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Posted July 24
Existere fiction, poetry, visopo, non-fiction, plays, excerpts. Dec 31
Palooka Journal poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction.
Ryga: A Journal of Provocations (BC) seeks fiction and non-fiction.
Proposals for a volume of critical essays on Robert Cormier’s fiction. Sept 1. adrienne.gavin-atcanterbury.ac.uk
#3 online art journal seeks works of all kinds inaugural issue.
Embracing Our Differences art exhibit and quote contest. Dec 20
Contributions are invited for Modernist Literature and Economic Theory Project online.
Concisely Magazine stories under 500 for print quarterly.
Anthology: Queer Girls in Class Lesbian Teachers and Students Tell Their Classroom Stories. Aug 15
Mosaic seeks essays on “Romance.”
Journal of Renga & Renku inagural print at end of 2010. Temp site for submissions info.
Editions Bibliotekos short stories for anticipated anthology, Battle Runes: Writings on War.
Horse Less Review 3-10 pp of text. Read archives for sense of content. Aug 15
The Honey Land Review poetry, photography for Fall 2010. Sept 31
More Than Thought criticism, literature, reviews in English, Portuguese, Spanish on “Other: Between Delight and Aversion.” Sept 15
Kaleidoscope articles, personal essays, fiction, poetry on “Disability & Animals That Make a Difference” March 1, 2011 and “Perspectives on Loss” August 1, 2011
Kritya online contemporary Indian & world poetry, short articles on poetry.
Essay collection: New Approaches to Daniel Defoe. Dr. Kit Kincade, kit.kincade-at-indstate.edu by Aug 31.
Exquisite Corpse Annual international & postmodern prose, poetry, artwork, reviews, literary translations.
The Bubble Fiction Magazine seeks fiction for inaugural pring/e-issue set for release in October 2010.
Snail Mail Review poetry, short fiction in print spring 2011. Aug – Dec 31. Temp site for info.
technicolor wants fiction, creative nonfiction, artwork, poetry, personal essays, and more.
Twins, Triplets & More: The Anthology of non-fiction writing about multiples. Jan 10, 2011
The Labletter seeks unpublished short fiction, creative non-fiction, excerpts, photography, art, poetry. Aug 16
Spiral Orb, an experiment in permaculture poetics, seeks submissions for Issue 2. Sept 1
Paradigms Magazine/Publishing spiritual or philosophical short stories for new quarterly magazine.
Uncanny Valley poetry, prose, drama, criticism for 2011 inaugural print issue.
Accents Publishing seeks poems (50 words/-) for anthology edited by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer.
Beginning Sept 1, Accents Publishing considering full-length manuscripts: novels, memoirs, poetry books, anthologies.
The Animal Anthology Project non-fiction writing, fiction writing, artwork. Dec 31
Anthology of short fiction (American
publisher) related to the Middle East/the Muslim world. Entries
must be set in the region, and address the concerns of the
region, though the characters (and the authors) can be from any
culture or nationality. Translated works will be considered.
Word count is not the central issue, though works of
2,000-10,000 words are more likely to be accepted. Send
submissions as RTF or Word 1997-2003 documents. No abstracts or
CVs are required. Deadline is March 2011. Please contact Andrew
Madigan (amadigan-at-uaeu.ac.ae or
andrewjmadigan-at-hotmail.com) at United Arab Emirates
University for more information.
Posted July 10
Creative Nonfiction seeks submissions for a new book project to be published by Southern Methodist University Press, entitled "Immortality." Full guidelines available on the CNF website. Deadline: August 6, 2010
MAKE issue 10 theme “At Play”: sports, theater, leisure, and youth. Work that plays with format, language, convention also included. Quality of work is the first consideration. Online upload submissions only. Deadline August 20, 2010
RUMINATE seeks submissions of any media for our upcoming issues: Winter Issue #18, “Sounds and Silence”: Deadline August 15; Spring Issue #19, “Sustaining”: Deadline November 15. RUMINATE publishes work with both subtle and overt associations to the Christian faith as well as work that has no direct association.
Thema upcoming premises (target themes) and deadlines for submission: One thing done superbly (November 1, 2010); Your reality or mine? (March 1, 2011). The premise (target theme) must be an integral part of the plot, not necessarily the central theme but not merely incidental.
In the spirit of discovering new talent as well as supporting established authors and the bookstores who support them, Tin House Books will accept unsolicited manuscripts dated between August 1 and November 30, 2010, as long as each submission is accompanied by a receipt for a book from a bookstore. Tin House Magazine will require the same for unsolicited submissions sent between September 1 and December 30, 2010.
Meadowland Review accepting poetry, fiction, photography. Sept 1
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal "The China Issue" (June 2011) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, scholarly works, visual art exploring the modern Middle Kingdom.
Super Arrow issue 3 seeking art and writing.
Rescue Press open reading period artwork, criticism, essays, experiments, field-guides, investigations, nonfiction, novels, and short or short-short stories. Aug 1
Tupelo Press open reading period July 1 – July 31, 2010.
Hinchas de Poesia innovative/experimental poetry, fiction, non-fiction, photography and painting .
Quiddity journal/radio program reading poetry and prose for fall 2011.
Heterotopia seeks poetry, short fiction, criticism, essays, creative non-fiction, and art for inaugural issue on theme “Alien.”
Palooka: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, plays, graphic short stories, graphic essays, comic strips and art/photography.
GAY seeks lesbian-penned humorous essays.
Paraguas Books is happily accepting submissions in Spanish and English from North American and Latin American authors in all categories of fiction, non-fiction, and children’s literature.
Pyrta poetry, short prose, photo essays, “local morsels” for their Monsoon issue.
The Fine Line accepting poetry, fiction, artwork for Winter issue. Oct 1
The Animal Anthologies Project is now accepting quality non-fiction and fiction writing on animals.
Demarche Publishing currently accepting manuscripts with multiethnic or multicultural themes. (No poetry or picture books.)
Western American Literature invites submissions examining the urban and suburban West in literature, film, television, memoirs, and other forms.
Survivor Chronicles online seeks poetry, fiction, non-fiction, artwork, photography.
Mapping Me: A Landscape of Women’s Stories anthology of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, photography and artwork. Sept 1
Museline guest editor Kristina Marie Darling seeks poetry, fiction, nonfiction, critical prose addressing "Women Writing Psychoanalysis."
By Aug 15 to KristinaMarieDarling-at-yahoo.com
Rescue Press now accepting book-length submissions of artwork, criticism, essays, experiments, field-guides, investigations, nonfiction, novels, and short or short-short stories. Aug 1
Post Poetry seeks submissions of prose, poetry, experimental form, diary selections, essays et al., for inaugural issue.
Anak Sastra (SEAsians writing in English, expat & tourist experience in SEAsia) seeks stories for inaugural issue.
Contrary accepts fiction, poetry, and commentary; online submissions. Sept 1
Status Hat! online artszine fiction, creative non-fiction, articles, poetry. July 30
Front Range poetry and creative nonfiction. Aug - Nov 2010
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Frostwriting (Sweden) seeks emerging writers writing from anywhere on any subject. Currently accepting short fiction, poetry, short-shorts/flash fiction and short creative non-fiction that is in some way concerned with writing, preferably in a humorous way.
Iron Horse Review Facebook Issue – stories, poem, and essays that parody or make use of those famous FB lists and quizzes: 25 Random Things, Literary Geeks, Have You Done It? What Famous Novel Are You? etc. Your stories must tell a story, your essays must flesh out an idea fully, your poems must be poems. Postmark deadline September 1, 2010.
Juked is accepting submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, poems, long poems, and poetic sequences for issue #8. Simultaneous submissions are encouraged. Deadline: August 31, 2010
Main Street Rag’s current themes for their 2010 fiction anthologies are: Altered States; The Book of Villains; Sports. Writers may submit up to two stories per theme. PLEASE READ the complete guidelines on MSR’s website before submitting.
Michigan Quarterly Review special issue on “The Inland Sea: The Great Lakes Past, Present, and Future.” Submissions exploring how environmental advocates and philosophers, scientists and policy makers, photographers and visual artists, poets, essayists, and novelists are thinking about the lakes, to discover the ways they are reimagining our common future that might capture once again, in a new moment, our sense of their beauty and our respect for their fragility. Deadline: September 1, 2010
Paradigm is looking for a wide variety of content, ranging from poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, plays, photography, and art. They are also now accepting spoken word audio or video files. Submission guidelines: www.paradigmjournal.com/holden/submissions.html.
Say the Unsayable! Submit for RHINO 2011. Now accepting submissions until Oct 1. Please include cover letter with contact information & 3 – 5 poems, flash fiction/short-shorts (1000 words or less), or translations.
Salmon Poetry Dogs Singing - poetry anthology 'by'/about/for dogs welcomes poems in any form. Royalties donated to several dog charities, including The Soi Dog Foundation (Thailand). E-mail submissions to Jessie-at-salmonpoetry-dot-com by July 12.
The Southern Review is currently accepting previously unpublished poems, stories, and essays for a special on Americana to be published in the Spring 2011 issue. TSR wants work that takes on the enchanted and rhinestoned, the love canals, tourist traps and old manufacturing towns—wherever you find the embroidery and the embellishments that make up the borders and roadside attractions of our wild Americana map. Deadline: October 1, 2010
Dante’s Heart seeks stories, art, drama, letters, mixed media on “Tricksters.”
Framework seeks abstracts for articles on The Life and Work of Peter Whitehead. Abs immed.;articles by Aug 1.
ScissorTALE Review poetry, short & flash fiction from Great Plains students.
The Eudora Welty Review accepting submissions until Aug 1.
Editions Bibliotekos anthology on War and Peace (ten years after 9/11). September 2010
Studies in the Literary Imagination is now accepting topic proposals for future issues.
ChicagoPoetry.com online poetry anthology in response to the current crisis in the Gulf of Mexico.
LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory: “Evil Children in Film and Literature.” Oct 1. litjourn-at-yahoo.com
Some Ways to Disappear seeks literature all styles, genres, formats, for second issue due December.
Anthology: Native West Press seeks creative nonfiction, essays: perception-changing, positive experiences with wild nature. Aug 10
North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies seeks articles for its 2010 edition. Oct 31
Submissions for Words for Things: How We Learn About Sex, a collection addressing the dawning of sexual awareness and sexuality. Editors Ed Madden, Ray McManus, and Carl Jenkinson: words4things-at-gmail.com. Sept 1
Anthology : Children and War (working title) to be published by Cinco Puntos Press in 2011 or 2012. Dec 1
Kaleidoscope articles, personal essays, fiction, poetry on “Disability & Animals That Make a Difference.” March 1, 2011
what to us (press) accepting work from women not already or minimally published.
pocket smut prosex pocket-sized zine: pictures, lists, fiction, poetry, diagrams, art work year round.
protestpoems.org call for human rights poetry. Open year round.
Slipstream poetry for themed issue: SEX-FOOD-DEATH. March 1, 2011
shaking like a mountain, literature about music, seeks poetry, fiction, nonfiction, critical analysis.
Poemeleon seeks poetry, essays, interviews on theme “Prime Time Poetry.” July 31
Vox Humana Press interested in literary fiction and critical non-fiction for imprints: Vox Humana Latino; Vox Humana Heritage; Vox Humana AsiaEast; Kindle Division.
International Streaming Festival {The Hague} for independent artists exhibiting unconventional audiovisual art. Oct 25
Frontier Psychiatrist, a new blog about music (and biking and drinking), is seeking contributors. Check out the site to get a sense of our aesthetic, then send a brief note about yourself and what you'd like to cover for FP along with a 500-word writing sample to: frontierpsychiatristblog[at]gmail.com
Diverse Voices Quarterly now accepting online submissions for poetry and prose.
Cooper Dillon Books open to chapbook and full-length poetry manuscripts April – August.
Cooper Dillon Books accepting traditional visual art for book covers.
Ezra: An Online Journal of Translations poetry, short prose, excerpts, and play scenes from any era.
The Backwaters Press The Untidy Season: An Anthology of Nebraska Women Poets. Dec 31
SpringGun poetry, flash fiction, book reviews, essays, interviews, intermedia art (video art, screen literature, electronic writing, digital poetry). Aug 1
New Plains Review thoughtful and compelling poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction. Aug 15
SouthernGrit accepting fiction for inaugural issue.
BlazeVOX is accepting poetry for the Fall 2010 issue.
Left Hand Waving seeks “first person stories of approximate truth” for online weekly.
Bop poems for anthology: Bop, Strut, and Dance: A Post-Blues Form for New Generations. Sept 15
technicolor fiction, creative nonfiction, artwork, poetry, personal essays for inaugural issue.
RockSaw Press is open for poetry manuscripts until Aug 31.
Frakenart Mart regularly needs poems for their Poetry in a Can Project.
Breadline Press anthology of West Coast prose (both fiction and nonfiction) and anthology of West Coast poetry. Aug 15
The Oral Tradition accepting poetry, short fiction, plays for inaugural issue.
Call for Articles: Standards and Norms of Literary Studies (11/15); Trauma and Literature (3/15/11). Journal of Literary Theory
"The Unreadable" (Oxford Literary Review 33:1) July 31. geoffrey.bennington[at]emory.edu
ModCloth Anthology: poetry and prose exploring fashion and our lives. Aug 1
Sliver of Stone short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, reviews, essays, artwork. First issue Aug 1
RockSaw Press poetry chapbook manuscripts. Aug 31
symplokē seeks essays for its upcoming special issue on Hunger. Sept 1
Anthology Have Milk Will Travel: Comic Adventures in Breastfeeding. Sept 1
City Tech/CUNY’s 2nd Bridges Review seeks poetry for inaugural issue. July 31
Terrain.org poetry, essays, fiction, articles, reviews, art for #26: “The Signal in the Noise.” Aug 1
Kaleidoscope: Exploring the Experience of Disability through Literature & the Fine Arts. “Finding Good/Strength in Adversity.” Aug 1
Blue Cubicle Press “Tales from the Courtroom.” Sept. 1
Ohio Childhood Poems Anthology deadline extended to August 1.
Packingtown Review seeks scholarly and literary works for third issue. Sept 1
Sylvia Plath poems for anthology compiled by Christine Hamm. July 15
21st Century Howlers: A New Generation Jazz and Blues Anthology edited by Tyehimba Jess, Duriel E. Harris and Patricia Smith: 21stHowlers-at-gmail-dot-com. Sept 1
Dos Passos Review accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry submissions Feb. 1-July 31.
Academic writing & narrative essays Demeter Press anthology: Caribbean Mother. Aug 1
Waccamaw online poems, stories, essays Jan 15-Feb 28 and July 15-Aug 31.
Lucky Creature zine anthology accepting comics, fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Aug 1
Little Red Leaves open reading for poetry and multimedia Jan 1 – Sept 1.
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