Happy Friday!
Warm weather and sunshine visited us this week. It was so welcome! Now we are in a gloomy period with the potential for thunderstorms and potential highs hitting the 70s…in March…the Midwest. When if feels as if the whole world is going crazy, weather might as well follow suit, right?
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March Deadlines
Camas
Summer 2026: Precarity
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photograph
Fee:
$4
Payment: None Specified
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
Arkana
Micro Issue
Genres: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, scripts, illustrated narratives, hybrid works
Fee:
FREE
Harpur Palate
Issue 25.1
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Note: May close early if submissions cap met
Instant Noodles
Volume 6, Issue 1: Planes, Boats, Cars, Trains
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, visual art, multimedia
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Unknown
Kings River Review
Spring 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Copies
Note: Must be a current 2-year community college students
The Louisville Review
99 Cornerstone: Poetry by Young Writers in grades K-12
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Shō Poetry Journal
No. 9
Genres: poetry
Fee:
$3 (Free for US Indigenous poets)
Payment: contributor copy
Superpresent
Spring 2026: Beginnings
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, comics, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, audio, video
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
COPE Magazine
Issue 3: Imperfect Masterpiece
Genres: fiction, poetry, essays, nonfction, photography, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Northern New England Review
Issue 46
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Contributor Copy
SEXTET
Issue 3: Offerings
Genres: poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, short essays, hybrid works, experimental works
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None specified
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
Dog Throat Journal
General Submissions
Genres: flash fiction, micro fiction, prose poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
The Capra Review
Spring 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, cross-genre, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
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
Seneca Review
Genres: nonfiction, poetry, reviews, cross-genre
Fee:
$3
Payment: copies and complimentary subscription
April Deadlines
Broad River Review
Volume 58
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Unknown
Note: Categories may close early if submission caps are met
Foglifter Journal
Issue 11.2
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, hybrid works
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $100 and two contributor copies
Note: Must identify as LGBTQ+
Kitchen Table Quarterly
Open Reading Period
Genres: nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Nelle
2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Payment: 2 copies and complimentary 1-year subscription
Ninth Letter
Web Edition: Reaction
Genres: nonfiction
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $75
Note: May close early if submission cap met
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
Open Reading Period
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, lists, audio
Fee:
$3
Payment: $50
Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine
Issue VI.II
Genres: fiction, poetry, dance, music, visual art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
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
Foglifter Journal
Online Exclusive: Queer Mythologies
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, comics, art, scripts, multimedia
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $100 and two contributor copies
Note: Must identify as LGBTQ+
Interlochen Review
Genres: hybrid genres, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None specified
Note: Open internationally to high schoolers in grades 9-12
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
Trace Fossils Review
Issue 4
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, multimedia
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
May Deadlines
New England Review
General Submissions
Genres: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, dramatic writing, translations
Fee:
$3 fee (current subscribers can submit for free)
Payment: $20/page ($50 minimum), copies, and one-year subscription
The Turning Leaf Journal
Volume 3, Issue 1
Genres: essays, poetry, hybrid works
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Whitefish Review
Issue 32: Love the World Anyway
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
$5 (Free for high school students)
Wordgathering
Summer 2026 Issue
Genres: poetry, short essays, creative nonfiction, plash memoir, fiction, drama, photography, comics, videos, music
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
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
Oyster River Pages
Issue 9.1
Genres: iction, nonfiction, poetry, translations, reviews, interviews, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Unknown
3Elements Review
Issue 51
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Note: All submissions must use these three elements: step-ball-change, hatch, standoff
AGNI
Proximity: A Portfolio of Writing and Art by Women of Color
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art
Fee:
FREE
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
Lana Turner
Open Reading Period
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None specified
Note: Opens April 1
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
Red Shoe Press
2027 Oregon Poetry Calendar
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: One Copy
Note: Must reside in Oregon to submit
Willow Springs
Spring 2026
Genres: fiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Payment: $100 (long-form prose), $40 (short prose), $20 per poem
June Deadlines
Gulf Coast
Online Exclusives
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Payment: $50 for poetry, $100 for prose
North Dakota Quarterly
Open Reading Period
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None specified
The Twin Bill
2026 All-Star Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Payment: $15-$25 honorarium
Gold Man Review
Issue 16
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Not specified
Note: Open to writers living in Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, California, and Washington.
New England Review
The Gleaners & I Special Feature edited by J. M. Tyree
Genres: prose
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $20/page ($50 minimum), copies, and one-year subscription
The Malahat Review
Canadian Reading Period
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $70CAD/page, one-year print subscription, two copies
Note: Open to Canadians only
July Deadlines
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
Driftwood Press
Genres: fiction, poetry, comics, graphic novel, short story collections, art, photography
Fee:
Varies
Good River Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts, writing for children and young adults
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
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