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Submission Opportunities Calendar for Poetry

There are 167 different calls currently accepting poetry submissions (including fee-based). (See below for the criteria to be listed on this page.)

November 2026

14 Nov 2026 04:59 UTC
American Poetry Journal Gold Star Program: November 2026 Sub Call (closes in 13 hours, 18 minutes)
15 Nov 2026 04:59 UTC
Meat for Tea: The Valley Review Gold Star Program: "Time" (Charges fees.) (closes in 1 day, 13 hours)
15 Nov 2026 23:59 UTC
Sunspot Literary Journal Gold Star Program: Novelette length fiction, CNF, graphic novel (Charges fees.) (closes in 2 days, 8 hours)
15 Nov 2026 23:59 UTC
The Aftershock Review: Issue Five - The Aftershock Review (Charges fees.) (closes in 2 days, 8 hours)
16 Nov 2026 04:59 UTC
wildscape. literary journal Gold Star Program: Issue #9 (January 2027 Publication) (closes in 2 days, 13 hours)
16 Nov 2026 04:59 UTC
Phosphorescent Lit: Issue 3: Fever (Poetry) (closes in 2 days, 13 hours)
16 Nov 2026 05:59 UTC
MEMEZINE Gold Star Program: Winter Issue 2027 (closes in 2 days, 14 hours)
16 Nov 2026 05:59 UTC
MEMEZINE Gold Star Program: EXPEDITED - Winter 2026 Issue ($5) (Charges fees.) (closes in 2 days, 14 hours)
16 Nov 2026 07:59 UTC
Larina's Lit Lounge Gold Star Program: Poetry (closes in 2 days, 16 hours)
16 Nov 2026 07:59 UTC
Glossy Planet Gold Star Program: Electoral Cycle (Charges fees.) (closes in 2 days, 16 hours)
16 Nov 2026 07:59 UTC
Glossy Planet Gold Star Program: Electoral Cycle (with Editorial Commentary) (Charges fees.) (closes in 2 days, 16 hours)
19 Nov 2026 07:59 UTC
Midsummer Dream House Gold Star Program: Dazed Santa - Poetry (Charges fees.) (closes in 5 days, 16 hours)
20 Nov 2026 22:59 UTC
The Markaz Review Gold Star Program: MIS/TRANSLATION
20 Nov 2026 23:59 UTC
WayWords Literary Journal (The Writer's Workout) Gold Star Program: Issue 25: theme of city (POETRY)
22 Nov 2026 23:59 UTC
Sunspot Literary Journal Gold Star Program: Supernova: very long fiction, CNF, graphic novel (Charges fees.)
23 Nov 2026 04:59 UTC
Manuscript Submission (Canada) (Metatron Press): 2026 Open Reading Period — Full Manuscripts
24 Nov 2026 05:59 UTC
Ruminous Gold Star Program: Poetry (Charges fees.)
25 Nov 2026 13:59 UTC
Plum & Clove: Issue 2 • Summer Gold Star Program: General Submission
25 Nov 2026 13:59 UTC
Plum & Clove: Issue 2 • Summer Gold Star Program: Expedited – 3 Business Days (Charges fees.)
25 Nov 2026 13:59 UTC
Plum & Clove: Issue 2 • Summer Gold Star Program: Expedited – 10 Business Days (Charges fees.)
25 Nov 2026 13:59 UTC
Plum & Clove: Issue 2 • Summer Gold Star Program: Feedback – 100 words (Charges fees.)
25 Nov 2026 13:59 UTC
Plum & Clove: Issue 2 • Summer Gold Star Program: Feedback – 250 words (Charges fees.)
25 Nov 2026 13:59 UTC
Plum & Clove: Issue 2 • Summer Gold Star Program: Expedited - 24 hours (Charges fees.)
28 Nov 2026 04:59 UTC
Headlight Anthology: Issue 28 - POETRY
28 Nov 2026 05:59 UTC
Neon & Smoke Gold Star Program: Women Who Burn
30 Nov 2026 22:59 UTC
Sublimation (Island of Wak-Wak) Gold Star Program: Vol. 3, I. 4 "Haunted and Hunted by the Cosmos"

December 2026

01 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
Baltimore Gothic Gold Star Program: Baltimore Gothic Issue 2 (Charges fees.)
01 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
Rat Bag Lit Gold Star Program: Rat Feedback - The Unhinged Edition (Charges fees.)
01 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
New Verse Review Gold Star Program: Winter Issue
01 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
BlinkerLit Gold Star Program: Hope themed Short FIction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art
01 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
BlinkerLit Gold Star Program: Hope and encouragement short Poetry
01 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
CrayfishMag (Furnace Run Press) Gold Star Program: Issue Number Four : C R E A T U R E S
01 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
American Poetry Journal Gold Star Program: November 2026 One-Week-or-Less-Response Sub Call (Charges fees.)
01 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
Approach to the Meaning (Still Point): Submissions for Issue 2
01 Dec 2026 05:59 UTC
The Itch Lit Gold Star Program: The Itch Prize | Consumed | November (Charges fees.)
01 Dec 2026 06:59 UTC
Intricacy: A Literary Review: Poetry Contest on "Mending" (Charges fees.)
01 Dec 2026 07:59 UTC
The Bimbo Book II (Purple Ink Press): Call for The Bimbo Anthology II
01 Dec 2026 07:59 UTC
Inkhorn Review Gold Star Program: Poetry
01 Dec 2026 07:59 UTC
Feather Press: Open Call for Poetry Manuscripts (Charges fees.)
01 Dec 2026 07:59 UTC
NonBinary Review (Zoetic Press) Gold Star Program: Issue #47: Redemption
01 Dec 2026 23:59 UTC
Radix Magazine Gold Star Program: Poetry - Radix Magazine Winter Issue 2026 (Charges fees.)
01 Dec 2026 23:59 UTC
Limit Experience Journal (Limit Experience Magazine): Dreams and Demons (Charges fees.)
02 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
Along the Eddyline: Winter 2027 (Charges fees.)
02 Dec 2026 05:59 UTC
The Turning Leaf Journal Gold Star Program: V4.1 Poetry Submission
10 Dec 2026 05:59 UTC
The Dream Shard Grimoire (Cinnabar Press): The Dream Shard Grimoire #2
14 Dec 2026 23:59 UTC
Sunspot Literary Journal Gold Star Program: Long form fiction, CNF, poetry, graphic novel (Charges fees.)
15 Dec 2026 23:59 UTC
Sunspot Literary Journal Gold Star Program: Short stories, nonfiction (Charges fees.)
16 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
Sunspot Literary Journal Gold Star Program: Flash, poetry, graphic novels, art (Charges fees.)
16 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine Gold Star Program: Poetry
18 Dec 2026 23:59 UTC
Thin Places Literary Journal (Thin Places: A Literary Journal): Thin Places Journal Issue 4
19 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
Brainchild Magazine (Furnace Run Press) Gold Star Program: Brainchild Magazine Spring 2027
21 Dec 2026 04:59 UTC
DILIM Press incl. Anthology of Dark Fiction from the Philippine Diaspora Gold Star Program: Open Submissions for Sakada Journal
22 Dec 2026 23:59 UTC
Limit Experience Journal (Limit Experience Magazine): Sexual Congruency and the Wilds Within (Charges fees.)
23 Dec 2026 07:59 UTC
Sublimation Annual Contest (Island of Wak-Wak) Gold Star Program: Sublimation Annual Contest (Charges fees.)
31 Dec 2026 07:59 UTC
Macrame Literary Journal Gold Star Program: Poetry
31 Dec 2026 23:59 UTC
The Plentitudes: 2027 Plentitudes Prizes in Poetry (Charges fees.)

January 2027

01 Jan 2027 02:59 UTC
Unbordered Gold Star Program: Issue Six: Seasons
01 Jan 2027 04:59 UTC
Loblolly Press Gold Star Program: Open Submissions for Writers of Color
01 Jan 2027 04:59 UTC
Loblolly Press Gold Star Program: Open Call for Writers from the American South (Charges fees.)
01 Jan 2027 04:59 UTC
William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition: William Carlos Williams MED STUDENT Competition (Charges fees.)
01 Jan 2027 04:59 UTC
William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition: William Carlos Williams PHYSICIAN Competition (Charges fees.)
01 Jan 2027 04:59 UTC
whimperbang: journal of the arts Gold Star Program: The Whimperbang Poetry Chapbook Prize
01 Jan 2027 05:59 UTC
The Dribble Drabble Review Gold Star Program: Issue XIII (Winter '27) (Charges fees.)
01 Jan 2027 05:59 UTC
The Itch Press Anthologies (The Itch Lit) Gold Star Program: The Itch Press | Chapbook & Collections (Charges fees.)
01 Jan 2027 07:59 UTC
Lycan Valley Press Publications (LVP Publications): BE THE BEAR - Female Rage Anthology
02 Jan 2027 04:59 UTC
TrashLight Press Gold Star Program: Website Submissions
02 Jan 2027 04:59 UTC
Still Point Arts Quarterly (Shanti Arts LLC): Inspired by Art: Cassatt & Benson—Submission
02 Jan 2027 07:59 UTC
Apricity Press Gold Star Program: Issue 12
02 Jan 2027 07:59 UTC
Apricity Press Gold Star Program: Issue 12 - Paid one week response! (Charges fees.)
16 Jan 2027 04:59 UTC
Lefty Blondie Press Editors' Choice Broadside Series: Standalone Short Poems (20 lines or less)
16 Jan 2027 04:59 UTC
The Scop: Literary and Fine Arts Magazine for King's College Gold Star Program: The Scop: Issue 87 (Spring 2027)
16 Jan 2027 04:59 UTC
Cosmic Daffodil Journal Gold Star Program: EMPOWER
16 Jan 2027 05:59 UTC
Unbound Ink Literary Magazine Gold Star Program: Issue 2
31 Jan 2027 22:59 UTC
Double Dutch Magazine Gold Star Program: Poetry for our 8th issue, March 2027

February 2027

01 Feb 2027 23:59 UTC
02 Feb 2027 05:59 UTC
Prairie Soul Poetry Prize (FarmGirl Press): 2027 Prairie Soul Poetry Prize (Charges fees.)
02 Feb 2027 05:59 UTC
The Gilded Weathervane (FarmGirl Press): Spring 2027 Issue
09 Feb 2027 04:59 UTC
13 Feb 2027 05:59 UTC
Up North Literary Journal: High School Submissions
13 Feb 2027 05:59 UTC
Up North Literary Journal: General Submissions (Poetry & Prose)
16 Feb 2027 04:59 UTC
Bass Clef Books: General Submissions (Charges fees.)
16 Feb 2027 04:59 UTC
Hedge Apple Magazine (Hedge Apple: The literary magazine of Hagerstown Community College): General Submissions 2026-27
16 Feb 2027 04:59 UTC
Bound by Words: 1st Contest of 2027! (Chatoyant): Bound by Words: 1st Contest of 2027! (Charges fees.)
28 Feb 2027 04:59 UTC
Sun Hit Contest (Sun Hit Review): Sun Hit Contest (Charges fees.)

March 2027

01 Mar 2027 04:59 UTC
DILIM Press incl. Anthology of Dark Fiction from the Philippine Diaspora Gold Star Program: Open Submissions for Under the Volcano
01 Mar 2027 04:59 UTC
Using Our Cultural Roots and Everyday Faith to Influence Our Writing (Faith Journey Publishing): Spring Anthology Volume V
16 Mar 2027 03:59 UTC
The Massachusetts Poetry Festival First Poem Contest (Mass Poetry): Regular Submission (Charges fees.)
16 Mar 2027 03:59 UTC
The Massachusetts Poetry Festival First Poem Contest (Mass Poetry): Student and Fee-Free Submission
21 Mar 2027 03:59 UTC
DILIM Press incl. Anthology of Dark Fiction from the Philippine Diaspora Gold Star Program: Editor's Submissions (only if requested)

April 2027

01 Apr 2027 02:59 UTC
Unbordered Gold Star Program: Issue Seven: Translation
02 Apr 2027 03:59 UTC
Still Point Arts Quarterly (Shanti Arts LLC): Fabric and Fashion: Narratives—Writing Submission

May 2027

01 May 2027 06:59 UTC
Generation Gap: Boomer: Issue 2. Nostalgia
01 May 2027 06:59 UTC
Generation Gap: Silent Generation: Issue 2. Nostalgia
01 May 2027 06:59 UTC
Generation Gap: Gen X: Issue 2. Nostalgia

August 2027

31 Aug 2027 14:29 UTC
The Chrysalis BREW Project (OneTribune Media) Gold Star Program: BREW Poetry Award 2027

No Deadline

The 2026 Bougainvillea Poetry Prize (FlowerSong Press): The 2026 Bougainvillea Poetry Prize (Charges fees.)
4 L P H 4 N U M 3 R 1 C (Zoetic Press) Gold Star Program: 4 L P H 4 N U M 3 R 1 C Podcast
AC | DC: A Journal for the Bent Gold Star Program: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Visual Art
The Anzaldúa Poetry Prize (FlowerSong Press): The Gloria Anzaldúa Poetry Prize (Charges fees.)
Baltimore Gothic Gold Star Program: Baltimore Gothic Online Submissions
The Bimbo Book II (Purple Ink Press): Call for The Bimbo Anthology II Fast Decision (Charges fees.)
The Bimbo Book II (Purple Ink Press): The Bimbo Anthology II Poetry Feedback 4 Poems (Charges fees.)
The Bimbo Book II (Purple Ink Press): The Bimbo Anthology II Poetry Feedback 1 Poem (Charges fees.)
Boiler House Press submissions: Manuscript submissions
The Bookish Magazine (OneTribune Media) Gold Star Program: General Call for Submissions
Bristol Noir Gold Star Program: Poetry (Charges fees.)
Broad Ripple Review Gold Star Program: Submission with Editorial Feedback (Charges fees.)
Broad Ripple Review Gold Star Program: Volunteer: Join Our Editorial Team
Broad Ripple Review Gold Star Program: Open Reading Period - Poetry
The Brussels Review Gold Star Program: Submission with editorial review (Charges fees.)
The Brussels Review Gold Star Program: Poetry (Charges fees.)
Call: Full-Length Poetry or Hybrid Manuscripts (Purple Ink Press): Call for Full-Length Poetry and Hybid Collections (Charges fees.)
Call: Full-Length Poetry or Hybrid Manuscripts (Purple Ink Press): Poetry Feedback Up to 4 poems (Charges fees.)
Call: Full-Length Poetry or Hybrid Manuscripts (Purple Ink Press): Poetry Feedback Longer Poems or Multiple poems (Charges fees.)
Consequence: Translations
DASH Literary Journal: DASH Issue 18
Dead Man Publishing, LLC: Open Call -- Always Available
The Echo: Teen Art & Lit Mag Gold Star Program: Unthemed Echo Submissions
The Echo: Teen Art & Lit Mag Gold Star Program: Snapshot
Flash the Court Gold Star Program: Now Open! (Charges fees.)
Flying South Contest (Winston-Salem Writers): Members Winston-Salem Writers (Charges fees.)
Flying South Contest (Winston-Salem Writers): NON Members Winston-Salem Writers (Charges fees.)
Gavialidae: Poetry and Flash Fiction (Charges fees.)
Generation Gap: Gen Z: Issue 2. Nostalgia
Generation Gap: Millenial: Issue 2. Nostalgia
The Great Smokies Review Gold Star Program: GSWP Poetry Submissions
HALSEY Literary Reader (Fernwood Press) Gold Star Program: words & pictures
Humane HR Magazine (OneTribune Media) Gold Star Program: General Call for Submissions
Inaugural New England Poetry Prize (Mass Poetry): Submission from Presses (more than 10 books/year) (Charges fees.)
Inaugural New England Poetry Prize (Mass Poetry): Submission from Individuals (Charges fees.)
Inaugural New England Poetry Prize (Mass Poetry): Submissions from Presses (less than 10 books/year) (Charges fees.)
Ink Nest Poetry: Poetry Contest - November (Charges fees.)
Ink Nest Poetry: January '27 issue - Poetry, Fiction, Visual Art
Ink Nest Poetry: Editorial Feedback (Charges fees.)
Inkhorn Review Gold Star Program: Open Poetry (Charges fees.)
The Itch Lit Gold Star Program: Poetry
The Itch Lit Gold Star Program: Expedited Response- 24 Hour Turnaround (Charges fees.)
The Itch Lit Gold Star Program: Editorial Feedback Submissions (Charges fees.)
January House Literary Journal Gold Star Program: Open Call - Poetry
Life and Legends (River Paw Press): Call for Book Reviews (Charges fees.)
Litbop: Art and Literature in the Groove Gold Star Program: Issue 6 Poetry
Macabre Magazine Gold Star Program: Macabre Magazine Poetry
Mangrove Review: Issue 23
ManicWorld Magazine Gold Star Program: Poetry & Short Stories
The Markaz Review Gold Star Program: General Call For Submissions
Merion West Gold Star Program: Poetry
Norncrafts's Website: NornCrafts's Yarn Basket
One Fall Review Gold Star Program: Pro Wrestling Poetry
The Opiate: The Opiate, Winter Vol. 48 Seeking Submissions (Charges fees.)
Paraselene Gold Star Program: Poetry (Free)
Paraselene Gold Star Program: Poetry (Expedited) (Charges fees.)
Poetry Collections (CafeLit): Poetry Collections
The Prose Poem: Ekphrastic Prose Poetry (for artist/writers)
Revista Letrare Gold Star Program: Poetry, fiction and nonfiction
Saint Katherine Review (St Katherine Review): Poetry
Salvation South Gold Star Program: Poetry
Shanti Arts Publishing (Shanti Arts LLC): Book Publishing—Manuscript Submission
Slant Books: Manuscript Submission (Charges fees.)
Spotlyts Magazine (OneTribune Media) Gold Star Program: General Call for Submissions
UKindness Magazine (OneTribune Media) Gold Star Program: General Call for Submissions
Ultramarine Literary Review Gold Star Program: Urban Poetry and Nostalgic Stories
Ultramarine Literary Review Gold Star Program: Christmas-themed short stories and poetry
The World's Best Magazine (OneTribune Media) Gold Star Program: General Call for Submissions
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