98 Recently Opened Submission Calls, Upcoming Deadlines, Contests, Theme Calls & More
Where to Submit This Week (11.25.24)
Welcome to Sub Club’s Where to Submit This Week! Our weekly report of up-to-date submission opportunities for writers.
This week, we’ve got:
4 Recently Opened Submission Calls
57 Last Chance to Submit
18 Theme Calls To Inspire You!
5 Lit mags that are always open for submissions
14 Vetted writing contests closing this week
We’re doing a bit of a switcheroo and killing our weekly digest. Kinda seems like it could just be an email, you know? So we’re adding in our “what we published” here and will announce whatever else in this intro from now on. So! What did we publish last week? Well, here it you go:
Submissions Tip (No Jar)
We have a lot of contest closing this week below, so my personal best tip when subbing to contests is this: Read the previous winners. Seems, obvious, right. So what about when those “previous winners” are just named and you gotta buy a copy of the previous year’s particular issue to actually read them? I mean, by all means do that. But also, you can look up the winners online. See their other work. This’ll give you an idea of their style and what kind of style seems to gel with that particular prize. Ofc, I’ll footnote all this with: contests are quite a bit dependant on chance…something totally out of left field could win, and you’ll never know why. Still, doing this little “research” gives me at least some peace of mind when I fork over my $25 bucks into the void of Submittable.
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Literary Magazines & Journals
Recently Opened Calls
Hellbender Magazine | Deadline: December 15
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
Hellbender Magazine—formerly Cheat River Review—is a home for fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 7.14% based on 24 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #active on socials #one week response time
ANMLY | Deadline: February 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2010 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Hybrid, Translation, Comics, Video, Game, Wtf is genre, send anything.
An international journal of literature and the arts. We provide a platform for works of art that challenge conventions of form and format, of voice and genre.
Fee: $3 | Pay: Yes
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days. Acceptance rate of 4.44% based on 153 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards # good vibes #engaged editors #mega super popular. woah.
Exist Otherwise | Open for submissions
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Photography, Play, Wtf is genre, send anything.
Free quarterly online journal of creative writing and photography. Our muse and inspiration is the gender-non-conforming writer, photographer, actor, and activist, Claude Cahun. We seek work that is personal and willing to challenge.
Fee: None | Pay: $15 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 30 days. Acceptance rate of 36.07% based on 114 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #30-day response time # good vibes # beautiful design #engaged editors
Subliminal Surgery | Open for submissions
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Wtf is genre, send anything.
Micro Poetry and other Very Short Works
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 14 days. Acceptance rate of 20% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #two week response time
Last Chance to Submit
Nova Literary-Arts Magazine | Deadline: November 25
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1970 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Art, Audio, Video.
UNC Charlotte's Literary-Arts Magazine. Our student staff works hard to ensure that the very best poetry, short stories, and art is featured in the magazine. Our designers spend hours perfecting the layout and the design.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #50+ years old
Wishbone Words | Deadline: November 25
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Flash Fiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Art, Photography.
An online creative writing magazine for chronically ill and disabled writers and artists.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 42 days. Acceptance rate of 100.00% based on 22 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #active on socials
Anti-Heroin Chic | Deadline: November 26
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2016 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
A collective journal of poetry, photography, art work, stories, essays, interviews and more. Send us your observations. Send us your heart. Send us your honesty.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 26.32% based on 188 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #brecht top 1000 #somewhat accessible #super extra popular
The Stinging Fly | Deadline: November 27
Ireland-based literary magazine founded in 1997 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
The magazine was established to seek out, publish and promote the very best new Irish and international writing. We believe that there is a need for a magazine that, first and foremost, gives new and emerging writers an opportunity to get their work out into the world.
Fee: None | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 120 days. Acceptance rate of 2% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials #independent #brecht top 1000 # fosters inclusivity # consistent quality #extremely competitive #supportive community #20+ years old #mega super popular. woah.
HOOT | Deadline: November 27
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2011 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Review, Comics.
HOOT is a postcard. A very nice-looking one. With writing on it! It is also a little more complicated than that. It is a brief, displayable, shareable literary magazine.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 21.42% based on 63 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials #popular
Winnow Literary | Deadline: November 29
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Poetry.
Winnow Literary is an interdisciplinary journal of poetry and occupation.
Fee: None | Pay: $100 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 200 days.
Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1999 that publishes Nonfiction.
We’re devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in nonfiction. We curate works across the full spectrum of the genre.
Fee: $4 | Pay: $50
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials #20+ years old #extra popular
The Fiddlehead | Deadline: November 30
Canada-based literary magazine founded in 1945 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Translation, Art.
The Fiddlehead is Atlantic Canada's International Literary Journal. Celebrating 75 years of literary foraging in 2020!
Fee: None | Pay: CA$60 per page
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 7.09% based on 200 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #brecht top 1000 #very competitive #50+ years old #extra popular
Feral: A Journal of Poetry and Art | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Poetry, Art.
FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art is run by a small but passionate team of volunteers intent on finding and sharing quality poetry and visual art.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 35.29% based on 22 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #nominates for industry awards
River Heron Review | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2016 that publishes Poetry.
a free access online poetry journal publishing great
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 20 days. Acceptance rate of 2% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards #extremely competitive
Baltimore Review | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1996 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry.
The mission of The Baltimore Review is to showcase Baltimore as a literary hub of diverse writing and promote the work of emerging and established writers.
Fee: None | Pay: $50
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 120 days. Acceptance rate of 1.30% based on 811 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials #nominates for industry awards #brecht top 1000 # beautiful design # consistent quality #extremely competitive #engaged editors #fiction prize winner #krouse top 500 #20+ years old #chill subs community favorite #nonfiction prize winner #super extra popular
Booth | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2009 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Comics, Audio.
Lovely as a goose on a roof. Lit mag with print issues twice annually and a new issue online the first Friday of the month.
Fee: $3 | Pay: $50
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 1% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #one week response time #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #extremely competitive #krouse top 500 #10+ years old #extra popular
Kaleidotrope | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2006 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Art.
Kaleidotrope publishes predominantly speculative fiction and poetry—science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but also compelling work that blurs the lines between these and falls outside of neat genre categories.
Fee: None | Pay: Yes
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 30 days. Acceptance rate of 3.03% based on 34 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #30-day response time #extremely competitive #10+ years old #extra popular
Marathon Literary Review | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2011 that publishes Fiction, Art, Photography, Poetry, Nonfiction.
A literary journal affiliated with Arcadia University’s MFA in Creative Writing Program. The journal aims to publish an eclectic range of contemporary work, including art, creative nonfiction, fiction, flash fiction, poetry, photography and multimedia pieces.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 2.62% based on 70 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #university affiliated #extremely competitive #10+ years old
Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry | Deadline: November 30
literary magazine founded in 1956 that publishes Fiction, Poetry.
Since its founding in 1956 at The University of Tulsa, Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry’s mission has been the discovery, development, and promotion of new writing.
Fee: None | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 3.51% based on 79 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials #one week response time #university affiliated #50+ years old #extra popular
Cutleaf | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Cutleaf seeks the best in contemporary writing in prose and verse from emerging and established writers.
Fee: None | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days. Acceptance rate of 3.06% based on 102 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #consistent quality #popular
Cool Beans Lit | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Interview, Art, Photography.
Quarterly literary arts magazine that stokes the senses and boosts the serotonin! We publish both new and established authors and artists.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 30 days. Acceptance rate of 8% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards #clmp member #very competitive
Vestal Review | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2000 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Review, Interview.
Vestal Review is the longest-running flash fiction magazine in the world. Our stories have been reprinted in numerous anthologies and selected for Wigleaf Top 50 many times. We’re eclectic in style and open to all genres.
Fee: $3 | Pay: $75 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 30 days. Acceptance rate of 2% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards #brecht top 1000 #highly competitive #krouse top 500 #20+ years old #popular
Tiny Spoon: a bite-size experimental literary magazine | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2019 that publishes Flash CNF, Poetry, Art.
If you’ve had trouble finding a home for your work because it doesn’t fit into generally recognized categories, chances are your home is right here with us.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Black Fox Literary Magazine | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2010 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Art, Photography.
Black Fox publishes both established and new writers. We are a literary magazine with an eclectic taste. We welcome all fiction, but we especially like fiction from under-represented genres and styles.
Fee: None | Pay: $20
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 3.05% based on 439 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials #nominates for industry awards #highly competitive #10+ years old #extra popular
Poet Lore | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1889 that publishes Poetry, Translation.
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.
Fee: None | Pay: $50 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 3.93% based on 359 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #nominates for industry awards #very competitive #fosters inclusivity #100+ years old #poetry prize winner #extra popular
In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Flash CNF, Art.
In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction is an independent literary magazine for flash nonfiction at every length. We publish creative nonfiction of 1,000 words or fewer, micros of 400 words or fewer, and short-shorts of 100 words or fewer.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #nominates for industry awards
The Broken Teacup | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Wtf is genre, send anything.
For people who have tea to spill, time to kill, porcelain to shatter.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 14 days.
Noteworthy: #two week response time
Postcard | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Poetry.
Postcard is a twice-yearly literary magazine that features 10 poems by 10 poets published on 10 postcards.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 120 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials
Red Rock Review | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1996 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation.
Red Rock Review is a biannual print publication that features poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers. Founded in 1996, Red Rock Review is housed and supported by The College of Southern Nevada.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 7.52% based on 31 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #highly competitive #krouse top 500 #20+ years old
Flash Point SF | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction.
An online literary publication for science fiction & fantasy short stories under 1000 words.
Fee: None | Pay: $0.02 per word
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 4.67% based on 290 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #very competitive
The Forge | Deadline: November 30
literary magazine founded in 2016 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction.
The Forge Literary Magazine was founded by volunteers from the Fiction Forge, an international online writers’ forum.
Fee: None | Pay: $75 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 1% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #one week response time #nominates for industry awards # consistent quality #extremely competitive #engaged editors #super extra popular
Tiger Leaping Review | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Fiction, Poetry.
LOOKING FOR EDITORS AND GRAPHIC DESIGNERS! Tiger Leaping Review is an online literary magazine that carefully curates pieces to showcase poets worldwide.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 123 days. Acceptance rate of 6% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
The Marrow International Poetry | Deadline: November 30
Australia-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Poetry.
An online literary journal featuring the finest new international poetry from emerging and established poets.
Fee: None | Pay: AU$40 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 56 days.
Noteworthy: #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
Yolk Literary | Deadline: November 30
Canada-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Art, Photography, Video.
Montreal-Based Literary Journal publishing fine work by established and emerging artists
Fee: CA$3 | Pay: CA$100-CA$200
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time
ionosphere | Deadline: November 30
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Translation.
The literary journal ionosphere focuses on the relationship between science, technology, and the human experience. Poetry and essays.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days. Acceptance rate of 30% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
Oxford Poetry | Deadline: November 30
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 1910 that publishes Nonfiction, Poetry, Review.
Founded in 1910, Oxford Poetry is the oldest dedicated poetry magazine in the UK, and one of the oldest in the world.
Fee: £3.5 | Pay: Yes
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials
Meridian | Deadline: November 30
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1998 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art.
An annual literary magazine produced at the University of Virginia in conjunction with the university’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, whose students serve as the magazine’s editors.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 6% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #has print issues #nominates for industry awards #university affiliated #very competitive #fiction prize winner #krouse top 500 #20+ years old
HerStry | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2015 that publishes Nonfiction.
Unless she did something very incredible (or very, very bad) most women don't get named in history. HerStry wants to rewrite the narrative and put women’s stories front and center.
Fee: None | Pay: Yes
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 11.54% based on 39 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #nominates for industry awards #clmp member #very competitive
Riddle Fence | Deadline: December 1
Canada-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
Based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Riddle Fence is a non-profit magazine of contemporary literature and artwork. We publish high-quality short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and art from Newfoundland and Labrador, across Canada, and around the world.
Fee: None | Pay: CA$30 per page
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues
Long Poem Magazine | Deadline: December 1
LPM is recognised as a place to encounter the best of traditional and innovative new writing, with a prestigious and growing list of contributors.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Reckon Review | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Review.
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.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 84 days. Acceptance rate of 13.55% based on 57 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards #brecht top 1000 # beautiful design # consistent quality #somewhat competitive #fosters inclusivity
Sierra Nevada Review | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1990 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Art.
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.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days. Acceptance rate of 7% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #brecht top 1000 #very competitive #30+ years old
North American Review | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1815 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
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.
Fee: $3 | Pay: $100
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 150 days. Acceptance rate of 10% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials #brecht top 1000 #very competitive #consistent quality #krouse top 500 #200+ years old #nonfiction prize winner #poetry prize winner #super extra popular
The Phoenix | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1958 that publishes Photography, Art, Hybrid, Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction.
The Phoenix literary journal is published annually and is managed and produced by students at Pfeiffer University. Created in 1958 in the heart of Western North Carolina with a long tradition of publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, artwork, and photography.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #university affiliated #very competitive #50+ years old
The Journal | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1973 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Interview, Art.
The award-winning literary magazine of The Ohio State University
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 3% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #highly competitive #50+ years old #super extra popular
Call Me | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2018 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Art, Photography.
Call Me [Brackets] is a thematic biannual online literary journal publishing the strange, the surprising, the experimental, and everything in-between.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
The Common | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2010 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Translation, Photography.
A literary organization whose mission is to deepen our individual and collective sense of place. Based at Amherst College, we aim to serve as a vibrant common space for the global exchange of ideas and experiences through three main areas of activity: publishing, public programming, and mentorship and education.
Fee: $3 | Pay: $40-$200 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 240 days. Acceptance rate of 1.39% based on 309 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #clmp member #highly competitive #10+ years old #extra popular
Wallstrait | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction.
Wallstrait publishes hard-to-define fiction on a biweekly basis. We respond quickly and include feedback as time allows.
Fee: None | Pay: $25 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 14 days. Acceptance rate of 3% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #two week response time #nominates for industry awards
Third Street Review | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Art, Photography.
Literally on the Edge. California has always been synonymous with innovation, boundary expansion, and re-invention. TSR is no different. Please share your best writing and visual art; make it weird, make it tame. Whatever it is, we want to see it!
Fee: $3 | Pay: $25
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 42 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #nominates for industry awards
TIMBER Journal | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Interview, Art.
A literary journal dedicated to innovative writing and visual art.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Months to Years | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2017 that publishes Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
We strive to publish creative nonfiction (as well as poetry, photography and art) that explores the human experience as it relates to mortality.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #one week response time #extremely competitive #consistent quality
THE SPECTACLE | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2015 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Comics.
We aim for content that reminds us that our lenses matter—they focus, distort, clarify, conceal. We value and emphasize relationships between the literary and visual arts, pairing the majority of the pieces we publish with original work from a variety of contributing visual artists.
Fee: None | Pay: $50
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days. Acceptance rate of 1.01% based on 99 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #clmp member #extremely competitive
Weird Lit Magazine | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction.
Weird Lit Magazine is a platform for the weird and boundless. We strive to support freedom of expression, engage community, and foster the free exchange of ideas. Weird Lit Magazine values inclusivity, emerging voices, diversity of ideas, and nonconformity.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 30 days. Acceptance rate of 16.67% based on 28 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #active on socials #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards
River Teeth | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1999 that publishes Nonfiction, Flash CNF.
Where good writing counts and facts matter.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 6.38% based on 62 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time #extremely competitive #20+ years old #nonfiction top prize winner #poetry prize winner
The Indianapolis Review | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2017 that publishes Poetry, Hybrid, Art, Photography, Comics.
We are an online only quarterly journal of poetry, art, and visual poetry.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 130 days. Acceptance rate of 21.57% based on 34 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
Infrarrealista Review | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2019 that publishes Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Review, Art, Translation.
A Texas-based literary journal + press
Fee: None | Pay: Yes
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
The Shore Poetry | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2019 that publishes Poetry.
An online poetry publication seeking cutting, strange, and daring work from new and established poets alike.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 5.06% based on 186 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #one week response time #nominates for industry awards # consistent quality #engaged editors #extra popular
Roanoke Review | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1967 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Comics, Art, Photography.
Founded in 1967, the Roanoke Review publishes fiction, poetry & more. We're free and open to the world.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 12.88% based on 64 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #very competitive #krouse top 500 #50+ years old
MAYDAY | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2009 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Interview, Translation, Art.
MAYDAY presents new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translations, cultural commentary, and visual art to an international community of readers. We publish artists that explore culture and history; politics regional and global; the past, present, and future.
Fee: $3 | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 14% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #somewhat competitive #extra popular
StoryQuarterly | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1975 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction.
StoryQuarterly, the literary magazine of Rutgers-University Camden.
Fee: None | Pay: $25 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days. Acceptance rate of 2.09% based on 63 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #university affiliated #brecht top 1000 #clmp member #extremely competitive #fiction prize winner #krouse top 500 #30+ years old #nonfiction prize winner
petrichor mag | Deadline: December 1
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2016 that publishes Poetry, Hybrid, Art, Comics, Video, Wtf is genre, send anything.
petrichor publishes your double mesostics, collage clips, double/triple haibun, asemic cryptolectics, glitching phrases, semiotic pictographs, or just something new. Old school remixes for the digital age will not go unspun. GIFpoetics & code tomes welcome, too.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 7 days. Acceptance rate of 15.00% based on 36 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #one week response time #nominates for industry awards
Theme Calls To Inspire You!
Ink and Marrow | Deadline: December 14 | Theme: OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Poetry.
Ink & Marrow was brought forth out of the idea that creativity is carved on our bones and channeled deep in our marrow through a dark, painful, elusive force.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 45 days. Acceptance rate of 3.85% based on 60 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
The Quarter(ly) | Deadline: November 25 | Theme: semicolon
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2016 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review, Interview, Art, Comics.
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: None | Pay: $5 per piece
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 13.44% based on 132 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues
Oyster River Pages | Deadline: November 25 | Theme: aperture
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2017 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
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.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 19.83% based on 62 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #nominates for industry awards #brecht top 1000 #clmp member #krouse top 500
Free The Verse | Deadline: November 25 | Theme: Arc
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Poetry.
Free the Verse is a modern poetry magazine. We publish an issue every quarter and we're always open for submissions! We now also host poetry competitions with a $100 prize for the winner...
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Acceptance rate of 15.36% based on 77 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #one week response time #accessible
Juste Milieu Zine | Deadline: November 28 | Theme: the world we wanted : cybercore/brutalism/dystopia
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2017 that publishes Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
juste-mi·lieu: "the happy medium" between literature and art.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days. Acceptance rate of 80% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards #independent #accepts most
Audi Locus: A Journal of Poetry | Deadline: November 30 | Theme: Unthemed
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Poetry.
A creative space showcasing poetry, music, art, and ideas that are both delicate and bold.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
Dulcet Literary Magazine | Deadline: November 30 | Theme: Dusk & Dawn
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Poetry, Art, Photography.
A new print and digital literary magazine publishing impactful and relatable works of fiction, poetry, and visual art.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days.
Noteworthy: #read for free #has print issues #active on socials
Spell Jar Press Anthology | Deadline: November 30 | Theme: Tarot
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2022 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash CNF, Art, Photography, Wtf is genre, send anything.
We publish print anthologies about all things witchy, wonderful, metaphysical, and magickal. We are interested in works about feminism, sex, desire, witchy and earthly stuff, spirituality, the natural world, and experiences of women & non-binary folk.
Fee: $3 | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 40 days.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #active on socials
Fast Flesh Literary Journal | Deadline: November 30 | Theme: Yellow, Demonic, Experimental, Female
literary magazine that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Hybrid, Review, Art, Humor, Play, Comics.
We’re looking for wild, deep, rich, bold, lush, and other 4-letter words.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
The Muleskinner Journal | Deadline: November 30 | Theme: Twist of Fate
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2021 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Play.
The journey is long, and the road is hard, but that’s why we love it. Whoever you are, whatever you want to send, whatever you are waiting to receive, we drive straight, and we drive true. We publish stories and poems that keep things moving. We deliver the goods.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 30 days. Acceptance rate of 12% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #30-day response time #nominates for industry awards #somewhat competitive
The Periwinkle Pelican | Deadline: November 30 | Theme: The Truth is, I Want to Want to Live
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Wtf is genre, send anything.
The Birds are hungry for words!
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints. Respond within 60 days.
Noteworthy: #active on socials
Khoréo Magazine | Deadline: November 30 | Theme: migration
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Fiction, Art, Audio.
A quarterly magazine of speculative fiction by immigrant and diaspora authors & artists
Fee: None | Pay: varies, see guidelines for details
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #highly competitive
DMQ Review | Deadline: November 30 | Theme: Prose Poems
United States-based literary magazine founded in 1998 that publishes Poetry.
disquieting muses quarterly | poetry & art since 1998
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #nominates for industry awards #independent #20+ years old
Superpresent Magazine | Deadline: December 1 | Theme: Secrets and Mysteries
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2020 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Audio, Video.
A quarterly magazine of the arts. Superpresent is available free online and a limited run of print copies for each issue. Superpresent publishes poems, short stories, essays, visual art pieces, experimental art, video art, and sound art.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #has print issues #one week response time
The Literary Times | Deadline: December 1 | Theme: Dark & Dreary
Pakistan-based literary magazine founded in 2024 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art.
The Literary Times, is an independent literary and arts e-magazine and blog accepting varieties of genres including, poetry, short story, flash fiction, non-fiction, art and more.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 130 days. Acceptance rate of 100.00% based on 26 tracked submissions.
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards
The North Meridian Review | Deadline: December 1 | Theme: White Kites Over Gaza: Woven Tales on Palestine
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2019 that publishes Nonfiction, Poetry, Review.
An independent, interdisciplinary journal of history, the humanities, culture, and poetry based in northern Indianapolis.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #independent
Rougarou Journal | Deadline: December 1 | Theme: Sweat
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2007 that publishes Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry.
Journal of Arts & Literature is a bi-annual online literary journal run by the English graduate students of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 180 days.
Noteworthy: #university affiliated
The Marbled Sigh | Deadline: December 1 | Theme: Political Poems: An Online Anthology
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2023 that publishes Poetry.
A poetry journal by emerging writers for emerging writers.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 90 days. Acceptance rate of 30% (reported by editors).
Noteworthy: #read for free #active on socials #nominates for industry awards #somewhat accessible
Always Open!
Medical Literary Messenger | Open for submissions
United States-based literary magazine founded in 2013 that publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Photography, Art.
The Medical Literary Messenger aims to promote humanism and the healing arts through prose, poetry, and photography.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time #10+ years old
Razzle Dazzle Cafe | Open for submissions
Razzle Dazzle Cafe is an audio zine seeking to give voice to good stories and find meaning through fiction.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions and some reprints.
Noteworthy: #read for free #one week response time
talking about strawberries all of the time | Open for submissions
Canada-based literary magazine founded in 2018 that publishes Flash CNF, Poetry.
an online journal that seeks submissions of poetry, including visual and concrete poetries, lyric and postcard prose.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Light: a journal of light verse | Open for submissions
The oldest and best-known journal of light verse in the U.S.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Noteworthy: #one week response time
Pulsar Poetry Webzine | Open for submissions
United Kingdom-based literary magazine founded in 1995 that publishes Poetry.
Pulsar is run by poetry enthusiasts for poetry enthusiasts.
Fee: None | Pay: No
Do not accept simultaneous submissions. Respond within 60 days.
Noteworthy: #20+ years old
Contests Closing This Week!
Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition | Deadline: November 30
The competition is open to original, unpublished and unbroadcast poems in the English language of 40 lines or fewer. The poem can be on any subject, in any style, by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. Translated work is not in the scope of this competition. Once entered, no alterations can be made to the submission. Simultaneous submissions are accepted but please notify us immediately should your work be accepted elsewhere.
Fee: €7 per poem or €30 for a batch of five | Pay: €2,000 | Judge: Mary O’Malley
Chad Walsh Chapbook Series | Deadline: November 30
Open to any poet writing in English, regardless of publication history
Submit (via Submittable) a manuscript of 20-35 pages of poetry (including the table of contents and acknowledgments page); each poem should begin on its own page.
Fee: $20 | Pay: $2500 | Judge: Editors
The Stephen Mitchell Prize for Translation | Deadline: November 30
We welcome simultaneous submissions, multiple submissions, and co-translated manuscripts.
Send an unpublished manuscript of at least 48 pages in any genre translated from any language into English.
Include an acknowledgments page indicating translations that have been previously published.
Include a cover letter with a short biographical statement for the author and translator(s).
Also, please briefly describe the merit of the work you are submitting: Why is it important that these translations be available to an English-reading audience? If the author's work has been previously translated into English, what makes this manuscript distinct and necessary?
When submitting your manuscript, you will be asked to indicate your relationship to the translation rights. Please indicate if the work is in the public domain or who holds the translation rights. If you have been granted permission by the author or the rights holder, please indicate this.
If your manuscript is not bilingual (i.e., it is in translation only), you will be asked to provide a bilingual supplement of three or more pages—a sample of your translations alongside the original text.
Fee: $15-33 | Pay: $1000 | Judge: Editors
The Wishing Jewel Prize | Deadline: November 30
We welcome simultaneous submissions, multiple submissions, co-authored manuscripts, and manuscripts in translation.
Send an unpublished manuscript (48 pages minimum) with identifying information removed.
If your work includes non-textual components, these may be included in the manuscript (preferred, if possible) or attached separately.
Include an acknowledgments page indicating any poems, writings, art, etc. that has been previously published.
Include a brief biographical statement in the space below. If you are uploading more than one file, please explain their relationship, sequence, etc. You may also describe your manuscript / project if you would like.
Fee: $15-33 | Pay: $1000 | Judge: Editors
Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Challenge | Deadline: November 30
Word Limit: 100 words or less per entry, including the title if you have one. We use Microsoft Word for the official word count, which treats hyphenated words as one word. We recommend plunking your entry into Word right before submitting it to determine the accurate word count. Just be sure to omit any other info, such as your name or the date.
Writers and Pen Names: All ages. All genders. All nationalities. All writers welcome. You may use a pen name, and we will publish the winning entries under that name. If you win, we will have a separate form to fill out the name you'd like to be paid under.
Previously Published Pieces: You may enter pieces that are brand-new or have been previously published elsewhere. We have no restrictions on this, though we suggest abiding by any limitations from anyone else who may have published your piece.
Genre / Theme: Any genre. No theme.
Fee: $15 | Pay: $2000 | Judge: Editors
Anton Chekhov Award for Flash Fiction | Deadline: November 30
Entries must be short stories between 500 and 1,500 words. Please use 12pt type, preferably Times New Roman, and submit your short story as either a Word doc or a PDF. Only previously unpublished short stories are eligible. Writers may submit multiple stories, each of which requires a separate submission.
Fee: $16 | Pay: $1,250 | Judge: Editors
Georgia Poetry Prize | Deadline: November 30
Manuscripts are recommended to be a minimum of 50 pages to a recommended maximum of 100 pages of original poetry. No more than one poem should appear on a page.
Fee: $25 | Pay: $1,000 | Judge: Editors
Quill (Queer) Prose Award | Deadline: November 30
Title on cover sheet only, with a 150-page minimum.
Fee: $10 | Pay: $1000 | Judge: Raymond Luczak
Quarter After Eight Short Prose Contest | Deadline: November 30
We're seeking captivating poetry manuscripts that leave us in awe, wishing we had written them ourselves. Whether you're experimenting with form or evoking strange and mesmerizing auras, we want chapbooks that make us upset we didn’t write them ourselves. We especially welcome submissions from underrepresented groups. Open to new, emerging, and established writers. Please submit your chapbook manuscripts of up to 25 poems.
Fee: $15 | Pay: $1000 | Judge: Hieu Minh Nguyen
A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize | Deadline: November 30
Entrants must be a U.S. citizen, a legal resident of the U.S., or have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), or Legal Permanent Status (LPS).
Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.
Only manuscripts by poets who have yet to publish a full-length book collection of poetry will be considered.
Individual poems in the submitted manuscript may have been published previously in magazines, journals, anthologies, chapbooks, or self-published books, but these poems must be submitted as part of an original manuscript.
Any published books of poetry disqualify contestants from entering this contest, though books published in other genres do not.(self-published books are okay.)
Translations and collaborative manuscripts are not eligible.
Fee: $30 | Pay: $1000 | Judge: Maya C. Popa
Slipstream Poetry Chapbook Contest | Deadline: December 1
Send up to 40 pages of poetry any style, format, theme (or no theme) and a $20 check, bank draft, or money order for reading fee. Manuscripts will not be returned.
Fee: $20 | Pay: $1000 | Judge: Editors
Bird Poetry Prize | Deadline: November 30
Full-length poetry manuscripts (55 page minimum, 90+ pages preferred) will be considered. Poems may be previously published in journals and/or anthologies, but not in full-length, single-author volumes. Poets are eligible to enter, regardless of publishing history.
Fee: $25 | Pay: $1000 | Judge: Editors
James Dickey Prize for Poetry | Deadline: November 30
Send three previously unpublished poems no more than fifty lines each. Please only include your name on the cover letter. Please include your title information in your cover letter.
Simultaneously submitted manuscripts are accepted.
Entry fee includes a one-year subscription.
Fee: $25 | Pay: $1000 | Judge: Rebecca Foust
Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry | Deadline: November 30
Poetry manuscripts should be at least 50 pages long.
The author’s name should not appear on the manuscript. All entries will be read anonymously. Please include a cover page listing only the title of the manuscript (not the author’s name, address, telephone number, or email address). An acknowledgements page listing the publication history of individual poems may be included, if desired. No application forms are necessary. Eligible writers may submit more than one manuscript.
While we have no specific formatting rules, we suggest sending your manuscript in Times New Roman or Arial, 12 point font, single-spaced. We also prefer one poem per page, meaning a new poem does not begin on the same page on which another ends.
Fee: FREE | Pay: $1000 | Judge: Editors
Below, we have a downloadable spreadsheet for this week’s opportunities for paid subscribers.