Superpresent is seeking submissions on the theme TRUTH for our Fall 2025 issue. We are seeking all forms of writing, visual arts, as well as video and sound art. Please visit our website and refer to the call page for…
Speckled Trout Review is an independent literary magazine publishing an online issue every summer and winter. In our short time, we have published former poet laureates, Pushcart Prize nominees, Best of the Net recipients, contributors whose work has landed in Ploughshares,…
Driftwood Press’s Adrift Short Fiction & Poetry Chapbook Contests, in which every work submitted is considered for publication as winner or runner-up, is open! Our guest judges this year are Matthew Olzmann (poetry) & Kelly Link (fiction)! For our yearly…
Thorn & Bloom Magazine is a quarterly publication dedicated to unveiling how self-care becomes radical liberation. For Issue 03: The Splinters We Carry, we’re seeking pieces that expose the thorns embedded in our lives: the systemic barbs, psychological wounds, and…
RED WHEELBARROW POETRY PRIZE 2025: $1,000 for first place and a letterpress broadside, $500 for second, $250 for third. Top five published in Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine. Final judge is Stephen Kuusisto. Submit up to 3 original unpublished poems. $15…
Each issue of About Place Journal, the arts publication of the Black Earth Institute, focuses on a specific theme. From June 1st to August 1st we’ll be accepting submissions for our Fall 2025 issue On Freedom. Our mission: to have…
The 2025 Best Spiritual Literature Awards in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction will award $500 and publication in Orison Books’ annual Best Spiritual Literature anthology for a single work in each genre. Judges: Yehoshua November (poetry), Athena Dixon (nonfiction), Halle Hill…
We want to re-establish and define quantum fiction as a recognized genre—just as Harlan Ellison did with “new wave” through Dangerous Visions. Come be a part of history! We’re seeking quantum fiction submissions for 2025: surreal and twisted short stories in any…
Inverted Syntax [est. 2018] is a press where the margins take center stage. We’re now accepting submissions to our annual poetry book contests: the Sublingua Prize for Poetry (1st Book Award) for exceptional debut collections by female-identifying writers, and the…
Wordrunner eChapbooks will select one fiction and one nonfiction collection for our 2025 eChapbook series, to be published in September and December, respectively, online and as kindles. Maximum word count: 20,000. Prose pieces may be flash or longer, from 500…
Radar Poetry is now open to submissions for the 12th annual Coniston Prize, judged by Diane Seuss! The Coniston Prize recognizes an exceptional group of poems by a woman writing in English. Any poet who identifies as a woman is…
Looking for detailed, personalized feedback on your short story? Fiction on the Web now offers a critique service led by our editorial team. Whether you’re revising or preparing to submit, we’re here to help strong ideas become stronger on the…
The Headlight Review 2025 Anthony Grooms Prize in Fiction awards a first prize of $750 is awarded to the winning writer, along with 20 copies of the winning chapbook, published by The Headlight Review Press. The chapbook will be perfect-bound…
BLUELINE: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks seeks poems, stories, and essays about the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, focusing on nature’s shaping influence. Submissions window July 1 to November 30. Decisions mid-February.…
Since January of 2019, Sunspot Lit has broken boundaries that exclude meaningful and important works by accepting long-form fiction, nonfiction and graphic novel manuscripts as well as epic poetry. Single works of fiction or nonfiction from 29,001 to 49,000 words…
The Branches is seeking submissions of previously unpublished written and visual work for our fall 2025 theme VOICE. We are especially interested in cultural criticism, personal essays, and book/movie discussions and also publish poetry, short fiction, art, and photography on…
2026 Press 53 Award for Poetry awards publication, $1,000 advance, and 53 copies to an outstanding, unpublished poetry manuscript. If Runner-Up is also selected, publication, $500 advance, and 25 copies. Press 53 Poetry Series Editor Tom Lombardo is the only…
Plant-Human Quarterly reads year-round. We seek unpublished or published poetry and essays that explore the myriad ways writers manifest their relationship to the botanical world—whether through heavily researched pieces, keen observation, or more intuitive ways of knowing—that attempt to communicate…
Palooka is an international literary magazine. For over a decade we’ve featured new, up-and-coming, and established writers, artists, and photographers from around the world. We’re open to diverse forms and styles and are always seeking unique chapbooks, fiction, poetry, nonfiction,…
Since 2005, The New Verse News has covered the news of the day with poems on issues, large and small, international and local. It relies on the submission of poems (especially those of a politically progressive bent) by writers from…
The Kings River Review publishes artwork, creative nonfiction, short fiction, and poetry of current 2-year community college students. Submission Deadlines: March 15 for the spring issue and October 15 for the fall issue. Submission requirements: up to 5 pieces of…
The Blue Mountain Review launched from Athens, Georgia in 2015 with the mantra, “We’re all south of somewhere.” As a journal of culture, the BMR strives to represent all life through its stories. Stories are vital to our survival. What…