Category: Call for Submissions

FREE Chapbook contest & editor interview – Honeysuckle Press, DEADLINE: March 1, 2018

Honeysuckle Press is the sister organization of Winter Tangerine and has a similar aesthetic with absolutely stunning artwork and clean, readable website design.  It is “a literary press committed to expanding and redefining human truths by prioritizing the narratives of unsung communities.” Their 2nd annual chapbook contest is […]

NO FEE Submission call + interview – Bosch and Bruegel Anthology, DEADLINE EXTENDED: Feb. 1, 2018

Bosch and Bruegel Anthology invites you to send your poems about any of the paintings, drawings, or other artwork by Hieronymus Bosch or Bruegel the Elder. I wondered how and why this anthology came to be, so I asked editor David Sullivan and he kindly replied. See my interview with […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Kettle Blue Review, DEADLINE: Always Open

Kettle Blue Review is an independent online literary journal founded in 2014 by co-editors Lana Rakhman and Virginia Smith Rice. KBR is published biannually, and strives to be inclusive in its presentation of contemporary poetic voices. Their most recent issue from fall of 2017 includes work from Maggie Smith, Ace […]

Write, publish, or participate in poetry – Poetry blog hits 10K followers!

Welcome! I’ve been posting poetry related information on my blog almost daily since October 2014. Below is a summary of the types of information I post, where, and how to access it quickly. If you are looking for information on how to write, publish, or participate in the […]

The Un-"Selfish Poet" site review – Woven Tale Press + NO FEE Submission call

I’m so honored that Emily Jaeger, Features Editor of Woven Tale Press published this lovely site review of my blog last year. She does a great job explaining what I’m up to and the types of information you can find here on my site. The site is blessedly […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – FIVE:2:ONE, DEADLINE: Always open

FIVE:2:ONE publishes quarterly print issues of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, art and interviews. They also publish an online daily journal #thesideshow, where they’d love to receive more submissions of visual, audio, and video poetry. They accept submissions year round. I wondered how and why this lit mag came to […]

23 NO FEE Chapbook Publishers and other Chapbook Listings

UPDATED 12/2/2019 The individual listings below are the chapbook publishers I found which do not charge submission fees, reading fees, or contest fees. Several are currently open or always open, which I’ve noted below. Many chapbooks are published via contests and do typically require a fee from $10 […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Cotton Xenomorph, DEADLINE: Rolling (always open)

Cotton Xenomorph is a quarterly online journal that publishes poetry, fiction, and visual art. They publish accepted pieces every few days on their site and then publish a compilation of all the work in a quarterly PDF issue. Their tagline is “No Creeps” and while they support a social […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Ramingo's Porch, DEADLINE: Jan. 26, 2018

Ramingo's Porch is a new quarterly print journal of poetry, prose, and art. It is “a collaboration between Mendes Biondo (RamingoBlog), Catfish McDaris (EveryDamnWhere), and Marc Pietrzykowski (Pski'sPorch), a new journal of poetry, prose, drama, non-fiction, art, and whatever else we find worthwhile.” Their first issue just came out […]

Top 50 Literary Magazines & tons of other lists for writers + NO FEE Submission Call

Every Writer’s Resource is a well-organized web site of vast lists of resources for poets and writers, as well as a place to submit your poetry and stories for their Every Day Poems and Every Writer series. They have a whole page of writing resources in lists, including the following: Top 50 Literary […]

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