“Hey, you got peanut butter in my chocolate!” Two things become immediately better as one. Arkana is putting together a special Hybrid issue and actively seeking submissions! We want your prose poems, your cross-genre work, and your all around experimental…
Sand Hills Literary Magazine, in print since 1973, is now open for Issue 49. We are a national publication out of Augusta, Georgia accepting works from the United States. Both emerging and established writers and artists are encouraged to submit.…
Awarded to an outstanding, unpublished collection of short stories. Reading Fee: $30. Award: $1,000 cash advance, publication, and 53 copies. Enter: Submit online with Submittable or by mail until December 31, 2024. Press 53 short fiction editor Claire V. Foxx…
We’re putting together a feast of words for our 4th contest issue. For this call, we’re looking for stories, essays, and poems that feature food as integral to the plot, characters, setting, or imagery. Food isn’t just limited to Earth/human…
Feels Blind Literary seeks submissions of (especially) plays, cnf, fiction, and art. Inspired by Bikini Kill’s “Feels Blind,” we asked ourselves several questions when launching the magazine. What if people who are marginalized in writing communities were invited to tell…
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…
The swamp pink Prizes award $2,000 and publication to a story, essay, and poem. From January 1 to 31, submit a story or essay of up to 25 pages or a set of 1-3 poems via Submittable. Judges for each…
The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction, Poetry, Essays &Nonfiction, and Unpublished Books. $4000 USD prize pool. 8-16 winners published, 80 shortlisted. All writers welcome. No style or subject restrictions. All entries considered for publication, and submission to Pushcart. Entry…
People believe humans can’t move a big rock without a big machine or supernatural powers. People believe “to evolve” always means, “to get better.” And those are just some harmless ones. Science works to correct itself; technology has overrun us,…
The 2025 Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction offer $1,500 and publication by Orison Books for a full-length manuscript in each genre. Judges: Phillip B. Williams (poetry) & Tessa Fontaine (fiction). Entry fee: $25. Entry period: December 1, 2024–April 1, 2025.…
Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access, quarterly literary journal publishing the finest poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. Accomplished, well-established authors appear side-by-side with fresh, emerging voices. We provide over 150,000 readers in 150 countries with a powerful,…
Send one story up to 5,000 words, and/or up to three poems. First Place: $100; Second Place: $50; Third Place: $25. Include your name, address, phone number, high school, and grade in your email and on your attached Word document.…
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,…
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…
Club Plum seeks flash fiction, flash nonfiction, creative nonfiction, prose poetry and art for our January 2025 issue. We like strange, beautiful and meaningful work. We like sad. We like lyrical. We like surprising and scary. We like political when…
Jokes Literary Review is seeking stories, nonfiction, or poems that could be considered metamodern. Any work that oscillates between modern enthusiasm and postmodern irony qualifies. We’re especially seeking works that challenge or help to clarify this relatively new way of…
table//FEAST Literary Magazine is hosting three different contests this year: The Nano & Micro Contest for Women Writers ($3.00 Submission fee or a waiver if needed), The Fifty & Up Writer Awards (no submission fee), and The Translations Prizes in…
The National Indie Excellence© Awards (NIEA) are open to all English language printed books currently for sale including self-published authors, small to midsize independent publishers, and university presses. Now in our nineteenth year, NIEA is a proud champion of self…
ISSUED, a journal of veteran and military-affiliated creative writing at Arizona State University, is looking for poetry and flash prose by active-duty military, veterans, and family members that expresses the spectrum of experiences within military life—e.g. gender and sexuality, BIPOC…
Jewish Fiction (www.jewishfiction.com), a prestigious literary journal, invites submissions for its Winter and Spring issues. Jewish Fiction (formerly Jewish Fiction .net) is the only English-language journal, either print or online, devoted exclusively to publishing Jewish fiction. We showcase the finest contemporary…
Girls Right the World is a literary journal inviting girls and young, gender-expansive writers and artists, ages 14–21, to submit work for consideration for the ninth annual issue. We believe girls’ voices transform the world for the better. We accept…