Weekly Sub Calls: Expanded | 12.17.25
+ Round-up of everything we published last week
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There are 42 weekly sub calls today. Also, in case you missed it, here’s everything we published in the last 7 days:
ONLY POEMS | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Poetry, Essays, Book Reviews | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 56 days | A: <1% | 80K+ 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.”“
Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine → Deadline: Jan 14, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: From $10/piece | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 9.79% | Under 100 followers | United States — “An online magazine dedicated to riding that ever-changing edge of new and original fiction and art and sound and everything into tomorrow, to being a conduit for the voices that speak along that edge, to helping in some way those voices to move the world forward”
100-Foot Crow → Deadline: Jan 15, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: $0.08/word | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 1.45% | 500+ followers | 2024 — “We’re the magazine for busy people who want to be wowed by great science fiction & fantasy stories—in exactly 100 words.”
Plork Press | Theme: PLORKOLOGY 2025 → Deadline: Feb 7, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | 300+ followers | United States | 2013 — “Plork Press is a student-run press at the University of Baltimore.”
Aberration Labyrinth → Deadline: Feb 15, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Multimedia, Fiction | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 35% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2012 — “We do not want poems about sailboats. They’re sort of tired and boring. We are looking for underground writers who are looking for a place to muck up the internet with their bold and interesting writing. We treasure poetry that strays from the path.”
Heimat Review → Deadline: Feb 15, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 60 days | 1.5K+ followers | 2022 — “An online journal that seeks to be a home for your prose and poetry. It is a journal of treehouses and chipped coffee mugs; creaky floors and dusty corners. A place to tape your work to the kitchen fridge.”
Luna Station Quarterly → Deadline: Feb 15, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: $10/piece | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Multimedia | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 10% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2010 — “Stellar Short Fiction by Women-Identified Writers Since 2010”
Block Print | Theme: Fiction Prose Submissions for Winter 2025-26 Edition “Empathy Epidemic” → Deadline: Feb 15, 2026 | Fee: $5 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 2K+ followers | United States | 2025 — “Block Print is WBI’s literary zine spotlighting powerful writing and art from Connecticut youth, plus curated contributions from emerging creators in other communities.”
Metachrosis Literary → Deadline: Feb 28, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 120 days | A: 11.76% | 1.5K+ followers | Ireland | 2023 — “metachrosis is an interdisciplinary magazine, celebrating the exploration of the arts, sciences, and humanities. We love the experimental, avant-garde, and political.”
Spirit Lake Review → Deadline: Mar 1, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2003 — “An annual literary magazine showcasing poetry, prose, and visual art, with a focus on Wisconsin and Upper Midwest creators.”
Hellbender Magazine → Deadline: Dec 17 | Fee: Yes | Pay: $250 | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 616 days | A: 11.11% | Under 100 followers | United States — “Hellbender Magazine—formerly Cheat River Review—is a home for fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.”
ær’d → Deadline: Dec 17 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 200+ followers | United States | 2023 — “Uplifting young voices, ær’d seeks to encourage critical thought and writing amongst students as to foster confidence in actively addressing the climate of young lives”
seasonal fruits literary | Theme: poetry submissions → Deadline: Dec 17 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 1K+ followers | Canada | 2023 — “seasonal fruits literary, est. 2023, is a quarterly literary magazine that publishes poetry inspired by the seasons from emerging & established poets alike. we publish emotive, perceptive works.”
The Boiler → Deadline: Dec 18 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 240 days | A: 1.43% | 9K+ followers | United States | 2011 — “THE BOILER invites you to turn up the heat. Make it whistle 100°C +, sputter and steam. We’ll gauge the pressure.”
Ink and Marrow → Deadline: Dec 19 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 5% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2023 — “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.”
Anemone Magazine | Theme: Special Issue 3 → Deadline: Dec 19 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, 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.”
Fiction Attic → Deadline: Dec 20 | Fee: Some | Pay: $10-$25 flat or $150-$500/piece | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 180 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2005 — “Seeking flash fiction, essays, short stories, and novellas-in-flash by new & emerging writers.”
Milk Press → Deadline: Dec 20 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 58 days | A: 22.22% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2018 — “The Poetry Society of New York presents Milk Press, a multi-disciplinary journal that nurtures the conversation between poetry and visual art.”
Still Here Magazine | Theme: A Light in December → Deadline: Dec 20 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 4 days | A: 67% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — “A quarterly literary magazine for emotional realism and the quiet courage of staying.”
West Trade Review | Theme: Essays on the Creative Life → Deadline: Dec 21 | Fee: Yes | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 45 days | A: 2% | 10K+ followers | United States | 2009 — “We accept fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and novel excerpts (especially looking for more of those). We have no fees during our regular reading period, April-December. Our aesthetic drive is in pursuit of work that is Fearless, Crafted, Impassioned (that’s our motto!)”
Oddball Magazine → Deadline: Dec 21 | Fee: No | Pay: Yes | Open for Multimedia, Fiction, Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | 2K+ followers | United States | 2010 — “We are not your typical literary magazine. And if you found us, there is nothing typical about you either.”
WestWord Journal → Deadline: Dec 21 | Fee: Yes | Pay: £0-£35 flat | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 35 days | Under 100 followers | United Kingdom | 2022 — “A journal of short stories, flash and micro fictions from Retreat West.”
The Dewdrop | Theme: dewdrops: Weekly Haiku and Print Anthology - Summer Submissions → Deadline: Dec 21 | Fee: $5 | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 32 days | A: 19.05% | 900+ followers | United States | 2018 — “The Dewdrop welcomes submissions from all writers.”
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.”
Rust and Moth → Deadline: Dec 21 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 42 days | A: 9.66% | 15K+ followers | United States | 2008 — “Lit journal, cellar door knocker”
Speck Magazine | Theme: The Craft → Deadline: Dec 21 | Fee: No | Pay: $5/page | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | 100+ followers | United States | 2025 — “Speculative Fiction and Fantasy Magazine based in Minnesota. Speck Magazine, a RUNE PRESS publication, is ©2025 by the Minnesota Science Fiction Society”
The Arkansas International | Theme: Graphic Literature → Deadline: Dec 22 | Fee: $4 | Pay: $25-$200/page | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 6.06% | 3K+ followers | United States | 2016 — “Launched by the University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing & Translation in 2016, The Arkansas International has published fiction, poetry, essays, comics, and works in translation from over 60 countries.”
NUNUM → Deadline: Dec 22 | Fee: Some | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 30 days | A: 9.14% | 400+ followers | Canada | 2018 — “A journal dedicated to blending flash fiction and art.”
Sonder Literary | Theme: OPAL Contrapuntal Issue → Deadline: Dec 22 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry | ✖️ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 8% | 15K+ followers | United States | 2025 — “a magazine designed to showcase every person’s story. accepts submissions from everyone, regardless of age or background,”
Two Children | Theme: Two Children — December Prompt → Deadline: Dec 23 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — “An online literary magazine based on Substack. Free submissions, independent, reader-supported, Let us house your hopes, your dreams, your fears, your young heart; join us under our lonely tree.”
The Cherry Bite Magazine | Theme: The Cherry Bite Magazine Wants Your Art! → Deadline: Dec 23 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 5 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — “The magazine where you never know what you’re going to get.”
Mobtown Dreams | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 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.”“
Twin Bird Review | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction, Multimedia, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 60 days | A: 6.34% | 100+ followers | United States | 2023 — “Established in 2023, Twin Bird Review is a biannual online literary publication for imaginative fiction, poetry, essays, art, and comics.”
Detroit Lit Mag | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 7 days | A: 8.70% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2022 — “Detroit Lit Mag is a new publication, for a new city, and a new time—albeit its tastes are remarkably classical. We are brazenly anti-innovative; we are exhausted of your alienating and indecipherable poetries.”
Danse Macabre | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 70 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2006 — “An Online Literary Magazine is committed to expanding the creative landscape of the literary web. Our central editorial criterion is the overall imaginative effort you deploy to transcend prevailing (suburban, academic) orthodoxies.”
Dispatches from Quarantine | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States | 2020 — “COVID-19 PANDEMIC WRITING WHAT WE WERE DOING, WHAT WE WERE FEELING, WHAT WE WERE THINKING IN THIS UNIQUE TIME OF HISTORY”
Denver Quarterly | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 90 days | A: 5% | 10K+ followers | United States | 1966 — “Experimenting since 1966. Here, there, at the foreground of avant-letters. Cover Art: Stella Nall, DQ 56.1.”
Star 82 Review | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 14 days | A: 8% | Under 100 followers | United States | 2012 — “An independent art and literature, online and print magazine that highlights words and images in gemlike forms. Each issue includes a combination of flash fiction, creative nonfiction, erasure texts, narrative art, word+image, collage poems, and poetic storytelling.”
Caveat Lector | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia, Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | United States — “Caveat Lector is an online magazine dedicated to literature, social and cultural criticism, philosophy, and the arts.”
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