Category: Call for Submissions

Paying call for submission – Humber pays $60 per poem

The deadline is coming up quickly on December 8, 2014. Don’t miss this chance to submit your best work for publication and payment! According to the Humber Literary Review submissions page, “We purchase first North American serial rights, and pay $60/per poem, and $100 each for essays, fiction, […]

Top Lit Mags that REALLY do publish emerging writers

Excellent list to help you narrow down where to submit your work.

Three poems of motherhood published in Verse-Virtual’s December issue . . .

So pleased to have three of my poems "Musings of a Mother," "The Day You Were Born," and "Waiting Around," published along with other amazing authors in the December  issue of Verse-Virtual. Also, make sure not to miss the editor’s note, a brief and lovely homage to Emily […]

Three poems of motherhood published in Verse-Virtual's December issue . . .

So pleased to have three of my poems "Musings of a Mother," "The Day You Were Born," and "Waiting Around," published along with other amazing authors in the December issue of Verse-Virtual. Also, make sure not to miss the editor’s note, a brief and lovely homage to Emily Dickinson […]

Have you checked out Redactions list of poetry publishers and presses with open readings?

Redactions is easy to navigate and is chock full of writing and poetry resources. Specifically, the site includes: A list of nearly 700 poetry book publishers with links (print books and are not vanity presses) A list of presses with open readings (links and important notes, reading fees, […]

Your Lit Mag Starter Kit, Part II: Celebrating Quirk!

Whether you are just starting to consider submitting your work or are submitting regularly, part 2 of this article by Becky Tuch gives a reviewers inside look at the most quirky, well-done journals and lit mags. It includes links to each with a brief description. It also includes […]

Paying call for Submission – Barrelhouse is looking for their next poetry book

From the Barrelhouse Submission page: “Selected manuscripts will be published by Barrelhouse Books in an initial run of 1,000 copies. Authors will receive $500 at the time of publication and royalties later on.” Manuscripts can include previously published individual poems, but the collection itself needs to be unpublished, […]

Call for submissions – send your humor, prose, or poetry about being a mom . . .

Monkey Star Press is putting together two new anthologies: “We are looking for content for two mom lit anthologies about 1) tantrums and babysitters, and 2) moms, children, and lack of sleep.” Note, the deadline is coming up on December 31, 2014 to submit your “personal essay, creative […]

Submit to Kind of a Hurricane Press to be included in one of their upcoming anthologies

Kind of a Hurricane Press has consistent calls for submissions for each of their upcoming themed anthologies. The guidelines are easy to follow and A.J. Huffman is quick to respond and runs an organized press! Her poem “from Wine, this Whimsy” was also just published by Silver Birch […]

Calls for Submissions: Get paid for your writing and approaching deadlines

These journals pay their contributing writers! As always, read submission guidelines CAREFULLY. Don’t get rejected for  not following the rules. Read as many reading samples or past issues you can  for each of the journals you’re submitting to, in order to make sure you are sending your best […]

Trish Hopkinson