Current Submission Opportunities

4 L P H 4 N U M 3 R 1 C (Zoetic Press)
4 L P H 4 N U M 3 R 1 C Podcast

AC | DC: A Journal for the Bent Gold Star Program
Ongoing Submissions

The Aftershock Review
Issue One and Issue Two Open Call (Charges fees.)

The Anglican Theological Review: Poetry Submissions
Poetry

The Anzaldúa Poetry Prize (FlowerSong Press)
The Anzaldúa Poetry Prize (Charges fees.)

Apus Vol.2 the Symbiosis Collection
Vol.2: Symbiosis

Arcturus Gold Star Program
Poetry / Prose

The Artisanal Writer Gold Star Program
Book Reviews / Literary Essays (craft, practice, poetics, theory)

a bilingual anthology focused on Pupusas (FlowerSong Press)
an anthology on Pupusas

brainrot Digital Anthology (fifth wheel press) Gold Star Program
brainrot: all genres

Bright Flash Literary Review Gold Star Program
Flash and Short Fiction, Memoir, Rolling Submissions, No Theme

Bristol Futurist (Bristol Noir) Gold Star Program
Brand Strategy (Charges fees.) / Creative Thinking (Charges fees.) / Design (Interiors, Architecture and Brand) (Charges fees.) / Live Music Gig Reviews (Charges fees.) / Music Reviews (Charges fees.) / Sci-Fi & Fantasy Flash Fiction (Charges fees.) / Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Stories (Charges fees.) / Sci-Fi & Fantasy Stories (Charges fees.) / Supercharged Spaces (Photos) (Charges fees.)

Bristol Noir Gold Star Program
Articles & Reviews (Charges fees.) / Artwork and Photography (Charges fees.) / Book, Art and Music Reviews (Charges fees.) / Flash Fiction (Charges fees.) / Poetry (Charges fees.) / Sci-Fi & Fantasy Flash Fiction (Charges fees.) / Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Stories (Charges fees.) / Sci-Fi & Fantasy Stories (Charges fees.) / Short Stories (Charges fees.) / Stories (Charges fees.)

The Brussels Review Gold Star Program
Art / Nonfiction / Photography

Cabin Reading Series (Island of Wak-Wak) Gold Star Program
Poetry Collection

CafeLit Gold Star Program
Ongoing submissions

Call For Works In The Area Of Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy-Manuscripts (FlowerSong Press)
Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy-Manuscripts

Chicago Story Press Literary Journal Gold Star Program
Essays and Creative Nonfiction (Charges fees.)

Children's Books for ages 7-10 (CafeLit) Gold Star Program
Children#s 7-10

Children's Picture Books for writer / illustrator teams (CafeLit) Gold Star Program
Children's Picture Books

Children's Picture Books for writers (CafeLit) Gold Star Program
Children's Picture Books - writers

Collections Of Transience Gold Star Program
Collection Of Transience Open Call

Consequence
Translations / Young Writers Nonfiction Project

The Crossroads Review Gold Star Program
The Crossroads Review - Summer Issue

Cypress Review
Issue III: poetry, fiction, art, photography

Dark Harbor Magazine Gold Star Program
Horror Short Fiction

The David Lynch Tribute Folio (Lover's Eye Press)
The David Lynch Tribute Folio (Charges fees.)

Dear Horace Greeley (Zoetic Press)
Writing Advice From Horace Greeley

Digital Publications (Metatron Press)
Digital Publication (Charges fees.)

Divinity in the Margins: Transgender & GNC Writers on the Divine (Orison Books)
Divinity in the Margins

The Echo: Teen Art & Lit Mag Gold Star Program
Cover Art Submissions / Unthemed Echo Submissions

Emergent Reader Books for Children (CafeLit) Gold Star Program
Texts up to 20,000 words

Fast track for authors published by Bridge House, Chapletown and CafeLit Gold Star Program
Fast track

Feisty Women - Fiction (CafeLit) Gold Star Program
Feisty Women Fiction

Feisty Women Non- Fiction (CafeLit) Gold Star Program
Feisty Women Non-Ficition

Fiction Potluck Contest (The Writer's Workout)
25-Q2: Ocean

fifth wheel press blog Gold Star Program
2025-2026 reviews

Flash Fiction Collections (CafeLit) Gold Star Program
Flash Fiction Collections Open Call

FlowerSong Press
Manuscript Submissions Now Open

folklore Gold Star Program
Regular Journalists / Submission

The Fool's World | General Submissions
Off Season Poetry Submissions to The Fool's World (Charges fees.)

Four Tulips
Poetry and Prose

FreeFall Magazine Prose & Poetry Contest
Poetry - Canada (Charges fees.) / Poetry - International (Charges fees.) / Prose - Canada (Charges fees.) / Prose - International (Charges fees.)

Funicular Magazine Gold Star Program
Flash / One Week Response - Issue 17 Print (Charges fees.) / Poetry / Short Fiction

Gavialidae Gold Star Program
Fiction and Nonfiction (Charges fees.) / Poetry and Flash Fiction (Charges fees.)

General Submissions (MEMEZINE) Gold Star Program
Featured

Generous Press
Romance Novels

Geri Digiorno Prize (Raleigh Review)
Digiorno Multi-Genre Submissions Open via Duosuma (Charges fees.)

Grand Little Things
Poetry

Graveside Press (Paper Angel Press) Gold Star Program
GRADEside Middle Grade & Young Adult Horror / Monster Anthology

Griffel
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Visual art (Charges fees.)

Heartwarming Short Stories (The Brussels Review) Gold Star Program
A Father's Heart: Tales of Love, Sacrifice Legacy / A Mother's Love

Hedge Apple Magazine (Hedge Apple: The literary magazine of Hagerstown Community College)
Homegrown: HCC students/faculty/staff, Wash Co MD / Imports: work not affiliated with Hagerstown CC

Hibiscus Magazine
Hibiscus

History Through Fiction Press Gold Star Program
History Through Fiction and our Imprints

History Through Fiction Short Stories (History Through Fiction Press) Gold Star Program
Short Stories (Charges fees.)

Ink Nest Poetry Gold Star Program
Editorial Feedback (Charges fees.) / June '25 issue - Poetry, Fiction, Visual Art / Poetry Contest - June (Charges fees.)

Inky Bones Press
Creature Feature Anthology

Instant Noodles (Current Words Publishing) Gold Star Program
Volume 5, Issue 2, theme: SANCTUARY / Volume 5, Issue 3, theme GRAVY

Jade Ring Writing Contest (Nonmember Submissions) (Wisconsin Writers Association)
Nonmember Fiction (Charges fees.) / Nonmember Fiction (Add Critique) (Charges fees.) / Nonmember Nonfiction (Charges fees.) / Nonmember Nonfiction (Add Critique) (Charges fees.) / Nonmember Poetry (Charges fees.) / Nonmember Poetry (Add Critique) (Charges fees.)

JAKE: The Anti Literary Magazine Gold Star Program
General Submissions / General Submissions (Flash Categories) / Interviews and Reviews

Limit Experience Journal (Limit Experience Magazine) Gold Star Program
Ageless Sexuality: Libidinal Innocence & Wisdom (Charges fees.)

Limit Experience Magazine: Art Interviews, Creative Project Sounding Board Gold Star Program
LE Interviews, Book, Film & Music Reviews (Charges fees.)

litl: an Instagram-native journal Gold Star Program
03. Pride Short Story (Charges fees.)

Lost Blonde Literary Anthology Series Gold Star Program
Winter Anthology 2025 - Fiction / Winter Anthology 2025 - Non-Fiction

Lover's Eye Press: Issue 10
Lover's Eye Press: Issue 10 (Charges fees.)

Lowlife Lit Press Gold Star Program
Artwork / Fiction / Flash Fiction / Microfiction / Poetry

Luna Station Quarterly
Issue 063

Macrame Literary Journal Gold Star Program
Fiction / Micro-Fiction / Poetry

The Manifest-Station Gold Star Program
Creative Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Autofiction

MAYDAY Magazine (New American Press)
Art Submissions

Meat for Tea: The Valley Review
Jerky (Charges fees.) / Jerky Visual Art and Multimedia

Merion West Gold Star Program
Essays in Culture and Politics / Fresh Look poetry essays / Poetry

The Metaworker Literary Magazine
General Call for The Metaworker

Micro, Art, & Miscellaneous Call for The Metaworker Literary Magazine
Art & Misc Call for The Metaworker / Micro Call for The Metaworker

Micro-Meta Poems (Metatron Press)
2024

Micro-Meta Series Editor (Metatron Press)
Curator

Midsummer Dream House Gold Star Program
Poetry Anthology

Midwest Weird Gold Star Program
Let's Get Even Weirder: Submit Book-Length Work (Charges fees.) / Let's Get Weird: Submit to Audio Literary Magazine

Milk Bag Magazine Gold Star Program
Fiction - Sunburn - Issue 1.2 (Charges fees.) / Milk Tabs - Sunburn - Issue 1.2 / Poetry - Sunburn - Issue 1.2 (Charges fees.) / Reviews/Essays - Sunburn - Issue 1.2 (Charges fees.) / Visual Art - Sunburn - Issue 1.2 (Charges fees.)

Moist Poetry Journal Gold Star Program
Summer Riot

MUSE: A Carolina Creatives Juried Art Competition (Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine) Gold Star Program
Muse 2025 (Charges fees.)

Neither Fish Nor Foul Gold Star Program
Fiction (no theme,)

New Beginnings Writing Contest (Four Tulips)
Theme: New Beginnings (Charges fees.)

NIGHTLIGHT: A Black Horror Fiction Podcast (Ransom Media Productions LLC)
Fiction - Original or Reprint

NonBinary Review (Zoetic Press)
Issue #41: Solarpunk

Old Chaps (JAKE: The Anti Literary Magazine) Gold Star Program
Old Chaps Guest Slot

The Opiate
The Opiate, Summer Vol. 42 Seeking Submissions (Charges fees.)

The Orison Chapbook Prize (Orison Books)
Chapbook (Charges fees.)

Paraselene Gold Star Program
Book Review / Poetry (Editorial Feedback) (Charges fees.) / Poetry (Expedited) (Charges fees.) / Poetry (Free)

The Passionfruit Review Gold Star Program
Contest - Here and Now (Charges fees.) / Visual Art

Past Ten Gold Star Program
A Writing Project on Time

Pictura Journal Gold Star Program
Artwork / Creative Nonfiction / Fiction / Poetry

The Prose Poem Gold Star Program
Spring Short Prose Poetry Contest (100 word max)

Radix Magazine
Fiction (Charges fees.) / Poetry - Radix Magazine  (Charges fees.)

The Red Telephone YA books (CafeLit) Gold Star Program
YA Novels 45,000 to 105,000 words

Renascentia (CafeLit) Gold Star Program
Renascentia

Retreat West First Chapter Competition Gold Star Program
Novel First Chapters (Charges fees.) / Novels (Charges fees.)

River River Books
Rivers - Essays on Form and Water

The Rumen Gold Star Program
Fiction / Fiction: Expedited & Personalized Response (Charges fees.) / Non-Fiction / Non-Fiction: Expedited & Personalized Response (Charges fees.) / Poetry / Poetry: Expedited & Personalized Response (Charges fees.)

Sacramento Literary Review
Expedited (3-day) POETRY ONLY (Charges fees.) / Poetry

Saint Katherine Review (St Katherine Review) Gold Star Program
Creative Non-Fiction / Fiction / Poetry

Salvation South Gold Star Program
Essays / Fiction / Journalism / Love Louder Series / Photography / Poetry / Video/film: short docs / Video/film: short narratives

Scribeworth: a literature & arts magazine Gold Star Program
Call for Submissions for Fall 2025 Issue

Shanti Arts Publishing (Shanti Arts LLC)
Book Publishing—Manuscript Submission

Single author short story collections (CafeLit) Gold Star Program
Single author collections

Slant Books
Manuscript Submission (Charges fees.)

Sligo Creek Publishing
BEARING WITNESS: Poems for Troubled Times (Charges fees.)

SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Writing Contest (The NightWriter Review)
Fiction (Member of SLO NightWriters) (Charges fees.) / Fiction (Non-Member of SLO NightWriters) (Charges fees.) / Nonfiction (Member of SLO NightWriters) (Charges fees.) / Nonfiction (Non-Member of SLO NightWriters) (Charges fees.) / Poetry (Member of SLO NightWriters) (Charges fees.) / Poetry (Non-Member of SLO NightWriters (Charges fees.)

Still Point Arts Quarterly (Shanti Arts LLC)
Crafting a Life—Art Submission / Crafting a Life—Writing Submission / On the Road: Writing Submission / On the Road—Art Submission / Vintage—Art Submission / Vintage—Writing Submission

Sublimation (Island of Wak-Wak) Gold Star Program
Issue 3: “A Midsummer’s Day Nightmare”

Sunspot Literary Journal Gold Star Program
Flash, poetry, graphic novels, art (Charges fees.) / Goldilocks Zone 2023: $100 for Authors/Artists (Charges fees.) / Long form fiction, CNF, poetry, graphic novel (Charges fees.) / Novelette length fiction, CNF, graphic novel (Charges fees.) / Novella-length fiction, CNF, or graphic novel (Charges fees.) / Short stories, nonfiction (Charges fees.) / Supernova: very long fiction, CNF, graphic novel (Charges fees.)

Tales (The Writer's Workout)
Theme: The Unknown

Thriller Magazine
Fall 2025 Issue (Charges fees.)

Toda clase de dulces: Sweets from My Childhood (FlowerSong Press)
Poetry Anthology

TrashLight Press Gold Star Program
Website Submissions

Troublemaker Firestarter Gold Star Program
Volume 9

Waffle Fried Gold Star Program
Issue 2

Walela Books (CafeLit) Gold Star Program
Walela Books

Wallstrait: A Literary Journal of Hard-to-Define Fiction Gold Star Program
Fiction

WayWords Literary Journal (The Writer's Workout)
Issue 19: theme of mountain / Tribute Section

The Wild Umbrella Gold Star Program
Poetry, Prose, & Cover Art

wildscape. literary journal Gold Star Program
Issue #3 (July 2025 Publication)

Willows Wept Review
Poetry / Prose / Visual Art

The Wisdom Project (The Artisanal Writer) Gold Star Program
Memoir Writing for Ontario Seniors (Charges fees.)

The Writer's Games (The Writer's Workout)
'25 Mock Event 2

Writing Teacher (CafeLit) Gold Star Program
Writing teacher

Y2K Quarterly Gold Star Program
Volume 2: Issue 2