NewPages Guide to Calls for Submissions
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National Baseball Poetry Festival Call for Submissions
Deadline: Noon, March 27, 2026
The National Baseball Poetry Festival invites submissions of poems that deal with any aspect of the gamesmanship, nature, and atmosphere of Baseball and/or Softball, for example: opening day, ballpark food, childhood memories, first pitch, athletic heroes, uniforms, ball parks, Little League, dugout chatter, the season of the game, etc. No restriction on form. Poets may submit one (1) poem for consideration, which should fit on a single page. The thematic views of baseball/softball and the game will be given wide interpretation by the judge(s). Submissions are free. For full submission guidelines, please visit baseballpoetryfest.org.
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Call For Submissions From Girls Worldwide – Extended Deadline
Extended Deadline: January 31, 2026
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 tenth annual issue. We believe girls’ voices transform the world for the better. We accept poetry, prose, and visual art of any style or theme. We ask to be the first to publish your work in North America; after publication, the rights return to you. Send your best art and/or writing, in English or English translation, to [email protected] by January 31, 2026. Please include a note mentioning your age, where you’re from, and a bit about your submission. girlsrighttheworld.com
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Little Somethings Press Seeks Work for Motherhood Anthology
Deadline: February 7, 2026
Little Somethings Press publishes pieces of flash fiction, flash memoir, poetry, and visual art in handmade books. This issue, we are featuring poetry, prose, and art, centered on motherhood and created by mothers. We are looking for work that couples the joy and the trauma of the motherhood experience. Poetry should be under one page, and prose under 500 words. Art should be submitted as a JPEG or PNG file. To submit, email [email protected] by February 7, 2026. littlesomethingspress.com/submissions/
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Blink-Ink Call for Lost Civilizations: The Silurian Hypothesis
Deadline: January 15, 2025
Extreme geological forces of nature make our Earth something like a gigantic trash compactor. Physical evidence of anything at all doesn’t last long. This and the great age of the planet might imply that civilizations as advanced or even more advanced than our own have come and gone. Civilizations that are completely lost to us today. Or are they? Send us your best stories of approximately 50 words to do with Lost Civilizations: The Silurian Hypothesis, in the body of an email to: [email protected]. Submissions are open December 1st, 2025 through January 15th, 2026. No attachments, poetry, bios, or AI generated content please. www.blink-ink.org
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About Place Journal Call for Submissions: The Ground Beneath Us
Deadline: March 10, 2026
Each issue of About Place Journal, the arts publication of the Black Earth Institute, focuses on a specific theme. From January 1st to March 10th, we’ll be accepting submissions for our Spring 2026 issue The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance. Our mission: to have art address the causes of spirit, earth, and society; to protect the earth; and to build a more just and interconnected world. We publish prose, poetry, visual art, photography, video, and music which fit the current theme. More about this issue’s theme and our submission guidelines: aboutplacejournal.org/submissions.
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Our Doors are Open
Deadline: Year-round
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 we sing saves the soul. Our goal is to preserve and promote lives told well through prose, poetry, music, and the visual arts. We’ve published work from and interviews with Jericho Brown, Kelli Russell Agodon, Robert Pinsky, Rising Appalachia, Turkuaz, Michel Stone, Michael Flohr, Lee Herrick, Chen Chen, Michael Cudlitz, Pat Metheny, Melissa Studdard, Lyrics Born, Terry Kay, and Christopher Moore. bluemountainreview.submittable.com/submit
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Ritual, Healing, and World-Making
Deadline: January 15, 2026
The next issue of Rejoinder explores the theme of ritual, healing, and world-making. How do we mark transitions, generate transformational visions, and model alternate ways of being in a world imploding around us? How do we find joy while surrounded by brokenness? How do we heal when systems are structured against us? What rituals or practices can restore us, even speak to our souls? We invite contributions (nonfiction/fiction, poetry, and artwork) that use a queer and/or feminist lens. More information and submission information on our website: irw.rutgers.edu/rejoinder.
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Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography
Deadline: Year-round
Palooka is a global literary magazine of daring prose, art, photography, comics, and chapbooks drawn exclusively from unsolicited submissions. We champion underdog voices, read anonymously, and only publish what we love. Bold voices. Brave stories. palookamag.com
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JackLeg Press is Looking for the Next Great Thing
Deadline: Rolling
JackLeg Press seeks bold, vibrant, authentic writers. Is that you? We’d love to find out. We focus on poetry, short fiction collections, select novels & creative nonfiction. Query us today! jacklegpress.submittable.com/submit
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The New Verse News Seeks Current Events Poetry
Deadline: Year-round
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 all over the world. The editors update the website every day with a poetic take on a current and specific headline. See the website for guidelines and examples. Then paste your non-simultaneous submission and a brief bio in the text of an email (no attachments, please) to nvneditor(at)gmail.com. Write “Verse News Submission” in the subject line of your email.