NO FEE Submission Calls – 2/3 Paying lit mags, DEADLINE: BLACK FRIDAY Nov. 27, 2015

Black Warrior Review, Indiana Review, and Hayden’s Ferry Review announced yesterday that they will be open for submissions with no fees from 12 AM to 11:59pm Eastern time, Friday, November 27, 2015. You can submit fiction, nonfiction, or poetry for all three magazines to consider using the Black […]

Need poetry/writing prompts? Check out this list compiled by Bernadette Mayer . . .

The Poetry Foundation describes Bernadette Mayer as "an avant-garde writer associated with the New York School of poets . . . known for her innovative use of language." The list starts with journaling ideas and then continues with a HUGE list of writing experiments. Scroll down about a […]

NO FEE Submission Call – whimperbang, DEADLINE: Dec. 6, 2015

Whimperbang “invites the submission of serious, directed artistic expressions that reflect or comment upon today's world. All literary and visual genres will be considered.” This online literary magazine was founded in 2003 and publishes three issues per year. Past issues can be read on their site. For more info on how to […]

FREE Contest/Submission Call – Scissors and Spackle, DEADLINE: Nov. 30, 2015, 12am EST

scissors and spackle is “strictly a free verse and short prose publication,” and “welcome the bizarre, in fact, we encourage it. Send us your lists; resumes; transcribed conversations. The surest path to acceptance is the element of surprise.” They are currently open for submission for their next issue as well […]

Five Things Magazine Editing Taught Me About Submitting My Own Writing by Julianne Palumbo

NO FEE Submission Call – Anthropoid (folk theme), DEADLINE: Nov. 30, 2015

Anthropoid focuses on “the fundamental business of being humanesque. Issues of identity, culture, belonging or lack, vulnerability, collectivism, the body, ritual-anthropological subjects from a generalist's view, or, cultural moments from a messy, personal perspective. . . . We embrace a broad subject matter, in the name of 'what it […]

My third poem "Blue Daydream" is up on Drunk Monkeys today

I’m honored and thrilled to be featured as Writer of the Month on Drunk Monkeys in November 2015. They are posting four of my poems throughout the month. First up was my Janis Joplin inspired poem “Pearl at the Studio Mic.” Second up, was “crevasse moon.” My third poem up today is […]

My third poem “Blue Daydream” is up on Drunk Monkeys today

I’m honored and thrilled to be featured as Writer of the Month on Drunk Monkeys in November 2015. They are posting four of my poems throughout the month. First up was my Janis Joplin inspired poem “Pearl at the Studio Mic.” Second up, was “crevasse moon.” My third poem up today is […]

NO FEE Submission Call – Ilonat Review CONSTRAINT issue, DEADLINE: Nov. 30, 2015

The Ilonat Review is an Israeli journal of creative writing in English currently looking “for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and anything in between that binds itself to a pattern or a limit. Whether it's a Larry Smith-style Six Word Memoir, a 100-word story, a 250 word essay, a haiku, sestina, […]

NO FEE Poetry Submission Call – Rogue Agent, DEADLINE: Nov. 24, 2015

“Rogue Agent strives to publish a range of poetic styles and forms. The most important things we consider are craft and how well the work fits the theme of our journal. . . . To get a feel for our journal’s theme, we invite you to explore previous issues, and […]

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