This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of closest deadlines.
Gordon Square Review (NEW!)
DEADLINE: October 15, 2017
SUBMISSION FEE: None
NOTES: Inaugural Issue
FORMS: poetry, prose
PAYMENT: $25 per accepted prose piece and $10 per accepted poem
Hold the Line (NEW!)
DEADLINE: October 15, 2017
SUBMISSION FEE: None
NOTES: "We are seeking writers who are passionate about social justice as it intersects with the challenges of parenthood."
FORMS: Poetry, short fiction
PAYMENT: Poetry - $20l Shorter pieces, listicles, or book reviews up to 800 words - $30; Longer pieces, 1300 - 1800 words - $80
Chicken Soup for the Soul
DEADLINE: October 15, 2017
SUBMISSION FEE: None
NOTES: "Christmas and Holiday Collection - 2018: Our next holiday collection will not be released until 2018 but we are already collecting stories for it."
FORMS: Stories and poems
PAYMENT: $100 per prose piece, $50 per poem
Mothers of Angels
DEADLINE: October 30, 2017
SUBMISSION FEE: None
NOTES: An anthology of reflections about living through the grief of losing a child
FORMS: poetry, essays
PAYMENT: ESSAYS: $75, plus two printed copies; POETRY: $25, plus two printed copies; All contributing authors can purchase additional books at half price.
Room
DEADLINE: October 31, 2017
SUBMISSION FEE: None
NOTES: Writing by women, including trans* persons, gender-variant and two-spirit women, and women of non-binary sexual orientations, any theme for this issue
FORMS: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and art
PAYMENT: "All contributors will be paid upon publication: $50 CAD for one page, $60 for two pages, $90 for three pages, $120 for four pages, $150 for five or more pages."
World Unknown Review
DEADLINE: October 31, 2017
SUBMISSION FEE: None
NOTES: “We accept reprints under certain circumstances. Please feel free to submit a previously published story with the details of its previous publication(s), and we will consider them on a case-by-case basis. Do not submit stories for which you currently do not hold the copyright.”
FORMS: poetry, prose
PAYMENT: The authors selected for the Review received three (3) contributor copies of the publication as well as $15 (USD) via check or PayPal or $30 (USD) for the novella competition
Winter Tangerine
DEADLINE: November 1, 2017 (tip jar submissions are open year-round)
SUBMISSION FEE: None
PAYMENT: Contributors to all WT issues, regardless of genre, are compensated with $20.
FORMS: Prose, visual art, poetry
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