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Where to Submit This Week

65 Recently Opened Submission Calls, Upcoming Deadlines, and More

Where to Submit This Week (6.23.25) | Plus handpicked favorite calls for paid subscribers!

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Where to Submit is free. Paid subscribers get access to a fully customizable spreadsheet to download, plus a curated list of 5–10 Favorite Calls featuring handpicked submission opportunities, with pro-tips to make your submission shine. You can find a preview of what that looks like here.


Happy and hopefully non-groggy Monday, friends!

You’ll notice today that there are no Contests and Theme Calls. That’s because we’ll be sending out those calls separately to give a more readable experience so, you know, you’re not totally overwhelmed by the sheer amount of submission opportunities in just one newsletter.

We also have an awesome event coming up this Wednesday for anyone who wants an agent/editor to fall in love with them their work!

Justine Payton
will lead Get that Yes! Book Proposals to Hook Agents & Editors Wed, Jun 25 between 6–7:30 PM EST. Last chance to register now! ⬇️

Register here →


→ Have a question about the writing or publishing world? Join our susbcriber chat & ask away + hang out with a community of other active submitters!


Last week, we published →

On the Business of Being a Writer with National Book Award Winner Jason Mott

On the Business of Being a Writer with National Book Award Winner Jason Mott

Justine Payton
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Jun 17
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20 Agents Open for Queries Right Now

20 Agents Open for Queries Right Now

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso and lindsey peters berg
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Jun 18
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80 Regional and Local Lit Mags to Submit to and 5 Prompts to Get You Started

80 Regional and Local Lit Mags to Submit to and 5 Prompts to Get You Started

Bea Becker
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Jun 19
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68 Writing Jobs, Internships, Lit Mag Opps, Fellowships, Pitch Calls, and More

68 Writing Jobs, Internships, Lit Mag Opps, Fellowships, Pitch Calls, and More

rachael vaughan clemmons
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Jun 20
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  • Dan Schiff: I published my first-ever piece of fiction, thanks to Chill Subs/Sub Club! My short story, "Untitled (for Brigid)," appears in the new volume of The Broken Teacup.

  • B. B. Garin: My short story "After the End" about a couple struggling with dementia in a post-apocalyptic world was published in Lunch Ticket!

  • Ian R. Villmore: My short story "Renewing a Compact" won the 2025 Spring Microfiction Contest at Writing Battle!

  • Ally Okun: My essay, "Venus in the Ninth House," was published in The Broken Teacup Vol. 4 today.

  • Jude (they/them): My satirical paper on academic tenure was published in the Journal of Astrological Big Data Ecology - submitted just last week based on your WTS recommendation.

  • Alphabetist: I have a short story in the Spring 2025 issue of the Lemonwood Quarterly. I learned about this zine from Chill Subs!

  • Colleen S. Harris: My chapbook Toothache in the Bone was just published by boats against the current!

  • Kate Levin: My nonfiction piece about parenting got published in Rockvale Review.

  • Eric Lande: My debut novel, “Aaron’s Odyssey”, a gay-romantic-psychological thriller, has recently been published in London by Blue Crystal (available on Amazon), and “To Have It All”, a psychotic thriller, has been accepted to be published this year.

  • Jaime Gill: My interactive alcoholism story The Drinking Game won the Subnivean Fiction Award and got published. I first discovered Subnivean on Chill Subs.

  • Julie Zuckerman: My story, Baby Face, was published by Eleventh Hour Literary (which I heard about through Sub Club)!

  • The Frivolity Review: My fiction piece "Intimacy Issues" was selected as the May story on the Short Story Substack (which I learned about through Chillsubs)!!

  • Dispatches from Woodsong: My article about side-hustling was published in Business Insider!

  • Sara Winslow: My story, Blossom, was published in JAKE.

  • Dawn Macdonald: My poetry collection Northerny won the 2025 Canadian First Book Prize


NOTE: We’ll be shifting this section to our Chat from next week. You can still drop a quick one-line comment about a piece you’ve had published in the past week or two but keep an eye out for regular share threads in the Chat!

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This week, we’ve got →

  • 3 Recently Opened Submission Calls

  • 57 Last Chance to Submit

  • 5 Lit Mags That Are Always Open for Submissions

  • 5 Favorite Opportunities, Handpicked with Love!


🔑 Quick key:

  • A - Acceptance rate

  • R - Response time |

  • ☑︎ - Yes

  • ✖️ - No

For even more details, click on a lit mag’s name to be redirected to their Chill Subs listing page or sign up for a paid subscription to download the spreadsheet.


DISCLAIMER: We take great pains to ensure our data is accurate. However, depending on when you see this, some mags might have closed—especially if they have submission caps!



Liebestraum Review → Deadline: Jul 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 21 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — "Liebestraum Review is an online international magazine featuring poetry, prose, art, and music compositions submissions from emerging and established writers, artists, and composers."

L'Esprit Literary Review → Deadline: Aug 3 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $10 flat or $10 | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 3% | 1.5K+ followers | United States | 2022 — "We publish consciousness-forward fiction and thought. Send us short stories, creative non-fiction, critical essays, autotheory, and novel extracts in the revolutionary spirit of High Modernism. We want the most fearless, risk-adept writing we can find."

Ponder Review → Deadline: Dec 16 | Fee: $2 | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid, Multimedia, Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 9% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2016 — "We're published by the low-res MFA in Creative Writing at Mississippi U. for Women and include fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, drama, art, and new media."



Barrelhouse → Deadline: Jun 23 | Fee: No | Pay: $50 flat | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 1% | 20K+ followers | United States | 2004 — "Barrelhouse is an independent non-profit literary organization. We are not affiliated with a university or writing program."

Fourteen Hills → Deadline: Jun 23 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $20/piece | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 240 days | A: 3.04% | 7K+ followers | United States | 1994 — "Since its inception in 1994, Fourteen Hills has contributed to a vibrant literary tradition on the West Coast centered in the San Francisco Bay Area. As an international literary magazine, Fourteen Hills has developed a reading audience that goes beyond the San Francisco Bay Area to the international community."

Hare's Paw Literary Journal → Deadline: Jun 24 | Fee: $5 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ 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"

Cicada → Deadline: Jun 25 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 28 days | A: 80% | Under 100 followers | Canada | 2025 — "We’re calling on young writers, artists, and creatives to share their work with Cicada, a youth-led literary magazine focused on nature, conservation, and storytelling for our first issue! 🌿"

The Ghastling Magazine → Deadline: Jun 29 | Fee: No | Pay: $15 flat | Open for Multimedia, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | 6K+ followers | United Kingdom | 2014 — "The Ghastling is a biannual magazine publishing literary fiction and illustration devoted to psychological horror, folk horror, ghost stories and the macabre. "

Thimble → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 75 days | A: 10.91% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2018 — "THE THIMBLE LITERARY MAGAZINE IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT POETRY IS LIKE ARMOR. LIKE A THIMBLE, IT MAY BE SMALL AND SEEM INSIGNIFICANT, BUT IT WILL PROTECT US WHEN WE ARE MOST VULNERABLE."

Granta → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $3.5 flat | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 77 days | 300K+ followers | United Kingdom | 1889 — "We discover and publish the best in new literary fiction, memoir, reportage and poetry from around the world."

Poet Lore → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $50/piece | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 4.19% | 7K+ followers | United States | 1889 — "America's oldest poetry magazine, publishing in print since 1889. Poet Lore is a biannual print journal of poetry, featuring the finest in contemporary writing. We love featuring poems that broaden the spectrum of what poetry is – and can be – on the page."

Black Moon Magazine → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 50.00% | 600+ followers | United States | 2021 — "Black Moon Magazine dedicates itself to the discovered intersections of mixed-medium, art, and diversity. Our editors regard the culpability and duty of narrative, whether narrative casts light on world terrors or spotlights the beauty of being."

Allegory Magazine → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $15 flat | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 4.00% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2006 — "Allegory is a biannual online publication of fiction and non-fiction. "

The Deadlands → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $0.1/word | Open for Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 14 days | A: 1.99% | 6K+ followers | United States | 2021 — "A monthly speculative fiction magazine. We publish short stories, poems, and essays about the other realms, of the ends we face here, and the beginnings we find elsewhere."

SmokeLong Quarterly → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: Some | Pay: $100 - $200/piece | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 21 days | A: 0% | 30K+ followers | United States | 2003 — "We are dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web quarterly, whether written by widely published authors or those new to the craft. We pay $100 or $150 with audio. "

Red Ogre Review → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 5% | 3K+ followers | United Kingdom | 2021 — "An online magazine started by graduates of Lancaster University's 2021 creative writing Master's class (United Kingdom). We're primarily interested in poetry. We also accept visual art and music submissions."

Aôthen Magazine → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $10 flat | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 21 days | A: 10% | 4K+ followers | United Kingdom | 2022 — "A magazine dedicated to all kinds of classics inspired content! We also publish nonfiction regarding ancient history/archaeology (not just classics) on Columns, our online publication."

The Plentitudes → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: $5 | Pay: $50 flat | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 96 days | A: 4.00% | 6K+ followers | United States | 2020 — "A quarterly international literary journal showcasing captivating short stories, personal essays, and poetry from diverse voices."

The Paris Review → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | 1M+ followers | United States | 1953 — "Quarterly literary magazine founded in 1953"

Black Stone / White Stone - A Deep Dive Zine → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $10 flat | Open for Poetry, Multimedia, Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 7 days | A: 9.09% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2022 — "Our name comes from the Cesar Vallejo poem and we want to honor it through surreal and experimental poems. We are a deep dive zine. Each issue we will take a deep dive into one poet who expresses a need to explore & hammer away at what it means to exist."

Gasher Journal → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: $6 | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid, Multimedia, Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 1% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2018 — "A literary and visual art journal and chapbook press. We want art that guts us with surgical precision. Make everything useful."

Sweet: A Literary Confection → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 57 days | A: 7.89% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2008 — "Sweet is an online literary magazine that publishes poetry, creative nonfiction, and graphic nonfiction weekly throughout the year."

Pleiades Magazine → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 10.34% | 6K+ followers | United States | 1981 — "A literary biannual featuring poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews by authors from around the world."

Sunspot Lit → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 6% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2019 — "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."

Haven Speculative → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $0.08/word or $20/piece | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ 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. "

Jewish Currents → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 90K+ followers | United States | 1946 — "a magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left, and the left more broadly"

Chapter House Journal → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 57 days | A: 17.65% | 200+ followers | United States — "Chapter House Journal promotes the ideals and vision of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Low Residency MFA Program"

Fiery Scribe Review → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $10/piece | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Hybrid, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 62 days | A: 5% | 3K+ followers | Nigeria | 2021 — "Fiery Scribe Review is a global triannual journal glorifying unusual & thought-provoking literature / Pays $10 / Accepts less than 5% "

Midnight Echo → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $20 - $50/piece or $0.05/word | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1K+ followers | Australia | 2005 — "the magazine of the Australasian Horror Writers Association"

Lovecraftiana → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 7 days | Under 100 followers | United Kingdom — "a quarterly publication available from Rogue Planet Press"

Schlock! Webzine → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 7 days | 1K+ followers | United Kingdom | 2011 — "Schlock! is a weekly webzine dedicated to short stories, flash fiction, novels and novellas within the genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror. "

THINK: A Journal of Poetry, Fiction, and Essays → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 4.55% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2008 — "An independently owned journal under the leadership of Executive Editor Brian Palmer, who collaborates with a staff of dedicated and discerning editors. All involved volunteer their time and efforts."

Prime Number Magazine → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 61 days | A: 3.58% | 4K+ followers | United States | 2010 — "Publisher of exceptional short fiction and poetry collections. Literate Yourself!"

Ricepaper Magazine → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 6K+ followers | Canada | 1994 — "Ricepaper Magazine is a Vancouver-based Canadian magazine which has showcased Asian Canadian literature, culture, and the arts since 1994."

The Coil → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 600+ followers | United States — "We love science, history, homebound roots, rural landscapes, sense of place..."

Toasted Cheese Literary Journal → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 150 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2001 — "Toasted Cheese publishes poetry, flash*, fiction, creative nonfiction, and reviews."

Santa Barbara Literary Journal → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 42 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2018 — "A biannual print journal featuring fiction, poetry, lyrics, and interviews."

The Hudson Review → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 32% | 3K+ followers | United States | 1948 — "The Hudson Review is a quarterly magazine of literature and the arts published in New York City. Since its beginning, the magazine has dealt with the area where literature bears on the intellectual life of the time and on diverse aspects of American culture. "

Last Stanza Poetry Journal → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 8 days | A: 20.00% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2020 — "Last Stanza Poetry Journal is published worldwide in ebook, hardcover, and softcover, available from these sites and others: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Book Depository, Blackwell, Powell's. "

London Grip → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2007 — "It was also intended to act as an exhibition space for cross-media arts and to include an in-house poetry magazine."

PN Review → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 3K+ followers | United Kingdom | 1973 — "At a time when poetry is largely neglected, PNR continues to make an eloquent case for its centrality to our culture. "

Smoke Magazine → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 900+ followers | United Kingdom | 1974 — "Sharp insightful poems and strong black and white graphics, with an international subscription list, and submissions from all over the world. "

Red Flag Poetry → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: $4 | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 21.43% | 900+ followers | United States — "Red Flag Poetry will make you love your mailbox again by mailing you awesome poetry postcards monthly."

Anthropocene → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 23 days | A: 6.51% | 10K+ followers | United Kingdom | 2019 — "An online poetry journal. Our aim is to be a welcoming space for exciting poetry and translations from any language. We publish new poems every Wednesday and Sunday."

Acedia Journal → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 5% | 1.5K+ followers | United States | 2023 — "Acedia Journal is a poetry review established in 2023, publishing work both online and in-print. We respond to submissions within two months. If you have not received a reply after that time has elapsed, inquire at queries@acediajournal.com."

The Marbled Sigh → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 30% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2023 — "A poetry journal by emerging writers for emerging writers."

Prune Juice Journal → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 31 days | 1K+ followers | 2009 — "Prune Juice Journal is proudly recognized as the longest-running international lit magazine for senryu & related forms. "

Moonday Mag → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 25.83% | 1K+ followers | United States | 2023 — "A quarterly art and literary magazine celebrating all things fantastic and fantastically strange."

Hog River Press → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States — "Welcome to Hog River Press, a print and online poetry journal edited on the banks of the Hog River in Connecticut."

Foofaraw → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: Some | Pay: $0.01/word or $5 flat | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 14 days | A: 10% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2022 — "a zine wandering around this surreal world of weirdos"

Frazzled Lit → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: €12 | Pay: $1000 flat | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 35 days | A: 10% | 2K+ followers | Ireland | 2024 — "Frazzled Lit is a new and exciting literary journal, headed by Jennifer McMahon and Laura Cooney. "

Chapter House → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1.5K+ followers | United States — "Promoting the ideals and vision of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Low Residency MFA Creative Writing Program. "

Chthonic Matter Quarterly → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | 2023 — "A quarterly offering of tales from the darkside. Its contents range in tone from the quiet horror of Shirley Jackson to the bleak stylings of Thomas Ligotti — and everything in between. "

Eaten: The Food History Magazine → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 50K+ followers | United States | 2017 — "An independent print magazine focused on food history."

Eurydice Lit → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $5/piece | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Hybrid, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 35 days | A: 12% | 600+ followers | United States | 2024 — "A paying journal of literary arts for young and new artists."

Everscribe Magazine → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Hybrid | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 3 days | A: 68% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2024 — "A non-profit digital literary magazine for beautiful poetry and prose publishing monthly issues. We invite individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and ages to share their best work with us. Submissions are always open!"

Black Coffee Review → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | 1K+ followers | United States | 2019 — "Black Coffee Review was created as a way to showcase poets who write about the rawness of life-- the dirt and grit of being human. We’re open to almost any style as long as it’s honest and has a kick. "

Pfudalmda Dadamag → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 1 day | A: 70% | Under 100 followers | 2025 — "Pfudalmda is a Dadaist magazine project publishing pwoermds, or single word poems. Each month submissions will be around a specific theme."

The Four Faced Liar → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $100 flat | Open for Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | 8K+ followers | Ireland | 2022 — "The Four Faced Liar is a Cork-inspired and based, Irish-flavoured, internationally-facing journal publishing an eclectic mix of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, work in translation and visual art."

Vermillion Lit → Deadline: Jun 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 14 days | 300+ followers | United Kingdom | 2025 — "We want to publish your chaos! Bring what doesn't belong..."



Complete Sentence | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | 1K+ followers | United States | 2020 — "An online magazine of single-sentence prose. We champion punchy and poignant work that celebrates syntactical exploration—narratives that expand or contract within a single sentence."

Mobtown Dreams | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | 2024 — "In the words of Audre Lorde... "I was going to die, if not sooner then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.""

The Owl's Rant | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Hybrid, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 2 days | Under 100 followers | India | 2025 — "A literary magazine for sharp minds and soft hearts. We publish short, bold work with no fees, no gatekeeping, and a whole lot of soul. Inclusive. Intentional. Unapologetically brief."

Wildsam | Fee: No | Pay: $1/word | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 70K+ followers | United States | 2012 — "We seek out the real and rooted things, and share pathways to deep connections and wonders in the world—for travelers and locals alike. "

Horrorsmith | Fee: No | Pay: $25/piece | Open for Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 10K+ followers — "We are accepting horror and thriller short stories for publication in our monthly subscriptions and newsletters."


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