Happy Friday and Happy Fourth of July weekend!
Fate seems determined to rain on our parade this year, with Mother Nature volunteering to handle the pyrotechnics across Michigan. Hopefully the oppressive heat and humidity that settled over much of the country this week has started to loosen its grip. If you’re celebrating the Fourth, here’s hoping the rain and storms wait until the festivities are over.
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Submission Opportunities: 107 Ways to Share Your Work
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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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July Deadlines
White Wall Review
Sunburst: Micro Lit
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Instant Noodles
Volume 6, Issue 2: Al Dente
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, visual art, multimedia
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None Specified
The Dewdrop
A Year of Kō
Genres: haiku
Fee:
$5
Payment: Non-paying Market
Note: Please note updated deadline.
Hollow and Sky
Summer Reading Period
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None Specified
Note: Will close early if cap met.
Solarpunk Magazine
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, translations
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $0.10/word for fiction ($100 minimum), $50/poem, $100 for nonfiction, $50-$200 for art
Able Muse
Winter 2026/2027
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Copies
Mouthful of Salt
Issue 4
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, hybrid work
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
pulse magazine
Issue 1
Genres: fiction, poetry, art, photography, audio, choreography, video
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None Specified
The Worcester Review
Volume 46
Genres: fiction, poetry
Fee:
$4 fee (waived for BIPOC writers)
Payment: two copies and a small honorarium
The Good Life Review
Issue 25
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$2.50 for flash, $4 for short prose and poetry
Payment: $60
Note: Please note corrected deadline
In the Mood Magazine
Issue 16: Performance
Genres: nonfiction, poetry, experimental works, games, visual art, comics, film diaries
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $300 CAD
Boudin
OtherWorlds Guest/Managing Editor: Tyler Campbell
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Acorn Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Note: Open to San Diego County residents and students of Grossmont and Cuyamaca Colleges
Behemoth Magazine
Issue 2
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, interviews, art photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
The Fool's World: A Travel Literary Magazine
Genres: poetry, prose, visual art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None Specified
Hobo Camp Review
Autumn Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
The Offing
Beyond Representation
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid works
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $25–$100
Note: Open to SWANA and SEA and SWAN and SEA diaspora writers
Poetose
Genres: poetry, prose poetry, hybrid works, cartoons, interviews
Fee:
$3, $6 expedited
Payment: Non-paying Market
Rawhead
Point Blank
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art, hybrid words
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $30 + $10 donation to charity of choice
August Deadlines
ANMLY
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation
Fee:
$3 (waivers available)
Payment: None Specified
Split Rock Review
Issue 23
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, graphic narratives, hybrid works, photography, visual art
Fee:
100 free submissions, $3
Payment: Non-paying Market
subTerrain
#105
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Payment: $50/poem, $0.10/word for prose ($500 max)
Hoot
Postcards & Online-only
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine
Genres: fiction, poetry, visual art, dance, music
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-Paying Market
Doubleback Review
October 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Note: Work must have been previously published in a defunct journal.
Heimat Review
Issue 12
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Note: $5-$20 for 48-hour response or fast feedback options
Luna Station Quarterly
Issue 068
Genres: speculative fiction by women-identified writers
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $10
Rawhead
Issue 4
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art, hybrid words
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Note: $5-$10 for expedited submissions
3Elements Review
Issue 52
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
Free or $5 expedited
Payment: Non-paying Market
Note: All submissions must use these three elements: stage, concrete, and bark
The Long and The Short of It
October 2026: Smoke
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Sundress Publications
Open Reading Period
Genres: full-length poetry manuscripts
Fee:
Free from June 1-14, $10 fee from June 15 through deadline
Payment: standard contract, publication, copies
September Deadlines
Black Warrior Review
General Submissions
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid works
Fee:
$5 fee; $10 expedited
Payment: Paying Market
Pacific Northwest Gothic
Issue 1
Genres: fiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $25
Note: Preference given to writers and artists living in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and British Columbia
South Florida Poetry Journal
November 2026 Issue
Genres: poetry, essays
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
The Calyx Hope Network
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
The Ex-Puritan
Fall 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, interviews
Fee:
Free or $3 fee
Payment: $50 to $200 CAD
Chestnut Review
Winter 2027 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
Free (poetry & flash); $5 (prose)
Payment: $120 (for annual print anthology)
Clackamas Literary Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3 fee (postal submissions are free)
Payment: None Specified
El Portal
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Toasted Cheese Literary Journal
December Issue
Genres: flash, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
October Deadlines
Lines+Stars
2026 Mid-Altantic Chapbook Series
Genres: poetry, fiction
Fee:
$10
Payment: None Specified
Note: Writers must be practicing poets residing in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, or New Jersey.
Still Point Arts Quarterly
Overcoming the Insurmountable
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Teach. Write.
Fall/Winter Issue
Genres: iction, nonfiction, poetry, Write Your Own
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $10 – $25
The Threepenny Review
Open Reading Period
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, articles
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $200 for poetry or Table Talk piece, $400 for story or article
Burningwood Literary Journal
October Double Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, art
Fee:
$3
Payment: Contributor Copy
Kings River Review
Fall 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Copies
Note: Must be a current 2-year community college students
Obsidian
2026 Reading Period
Genres: fiction, poetry, drama, translations, critical essays, hybrid genres, audio, art, photography, video
Fee:
Payment: Copies
Black Lawrence Press
Immigrant Writing Series
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid texts
Fee:
FREE
Payment: publication, marketing, standard royalties contract, $500 travel stipend
Lucky Jefferson
Awake: A Zine for Black Writers & Artists Issue 8: LOUD
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid/experimental work, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $25 for prose and poetry 100-300 words, $35 for prose under 1000 words, $50 for art
November Deadlines
December Deadlines
The Citron Review
2026 Open Reading Period
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
January Deadlines
Still Point Arts Quarterly
Inspired by Art: Mary Cassatt and Frank Weston Benson
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Apricity Magazine
Volume 11
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, performing arts, visual art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Contributor Copy
April Deadlines
Still Point Arts Quarterly
Fabric and Fashion: Uncovering Personal and Social Narratives
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
May Deadlines
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
The Awakenings Review
Genres: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: one copy
Note: Must have a personal connection to mental illness (self, friend, family, etc.)
Barnstorm Journalo
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, experimental work
Fee:
$3
Payment: None Specified
Note: Rolling Submissions (reads during academic year)
Colorado Review
Genres: nonfiction, book reviews, cover art
Fee:
$3
Payment: $300 for nonfiction, $100 for cover art
Driftwood Press
Genres: fiction, poetry, comics, graphic novel, short story collections, art, photography
Fee:
Varies
The Faoileánach Journal
Issue 5: Augural
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Note: Open until 100 submissions cap met
Good River Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts, writing for children and young adults
Fee:
FREE
Olkas Literary Magazine
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None Specified
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
The Pensieve
Genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None Specified
Note: Open to emerging writers
Pictura Journal
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Note: Submissions may close if quota is reached
SmokeLong Quarterly
General Submissions
Genres: flash narratives (fiction, nonfiction, hybrid works)
Fee:
$4.60
Payment: $100/$150 with audio, upon publication
South85 Journal
City|Country Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3 fee
Payment: Non-paying Market
