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Our balmy stretch here in Michigan—punctuated by a few thunderstorms—has given way to cooler weather just in time for the long weekend. We’re wishing you a safe and restful Memorial Day.
And when you’re ready to write, revise, or submit, we’re here with this week’s roundup of opportunities—plus a small spark to get your ideas moving and your pen across the page (or fingers on the keys).
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Submission Opportunities: 124 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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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.
May Deadlines
Electric Lit
The Commuter
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narratives
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $100
Note: Will close early if cap met.
Broadsided
Switcheroo: Ekphrastic Responses to Daniel Esquivia Zapata’s Word-works 1868-2022
Genres: poetry, prose
Fee:
$3
Payment: None Specified
Kweli
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
Free ($3 fee for Multimedia submissions)
Payment: Yes (amount not specified)
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
AGNI
General Reading Period
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, genre-bender, conversations, reviews, art
Fee:
$3
Payment: $30 per printed (or printed-out) page for accepted prose, and $50 per page for accepted poetry
Black Fox Literary Magazine
Summer 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $20
Black Lawrence Press
Immigrant Writing Series
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid texts
Fee:
FREE
Payment: publication, marketing, standard royalties contract, $500 travel stipend
Cincinnati Review
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
Payment: $25/page for prose and $30/page for poetry
Note: Submissions will close when their cap is hit
Exist Otherwise
Issue 19
Genres: poetry, prose, essays, nonfiction, hybrid, experimental writing
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $15
GossamerWight Literary Magazine
Q2: Uncanny Regimes
Genres: fiction, poetry, graphic narratives, translations
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
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, translations
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
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
Once Upon A Crocodile
Open Reading Period
Genres: fiction, poetry, plays, reviews
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
The Passionfruit Review
Chapbook Reading Period
Genres: poetry
Fee:
£5 ≈ $6.65 USD
Payment: £100, 15 free copies, and a standard royalties contract
Red Shoe Press
2027 Oregon Poetry Calendar
Genres: poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: One Copy
Note: Must reside in Oregon to submit
Redivider
Blurred Genre Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cultural critiques, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None Specified
Scribeworth
Autumn 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Sunspot Lit
Genres: Supernova: Very longform fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$8
Payment: None Specified
Things Left Unsaid (Words that Matter) Anthology
Genres: nonfiction
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Electronic Contributors Copy
Tint Journal
Theme: Nurture
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Note: Pieces must be written in English and English must be your second language.
University Press of Kentucky
New Poetry & Prose Series
Genres: fiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Note: Will close early if 300 submissions cap met
Whitefish Review
Issue 32: Love the World Anyway
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography
Fee:
$5 (Free for high school students)
Payment: None Specified
Willow Springs
Spring 2026
Genres: fiction, poetry
Fee:
$3
Payment: $100 (long-form prose), $40 (short prose), $20 per poem
June Deadlines
The Common
Genres: fiction, essays, poetry, translations, dispatches
Fee:
$2 fee for dispatches, $3 fee otherwise
Payment: $40/poem, $200/prose piece
Cæsura
2026 Issues: LIFELINE
Genres:
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None Specified
Note: members of Poetry Center San Jose have until June 15 to submit work
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
Sierra Nevada Review
Fall Issue
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.
The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, prose poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $50
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
Northern Appalachia Review
Volume 8
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: One Electronic Copy
Superpresent
Summer 2026 Issue: Mapping
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama, comics, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, audio, video
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Pepper Coast Mag
Issue 8
Genres: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid work, interviews, visual art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Note: Open to Africans, people of color, diasporic writers, descendants, and affiliated communities
Sunspot Lit
Genres: longform fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic novel
Fee:
$6.50
Payment: None Specified
The Ex-Puritan
Summer 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, interviews
Fee:
Free or $3 fee
Payment: $50 to $200 CAD
Amsterdam Review
Fall 2026
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, interviews, art, photography, translations
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Chapter House Journal
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, reviews
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None Specified
Chestnut Review
Autumn 2026 Issue
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
Free (poetry & flash); $5 (prose)
Payment: $120 (for annual print anthology)
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
Toasted Cheese Literary Journal
September Issue
Genres: flash, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
July Deadlines
Bellevue Literary Review
General Submissions
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Fee:
$5
Payment: $75 for poetry, $150 for prose
Magazine1
Issue 6
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, comics, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, audio, video
Fee:
FREE
Payment: $40 bookstore gift card
Re•mediate
Issue 6 Guest Edited by Benjamin Escalonilla
Genres: computer-assisted fiction, nonfiction, poetry, criticism about computer-assisted writing
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Non-paying Market
Still Point Arts Quarterly
The Many Meanings of Photography
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
Instant Noodles
Volume 6, Issue 2: Al Dente
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, visual art, multimedia
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None Specified
Able Muse
Winter 2026/2027
Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, art, photography
Fee:
FREE
Payment: Copies
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
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.
September Deadlines
October Deadlines
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
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
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
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
Hobo Camp Review
Summer 2026: American Southwest
Genres: fiction, essay, poetry
Fee:
FREE
Payment: None
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
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