Category: Call for Submissions

33 PAYING/NO FEE Submission calls in Sept. 2018 + more from Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity

Publishing … and Other Forms of Insanity is the blog and writing resource site by writer Erica Verrillo. Her site is loaded with great articles for writers and the writing life, including listings of publishers, agents, where to get reviews, submission calls, free contests, writing conferences and more. […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview, SWWIM – DEADLINE: Sept. 9, 2018

SWWIM (Supporting Women Writers in Miami) is co-directed and co-curated by Jen Karetnick and Catherine Esposito Prescott, two women writers and poets based in Miami, Florida. SWWIM celebrates and promotes women and women-identifying /femme-presenting writers through a year-round reading series held at The Betsy-South Beach and through a digital publishing platform, […]

NO FEE Submission call and interview – Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry, DEADLINE: Oct. 1, 2018

Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry is a beautifully designed print poetry journal seeking poems “written by authors whose work is informed by the Catholic faith. We publish poems on the basis of their artistic merit, rather than on the basis of the author's professed creed or because the […]

3 Poems published in Cultural Weekly

I’m pleased to announce three of my poems were published today on Cultural Weekly! Click here to read all three poems: “I smoked marijuana for the first time with a 13-year-old boy,” “South Side,” and ” A Leveling.” Big thanks to editor Alexis Rhone Fancher for believing in […]

A list of feminist lit mags & journals #WomensEqualityDay

Last year for National Women’s Equality Day, I spent some time compiling a list of feminist lit mags and journals. You can support and celebrate today by reading, submitting to, or donating to some of these important organizations. Submit your feminist writing and/or contribute in any way you […]

A list of feminist lit mags & journals #WomensEqualityDay

Last year for National Women’s Equality Day, I spent some time compiling a list of feminist lit mags and journals. You can support and celebrate today by reading, submitting to, or donating to some of these important organizations. Submit your feminist writing and/or contribute in any way you […]

NO FEE Submission chapbook call + editor interview – Yavanika Press, DEADLINE: Sept 30, 2018

Yavanika is a new digital chapbook press that “hopes to integrate multifarious genres of literature and artwork including Japanese short-forms of poetry, avant-garde, conceptual, and postmodern works of culture and art.” Chapbooks from the press are published digitally and are available as free downloadable PDFs with beautiful formatting and always gorgeous […]

PAYING ($100!)/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Kahini Magazine, DEADLINE: Open year-round

Kahini Magazine is the literary monthly print magazine for Kahini members: submissions, however, are open to all and accepted year-round. Contributors receive a subscription to the magazine and $100 payment! I wondered how and why this magazine came to be, so I asked Americas Director and Kahini Magazine Editor Jordan Hartt a few […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Woven Tale Press, DEADLINE: Open year-round

The Woven Tale Press is an online magazine founded by Editor-in-Chief Sandra Tyler. WTP is a free monthly magazine, is always open for submissions, and looking for a wide range of art and writing, including videos, press features, creative writing, and visual arts. They also run an annual contest that does require […]

2 FREE writing contests w/ cash prizes, submission call, + interview! – Lunch Ticket, DEADLINES: Aug. 31 / Oct. 31, 2018

I really can’t say enough great things about the staff at Lunch Ticket. They are kind, responsive, and organized. I wanted to know a little bit more about what they have going on and they are up to a lot of amazing things! Including two free writing contests […]

Trish Hopkinson