March 19, 2026
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….
Olúmọ Review is an online poetry journal produced in Ogun State, Nigeria. They are looking for powerful poetry: “poetry that is bold, poetry that would collide with rocks and grind them to powder … that kicks in the teeth, that guts the heart”. They are also looking for poetry that balances the personal and the…
Once you’ve decided you’re going to write, how do you actually start? Well, you start with an idea—but where do you get those? Over a decade of writing, I’ve tried to find countless answers to that question. But there’s only one that actually holds weight, that proves its truth repeatedly, no matter how long you’ve…
March 16, 2026
These literary magazines / outlets publish a variety of creative nonfiction – personal essays, memoir, lyric essay, and more. Most of them also accept other genres, like fiction and poetry. Some of these magazines pay writers. Many, but not all, of them are open for submissions now. Terrain.orgThis is a magazine that focuses on place,…
March 12, 2026
These magazines accept fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They’re a mix of literary and genre magazines. Apex MagazineThis is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy magazine publishing short fiction, essays, and interviews. They also accept nonfiction pitches (not submissions). They’re open during certain months this year, including March, for short fiction.Deadline: 31 March 2026Length: Up…
Unearthed is an online literary journal of environmental writing, published by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. They are looking for writing that, “offers insight and attention—be it long deferred or newly cultivated—to our complex relationships with our environments.” They accept all forms of creative work—poetry, fiction, creative and critical nonfiction, photography, videos, and…
Some sentences don’t start living till you punch them in the kneecap. I swear. You toss the “correct” word in there—the polite, ironed, Sunday-best vocabulary—and the line just sits like a bored cucumber. No pulse. No trouble. No spark. But then you stick in the “wrong” word, the one grammar teachers glare at from beyond…
March 9, 2026
All of the presses on this list meet all of our guiding principles, but some of them have such a specific focus that we cannot justify writing a full review and sending it to our full list of subscribers. Some of them we have full reviews on. There is no particular organization to this list….
March 5, 2026
This list focuses on ten publishers that we are excited about that are open to submissions this month. Some are only open for a short period of time, others will be open the whole month and beyond. At least four of these are presses we have not covered previously. Please note that if a publisher…
This Dublin-based literary journal is open to submissions through the 16th of March. They state their goal on their home page as: “We aim to collect and protect the works of artists, from Ireland and beyond.” You can get a good feel for what they publish by reading their most recent issue here. They publish…
By Michael Howard Over the past couple years I have read and reviewed dozens of self-published books, most of them novels. As you can probably imagine, the quality of the writing ranges from totally incompetent to quite good. The majority fit into the middle of that spectrum. Many of the novels I review begin on…
March 2, 2026
▾ Filter listings Fiction Poetry Contest Essay ✕ Showing all These are themed calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from 45 outlets; a couple of the outlets are open for more than one call. Some of the call themes are: strange Dear John; reverse evaluation; maps; bad science; the aftermath; pandora; vegetal; birthday;…