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Happy Friday!
Somehow we’re already staring down the last week of the month. The February eLitPak newsletter is out, and here in Michigan the warmer weather has arrived with its usual mix of rain and fog—but at least we’re getting a break from snow and ice.
With another major storm rolling across the country, I hope you’re staying safe and finding time to write. Here’s this week’s roundup of submission opportunities, plus a little spark to keep your creativity going.
Inspiration Prompt: Reading Between the Lines
Mark Twain once said, “A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.” He was talking about editing — but there’s a deeper implication worth sitting with. Omission isn’t just a tool for clarity. It’s where a story’s interior life lives.
Every piece of writing has an on-screen existence — the words the reader follows, the scenes they witness, the dialogue they hear. But surrounding that visible story is a larger, quieter one: the character history that never surfaces, the worldbuilding detail you wrote only for yourself, the emotional beat implied in a pause rather than stated in a speech, the off-screen choice that explains everything without ever being named.
The most resonant writing doesn’t fill in those gaps. It trusts them. It lets the unseen world press against the edges of the page — present, shaping, felt.
Your Challenge
Return to something you’ve already written — any length, any genre. Read it as if you’re looking for the shadow it casts rather than the light it throws. What is your character choosing not to say, and why? What happened ten minutes before this scene, or ten years before, that never appears but quietly governs everything? What piece of your world’s history echoes here without ever being named?
Write a short passage — a paragraph, a scene, a fragment — that lives in that shadow. Not exposition. Not gap-filling. Just the backstage world, briefly and carefully lit.
What’s already there, waiting between your lines?
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Each week, NewPages curates and updates a comprehensive list of open submission opportunities, including literary magazines, journals, presses, contests, and calls for themed issues. Opportunities span poetry, fiction, nonfiction, cross-genre, visual art, and more, with options for both emerging and established writers.
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🔔 What’s new this week?
Items marked with a bell icon are newly added to this roundup.
A Note on Accuracy
NewPages works hard to maintain a vetted and regularly updated list of currently open calls. However, submission windows can shift or close early. Always confirm details on the publisher’s official website before submitting.
February Deadlines
Catalogue Zine
Issue 4: Lifestyle
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, graphic novels, interviews, reviews, translation, audio, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
The Good Life Review
Issue 24
Genres: fiction, nonfiction
Fee:
$2.50 fee for flash, $4 fee for longer prose
Payment: $60 for writing, $25 for cover art
Interlochen Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplay, songs, art
Fee:
FREE
Note: Open internationally to high schoolers in grades 9-12
Dog Throat Journal
Genres: flash fiction, micro fiction, prose poetry
Fee:
FREE
Alaska Quarterly Review
Fiction Reading Period
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, photo essays
Fee:
$3
Payment: contributor copies
RockPaperPoem
Issue 14
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
2River View
Issue 30.3
Genres: poetry
Fee:
$3
3Elements Review
Issue 50
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Note: All submissions must use these three elements: stowaway, microphone, and wonderland
Acorn Haiku
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
COMP: an interdisciplinary journal
Genres: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, cross genre, critical prose
Fee:
FREE
Exist Otherwise
Issue 18: “I no longer exist? Perfect, now nothing can come between us!”
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts, hybrid works, experimental writing, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $15 (written work), $20 (art)
The Louisville Review
99 Cornerstone: Poetry by Young Writers in grades K-12
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
The Malahat Review
International Reading Period
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$7 CAD ($5 USD)
Payment: $70CAD/page, one-year print subscription, two copies
New Myths
Science Fiction / Fantasy
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $0.03/word with a minimum payment of $50
Ninth Letter
General Submissions
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3 fee (limited waivers available)
Payment: $25/poem, $100 for prose
The Poetry Porch
2026 Issue
Genres: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, reviews
Fee:
FREE
Prime Number Magazine
Issue 283
Genres: flash nonfiction
Fee:
FREE
Note: Will close early if submissions cap hit
rex inc. lit mag.
Inaugural Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: two contributor copies, percentage of one-year’s worth of the issue’s sales
Spoon River Poetry Review
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: contributor copy + complimentary 1-year subscription
Sundress Publications
Genres: full-length prose manuscripts
Fee:
$15
Sunspot Lit
Supernova
Genres: very longform fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$8
March Deadlines
Action, Spectacle
Free Submissions Period
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, reviews, interviews, plays, comics, visual art, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Altar
Issue 1: Spirals and Stars
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, reviews, recipes, spells/rituals
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $5
Apple in the Dark
Spring 2026 Isse
Genres: fiction, creative nonfiction
Fee:
FREE
Artemis Journal
“Origins” Issue
Genres: poetry, art
Fee:
$5
Flint Hills Review
Genres: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, plays, screenplays, art
Fee:
FREE
Frozen Sea
Issue 12
Genres: poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Gulf Coast
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, translations
Fee:
$3
Payment: $50/page
Hedge Apple
Homegrown Issue
Genres: fiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Note: Hagerstown Community College students, faculty, and staff, as well as others in the local area of Hagerstown and surrounding areas.
Hedge Apple
Chrysalis Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
HOOT
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, book reviews
Fee:
FREE
New Feathers Anthology
Spring 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, videos, music, sound art
Fee:
FREE
The Shore
Issue 29
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Spirit Lake Review
2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Teach. Write.
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, short plays, screenplays
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $10-$15
Tripwire
Issue 24
Genres: essays, interviews, translations, art
Fee:
FREE
VOLTA
Spring 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Interim
intranslatable/untranslatable
Genres: poetry
Fee:
$3
Note: May close early if issue fills
Interim
Visual Edition
Genres: visual poetry
Fee:
$3
Note: May close early if issue fills
Sand Hills Literary Magazine
50th Anniversary Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, comics, graphic narratives, art, photography
Fee:
$3
Payment: Unkown
Burningword Literary Journal
April 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
$3
Sterncastle Magazine
Tales of the Sea
Genres: fiction
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Unknown
Arkana
Micro Issue
Genres: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, scripts, illustrated narratives, hybrid works
Fee:
FREE
Bramble
Guest Edited by Sarah Sadie
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Note: Open to Wisconsin poets only
Grey Matter
Open Reading Period
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Unknown
Harpur Palate
Issue 25.1
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Note: May close early if submissions cap met
The Hemlock Review
Issue 10
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Instant Noodles
Volume 6, Issue 1: Planes, Boats, Cars, Trains
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, visual art, multimedia
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Unknown
One Sentence Poems
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Ponder Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, short plays, art, new media
Fee:
$2
Quarter After Eight
Issue 33
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Right Hand Pointing
Genres: poetry, fiction
Fee:
FREE
Shō Poetry Journal
No. 9
Genres: poetry
Fee:
$3 (Free for US Indigenous poets)
Payment: contributor copy
South Florida Poetry Journal
May 2026
Genres: poetry, essays, flash
Fee:
FREE
Unbroken
Genres: prose poetry
Fee:
FREE
Northern New England Review
Issue 46
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Contributor Copy
Sunspot Lit
Genres: longform fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic novel
Fee:
$6.50
Green Linden Press
Chapbook Series
Genres: poetry
Fee:
$15
Green Linden Press
Under a Warm Green Linden
Genres: poetry
Fee:
$3
The Passionfruit Review
Issue 25
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Sunspot Lit
Genres: short fiction, nonfiction, graphic novel
Fee:
$5
Age of Muses/New Lyre
Genres: fiction, poetry, reviews, translations, audio, video
Fee:
FREE
Gordon Square Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $25
Anacapa Review
Issue 4.3
Genres: poetry
Fee:
$3
Barely South Review
Genres: lit comics
Fee:
FREE
Chestnut Review
Summer 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
Free (poetry & flash); $5 (prose)
Colorado Review
Genres: fiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Payment: $300 for short stories and nonfiction; $100 for poetry and cover art
The Ilanot Review
Winter 2026: Collaborations
Genres: iction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, translations
Fee:
Free for first two weeks, then $3 fee
In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction
Genres: flash, micros, short-shorts
Fee:
FREE
Indiana Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Seneca Review
Genres: nonfiction, poetry, reviews, cross-genre
Fee:
$3
Payment: copies and complimentary subscription
Sunspot Lit
Genres: flash, poetry, graphic novel, art
Fee:
$5
April Deadlines
Barely South Review
Spring 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Blood Orange Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
$3
Broad River Review
Volume 58
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Unknown
Note: Categories may close early if submission caps are met
Nelle
2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Payment: 2 copies and complimentary 1-year subscription
Passages North
Genres: nonfiction, hybrid work
Fee:
FREE
Potomac Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Raleigh Review
General Submissions
Genres: fiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $15 and one copy
Talking River Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, art
Fee:
$3
Payment: one contributor copy, 1-year subscription, and 1-year gift subscription
West Branch
Genres: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translation
Fee:
$3
Payment: $100 for poetry, $0.10/word for prose up to $200, two contributor copies, and one-year subscription
Booth
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, lists, audio
Fee:
$3
Payment: $50
Connecticut River Review
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: 1 copy
Consequence
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $20 – $50 (writing), $30 – $150 (art)
Note: Work needs to address human consequences of war and geopolitical violence
The Healing Muse
Vol. 26
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art
Fee:
FREE
New Ohio Review
General Submissions
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3.50
Passages North
Genres: poetry, short-shorts, visual essays
Fee:
FREE
Rattle
Tribute to the Future
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $200 and 1-year subscription
Abandoned Mine
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Cumberland River Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Decolonial Passage
Issue 3: Ecology
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Note: Opens to submissions on April 1
the engine(idling
Collaboration Issue
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Note: All work submitted needs to be a collaborative effort. They have a form if you're looking for a partner
Pembroke Magazine
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Payment: contributor copies
Pine Hills Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid, cross-genre, art
Fee:
FREE
Terrain.org
Genres: fiction, nonfiction
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $50
May Deadlines
#Ranger
Genres: experimental/avant-garde poetry, art, music, film
Fee:
FREE
North American Review
General Submissions
Genres: fiction, poetry, book reviews, art
Fee:
$3
Whitefish Review
Issue 32: Love the World Anyway
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
$5 (Free for high school students)
Birmingham Poetry Review
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: one copy
The Georgia Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, book reviews
Fee:
Free (postal), $3 (online)
Payment: $50 per printed page for prose and $4 per line for poetry, up to $800, two copies
Midwest Review
General Submissions
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
$5
Payment: One Copy
Note: Writers must have a connection to the Midwest
AGNI
Proximity: A Portfolio of Writing and Art by Women of Color
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art
Fee:
FREE
Baltimore Review
General Submissions
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $50
Black Lawrence Press
Immigrant Writing Series
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid texts
Fee:
FREE
Payment: publication, marketing, standard royalties contract, $500 travel stipend
Kelsey Review
2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Note: Writers must live or work in the larger Mercer County/New Jersey Area
Menagerie Magazine
Open Reading Period
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
Free, $3 Tip Jar
Payment: Payment: $50
Note: Free submissions will close if monthly cap meant and resets each month
Willow Springs
Spring 2026
Genres: fiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Payment: $100 (long-form prose), $40 (short prose), $20 per poem
June Deadlines
The Twin Bill
2026 All-Star Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Payment: $15-$25 honorarium
The Manhattan Review
Open Reading Period
Genres: poetry, reviews, essays
Fee:
FREE
July Deadlines
Sugar House Review
Fast-Track
Genres: poetry
Fee:
$3.75
Payment: Two copies
August Deadlines
Doubleback Review
October 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Note: Work must have been previously published in a defunct journal.
December Deadlines
The Citron Review
2026 Open Reading Period
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Rolling Deadlines
ALOCASIA a journal of queer plant-based writing
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, comics, graphic narratives, translations
Fee:
FREE
Note: Open to queer writers
Blue Mountain Review
Genres: prose, poetry, music, visual art
Fee:
$5
Brevity
Genres: nonfiction
Fee:
$3
Payment: $45
The Capra Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, photography, art
Fee:
FREE
Changing Skies
Genres: creative nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
The Dolomite Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Driftwood Press
Genres: fiction, poetry, comics, graphic novel, short story collections, art, photography
Fee:
Varies
Fahmidan Journal
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Flash Fiction Magazine
Genres: fiction
Fee:
FREE
Flash Phantoms
Genres: horror fiction
Fee:
FREE
Gambling the Aisle
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre
Fee:
FREE
Good River Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts, writing for children and young adults
Fee:
FREE
Grey Sparrow
Genres: poetry, flash fiction
Fee:
FREE
Hindsight
Genres: creative nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: copies
JackLeg Press
Book Manuscript Queries
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$5
Jewish Fiction
Genres: fiction, translations
Fee:
FREE
Kestrel
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, translations
Fee:
$3
Payment: None specified
Lullaby Machine
Genres: lullabies
Fee:
FREE
The Missouri Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$4
Payment: $25/printed page
Mountain Jay Books
Steller's Weekly
Genres: fiction
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
New Verse News
Genres: current-events poetry
Fee:
FREE
Palooka
Magazine & chapbook submissions
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, graphic narratives, comics
Fee:
$3 (magazine) $8 (chapbooks)
Payment: copies (magazine) | $200 honorarium and 20 copies of chapbook
Pictura Journal
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Note: Submissions may close if quota is reached
Plant-Human Quarterly
Genres: poetry, essays
Fee:
FREE
Rattle
Genres: poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $200 and 1-year subscription (print), $100 (online)
SPANK the CARP
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Stone Circle Review
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
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