Graywolf Press

During the month of August, 2016, Graywolf invites poets and translators of poetry—established, emerging, or somewhere in between—to submit their manuscripts to us. This reading period is not a contest, nor a guarantee of publication. Works must be poetry, but we welcome work that exists in the boundaries of what we think poetry is or could be. Our mission is to champion outstanding writers at all stages of their careers to ensure that diverse voices can be heard in a crowded marketplace. For all of August, we will be reading with an eye for poetry that helps us do just that. Manuscripts must be at least 50 pages long and include a cover letter and a short biographical statement with all relevant publishing history. There is no entry fee. We will close submissions at 11:59 p.m. central time, August 31, 2016.

https://graywolfpress.submittable.com/submit

 

Amethyst Arsenic

Amethyst Arsenic is open to all forms of poetry and art. Within this broad scope, we have a preference for well-crafted imagery that brings a fresh use of language and perception. We also lean towards vignettes, moments, stories and meditations on people, objects, and scenes; the intimate whether confessional or persona, versus broad commentary. Guest editors for the upcoming issue are Staci R. Schoenfeld and M. Brett Gaffney. Payment is $5 per accepted poem and artwork. The featured artist will receive $25.  Please submit 3 to 5 poems. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, August 31, 2016.

http://www.amethystarsenic.com/submit.php

 

Fifth Wednesday Journal

Fifth Wednesday Journal is an independent literary print magazine published twice yearly by Fifth Wednesday Books. Submissions for the Spring 2017 Issue 20 opened on August 15, 2016. We accept electronic submissions in the categories of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, essays, and black-and-white photography. FWJ publishes short stories, excerpts from novels, creative nonfiction, book excerpts, and essays, as long as the excerpt stands on its own as a literary work. We do not publish children’s literature, flash fiction, science fiction, horror, pornography, or nonliterary works. There are no set limits on length of a work, but manuscripts of less than 1,000 or more than 12,000 words are less likely to make it into the journal. Please limit your submission of poetry to one set of up to five poems.

http://www.fifthwednesdayjournal.org/

 

Pittsburgh Poetry Review

The Pittsburgh Poetry Review is now open to general submissions through August 31, 2016. We will be reading for Issues Four (11/1/16) and Five (3/1/17). Please submit no less than 3 and no more than 5 poems in a single .doc or .docx file. We prefer shorter (1 to 2 pages) poems, but we will consider any length with a query first. In addition, we are very interested in series of poems and linked poems. We are willing to publish several pieces from single poets. Collaborative work is welcome too.

https://pittsburghpoetryreview.com/submission-guidelines/

 

Windmill: The Hofstra University Journal of Literature & Art

The new national literary journal housed at Hofstra University is now accepting submissions for both their first digital issue (Sept.) and their inaugural print issue (Spring 2017). The digital issue’s September theme is change. We want your best stories on the theme of change, from corporeal to speculative, from human nature to the leaves of the trees around us. Though we will consider pieces of any length, we prefer submissions of fiction or creative nonfiction in the range of 1500-2500 words. Submit by Sept 25, 2016.

https://hofstrawindmill.com/

 

Pembroke Magazine: Submit for Free in September

To celebrate the start of another new school year, we’re waiving submission fees for the month of September. Send us your best poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for the chance at publication in Volume 49 of Pembroke Magazine—set to debut at AWP 2017.

www.pembrokemagazine.com

 

Phoebe Journal of Literature and Art

Phoebe publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. We produce a print issue in fall/winter and an online issue in spring/summer. We ask for no more than one poetry submission of 3-5 poems, one fiction submission of up to 4,000 words, or one nonfiction submission of up to 4,000 words. Submissions are open for Issue 46.1 until October 17th!

http://www.phoebejournal.com/submission-guidelines/

 

The Larry Brown Short Story Award

Pithead Chapel is pleased to announce the first annual Larry Brown Short Story Award. The winning author will receive a prize of $250 along with publication in the January 2017 issue of Pithead Chapel. The 2016 Guest Judge is Kyle Minor.  The contest is open from August 15 to October 31, 2016. The submitted story must be less than 4,000 words. There’s a $10 entry fee.

https://pitheadchapel.com/the-larry-brown-short-story-award/

 

Sou’wester

Sou’wester is published by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Please limit your poetry submission to a maximum of five poems at a time. Please limit your submission of prose to one piece at a time. We will consider a suite of two or three flash pieces. Please note that Sou’wester has gone to a once-a-year printing schedule.  Submissions are now open. We anticipate reading until early 2017.

http://souwester.org/?page_id=538

 

Waxwing

We read submissions of poetry, short fiction, and literary essays from August 1 to May 1; translations of poetry and literary prose are read year-round. Each issue features approximately thirteen poets, six prose writers, and six authors in translation. Poets should send one to five poems, and prose writers one story, essay, novella, or novel chapter (or up to three short-short stories or micro-essays).

https://waxwing.submittable.com/submit

Below are 12 submission opportunities, some with upcoming deadlines and many from journals just opening their reading periods this month.  Good luck submitting your work. Follow Denton Loving on WordPress.com

Yemassee

Yemassee publishes fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction biannually in March and September. We consider fiction and creative nonfiction up to 5,000 words in length, double-spaced and paginated. For fiction, we’re open to a wide range of styles and aesthetics, both traditional and innovative. For nonfiction, we are interested in traditional memoir, lyric essays, hybrid work and many other nonfictional forms. We do not publish academic essays. If you’re sending in shorter works (less than 1,000 words), feel free to send along 3-5 pieces in a single document.  When it comes to poetry, we want to create a gathering of voices we can’t stop listening to. We want a poem to leap somewhere strange and take us along. We consider three to five poems at a time

http://yemasseejournal.com/submityemassee

 

Five Chapters

FiveChapters, one of the pioneer online literary journals, has published a new short story every week since October 2006. A new story begins every Monday, serial-style, with a new installment on each weekday. FiveChapters stories work best between 5000 and 10,000 words.

http://www.fivechapters.com/about-five-chapters/

 

Black Warrior Review

Black Warrior Review reads general fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions from June 1 – September 1, 2016. We ask that prose works are no longer than 7000 words. We also accept flash fiction (under 1,000 words); please include no more than three flash pieces in a single submission. Please send up to five poems, with a maximum submission length of 10 pages.

http://bwr.ua.edu/submit/guidelines/

 

concīs

concīs is an online and e-pub journal devoted to brevity: the succinct, pithy, condensed, laconic, crisp, compressed and compendious. It’s simple in approach and simple in design…but not simple-minded. Genre—if you believe in such labels—is unimportant: poems, prose poems, flash fictions, micro-essays, reviews in miniature, sudden fictions, haiku, tanka, American Sentences, insights, epigrams, the unclassifiable…they’re all good. Through SEPTEMBER 15, 2016, concīs is accepting submissions of poetry, flash fiction, prose poems, visual poetry and micro-nonfiction for its no-fee, *2016 Pith of Prose and Poem Contest*. Three winners receive cash award + publication on custom print postcards and online publication in concīs.

http://concis.io/contest/

 

New Southerner Literary Contest

We accept submissions of previously unpublished poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for our annual literary contest during the months of August and September. Although the contest theme is open, we are especially interested in work that relates to our mission, which is promoting self-sufficiency, environmental stewardship, and local economies. We are also interested in works by writers with a Southern connection, and works written with a Southern slant or that focus on Southern issues, people, and places. Winning entries, as well as finalists and semifinalists, are published in The New Southerner Literary Edition, available online and in print. Contest fee: $10 per entry. One entry is one piece of prose up to 5,000 words or one poem up to 100 lines; Postmark deadline: September 30. This year’s final judges are Mary Ann Taylor Hall, Mary Popham, and Bobbi Buchanan.

http://www.newsoutherner.com/contest/

 

New Madrid

We are dedicating the Winter 2017 issue of New Madrid to the theme of “Imagining Peace.” As George Bernard Shaw wrote, “Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.” We are looking for work in all literary genres that speaks to this arduousness and that defines peace not just as the absence of war, but as something dynamic in its own right. Possible categories of interest include: writing by peace activists and refugees, testimonies about immigration or international crises, travel writing, translations, and much more. An in-depth explanation can be found on our website. We will be accepting submissions from August 15 through October 15, 2016.

http://www.newmadridjournal.org/submissions/index.htm

 

Mangrove

Mangrove is the undergraduate literary journal at the University of Miami, publishing the best undergraduate fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, & design in the country. Fiction and Nonfiction submissions should be no more than 20 pages. Mangrove considers nonfiction essays, memoirs, book reviews and criticism, interviews, and travel writing for publication. We also welcome original translations provided you have permission from the author. Book reviews should be no more than 500 words. We will read up to 5 poems per submission period.  Our current reading period ends Jan 13, 2017.

http://www.as.miami.edu/mangrove/

 

FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics

FIELD is published twice yearly, in spring and fall. We accept submissions August through April and usually reply within six weeks, though occasionally we may take longer. Please keep in mind that FIELD is one of the most selective small poetry journals in the country. FIELD accepts poetry only. Submit 2-6 poems at a time.

http://www.oberlin.edu/ocpress/submissions.html

 

West Branch

West Branch welcome submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. We read unsolicited manuscripts between August 1st and April 1st. Please send no more than six poems or thirty pages of prose. Poems should be saved and uploaded as a single file. Book reviews are typically arranged by assignment, and we publish only poetry reviews. If you are interested in writing reviews, please query with a sample.

https://www.bucknell.edu/WestBranchWired

 

Natural Bridge

The editors invite submissions of poetry, fiction, personal essays, and translations year-round.  Poetry submissions should be limited to one manuscript of up to six poems at one time. Prose submissions should be limited to one story or essay at a time. Our current reading period opened August 1^st and will remain open through April 30, 2017.

http://blogs.umsl.edu/naturalbridge/submit/

 

Colorado Review

We consider short fiction and personal essays with contemporary themes (no genre fiction or literary criticism). There is no specific word or page count; generally, however, Colorado Review prefers short stories and essays that are somewhere between 15 and 25 manuscript pages. Please submit one story or essay at a time. We consider poetry of any style. Please limit poetry submissions to no more than five poems at a time. Fiction & poetry manuscripts are read from August 1 to April 30; nonfiction manuscripts, however, are read year-round.

http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-review/submit/

 

Exit 7

Exit 7 accepts unsolicited submissions of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry from August 1—May 1 of each year. We ask that your fiction and nonfiction submissions not exceed 5,000 words. Please send 3—6 poems.

http://westkentucky.kctcs.edu/Student_Life/Exit7/Submit.aspx

Printers Row

Every week, a new fiction story is released in the Printers Row app, a product of the Chicago Tribune. We are always looking for story submissions, which will be judged on a rolling schedule. Each story must be double-spaced, written in English, not previously published, and between 5,000-8,000 words.

https://printersrow.submittable.com/submit

 

Second Hand Stories

Second Hand Stories is an up-and-coming podcast where we plan to read short works of fiction submitted by our listener community. Our goals are twofold: we would like to give new and under-published writers an opportunity for their works to be heard, and we would like to bring fiction back to its original form as an oral tradition in an affordable alternative to audiobook services. We’re looking for any genre of fiction (no poetry) and our word limit is flexible (preferably between 2,000 and 6,000 words).

http://www.secondhandpodcast.com/guidelines/

 

Wisconsin Review

Wisconsin Review publishes both new and established authors of outstanding poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. We publish biannually in the spring and fall. Please limit yourself to 3-5 poems per submission. Any style will be considered, although we seek exceptional use of imagery and awareness of form. Please limit yourself to 15 pages of fiction and nonfiction, double-spaced with a 12-point font. Regarding fiction, standard or experimental styles will be considered, although we look for outstanding characterization and unique themes. We accept creative non-fiction and general interest non-fiction only.

http://wisconsinreview.uwosh.edu/submissions/

 

Split Rock Review

The reading period for our Fall 2016 issue and Poetry Chapbook Contest is August 1st-August 31st. Please send three to five poems in one Word document file (with a max of seven pages total per submission). Creative non-fiction and fiction should be double-spaced and no longer than 2500 words in length. You may submit one to three stories in one Word document file. Submit once per reading period.  We accept book reviews of poetry, non-fiction, fiction, and literary criticism from small, regional, university, and avant-garde presses. We prefer writers to review books that have been published in the past year.

http://www.splitrockreview.org/submit/

 

Waccamaw

Waccamaw accepts unsolicited submissions of poems, stories, and essays through August 31, 2016.  Authors should limit submissions to 3-5 poems, one story, or one essay (prose submissions preferably under 7,500 words). Please make only one submission in a single genre per reading period. Waccamaw is published online twice a year, in the fall and spring, from The Athenaeum Press at Coastal Carolina University.

http://waccamawjournal.com/submissions/

 

Chattahoochee Review “Off the Record”

Disappearing remarks. Invisible people. Music that isn’t there. Intuition. Gut. Unclaimed, unofficial, uncategorized. A record respects the broadest possible audience. Off the record, your audience awaits. What you don’t want to write. We want to read. Note the call in a cover letter. Deadline: September 15 or until the issue fills. Submit one story or up to three short-shorts (500-1,000 words each). TCR publishes excellent poetry of all types, including informal personal narratives, prose poems, and formal poems. Submit one essay or up to three shorter essays (500-1,000 words each).

http://thechattahoocheereview.gpc.edu/submissions.htm

 

LUMINA

Lumina is the literary magazine of the graduate writing program of Sarah Lawrence College. We accept poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art submissions from everyone regardless of age, nationality, or school affiliation. For General Submissions, poets may submit up to three poems (60 lines maximum per poem), and prose writers may submit up to two pieces (5,000 words maximum per piece).  Submissions for Vol. XVI and Lumina Online Vol. 7 must be received by September 15, 2016.

http://luminajournal.com/submit/

 

Switchback

Switchback is an online publication of the MFA in Writing Program at the University of San Francisco. Please limit your prose submission to one story or essay at a time and make sure your work clocks in at or under 7500 words. Please submit no more than three poems. Switchback regularly publishes reviews of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on our Web site. Deadline: November 02, 2016.

http://www.swback.com/call/

 

Beloit Fiction Journal

Our reading period is from August 1st to December 1st. We are open to literary fiction on any subject or theme. Stories may be from one to sixty pages in length, though longer pieces will have a more difficult time finding acceptance than shorter ones. We are always interested in new writers as well as established writers. Please send us one story at a time.

https://www.beloit.edu/bfj/submissions/

 

Washington Square Review

Washington Square is a nationally distributed literary journal publishing fiction and poetry by emerging and established writers. Edited and produced biannually by the students of the NYU Graduate Creative Writing Program.  Manuscripts are reviewed from August 1st through December 15th. Recent issues include new work by: Steve Almond, John Ashbery, Lydia Davis, E.L. Doctorow, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Terrance Hayes, Etgar Keret, Colum McCann, Paul Muldoon, D. A. Powell, Charles Simic, Zadie Smith, Amy Hempel. Send up to 5 poems or up to 20 pages of fiction

http://washingtonsquarereview.com/submit/

 

Ashland Creek Press nonfiction anthology: Writing for Animals

From Franz Kafka’s Report to the Academy to Karen Joy Fowler’s We Are Completely Beside Ourselves, animals have played a central role in literature. Increasingly, writers are playing a central role in advancing awareness of animal issues through the written word. And yet little has been written about the process of writing about animals—from crafting point of view to voice. Writers who hope to raise awareness face many questions and choices in their work, from how to educate without being didactic to how to develop animals as characters for an audience that still views them as ingredients. We hope to address these issues and more with a new collection of articles, by writers and for writers—but most of all, for the animals. We seek articles from authors and educators about the process of writing about animals in literature. Our focus is on including a mix of instructional and inspirational articles to help readers not only improve their work but be inspired to keep at it. Articles may be previously published and should not exceed 10,000 words. The deadline is January 3, 2017. Accepted submissions will receive a stipend of $100 plus a copy of the finished book upon publication.

http://www.ashlandcreekpress.com/about/submissions.html

A lot of great journals have opened their submission periods this week, making it a great time to send your work.  Beyond the venues listed here, check out the excellent list of journals published bi-monthly (usually) by Entropy: http://entropymag.org/where-to-submit-august-september-2016/.

The Rumpus – Assistant Poetry Editor Position

The Rumpus is looking for an Assistant Poetry Editor! Gain hands-on knowledge of the editing and publishing processes by working closely with a long-time Rumpus editor, and help to grow our Poetry section. We’re seeking applicants with a love of poetry alongside some prior experience, especially working with WordPress and Submittable, and a familiarity with our content and tone. The right person will be able to commit approximately 5-10 hours a week. Please note that all Rumpus editors work on a volunteer basis.

http://therumpus.net/2016/07/could-you-be-our-assistant-poetry-editor/

 

Barcelona Review

The Barcelona Review is presently accepting submissions for previously unpublished short fiction, articles and essays. We do not accept poetry submissions. Submit one story at a time for consideration to the editor. Word length: 4,500 words max.

www.barcelonareview.com

 

Smartish Pace

Print issues of Smartish Pace contain new poetry and translations of poetry. Our website contains book reviews, essays on poetry and interviews with poets. Submit no more than 6 poems. We will consider poems of any length, style and subject matter.

http://smartishpace.com/guidelines/

 

Gabby

Gabby is a literary journal dedicated to “talky” poems, “ultra-talk” poems, “meta” poems, epistolary poems, and the like. Tell us a story. Make us feel. We aim to publish three times each year: April, August, December. Poetry submissions are always open. We are interested in reviews of “talky” books, interviews with “talky” poets, personal essays about being “talky,” and craft essays about writing “talky” poems.

http://www.gabbyjournal.com/submit/

 

Gold Line Press Chapbook Competitions

This year’s chapbook judges are Viet Thanh Nguyen (fiction) and Sarah Vap (poetry). In January 2017 we will announce contest results by email, as well as on the Gold Line Press site. The winning chapbooks will be published in spring of that year. Each winner receives $500, publication of her/his perfect-bound chapbook with ISBN, and 10 contributor copies. Gold Line Press sends out 30 copies on behalf of winners to respected literary venues for review. We seek works of fiction that are purposefully planned as chapbooks: novellettes, carefully curated collections of vignettes or short short stories, or other projects that take the chapbook format as an instrumental element of their design. Excerpts of novels or short story collections will not be considered unless they form a sustained and individual project in their foreshortened form. For poets, we also recommend that manuscripts be cohesive and self-contained in the chapbook length. Manuscripts must be 20-30 pages in length for poetry entries, and 7,500-15,000 words for fiction entries (not including the title page and table of contents). All manuscripts must be received by AUGUST 31, 2016.

http://dornsife.usc.edu/goldlinepress/contest/

 

Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose

Dogwood is an annual national literary journal produced by the faculty in the Department of English at Fairfield University. The annual reading period for Dogwood is open now through September 5, 2016. During this period, we accept contest and non-contest submissions. We only consider anonymous submissions. Submit fiction or nonfiction up to 22 pages. Submit one, two, or three poems (max ten pages) all in one document.

https://dogwoodliterary.com/submissions/

 

WTAW Press Opens for Full-length Prose Manuscripts

WTAW Press, an independent publisher of literary books, seeks full-length books of prose for publication in2017. Building on the tradition of our award-winning reading series, Why There Are Words, we will publish voices that need to be heard, and welcome submissions from writers unpublished, extensively published, and in between. We want to publish books that show us more things on heaven and earth than we have dreamt of. Send your best literary fiction and non-fiction. We will do all we can to bring our books to the attention of the readers they deserve.  The current submission period runs June 15 through September 15, 2016. There is a $28 fee.

http://www.wtawpress.org/submissions

 

Raleigh Review

We are a national non-profit magazine of poetry, fiction, and art.  The editors are seeking poetry, flash fiction, and short fiction that is emotionally and intellectually complex without being unnecessarily ‘difficult.’  Send four to five poems in ONE file. We are looking for flash fiction up to 1,200 words. We consider short fiction from 1,200 to 7,500 words. Current reading period open through October 1, 2016.

http://www.raleighreview.org/Submission_Guidelines.html

 

Lunch Ticket

Lunch Ticket is the literary journal from the MFA community at Antioch University Los Angeles.  Our current reading period is open from now until October 31, 2016. We accept Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Writing for Young People, & Visual Art. Please submit up to THREE poems in a single document. Only pieces between 750 and 5000 words will be considered for Fiction. If under 750, please submit to our Flash category.

http://lunchticket.org/about/submission-guidelines/

 

Ibis Head Review

The Ibis Head Review is a quarterly literary webzine, dedicated to the idea that poetry is a necessary aspect of the human experience & it should be appreciated by people of all backgrounds—not just poets. The Ibis Head Review is currently open to submissions for Volume 1 / Issue 2, which will be released on December 1st, 2016. Submit by October 31st in order to be considered for the issue. Poems of all forms and styles are accepted — from sonnets to free verse to haikus. The key here is two-fold: A clear display of the intention to create a beautiful sounding poem, and an economical use of well-chosen words of powerful meaning and description. There isn’t a limit to how many poems can be sent in a single submission, however, try to limit it to your best 1-3 pieces.

http://www.theibisheadreview.com/submissions.html

 

Cream City Review

We devote ourselves to publishing memorable and energetic fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and artwork which represent a broad range of creators with diverse, unique backgrounds. Both beginning and well-known writers are welcome. We are currently reading for our Fall/Winter Issue from now through November 1, 2016. For Fiction and Nonfiction, send fewer than twenty pages. We are interested in dynamic, well-crafted nonfiction, including creative journalism, personal essays, travelogues, flash, and polemics. We seek book reviews of any ccr-published genre and relevant author interviews. Please submit no more than five poems at a time

http://www.creamcityreview.org/submit/

 

Arts & Letters

Arts & Letters is a national literary journal operating out of the MFA program at Georgia College in Milledgeville, Georgia. One of the premier journals of the Southeast, Arts & Letters attracts young, fresh voices as well as established writers, publishing the likes of R.T. Smith, Denise Duhamel, Donald Hall, Bret Lott, Maxine Kumin, Sonja Livingston, Dinty Moore, Bob Hicok, Xu Xi, Lia Purpura, Mark Jarman, and David Kirby. Our reading period is from August 1st to January 31st.  We accept unsolicited submissions of Poetry (4-6 poems); Fiction manuscripts up to 25 pages; Flash Fiction manuscripts up to 1,000 words; Creative Nonfiction manuscripts up to 25 pages.

https://artsandletters.submittable.com/submit

Submission season gears up for real when many journals open their reading periods in August and September.  But there’s no need to wait.  Here are 10 magazines and presses waiting to read your work today.  Good luck!

Codex Journal

Codex Journal accepts poetry that delights and instructs the mind and spirit through language and story. We only offer contributor payment for our special issues. We publish four times a year: March 25,  June 25, September 25, & December 25. Our end-of-the-year issue is a special issue of Queer & People of Color (QPOC). Codex Journal welcomes unsolicited poetry year round and accepts simultaneous submissions. We tend to publish shorter poems that fit on a single page (about 32 lines), though we sometimes make exceptions for remarkable work that runs a little longer. Please send no more than five poems in a submission (a single document) and no more than one active submission at a time.

http://codexjournal.com/

 

Little Curlew Press

Little Curlew Press is looking for finely tuned, completed fiction manuscripts for publication. Our bend is literary rather than genre. We are currently looking for novels, collections of stories, and nonfiction. Please send query letter, along with the first 10 pages of the manuscript. If we are interested in reading the manuscript, we will get back to you within 30 days.

http://littlecurlewpress.com/submissions/

 

Cosmonauts Avenue

Cosmonauts Avenue is an online monthly literary magazine. We publish fiction, poetry, nonfiction, interviews, and more, from writers around the world, in English and in translation. Submissions are free and always will be. Please submit stories or novel excerpts of up to 8,000 words. Please submit up to 5 previously unpublished poems in one file. Please pitch us if you are interested in submitting non fiction, interviews, comics, or reviews.

http://www.cosmonautsavenue.com/submit/

 

Oversound Poetry

Oversound considers submissions year round. Please send three to five poems (of any length) as a single .doc or .pdf attachment to oversoundpoetry at gmail dot com along with a cover letter and short bio.

http://www.oversoundpoetry.com/submissions/

 

Spelk

Spelk is a new platform for the very best flash fiction on the web. We post three stories a week, from both new and established writers, from the UK and overseas. We have very eclectic tastes, and we don’t like labels. Just send us your best work and we’ll take it from there. We want flash fiction. That’s around 500 words, give or take. We’ll consider just about any genre: we’re not fussy if it’s “literary” or “non-literary.” If we like it, we’ll publish it. We like stories with characters who have something to say. Stories that keep us thinking long after we’ve read them. We don’t publish poetry or non-fiction.

https://spelkfiction.com/submit-2/

 

Palooka: A Magazine of Underdog Excellence

Palooka is an international nonprofit literary magazine. We publish unique fiction, poetry, nonfiction, artwork, photography, graphic narratives, comic strips, and offer print and electronic versions of the magazine. Submit one short story or one essay (500 – 15,000 words) or up to three flash pieces of at least 500 words each (combine the flash pieces into one document).  Send up to five poems (combine into one document).

http://palookamag.com/submit

 

Palooka Press Chapbook Contest

We consider manuscripts of all types, styles, and genres and aren’t looking for a particular aesthetic; we’re willing to give anything a fair chance. Please send your best fiction, poetry, nonfiction, graphic narrative, or hybrid. Manuscripts should be roughly 35-50 pages, but we’re flexible with this in either direction. There is a $10 entry fee that comes with an electronic issue of Palooka. All pieces within entries are also considered for publication in the magazine. The Winner Receives:  publication by Palooka Press (a professionally made perfect-bound book with a glossy color cover), 20 free copies of the book, $200 honorarium, a bio and photo featured on our website.  The winning chapbook will be sent out for review and promotion. Deadline: 8/1/2016.

http://palookamag.com/palooka-press

 

Bosque

Our open submission period is July 1 – August 1 of each year. Send us short stories/novel excerpts and your creative nonfiction/memoir excerpts up to 5000 words. Send up to 4 poems in one document.

http://www.bosquepress.com/2016%20open%20submissions.html

 

2016 Grayson Books Poetry Prize

Deadline: August 15, 2016. This is open to all poets writing in English. Submit your 50-80 page manuscript electronically or send your work in the mail with two cover pages (one with complete contact info, one with no contact info), reading fee of $25, and SASE for results to Grayson Books, P.O. Box 270549, West Hartford, CT 06127. The winner will be awarded a $1,000 prize, publication, and 10 copies. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable if we are notified immediately about an acceptance elsewhere.

https://graysonbooks.submittable.com/submit

 

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then is accepting submissions for the upcoming “The Future of Appalachia” issue. Send us fresh, revealing pictures of life in Appalachia, past and present, in the forms of engaging articles, personal essays, fiction, poetry, reviews and photography. Deadline for submissions is August 31, 2016.

http://www.etsu.edu/cas/cass/nowandthen/default.php

Whenever my own writing isn’t coming easy, I tend to turn towards submitting.  A lot of journals will open their new reading periods in August and September.  But some great journals are already reading submissions in July.  Good luck submitting!

Juked

There are no limits on word count for prose—we like narratives and essays of all sizes, so long as the colors fit. If it’s a short story, send us one piece at a time—please wait to hear from us before sending another. If you’re working with the short short form, please send three to five selections in the same submission. Submit a maximum of five poems. We read year-round.

http://www.juked.com/info/submit.asp

 

Provo Canyon Review

The Provo Canyon Review is now seeking short fiction and personal essay manuscripts of up to 5,000 words.   We also accept shorter poems (limit three per submission).  We are drawn to work that is deeply moving without being overly sentimental; tender, in the sense of a mixture of grace and vulnerability and compassion; and displays a great deal of focused attention to the English language and how it is used.   From the first sentence, the work should raise compelling questions in the readers’ minds, with complexly motivated drama balanced with introspection.

http://theprovocanyonreview.net/to-submit.html

 

Pembroke Magazine

Pembroke Magazine currently accepts online submissions year-round, and response time is usually within two to four months. For flash fiction and micro memoir, you may upload up to three pieces per submission. For standard-length creative nonfiction and fiction (up to 7,500 words), please upload only one essay or story per submission. Poets and artists may submit up to five pieces per submission.

https://pembrokemagazine.submittable.com/submit

 

HeartWood Literary Magazine

Heartwood is published in association with the Low-Res MFA at West Virginia Wesleyan College.  We accept submissions year round and welcome previously unpublished poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, from both established and emerging writers.  We do love Appalachian voices, but we enthusiastically encourage writers from all backgrounds to submit. Prose submissions, fiction or nonfiction, should be 3000 words or less. Poets should submit no more than 3-5 single-spaced poems at a time.

http://www.heartwoodlitmag.com/

 

Poet Lore

Founded in January 1889, Poet Lore is the nation’s oldest poetry journal. It has published world-famous poets and new writers side by side throughout its long history. Poet Lore accepts submissions by mail year-round. You may submit up to five poems at a time. We do not accept unsolicited reviews. However, prospective reviewers may send a query, along with a sample review.

https://poetlore.com/submit/

 

Tupelo Press July Open Reading Period

Deadline: July 31. Throughout the month of July, Tupelo Press is holding open submissions for book-length poetry collections (48-90 pages) and chapbook-length poetry collections (28-47 pages), and for the first time in July, manuscripts of any length of English translations from any language. Submissions are accepted from anyone writing in the English language (whether in the United States or abroad). A reading fee of $28 (U.S.) must accompany each submission.

http://www.tupelopress.org/july_guidelines.php

 

Virginia Quarterly Review

VQR strives to publish the best writing we can find. Our current reading period ends on July 31, 2016.  Send us: poetry of all types and length; short fiction from 2,000–8,000 words (we are generally not interested in genre fiction such as romance, science fiction, or fantasy); nonfiction from 3,500–9,000 words. We publish literary, art, and cultural criticism; reportage; historical and political analysis; and travel essays. We publish few author interviews or memoirs. In general, we are looking for nonfiction that looks out on the world, rather than within the self. Submissions are limited to one prose piece and four poems per reading period.

https://virginiaquarterlyreview.submittable.com/submit

 

Queen’s Ferry Press Open Reading Period for Full-Length Fiction

Queen’s Ferry Press specializes in literary fiction. The press currently releases 10–15 titles a year, many from debut authors, and is the publisher of Shadows of Men, the 2013 recipient of the TIL Steven Turner Award for Best Work of First Fiction. Submissions are accepted March 1st–August 31st. Although the manuscript in its entirety should be previously unpublished, individual portions that have appeared in other venues should be credited as such.

http://www.queensferrypress.com/

 

Post Road

Post Road publishes twice yearly and accepts unsolicited poetry, fiction, nonfiction, short plays and monologues, and visual art submissions. Our current submission period runs from now through August 31, 2016, for the summer issue. We charge a $3 submission fee.

http://www.postroadmag.com/submit.phtml

 

Hunger Mountain

General submissions will be open through October 1, 2016. We accept submissions in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and children’s literature. We’re not currently looking for any particular themes. We just want to see your best, most exciting work. For fiction and non-fiction, please send up to 8,000 words.  For poetry, send one to five poems, all in one file.

http://hungermtn.org/submit/

 

Bat City Review

Bat City Review is published annually. We accept and read submissions from June 1 to October 1, with responses sent primarily in late autumn. We are interested in poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction that experiments with language, form, and unconventional subject matter, as well as more traditional work. Please submit three to five poems or one story per reading period. For nonfiction, we’re looking for lyrical essays, interesting memoirs and important interviews.

http://www.batcityreview.org/submit/

 

Jelly Bucket

Jelly Bucket accepts work during our open reading period, from July 1st through December 1st. Founded in 2009, Jelly Bucket features established and new writers. We accept works of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from anywhere in the world. Please send us no more than five poems at a time. Each poem should begin on a new page, but be submitted in a single document. Fiction and nonfiction pieces of up to 7,500 words are welcome. For short fiction (less than 1,000 words), up to 3 pieces may be included in one submission.

http://creativewriting.eku.edu/jelly-bucket