March 16, 2023
The Sprawl is a new online literary magazine of speculative poetry and fiction. They publish a wide range of speculative writing including sci-fi, fantasy, magical realism, and dystopia/utopia. They pay contributors $20 CAD for each published piece, and are accepting submissions until 2 April 2023. The inaugural edition of The Sprawl Mag features writing from…
A debut novel is the first novel published by a writer. When one is attempting to find an agent and publisher for their own first novel, it is very important to read debut novels by other writers to see what is being published now. Older, established novelists like Margret Atwood and John Irving are going…
This list of publishers meet our guiding principles, but are only open to free submissions from historically underrepresented writers or focus on publishing content produced by historically underrepresented writers. Some of these publications are open to a wide range of writers including writers of color, gender non-conforming and LGBTQ+ writers, and those living with disabilities….
March 15, 2023
At Authors Publish we receive a lot of emails every week asking us why we haven’t reviewed a certain press or requesting that we do review a certain press. Sometimes it’s easy to send out a one sentence answer, which is often this: “We have never heard of this press before, but we’ll look into…
March 13, 2023
We generally only review presses that accept work without geographic limitations on who can submit, but this list includes many publishers who do have geographic requirements. We have never fully reviewed these presses because of their geographic limitations, but they are still good presses. Most of the presses on this list accept work from writers…
March 9, 2023
Carina Press is Harlequin’s digital-first adult fiction imprint, publishing first in digital, and then depending on the numbers, releasing audio and print versions as well. Unlike most of Harlequin’s imprints they don’t just focus on romance, although they are open to all subgenres of romance, including contemporary, erotic, paranormal and urban fantasy, and science fiction….
Goatshed Press Magazine publishes “exciting, unpretentious” poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. They aim to create a community that uplifts new authors and embraces a wide variety of voices. They also want to create a space where writing is less about rules and more about creativity: “[Goatshed] is for people who believe in Art as Play, as…
By Emily-Jane Hills Orford Whose story are you telling? Yours? Or someone else’s? Are you planning to share the story from multiple perspectives? From the point of view of the protagonist as well as the antagonist? Not to mention the other characters in the story? Multiple points of view can be complicated, both for the…
March 6, 2023
Here are themed submission calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the themed calls are: fungi; cats; dark academia; novus monstrum (monsters); we fear not the sea; (punk) military horror; campfire stories; invisibility; second chances; bodies; and Shakespeare retellings. Also see this list, which has a few calls/contests with upcoming deadlines. The…
March 2, 2023
These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; they are a mix of literary and genre magazines. Not all of them are open through the month. Fantasy Magazine Fantasy is an award-winning fantasy and dark fantasy magazine, open for general submissions (i.e. submissions from all writers) for the first week of March. They’re open to…