submittable. Acceptable file formats for poetry submissions include .doc, .docx, .rtf, and .pdf. We will only consider one submission at a time. Our response time is 7-10 weeks. www.josephinequarterly.com
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