12 poems to read for Black History Month on Poets.org

Black History Month is nearly over and there are so many important poems to help us celebrate and remember. This list of 12 poems by Poets.org is a great start. Take some time each day for the rest of this month to read these poems and read about […]

NO FEE Submission call: chapbooks & full-length manuscripts – Minor Arcana Press, DEADLINE: March 5, 2017

Minor Arcana Press is a small press located in Seattle, WA that empowers overlooked and outsider authors and artists through publication, publicity, and community. They are currently accepting submissions for single-author poetry and short fiction chapbook and full length book manuscripts, as well as multi-author anthology proposals. For more […]

NO FEE Submission call: chapbooks & full-length manuscripts – Minor Arcana Press, DEADLINE: March 5, 2017

Minor Arcana Press is a small press located in Seattle, WA that empowers overlooked and outsider authors and artists through publication, publicity, and community. They are currently accepting submissions for single-author poetry and short fiction chapbook and full length book manuscripts, as well as multi-author anthology proposals. For more […]

FREE Contest/FREE Poetry! – Origami Poems Project, DEADLINE: March 5, 2017

This is such an amazing project! “The mission of the Origami Poems Projectâ„¢ is the encouragement of literature & the arts by bringing Free Poetry to everyone through the printing and distribution (world-wide) of free Origami micro-chapbooks as well as through poetry events, both of which engender increasing […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview — Jet Fuel Review, DEADLINE: Mar. 15, 2017

Jet Fuel Review is a literary journal based in Romeoville, IL that publishes contemporary poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and artwork biannually. I wondered how and why this press came to be, so I asked Managing Editor Sam Gennett a few questions to find out. See my interview with Gennett […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview — Jazz Cigarette, DEADLINE: Mar. 15, 2017

Jazz Cigarette is a new literary magazine founded by Seth Copeland and Colton Rowe. They have published three issues since Spring of 2016. It is “a magazine of dank, dank poetry, edited by dual teams out of Oklahoma City and Colorado Springs.” I wondered how and why this lit mag came to […]

Catfish McDaris seeks submissions for van Gogh Anthology

#nofee submission call and prompt for Van Gogh inpired writing and art!

Free Writing Contests

Big thanks to Creative Talents Unleashed for including my blog as a reference for free writing contests. There are some other great resources listed as well.

Where to Submit in Feb/Mar 2017 by Entropy (filtered for no fee only!) – 250+ poetry markets

Entropy is a “website featuring literary & non-literary content. A website that seeks to engage with the literary community, that becomes its own community, and creates a space for literary & non-literary ideas.” They recently posted an article on where to submit in February and March along with some […]

"Online Lit Mag Features All-Inclusive Roster of Writers" —— My review of The Boiler in The Review Review

My review of The Boiler’s Fall 2016 issue just went up on The Review Review! Just last year I sent a request to join the ranks of the literary reviewers on their site and this is the fourth lit mag they’ve asked me to read and write about. The first two were print […]

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