Category: Call for Submissions

The End Will Not Be Sugared anthology, DEADLINE: 6/30

The End Will Not be Sugared: Contemporary Apocalypse Poetry is a forthcoming anthology of contemporary poetry in the tradition of apocalyptic poems. Edited by Jennifer R. Hancock and Juan J. Morales, they are currently seeking submissions of poems with the theme of “the breakdown of society and its […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – On Loan From the Cosmos, DEADLINE: Rolling/always open

On Loan From the Cosmos is a new “literary magazine celebrating the radical self-acceptance of everything that comprises who we are in our entirety” publishing art, writing, and interviews. Their mission is to “showcase our strength, capabilities and beauty in spite of, alongside, or because of our physical […]

Updated! 24 LGBTQ+ Literary Magazines/Journals

  The listings below are literary magazines/journals that specifically focus on the artists and writers in the LGBTQ+ community. There are many other literary magazines that support LGBTQ+ contributors. For a more general list of all-inclusive/feminist lit mags, check out my list here: Feminist Lit Mags and Journals. […]

7 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: April 30 – May 31

The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines between April 30 and May 31, 2020. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings […]

My poem “Quentin Tarantino Loves The Grateful Dead” in Drunk Monkeys! + no fee call & editor interview

I’m so excited that my poem “Quentin Tarantino Loves The Grateful Dead” was just published in Drunk Monkeys special Pop Culture Issue! Happy to say I’m sharing pages with friends and fellow poets Amorak Huey, Cathleen Allyn Conway, Jen Karetnick, and Sarah Nichols. When I’ve read this poem to […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Lily Poetry Review, DEADLINE: Year-round

Lily Poetry Review is a biannual literary journal available in print. They publish flash fiction, poetry, book reviews, and art. They are currently open for no fee submissions of poetry, flash fiction and art for their print journal. They also publish chapbooks and full length poetry books. To get […]

Chapbook contest ($11 fee) + editor interview – Paper Nautilus, DEADLINE: April 20, 2020

Paper Nautilus is a small press publishing chapbooks each year through two contests: the Vella Chapbook Prize, and the Debut Series Chapbook Prize. There is a reasonable fee for each contest, but if the fee is an economic hardship to an eligible submitter, please contact them, and they […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Taco Bell Quarterly, DEADLINE: Always open

Taco Bell Quarterly is “the literary magazine for the Taco Bell Arts and Letters. We're a reaction against everything. The gatekeepers. The taste-makers. The hipsters. Health food. Artists Who Wear Cute Scarves. Bitch-ass Wendy's. We seek to demystify what it means to literary, artistic, important, and elite.” Please […]

My poem “Things to Tell My Daughter” in Gyroscope! + no fee call & editor interview, DEADLINE: June 7, 2020

Many thanks to Gyroscope Review for publishing my poem “Things to Tell My Daughter” published in their Spring issue. Happy to say I’m sharing pages with friends and fellow poets Tom Montag and Wren Tuatha. Make sure to check out the other poems in this well-rounded issue, downloadable […]

NO FEE Submission call for high school students + editor interview – The WEIGHT Journal, DEADLINE: Rolling/always open

The WEIGHT Journal is a “literary blog for high school students who may similarly find themselves in need of a creative outlet. Everyone has something heavy to get off their chest.” They publish “all sorts of creative writing: poetry, slam poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative non-fiction, hybrid, […]

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