Header art: “Study of Endurance” by Jonathan Virginia Green in Issue 03

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

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! 

Starting from September 2021, we will publish the “Where to Submit” Lists once every two months. The next list will be for September and October 2021. If you know a literary journal open for submissions during any period then, please let us know at thelumierereview[@]gmail[.]com. Last but not least, if you like the work we’re doing, please consider:

Literary Magazines – General Submissions

The Lumiere Review is always open for submissions!
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art // No theme (ISSUE 07) // Free to submit // Open to all

ANMLY   currently open – 09/01 
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, and translation // Fee: $3 // Open to all

Guernica Magazine  currently open – 09/01 
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Theme: Dirt // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $50 for poetry, $100 for original essays, and $150 for original fiction

HerStry  currently open – 09/01
Prose // Theme: Missed Connections // Free to submit // Open to all 

Moonflake Press  currently open – 09/01
Poetry, prose // Theme: Escapism (for their print issue) // Free to submit // Open to all

Orion’s Belt Magazine  currently open – 09/01 
Speculative flash fiction // Free to submit // Open to all 

Uncanny Magazine  08/04 – 09/01
Fiction, poetry // Theme: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Free to submit // Open to all, pays $.10 per word for fiction and $40 for poetry

Salt Hill Journal  07/22 – 09/05
Poetry, fiction // Free to submit // Open to all 

Feral Poetry  08/07 – 09/07
Poetry, art // Theme: Art // Free to submit // Open to all 

Kissing Dynamite  09/01 – 09/07
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all

Parhelion Literary Magazine  currently open – 09/09
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, flash // Theme: Halloween // Free to submit // Open to all

Alebrijes Review  currently open – 09/15
Poetry, flash fiction, visual art, and music // Theme: Fever Dream // Free to submit // Open to Latino creatives

Bat City Review  07/15 – 09/15
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, and cross-genre // Free to submit // Open to all

Farther Trees  08/01 – 09/15 
Poetry, fiction // Theme: Halloween dark fantasy / horror // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $10 per piece 

Harpy Hybrid Review  08/15 – 09/15
Hybrid (in any genre) // Free to submit // Open to all 

New Constellations Magazine  08/15 – 09/15
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art // Free to submit // Open to all

Orca: A Literary Journal  currently open – 09/15
Fiction, nonfiction // Fee: $3 // Open to all

Superfroot Magazine  07/15 – 09/15
Poetry, prose, art // Theme: Nostalgia // Free to submit // Open to all 

Unbroken Journal  08/01 – 09/15
Prose poetry // Free to submit // Open to all

Patchwork Lit Mag  08/14 – 09/19
Poetry, drama, experimental, art, fiction, nonfiction

Flash Fiction Magazine  09/01 – 09/21 
Flash fiction // Free to submit // Open to all 

Second Chance Lit  07/22 – 09/22
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all 

Provenance Journal  07/25 – 09/25
Poetry, prose // Theme: history // Free to submit // Open to all

Analogies & Allegories Magazine  09/01 – 09/30 
Poetry, fiction, art // Theme: Magic // Free to submit // Open to all 

Chestnut Review  07/01 – 09/30 
Poetry prose // Free to submit // Open to writers aged 18+, pays $120 per piece

Friendly City  currently open – 09/30
Poetry // Theme: food // Free to submit // Open to all, pays a “small honorarium” 

Headcanon Magazine  04/04 – 09/30
Fan-fiction, fan-art, letters, poems & critical essays // Theme: Coffee shop // Free to submit // Open to all 

Heart of Flesh  08/01 – 09/30
Poetry, flash fiction, short stories, nonfiction, and visual art & photography // Free to submit // Open to all 

Hecate Magazine  currently open – 09/30 
Poetry, short prose and personal essays, art // Theme: Decay // Free to submit // Open to all 

Kenyon Review  09/01 – 09/30
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, short plays, and translations // Free to submit // Open to all

Split Lip Magazine  09/01 – 09/30
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $50 per piece 

Virtual Zine  07/01 – 09/30 
Fiction, creative nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all

Apricity Press  currently open in September
Poetry, prose, art, dance // Free to submit // Open to all 

Bad Lilies  currently open in September 
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all

Booth: A Journal  currently open in September 
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics // Fee: $3 // Open to all 

Indigo Lit  currently open in September
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all 

INKSOUNDS  currently open in September
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all 

Mudroom Magazine  currently open in September
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $15

Reservoir Road Literary  currently open in September  
Fiction, lyrical creative non-fiction, poetry, and photography // Free to submit // Open to all 

Cherry Tree  08/01 – 10/01
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Fee: $3 // Open to all

Cicada’s Lament Literary Magazine  07/01 – 10/01
Poetry, fiction // Theme: (re)birth // Free to submit // Open to all

Little Thoughts Press  08/01 – 10/01
Poetry, prose // Theme: Magical Winter (for youth audience, 10 and below) // Free to submit // Open to all 

Moss Puppy Magazine  07/01 – 10/01
Poetry, prose, and visual art // Theme: Swampland // Free to submit // Open to all 

Shift Journal  04/15 – 10/04 
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, comics, graphic texts, artwork // Free to submit // Open to all

Kissing Dynamite  10/01 – 10/07
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all

Fatal Flaw  currently open – 10/08
Poetry, flash, fiction, nonfiction, art // Theme: Time // Fee: $3 // Open to all

cool rock repository  10/1 – 10/15
Poetry, Photography // Theme: The Moon // Free to submit // Open to all, two $100 prizes

Inklette Magazine  09/01 – 10/15
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art // Free to submit // Open to all

Phoebe Journal  currently open – 10/15
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art // Fee: $3 // Open to all

Translunar Travelers Lounge  09/15 – 10/15 
Science fiction, fantasy // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $0.03 per word 

Von Aegir Literary  08/25 – 10/15
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all 

Washington Square Review  08/01 – 10/15
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translations // Free to submit // Open to all

GASHER Journal  currently open – 10/17
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art // Free to submit // Open to all

Lavender Bones Literary  08/20 – 10/20
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art // Free to submit // Open to all

Flash Fiction Magazine  10/01 – 10/21
Flash fiction // Free to submit // Open to all 

Kitchen Table Quarterly  09/01 – 10/31
Poetry, creative nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all

Meridian  currently open – 10/31
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction // Fee: $3 // Open to all 

Porridge Magazine  10/01 – 10/31
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art // Free to submit // Open to all 

Stratum Press  09/01 – 10/31
Poetry, flash fiction // Free to submit // Open to all

This Degenerate Art  opens 10/01
Poetry, short stories, flash fiction, creative nonfiction // Theme: based on visual art // Free to submit // Open to all 

One Story  10/04 – 11/14
Fiction // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $500 and 25 contributors copies 

Dead Skunk Magazine  currently open – 11/15 
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, hybrid // Free to submit // Open to all 

Warning Lines Literary Magazine  09/15 – 11/15
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art // Theme: Fall’n Cherub // Open to queer/ neurodivergent folks

Gutslut Press  07/01 – 11/30
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, experimental work, visual art // Theme: Bonemilk // Free to submit // Open to all

House of Lobsters Literary  currently open – 11/30
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art // Theme: “Please Welcome to the Stage…” // Free to submit // Open to LGBTQIAP+ writers

Lammergeier  10/01 – 11/30
Poetry, prose, hybrid // Free to submit // Open to all 

Sundog Lit  10/01 – 12/01
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $25 per piece 

just femme and dandy magazine  currently open – 12/13
Poetry, prose, multimedia, art // Theme: Rebirth // Free to submit // Open to all, priority to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, pays $50-$150 USD

Strukturriss  09/01 – 12/31
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Radical works // Free to submit // Open to all 

Angel Rust  currently open 
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all 

Berkeley Fiction Review  currently open
Short fiction, sudden fiction, art + visuals + comics // Free to submit // Open to all, pays for accepted pieces

Bright Flash Literary Magazine  currently open 
Short fiction // Free to submit // Open to all 

Ciphertext  currently open in August
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, comics, reviews // Free to submit // Open to all 

Cobra Milk Magazine  currently open 
Poetry, prose, art, audio // Free to submit // Open to all 

Craft Literary  currently open
Various types of prose // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $100

Five Minute Lit  currently open
100-word piece about five minutes in your life // Free to submit // Open to all

Floresta Magazine  currently open
Journalistic writing, personal essays, photojournalism, critical essays/reviews, op-eds, non-fiction storytelling, and features/interviews // Topics that focus on the intersection between art, design and the environment // Free to submit // Open to all 

Gnashing Teeth Publishing  currently open in August 
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to creatives in the US

Hyphen Punk Magazine  currently open 
Punk aesthetic speculative fiction // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $25 per piece

Justice for All  currently open 
Poetry, articles, photography, art // Theme: equality, human rights, justice // Free to submit // Open to all 

Kalopsia Literary Magazine  currently open in August 
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to all

Love Letters Magazine  currently open 
Poems, prose, songs, op-eds, art // Theme: Belonging // Free to submit // Open to writers aged 14-19

Lucky Jefferson  currently open
Poems, essays, flash fiction, art // Theme: Awake” // Free to submit // Black authors only, pays $15 per accepted piece) 

Mayday Magazine  currently open
Nonfiction, translation, culture, art, poetry, fiction // Free to submit // Open to all 

Mixtapes Magazine  currently open 
Poetry, prose, essays, art // Theme: Fervour // Free to submit // Open to all 

Petrichor Magazine  currently open
Poetry, visual poetry, video poetics, poetic essays // Free to submit // Open to all 

Pine Cone Review  currently open
Poetry, short fiction, short creative nonfiction, translation, and art // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Poetica Magazine currently open
Poetry // Poems that celebrate Jewish culture // Free to submit // Open to all

Queerlings Magazine  currently open 
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to LGBTQIA+ writers only 

Q/A Poetry  currently open
Poetry // No theme // Free to submit // Open to women and other marginalized genders and sexes

Sepia Journal  currently open in August 
Poetry, prose, art // 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

Survivor Lit  currently open
Poetry, essays; pitch for reviews or features // Work that explores sexual assault // Free to submit // Must be survivor of sexual assault, any gender, over 18 

TAB Journal  currently open 
Poetry, essays, art // Free to submit // Open to all 

The Bitchin’ Kitsch – “All My Relations”  currently open
Poetry, prose, art // Themes of familial loss and ancestry // Free to submit // Open to all 

The Centifictionist  currently open
Microfiction (<100 words) // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

The Moderate Review  currently open
Short stories, poems, nonfiction, paintings, sculptures, 280 character stories (we’ll tweet if selected), music, spoken word // Free to submit // Open to all 

The Visceral Collective  currently open in August
Poetry, prose, interviews // Free to submit // Open to all, BIPOC preferred 

Twin Pies Literary  currently open
Poetry, prose // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Version 9 Magazine  currently open 
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all 

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

Writeresque  currently open
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all

Woolgathering Magazine  currently open
Prose, poetry, art // Free to submit // Open to all 

Wretched Creations  currently open
Poetry, fiction // Theme: haunting, dark creepy // Free to submit // Open to all 

Zero Readers  currently open 
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all 

Auroras and Blossoms  various deadlines
Poetry, essays, stories, flash fiction, art // Free to submit // Open to ages 17+

HerStry  various deadlines
Personal essays, stories // Various themes // Various fees // Open to women-identifying writers 

Hell Is Real Anth  08/01 – unsure deadline
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all 

Limeoncello Magazine  08/03 – unsure deadline
Fiction // Theme: Breaking Chains // Free to submit // Open to all 

Sledgehammer Lit  08/20 – unsure deadline 
Poetry, flash // Free to submit // Open to all

Sliced Press  08/01 – unsure deadline 
Poetry, fiction // Theme: “Monstroddities,” Horror // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $50 per story or $25 per poem 

Anathema Magazine  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, fiction, art // Free to submit // Open to queer/two-spirit and writers of colour/Indigenous/Aboriginal

beestung  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid, art // Open to non-binary and two-spirit creators // Free to submit // Pays $20

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

BODY Magazine  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, flash fiction // Free to submit // Open to all 

Catatonic Daughters  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, prose, script, art // Free to submit // Open to “catatonic daughters” including queer, trans, disabled, BIPOC writers // Free to submit 

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.

FEED Literary Magazine  Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all 

Fiery Scribe Review  Rolling submissions
Poetry, fiction, essay // Free to submit // Open to all

Figure 1  Rolling submissions 
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all 

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

Flights of the Dragonfly  Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose, flash // No Theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Fractured Literary  Rolling submissions 
Micro, flash fiction // Free to submit // Open to all 

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

Frontier Poetry  Rolling submissions 
Poetry // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $50 per poem

F(r)iction  Rolling submissions
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Fee: $2.50 // Open to all

Gastropoda  Rolling submissions
Flash fiction, flash creative nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all

Hinterland Review  Rolling submissions
Flash non-fiction, nonfiction // £3 fee // 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 Literary Journal  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction // No theme // Free to submit // Open to all 

Laurel Review  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, script, review, hybrid, translations // $2 submission fee // Open to all 

Lavender Review  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, art // Free to submit // Open to lesbian creatives 

Maudlin House  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, fiction // Free to submit // Open to all

Maythorn Magazine  Rolling submissions
Poetry, short prose, photography, art, blog posts // Free to submit // Open to all

Metaphorosis Magazine  Rolling submissions 
Science fiction and fantasy prose // Free to submit // Open to all, pays $0.01 per word 

Moon City Press  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translations, graphics, art // Free to submit // Open to all

Naija Readers’ Buffet  Rolling submissions
Poetry, Essay/Article // must be Satire-based and Nigerian // free to submit // open to all Nigerians.

Necessary Fiction  Rolling submissions
Fiction, book reviews, research and translation notes // Free to submit // Open to all 

Neologism Poetry Journal  Rolling submissions 
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to all 

Night Music Journal  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, nonfiction, hybrid, reviews // 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 

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

Our Name Is Amplify  Rolling submissions
Fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, criticism // Free to submit // Open to women, BIPOC, LGBTQ2S+, and international authors

Outlander Zine  Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose // Free to submit // Open to all

Perspective Magazine  Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose // Theme: Soul // Free to submit // Open to all

Pithead Chapel  Rolling submissions
No theme // Free to submit // Open to all

Plum Recruit  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, fiction, hybrid // Free to submit // Open to all 

Revolutionary Review  Rolling submissions
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Free to submit // Open to all

samfiftyfour literary  Rolling submissions
Poetry, short stories, essays // no theme // $1.75 submission fee // open to all // will waive submission fee for anyone who asks and will accept works from anywhere in the world. Publishes in print and digital

Seafront Press  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, fiction, 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

Sixth Finch  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, art // 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 

Small Leaf Press (Jaden Magazine)  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, prose, art // Free to submit // Open to all

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

Strukturris  Rolling submissions
Poetry, prose // Radical genre-bending work // Free to submit // Open to all 

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 submissions
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 Fantastic Other  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, fiction, art // No theme // Free to submit 

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

The Raven Review  Rolling submissions
Poetry, fiction // 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 

Unlikely Stories Mark V  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art, spoken word, music // Free to submit // Open to all 

Wintermute Lit  Rolling submissions
Speculative fiction, poetry, art // 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

Black Warrior Review  currently open – 09/01
Poetry, fiction, flash, nonfiction // Fee: $15 // Open to all, Poetry Judge: Eduardo C. Corral, Fiction Judge: K-Ming Chang, Nonfiction Judge: Su Cho, Flash Judge: J K Chukwu, pays up to $1,000 

Fare Forward Poetry Competition  07/20 – 09/01
Poetry // Fee: $10 // Open to all, prize up to $300

2021 Hal Prize  currently open – 09/15
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, & photography // Fee: $5-10 // Open to all, $250 prize

Typehouse Literary Magazine Short Fiction Contest  currently open – 09/30
Fiction // Fee: $14 // Open to all, up to $175 prize

Glittery Literary  currently open – 09/30
Flash, stories // Fee: £2.00 or £3.00 // Open to all, various prizes 

RHINO Founder’s Prize  08/01 – 09/30
Poetry // Fee: $15 // Open to all, $500 prize

Teen Sequins  currently open – 10/01 
Poetry // Free to submit // Open to teens 14-18

Iron Horse Contests  currently open – 10/04
Poetry, fiction, nonfiction // Fee: $15 // Open to all

Peter Porter Poetry Prize  07/15 – 10/04
Poetry // Fee: $25 // Open to all, up to AU$6,000 prize 

Bluebird Review Poetry Prize  currently open – 10/18
Poetry // Fee: $2 // Open to all, prize: $500

Pithead Chapel Larry Brown Short Story Award  currently open – 10/31
Short stories // Fee: $10 // Open to all, $500 prize 

Presses – General Submissions

Osmosis Press  08/01 – 09/30 
Poetry, prose manuscripts // Free to submit // Open to all 

Dream Pop Press  currently open – 10/31
Poetry, speculative diary, and hybrid // Free to submit // Open to all 

Kissing Dynamite Microchaps  10/01 – 10/31
Poetry manuscripts // Free to submit // Open to all

Long Day Press  09/01 – 10/31
Fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, novella manuscripts // Free to submit // Open to all 

Rlysrs Lit Chapbook/ Full Length Books  08/01 – 12/31
Poetry manuscripts // Free to submit // Open to BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ writers only 

Ghost Orchid Press  08/02 – unsure deadline 
Novellas // Theme: Horror // Free to submit // Open to all 

Gnashing Teeth Publishing  08/01 – unsure deadline 
Full length or Chapbook manuscripts // Chapbook fee: $18, Manuscript: $23 // Open to all

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

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

PANK  currently open
Poetry, prose, experimental, hybrid // Fee: $15 // Open to all 

Apocalypse Party  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, prose manuscripts // Free to submit // Open to all

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

Half Mystic Press  Rolling submissions
Poetry, novel(la), prose, drama, experimental manuscripts  / Fee: $3 // 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

Split Lip Press  Rolling submissions 
Poetry, fiction, novel/novella, creative nonfiction manuscripts // Fee: $15 // Open to all 

Presses – Contest Submissions

Whispir The Speculate Prize  currently open – 09/01
Speculative fiction manuscript // Free to submit // Open to those in Australia and New Zealand, $5000 prize

Jericho Prize  08/02 – 09/02
Manuscripts (picture/ chapter books) // Free to submit // Open to Black-British writers, £500 cash prize 

Newfound Gloria E. Anzaldúa Poetry Prize  currently open – 09/16
Poetry manuscripts // Fee: $15 // Open to all

BOA Editions American Poets Continuum Series  09/01 – 09/30
Full-length poetry manuscripts // Free to submit // Must have previously published at least one full-length collection

GASHER Journal Chapbook Prize  currently open – 09/30
Poetry manuscripts // Fee: $10 // Open to all 

Texas Review Press X.J. Kennedy Prize  07/01 – 09/30
Full-length poetry manuscript // Fee: $28 // Open to all, $10,000 prize, judged by Kazim Ali

Copper Nickel Adam York Prize  07/01 – 10/15
Poetry manuscripts // Fee: $25 // Open to all 

Elixir Press Poetry Award  08/01 – 10/31
Poetry manuscripts // Fee: $30 // Open to all

Headmistress Press Sappho’s Prize in Poetry  10/01 – 10/31
Poetry manuscripts // Fee: unknown // Open to lesbian writers 

Black Lawrence Press Chapbook Competition  09/01 – 10/31 
Poetry, prose // Fee: $17 // Open to all 

2021 Sunken Garden Chapbook Prize  currently open – 11/01
Poetry manuscripts // Fee: $25 // Open to all adult writers  

Comstock Review Jesse Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest  currently open – 11/01
Poetry manuscripts // Fee: $30 // Open to all, $750 prize 

BOA Editions Poetry Prize  08/01 – 11/30
Poetry manuscripts // Fee: $25 // $1,000 prize and publication

Applications and More

AWP Outstanding Community Service in Literature Award  currently open – 10/15 

Stanford Stegner Fellowship  09/01 – 12/01 

INKSOUNDS  currently open in September/October
Poetry readers, In-house musicians 

Five South Lit  currently open in September/October
Volunteer Readers

NECTAR Poetry  currently open in September/October
Volunteer Readers

Bluebird Review  currently open in September/October
Poetry Readers

Sepia Journal  currently open in September/October
Poetry/Prose Readers, Graphic Designer, Art Editor, Staff Writer

Uncharted Magazine  currently open in September/October
Volunteer Readers

Under the Wires Magazine  currently open in September/October
Poetry/Prose Editor, Readers, Staff Contributors, Events Coordinator

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

Coexist Lit  currently open 
Designers, Editors, Writers 

EX/POST Magazine  currently open
Readers, writers, social media managers, graphic designers, webmaster 

Headcanon Magazine  currently open
Columnists (volunteer position) 

Gaudy Boy  currently open
Publicity or Editorial Internships

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

Ruminate Magazine  currently open
Marketing Intern, pays $15/h

Sumou Magazine  currently open 
Staff writers, contributing artists 

Giving Room Magazine  Rolling applications
Staff writers, editors, creators 

The Visceral Collective  Rolling submissions 
Editors, writers, social media managers