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Posted May 16, 2013
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/.
[originally posted on April 16, 2013]
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/.
[originally posted on April 16, 2013]
Women, Work, and the Web Anthology
Online submission deadline: June 15, 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Seeking chapters of unpublished work from writers in U.S./Canada for anthology. 3,000-4,000 words chapters or two chapters coming to that word count (up to 3 co-authors) on how the Internet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.
[originally posted on April 30, 2013]
Writing After Retirement Anthology Call
Online submission deadline: June 15, 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Anthology of unpublished 3,000-4,000 word chapters or two chapters coming to that word count by successful, retired writers from U.S./Canada (up to 3 co-authors) previously following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 by March 28, 2013 with brief pasted bio to smallwood@tm.net placing RETIREMENT/Last Name on the subject line. If co-authored, pasted bios for each.
[originally posted on April 30, 2013]
Posted May 15, 2013
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.
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.
Episodic magazine is open for submissions for the Summer Issue.
Submission deadline: June 15, 2013
Episodic looks for visual and literary artwork that exposes the subtle beauties and struggles in everyday life. Artists can submit portfolios for feature in the issue, or select pieces that fit the issue’s theme. The Summer theme is “Spaces.” Poetry, prose, photography, illustration and combinations are welcome. Visit episodicmag.blogspot.com for submission guidelines and more information on the theme.
Poecology
Submission deadline: June 1, 2013
Poecology is an online literary journal for contemporary writing about place, ecology, and the environment. Our mission is to inspire and enhance the understanding of place and the environment through literary arts. Poecology seeks submissions of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for its third Issue, due out in August 2013. For complete guidelines, visit: poecology.org/submissions.
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.
Submit to 5/Q Anniversary Issue Guest Editors
Online submission deadline: May 31, 2013
Rider Strong is an actor and filmmaker, best known for his role on Boy Meets World. Harry Cheadle is an associate editor at VICE Magazine and a graduate of the creative writing program at Pratt Institute. Paige Hart works in investment management and holds an MBA from USC’s Marshall School of Business. Amelia Jane Nierenberg is a high school junior at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, a fiction reader for The Adroit Journal, and the fiction editor and co-founder of the Fieldston literary magazine, The Icebox. Gina Park is currently creating innovative sweaters for the Heritage department at Forever21. Submit fiction + poetry to them.
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.
[originally posted on April 15, 2013]
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.
[originally posted on April 15, 2013]
Asymptote seeks theatrical works.
Online submission deadline: June 1, 2013
We invite submissions of drama by playwrights who translate their own work from their native language into another language (or vice versa) and/or who co-translate their own work, as well as writings on the subject of theatrical translation from the perspective of ex-patriation, re-located citizenship or multiple citizenships. How does an author translate herself? If the author is translating herself, what insights are there into the process of creating drama (already a process that involves multiple layers of translation of cultural practice, theatrical methodologies, and negotiation with potential audience and readership reception)? asymptotejournal.com
[originally posted on April 15, 2013]
bioStories spring/summer call for nonfiction
Submissions accepted year-round.
We want your creative, people-focused nonfiction. bioStories is committed to celebrating the extraordinary within ordinary lives. Please visit the site, read some of the essays we publish and view our submission guidelines for a clearer sense of what we are looking for at www.biostories.com. Past contributors have included Claude Clayton Smith, Donald Dewey, Jane Hertenstein, Charles Bergman, and Michelle Valois. New work appears weekly. We accept work year round on an ongoing basis.
[originally posted on April 15, 2013]
Call for Submissions: Bone Bouquet reading work by women
Online submission deadline: June 15, 2013
Bone Bouquet is reading submissions for issue 4.2 due out in July 2013. We publish poetry, poetics, and reviews by women. Recent issues included work by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Kate Colby, Alexis Pope, Khadijah Queen and more! See full submission guidelines here: www.bonebouquet.org/submission-guidelines/.
[originally posted on April 15, 2013]
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.
[originally posted on April 15, 2013]
damselfly press Call for Submissions
Online submission deadline: June 15, 2013
damselfly press seeks to promote exceptional writing by women. We welcome work from female writers of all experiences. We accept fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. We are now accepting submissions for our twenty-fourth issue due out in July 2013. The deadline to submit is June 15 2013. Please visit our website at www.damselflypress.net.
[originally posted on April 15, 2013]
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.
[originally posted on April 15, 2013]
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.
[originally posted on April 15, 2013]
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!
[originally posted on April 15, 2013]
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.
The Torrid Literature Journal is seeking submissions
The Torrid Literature Journal is seeking poetry, fiction, and artwork submissions for their upcoming issue which will be released July 1, 2013. Please visit www.torridliterature.com for more information. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, however please note this on the cover letter.
[originally posted on April 14, 2013]
Posted May 13, 2013
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Prompt & Circumstance: Literary Prompts and Journal
Online submission deadline: Rolling
Prompt & Circumstance provides monthly writing prompts in four different categories. Our main goal is to help ignite your writing process. Use our prompts however you will, without restriction. If you start off inspired by something, but veer completely off track, that’s okay. We give you permission to twist, shrink, and launch. We hope you produce works you're proud of, that lead to others, or that end up being funny when you dig out your journal in 2036. We encourage you to write for yourself, for other journals, or to send your masterpieces to us for possible inclusion in our monthly journal, Promptly.
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.
Scapegoat Review seeking submissions for summer issue
Online submissions accepted year-round.
Scapegoat Review is a quarterly review which is comprised of poetry, flash fiction, and flash non-fiction. We also publish book reviews. The best way to see what we are looking for is to familiarize yourself with past issues: www.scapegoatreview.com.
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.
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
and/or seeks submissions from writers and/or other sorts of artists
Deadline for submissions: June 1, 2013
and/or, a print journal for creative experimental writing and/or innovative graphic art, seeks submissions from writers and/or other sorts of artists whose work openly challenges the boundaries (mimetic, aesthetic, symbolic, cultural, political, philosophical, economic, spiritual, etc.) of literary and/or artistic expression. Please visit our submissions page at www.and-or.org for details. (The editors highly recommend a careful reading of our submissions page to determine whether work is appropriate for the experimental focus of the journal.)
[originally posted on April 12, 2013]
Bayou Magazine
Submission deadline: June 1, 2013
Bayou Magazine, literary journal published by the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans, accepts Nonfiction, Poetry and Fiction submissions from Sept 1-June 1. Please submit previously unpublished stories and creative nonfiction work up to 7500 words, or no more than five poems. Flash fiction is welcome. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, if noted. For more information on how to submit with detailed guidelines, please go to: www.uno.edu/bayou. Bayou Magazine, Dept. of English, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Dr. New Orleans, LA 70119.
[originally posted on April 12, 2013]
GAMES Theme Issue: Call for Submissions
Online submission deadline: June 1, 2013
Sundog Lit is looking for all that great lit – fiction, creative nonfiction (personal narrative, hybrid, lyric, segmented essays, heavily-researched essays), poetry – that deals with games, with playing, with sport. We’re leaving that interpretation up to you, the writer. Video game lit. Baseball lit. Games of the heart lit. Bareknuckle lit. Game of Thrones lit (maybe). Be earth-scorching (as always), be edgy, be fiery, be interpretive. Guest Edited by Brian Oliu!
[originally posted on April 12, 2013]
Writer’s Bloc seeks submissions
Submission deadline: May 31, 2013
Writer's Bloc is the only literary magazine at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Published once a year, it accepts poetry, short fiction, flash fiction, one-act plays, interviews, essays and art/photography from the student body, faculty, and staff of TAMUK, and from writers around the nation and the world. Send us your best unpublished work by May 31, 2013! You can email submissions to: writersbloclitmag@hotmail.com or submit to MSC 162 Fore Hall 110, 700 University Blvd. Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas 78363. If your work gets accepted, we will ask you to submit your work electronically.
[originally posted on April 12, 2013]
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.
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.
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.
Ashland Creek Press seeks animal-themed short fiction for anthology
Submission deadline: May 30, 2013
Ashland Creek Press is currently accepting short fiction submissions for a book-length anthology focused on animals. We’re looking for stories of how the lives of animals and humans intersect, particularly in regards to the conservation and protection of animals. Stories should be from 2,500 to 7,500 words in length. Previously published stories are fine, as long as you have retained the rights to reprint your story in an anthology. Please visit our website for complete details: www.AshlandCreekPress.com.
[originally posted on April 11, 2013]
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/
[originally posted on April 10, 2013]
Pudding Magazine Open Submissions
Online submission deadline: Rolling
Reading for summer issue #61 of Pudding Magazine. Primarily poetry. Some reviews. Short short fiction welcome. New and established writers. Many voices and styles. Check us out online where you can submit and subscribe and see poems from past issues: www.puddingmagazine.com. We read year-round, publish winter and summer.
[originally posted on April 10, 2013]
Seeking work for Librotraficante and the New Latino Renaissance folio
Online submission deadline: May 24, 2013
In solidarity with the Librotraficante movement, sparked by Arizona’s SB 2281 and the Tucson Unified School District’s resulting ban of Mexican American Studies, Drunken Boat seeks work by creators of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, spoken word, and experimental/mixed media that honors our country’s Latino heritage. The portfolio embraces quantum demographics, which, in the words of Librotraficante founder Tony Diaz, “pinpoint and celebrate the bridges that already exist between us.” Submissions will be considered through this lens of cultural intersection as it pertains to the New Latino Renaissance. www.drunkenboat.com/submissions/
[originally posted on April 11, 2013]
Spittoon is Seeking Quality Experimental Fiction
Spittoon, an online quarterly, is seeking quality experimental fiction submissions for summer and fall 2013. We are also always looking for visual art, poetry, and creative nonfiction. As always, each of our editors is especially interested in genre-benders and other experimental work. All pieces chosen for publication will be entered in the yearly Best of Spittoon contest; one winner in each genre will be chosen, awarded a spittoon "trophy" and featured on our website. 2012 award winners are Kristy Bowen, Anne Germanacos, Matthew Lykins, and Nancy Devine. For submission information and to read past issues, visit www.spittoonmag.com.
[originally posted on April 11, 2013]
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.
[originally posted on April 10, 2013]
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.
Call For Submissions – Fiction
Online submission deadline: May 31, 2013
Thrice Fiction, cleverly published three times a year, seeks fiction of all forms. We consider everything from micro to macro. Thrice Fiction is 100% submission-based. We are open to all genres and styles except the sorrowful pet dog, coming-of-age or your suicide story. Read past issues—free at our website. Our submission period for the Summer issue runs from April 1 to May 31.
[originally posted on April 9, 2013]
Red Savina Review Open to Submissions
Submission deadline: September 1, 2013
Red Savina Review is open to submissions. Send us authentic flash fiction, short stories, poems, creative nonfiction and short films (3-5 min). RSR is an independent, biannual, literary e-zine headquartered in southwestern New Mexico. We like writing that challenges you, the writer: writing that drags you out of your comfort zone, refuses to stroke your sense of self-esteem, writing that dares you to let it have its say. We believe in the potential of Gen X, in concepts such as existential noir, depth, and spirit. Read our mission statement and disclaimer page before submitting. Visit www.redsavinareview.org/submit-2/ for complete guidelines.
[originally posted on April 11, 2013]
Posted May 8, 2013
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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.
Infinity's Kitchen Seeks Experimental Writing
Online submission deadline: Rolling
Are you a writer, or an artist whose work experiments with its own recipe? Are you interested in combining art and literature? Are you aesthetically inclined toward the experimental, the conceptual or the avant-garde? If so, we’re seeking your contribution. The works that interest us are multimedia and multidisciplinary. Infinity’s Kitchen is a graphic literary journal of experimental writing and art. The publication is online and in print. infinityskitchen.com/submissions/
Poetry submissions wanted
Online submissions deadline: Rolling
Misfitmagazine, a new online poetry journal, is looking for submissions. Please consult the site at misfitmagazine.net for guidelines. We strongly suggest reading the first issue before submitting. Accepted poems will be posted on a regular basis under current issue heading. Prompt response times. Send submissions to submissions@misftmagazine.net.
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
Spilt Infinitive Open for 2nd Issue Poetry, Fiction & CNF Submissions
Online submissions accepted year-round.
Spilt Infinitive’s goal is to be a literary magazine without the pretentiousness that tends to come with said magazines. We want to publish work by new and emerging writers, pieces that are gritty, honest, and true. We accept short stories, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Prose pieces should not exceed 3500 words. In our nonfiction genre, we welcome personal essays as well as memoir excerpts, though excerpts should be able to stand on their own. Pieces should be strong and captivating, scene-driven and entertaining. We don't do flash. We do seek to publish well-written prose that moves us written by new and emerging writers. www.spiltinfinitive.com
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.
New MFA Literary Magazine Seeks Brilliant Submissions
Online submission deadline: Rolling
We are presently accepting original, unpublished works for an online literary journal associated with the University of Arkansas-Monticello MFA Program. We are interested in fiction and creative nonfiction anywhere from 25 to 2,500 words in length, poetry (no more than 5 poems per submission), photo essays, artwork, comics, video, hybrid—look, we’ve got eclectic tastes here. Don’t be afraid to submit works that defy form or genre. We cannot pay you, but if it makes you feel better, we’re not getting paid, either. But, if you surprise us with something not listed, we may surprise you by accepting it. foliateoakliterarymagazine.submittable.com/submit
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.
Glass: A Journal of Poetry seeks submissions
Online submission deadline: August 31, 2013
Glass: A Journal of Poetry seeks submissions for it's sixth year of publication. Previous contributors include Rane Arroyo, Jim Daniels, Lisa Fay Coutley, Sandy Longhorn, Marcus Jackson, and Karen J. Weyant. This year we will also have two featured theme sections: Rebirth (Spring/Summer 2013) and Great Lakes Poets (Fall/Winter 2013-2014). Full submission guidelines available on our website: www.glass-poetry.com.
Still Point Arts Quarterly Seeks Submissions
Rolling submission deadline.
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 May 2013 and August 2013. Visit our website for submission guidelines: www.stillpointartgallery.com/quarterly.htm.
Stone Voices Seeks Submissions
Rolling submission deadline.
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 May 2013 and August 2013. Visit website for submission guidelines: www.stone-voices.com.
Submissions Welcome for Fall/Summer 2013 Hoot & Hare Review
Online submission deadline: May 31, 2013
Send your fiction/poetry/non-fiction submissions to The Hoot & Hare Review for our upcoming issue. Contact us with any reviews you've written or with interview suggestions and other creative goodness. Review our guidelines for submission via our website, where you can also find details on our current anagram contest (on bottom of Home Page). The guidelines provide submission word lengths and how to submit by email, but not how to rotate your head 360 degrees or carrot recipes( not yet anyway). The Hoot and The Hare are waiting. www.hootandhare.com
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.
TOSKA Magazine seeks works of creative nonfiction
Online submission deadline: June 1, 2013
TOSKA is looking for original essays and micro essays for its Summer 2013 issue. Please note: we exclusively publish nonfiction and do not accept fiction or poetry. Submissions should be limited to 3,000 words, although we will consider longer works of exceptional quality. Deadline is June 1. Our only real requirement: make our souls ache. TOSKA is an independent literary journal published online quarterly. Please see our website for details and to read previous issues: toskamag.com.
Arroyo Literary Review Call for Submissions
Online submission deadline: May 31, 2013
Arroyo Literary Review is an award-winning national magazine with a West Coast orientation. We are seeking fiction, flash fiction, poetry, essays, and translation for our sixth issue. The editorial staff remains dedicated to showcasing both new and established writers from the West Coast and beyond, hoping to connect the magazine’s audience with the unique qualities that make the Bay Area literary and art scene so special. www.arroyoliteraryreview.com
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.
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.
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.
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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.
The Dying Goose is currently seeking submissions
The Dying Goose is currently seeking submissions for our online literary magazine. We feature flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and cultural essay. The magazine is published quarterly. thedyinggoose.com
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.
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/.
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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
From the Depths Seeks Submissions for Summer 2013 Issue
Submission deadline: May 30, 2013
Theme: Conversation
Haunted Water Press is seeking works of fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry for our magazine From the Depths. We are looking for elegantly written fiction and poetry where the heart of the story lies within words shared in conversations between lovers, friends, strangers or even enemies. Submissions need not be dialogue driven. Stretch the limits with conversations of unspoken words and thoughts conveyed through actions. As always, we seek writing that comes from the heart creating an emotional connection with our readers and poetry that is clear, meaningful and accessible. Visit www.hauntedwaterspress.com/Submissions.html.
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.
Tendril Literary Magazine seeks submissions for its inaugural issue!
Online/Email submission deadline: June 1, 2013
We are currently accepting submissions for our first issue. We want your unusually compelling short fiction (under 1,500 words), poetry, and form-defying work. We are especially interested in the experimental, the surreal, and the fiercely beautiful. Tendril will be published online with the seasons and an annual print anthology is in the works. More information available at our website: www.tendrilmag.tumblr.com.
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.
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.
Send your beautiful to trans lit mag for the spring issue!
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.
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.
The Stonecoast Review
Submissions accepted year-round.
The Stonecoast Review, a new online journal from the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing program, is accepting submissions for the inaugural issue. Send us your best work in creative nonfiction, literary fiction, poetry, or popular fiction. We value independence of voice and excellence of craft, with special focus in writing that engages issues of social/environmental justice. We read year-round. Please visit our website for guidelines: www.stonecoastreview.com.
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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.
Four Ties Lit Review
Online submission deadline: May 31, 2013
Four Ties Lit Review is accepting submissions of Art, Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction until May 31st for Issue II Volume I. This year’s issue has an inclusive topic (not a theme) “Work” send any related submission. Four Ties Lit Review is an independent literary online magazine publishing annually. We are committed to the idea that creative writing and photographic arts are forms of expression that are essential to a thriving modern culture. We aim to publish writing and art that appeals to the widest range of readers, but is still intellectually stimulating and meaningful. fourtieslitreview.com/submit/
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.
River & South Review Upcoming Deadline
Online submission deadline: June 1, 2013
River & South Review seeks new work by emerging writers of any age who have not gone on to a graduate writing degree. The summer deadline for short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry is June 1. Please submit according to our Guidelines and include a third-person bio. riverandsouth.blogspot.com
San Pedro River Review, Harbors and Harbor Towns themed issue.
Online submission deadline: May 31, 2013
San Pedro River Review, an international, perfect-bound journal of poetry and art will publish a special Harbors and Harbor Towns themed issue. Our past representative poets include Naomi Shihab Nye, Marge Piercy, Afaa Michael Weaver, Ellen Bass, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Joseph Millar, Vivian Shipley. Submission window: May 1 – 31st. Please consult www.sprreview.com for guidelines. Beginning May 1st, send submissions to editor@sprreview.com.
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.
The 2013 JDP Poetry Issue Is Now Accepting Submissions
Online submission deadline: June 1, 2013
All poems must have a discernible speculative element. We would love to see some poems inspired by myths and legends, so if you have written a ballad about Davy Crockett fighting werewolves in outer space and weren’t sure where to send it, your prayers to Poseidon have just been answered. We are particularly interested in metrical poems of all kinds: blank verse, sonnets, sestinas, etc. Humor is always a plus. Scary poems can be cool, too. Just don’t send anything that will make us want to hang ourselves. Submit up to 100 lines of poetry. No reprints. www.jerseydevilpress.com
A cappella Zoo
Online submission deadline: May 31, 2013
We seek fiction, poetry, and art with surprising imagery, layered storytelling, well-explored ideas, and a natural, contemporary sense of place & person. The works we publish fit various overlapping styles, including absurdist, uncanny, fabulist, cross-genre, experimental, bizarro, modern fairy tale, new weird, surreal, fantastic, etc. For our purposes, the combined terms magic realism + slipstream illustrate the range of our stories along a spectrum between modern reality and the imagined. Spring reading period open April 7-May 31, 2013. Visit us at www.acappellazoo.com for complete guidelines.
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!
Gambling the Aisle invites the submission of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, visual art, and indefinable things for our next issue. We are attracted to the experimental and the strange, but more importantly we’re attracted to thoughtful, well-crafted work. We accept simultaneous submissions and encourage work from writers/artists of all backgrounds. For submission guidelines and to submit visit gamblingtheaisle.submishmash.com/submit. To view our latest issue visit www.gamblingtheaisle.com.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Road Trip: Special Theme Issue - Creative Nonfiction
Online submission deadline: May 31, 2013
Long car rides. Pit stops. Getting lost. There are many types of travel, but this wanderlust-filled issue of Hippocampus will feature those that have one thing in common about getting from point A to point B: four wheels. Five, if you count the steering wheel. Whether it was a Griswald-style family vacation, a college road trip gone wrong or a blooper-filled romantic getaway, we hope that you will consider sharing your true travel story. Word count limit: 3,500. Selected stories will published in July 2013.
Small Press Seeks Poetry for Electronic Chapbook Collection
Online submission deadline: May 31, 2013
Wordrunner eChapbooks publishes four online collections annually of fiction, poetry or memoir, each featuring one author, and the occasional anthology. Submissions are open for the summer 2013 poetry e-chapbook from April 1 through May 31, 2013. At least 1/4 of the collection should be previously unpublished. No fee to submit. Payment: $65. Final selections will be judged by Doug Larsen and Amanda Yskamp. Detailed guidelines posted at wordrunnerelectronicchapbooks.submittable.com/submit.
Vine Leaves Literary Journal Issue #07 Call for Submissions
Online submission deadline: May 31, 2013
Vine Leaves Literary Journal is holding its 7th call for vignette submissions. A vignette is a snapshot of life and focuses on one element, mood, character, setting or object. It's descriptive, excellent for character or theme exploration and wordplay. Through a vignette, you you create an atmosphere. We accept prose, poetry, and script. We are also seeking artwork/photography for the cover and/or interior of the issue. All vignettes submitted for review will be considered for our annual print edition. For more information and submission guidelines, please visit: www.vineleavesliteraryjournal.com.
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Call for Submissions (Poetry or Short-Short Prose)—Cloudbank
Postmark submission deadline: May 31, 2013
Cloudbank is a literary magazine published every eight months in Corvallis, Oregon, where it can be cloudy. Submissions are read year-round. Currently working on Cloudbank 7. Send up to five poems or short prose pieces (500 words or less). Two contributors’ copies are sent to writers whose work appears in the magazine. Complete rules at cloudbankbooks.com.
Buddhist Poetry Review seeks submissions for Issue 9
Online submission deadline: May 25, 2013
Buddhist Poetry Review is a quarterly online magazine dedicated to publishing fresh and insightful Buddhist poetry. BPR will be accepting submissions for Issue Nine from April 1st, 2013 through May 25th, 2013. Please visit our site for submission guidelines: www.buddhistpoetryreview.com/submit.
New Anthology: The Marie Alexander Series seeks submissions
The Marie Alexander Series seeks submissions of flash sequences of fiction, prose-poetry, and nonfiction for an innovative new anthology. A flash sequence is an accumulation of two or more pieces, with each segment not to exceed 500 words. We encourage submissions of every sort, and authors may submit a PDF manuscript of not more than 10 double-spaced pages to anthology@mariealexanderseries.com until June 1, 2013. Previously published work may be eligible. Full submission guidelines and a discussion of what is meant by a flash sequence is available at mariealexanderseries.com/submit.shtml#flash.
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 April 29, 2013
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Unmanned Press Short of the Month Series
Each month, Unmanned Press publishes an original short work of literary fiction by an emerging and/or underserved writer that exhibits literary skill, sharpness, and originality. Selected writers are awarded $250, electronic publication, and an author interview. At the end of the series, an anthology will be printed in book form. If you think your storytelling is up to snuff, please follow our guidelines with care. $3 reading fee is suggested.
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 eeks 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.
The Prompt Literary Magazine is seeking submissions!
Online submission deadline: May 30, 2013
The Prompt is an online magazine that features writing based on writing prompts, exercises, or other inspiration. Editor's Challenge: We dragged up the worst of the worst—things we’ve ever encountered in regards to rejections of our own work, as well as others we’ve encountered along the way, with the idea of turning the bad into something good. So your challenge is to transform one of these rude, catty, or ridiculous commentaries in order to make something fabulous. See more at www.promptlitmag.org/featured-form.php. Please review our guidelines online at www.promptlitmag.org.
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.
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Call for Disability-related Short Fiction for Anthology
Online submission deadline: June 1, 2013
Short fiction by writers with physical disabilities is being solicited for a follow up anthology to Beauty is a Verb to be published by Cinco Puntos Press. Length can range from flash fiction to 5000 words. All styles and fiction genres are acceptable but should be work in which a disability consciousness is reflected. Innovative work is encouraged. No stereotypes or tales of overcoming, please. Submissions can be submitted to Michael Northen at mnorthen@gmail.com. Please use “Fiction Submission” in the subject line. Files attached as Word documents are appreciated. Beauty is a Verb can be viewed at www.beautyisaverbbook.com.
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
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 New York poetry, short stories, essays, photos, and artwork
Online submissions accepted year-round.
New York Dreaming, a new online literary/art journal, seeks poetry, short fiction, essays, and other creative work by people associated with the New York metropolitan area, for topics ranging from specific locations to general current events, lifestyle, dining, the arts, and real estate. For details and submission guidelines, visit www.newyorkdreaming.net.
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.
Storm Cellar: Call for Submissions
Online submissions accepted year-round.
Storm Cellar publishes literature and visual art, in print and electronically. Any style and subject matter, executed to perfection. Re-invent a classic form or break a new one. Surprise us. Show us what the world has always wanted but doesn't yet know it. Poetry, prose, artwork, hybrids. Midwestern and women writers encouraged. Visit stormcellarquarterly.com/submit for more details.
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.
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The Whistling Fire’s Guest Editor is accepting submissions
Online submission deadline: May 24, 2013
June Guest Editor Patina Rodgers is kicking off the summer looking for postcards with an edge. After developing high hopes and expending high finances, people often recall only what they’d want to send on a postcard. Tell us about someone who despite well-made plans of relaxation, inspiration, or adventure, is taken on a detour beyond their control. Accepting fiction and nonfiction. Please send submissions to whistlingfire@gmail.com. Include the words “June Editor” in your subject line. No more than two submissions per author, each under 3000 words. Please read full list of rules at www.whistlingfire.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.
Similar:Peaks::Poetry wants your literature
Submission deadline: Rolling
Similar:Peaks::Poetry is a new online literary journal which will be launching 05:23::13. As of right now we have a fantastic lineup of well known names, and hope to feature the unheralded writers alongside more high-profile ones. There is a Twin Peaks presence to our journal, but theme is not important. Quality, new freshness is. Please visit our submissions page: similarpeakspoetry.wordpress.com/submissions/ for more details, or send 3 to 10 pages of your best poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual, or any kind of work in a single pdf or rtf file to similarpeakspoetry@gmail.com with your name somewhere on the submission.
Atlas & Alice Literary Magazine is accepting submissions
Submission deadline: June 18, 2013
Atlas and Alice is looking for submissions for its inaugural issue. We're looking for boundary-blurring and genre intersecting exceptional work. Be creative, break barriers and surprise us. For specific submission guidelines, please visit our website: atlasandalice.com.
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.
Jelly Bucket is open for submissions
Jelly Bucket is open for submissions through June 1. Send us your best poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Jelly Bucket is distributed nationally and produced by the Bluegrass Writers Studio, which grants the MFA in Creative Writing at Eastern Kentucky University. Visit our website for submission guidelines: www.jellybucket.org.
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
Seeking Submissions for Anthology on Reverse Culture Shock
(Coming Home)
Online submission deadline: June 30, 2013
Neither Here Nor There: An Anthology on Reverse Culture Shock is to be a collection of personal essays on the theme of reverse culture shock. For these purposes, reverse culture shock is defined as the experience one has when returning home after spending a period of time in a place culturally, economically, or emotionally different. The goal is to provide a resource for those experiencing RCS, to let them know they’re not alone, and that it can be experienced in a multitude of ways. As such, we do not seek any particular emotional tone. The more personal, the better. rcsanthology.wordpress.com
SLIPSTREAM seeks poetry and art work for upcoming issue.
Submission deadline: May 31, 2013
No theme. Submit through U.S. mail or electronically through our submission manager. Visit www.slipstreampress.org for further details or send a SASE to: Slipstream, PO Box 2071, Niagara Falls NY 14301. Deadline: May 31, 2013.
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Squalorly Accepting Submissions Year-Round
Squalorly is looking for your very best Short Fiction, Short-Short Fiction (Squalorly is especially interested in Flash Fiction submissions), Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction. We want writing that excites on all levels, with special attention to top notch sentence work. At this time we are not accepting genre pieces. Please visit Squalorly.com for more details.
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.
Call for poems, stories, essays, translations, and art
Online submission deadline: June 6, 2013
Online literary magazine Blue Lyra Review seeks poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translations and art for two upcoming issues: June 30 and Oct 30. The fall is themed: Stories We’d Rather Not Tell. See our guidelines on our Submission Page and submit through submittable. (If we get enough donors we will put out a print anthology edition in December!) Mission Statement: Our aim is to bring together the voices of writers and artists from a diverse array of backgrounds, paying special homage to Jewish writers and other communities that are historically underrepresented in literary magazines.
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.
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.
Zymbol: A New Literary Magazine of Symbolism and Surrealism
Online submissions accepted year-round.
We welcome submissions of complex, intriguing, strange and wonderful art and literature year-round. Submit online: zymbolmag.com/submission-guidelines. Now accepting for Issue 2: A/W 2013; priority given to submissions sent by May 24.
Posted April 17, 2013
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Ambush Review call for submissions
Online/Postmark submission deadline: May 19, 2013
We feature innovative and experimental poetry, “flash” fiction, art and photography, translations, essays and critical reviews. Please submit 3-5 poems or up to 3 pieces of short fiction for a total of no more than 5 pages. Include a brief biography of no more than 40 words. Please inquire before sending reviews, essays or artwork. E-mail in body or as a single attachment to: ambushreview@gmail.com (with last name, “submission,” and “poetry” or “fiction” in the subject line. For postal submissions and to learn more visit ambushreview.com.
Posted April 16, 2013
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museum of americana call for prose and art/photography
Online submission deadline: May 20, 2013
From April 20-May 20, the museum of americana will accept Americana-related submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and photography/artwork for its next issue. Poetry will remain closed to submissions. For a clearer idea of our aesthetic, see Issue Two and our complete guidelines: themuseumofamericana.wordpress.com/submissions/
Posted April 12, 2013
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Call for submissions: Tattoo Highway
Online submission deadline: May 30, 2013
Tattoo Highway, an online journal of prose, poetry and art, is now reading for #23: "Lazarus." Photos/original graphics welcomed. Complete guidelines linked from front page: www.tattoohighway.org.
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