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Flyer for QUA Literary & Fine Arts Magazine’s Winter 2026 call for submissions. Text reads “Call for Submissions! Submit here: https://go.umflint.edu/QUAMAGAZINESUBMISSION. Winter 2026 submissions due February 22. We accept poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, photography, paintings, and other visual art.” Includes UM-Flint and QUA logos, a QR code, and decorative icons of megaphones and an open book.

Qua Magazine Seeks Submissions for Winter Semester 2026 Issue

Deadline: February 22, 2026

Qua Literary and Fine Arts Magazine is a student-run publication of the University of Michigan-Flint. Founded over 50 years ago, we invite submissions of Fiction, …

Promotional graphic for Swamp Pink literary prizes featuring a gray polka-dot background with bold text announcing prizes in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Includes details: January 1–31 submission window, stories and essays up to 25 pages, 1–3 poems, and $2,000 plus publication awarded per genre.

The swamp pink Prizes in Fiction, Poetry, & Nonfiction

Opens: January 1, Closes: January 31

The swamp pink Prizes award $2,000 and publication to a story, essay, and poem. From January 1 to 31, submit a story or essay of …

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January 12, 2026

A hybrid online literary journal and chapbook collection, this issue features the excerpted work of David Hadbawnik.

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