Category: Paying Submission Calls

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Coffee & Oranges, DEADLINE: Open year-round

Coffee & Oranges (formerly 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 $5,000 payment! (No, that is not a misprint and it is very real. A generous donor […]

2020 Literary Magazine Rankings by Clifford Garstang + submission tips

If you’re not already familiar with Clifford Garstang‘s annual literary magazine rankings or you’ve forgotten to check them out for a while, here’s a reminder to how handy they are! Every year Garstang ranks lit mags based on Pushcart Prize anthology. He creates rankings for the three main […]

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 […]

PAYING/NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Belmont Story Review, DEADLINE: Feb. 1, 2020

Belmont Story Review is an online and print national magazine of literary arts, faith and culture. They publish issues annually. I was curious how and why this art and literary magazine began, so I asked Co-Managing Editor Lauren Ash a few questions to find out. See my interview […]

16 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: Dec. 15 – Jan. 16, 2020

The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of prize/payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines between today and January 16, 2020. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are […]

14 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: Nov. 9 - Nov. 30, 2019

The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of prize/payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines in November 2019. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of […]

4 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: Oct. 1 - Oct. 31, 2019

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 in October 2019. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Into the Void, DEADLINE: Sept. 7, 2019

Into the Void “is an award-winning print and online literary magazine and small press publisher dedicated to providing a platform for world-class fiction, flash, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art from people of all kinds all over the world, as well as literature and film reviews." They are […]

10 PAYING/NO FEE Literary Magazines - Deadlines: Aug. 30 – Sept. 30, 2019

The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of payment, do not charge submission/reading, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines from August 30 – September 30, 2019. This list focuses on poetry submissions/contests, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are […]

PAYING/NO FEE submission call + editor interview – The Blue Nib, DEADLINE: Aug. 1, 2019

The Blue Nib is a print and digital platform that publishes and promotes the work of established and emerging poets and writers. It is an independent imprint that publishes exceptional poetry, essays and short literary fiction in a quarterly digital and print magazine. The Blue Nib imprint also […]

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