Category: Themed Submission Calls

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

15 lit mags/journals to send your current event poems

UPDATED: April 24, 2021 The listings below are literary magazines/journals that are known for taking poetry on current event topics. These literary magazines/journals are listed alphabetically; some are currently accepting submissions, some are temporarily closed. I’ve also included whether or not it is a paying market in the […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Across the Social Distances, DEADLINE: Open year round

Across the Social Distances is a pop-up poetry journal that features “poetry in the time of the virus,” or poems and that respond to the current crises. Previously published poems are okay as long as the poet still has rights. Submissions are accepted and posted on an ongoing […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call – Human/Kind Journal + editor interview, DEADLINE: Jan 21, 2020

Human/Kind Journal is a new quarterly online literary journal of “poetry, prose, art, and hybrids that examines and reflects on the human experience, social structures, injustices, culture, current events, and history. In a world fraught with division, we’ve created this space to focus on our commonalities as humans […]

I’m a guest editor! – Golden Walkman, DEADLINES: 12/15/19 – 11/15/20

Golden Walkman has a great lineup of guest editors for their themed issues next year, including yours truly! Each editor picked a specific theme for their issue. Submissions are now open for every month in 2020. The first deadline is December 15 and is guest edited by Kelly […]

NO FEE Contest/submission call + editor interview – Please See Me, DEADLINE: Jan. 15, 2020

Please See Me is a new “online literary journal that features health- and healthcare-related stories in the form of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and digital media, including photography, podcasts, and short films. At the heart of our publication is the cultivation of meaningful patient-provider partnerships in the spirit of […]

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