PAYING/NO FEE Submission call for Hans Christian Andersen theme + editor interview – NonBinary Review, DEADLINE: July 31, 2017

NonBinary Review is the literary journal of Zoetic Press. They publish four themed issues every year. From their About page: “We take existing works of fiction in the public domain, and invite authors to re-invent those works. From Grimm's fairy tales to Sun Tzu's The Art of War, we […]

Apocalypse Now: Why Are Poets Writing About the End of the World? – guest blog post by Jeannine Hall Gailey

In September of 2016, I published my fifth poetry book, the winner of Moon City Press's book prize, Field Guide to the End of the World, all about surviving and navigating the world post-apocalypse. When I started writing these poems, it was way before the light-comedy apocalypse television […]

31 Writing Contests in July 2017 – No entry fees! + 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. […]

NO FEE/REPRINTS Submission call for women/non-binary people of color + editor interview – For the Sonorous, DEADLINE: July 31, 2017

For the Sonorous is a new “literary journal dedicated to empowering and publishing women and non-binary people of color.” They publish three online issues of poetry, prose, and art each year. Additionally, they are supporting women and non-binary poets and writers by providing detailed feedback from their editors on […]

NO FEE submission call for full length manuscripts–Four Chambers Press, DEADLINE: July 31, 2017

To read more about Four Chambers Press or for more about their editors, read their Staff page here. Four chambers is a fairly new press and print literary magazine that published their first issue in 2013 as “an independent community literary magazine based in Phoenix, AZ whose mission is to give greater visibility to […]

My chapbooks have arrived! Order a signed copy (only 10 available)

There’s just nothing better than opening a box of brand new books, especially ones with your name on the cover! I have a limited number I can sell as signed copies. Currently only 10 are available, so if you’d a copy of Footnote, addressed to you personally and signed, […]

What is Poetry? – guest blog post by Brad Rose

What is poetry? Galway Kinnell says, "To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on earth at this moment." Robert Frost writes, "Writing a poem is discovering.” Madeleine LeCense, an 18-year-old National […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call & editor interview–Outlook Springs, DEADLINE: July 15, 2017

Outlook Springs is a 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 copy. […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call & editor interview–Outlook Springs, DEADLINE: July 15, 2017

Outlook Springs is a 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 copy. […]

Submishmash – A fun way to find submission deadlines . . .

Submishmash allows writers and other artists to view open submission calls randomly, by type (writing, art, sound, film) or by deadlines. It’s a fun and interesting way to visually wade through the many submission calls available. Built by our friends at Submittable, “Submishmash is a living catalog of […]