OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS
Opportunities for Writers:
April - May 2024
LITMAGS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
You can find more listings on any number of websites, such as Poets and Writers, DuoTrope, The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), Literary Cleveland and NewPages.com. Writers should always read a couple back issues of each magazine before sending in work to ensure that it’s a good fit for each specific publication. This isn’t an exhaustive list, but it is a curated place of litmags that are great to work with, open to emerging writers, and who have deadlines coming up. A few are also open year round. Most of these publications accept work in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction; some also accept artwork and hybrid forms.
LITMAGS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadlines vary- please check the website to confirm the reading period for each publication.
After Happy Hour
https://www.afterhappyhourreview.com/Submissions2.html
Adanna
http://adannajournal.blogspot.com/p/submission-guidelines.html
Allium
https://allium.submittable.com/submit
Boulevard
https://boulevard.submittable.com/submit
Black Fox Literary Magazine
https://www.blackfoxlitmag.com/submit/
Birch Bark Editing
https://www.birchbarkediting.com/submissions-microlit-almanac
Concision Poetry
https://www.concisionpoetry.com/submissions
Club Plum
https://clubplumliteraryjournal.com/submit/
Chestnut Review
https://chestnutreview.com/submissions/
The Common
https://thecommon.submittable.com/submit
Eoagh
https://eoagh.com/submit/
The Ekphrastic Review
https://www.ekphrastic.net/submit.html
Foglifter
https://foglifterjournal.com/submit/
Green Linden Press
https://www.greenlindenpress.com/submit
The Gravity of the Thing
https://thegravityofthething.com/submit/
Harpur Palate
https://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/submit/
Memorious
https://memorious.submittable.com/submit
New South
https://newsouthjournal.com/submissions/
New England Review
https://newenglandreview.submittable.com/submit
Poetry International
https://poetryinternational.submittable.com/submit
Polyphony Lit
https://www.polyphonylit.org/copy-of-submit
Radar
https://www.radarpoetry.com/guidelines
Rhino
https://rhinopoetry.org/general-submissions
River Heron Review
https://www.riverheronreview.com/submit
Rust and Moth
https://rustandmoth.com/submissions/
Rockvale Review
https://rockvalereview.com/submissions/
Sheila-Na-Gig
https://sheilanagigblog.com/submissions/
Stone Poetry Quarterly
https://stonepoetryjournal.com/submission-guidelines/
Superpresent
https://superpresentmag.com/call/
Split Rock Review
https://www.splitrockreview.org/submit
Sundog Lit
https://sundoglit.com/submissions/
Think Journal
http://www.thinkjournal.org/page5.html
TriQuarterly
https://www.triquarterly.org/submissions
Third Street Review
https://thirdstreetwriters.submittable.com/submit
Unleash Press
https://unleashpress.submittable.com/submit/200674/unleash-lit-submissions
Visitant
https://visitantlit.com/contact/
Woodcrest Magazine
https://woodcrestmagazine.submittable.com/submit
805 Lit + Art
https://www.805lit.org/submissions
3 Cents Magazine
https://www.3centsmagazine.com/submit/
32 Poems
http://32poems.com/submission-guidelines/
Northwest Review
August 15-May 15, 2024
https://nwreview.org/submissions/
Permafrost
August 15, 2023-May 15, 2024
https://permafrostmag.uaf.edu/submit/
Open All Year
Hunger Mountain
https://hungermtn.org/submit/
Prism International
https://prismmagazine.ca/submit/
Auroras & Blossoms: Rolling Deadline
Launched in 2019, Auroras & Blossoms is dedicated to promoting positive, uplifting, and inspirational art; and giving artists (ages 13 and over) of all levels a platform where they can showcase their work and build their publishing credits.
We publish short stories, flash fiction, essays, six-word stories, photography, paintings, drawings, and poetry. One of our anthologies is entirely focused on 13-16 year-old creatives.
Link: https://abpositiveart.com/submit
Driftwood Press Submissions: Rolling Deadline
Year-round submissions accepted www.driftwoodpress.net
John Updike once said, "Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better." At Driftwood Press, we are actively searching for artists who care about doing it right, or better. We are excited to receive your submissions and will diligently work to bring you the best in full poetry collections, novellas, graphic novels, short fiction, poetry, graphic narrative, photography, art, and interviews.
Litmags Open for Submissions
Please check each litmag’s website for specific submission guidelines, genres accepted, and associated submission fees (if applicable). Good luck, and happy writing!
The Blue Mountain Review - Our Doors Are Open: call for submissions Deadline: Year Round
Entry Fee: $5
Website: https://www.southerncollectiveexperience.com/the-blue-mountain-review/
Dark Onus Press
https://www.darkonuspress.com/submit
Denver Quarterly
https://denverquarterly.submittable.com/submit
Identity Theory
https://www.identitytheory.com/
Jokes Review
https://www.jokesliteraryreview.com/submit
One More Chapter
https://www.onemorechapter.com/
Palooka
https://www.palookamag.com/submit.html
Plant Human Quarterly
https://otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissions
Ploughshares
https://www.pshares.org/submit
DarkWinter Literary Magazine
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.darkwinterlit.com
Frontier Poetry - Submissions from New Voices
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.frontierpoetry.com/submit/
Memoir Project Open Submissions
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://thekeepthings.com/
Poetry Magazine Open Submissions
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/submit
Profiles of Writers Who Are Mothers
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://literarymama.com/submissions/submission-guidelines-profiles-and-interview
Rebel Satori Press
https://rebelsatori.com/
Reedsy
Deadline: Year round
https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-contests/
SmokeLong Submissions Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.smokelong.com/guideliness
Wildness - Accepting submissions for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://readwildness.com/submit
Wingless Dreamer
https://www.winglessdreamer.com/contests
CONTESTS
Common Ground Review
April 15, 2024
https://www.cgreview.org/
The Florida Review (Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction)
Apr 15, 2024
https://floridareview.cah.ucf.edu/submit/guidelines/
The Goodlife Review (The Honeybee Prize)
Apr 15, 2024
https://thegoodlifereview.com/honeybee-prize/
New Ohio Review
Apr 15, 2024
https://newohioreview.org/submit/
Gulf Coast, Barthelme Prize for Short Prose
April 16, 2023
http://gulfcoastmag.org
Hemingway Shorts (Short Story Contest)
Apr 16, 2024
https://www.hemingwaybirthplace.com/
Raleigh Review Laux & Millar Poetry Prize
June 1, 2024
https://www.raleighreview.org/submit.html
Additional Resources
You can find more opportunities for writers on the websites listed below. Remember, whenever a contest charges an entry fee, make sure that you vet them and confirm that they are legit. A great resource for researching writing contests is the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: www.clmp.org.
*Please note that this website no longer focuses on literary submissions, contests, and publishing. Be very, very wary of any “opportunity” that charges an entry fee in excess of $25, and double-check the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: www.clmp.org website to make sure high-cost “opportunities” are legitimate contests.
wORKSHOPS & RESIDENCIES
The Kenyon Review Summer Workshops
Rolling admissions, but early applications accepted. Workshops in Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Translation, and Spiritual Writing. https://kenyonreview.org/writers
April - May 2024
LITMAGS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
You can find more listings on any number of websites, such as Poets and Writers, DuoTrope, The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), Literary Cleveland and NewPages.com. Writers should always read a couple back issues of each magazine before sending in work to ensure that it’s a good fit for each specific publication. This isn’t an exhaustive list, but it is a curated place of litmags that are great to work with, open to emerging writers, and who have deadlines coming up. A few are also open year round. Most of these publications accept work in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction; some also accept artwork and hybrid forms.
LITMAGS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadlines vary- please check the website to confirm the reading period for each publication.
After Happy Hour
https://www.afterhappyhourreview.com/Submissions2.html
Adanna
http://adannajournal.blogspot.com/p/submission-guidelines.html
Allium
https://allium.submittable.com/submit
Boulevard
https://boulevard.submittable.com/submit
Black Fox Literary Magazine
https://www.blackfoxlitmag.com/submit/
Birch Bark Editing
https://www.birchbarkediting.com/submissions-microlit-almanac
Concision Poetry
https://www.concisionpoetry.com/submissions
Club Plum
https://clubplumliteraryjournal.com/submit/
Chestnut Review
https://chestnutreview.com/submissions/
The Common
https://thecommon.submittable.com/submit
Eoagh
https://eoagh.com/submit/
The Ekphrastic Review
https://www.ekphrastic.net/submit.html
Foglifter
https://foglifterjournal.com/submit/
Green Linden Press
https://www.greenlindenpress.com/submit
The Gravity of the Thing
https://thegravityofthething.com/submit/
Harpur Palate
https://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/submit/
Memorious
https://memorious.submittable.com/submit
New South
https://newsouthjournal.com/submissions/
New England Review
https://newenglandreview.submittable.com/submit
Poetry International
https://poetryinternational.submittable.com/submit
Polyphony Lit
https://www.polyphonylit.org/copy-of-submit
Radar
https://www.radarpoetry.com/guidelines
Rhino
https://rhinopoetry.org/general-submissions
River Heron Review
https://www.riverheronreview.com/submit
Rust and Moth
https://rustandmoth.com/submissions/
Rockvale Review
https://rockvalereview.com/submissions/
Sheila-Na-Gig
https://sheilanagigblog.com/submissions/
Stone Poetry Quarterly
https://stonepoetryjournal.com/submission-guidelines/
Superpresent
https://superpresentmag.com/call/
Split Rock Review
https://www.splitrockreview.org/submit
Sundog Lit
https://sundoglit.com/submissions/
Think Journal
http://www.thinkjournal.org/page5.html
TriQuarterly
https://www.triquarterly.org/submissions
Third Street Review
https://thirdstreetwriters.submittable.com/submit
Unleash Press
https://unleashpress.submittable.com/submit/200674/unleash-lit-submissions
Visitant
https://visitantlit.com/contact/
Woodcrest Magazine
https://woodcrestmagazine.submittable.com/submit
805 Lit + Art
https://www.805lit.org/submissions
3 Cents Magazine
https://www.3centsmagazine.com/submit/
32 Poems
http://32poems.com/submission-guidelines/
Northwest Review
August 15-May 15, 2024
https://nwreview.org/submissions/
Permafrost
August 15, 2023-May 15, 2024
https://permafrostmag.uaf.edu/submit/
Open All Year
Hunger Mountain
https://hungermtn.org/submit/
Prism International
https://prismmagazine.ca/submit/
Auroras & Blossoms: Rolling Deadline
Launched in 2019, Auroras & Blossoms is dedicated to promoting positive, uplifting, and inspirational art; and giving artists (ages 13 and over) of all levels a platform where they can showcase their work and build their publishing credits.
We publish short stories, flash fiction, essays, six-word stories, photography, paintings, drawings, and poetry. One of our anthologies is entirely focused on 13-16 year-old creatives.
Link: https://abpositiveart.com/submit
Driftwood Press Submissions: Rolling Deadline
Year-round submissions accepted www.driftwoodpress.net
John Updike once said, "Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better." At Driftwood Press, we are actively searching for artists who care about doing it right, or better. We are excited to receive your submissions and will diligently work to bring you the best in full poetry collections, novellas, graphic novels, short fiction, poetry, graphic narrative, photography, art, and interviews.
Litmags Open for Submissions
Please check each litmag’s website for specific submission guidelines, genres accepted, and associated submission fees (if applicable). Good luck, and happy writing!
The Blue Mountain Review - Our Doors Are Open: call for submissions Deadline: Year Round
Entry Fee: $5
Website: https://www.southerncollectiveexperience.com/the-blue-mountain-review/
Dark Onus Press
https://www.darkonuspress.com/submit
Denver Quarterly
https://denverquarterly.submittable.com/submit
Identity Theory
https://www.identitytheory.com/
Jokes Review
https://www.jokesliteraryreview.com/submit
One More Chapter
https://www.onemorechapter.com/
Palooka
https://www.palookamag.com/submit.html
Plant Human Quarterly
https://otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissions
Ploughshares
https://www.pshares.org/submit
DarkWinter Literary Magazine
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.darkwinterlit.com
Frontier Poetry - Submissions from New Voices
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.frontierpoetry.com/submit/
Memoir Project Open Submissions
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://thekeepthings.com/
Poetry Magazine Open Submissions
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/submit
Profiles of Writers Who Are Mothers
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://literarymama.com/submissions/submission-guidelines-profiles-and-interview
Rebel Satori Press
https://rebelsatori.com/
Reedsy
Deadline: Year round
https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-contests/
SmokeLong Submissions Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.smokelong.com/guideliness
Wildness - Accepting submissions for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://readwildness.com/submit
Wingless Dreamer
https://www.winglessdreamer.com/contests
CONTESTS
Common Ground Review
April 15, 2024
https://www.cgreview.org/
The Florida Review (Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction)
Apr 15, 2024
https://floridareview.cah.ucf.edu/submit/guidelines/
The Goodlife Review (The Honeybee Prize)
Apr 15, 2024
https://thegoodlifereview.com/honeybee-prize/
New Ohio Review
Apr 15, 2024
https://newohioreview.org/submit/
Gulf Coast, Barthelme Prize for Short Prose
April 16, 2023
http://gulfcoastmag.org
Hemingway Shorts (Short Story Contest)
Apr 16, 2024
https://www.hemingwaybirthplace.com/
Raleigh Review Laux & Millar Poetry Prize
June 1, 2024
https://www.raleighreview.org/submit.html
Additional Resources
You can find more opportunities for writers on the websites listed below. Remember, whenever a contest charges an entry fee, make sure that you vet them and confirm that they are legit. A great resource for researching writing contests is the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: www.clmp.org.
- Almond Press
- Bookfox: Ranking of the Best 100 Literary Magazines
- Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
- Poets and Writers
- Published to Death
- NewPages
- Submittable*
*Please note that this website no longer focuses on literary submissions, contests, and publishing. Be very, very wary of any “opportunity” that charges an entry fee in excess of $25, and double-check the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: www.clmp.org website to make sure high-cost “opportunities” are legitimate contests.
- The Practicing Writer
wORKSHOPS & RESIDENCIES
The Kenyon Review Summer Workshops
Rolling admissions, but early applications accepted. Workshops in Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Translation, and Spiritual Writing. https://kenyonreview.org/writers