Call for Submissions: LEARNING TO DRIVE Poetry & Prose Series

Another great series by Silver Birch Press for poems and short prose! DEADLINE: March 15, 2016

PAYING Submission call – Contrary Magazine pays $20, DEADLINE: Mar. 1, 2016!

Contrary doesn’t charge fees for submissions, but they do pay contributors. Per their site, payment “for original commentary, fiction, and poetry, Contrary Magazine pays $20 per author per issue, regardless of the number of works or nature of the submission. Reviews and Contrary Blog posts are usually unpaid.” […]

NO FEE Chapbook Publishers and other Chapbook Listings

The individual listings below are the chapbook publishers I found which do not charge submission fees, reading fees, or contest fees. The majority of chapbooks are published via contests and do typically require a fee from $10 – $25. Research each market thoroughly and make sure submitting is […]

Legend of the Sampaguita |Saquina Karla Guiam

Always stunning work over at The Fem, including this gorgeous piece by Saquina Karla Guiam. If you need some poems to read today, stop by and see what they’re up to. Submissions are always open and always free…

Legend of the Sampaguita |Saquina Karla Guiam

Always stunning work over at The Fem, including this gorgeous piece by Saquina Karla Guiam. If you need some poems to read today, stop by and see what they’re up to. Submissions are always open and always free…

11 Poetry submission calls–DEADLINES: Feb. 14 – 29, 2016

This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of closest deadlines and most have no submission fees. Deadlines run from February 14-29. There are three paying markets indicated in their titles. For more paying literary […]

What is the 15th Annual Great Poetry Exchange?

Presented by none other than Poetry Super Highway-"Send a book - Get a book. In February 2016, the Poetry Super Highway will coordinate a great free exchange of poetry publications amongst poets worldwide." DEADLINE: February 29, 2016 NOTES: Full-length poetry books and chapbooks are both welcome.   Click here […]

Calls for Submissions from Literary Mama – February 2016

Literary Mama posts a list of calls for submissions for their readers on the first Wednesday of every month. You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter to get updates on other calls as they come up. Literary Mama’s tagline is “reading for the maternally inclined.” They […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call–Okey Panky, DEADLINE: Feb. 29, 2016

Okey-Panky is a fairly new lit mag that started at beginning of 2015 as an offshoot of Electric Literature. According to their web site, “Okey-Panky is a weekly online magazine of short, darkly comic, ironic, and experimental fiction, essay, poetry, and graphic narrative. . . . Writers may submit year-round via […]

Some Myths About Your Litmag Submissions

Some really valuable advice in this article… please poets, don’t post your work on Facebook or your personal blog. Read it at open mics, share with your friends privately, workshop it with poet peers, and then when it is ready, submit!

Trish Hopkinson