Magazines and Presses Open for Submissions and Applications in April 2021

Header art: “Untitled” by Anna Hardy in ISSUE 02

Where to Submit & Misc. – April 2021

Literary Magazines – General Submissions
Literary Magazines – Contest Submissions
Presses – General Submissions
Presses – Contest Submissions
Applications

If you are a lit mag (not currently listed) open for submissions or applications in March, it’s not too late to let us know by contacting us at thelumierereview[at]gmail[dot]com. If you’ll be opening in May (and are not listed), let us know by filling out THIS FORM.

ALSO, if you happen to receive an acceptance from any magazine/press thanks to our list, be sure to let us know at @lumierereview on twitter or instagram. We’ll be sure to congratulate you! 🙂

Literary Magazines – General Submissions

The Lumiere Review is always open for submissions!
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme (ISSUE 05) // Free to submit // Open to all

Anthropocene 03/01 – 04/01
Poetry // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Cream City Review currently open – 04/01
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art // Free to submit // Open to all 

Gordon Square Review 01/15 – 04/01
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Pays $25 per prose piece and $10 per poem.

Inklings Press Anthology 02/01 – 04/01
Stories // Theme: alternate history // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $50 per piece 

Iron Horse Literary Review currently open – 04/01 
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Payment: $100 per prose piece, $50 per poem or flash piece

Mikrokosmos: Mojo currently open – 04/01
Fiction, poetry, CNF // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Payment: $15

Minnesota Review 01/01 – 04/01
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all

Sidereal Magazine currently open – 04/01
Poetry, Essays // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

The Tiny Journal 02/01 – 04/01
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

West Branch currently open – 04/01
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translation // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Payment: $50 per poem, max $100 per prose piece

Salamander Magazine currently open – 04/01 Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Raising Mothers currently open – 04/02
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, interviews, book reviews, hybrid // Work that centers parenthood from either a parent, or child-centered perspectives // Free to submit // BIPOC, women, femmes, disabled, non-binary and LGBTQIA+ parents

Backslash Lit currently open – 04/05
Electric Lit (source code poetry, hypertext poetry, interactive fiction, ASCII art, and generative art etc.) // Theme: <body> // Free to submit // Open to all 

Holyfea! currently open – 04/09
Poetry // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Breakbread Magazine currently open – 04/15
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Under 25 years old 

Olit Magazine currently open – 04/15
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Artwork, Photography // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // pays $10

Passages North 03/01 – 04/15
Poetry, Short-shorts, Nonfiction, Hybrid // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

The Sock Drawer currently open – 04/15
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, book reviews // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Wrongdoing Magazine 01/01 – 04/15
Poetry, Prose, CNF, Visual Art // Theme: “Petals” // Free to submit // Open to all The theme is a broad aesthetic- work does not have to directly relate to petals. 

Counterclock Journal 02/01 – 04/20
Poetry, Prose, Art, Cross Genre // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

The Hungry Ghost Project currently open – 04/16
Fiction, nonfiction, art // Theme: food, hauntings, memory and/or consumption // Free to submit // Open to all  

Paper Lanterns Magazine currently open – 04/17
Poetry, short stories, flash fiction // No theme but appropriate for teen audience // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $50 for poetry/flash and $75 for short stories 

Burnt Breakfast Magazine 03/22 – 04/19
Poetry, fiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Auroras & Blossoms: No Longer Ignored Anthology currently open – 04/25
Poetry, art, prose, photography essays & articles // Theme: Social justice // $4 fee (per piece) // Family-friendly only, particularly interested in entries from women, minorities, POC and disabled artists, pays royalties.

Night Sky Press 02/14 – 04/30
Poetry, prose // Theme: “ORCANUS” // free to submit // Open to all // pays $10 per piece, We’re a same-world speculative fiction magazine exclusively 

Tiger Moth Review 02/01 – 04/30
Poetry, Prose, Art // Theme: work that focuses on the environment // Free to submit // Open to all

mutiny! 02/01 – 04/30
Poetry, Flash // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Capsule Stories Second Isolation Edition currently open – 05/01
Poetry, Short Stories, Essays // Theme: COVID 19 Pandemic // Free to submit // Open to all

MudRoom Magazine currently open – 05/01
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Pays $15 per piece 

Tether’s End Magazine currently open – 05/01
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Theme: “Folklore” // Free to submit // Open to all

The Hunger Journal 03/01 – 05/01
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Art // Theme: Hunger // Free to submit // Open to all 

Zoetic Press currently open – 05/01
Poetry, Prose, Art // Theme: The Industrial Revolution // Free to submit // Open to all // Accepts previously published work, pays 1 cent per word for prose, a flat fee of $10 for poetry, and $25 per piece of visual art.

FERAL: A Journal of Poetry & Art 04/07 – 05/07
Poetry, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Iman Collective 04/13 – 05/12
Poetry, Prose // Theme: works that explore Islam, Muslim identity, narratives or experiences // Free to submit 

Grain Magazine currently open – 05/15
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Pays $50 per page to a maximum of $250 and two copies of the issue in which their work appears

Literary Impulse 03/02 – 05/15
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Deep Overstock currently open – 05/31
Prose, Poetry, Art, Surprises // Theme: Future // Free to submit // Open to all

immortal journal 03/01 – 05/31
Poetry, Prose // Theme: image prompt // Free to submit // Open to all submissions are accepted anytime, the deadline is for the spring 2021 issue

Oyster River Pages 01/11 – 05/31
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

The Liminal Review 02/01 – 05/31
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Space City Underground currently open – 06/06
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Fuzzy Peach Review 03/01 – 06/30
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to Submit // for ages 13-22

The Rainbow Choir: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Youth Voices currently open – 07/01
Poetry, Prose, Art // Free to submit // LGBTQ+ youth 18 and below

Alien Magazine 04/01 – 07/05
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Slouching Beast Journal currently open
Poetry, prose-poetry, flash fiction, hybrid // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

West Trestle Review currently open
Poetry, fiction, art // No theme // Fee: $3, free for BIPOC // Open to all 

Blue Marble Review Rolling submissions 
Poetry, prose, book reviews, travel stories, personal essays, art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to ages 13-22, pays $25 per piece, $75 for cover art

CERASUS Magazine Rolling submissions 
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

DIALOGIST Rolling submissions
Poetry // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Dirty Queer Journal Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose, Art // All content must be about queer sex, sexuality, sensuality, and/or gender: every-one-involved (literally or figuratively) // Free to submit // Queer/trans only, must be of legal age and consenting // No hate speech of any sort will be tolerated.

Flash Frog Rolling submissions 
Flash fiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Free Flash Fiction Rolling submissions
Flash fiction (500 words) // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Inertia Teens Rolling submissions 
Poetry, Prose, spoken word, art // Theme: Feelings // Free to submit // Open to all with focus on those under 25 years of age

Intersections Lit Mag Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // 13-19 and all college students (vague age cutoff) Thank you for doing this!!

journal of erato Rolling submissions
Poetry, Flash, Poetry, Essays, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Kalonopia Collective Rolling submissions 
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Script // Theme: “Vision” // Free to submit // Open to all 

K’in Review Rolling submissions 
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

NINSHAR Arts Rolling Submissions
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Not Deer Magazine Rolling submissions 
Poetry, Prose, Art // Theme: Horror & Surrealism // Free to submit // Prioritizing marginalized voices, not currently offering submission payouts 

No Contact Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

ongoing Rolling submissions 
Musical poetry, prose // Theme: submissions must be inspired by the prompt that came before it // Free to submit // Open to everyone, pays 30CAD

ShabdAaweg Review Rolling submissions
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reviews // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Sky Island Journal Rolling submissions
Poetry, Flash fiction (under 1,000 words), Creative nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // At least 18 years old 

Spillover Magazine Rolling submissions 
Poetry, prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Strukturriss Rolling submissions
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction // Radical genre-bending work // Free to submit // Open to all // Currently reading for issue 2.4

Storm Cellar Rolling submissions
Poetry, Fiction, Flash, Nonfiction, Art, Hybrid // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all (especially people of color with a Midwest connection) // Pays $10

The Centifictionist Rolling deadlines
Microfiction, Flash fiction // No theme // $3 fee (with limited free subs) // Open to all // The deadline to be considered for Issue 3 is 03/01.

The Lincoln Review Rolling submissions 
Poetry, Flash Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Essays, Art, Photography and Comics // No Theme // Free to Submit // Open to all 

The Tide Rises Rolling submissions 
Poetry // Theme: the tide rises, the tide falls // Free to submit // Open to all 

X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine Rolling submissions
Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

ZiN Daily Rolling submissions
Prose, Poetry, Essays, Reviews, Excerpts, Translations, Art and Photography // No Theme // Free to Submit // Open to All // ZiN Daily is an international literary magazine founded in 2017. We view literature and art as testaments of anguish and catalysts for progress.

Literary Magazines – Contest Submissions

Nimrod Literary Awards 01/01 – 04/01
Poetry, fiction // No theme // Fee: $20 // Open to all, First Prize: $2,000 and publication

Breakwater Peseroff Prize 02/01 – 04/15
Poetry // No theme // $10 fee // Open to all // Guest judge Chen Chen, prize is $1000 and publication in their next issue

Chestnut Review 03/01 – 04/30
Poetry, Fiction // No theme // $20 Fee // At least 18 years old // Judges Cathy Ulrich and Dorothy Chan, up to $500 in prizes

Spider Road Press Microfiction Prize for Women Writers 02/01 – 05/01
Microfiction // Theme: Metamorphosis // Free // Open to women over 18 // First Prize: $150 USD, publication on the SRP website, and one free copy of a book by the contest judge.

The Hunger Journal Spring Prose Contest 03/01 – 05/01
Prose // https://www.thehungerjournal.com/spring-prose-contestNo theme // $5 fee per story // Open to all // $100 prize and publication in their Spring Issue, Judge: Jackson Bliss

Roadrunner Review Contest currently open – 05/16
Poetry, prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to high school writers, $100 prize

SmokeLong Quarterly Grand Micro Competition 03/01 – 05/16
Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid // No theme // Free to submit // Ages 18+ // 400 word limit

Presses – General Submissions

Bellows Press currently open
Fiction manuscript excerpts // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all (priority to marginalized writers)

Buffalo Books 03/08 – 04/07
Novels // Theme: the Midwest, the Plains, and the portions of the West people tend to fly over // Free to submit for the first 150 submissions // Open to all 

Carrion Bloom Books 02/11 – 04/11
Poetry, Prose, Hybrid works, and Writing with visual elements // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Manuscripts between 20-50 pages

Master House Publishing currently open
Poetry manuscripts // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Milk and Cake Press 01/01 – 04/30
Poetry manuscripts // No theme // $10 fee (chapbooks), $25 (full length) // Open to all

Stillhouse Press currently open – 05/31
Poetry, Prose // $5 fee // writers with disabilities only Fee waivers available upon request

Damaged Goods Press Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to queer and trans // Chapbook and full-length manuscripts accepted

Disorder Press Rolling submissions
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Red Hen Press Rolling submissions
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction full-length manuscripts // No theme // $20 fee // Open to all

Revolutionary Press Rolling submissions
Anything book length // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all We are a non-profit publishing house for aspiring authors.

Presses – Contest Submissions

Stillhouse Press currently open – 04/15
Poetry, Prose, Hybrid // $25 fee // $500 prize All submissions considered for publication, not only the winner

The Poetry Question Chapbook Contest 04/01 – 04/30
Poetry manuscripts // No theme // Fee: $7 // Open to all, guest judges Sofia Fey and Chris L. Butler, winning author receives: $100 + 10 copies + 30% of Sales

Baobab House Press currently open – 06/15
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction full-length manuscripts // No theme // $30 fee // Open to all

42 Miles Press 02/15 – 06/21
Poetry manuscripts (50-120 pages) // No theme // $25 fee // Open to all

Applications


Twin Pies Literary 04/01 – 04/12
Poetry, fiction, Creative nonfiction Readers

Chaotic Merge Magazine currently open
Poetry Editors, Staff Writers, Layout and Design Team // Apply here

Ogma Magazine currently open
Writers, Artists, Fashion Editors, Music Editors, Prose Editors, etc. // Apply here