Calls for Submissions with Queer Focuses

Thanks to the staff of peculiar for the recommendation and also for sharing six open calls for LGBTQIA-friendly lit mags… check them out and if you qualify, get those submissions in!

My poem "Pearl at the Studio Mic" published in Verse-Virtual's October issue

It’s always a pleasure to be published along side so many amazing poets in Verse-Virtual, and October’s issue is no exception. This issue includes my award-winning poem “Pearl at the Studio Mic,” which is a persona poem from the perspective of Janis Joplin’s microphone. Make sure not to miss the […]

My poem “Pearl at the Studio Mic” published in Verse-Virtual’s October issue

It’s always a pleasure to be published along side so many amazing poets in Verse-Virtual, and October’s issue is no exception. This issue includes my award-winning poem “Pearl at the Studio Mic,” which is a persona poem from the perspective of Janis Joplin’s microphone. Make sure not to miss the […]

NO FEE Call for Submission – The Harpoon Review DEADLINE: Sept. 30, 2015

To read more about The Harpoon Review and their editors, read their About page here. “The Harpoon Review is dedicated to publishing fine works of poetry, prose, and short fiction. We take submissions on a rolling basis and publish monthly,” and has been publishing monthly issues since October 2014. Before submitting, make […]

$1/Poem Poetry Super Highway Contest (non-profit), DEADLINE: Oct. 3, 2015

This contest from Poetry Super Highway is a great opportunity for only $1 per poem to enter, especially since you can enter as many poems as you like! The best part is results will be announced and the winners will be published by the end of October. This […]

Calls for Submissions from Literary Mama – September 2015

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 […]

Free Kindle Version of THE GREAT GATSBY ANTHOLOGY — Thursday, 9/24/15

Don’t miss out on this great publication by Silver Birch Press… FREE for Kindle apps all day today only!

NO FEE Call for Submission – Watershed Review, DEADLINE: Sept 30, 2015

Send in your poems, prose, and art to this lovely, long-running and student edited magazine by California State University. They “seek to publish imaginative works that push past the expected metaphor, that challenge us to engage and question accepted structure, that augment time-honored forms of writing and consider what comes […]

NO FEE Call for Submission – 'Appropriation John' special edition, DEADLINE: Sept. 30, 2015

Last I had talked to this editor, she had received hardly any submissions… you still have a week to write and submit! Get those poems in and support this incredible project.

NO FEE Call for Submission – ‘Appropriation John’ special edition, DEADLINE: Sept. 30, 2015

Last I had talked to this editor, she had received hardly any submissions… you still have a week to write and submit! Get those poems in and support this incredible project.

Trish Hopkinson