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;…