Weekly Sub Calls: Expanded | 11.05.25
+ Round-up of everything we published last week
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There are 99 weekly sub calls today. Also, in case you missed it, here’s everything we published in the last 7 days:
Poetry Online (poetry.onl) → Deadline: Nov 5 | Fee: No | Pay: $60/piece | Open for Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 1% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2020 — “A publisher and weekly journal committed to sharing accessible work and compensating our contributors fairly.”
Fence → Deadline: Nov 5 | Fee: $5 | Pay: $50 flat | Publishes Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 317 days | A: 3.56% | 20K+ followers | United States | 1998 — “Fence is committed to publishing from the outside and the inside of established communities of writing, seeking always to interrogate, collaborate with, and bedevil all the systems that bring new writing to light.”
La Piccioletta Barca → Deadline: Nov 5 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 12.50% | 5K+ followers | United Kingdom | 2018 — “on beauty, taste, culture, politics and the lived experience thereof”
MQR Mixtape | Theme: SWANA Insomnia → Deadline: Nov 5 | Fee: $3 | Pay: Yes | Publishes Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 365 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2020 — “a new, online imprint of Michigan Quarterly Review”
StreetLit → Deadline: Nov 5 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Publishes Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 31 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2022 — “Literature From The Street, For The People”
Big Whoopie Deal → Deadline: Nov 5 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 45 days | A: <1% | Under 100 followers | 2020 — “BWD is an aesthetically soothing zone for literature. We are an eclectic mix.”
Earworms Mag → Deadline: Nov 5 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — “Earworms magazine publishes pieces inspired by earworms, songs you just can’t get out of your head. Each submission period, our editors put together a playlist. Let the songs inspire your work, or use your own current earworms and just let us know what you chose when you submit your work!”
The Blood Pudding → Deadline: Nov 5 | Fee: $6 | Pay: No | Publishes Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 86 days | A: <1% | 6K+ followers | Greece | 2020 — “Raw literature on the human condition. Poetry that crackles and pops. Fiction to ruin a lifetime. Nonfiction too beaut.”
Denver Quarterly → Deadline: Nov 6 | Fee: Some | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 4.62% | 10K+ followers | United States | 1966 — “Experimenting since 1966. Here, there, at the foreground of avant-letters. Cover Art: Stella Nall, DQ 56.1.”
Tolka Journal → Deadline: Nov 6 | Fee: No | Pay: €500 flat | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 1% | 10K+ followers | Ireland | 2021 — “A journal of formally promiscuous non-fiction, publishing essays, memoir, autofiction and the overflow.”
Keset Magazine | Theme: Through the muddy waters → Deadline: Nov 6 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 100+ followers | Pakistan | 2025 — “What’s the story tape that you roll around the cassette of your life? Vintage themed zine amplifying creatives from Pakistan and South Asia!”
The Penn Review → Deadline: Nov 7 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 7 days | A: 2.24% | 7K+ followers | United States | 1951 — “Publishes original poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual artwork, and feature a blend of emerging and established voices. Ranked as one of the 25 Fastest Fiction & Poetry Markets in Duotrope’s database.”
Crab Creek Review → Deadline: Nov 7 | Fee: $4 | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 7.15% | 7K+ followers | United States | 1983 — “We are Seattle’s 34-year old nonprofit print literary journal publishing the best writing from the Northwest and beyond.”
Blue Mesa Review | Theme: Poetry General Submission (Fall 2025) → Deadline: Nov 7 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $25/piece | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 45 days | A: 2.45% | 1K+ followers | United States | 1989 — “Blue Mesa Review has a rotating editorial board, so each issue is fresh and unique. They are seeking strong voices and lively, compelling narratives with a fine eye for craft. Their spring contest offers payment of $500, $100, and $25 for first, second, and third places in each genre.”
Touchstone Literary Magazine | Theme: “Cycles” → Deadline: Nov 7 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | 2K+ followers | United States | 1975 — “Touchstone Literary Magazine aims to select the “gold” in literary work by new voices. We are dedicated to supporting emerging writers & artists beyond accepting their work.”
Bloodletter Magazine | Theme: Issue Six: Play → Deadline: Nov 7 | Fee: No | Pay: $250 flat or $250 | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 9.84% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2023 — “Bloodletter is a feminist horror magazine showcasing personal and analytical perspectives on the horrific by women, trans, and non-binary writers.”
Mouthful of Salt | Theme: Trespass → Deadline: Nov 7 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 28 days | A: 46.67% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — “We amplify stories that demand to be heard. We’re committed to publishing BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and neurodiverse writers whose voices push boundaries. We want work that lingers.”
silver clouds magazine | Theme: issue 1: paradigm → Deadline: Nov 7 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | A: 100% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — “magazine for girls, by girls, dedicated to finding the light in everything”
Wild Roof Journal → Deadline: Nov 8 | Fee: Some | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 36 days | A: 29.58% | 7K+ followers | United States | 2020 — “Wild Roof Journal is an online art & literary publication that will feature work from a wide range of creative people—artists, writers, poets, and anyone else who is passionate about the creative process and self-expression.”
The Write Launch → Deadline: Nov 8 | Fee: $5 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 45 days | A: 49.39% | 1.5K+ followers | United States | 2017 — “Monthly, online literary magazine. Stories, poetry, novel excerpts, creative nonfiction.”
The Heartland Review | Theme: Creative Nonfiction for publication in March 2027 → Deadline: Nov 8 | Fee: Some | Pay: $0.03-$0.1/word | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2016 — “The Heartland Review is a biannual literary journal published in the spring and fall by The Heartland Review Press, which was founded in 2016.”
ONLY POEMS | Theme: Poem of the Month: Heartbreak → Deadline: Nov 8 | Fee: Yes | Pay: $33/piece | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 56 days | A: <1% | 50K+ followers | Canada | 2023 — “Fall in love with poetry. Send us your weird, wild & wonderful poems & book reviews. As Leonard Cohen said, “Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”“
Splinter Journal → Deadline: Nov 8 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 9K+ followers | Australia | 2024 — “Splinter Journal is a biannual literary publication based in Adelaide, Australia, dedicated to exploring the spaces between perception and reality. It features a diverse range of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry from both emerging and established”
Splinter Journal [Writers SA] | Theme: First Nations → Deadline: Nov 8 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | Australia | 2024 — “A biannual literary journal exploring the gaps between perception and reality, published from Adelaide, Australia.”
InterrobangLit | Theme: November 2025 → Deadline: Nov 8 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — “We can’t beat subjectivity, but we can temper it.”
L’Esprit Literary Review → Deadline: Nov 9 | Fee: Yes | Pay: $0/piece or $10 flat | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 3% | 2K+ 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.”
Metonym Literary Journal → Deadline: Nov 9 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 600+ followers | United States — “an annual publication of William Jessup University’s undergraduate English program located north of Sacramento”
New Contrast Literary Magazine → Deadline: Nov 9 | Fee: Some | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | 2K+ followers | South Africa | 1960 — “New Contrast is one of South African’s oldest literary journals, specialising in literature and art from writers and artists across the world.”
The Dewdrop | Theme: dewdrops: Weekly Haiku and Print Anthology - Summer Submissions → Deadline: Nov 9 | Fee: $5 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 32 days | A: 15.00% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2018 — “The Dewdrop welcomes submissions from all writers.”
RockPaperPoem → Deadline: Nov 9 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2021 — “RockPaperPoem is an independent, nonprofit online poetry journal that publishes today’s finest contemporary poetry.”
Hub City Press → Deadline: Nov 9 | Fee: Yes | Pay: $0 or $1500 flat | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 10K+ followers | United States | 1995 — “Independent press focused on Southern literature with emphasis on place and regional identity.”
Abundance Literary Magazine | Theme: Submit your poetry → Deadline: Nov 9 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 20% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — “Abundance Literary Magazine was founded to promote the voices of emerging writers, support established writers, all while placing an emphasis on cultural perspectives.”
Flame Tree Publishing | Theme: Helen of Troy → Deadline: Nov 9 | Fee: No | Pay: $0.08/word | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 120 days | 700+ followers | United Kingdom | 1992 — “Independent publisher and creator of fine books, journals, notebooks and art calendars, with a focus on myths, gothic fantasy and great works. Regular open submission calls for our themed short-story anthologies.”
Oroboro Literary Journal - Death Rattle Literary → Deadline: Nov 10 | Fee: $3 | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 28 days | A: 6% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2017 — “A literary journal published bi-annually by Death Rattle, aimed at publishing and promoting poets, authors, and artists. We publish new work from both established and emerging writers.”
Route 7 Review → Deadline: Nov 10 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 16 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2013 — “Route 7 Review, established in 2013 and published annually by Utah Tech University, is an online literary arts journal.”
Vernacular Journal → Deadline: Nov 10 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 60 days | 100+ followers | Greece | 2023 — “Vernacular is anything that reveals a sense of place. The informal city. The local and the vulgar.”
The Broken Plate → Deadline: Nov 10 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 63 days | A: 28.57% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2004 — “National literary magazine produced by Ball State University undergraduates each spring. The magazine features poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews and interviews.”
Make Writing Your Job | Theme: The First Time You Got Paid to Write → Deadline: Nov 10 | Fee: $15 | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 9K+ followers | United States | 2021 — “A newsletter community for writers, by a writer. Read articles about being a freelance writer and more!”
Nostalgia Literary | Theme: Issue #2 Yubikiri “Pinky Promises” → Deadline: Nov 10 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 14 days | 1K+ followers | United States | 2025 — “Nostalgia Literary Magazine is a youth-led publication that provides a safe and supportive space for young writers to share their work. We aim to publish pieces that evoke the sentimental and reflective feeling of nostalgia.”
Gulmohur Quarterly → Deadline: Nov 10 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 5K+ followers | India | 2021 — “An online literary magazine featuring short fiction, poetry, essays, and photo-stories, with a focus on translations from Indian languages.”
Fried Egg Magazine | Theme: Issue #1, Queer as Yolk → Deadline: Nov 10 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | Under 100 followers | United Kingdom | 2025 — “Hi! Welcome to Fried Egg Magazine, a queer and trans digital publication.”
Spillwords Press | Theme: 12 Days of Christmas Submission → Deadline: Nov 11 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 10K+ followers | United States | 2015 — “Spillwords Press is a literary platform dedicated to showcasing fresh, original, and exclusive material from writers who believe that “Words Matter.” Embracing a diverse range of literary genres—including poetry, prose, essays, and more—it offers a”
Mayfly Haiku Magazine → Deadline: Nov 15 | Fee: No | Pay: $20 flat | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 1986 — “Mayfly Haiku Magazine is a biannual journal dedicated to the publication of haiku poetry.”
The Cicada’s Cry → Deadline: Nov 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2015 — “A Micro Zine of Haiku Poetry. Specializes in haiku, senryu, and related short-form poetry.”
Carmen et Error → Deadline: Nov 15 | Fee: No | Pay: £5 | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 14 days | Under 100 followers | United Kingdom | 2019 — “The cause of Roman poet Ovid’s exile was “carmen et error”, a poem and a mistake. We want your poems and your mistakes. Fiction that falls between genres. Weird, wild poems. Anything speculative, daring, or just plain odd.”
Switch, a Magazine of Microfiction → Deadline: Nov 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 14 days | 300+ followers | United States | 2022 — “Switch is an online magazine of micro fiction devoted to stories that leave the beaten path, carry us forward, transform.”
Poetry Pea Journal and Podcast → Deadline: Nov 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | 3K+ followers | Switzerland | 2018 — “A platform dedicated to haiku, senryu, and other Japanese short-form poetry, offering podcasts, journals, and workshops.”
In a Flash | Theme: November Theme: ROOTS → Deadline: Nov 15 | Fee: No | Pay: $25/piece | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | 1K+ followers | United States | 2024 — “A monthly literary magazine for creative nonfiction in 500 words or less.”
Purgatory Magazine | Theme: PURGATORY MAGAZINE #10: THERE’S NOTHING IN MY DREAMS → Deadline: Nov 16 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | Germany | 2021 — “Purgatory Magazine is a Berlin-based writing and art collective. Purgatory Magazine is not about fulfilling expectations, no matter how reasonable those expectations might be. It is not a magazine by or for robots. Art is life and life is now!”
hedgerow: a journal of small poems → Deadline: Nov 19 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | Sweden | 2019 — “hedgerow is a quarterly short-poetry journal dedicated to publishing an eclectic mix of new & established voices across the spectrum of the short poem.”
sardine can collective → Deadline: Nov 20 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 14 days | 300+ followers | United States | 2025 — “poetry and prose collective assorted fish girls lesbian owned”
Dog Throat Journal → Deadline: Nov 21 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 21 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2023 — “We look for odd time thought provoking flash, micro, and prose poetry from the edges of artistic expression. Be eccentric, unconventional, experimental, innovative and contradictory. Be weird and filled with non-fluorescent light.”
Baby Teeth Journal → Deadline: Nov 24 | Fee: AU$3 | Pay: AU$25/piece | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 12.24% | 4K+ followers | Australia | 2018 — “An online indie publisher and small press. We’re a queer, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation with a focus on local queer and emerging creators.”
The Ekphrastic Review → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: CA$5 | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 37.50% | 4K+ followers | Canada | 2015 — “An online journal devoted entirely to writing inspired by visual art.”
Hippocampus Magazine → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: $3 | Pay: $40/piece | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 180 days | A: 4% | 15K+ followers | United States | 2011 — “An exclusively online publication set out to entertain, educate and engage writers and readers of creative nonfiction. Each issue features memoir excerpts, personal essays, reviews, interviews and craft articles.”
SeaGlass Literary → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 44.44% | 3K+ followers | Canada | 2021 — “Our goal is to give young writers and artists a platform to publish their most creative, fantastical, and unique ideas. We also want to give youth a free and accessible way to publish their pieces.”
Split Lip Magazine → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: Some | Pay: $75 flat | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 1.00% | 40K+ followers | United States | 2012 — “Totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the kind of honesty that gets you right in the kid”
Haven Speculative → Deadline: Nov 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.”
Crannóg → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: Yes | Pay: €120-€200 flat | Open for Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 72 days | A: 4.17% | 700+ followers | Ireland | 2002 — “Our mission is to publish the work of Irish writers alongside the best available worldwide and to show how well such writing sits with the best available internationally.”
CHILLFILTR Review → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 2K+ followers | United States | 2020 — “The CHILLFILTR Review showcases hand-picked short stories, essays, and poems from around the world.”
Lovecraftiana → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 7 days | A: 56.82% | Under 100 followers | United Kingdom — “a quarterly publication available from Rogue Planet Press”
Schlock! Webzine → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 7 days | Under 100 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.”
The London Magazine → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: Some | Pay: $100-$300 flat | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 56 days | A: 2.41% | 10K+ followers | United Kingdom | 1954 — “England’s oldest literary periodical, with a history stretching back to 1732. Today the Magazine’s essence remains unchanged: it is a home for the best writing and an indispensable feature on the British literary landscape.”
Frogpond Journal → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 25 days | A: 5.26% | 4K+ followers | United States | 1978 — “We publish the best in contemporary English-language haiku and senryu, linked forms including sequences, renku, rengay, and haibun, essays and articles on these forms, and book reviews.”
The Marrow International Poetry → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: No | Pay: AU$40/piece | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 56 days | A: 1.85% | Under 100 followers | Australia | 2024 — “An online literary journal featuring the finest new international poetry from emerging and established poets.”
Open Secrets Magazine | Theme: Personal Essay Call for Submissions → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: No | Pay: $25-$200 flat | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 31 days | A: 5% | 10K+ followers | United States | 2023 — “Open Secrets is a home for memorable, revealing personal essays about all the subjects we’re taught to keep “secret.”“
Black Lawrence Press → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: Some | Pay: $0-$625 flat | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 224 days | A: 1.52% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2004 — “Independent publisher of contemporary literature offering contests, open reading periods, and chapbook series.”
new verse review → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: Some | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers — “New Verse Review is an online journal dedicated to lyric and narrative poetry, featuring a diverse range of poems, translations, and critical essays. The journal showcases works from both emerging and established poets, offering readers a rich and”
Strange Daze | Theme: Strange Daze: Issue 2 → Deadline: Nov 30 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | Australia | 2025 — “art and writing that evokes nostalgia, daydreams, and most of all, hope in these strange days”
Blue Marble Review → Deadline: Dec 1 | Fee: No | Pay: $30-$75/piece | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 19.57% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2015 — “A quarterly online literary journal showcasing the creative work of young writers ages 13-22. We welcome poetry, fiction, personal essays, travel stories, and opinion pieces as well as art and photography.”
Eternal Haunted Summer: pagan songs & tales | Theme: The Good Neighbors → Deadline: Dec 1 | Fee: No | Pay: $5/piece | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 45 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2010 — “Eternal Haunted Summer: pagan songs & tales”
Querencia Press → Deadline: Dec 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 30% | 9K+ followers | United States | 2022 — “publishing poetry, cnf, fiction, visual, & hyrbid work from marginalized voices”
Encyclopedia Prismatica | Theme: Encyclopedia Prismatica Call for Submissions: Identity in the 21st Century → Deadline: Dec 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 25 days | A: 9% | 100+ followers | United States | 2025 — “A philosophical and literary journal, ENPRI revives the spirit of existential engagement, combined with artistic experimentation. The editorial vision draws inspiration from modern existential thought and the humanist tradition of Les Temps Modernes.”
Bunker Squirrel Magazine | Theme: Overheard atthe Office Christmas Party → Deadline: Dec 1 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 20 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — “Bunker Squirrel Magazine’s purpose is to support authors primarily through publication through ever-expanding mediums. What began on social media moved to the web, then to Patreon, and is working towards new and wonderful things.”
Contemplit Magazine → Deadline: Dec 5 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 60 days | Under 100 followers | 2024 — “Youth led Literary Magazine dedicated to work with an excessive focus on the use of language.”
Forevermore | Theme: THE EXPLORATION OF THE IN-BETWEEN → Deadline: Dec 7 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 5 days | A: 25% | Under 100 followers | France | 2024 — “Forevermore is an online magazine that welcomes every aspiring writer eager to pour out their ink. We accept various types of writing and encourage you to explore non-fiction, such as essays, but we will always welcome fiction and poetry pieces as well!”
Unlost: Found Poetry & Art | Theme: Found Writing/Texts → Deadline: Dec 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 45 days | Under 100 followers | United States — “Found poems come from existing texts, such as newspaper articles, street signs, letters, books, poems.”
Philly Poetry Chapbook Review → Deadline: Dec 15 | Fee: No | Pay: $10 flat | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 14 days | A: 3% | 1K+ followers | United States | 2023 — “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.”
Asterales: A Journal of Art and Letters → Deadline: Dec 15 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 8 days | A: 5.26% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — “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,”
Anemone Magazine | Theme: Special Issue 3 → Deadline: Dec 19 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 21 days | A: 75% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2024 — “Aiming to be a safe space and inspiration from teen, to teen. We consider up to 21 to be a teen here. Let us help you spread, or discover, your voice.”
Turtle Island Quarterly → Deadline: Dec 21 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | 2013 — “Turtle Island Quarterly is an online literary journal dedicated to showcasing works that deepen our connection to the natural world.”
The Westchester Review → Deadline: Dec 31 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 103 days | A: 11.35% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2007 — “Founded in 2007, The Westchester Review has spent more than a decade publishing established and emerging writers. We welcome submissions of original poems, stories, essays, and plays by writers wherever they reside.”
Allegory Magazine → Deadline: Dec 31 | Fee: No | Pay: $15 flat | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 2.63% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2006 — “Allegory is a biannual online publication of fiction and non-fiction.”
Hominum Journal → Deadline: Dec 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 28 days | A: 4% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2020 — “A creative arts journal that de/reconstructs the somatic and explores the anatomy of narrative.”
Once Upon A Crocodile → Deadline: Dec 31 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United Kingdom | 2018 — “An online literary magazine dedicated to humorous fantasy, sci-fi, and absurd stories.”
Thimble → Deadline: Jan 1, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 75 days | A: 11.95% | 4K+ 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.”
Cosmic Daffodil Journal | Theme: TIDAL LIGHT → Deadline: Jan 15, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 21 days | A: 20% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2022 — “This journal is born out of love for art; poetry, fiction & non-fiction, short stories, paintings, sculptures, everything, and anything creative.”
Masque & Spectacle → Deadline: Jan 31, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 10% | 100+ followers | United States | 2014 — “Masque & Spectacle is a bi-annual arts and literary journal.”
Strange Hymnal → Deadline: Jan 31, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 3% | 700+ followers | United States | 2025 — “Strange Hymnal is a literary magazine of mystery, ritual, and obsession.”
Sixteen Rivers → Deadline: Feb 1, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1K+ followers | United States | 1999 — “Poet-run collective press publishing poetry collections primarily from Northern California writers.”
Deep Overstock Magazine | Theme: Sci-Fi/Fantasy → Deadline: Feb 28, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Publishes Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 800+ followers | United States | 2018 — “The name Deep Overstock refers to books that are tucked away from where customers are able to get to. It is our goal to publish these “overstocked” ideas.”
COMP: an interdisciplinary journal → Deadline: Mar 1, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2021 — “COMP, an annual publication of Piedmont University’s undergraduate Creative Writing Program, is an online interdisciplinary journal dedicated to creative and critical writing with accompanying process notes and/or author interviews.”
Cardinal Points → Deadline: Mar 15, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2010 — “Journal focusing on North American and Russian literary connections, translations, and diaspora writing.”
North American Review → Deadline: May 1, 2026 | Fee: Some | Pay: $1000/piece or $100 flat | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 150 days | A: 3.08% | 400+ followers | United States | 1815 — “As the oldest literary magazine in the nation, our selected works reflect the breadth of the American experience, and encompass any voices that are committed to telling rich narratives that challenge the status quo.”
Strange Horizons | Theme: Indigenous Author Submissions | Fee: No | Pay: $0 flat or $0.1/word | Open for Poetry, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 77 days | A: 4.05% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2000 — “A weekly magazine of and about speculative fiction. We publish fiction, poetry, reviews, essays, interviews, roundtable discussions, and art.”
table//FEAST Literary Magazine | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2021 — “We are not a food magazine or recipe outlet.”
PodCastle | Fee: No | Pay: $0.08/word | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 1.95% | 10K+ followers | United States | 2008 — “PodCastle is a weekly fantasy podcast producing audio performances of fantasy short fiction, including all the sub-genres of fantasy, such as magical realism, urban fantasy, slipstream, high fantasy, and dark fantasy.”
RESURRECTION Magazine | Theme: RESURRECTION | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States — “A poetry, art, and prose magazine. Give us your death, your life, your everything.”
Pulp Asylum | Fee: No | Pay: $15 flat | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 9 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2024 — “A bi-monthly online magazine showcasing traditional pulp genres, including horror, mystery, crime, science fiction, fantasy, adventure, western, and weird stories.”
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Still Point Arts Quarterly | Theme: The Houses of My Dreams | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 105 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2011 — “A truly beautiful and engaging art and literary journal. Produced four times a year, each issue focuses on a theme and features historical and contemporary art, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.”
Crab Tales Magazine | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | Ireland | 2023 — “Crab Tales is a speculative fiction magazine for flash fiction stories about crabs.”
On The Seawall | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Multimedia, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 17 days | A: 8.57% | 1K+ followers | United States | 2007 — “On The Seawall is a community gallery for new writing and commentary during a time of emergency. (There always is, and there always has been, an emergency.)”
Cafe Irreal | Fee: No | Pay: $0.01/word | Open for Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 60 days | 800+ followers | United States | 1998 — “Stories that reject the tendency to portray people and places realistically and the need for a full resolution to the story; instead, it shows us a reality constantly being undermined.”
The Bitchin’ Kitsch | Fee: No | Pay: $10/piece | Open for Fiction, Multimedia, Poetry, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 14 days | A: 38.75% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2010 — “A quarterly art and lit, online and printed magazine prioritizing traditionally marginalized creators, but open to all”
Cleaver Magazine | Fee: Some | Pay: $100 flat or $60 flat | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 8.41% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2013 — “A Philadelphia-based online magazine that provides a platform for underrepresented writers and artists producing work of the highest quality.”
Braided Way Magazine | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2017 — “The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. It is a publication of Braided Way Media, which is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 publisher, under the umbrella of the Spiritual Quest Foundation.”
Dead Letter Radio (podcast) | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | 200+ followers | United States | 2020 — “A poetry/writing podcast focused on sharing original writing sent in by listeners. Each episode is set with a relaxing, vintage sound; sharing work without a critical eye but instead acknowledging the emotional and creative impact of each piece.”
ergot. | Fee: No | Pay: $25/piece | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 4.54% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2022 — “Furthering the innovative and experimental tradition in horror.”
The School Magazine | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Multimedia, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 3.45% | 800+ followers | Australia | 1916 — “Australia’s most loved and longest-running literary magazine for children. Published by the NSW Department of Education since 1916.”
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