Category: Specific Demographic

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Thimble Trans Voices, DEADLINE: April 30, 2026

Today I’m thrilled to share a conversation with Nadia Arioli, editor of Thimble, a quarterly journal devoted to poetry, art, and the small, handmade shelters we build through creative work. With Trans Day of Visibility on the horizon, it feels especially meaningful to highlight Thimble’s upcoming special issue, […]

25 lgbtq2+ literary journals and magazines – guest post by Audrey Gidman

As I’ve been making other resource lists, I’ve been slowly tucking all the queer lit journals and mags off to the side so I could give them their own list. Because they/we needed their/our own list. Thus, I present to you: a completely non-exhaustive list of lgbtq2s+ centered journals and lit […]

PAYING/NO FEE submission call + editor interview – new words {press}, DEADLINE: April 20, 2026

I’m thrilled to spotlight new words {press}, a nonprofit literary home dedicated to uplifting emerging and established trans* and gender-expansive poets. Founded and led by brooklyn baggett, the press has quickly become a vital space for innovative work, community-building, and boundary-pushing poetics. In our conversation, baggett shares the […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – ALOCASIA, DEADLINE: April 10, 2026

ALOCASIA is a bi-monthly online journal that publishes queer writers exploring our lives and experiences through the lens of plants and gardening and horticulture. They are currently open for poetry and prose submissions for their next themed issue: THORNS, which will examine queer domestic violence, partner violence, and sexual […]

46 International lit mags seeking submissions of poetry, prose, and art

Why limit yourself to being published in lit mags in the U.S., Canada, or the U.K? There are many countries with English-language lit mags you can also submit your work to. For example, my poem “My Monkey Grammarian” was published in Hong Kong and even included in a […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Calul Journal, DEADLINE: Always open

Calul Journal is a new journal of poetry and art. “Hakol Calul” in Hebrew means “everything is included.” Calul poets make up an inclusive and expansive community. At Calul they begin in a place of Jewish humanism and branch out to the world. Each week they pair and […]

NO FEE Submission call (Special issue: Women 50+) + editor interview – Gyroscope Review, DEADLINE: Sept. 1, 2025

Gyroscope Review is a print and online poetry magazine published quarterly. You can read their current issue as well as past issue on their site or order them in print. They welcome both new and established poets and are currently open for submissions for their fall special issue […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call – Trans Voices in Horror (Bloodletter Magazine), DEADLINE: June 17, 2025

Bloodletter Magazine is a feminist horror magazine publishing the work of nonbinary, trans, and women writers and artists. “For each issue, we work with artists who contribute companion illustrations for each piece represented in the magazine. Bloodletter was founded on the principle that horror is an incredibly complicated, […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Bloodletter Magazine, DEADLINE: May 6, 2025

Bloodletter Magazine is a feminist horror magazine publishing the work of nonbinary, trans, and women writers and artists. “For each biannual issue, we work with one artist who contributes companion illustrations for each of the 20 pieces represented in the magazine. Bloodletter was founded on the principle that […]

NO FEE submission call + auction – IWWG Int’l Women’s Day Anthology, DEADLINE: Jan. 15, 2025

Two excellent opportunities from the International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG). No fee submission call for IWWG members for their International Women’s Day anthology. To submit, register for the event, join if you are not already a member, or if you are unable to become a member due to […]

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