NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – After the Art, DEADLINE: Always Open/Next Issue Nov. 20, 2018

After the Art is a new online literary magazine and seeking personal review essays that explore the way reading can enrich the experience of looking at art. They are not looking for other forms of ekphrastic writing, but rather essays based on a work of art and a piece of […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – So to Speak Journal, DEADLINE: Oct. 8, 2018

So to Speak is a feminist literary journal and their blog is currently accepting submissions for their Immigration Series, including: The Feminist Artistic Process (Prose and Poetry writing, Visual Art, Photography); Micro (fiction or nonfiction); Book Review; Personal Essay; Experimental - Bending of Form, blending of genres. I […]

Celebrate National Poetry Day with FREE Stuff! #nationalpoetryday

The Forward Arts Foundation in the UK is offering lots of cool free stuff for National Poetry Day. This year’s theme is “Change.” What is National Poetry Day? According to their site: “National Poetry Day is an annual celebration that inspires people throughout the UK to enjoy, discover […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Storyscape, DEADLINE: Nov. 1, 2018

Storyscape is an online literary journal publishing stories, essays, poems, hybrids, visual art, and audio work. They also occasionally publish a print anthology and chapbooks. They have a unique approach to categorizing the work they publish, which you can read more about in the interview below. They are currently […]

Publishing The Asparagus Queen – guest blog post by Amorak Huey

This is a story about my new collection of poetry. I should say up front that I have no idea what the moral of this story is. Something something persistence, maybe. Something something luck of the draw. Definitely something about privilege. Possibly something something Serenity Prayer, because the […]

4 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: Oct. 1 - Oct. 31, 2018

The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines in October 2018. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – petrichor, DEADLINE: Nov. 15, 2018

Petrichor is an online literary magazine with the tagline “an archive of text & image.” They are currently open for submissions under a broad theme: Renewal. The issue will be published this coming January, and is focused on work that reflects the cleanse or reaffirmation that comes out […]

FREE Poetry Contest, $50/$25 cash prizes – Wax Poetry & Art, DEADLINE: Oct. 15, 2018

Poets, don’t miss this opportunity to submit your poetry to Wax Poetry and Art! They are running a contest, first poem entered is free entry and is open to all poets “from everyone on earth.” “Wax Poetry and Art‘s mission is to make poetry more widely read by […]

FREE Poetry Contest, $50/$25 cash prizes – Wax Poetry & Art, DEADLINE: Oct. 15, 2018

Poets, don’t miss this opportunity to submit your poetry to Wax Poetry and Art! They are running a contest, first poem entered is free entry and is open to all poets “from everyone on earth.” “Wax Poetry and Art‘s mission is to make poetry more widely read by […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Salt Hill Journal, DEADLINE: Oct. 31, 2018

Salt Hill Journal is a biannual literary journal available in print and by subscription. They publish new fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and art by people at various stages in their literary and artistic careers–both new and emerging writers alongside those with illustrious careers in the literary arts. Previous contributors […]

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