177 Recently Opened Submission Calls, Upcoming Deadlines, Contests, Theme Calls, and More
Where to Submit (04.28.25)
Good news, everyone!1
We're changing some things up around here. “Around here” being our Where to Submit Monday newsletter.
FIRST: We're moving our Submission Help Hotline to the "Chat" feature on Substack and opening it up to everyone for free. Please, come and ask any questions you have about submitting or the writing world. Please, do not share your work, ask for where to submit a specific piece, or be an asshole.
SECOND: Our blocks of text were super long. This made the whole newsletter super long. So we've condensed the information and popped a key at the top. It's fairly straightforward. R: Response Time, A: Acceptance Rate, and so on. We will always keep that key at the top. Please comment with your feedback. We have also updated them to include:
Only the genres that they are open for.
Whether they’ve won awards or not.
Their total social media following across platforms.
THIRD: We want to hear from you. So we're opening up submission success stories. Every Monday, comment with one line about a piece you've gotten published over the past week or so. Keep it super simple, please. We don't want it to be overwhelming. Something like, "My story 'Dogs on a Cold Copper Floor' was published in The Paris Review last week!" or "I had three poems accepted to Shenandoah." Feel free to drop a link as well. We want to help get more eyes on your work.
Hard Rules: Keep it to one line. Must be within a week or two.
Try it out now:
We've got some more exciting news coming next week, too! But for now, check all of this out and let us know what you think.
Last week, we published →
This week, we’ve got →
1 Recently Opened Submission Call
92 Last Chance to Submit
42 Theme Calls to Inspire You!
14 New Magazines Added to Our Database
5 Lit Mags That Are Always Open for Submissions
22 Contests Closing This Week & 1 Featured Contest
OK, here is where the new key and info blocks come in. Please, take a look at them, then come and fill out this poll. If you really want to help us out, comment your feedback below!
🔑 Quick key:
R - Response time
A - Acceptance rate
☑︎ - Yes
✖️ - No
For even more details, click the name of the lit mag to be redirected to their listing page. You can also sign up for a paid subscription to download the spreadsheet.
MER - Mom Egg Review → Deadline: Jul 15 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 5% | 10K+ followers | United States | 2002 — "MER publishes literary work on mothers, mothering, and motherhood, in an annual print and quarterly online issues of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art. Opening for submissions 4/23 (free "early bird" submissions 4/23-4/30)."
Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine → Deadline: Apr 28 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | India | 2022 — "a new International Literary Magazine which aims at being a storehouse of best contemporary literature"
Electric Literature → Deadline: Apr 28 | Fee: No | Pay: $75–$100 | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 11.11% | 200K+ followers | United States | 2009 — "Electric Literature is a daily website that publishes essays, author interviews, and reading lists."
CommuterLit → Deadline: Apr 29 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 180 days | 300+ followers | Canada | 2010 — "A literary ezine for readers on the go. It delivers to readers a new story or poem each work day that can be read on their mobile devices."
The Paris Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | 900K+ followers | United States | 1953 — "Quarterly literary magazine founded in 1953"
32 Poems → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: $3 | Pay: Per piece: $25 | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 0.88% | 10K+ followers | United States | 2002 — "Poetry for the ear, the eye, and the ego."
Indelible Lit → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: $4 | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | 900+ followers | United Kingdom | 2020 — "Indelible’s name, inspired by the way the poet Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) used it in her poem Trilogy, refers to inerasable ink, which is a metaphor for the power of words."
the other side of hope: journeys in refugee and immigrant literature → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: £0–£50 | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | 3K+ followers | United Kingdom | 2021 — "We are UK-based literary magazine edited by refugees and immigrants. We publish fiction, nonfiction and poetry by refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants."
Reckon Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 84 days | A: 13.55% | 4K+ followers | United States | 2020 — "Inspired by dirt roads, switchbacks, wildflowers, porch sitting, cicada songs, and the scent of something good cooking in the kitchen; The Reckon Review is a journal of prose that publishes one incredible story, per week."
The Ekphrastic Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: CA$5 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 90 days | 1K+ followers | Canada | 2015 — "An online journal devoted entirely to writing inspired by visual art. Our objective is to promote ekphrastic writing, promote art appreciation, and experience how the two strengthen each other and bring enrichment to every facet of life."
Pine Hills Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 8.33% | 1.5K+ followers | United States | 2014 — "Named for the Pine Hills neighborhood in Albany, NY, Pine Hills Review publishes irreverent, fun, and surprising work that tries to do something new, from fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to experimental and hybrid work."
descant magazine → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | 2K+ followers | United States | 1970 — "descant is published by Texas Christian University. A forum for fiction and poetry, descant seeks high-quality work in either innovative or traditional forms."
Portland Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 8.70% | 9K+ followers | United States | 1956 — "Founded in 1956, Portland Review publishes prose, poetry, art, and translations reflecting a wide spectrum of aesthetic styles and voices. Produced by the graduate students in Portland State University’s English Department, Portland Review is proud to publish both established and emerging writers."
Brick → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Per piece: CA$65 - CA$720 | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | 10K+ followers | Canada | 1977 — "An international literary journal published twice a year out of Toronto. In our pages, you’ll find opinion, passion, revelation, and the occasional bad joke."
Haven Speculative → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes (varies) | Open for Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 70 days | 2K+ followers | United States | 2021 — "Haven Spec is a speculative fiction magazine featuring stories for a 21st century audience. We love stories with a sense of adventure, stories that teach us, that touch us, that leave us wanting more. "
Terrain.org → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $50 | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 73 days | A: 5% | 3K+ followers | United States | 1997 — "An independent, ad-free online magazine founded in 1997 that focuses on place by publishing a mix of award-winning contributions, including poetry, nonfiction, fiction, editorials, interviews, reviews, recommended reads, artwork, and community/regional case studies."
For Page and Screen → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Multimedia, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 40% | 1K+ followers | United States | 2021 — "A bi-annual online publication that features short stories, scripts, and films from storytellers around the world. We are looking for your most ambitious work. Surprise us, shock us, move us, and, above all, tell us a good story."
Paper Dragon → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 117 days | A: 14.29% | 1K+ followers | United States | 2020 — "Paper Dragon is the literary journal of Drexel University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. It is managed and edited by MFA students and published with generous help from the Drexel Publishing Group."
The Massachusetts Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $100 | Open for Nonfiction, Hybrid, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 4.34% | 7K+ followers | United States | 1959 — "In these uncertain times, the Massachusetts Review promotes social justice and equality, along with great art. "
Pembroke Magazine → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 5% | 500+ followers | United States | 1969 — "Pembroke Magazine is a literary magazine based in Pembroke, NC at UNC Pembroke."
Bridge Eight → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 21.74% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2014 — "Florida-based boutique press publishing new fiction, poetry & non-fiction that will leave an unfading impression. "
After Happy Hour Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: $4 | Pay: $15–$50 | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 2% | 200+ followers | United States | 2013 — "Independent online & print journal based in Pittsburgh, PA (USA) that publishes writing & art from anywhere in the world, in all genres (& blends, blurs, or hybrids thereof). Run by a workshop group, the editors often work with authors to polish work they love into its best form. "
AvantAppal(achia) → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2016 — "Our goal is to bring the world to Appalachia and Appalachia to the world, break stereotypes and boundaries, and find out what poetry, short story, and art can do in the 21st century. We are artists: the rules do not apply."
Barstow & Grand → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | 900+ followers | United States | 2017 — "Barstow & Grand is an annual print journal, published in the fall, that highlights writers connected to western Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley and the Upper Midwest, USA."
Dark Moments Drabble Monthly Challenge → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | Australia | 2019 — "A project of Black Hare Press."
EcoTheo Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | 2K+ followers | United States | 2013 — "Literary magazine at the intersection of ecology and spirituality"
Gutter Magazine → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | 7K+ followers | United Kingdom — "An award-winning, high quality, printed journal for fiction and poetry from writers born or living in Scotland and featuring literature from around the world. "
Making Waves: a West Michigan Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Multimedia, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 21 days | 300+ followers | United States | 2021 — "MWWM is a product of Ludington Writers, a diverse group of wordsmith enthusiasts and practitioners. Inspired by each other and the beauty of the lakeshore and landscapes around us, our mission is to engender creativity within our local community and beyond."
Flash Fiction Online → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $40 | Open for Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 56 days | A: 2.48% | 7K+ followers | United States — "Bold. Brief. Beautiful. Fiction in fewer words."
Glint Literary Journal → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid, Multimedia, Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2009 — "Glint Literary Journal celebrates innovation in style and voice. We also appreciate aesthetic endeavors that straddle boundaries between genres."
Mud Season Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $0–$50 | Open for Poetry, Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 5.62% | 5K+ followers | United States — "Celebrating artistic creation, community, and all the wide-ranging voices that tramp and track in the mud of human experience."
Mythaxis Magazine → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Per word: £0.01 | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 14 days | A: 13.33% | 500+ followers | United Kingdom | 2008 — "Established in 2008 by Gil Williamson, Mythaxis has always been focused on the fiction, with as little distraction as possible - no ads, no clutter, just words on the page to transport you somewhere else."
Thirteen Bridges Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 1960 — " The Literary Arts Journal of Auburn University at Montgomery"
The Apostrophe → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 15% | Under 100 followers | Hong Kong SAR China | 2023 — "A quarterly publication of the Hong Kong Writers Circle"
Juste Literary → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 28 days | A: 31% | 800+ followers | Nigeria | 2023 — "An arbitrary online literary magazine dedicated to random poetry, arts and creative writings. Established in April, 2023."
manywor(l)ds → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $10 | Open for Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 9% | 600+ followers | 2023 — "manywor(l)ds is a genderless & genreless place for work informed by marginalized embodiment and enmindment. "
The Wild Umbrella → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes (varies) | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 150 days | A: 4% | 900+ followers | Ireland | 2023 — "An ambitious new journal publishing prose and poetry from Ireland and the world."
Y2K Quarterly → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 14 days | 2K+ followers | United States | 2023 — "Literary chaos in 1999 words or less."
Silly Goose Press → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 45 days | A: 22% | 900+ followers | United States | 2024 — "HONK! Silly Goose Press is a very flocking serious literary magazine obsessed with craft-forward whimsy. HONK!"
Oxford Poetry → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: £3.5 | Pay: Yes (varies) | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 2% | 30K+ followers | United Kingdom | 1910 — "Founded in 1910, Oxford Poetry is the oldest dedicated poetry magazine in the UK, and one of the oldest in the world."
Little Free Lit Mag → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | 200+ followers | United States | 2024 — "Quarterly journal founded with the aim of publishing quality short form writing of any genre."
Promised Protagonists → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 25% | 500+ followers | United States | 2023 — "A children's magazine that showcase diverse characters as the heroes of their own stories!"
Cacti Fur → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2015 — "We celebrate accessible work. We celebrate meaning before style. We really want music in the language. We worry when abstractions aren’t coupled with concrete objects. We judge work on how well it depicts the good and bad of life."
sneaker wave → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: $5 | Pay: $10–$20 | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 300+ followers — "real life in real words - dedicated to making an online home for compelling nonfiction storytelling. "
Everscribe Magazine → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 3 days | A: 68% | 2K+ followers | United States — "A non-profit digital literary magazine for poetry and prose publishing monthly issues. We invite individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and ages to share their work with us. Submissions are always open!"
Soul Poetry, Prose & Arts Magazine → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 5 days | A: 10% | Under 100 followers | United States — "“Your legacy is every life you have touched.” — Maya Angelou Soul Poetry, Prose & Arts Magazine provides a space for writers and artists to leave their mark. What do you want to say to the world? What do you want the world to see? Every piece we leave behind will live long after we are gone."
149 Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 21 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — "We are an online journal focused on publishing fresh, original, thought provoking poetry and creative nonfiction. We want work that pushes the boundaries of literature while at the same time paying attention to the importance of craft."
North Carolina Literary Review → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $25–$250 | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 8K+ followers | United States | 1992 — "We publish North Carolinian voices, North Carolinian stories, and North Carolinian lives"
Lamp Lit → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 90 days | Under 100 followers | United States — "Curating work we love and sharing it with the world."
Foglifter → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: Per piece: $50 | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 4.39% | 4K+ followers | United States | 2016 — "Foglifter’s literary journal is a biannual compendium of the most dynamic, urgent LGBTQ+ writing today. It’s a space where queer and trans writers celebrate, mourn, rage, and embrace."
Puerto del Sol → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 5.49% | 3K+ followers | United States | 1964 — "For over half a century, Puerto del Sol has been dedicated to provide a forum for inventive and fresh prose, poetry, reviews, criticism, and artwork. We pride ourselves in not following a standardized aesthetic—instead, we seek work that presents authenticity, sincerity, and respect."
Radar Poetry → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 4% | 4K+ followers | United States | 2013 — "Radar Poetry currently publishes three issues each year: the Winter Issue, the Summer Issue, and the Conistion Prize Issue."
Sundog Lit → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: Per piece: $50 | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 104 days | A: 3.83% | 10K+ followers | United States | 2012 — "Sundog Lit is committed to publishing pieces that engage with tension, introspection, empathy, considered positionality, thoughtful form play, emotional courage, and musicality."
American Literary Review → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 2.27% | 15K+ followers | United States | 1990 — "Since 1990, the American Literary Review has been published through the Department of English at the University of North Texas. From the journal’s inception, we have made a point of publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by writers at all stages of their careers."
Oyster River Pages → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 33 days | A: 19.83% | 1K+ followers | United States | 2017 — "ORP is interested in publishing voices that speak to what it means to be alive in this world. We look for language and stories and images that move us out of ourselves and into other spaces. We are a literary journal and we embrace the reality that the personal has become the political."
New England Review → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: Per page: $20 | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 1.40% | 15K+ followers | United States | 1978 — "New England Review gives readers a vital snapshot of the literary moment, four times a year, in its richness, complexity, and diversity."
AGNI → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: Per page: $30–$300 | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 1.58% | 15K+ followers | United States | 1972 — "AGNI is a literary magazine housed at Boston University and known “among readers around the world,” as the writers group PEN put it, “for publishing important new writers early in their careers, many of them translated into English for the first time.”"
filling Station → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 181 days | A: 10.53% | 5K+ followers | Canada | 1993 — "A literary and arts magazine publishing innovative poetry, fiction, non-fiction (creative non-fiction, reviews, articles, interviews, live event reviews, photo essays, etc), and presenting a featured visual artist each issue."
Permafrost Magazine → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 15.38% | 5K+ followers | United States | 1977 — "As the editors of the farthest north literary magazine, we’ve chosen an unconventional, expansive place to live. That, too, is what we seek in your submissions. Give us the stuff you tucked away in the folder you hesitate to open on the weekdays—the pieces you scour and revise during weekend binges."
Peatsmoke Journal → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 3.42% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2019 — "This is a journal committed to diverse voices, an accessible journal, a journal for everyone. We’re interested in the work you’re producing--not where you’ve been published before. "
The Black Fork Review → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 16.67% | 1K+ followers | United States | 2019 — "Black Fork Review was assembled by a team of editors within Ashland University’s English Department and MFA Program during the spring of 2019. We invite poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction from a wide range of aesthetics..."
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 10% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2021 — "Submit up to three (3) previously unpublished poems in a Word file to buffaloplus8 (at) gmail (dot) com"
Typehouse Magazine → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $5 | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 25 days | A: 4.92% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2013 — "Founded in 2013, Typehouse Literary Magazine is a writer and artist run literary journal based in Portland, Oregon. While our content is primarily for adults, we welcome submissions from creators ranging from highschool age to one hundred plus. "
Boulevard → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $50–$300 | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 1.05% | 15K+ followers | United States | 1984 — "Boulevard strives to publish only the finest in fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. While we frequently publish writers with previous credits, we are very interested in less experienced or unpublished writers with exceptional promise."
The Madrigal → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 9.09% | 4K+ followers | Ireland | 2021 — "a poetry press in the heart of dublin, publishing work that is delicate, sincere, and above all emotive."
bracken → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $30 | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1K+ followers | United States | 2015 — "A magazine of woodsy and shadowy poetry, fiction, and art. "
The Journal → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 3% | 10K+ followers | United States | 1973 — "The award-winning literary magazine of The Ohio State University"
Common Ground Review → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 69 days | A: 9.09% | 3K+ followers | United States | 1999 — "Literary review magazine nestled in Western Mass hosted by Western New England University..."
Brilliant Corners → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 1996 — "The only national journal to focus on jazz-related literature. We publish a great range of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. "
Hare's Paw Literary Journal → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $5 | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2021 — "Hare's Paw publishes authentic, strange, soulful, and even joyful work that allows all voices to be heard. If you've ever had a hard time placing your work, consider Hare's Paw Literary Journal your home"
moonShine review Journal → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | 900+ followers | United States | 2005 — "moonShine review is more than a journal of creative prose and photography. It is about what speaks to you in the moonlight and the shadows cast in mind and memory. For only in the darkness can we expose all of ourselves."
Hunger Mountain → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 42 days | A: 9% | 5K+ followers | United States | 2002 — "Hunger mountain is created by the faculty and students in the Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts."
North American Review → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 150 days | A: 10% | 15K+ followers | United States | 1815 — "As the oldest literary magazine in the nation, our selected works reflect the breadth of the American experience, and encompass any voices that are committed to telling rich narratives that challenge the status quo."
Sierra Nevada Review → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 7% | 500+ followers | United States | 1990 — "Since 1990, the Sierra Nevada Review has been publishing daring new poetry, short fiction, literary nonfiction, and visual art from the shores of Lake Tahoe. "
The Cumberland River Review → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Multimedia, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 5.26% | 600+ followers | United States | 2012 — "A quarterly online publication of new poetry, fiction, essays, and art. The journal is produced by the department of English at Trevecca Nazarene University, in Nashville, Tennessee, and welcomes submissions from both national and international writers and artists."
The Hopper → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 39 days | A: 12.50% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2015 — "The Hopper is an environmental literary magazine. We publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual art, interviews, and book reviews, all of which are paths towards an invigorated understanding of nature’s place in human life."
Jarnal → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $1 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 10% | 5K+ followers | United States | 2021 — "We’re hungry for fresh language, resonant images, and compelling narrative. "
The National Poetry Review → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 5% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2003 — "An annual online journal of poetry (previously a print journal published from 2003 to 2015 by The National Poetry Review Press)."
Folly Journal → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 1% | 1K+ followers | New Zealand | 2022 — "Folly is an international luxury annual print only anthology. Touted by media as the rebel child of the lit scene, and finalist for the 2024 CLMP Best Literary Debut awards, Folly is found worldwide from parliamentary desks, independent bookstores and the rooms of luxury boutique hotels. "
Frozen Sea → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 5% | 1K+ followers | United States | 2023 — "Publishing exceptional work from early-career poets in a mobile-friendly format."
Midsummer Dream House → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 10% | 1K+ followers | United States | 2023 — "We publish a wide variety of artistic and thought-provoking work, including the experimental and avant-garde."
The Turning Leaf Journal → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 27 days | A: 8% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2024 — "A journal for essayists and poets on the edge of change"
The Red Branch Review → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Hybrid, Poetry, Multimedia, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 15% | 1K+ followers | United States | 2022 — "Literary and visual art annual based in Knoxville, TN."
EDGE CITY → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: $25 | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 56 days | A: 6% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2024 — "Short fiction, essays, poetry, and art from the edge "
The Debut Review → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers — "An online, art and literary journal that launches new work from emerging student artists. We believe that every artist deserves only the best opportunities to nurture and grow their passion for artistic expression. "
The Odyssey Youth Literary Magazine → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia, Hybrid | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 9 days | 1K+ followers — "Free, inclusive, easy to submit to, adventurous, and most of all, welcoming! We empower teen writers and provide them with a chance at free and easy publication."
Youth Literary Policy Magazine → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Hybrid | ✖️ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | 100+ followers | 2024 — "Celebrating youth voices in adult spaces. Youth Literary Policy Magazine, where creatives meet changemakers, bridges the gap between policy research and creative writing. Submissions for policy research or prose & poetry is open now! Youth authors (aged 13-21) only."
Stained Silk Magazine → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes (varies) | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 42 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — "Stained Silk Magazine is a bold, new literary publication that brings irreverence to the realms of mindfulness, philosophy, and psychology. With a sharp eye for the absurdities of modern life, it offers thoughtful, provocative essays that reflect on serious topics without taking them too seriously. "
Prairie Schooner → Deadline: May 2 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 150 days | A: 5.68% | 35K+ followers | United States | 1926 — "Prairie Schooner, a national literary quarterly published with the support of the English Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska Press, is home to the best fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews being published today by beginning, mid-career, and established writers."
The Laurel Review → Deadline: May 2 | Fee: $2 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 97 days | A: 4.87% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2012 — "The Laurel Review is a biannual print magazine seeking submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, review, script, and those that blur the lines between genres."
Bacopa Literary Review → Deadline: May 5 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | 1.5K+ followers | United States | 2012 — "Bacopa Literary Review is an annual international print journal published by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville."
Eggplant Emoji Lit → Deadline: May 5 | Fee: No | Pay: Per piece: $25 | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | 300+ followers | United States | 2019 — "an annual comedy publication “Making the reader laugh is the ultimate test of engagement.”"
The Amazine → Deadline: May 5 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 21 days | A: 48% | 1.5K+ followers | 2022 — "A space for joy, curiosity and the bitter-sweetness of life with a mission to keep wonder alive and kicking."
Half Mystic Journal | Theme : Sevdah → Deadline: Apr 28 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 4% | 6K+ followers | United States | 2015 — "An international, independent, and interdisciplinary literary magazine dedicated to the celebration of music in all its forms."
Prosetrics The Literary Magazine | Theme : Mirage → Deadline: Apr 29 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Multimedia, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 7 days | A: 6% | 1K+ followers | Netherlands | 2022 — "An independent literary magazine that publishes poets, writers, artists, both traditional and digital, and photographers."
fifth wheel press | Theme : brainrot → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 45 days | A: 47.32% | 7K+ followers | United States | 2019 — "An independent community-focused publisher of art and writing by queer, trans, and gender variant creatives."
The Offing | Theme : Back of the Envelope → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Per piece: $25–$100 | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 4.09% | 20K+ followers | United States | 2015 — "An online literary magazine publishing creative writing in all genres and art in all media."
In The Mood Magazine | Theme : Issue 13: TEEN → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes (varies) | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 10 days | A: 20.00% | 3K+ followers | Canada | 2020 — "A pop culture journal about the things we like to watch."
Dipity Lit Mag | Theme : POETRY, MUSIC, SPOKEN WORD, INTERVIEWS → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 34% | 4K+ followers | United States | 2022 — "Dipity focuses on poets from around the world of all ages. We strive to uphold diversity. Our freaking motto is to capture kind moments! We love howling full moon writes! Send your best and declined poetry, prose, and fiction stories! "
Strange Horizons | Theme : AfroSurrealism → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes (varies) | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 77 days | A: 3.87% | 35K+ followers | United States | 2000 — "A weekly magazine of and about speculative fiction. We publish fiction, poetry, reviews, essays, interviews, roundtable discussions, and art."
Amsterdam Quarterly | Theme : Vibration → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | Netherlands | 2011 — "online literary magazine that publishes, promotes, and comments on art and writing in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the world"
The Closed Eye Open | Theme : Ripples on the Pond → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: $4.5 | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid, Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 15 days | A: 44.44% | 900+ followers | United States | 2020 — "We are an art & lit website that explores wide-ranging creative expressions."
Write or Die Magazine | Theme : Threshold Reckoning → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: $3 | Pay: Yes (varies) | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 2% | 30K+ followers | United States | 2018 — "Write or Die Magazine is an inclusive online publication showcasing contemporary works by both emerging and established writers. "
Harbor Review | Theme : (Sub)liminal → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Per piece: $10 | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 31 days | 4K+ followers | United States | 2018 — "Harbor Review is a small online space for poetry and art. We are committed to giving diverse voices a home. New or experienced, we want to hear from you. "
Pornstar Martini Magazine | Theme : Ecosystems → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States — "A quarterly literary publication aimed at showcasing the best boundary-pushing emerging work from young writers."
Blue Crystal Literary Magazine | Theme : Fantasy Poetry & Short Story Challenge: Issue 17 → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 7 days | Under 100 followers | United Kingdom | 2022 — "Blue Crystal Literary Magazine is the dream and vision of young, fresh minds who started this magazine to spread the light of creativity, imagination, and innovation among modern literary enthusiasts. Blue Crystal is the place where we value quality not quantity!"
LONESOME | Theme : Where Have You Been → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: $5 | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1K+ followers | United States | 2023 — "LONESOME is a community-driven, interdisciplinary and intergenerational chronicle of art, poetry, music and culture published by the independent imprint LONESOME PRESS. Our goal is to bring poetry and the creative arts to a broad audience who might not otherwise encounter this vital work."
From the Desk of Amy Suto | Theme : Creative Courage → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $500 | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 50K+ followers | United States | 2021 — "A newsletter community for writers, by a writer. Read articles about being a freelance writer and more!"
Slant'd | Theme : Issue 07 (Lore): Personal Essay → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $100 - $200 | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 14 days | 15K+ followers | United States | 2017 — "Nonprofit indie press reimagining publishing to be accessible, equitable, and joyful for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) everywhere. We're proud to be the home of early bylines for incredibly talented creatives and publish stories that spark curiosity, introspection, and joy. "
Tea-Stained Literary (TSL) | Theme : Issue 01: Inked into Existence → Deadline: Apr 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 14 days | A: 40% | 300+ followers | United Kingdom | 2025 — "Indie, youth-run art and literature magazine, based in the United Kingdom, providing a home for "the musings scrawled onto parchment in dark hours, and the art made with the essence of the soul"."
Troublemaker Firestarter | Theme : Heartbreaker → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia, Fiction, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 15% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2021 — "we're a biannual poetry chapbook specializing in LGBT+ and feminist poetry. 💀🔥"
Snowflake Magazine | Theme : The Bedroom Issue - Multimedia → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 14 days | A: 40% | 2K+ followers | United Kingdom | 2021 — "An LGBTQ+ networking initiative centered around a published creative showcase. Join our community of queer writers, artists and creators!"
Atlantic Northeast | Theme : Northeastern United States and Canada → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 3% | 200+ followers | United States | 2022 — "A literary journal dedicated to exploring and celebrating the best writers, writing, artists, and art of the Northeastern United States and Canada."
orangepeel | Theme : notes on orange → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia, Fiction, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 16% | 4K+ followers | United States | 2021 — "The goal of orangepeel is to give readers something they’ll remember. We all have those sentences we remember when we’re falling asleep, those brushstrokes we can still see in our heads years after viewing them. That’s what the pages of orangepeel are here for."
Heartland Society of Women Writers | Theme : Liminality → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1K+ followers | United States | 2020 — "An inclusive writing community."
So to Speak | Theme : Blog: The Beginnings of Belonging → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: $4 | Pay: $100 | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 150 days | A: 12.82% | 4K+ followers | United States | 1993 — "Intersectional feminist mag publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction & art"
Icebreakers Lit | Theme : Tiny Hauntings → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia, Hybrid, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | 1K+ followers | 2022 — "Collaboration is the heart of Icebreakers Lit. We want to bring writers together. We want connection! All of our calls for submissions – whether chaotic pop-up windows or longer, pre-announced projects – will involve two or more writers creating something together. "
DMQ Review | Theme : Prose Poems → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 40 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 1998 — "disquieting muses quarterly | poetry & art since 1998"
Voices & Visions Journal | Theme : SPRING 2025: STARSTRUCK → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Hybrid, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 45 days | A: 75% | 200+ followers | United States | 2012 — "Voices & Visions Journal publishes creative work by students connected to the Historical Women’s College (HWC) community"
The Goldfish Bowl | Theme : Issue 1: Community Embodied → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 42 days | 100+ followers | United Kingdom | 2024 — "A Leeds-based queer writers magazine"
wildscape. literary journal | Theme : Special Issue #1 - Motherhood & Womanhood → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Multimedia, Poetry, Hybrid, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 21 days | A: 5% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2024 — "A literary & art magazine celebrating poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, & art. equal parts whimsy & chaos. We are not accepting submissions for both Issue 3 and for our first special themed issue (The Power of Womanhood and Motherhood), until May 15th and May 1st, respectively."
HAUNTER Review | Theme : April Issue - "insatiable" → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 15% | 200+ followers | United States | 2023 — "grunge. grotesque. gory. and we're here for it."
Ascendency | Theme : Issue One Fiction: Beginnings, "Firsts", Debuts → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 35 days | A: 80% | Under 100 followers | United States — "A magazine with themed editions, enjoying the bounds of what qualifies as "art". "
Purely Shelved Literary Magazine | Theme : issue 02: Sabr SCRIPT/PLAY → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 14 days | 100+ followers | 2025 — "purely shelved is a muslim creative space and bi-monthly online magazine striving to please Allah. we accept work from ALL muslims, including poetry, prose, narrative nonfiction, and other short-form works listed below on our submission guidelines page. submit to our current issue ⬇"
ObindoMagazine | Theme : Home → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | Under 100 followers | United States — "Where stories find a home. As the name suggests, we are a resting place for stories from far and wide. Our mission is to preserve and celebrate the richness of human experiences, creating a space where the present, past, and future converge."
Lunchbreak Review | Theme : Stain → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 45% | Under 100 followers | United States — "A magazine for the inspiringly ordinary, heartbreakingly domestic, sincerely intimate lunch break poet."
The Panic Room | Theme : Fury (poetry) → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 35 days | 100+ followers | United Kingdom | 2025 — "A poetry and art magazine dedicated to publishing the most profound pieces of work from young people ages 15-24."
Food & Feeling Zine | Theme : Media Submission - Issue II: Cake & Celebration → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes (varies) | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | 200+ followers | Canada | 2024 — "The Food & Feeling Zine is a creative publication that celebrates the powerful connection between food and emotion. Semi-annual zine collects personal essays, poetry, visual art, and stories from diverse contributors, exploring how food nourishes not only our bodies but also our memories, cultures,"
RUNT Magazine | Theme : Issue 02: BREAKING THE SKIN → Deadline: May 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 6 days | A: 28% | 800+ followers | United States — "Visual art and literature. Issue 02 BREAKING THE SKIN open for submissions now. "
Syncopation Literary Journal | Theme : Canadian Poets on Music → Deadline: May 3 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 120 days | 1.5K+ followers | Canada | 2021 — "A free online open-access literary journal for musicians, and for writers inspired by music."
Purely Liminal Magazine | Theme : Issue 6: Nekuia Fiction → Deadline: May 3 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 45 days | A: 8% | 1K+ followers | Canada | 2024 — "Purely Liminal Magazine is a Toronto-based for-youth by-youth print (and online) magazine"
Adi Magazine | Theme : Alternative Political Visions → Deadline: May 4 | Fee: No | Pay: $200–$500 | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 5K+ followers | 2019 — "Adi Magazine is a feminist literary journal of global politics committed to rehumanizing policy."
The Literary Times | Theme : Forbidden → Deadline: May 18 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 29% | 2K+ followers | Pakistan | 2024 — "The Literary Times is an independent literary arts platform that embraces thought-provoking, original, and experimental work that might not find a home elsewhere. "
Boomer Lit Mag | Theme : Resilience → Deadline: Jun 20 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | 100+ followers | United States | 2015 — "While we lean into the experience and lives of Boomers, we happily take any well-written literary prose and poetry. We've published authors from 22 to 94 years old from around the world. "
Wide-Eyed Wanderer Anthology | Theme : Wide-Eyed Wanderer - Fiction → Deadline: Aug 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2014 — "The theme of this anthology is wandering, but the meaning of that word is up for interpretation. Pieces can be about wandering physically through the world, wandering through one’s mind, wandering through life, etc. Show us your most wonderful wanderings! "
TrashLight Press → Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 14 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — "TrashLight is a literary magazine for the feral, the rejected, the brilliantly unpublishable. We light fires with forgotten pages. We take what the others won’t touch. This is your home now."
Modern Love (NYT) | Theme : Modern Love → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $400 | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 1% | Under 100 followers | 2004 — "Modern Love is a weekly column, a book, a podcast and a television show about relationships, feelings, betrayals and revelations. — By The New York Times"
The Cenacle Review | Theme : THE PERSISTENT → Deadline: May 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 28 days | Under 100 followers | United Arab Emirates | 2025 — "WE ARE: an online LITERARY MAGAZINE x ARTS COLLECTIVE seeking something of yours. More specifically: fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and the visual arts."
Bitter Melon Review → Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 7 days | A: 50% | 1.5K+ followers | Canada | 2023 — "bitter melon review is an international literary magazine for emerging and established writers. we publish poetry, prose, non-fiction, short stories and flash fiction."
Lullaby Machine → Closed | Fee: No | Pay: $30 | Publishes Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 21 days | 100+ followers | United States | 2025 — "Lullaby Machine is a digital rest-stop dedicated to the lullaby. Growing from the idea of lullabies as portals into dream and tools for collective care, the site hosts a library of .mp3s and a quarterly e-magazine ft. work on lullaby, rest, dreams, grief, capitalism, ecology, and the internet."
The Turning Leaflets → Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 20% | 2K+ followers | 2025 — "The Turning Leaflets project is a quarterly zine created through collaboration between folks in the writing community and staff at The Turning Leaf Journal. Each Leaflet is an opportunity for us to gather in conversations about craft, the writing life, and spotlight folks we want to learn more from!"
Moirai Magazine → Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 14 days | A: 85% | 100+ followers | United States — "A low-pressure magazine. Prose, poetry, and artwork (photography, paintings, etc.) are accepted. Amateur writers and young writers are welcome! Feedback is always given if it is wanted. Whimsical, creative, and all-encompassing."
haiQu fOO → Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 7 days | A: 20% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2023 — "very specific type of short form poetry that is a sort of haiku flarf"
Arrhythmia Magazine | Theme : REVIVE → Deadline: May 18 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid, Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 42 days | A: 70% | Under 100 followers | Hong Kong SAR China — "Innovative, creative, dedicated to publishing new and experienced talents who make you feel a range of emotions, from surprise to joy to fear to sadness. "
The Roost → | Fee: No | Pay: $35 | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 14 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — "Independent publisher of short story fiction for up-and-coming writers."
The Literary Fantasy Magazine → | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 21 days | A: 42% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2024 — "We are on a quest to find the best Fantasy has to offer. We want stories that challenge our convictions, paint new horizons, and put us in the shoes of someone in a land far, far away—be they glorious hero or humble villager. "
Chicago Review of Books → | Fee: No | Pay: Per piece: $25–$75 | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 1946 — "Dedicated to making the literary conversation more inclusive by covering diverse genres, presses, voices, and mediums; shining a light on Chicago’s literary scene; and serving as a forum for literature in the Midwest."
Volume 0 → Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers — "We believe that there is a power in being exposed to the things that make us uncomfortable. That’s why VOLUME Ø highlights — and yes, celebrates — the sordid, salacious, awkward, and taboo topics that too often don't get talked about."
Outskirts → Deadline: Jun 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 56 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — "Outskirts (n) — The fringes of a place, existing with and pushing against imposed boundaries. "
GQ → Closed | Fee: No | Pay: No | Publishes Fiction, Nonfiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | 1931 — "Men's magazine covering style and culture that has published significant fiction and journalism."
Open: Journal of Arts & Letters → Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia, Hybrid, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 84 days | 6K+ followers | United States | 2017 — "OJAL Art Incorporated (OAI), publishing since 2017 as Open: Journal of Arts & Letters and its imprint Buttonhook Press is a 501c3 nonprofit organization supporting writers and artists worldwide."
Mamalode | Theme : From the Mouth of Babes | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid, Nonfiction, Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers — "Mamalode is a content company. We tell the gutsy, authentic and open first person parenting stories, on platforms ranging from print magazines, digital, social, video, podcasts and live events. "
We'Moon → Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 3K+ followers | United States — "Publishers of We'Moon Astrological datebook, full of magic, inspiration, art & writing by women from all over the world for 40 years."
The Expressionist Literary Magazine → Open | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 10% | 1K+ followers | United States | 2023 — "Our mission is to help everyone express their dreams"
AC|DC Journal → Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 10% | 600+ followers | United States | 2024 — "We publish short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry by a diverse group of LGBTQIA+ voices - virgins, veterans, and everyone in between. "
🌟 Featured: ONLY POEMS $5000 Poet of the Year Prize → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit up to 5-10 pages of poetry | Fee: $18 | Pay: $5,000 | Judges: Editors
“…non-profit literary magazine dedicated to showcasing the talents of emerging and established writers. Our mission is to of the highest quality writing within a wide aesthetic.”
Storm Celler Force Majeure Flash Contest → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit 1–3 flash pieces <1,000 words | Fee: $6–$15 | Pay: $500 | Judge: Editors
Force Majeure: a great and unexpected power. We’re looking for the best small things, any form, any content, any fine and wonderful creation.
Autumn House Nonfiction Prize → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit a nonfiction manuscript ~150–300 double-spaced pages | Fee: $35 | Pay: $2,500 | Judge: May-lee Chai
Autumn House Press is a nationally renowned nonprofit publisher based in Pittsburgh, PA, whose mission is to publish and promote poetry and other fine literature.
The Gournay Nonfiction Book Prize for Essays → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit a project proposal (1–2 pages) and CV | Fee: $25 | Pay: $1,000 | Judges: David Lazar, Patrick Madden, Kristen Elias Rowley
$1000 and publication with Mad Creek Books (an imprint of The Ohio State University Press) will be awarded to one book length collection of essays each year.
Tupelo Press Berkshire Prize → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit a poetry manuscript (~48–88 poems) | Fee: $30 | Pay: $3,000 | Judge: Carolyn Forché
The Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry includes a cash award of $3,000 in addition to publication by Tupelo Press, 20 copies of the winning title, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and promotion.
Ninth Letter Literary Awards → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit up to five poems or a prose piece no longer than 8,000 words | Fee: $20 | Pay: $1,000 | Judges: Derrick Austin, K-Ming Chang, Jane Wong
First prize is $1,000 for each genre (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction), print and web publication, and bragging rights! Every U.S. entrant receives a free, one-year print subscription per submission. International entrants will receive a complimentary copy of the fall/winter issue.
Rattle Ekphrastic Challenge → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit one poem | Fee: Free | Pay: $100 | Judges: Editors
There’s a long tradition of poetry responding to visual art (and vice versa), and we thought it would be fun to post a challenge
Vallum Chapbook Award → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit one chapbook of 15–30 pages | Fee: $25–$30 | Pay: $300 | Judges: Editors
Ideal submissions are well-crafted, fresh and edgy. We are committed to enriching and continuing the tradition of poetry in the present day. We welcome submissions that deepen our understanding of what poetry is and can be. We are open to most styles, whether experimental or traditional – though issues are usually put together with an underlying theme in mind, so not all poetry can be accepted, even if it is genius!
Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit one poetry manuscript, 48–100 pages | Fee: $25 | Pay: $5,000 | Judges: Editors
The University of Pittsburgh Press announces the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize for a first full-length book of poems. Named after the first director of the Press, the prize carries a cash award of $5,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press in the Pitt Poetry Series under its standard royalty contract.
Ghost Peach Press Prize in Poetry → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit one poetry manuscript, 48–90 pages | Fee: $25 | Pay: $1,000 | Judge: Paige Lewis
This contest for a full-length poetry collection is open to any poet writing in English who has not yet published more than one full-length book in poetry (poets with multiple chapbooks are eligible).
Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit 1–3 poems | Fee: $15 | Pay: $1,500 | Judge: Nikky Finney
“…every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome…” —Adrienne Rich
The Iowa Poetry Prize → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit one poetry manuscript, 50–150 words | Fee: $20 | Pay: Publication | Judges: Editors
The Iowa Poetry Prize was first awarded in 1990. Originally called the Edwin Ford Piper Poetry Award, the series was renamed with the 1993 award. Until 2001, the award honored only writers who had already published at least one book of poetry; the award is now open to new writers as well. Books in this series have also won the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America.
Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Book Prize → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit one poetry manuscript, 48–100 pages | Fee: $20 | Pay: $1,000 | Judges: Editors
Sponsored by Inlandia Institute and published by Inlandia Books. The Hillary Gravendyk Prize is an open poetry book competition for all writers regardless of the number of previously published poetry collections.
Peseroff Prize in Poetry → Deadline: Apr 30
Submit up to three poems | Fee: $10 | Pay: $1,000 | Judge: Major Jackson
The Peseroff Prize honors Joyce Peseroff’s work as a poet, teacher, editor, innovator, and mentor. She helped found the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Massachusetts Boston, served as its first director, and retired from teaching in 2014.
Barry Spacks Poetry Prize → Deadline: May 1
Submit a poetry manuscript of 48–100 words | Fee: $30 | Pay: $1,000 | Judges: Editors
The Barry Spacks Poetry Prize honors Santa Barbara’s first Poet Laureate, our beloved friend and teacher, Barry Spacks. The Spacks Prize is awarded annually for a full-length collection of poetry.
Poetry International Prize → Deadline: May 1
Submit up to three poems | Fee: $15 | Pay: $1,500 | Judge: Nikky Finney
Every year, Poetry International gives a prize of $1,000 and publication in Poetry International for a single poem. Editors of Poetry International will judge each submission and a guest judge will choose the winners and finalists from a short list.
Atlanta Review Poetry Contest → Deadline: May 1
Submit up to five poems | Fee: $16 | Pay: $1,000 | Judges: Editors
Atlanta Review publishes all kinds of great poetry; we do not subscribe to any particular "school." We read and admire lyric, narrative, experimental, form, free verse, prose poems, and any other kind of poetry. To get a sense of our journal, read some back issues, or better yet, subscribe.
Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize → Deadline: May 1
Submit one poetry manuscript, 50–70 pages | Fee: $25 | Pay: $1,000 | Judge: Pádraig Ó Tuama
This prize is offered annually to a poet who has not previously published a full-length collection of poems. The prize awards the winner with $2,500 and publication of their first full-length book of poetry by the Kent State University Press. The winner and the competition's judge will give a reading together on the Kent State campus.
The Backwaters Prize in Poetry → Deadline: May 1
Submit one poetry manuscript, 60–85 pages | Fee: $25 | Pay: $3,000 | Judge: Maggie Smith
Both winners will be awarded the publication of their book by the University of Nebraska Press under its imprint, The Backwaters Press.
Noemi Press Book Award → Deadline: May 1
Submit one poetry manuscript, no page limit | Fee: $25 | Pay: $2,000 | Judges: Editors
Poets at any stage in their career may submit a manuscript
Slope Editions 20th Annual Book Prize → Deadline: May 1
Submit one poetry manuscript, 40–90 pages | Fee: $25 | Pay: $1,000 | Judge: Ariana Reines
The winner will be announced in the summer of 2025. Entries will be read blind. Slope values diversity in poetry and we encourage underrepresented poets to submit.
F(r)iction Spring Writing Contest → Deadline: May 2
Submit up to three pages per poem, prose up to 7,500 words | Fee: $10–15 | Pay: $2,100 | Judges: Gaël Le Cornec, K. Iver, Grace Talusan, and Terry J. Benton-Walker
An insider tip for you all: We seek work that actively pushes boundaries, that forces us to question traditions and tastes. If your work takes risks, we want to read it. We like strong narratives that make us feel something and stories we haven’t seen before. To get an idea of the kind of work we look for, please check out this page from our editors detailing what we look for in our submissions.
ABR Elizabeth Jolly Short Story Prize → Deadline: May 5
Submit one short story between 2,000–5,000 words | Fee: $20–$30 | Pay: $12,500 | Judges: Editors
ABR welcomes entries in the 2025 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The Jolley Prize is worth a total of $12,500 and is for an original work of short fiction of between 2,000 and 5,000 words, written in English. This is the sixteenth time the Jolley Prize has run and it is one of the world’s leading prizes for short fiction.
Below, we have a downloadable spreadsheet for this week’s opportunities for paid subscribers.