Category: Paying Submission Calls

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Outlook Springs, DEADLINE: Jan. 15, 2019

Outlook Springs is a fairly new bi-annual, print and online literary journal “transmitted from the town of Outlook Springs, New Hampshire, which may or may not exist in one or more alternate dimensions.” They don’t charge submission fees and they pay their contributors, $25 fiction/non-fiction and $10 per poem + a contributor […]

10 PAYING/NO FEE Literary Magazines - Deadlines: Dec. 15 - Jan. 15, 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 from December 15, 2018 – January 15, 2019. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The […]

2019 Literary Magazine Rankings for Poetry by Clifford Garstang + my list of Paying Markets for Emerging Poets

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 […]

20 [Higher] Paying Markets for Poetry (325 total!) + more from Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity

Publishing … and Other Forms of Insanity is the blog and writing resource site by writer Erica Verrillo. Her site is loaded with great articles for writers and the writing life, including listings of publishers, agents, where to get reviews, submission calls, free contests, writing conferences and more. […]

4 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: Oct. 1 - Oct. 31, 2018

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 2018. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of […]

FREE Poetry Contest, $50/$25 cash prizes – Wax Poetry & Art, DEADLINE: Oct. 15, 2018

Poets, don’t miss this opportunity to submit your poetry to Wax Poetry and Art! They are running a contest, first poem entered is free entry and is open to all poets “from everyone on earth.” “Wax Poetry and Art‘s mission is to make poetry more widely read by […]

FREE Poetry Contest, $50/$25 cash prizes – Wax Poetry & Art, DEADLINE: Oct. 15, 2018

Poets, don’t miss this opportunity to submit your poetry to Wax Poetry and Art! They are running a contest, first poem entered is free entry and is open to all poets “from everyone on earth.” “Wax Poetry and Art‘s mission is to make poetry more widely read by […]

33 PAYING/NO FEE Submission calls in Sept. 2018 + more from Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity

Publishing … and Other Forms of Insanity is the blog and writing resource site by writer Erica Verrillo. Her site is loaded with great articles for writers and the writing life, including listings of publishers, agents, where to get reviews, submission calls, free contests, writing conferences and more. […]

PAYING ($100!)/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Kahini Magazine, DEADLINE: Open year-round

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 $100 payment! I wondered how and why this magazine came to be, so I asked Americas Director and Kahini Magazine Editor Jordan Hartt a few […]

7 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: Aug 31 - Sept 30, 2018

The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, and have submission deadlines between August 31 and September 30, 2018. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order […]

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