Where to Submit & Apply – March 2021

Literary Magazines – General Submissions

The Lumiere Review is always open for submissions!
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme (ISSUE 05) or Theme: PARTYTIME (by 03/15) // Free to submit // Open to all

Creatives Root 02/01 – 03/01
Poetry, Prose, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi // No Theme // Free to submit // For ages 18+, black writers

Contrary Magazine currently open – 03/01
Fiction, poetry // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Payment: $20 per author

Superpresent Magazine currently open – 03/01
Poetry, Prose, Art, Videos // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Etched Onyx 02/01 – 03/05
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry // $5 fee // Adults only

The Mechanics’ Institute Review currently open – 03/05
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // All UK-based writers

IceFloe Press 01/04 – 03/06
Poetry, Micro-fiction, CNF // Theme: “Pandemic Love” // Free to submit // Open to all // Anthology edited by Moira J. Saucer, Robert Frede Kenter, Jakky Bankong-Obi, Anindita Sengupta 

Augur Magazine 02/21 – 03/07
Poetry, Fiction, Graphic Fiction // Dream-touched realism, slipstream, fabulism, magical realism // Free to submit // Open to all (focus on marginalized creators) // Pays $60/poem or $0.11/word fiction (CAD) 

Feral: A Journal of Poetry and Art 02/07 – 03/07
Poetry, Art // Theme: Weather // Free to submit // Open to all 

Into the Void 02/01 – 03/07
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Pays $10 per poem, flash fiction or visual art piece, and $20 per long-form prose piece; plus a contributor copy and one-year online subscription to Into the Void.

Scum Magazine 03/01 – 03/07
Poetry, Prose // No theme but should be feminist-friendly // Free to submit // Open to all

Kissing Dynamite 03/01 – 03/10
Poetry // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Macabre Ladies – Dark Carnival Anthology currently open – 03/10
Fiction // Circus and carnival themed horror stories // Free to submit // Open to all // Payment: $10. Deadline

Paracosm Literary Journal 01/10 – 03/10
Poetry, Prose, Art // Theme: “Metamorphosis” // Free to submit // For ages 13-24 

Parentheses Journal currently open – 03/10
Poetry, Prose, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // New issues releasing in April and October

Pigeonholes 03/01 – 03/10
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Spires currently open – 03/12
Poetry, Prose, Art // No Theme // Free to submit // College Students // No limit on submissions

DreamForge Magazine 02/20 – 03/13
Stories of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

3 Moon Magazine 03/03 – 03/13
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Art // Theme: Growing Malcontent // Free to submit // Open to all 

Ample Remains 02/19 – 03/14
Poetry, Prose, Hybrid // no theme // Free to Submit // Open to all 

The Swala Tribe 02/22 – 03/14
Poetry // No Theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Capsule Stories currently open – 03/15
Poetry, Short Stories, Essays // Theme: Starry Nights // Free to submit // Open to all 

Interstellar Literary Review 02/01 – 03/15
Poetry, prose, hybrid // no theme // free to submit // open to all

Ligeia Magazine 02/15 – 03/15
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Mistake House Magazine currently open – 03/15
Poetry, Fiction, Translation, Art // No theme // Free to submit // For students currently enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs worldwide // Awards $100 for fiction and poetry to selected work

Rathalla Review 01/01 – 03/15
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

The Remnant Archive currently open – 03/15
Poetry, Prose, Art, Reviews // Theme: “HOMELAND” // Free to submit // Open to all // Guest editor Alolika A. Dutta

Up the Staircase Quarterly currently open – 03/15
Poetry, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Walled City Literary Review 02/15 – 03/15
Poetry, Prose, Hybrid // No Theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Paid Expedited + Feedback Responses

Dwelling Literary 03/15 – Until full
Poetry, CNF, Fiction // Theme: GREENHOUSE // Free to submit // Open to all Accepted GREENHOUSE pieces will be published in May. Subs close as soon as we fill the issue.

20.35 Africa Anthology 02/01 – 03/16
Poetry // No theme // African Poets aged 20-35 // Publication in anthology

carte blanche currently open –

03/18
Comics, Photography, Poetry, Translations // Theme: Resilience // Free to submit // Open to all // Payment: Modest honorarium

The Writers’ Den 02/22 – 03/20
Poetry, Prose, Art // Theme: locked  (or unthemed) // Free to submit // Ages 13-25, open to every sexuality and gender identity, preferring LGBTQ and POC

Sundamaged currently open – 03/21 
Personal essays, impersonal essays, CNF fiction, prose poetry // Theme: travel, anti-travel or neo travel // Free to submit // Open to all // Payment: $10

Second Chance Lit 01/22 – 03/22
Poetry, Prose // Previously rejected pieces only // Free to submit // Open to all 

Caesura currently open – 03/23
Poetry, Prose, Art // Theme: Crisis // No free // Open to all

indigo literary journal 01/01 – 03/25
Poetry, prose // no theme // no fee // open to all

Fahmidan Journal 03/10 – 03/30
Poetry, Prose // Theme: When Mother Nature Wakes Up- A call for Spring // Free to submit // Open to all

Blue Bottle Journal 03/01 – 03/31 and Rolling submissions on bi-monthly basis
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all // Particularly interested in voice-driven, eco-critical poetry

Epoch Press Literary Journal 02/01 – 03/31
Creative Non-Fiction: prose, poetry, music, and artwork // Theme: Roots // Free to Submit // Open to All // £5-£10 per piece and/or contributor copy, only available in Print

Farside Review currently open – 03/31
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Hecate Magazine currently open – 03/31
Poetry, Fiction, Creative non-fiction, Art // Theme: Birth // Open to all

Inertia Teens 02/25 – 03/31
Poetry, Prose, Artwork, photography // Theme: “Feelings” // Free to submit // Ages 10-25

Juven 02/01 – 03/31
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Photography, Art // Theme: Re/Untold // Free to submit // for writers under 26 years old.

River Mouth Review 03/01 – 03/31
Poetry // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // inclusive and welcoming. Our aesthetic is fluid, eclectic, based in the power of immediacy.

Split Lip Magazine 03/01 – 03/31
Poetry, Memoir, Flash, Art, Reviews, Interviews // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Pays $50

The Decolonial Passage 01/11 – 03/31
Poetry, Fiction, Creative nonfiction, Art // Theme: Migration and Movement // Free to submit // Open to all 

The Augment Review 02/01 – 03/31
Poetry, Prose, Art, Experimental // Theme: “PIERCE” // Free to submit // for ages 13-25

Westerly currently open – 03/31
Short stories, poetry, memoir and creative non-fiction, essays, literary criticism // No theme // Free to submit // Open to contributors/subscribers of the magazine (or purchase a subscription) // Pays $120 or more 

Wildness Journal currently open – 03/31
Poetry, Prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Currently reading for issue 26

Yellow Arrow Journal currently open – 03/31
Creative nonfiction, poetry, cover art // Theme: Renascence // Free to submit // Open to women writers and artists // Payment: $10

Tether’s End Magazine opens 03/01
Genres: Prose, Poetry, Creative Non-fiction, Art, Photography // Theme: “FOLKLORE” // Issues are alternately themed and non-themed. Issue 2 is our first themed issue // We also welcome visual/object poetry and micro/flash fiction // More details on our submissions page.

Stanchion Literary Zine opens 03/01
Poetry, Prose, Screenplays, Hybrid, Art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Anthropocene 03/01 – 04/01
Poetry // No theme // 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.

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

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

Sidereal Magazine currently open – 04/01
Poetry, Essays // 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

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 

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 

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 

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

The Hungry Ghost Project 02/17 – 05/01
Flash Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Visual Art // Theme: food, hauntings memory & consumption (separately or combined) // Free to submit // Open to all // Pays £5 per piece + a print copy of the issue , All our profits are donated to Big Issue North (https://www.bigissuenorth.com/). 

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.

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

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

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

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

Blue Marble Review Rolling submissions
Poetry, Art, Short Stories, Flash, Personal Essays, Book Reviews // No theme // Free to submit // Ages 13-22

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.

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

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

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

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

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 

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.

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

ACES currently open – 03/03
Poetry under 280 characters // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Tweet a grammar-related poem using #GrammarDay to be considered.

Fractured Lit Mini-Contest currently open – 03/12
Flash fiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // 100 words max.

Underblong 02/15 – 03/15
Poetry // No theme // Free (donations encouraged) // Open to all // 2 winners receive $150 and 2 runner-ups receive $100

Silver Apples Magazine 01/11 – 03/17
Short story 1500-5000 words // Previously rejected pieces // €10 fee // Ages 18+

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

SmokeLong Quarterly Grand Micro Competition 03/01 – 05/16
Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid // No theme // Fee: $6 for one entry, $10 for two, and $16 for up to four micros // Ages 18+ // 400 word limit

Presses – General Submissions

Perennial Press currently open – 03/06
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction // No theme // $10 fee // Open to all // Full-length manuscripts with minimum 48 pages

Green Linden Press currently open – 03/20
Poetry // No theme // $12 fee // Open to all // manuscript of 12–40 pages

the winnow magazine 02/01 – 03/31
Poetry, Prose, or a combination of the two // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Manuscript should be 10-50 pages

Glass Poetry Press 03/01 – 03/31
Poetry // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all // Manuscripts should be between 15 and 25 pages

Trickhouse Press currently open – 03/31
Poetry (visual and/or procedurally generated) // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all, encourages marginalized writers // Manuscripts should be between 40 and 120 pages long

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

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

Airlie Press 01/01 – 03/15
Full length poetry collections in English // $25 fee // Open to all

The Journal – The Non/Fiction Collection Prize 02/01 – 03/21
Nonfiction, Fiction manuscripts // No theme // $23 fee ($11.50 for BIPOC writers) // Open to all

Tupelo Press – Snowbound Chapbook Award 2021
currently open – 03/25 Poetry manuscripts // No theme // $25 fee // Open to all

Black Lawrence Press – The Hudson Prize 01/01 – 03/31
Poetry, Short story full-length manuscripts // No theme // $27 fee // Open to all

Elixir Press – The Antivenom Poetry Award 01/01 – 03/31
Poetry manuscripts // No theme // $30 fee // Open to all

Four Way Books Levis Prize in Poetry 01/01 – 03/31
Poetry manuscripts // No theme // $30 fee // Open to all // Judge: Kaveh Akbar, awarding publication of a book-length collection, a Four Way Books sponsored reading in NYC, and $1000.

Texas Review Press – The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize 01/01 – 03/31
Novella // No theme // $20 fee // Open to all

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

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