64 Recently Opened Submission Calls, Upcoming Deadlines, Contests, Theme Calls, and More
Where to Submit This Week (3.10.25)
Another one of those mid-month slumps. Why doesn’t anyone want to open for submissions in mid-March, huh? Probably out enjoying the weather.
Not much news today. Got some events coming up that you can register for here.
And we’ve got an open accountability hour tomorrow at 10 AM. Just some time set aside to submit with friends. Ask questions, do your thing.
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I’m still learning all this events mumbo-jumbo. Anyone ever managed lots of events before that knows a good system? We’re kinda straddled between Tally, Zoom, Google Sheets, and so on. If you’ve got some advice for me, it’d be very welcome. Just shoot me an email ben@chillsubs.com
Cool cool, on to opportunities.
This week, we’ve got:
2 Recently Opened Submission Calls
25 Last Chance to Submit
10 Theme Calls to Inspire You!
20 New Magazines Added to Our Database
5 Lit Mags That Are Always Open for Submissions
2 Contests Closing This Week
And last week, we published:
Submissions Help Line
Q: Am I in the wrong? I sent a poem quite some time ago for submission to an online anthology. The poem was accepted, but during the time between submission and acceptance, I workshopped the poem and made several revisions. I contacted the journal and asked them if they would be open to the new version. I sent it twice, actually, and was open to a yes or a no of the revised version. I never received a response from them. Now, they have set up a release date for the anthology, but still have not responded to me. I don't feel comfortable having this poem included because of their lack of response. I also did revisions, and I like the new version better. I don't want to be a jerk, but I feel like I want to protect myself and my work and that I at least deserved communication from their end. Am I wrong to ask them to withdraw it? Thanks!
A: You’re totally not in the wrong to want to withdraw it over bad communication UNLESS they made you sign some sort of contract (or there was an email agreement or such in this vein) that they don’t accept revisions and you’ve already signed over first-print rights. Sometimes editors can be quite busy, especially close to print runs or releases, but still, responding to contributors is something that should be done. Maybe try one more time and express your concerns sincerely? And perhaps put “URGENT” in the subject line?
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Literary Magazines & Journals
Recently Opened Calls
The Lemonwood Quarterly | Deadline: April 13
Literary magazine that publishes Fiction.
We offer readers exquisite stories and plays that illuminate underexplored regions of the human condition. In particular, we seek fresh and authentic portrayals of individuals that, as a group, hold up half the sky, and yet in popular have often been marginalized into one-dimensional stereotypes.
Fee: $4 | Pay: $200
Accepts simultaneous submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free
Artists from Maryland | Deadline: April 26
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia, Nonfiction.
Artists from Maryland is an archive dedicated to sharing Maryland artists' voices through all genres of writing and art.
Fee: No | Pay: Flat rate: $10–$40
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. You can find them on Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free #two week response time #nominates for industry awards
Last Chance to Submit
Burningword Literary Journal | Deadline: March 10
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2000 that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia.
A quarterly international short-form publication of poetry, short fiction, short nonfiction, and photography.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 10% (reported by editors). You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 1.5K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #brecht top 1000 #clmp member #somewhat competitive #20+ years old
Samjoko Magazine | Deadline: March 10
South Korea-based Literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Nonfiction, Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry.
fiction, poetry, non-fiction, articles, plays, screenplays, photography & art
Fee: No | Pay: Flat rate: $20
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 4.17% based on 48 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #somewhat accessible
The Fringe 999 Poetry Forum | Deadline: March 11
United States-based Literary magazine that publishes Poetry.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 50% (reported by editors). You can find them on Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards
Southern Humanities Review | Deadline: March 14
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 1967 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction.
Southern Humanities Review is the literary quarterly housed in the Department of English at Auburn University. Founded in 1967, SHR publishes fiction, poetry, and essays.
Fee: $3 | Pay: Per piece: $25
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 3% (reported by editors). You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 8K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #nominates for industry awards #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #clmp member #highly competitive #krouse top 500 #50+ years old #extra popular
TYPO Journal | Deadline: March 14
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Hybrid, Nonfiction, Multimedia.
Journal of Lettrism, Surrealist Semantics, & Constrained Design.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Does not accept simultaneous submissions. You can find them on Instagram.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #two week response time
Primer | Deadline: March 14
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2025 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction.
A magazine that hands you a drink, introduces you to new people, and engages you in bold conversations and fascinating stories.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. You can find them on Instagram.
Noteworthy: #has print issues
Watershed Review | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 1977 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia.
Our mission is to publish literature and visual art illustrating diversity in thought and experience, capturing the crucial narratives and images of our current cultural moment, as well as awareness of the shifting edges of genre.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions Acceptance rate of 30.00% based on 21 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 1.5K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #university affiliated #30+ years old
Susurrus | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia.
An online literary arts magazine for artists from the American South
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 21.11% based on 56 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 2K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards
Sunspot Lit | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2019 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia.
Since launching in January of 2019, Sunspot Literary Journal has amplified diverse multinational voices. New works have been published in their original language side-by-side with English translations.
Fee: $5 | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 6% (reported by editors). You can find them on X where they have 3K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #very competitive
Jet Fuel Review | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2011 that publishes Poetry, Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction.
Through Lewis University, Jet Fuel Review is run by students and faculty advisers Dr. Simone Muench and Dr. Jackie White. Though this journal is run by students and faculty at Lewis University, a university nestled in the Midwest, we hope to reach people thousands of miles from our verdant campus by being entirely online.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 9.95% based on 88 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 4K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #somewhat competitive #engaged editors #extra popular
Gulf Stream Magazine | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 1989 that publishes Nonfiction, Hybrid, Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia.
Gulf Stream Magazine champions vibrant and eclectic literature and art. Based in Miami, Florida, we publish emerging and established writers from the USA and beyond.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 11.76% based on 46 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 3K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time #highly competitive #30+ years old #popular
Iron Horse Review | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 1999 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
In 1999, Texas Tech University founded Iron Horse Literary Review in order to bring the literary arts to West Texas, which did not have a national print venue for the literary arts.
Fee: $3 | Pay: Flat rate: $100
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 11.11% based on 25 tracked submissions. You can find them on X where they have 3K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #university affiliated #20+ years old #extra popular
Tupelo Quarterly | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2013 that publishes Nonfiction, Multimedia, Hybrid, Fiction, Poetry.
Literary journal. Discovering luminous writers, cultivating a generous artistic community, celebrating risk, presuming abundance.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 6.81% based on 108 tracked submissions. You can find them on X where they have 800+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #poetry prize winner
The Dawn Review | Deadline: March 15
Literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Multimedia.
The Dawn Review is an international literary magazine publishing two issues annually, featuring poetry, prose, art, and hybrid submissions from emerging and established writers and artists. We nominate work for the Pushcart Prizes and Best of the Net.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 3% (reported by editors). You can find them on X where they have 2K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards #highly competitive
50-Word Stories | Deadline: March 15
Canada-based Literary magazine founded in 2009 that publishes Fiction.
Brand new bite-sized fiction every weekday!
Fee: No | Pay: No
Does not accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 59.26% based on 37 tracked submissions. You can find them on X where they have 1K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time #very accessible #10+ years old
Southampton Review | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2007 that publishes Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
The Southampton Review has been publishing compelling writing and art since 2007.
Fee: $3 | Pay: $100 - $200
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 1% (reported by editors). You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 4K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #somewhat competitive #fiction prize winner #krouse top 500 #nonfiction prize winner #popular
Barely South Review | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 1983 that publishes Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry.
Barely South Review began as The Dominion Review, an annual student literary journal housed at Old Dominion University in 1983. In 2008, the journal relaunched under the name Barely South Review as an online biannual publication staffed by students of the MFA program.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 6.32% based on 137 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 4K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #highly competitive #30+ years old #extra popular
Harpur Palate Literary Journal | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2001 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction.
Literary journal run by Binghamton University graduate students.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 19.05% based on 39 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #nominates for industry awards #university affiliated #highly competitive #20+ years old
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2019 that publishes Fiction, Multimedia, Poetry.
a quarterly ezine dedicated to publishing heroic fantasy — in both prose and poetry
Fee: No | Pay: No
Does not accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 4.88% based on 41 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #very competitive #10+ years old
Flights e-Journal | Deadline: March 15
United Kingdom-based Literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry.
Spread the words… poetry, flash fiction, prose
Fee: No | Pay: No
Does not accept simultaneous submissions. Accepts some reprints.
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards
phoebe | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 1971 that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia.
phoebe prides itself on supporting up-and-coming writers, whose style, form, voice, and subject matter demonstrate a vigorous appeal to the senses, intellect, and emotions of our readers.
Fee: $7 | Pay: Flat rate: $30
Accepts simultaneous submissions Acceptance rate of 2.95% based on 117 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 10K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #nominates for industry awards #brecht top 1000 #clmp member #highly competitive #krouse top 500 #50+ years old #super extra popular
the minnesota review | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 1960 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction.
Publishing contemporary poetry and fiction as well as reviews, critical commentary, and interviews of leading intellectual figures, the minnesota review curates smart, accessible collections of progressive new work.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 3.71% based on 195 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 10K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #extremely competitive #50+ years old #mega super popular. woah.
All Existing Literary Magazine | Deadline: March 15
Canada-based Literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia.
A literary magazine dedicated to the strange and beautiful. Think: secrets in exchange for stories, children born as bears, houses that come to life at night, singing love songs to the earth, praying to Birds instead of Gods.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 48.48% based on 47 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards
The Road Not Taken: A Journal of Formal Poetry | Deadline: March 15
Literary magazine that publishes Poetry.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Does not accept simultaneous submissions.
The Rumpus | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2009 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
A place to read, on the Internet. A literary community.
Fee: No | Pay: Flat rate: $50
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 4.54% based on 495 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 100K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards #brecht top 1000 #clmp member # good vibes #highly competitive #supportive community #10+ years old #mega super popular. woah.
Philly Poetry Chapbook Review | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Nonfiction, Poetry.
Philly Poetry Chapbook Review (PCR) is an online literary journal dedicated to chapbooks, specifically poetry. We publish poetry chapbook reviews, original poetry, and author features. We also feature monthly poem excerpts.
Fee: No | Pay: Flat rate: $10
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 10% (reported by editors). You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 400+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #one week response time #nominates for industry awards
The Hemlock Journal | Deadline: March 15
India-based Literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Hybrid, Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia.
A literary journal based in India, publishing writers from around the globe.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 30% (reported by editors). You can find them on Instagram where they have 400+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time
infinite↓scroll | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
embrace the tiny! infinite↓scroll accepts poetry and prose of 50 words or less.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Does not accept simultaneous submissions.
Bluebird's Scribe Review | Deadline: March 15
Literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Are you a wordsmith with passion for storytelling? Do you have a voice that yearns to be heard? Look no further! Our literary journal is dedicated to showcasing the best in poetry, short fiction, essays, and reviews.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Does not accept simultaneous submissions.
Asterales: A Journal of Art & Letters | Deadline: March 15
Literary magazine that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction.
A quarterly online journal that will publish 5 poems, two pieces of prose, and art in each issue. Looking for work that blooms - many-petaled and reaching for the sun,
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 100+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free
The Velvet Quarterly | Deadline: March 15
Literary magazine that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia.
A youth-centric (though anyone can apply) literary magazine that aims to publish diverse writing styles & pieces.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. You can find them on X and Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free
Knee Brace Press | Deadline: March 15
Literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia.
A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 500+ followers.
Three Decker | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2025 that publishes Poetry.
Three Decker is a bi-annual literary journal for poets and writers living, working, or attending school in Worcester, MA.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. You can find them on Instagram where they have 700+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues
Gulf Stream Magazine | Deadline: March 15
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 1989 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Nonfiction, Multimedia.
Gulf Stream Magazine publishes fiction, poetry, CNF, hybrid works, translations, book reviews & visual art from both emerging and established writers and artists. We love a wide range of genres and styles, especially writing that is innovative in form and progressive in content.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 7% (reported by editors). You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 3K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards #highly competitive #30+ years old #popular
Common House Magazine | Deadline: March 16
Canada-based Literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Multimedia, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Poetry, Fiction.
The University of Ottawa’s online literary magazine.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 800+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free
Theme Calls to Inspire You!
Vellichor Literary | Deadline: March 11 | Theme: Issue 04: Lacrimosa
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Hybrid, Nonfiction.
Vellichor Literary is an indie press that publishes the literature and artwork of brewing creatives. From poetry to verfabula, we crave the conceptions of your fever dreams and explorations into the modern psyche. Stay for coffee?
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 7% (reported by editors). You can find them on Instagram where they have 20K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free
Thread | Deadline: March 12 | Theme: Stasis
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction.
Size matters. An alternative literary magazine in the poem and micro prose space.
Fee: No | Pay: Per piece: $85
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 3% (reported by editors). You can find them on Instagram where they have 4K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards
Camas Magazine | Deadline: March 14 | Theme: Animacy
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 1992 that publishes Nonfiction, Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry.
Camas cultivates a community of writers and artists dedicated to land health and cultural resilience in the American West. We pursue fresh ideas and perspectives while remaining rooted in the West's landscapes and traditions of art and literature.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 7.69% based on 31 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 1K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #somewhat accessible #30+ years old
West Trade Review | Deadline: March 15 | Theme: A Brand New Word in the End Drops Out: Personal Stories of Mental Health and Mental Wellness
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2009 that publishes Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction.
We accept fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and novel excerpts (especially looking for more of those). We have no fees during our regular reading period, April-December. Our aesthetic drive is in pursuit of work that is Fearless, Crafted, Impassioned (that's our motto!)
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 2% (reported by editors). You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 8K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #nominates for industry awards #brecht top 1000 #clmp member # good vibes # beautiful design #highly competitive #engaged editors #30+ years old
coalitionworks | Deadline: March 15 | Theme: Joyfully Absurd / Digital Narrative / The Laughter of Liberation
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia.
reconcile the absurd. audio and literary works.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 40% (reported by editors). You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 1K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #two week response time # good vibes #somewhat accessible #engaged editors
Metphrastics | Deadline: March 15 | Theme: Mother & Child at the Met Museum
United States-based Literary magazine that publishes Poetry.
online ekphrastic poetry about the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 1% (reported by editors). You can find them on Instagram where they have 600+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free
Arkana | Deadline: March 16 | Theme: Hybrid Issue
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2016 that publishes Nonfiction, Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry.
Arkana is the online lit mag of the Arkansas Writers MFA Program. We publish writing and art that makes visible the marginalized, overlooked, and silent.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions Acceptance rate of 8.39% based on 89 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 900+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #university affiliated
The Quarter(ly) | Deadline: March 16 | Theme: This is Where We are Now
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2016 that publishes Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia, Hybrid.
A Literary Journal with Some Art, Comics, and Analysis Thrown in for Good Measure. We want to offer a space for shorter works to mingle with art and other bits of nonsense, so we bring you The Quarter(ly): It just makes cents.
Fee: No | Pay: Per piece: $5
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 13.44% based on 132 tracked submissions. You can find them on Instagram where they have 10K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #has print issues
Epistemic Literary | Deadline: March 31 | Theme: Resistance
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia.
Epistemic Literary is a fully-digital anthology series celebrating knowledge, connection, and growth through poetry and short fiction.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 10% (reported by editors). You can find them on X where they have 2K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards
Peninsula Arts Magazine | Deadline: May 18 | Theme: Spring in Michigan
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Multimedia.
Publishing literary and visual arts focused on themes of Michigan's nature, the outdoors, and the environment. Print and online.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 60% (reported by editors). You can find them on Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues
New Friends!
Arrival Magazine | Deadline: March 28 | Theme: Explore
Canada-based Literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia.
Publishing fresh voices and visions, Arrival is a new online literary magazine led by a collective of students in Humber College’s Bachelor of Creative and Professional Writing program.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. You can find them on Instagram where they have 100+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free
Feminist Spaces | Deadline: April 1 | Theme: The Censorship Issue
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2014 that publishes Hybrid.
Feminist Spaces is an international journal of women's, gender, and sexuality studies that invites students, faculty, artists, activists, and independent scholars from institutions worldwide to submit formal essays, creative writing, and multimodal artistic pieces per our annual Call for Works.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. You can find them on Instagram where they have 600+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time
The Lemonwood Quarterly | Deadline: April 13
Literary magazine that publishes Fiction.
We offer readers exquisite stories and plays that illuminate underexplored regions of the human condition. In particular, we seek fresh and authentic portrayals of individuals that, as a group, hold up half the sky, and yet in popular have often been marginalized into one-dimensional stereotypes.
Fee: $4 | Pay: $200
Accepts simultaneous submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free
The Haiku Shack Magazine | Deadline: April 30 | Theme: The Little Things
Canada-based Literary magazine founded in 2025 that publishes Fiction, Poetry.
The Haiku Shack Magazine, a new digital publication, focuses on very short poetry and microfiction that seek to make an emotional impact. Every issue is inspired by a specific theme and photograph. Writers are invited to send their own interpretations of one or both for potential inclusion.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Does not accept simultaneous submissions. Accepts some reprints.
Noteworthy: #read for free #two week response time
Doric Literary | Open for submissions
Canada-based Literary magazine founded in 2025 that publishes Fiction.
An online journal publishing classically inspired short stories. Now open for fiction submissions of 1000-8000 words. Reprints accepted. No submission fee.
Fee: No | Pay: $10
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 4% (reported by editors). You can find them on X where they have 600+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards
The Saartjie Journal | Open for submissions
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2025 that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia.
The Saartjie Journal is an online art and literary publication highlighting the works of black women writers and artists. We publish prose, poetry and visual art by black women creatives of all backgrounds.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Does not accept simultaneous submissions. Accepts some reprints. You can find them on Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free #two week response time
Ecoliminal | Open for submissions | Theme: TRANSITIONS
Literary magazine founded in 2025 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid.
A digital space that explores nature, justice, and the power of storytelling.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. You can find them on Instagram where they have 100+ followers.
Apus | Open for submissions
United States-based Literary magazine that publishes Hybrid.
A bilingual literary magazine that collects diasporic artwork and writing in Chinese and English. The annual print and digital publication welcomes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, essays, visual arts, and creative works that blend genres.
Fee: No | Pay: Per word: $0.01
Does not accept simultaneous submissions. Accepts some reprints. You can find them on Instagram where they have 200+ followers.
Noteworthy: #has print issues
The Fountain Pen | Open for submissions
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid.
The Fountain Pen is a student-run creative writing magazine featuring any and all forms of creative writing. We encourage you to submit your work!
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 99% (reported by editors). You can find them on Instagram.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Reverb | Deadline: April 6 | Theme: Issue 01: The Inheritance Issue
United Kingdom-based Literary magazine founded in 2025 that publishes Fiction.
At Reverb we’re interested in reading and publishing contemporary short fiction and prose that is fresh and playful. Send us the thing you wouldn’t send to anyone else - magical realism, prose that plays with form, inventive flash fiction, a shopping list...
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. You can find them on Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time
Writers For A Cause Literary Magazine | Closed
Literary magazine that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction.
ISSUE 1: PROUD OF US releasing soon
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 71% (reported by editors). You can find them on Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free #one week response time
INTERWEAVED Magazine | Deadline: April 1 | Theme: Volume I Issue I: Spring: DEATH AND REBIRTH
Trinidad & Tobago-based Literary magazine founded in 2025 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia.
An Independent, online, quarterly & themed Not-for-Profit Magazine that invites writers and artists on all walks of creativity and intellectualism, to submit their most indelible, incandescent & igniting Literature and Art.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Does not accept simultaneous submissions Acceptance rate of 65% (reported by editors).
You can find them on Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time
The Swine | Open for submissions
United Kingdom-based Literary magazine founded in 2025 that publishes Poetry.
A new online poetry zine based in Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 50% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time
The Carmine Press | Open for submissions
India-based Literary magazine that publishes Multimedia.
The Carmine Press is not just a magazine; it is a space where scarlet spills from restless minds and words ignite like wildfire. Built by youth, for youth; we shun the brittle constraints of convention, embracing words and art in their rawest, most electrifying form.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 25% (reported by editors). You can find them on Instagram where they have 100+ followers.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Persimmon Review | Open for submissions | Theme: Issue 06: "Intersections"
Literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia.
A magazine for emerging artists and writers
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. You can find them on Instagram where they have 1.5K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time
FUSE CCNY Interfaith Teen Voices Magazine | Open for submissions
United States-based Literary magazine that publishes Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia.
Our youth are working on a new publication, inviting art and creative writing submissions that explore spirituality, belief systems and big questions. Your perspective matters! Children & Youth of all ages can be part of the project.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 0% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #one week response time
Sticker Door Magazine | Open for submissions
Literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction.
baby's first literary magazine.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. You can find them on X and Instagram.
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time
Opposite of Nihilism | Open for submissions | Theme: Opposite of Nihilism
Literary magazine founded in 2025 that publishes Nonfiction.
Weekly newsletter covering the topic in the name. Think “Modern Love” but the subject is how to keep believing in ourselves and in a world of possibility when nihilism beckons and the future feels increasingly foreclosed. Op-Ed length writing about the things that keep us going. Launches March 9
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions
Noteworthy: #read for free
The Roaring Economist | Open for submissions
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Fiction.
The Roaring Economist is a private social community and boutique publication that releases curated collections of high-quality articles, essays, and creative works exploring contemporary issues, insights, and groundbreaking ideas.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Does not accept simultaneous submissions. You can find them on Instagram where they have 100+ followers.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Writer Girlies Magazine | Closed
Literary magazine that publishes Hybrid.
Writer Girlies Magazine is a literary zine looking to publish your work, from poetry to artwork and everything in between!
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 100% (reported by editors). You can find them on Instagram where they have 800+ followers.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Always Open
Pinhole Poetry | Open for submissions
Canada-based Literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Multimedia, Poetry.
A digital poetry journal that loves the upside-down view and the fact that some art can only happen in the dark. We aim to be the pinprick of light for your work. We publish poems and lensless photography on a quarterly schedule in April, July, October and January.
Fee: No | Pay: Flat rate: CA$5
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 8% (reported by editors).
You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 2K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards #somewhat accessible #consistent quality
Vast Chasm Magazine | Open for submissions
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia, Hybrid, Poetry.
We wanted to make a space that feels like a place—one where people can come together, share words, and seek knownness. Here, we gather to shine a light into the vast chasm of human experience.
Fee: No | Pay: Flat rate: $50
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 3.81% based on 178 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 2K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards #popular
Four Way Review | Open for submissions
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2012 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction.
An online, triannual electronic journal from non-profit, independent press Four Way Books. In addition to our three yearly issues, we post new poems, stories, or interviews each month.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 7.73% based on 63 tracked submissions. You can find them on X where they have 3K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #independent #poetry prize winner #extra popular
JAKE | Open for submissions
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry.
JAKE is the king of bad taste, of broken forms, and broken rules. JAKE wants all of the shade of the bigger, badder mags, and he wants your funniest, strangest, or boldest words. JAKE is here to play without rules.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Acceptance rate of 36.49% based on 220 tracked submissions. You can find them on X and Instagram where they have 3K+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards # fosters inclusivity # consistent quality #engaged editors #popular
Soapberry Review | Open for submissions
United States-based Literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Nonfiction.
Soapberry Review is a journal for reviews and criticism of Asian American literature.
Fee: No | Pay: No
Accepts simultaneous submissions. You can find them on X where they have 400+ followers.
Noteworthy: #read for free #one week response time
Contests Closing This Week
The Washington Prize | Deadline: March 15
Awarded annually to a living American or Canadian poet, is $1,500 and book publication for a manuscript of original poetry in English. Poets at any stage in their career may submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages.
Fee: $25 | Pay: $1,500 | Judge: Five judges spend an entire day discussing the finalists until a consensus is achieved. Should any judge recognize a finalist manuscript, they recuse themselves from discussion of that book and, if necessary, the final decision.
The Robinson Jeffers Tor House Prize for Poetry | Deadline: March 15
Each poem should be typed on 8 1/2 in. by 11 in. paper, no longer than three pages. Mailed subs only.
Fee: $10 | Pay: $1,000 | Judge: Alicia Ostriker
Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award | Deadline: March 15
This competition is open to African American poets only. If you have already had a book published by Lotus Press or Broadside Press, you are ineligible. However, inclusion in a Lotus Press or Broadside Press anthology does not disqualify you.
Fee: Free | Pay: $500 | Judge: Editors
Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction | Deadline: March 15
Submit 3 pieces of flash fiction of up to 1,500 words each OR a story of up to 4,000 words. All entries will be considered for publication in the journal.
Fee: $15 | Pay: $1,000 | Judge: Laura Chow Reeve
49th Parallel Award for Poetry | Deadline: March 15
Submit 1-3 poems. All entries will be considered for publication in the journal.
Fee: $15 | Pay: $1,000 | Judge: Gabrielle Bates
Annie Dillard Award for CNF | Deadline: March 15
Submit 3 pieces of flash nonfiction of up to 1,500 words each OR an essay of up to 4,000 words. All entries will be considered for publication in the journal.
Fee: $15 | Pay: $1,000 | Judge: Lilly Dancyger
Prairie Schooner Raz-Shumaker Book Prize | Deadline: March 15
The fiction prize is for a short story collection, and manuscripts should be at least 150 pages long. Novels are not considered; one novella along with short stories will be considered as a collection, but single novellas or a collection of novellas are not eligible.
The poetry prize is for a collection of poems, and manuscripts should be at least 50 pages long.
Fee: $25 | Pay: $3,000 | Judge: Editors
Tomaž Šalamun Prize Prize | Deadline: March 15
The Tomaž Šalamun Prize is open to poets at any stage of their career. Previous publication is neither a requirement nor a restriction. You can enter if you've published zero books or 100 books.
Send a chapbook of 20-28 pages (total length including title page, optional table of contents, optional acknowledgments/notes).
Fee: $13-$17 | Pay: $1,000 + chapbook published by Factory Hollow Press + one-month residency in Ljubljana, Slovenia | Judge: Graham Foust
Below, we have a downloadable spreadsheet for this week’s opportunities for paid subscribers.