Category: Disabled Artists & Writers

12 Lit mags featuring disabled writers & artists

There are many literary magazines and journals that promote and lift underrepresented voices traditionally not published or recognized. Whether you are a lover of literature, a professor, or poet, writer, or artist yourself, the publications listed below can broaden your perspective and help you discover new and amazing […]

PAYING/THEMED/NO FEE Chapbook submission call + editor interview – Blanket Sea, DEADLINE: March 15, 2022

Blanket Sea is a magazine and small press dedicated to showcasing work by chronically ill, mentally ill, and disabled creators. They are currently open for chapbooks (25-40 pages) of poetry or creative nonfiction, which includes essays and short memoir. Hybrid works with both poetry and creative nonfiction will […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Paper Dragon, DEADLINE: Oct. 15, 2021

Paper Dragon is the new online literary magazine for Drexel University and is currently open for their next issue. They are accepting submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, short screenplays, and art until October 15, 2021. See my interview with editor William Vargo and a link to submission […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – New Smut Project, DEADLINE: Sept. 1, 2021

New Smut Project is a small press with the tagline “A kind of funny name for people very serious about quality, diverse erotica.” They are interested in erotica that is also literature: “We love smut, but we also love language; we love lyrical sentences that sing with meaning, […]

PAYING/NO FEE submission call & interview – Fat Coyote, DEADLINE: June 30, 2021

Fat Coyote  is a new online literary journal featuring neurodivergent writers and artists. They are currently open for submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, artwork, photography, and comic strips for their inaugural issue until June 30, 2021. You can read more about how the journal and its name […]

PAYING/THEMED/NO FEE Microchapbook submission call + editor interview – Blanket Sea, DEADLINE: March 15, 2021

Blanket Sea is a magazine and small press dedicated to showcasing work by chronically ill, mentally ill, and disabled creators. They are currently open for microchapbooks (10-13 pages) of poetry, creative nonfiction, or hybrid of both for their Awareness & Advocacy Series. “Our press has a focus and […]

10 Literary Magazines Featuring Disabled Writers and Artists

Thank you to The University of Arizona Poetry Center for publishing my article on their resourceful site! You can see additional calls for disabled and neurodivergent writers and artists on my site here. “There are many literary magazines and journals that promote and lift underrepresented voices traditionally not […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Stone of Madness, DEADLINE: Feb. 15, 2021

Stone of Madness Press is an new online literary and conceptual space for queer, trans, and neurodiverse writers accepting submissions of poetry, prose, and hybrid forms between the 1st and 15th of every month. They offer a 24-hour turnaround time on submissions for a $5 donation, but have […]

THEMED/NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Paper Dragon, DEADLINE: Sept. 1, 2020

Paper Dragon is the new online literary magazine for Drexel University and is currently open for their first themed issue coming out this fall. The theme is Recovery and Resilience. They are accepting submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and art until September 1, 2020. See my interview […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – New Smut Project, DEADLINE: May 1, 2020

New Smut Project is an new online literary magazine with the tagline “A kind of funny name for people very serious about quality, diverse erotica.” They are interested in erotica that is also literature: “We love smut, but we also love language; we love lyrical sentences that sing […]

Trish Hopkinson