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MARCH Openings
- Coffee House Press / Opens March 1, 2018 (Closes after 300 Submissions) / Novels, Book-Length Essays, Essay Collections
- Elixir Press – Fiction Award / March 1 – MAY 31, 2018 / Fiction / $40 / Prize: $2,000 + Publication
- Feminist Press – Louise Meriwether First Book Prize / March 1 – July 31, 2018 / Fiction and Nonfiction by Women and Nonbinary Writers of Color / Prize: $5,000 + Publication
- University of Pittsburgh Press – Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize / March 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $5,000 + Publication
- Veliz Books / March 2 – MAY 2, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Translations / $25
MARCH 7 Deadline
- Persea Books – Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award / January 1 – March 7, 2018 / Poetry / $30 / Prize: $1,000 + $1,000 Book Promotion Stipend + Publication
MARCH 15 Deadline
- Ahsahta Press – Sawtooth Poetry Prize / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1,500 + Publication / Judge: Jennifer Moxley
- Kundiman Poetry Prize / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Poetry by Asian American Poets / $28 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication with Tupelo Press
- Prairie Schooner Book Prize / Deadline March 15, 2018 / Poetry and Short Story Collections / $25 / $3,000 + Publication
- Slope Editions Book Prize / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Ocean Vuong
MARCH 20 Deadline
- Les Figues Press: NOS Book Contest / Deadline: March 20, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Simone White
MARCH 30-31 Deadlines
- Cave Canem Poetry Prize / March 30, 2018 / Poetry Collections by Writers of African Descent / $20 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication by Graywolf Press / Judge: Chris Abani
- Able Muse Book Award / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Marilyn Nelson
- Airlie Press / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Alice James Books – Translation Series / September 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018 / Poetry in Translation
- Black Lawrence Press – Hudson Prize / Deadline: Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Cleveland State University Poetry Center – Book Competitions / January 1- March 31, 2018 / Poetry, Essays / $28 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judges: CAConrad (First Book Poetry Prize); Samuel Amadon, Leora Fridman, Jane Lewty (Open Book Poetry Prize); Brian Blanchfield (Essay Collection Prize)
- Elixir Press – Antivenom Poetry Award / January 1 – March 31, 2018 / Poetry / $30 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Four Way Books – Levis Prize in Poetry / January 1 – March 31, 2018 / Poetry / $30 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Dorianne Laux
- Port Yonder Press – Mary Hunter Austin Book Award / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction / $20 / Prize: $300 + Publication
- Split Lip Press / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Hybrid
APRIL Openings
- BOA Editions Short Fiction Prize / APRIL 1 – MAY 31, 2018 / Short Story Collections / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- BOAAT Book Prize / APRIL 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $2,000 + Publication / Judge: Nick Flynn
- Cider Press Review Editors’ Prize Book Award / APRIL 1 – June 30, 2018 / Poetry / $26 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Fence Books – Fence Modern Poets Series / APRIL 1-30, 2018 / Poetry / $29 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Fence Books – Fence Modern Prize in Prose / APRIL 1-30, 2018 / Prose / $29 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Fence Books – Ottoline Prize / APRIL 1-30, 2018 / Book of Poems by a Woman Who Has Previously Published One or More Books of Poems / $28 / Prize: $5,000 + Publication
- Iowa Poetry Prize / APRIL 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $20
- Octopus Books / APRIL 1-30, 2018 / Poetry
- Akron Poetry Prize / APRIL 15 – June 15, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1,500 + Publication / Judge: Dianne Seuss
- Indiana Review – Don Belton Fiction Reading Period / APRIL 15 – MAY 31, 2018 / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Michael Martone
APRIL 1 Deadlines
- Orison Books – Orison Prizes in Poetry and Fiction / Deadline: APRIL 1, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction / $30 / Prize: $1,500 + Publication / Judges: Vandana Khanna (Poetry), Lan Samantha Chang (Fiction)
- Zone 3 – First Book Award for Poetry / Deadline: APRIL 1, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
APRIL 15-16 Deadlines
- University of Arkansas Press – Etel Adnan and Canto Mundo Poetry Prizes / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / Poetry / $25
- University of Utah Press – Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication + Reading at University of Utah / Judge: Kimiko Hahn
- Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize / Deadline: APRIL 16, 2018 / Poetry Collections by Writers of African Descent with One Previous Book / $20 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Matthew Shenoda
APRIL 30 Deadline
- BOAAT Book Prize / APRIL 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $2,000 + Publication / Judge: Nick Flynn
- Delete Press / Deadline: APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry
- Fence Books – Fence Modern Poets Series / APRIL 1-30, 2018 / Poetry / $29 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Fence Books – Fence Modern Prize in Prose / APRIL 1-30, 2018 / Prose / $29 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Fence Books – Ottoline Prize / APRIL 1-30, 2018 / Book of Poems by a Woman Who Has Previously Published One or More Books of Poems / $28 / Prize: $5,000 + Publication
- Iowa Poetry Prize / APRIL 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $20
- Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize / Deadline: APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Jane Hirshfield
- Octopus Books / APRIL 1-30, 2018 / Poetry
- Red Hen Press – Nonfiction Award / Deadline: APRIL 30, 2018 / Nonfiction / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Florencia Ramirez
- Trio House Press Book Awards / Deadline: APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Tupelo Press – Berkshire Prize / Deadline: APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $28 / Prize: $3,000 + Publication / Judge: Carl Phillips
- University of Pittsburgh Press – Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize / March 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $5,000 + Publication
MAY Openings
- Bitter Oleander Press – Library of Poetry Book Award / MAY 1 – June 15, 2018 / Poetry / $28 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Doubleback Books / MAY 1 – July 31, 2018 / Out of Print Books
- Omnidawn First/Second Book Prize / MAY 1 – June 18, 2018 / Poetry / $27 / Prize: $3,000 + Publication / Judge: Srikanth Reddy
- University of North Texas – Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction / MAY 1 – June 30, 2018 / $25 / Short Fiction Collection / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- University of Pittsburgh Press – Drue Heinz Literature Prize / MAY 1 – June 30, 2018 / Collections of Short Fiction / $25 / Prize: $15,000 + Publication
MAY 1 Deadline
- Ashland Poetry Press – Richard Snyder Memorial Prize / Deadline: MAY 1, 2018 / Poetry / $27 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Mark Jarman
- Eyewear Editions – Sextion Prize for Poetry / Deadline: MAY 1, 2018 / Poetry by an American Poet / $15 / Prize: $1,500 + Publication / Judge: Lloyd Schwartz
- Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Book Prize / Deadline: MAY 1, 2018 / Poetry / $20 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Valerie Wallace
- Kent State University Press – Wick Poetry Prize / Deadline: MAY 1, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $2,500 + Publication / Judge: Ellen Bass
- Moon City Press – Poetry Award / Deadline: MAY 1, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Noemi Press Book Awards / Deadline: MAY 1, 2018 / Poetry, Prose / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
MAY 15 Deadline
- Del Sol Press First Novel Competition / Deadline: MAY 15, 2018 / $30 / Prize: $1,500 + Publication / Judge: Robert Olen Butler
- Lynx House Press – Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry / Deadline: MAY 15, 2018 / Poetry / $28 / Prize: $2,000 + Publication
MAY 31 Deadline
- Anhinga-Robert Dana Prize for Poetry / Deadline: MAY 31, 2018 / Poetry / $28 / Prize: $2,000 + Publication + Reading Tour of Universities in Florida
- Homebound Publications Poetry Prize / Deadline: MAY 31, 2018 / Poetry / $25
June & After
- Eyewear Editions – Franz Wright Prize for Poetry / Deadline: June 6, 2018 / Poetry / $15 / Prize: $2,000 + Publication / Judge: Kaveh Akbar
- Willow Springs Books – Spokane Prize for Short Fiction / January 15, 2018 – June 15, 2018 / Short Story Collections / $27.50 / Prize: $2,000 + Publication
- Omnidawn First/Second Book Prize / MAY 1 – June 18, 2018 / Poetry / $27 / Prize: $3,000 + Publication / Judge: Srikanth Reddy
- Autumn House Press – Literary Prizes / Deadline: June 30, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction / $30 / Prize: $1,000 + $1,500 Toward Book Promotion + Publication / Judges: Kimiko Hahn (Poetry), Daisy Johnson (Fiction), Daisy Hernández (Nonfiction)
- Bauhan Publishing – May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize / Deadline: June 30, 2018 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: David Blair
- Parlor Press – New Measure Poetry Prize / Deadline: June 30, 2018 / Poetry / $28 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Jon Thompson
- Harpoon Books / Deadline: December 31, 2018 / Poetry, Flash Fiction, and Essay Collections / $10
NOW / OPEN / YEAR-ROUND
- 7.13 Books / Now / Fiction / $5
- Another New Calligraphy / Now / Music, Books
- Apocalypse Party / Year-Round / All Genres
- Bellevue Literary Press / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction
- BlazeVOX / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction
- BLF Press / Now / Fiction by Black Women Writers
- Boost House / Now / Poetry
- Brain Mill Press – Kindred Books / Now / Fiction by Marginalized Writers
- Cinestate / Now / Fiction
- co•im•press / Now / Translations
- corrupt press / Now / Poetry
- Counterpath Press / Year-Round / Queries
- Damaged Goods Press / Now / Poetry, Essays, and Hybrid Writing from Queer and Trans Writers
- Deep Vellum Publishing / Year-Round / Translations of Fiction and Nonfiction
- Disorder Press / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Art Work, Photography
- El Balazo Press / Now / All Genres
- Fiction Advocate / Now / Literary Criticism, Hybrid Fiction, Novels
- Get Fresh Books / Now / Poetry Queries
- HVTN / Now / Poetry and Short Stories Collections
- Inlandia Books / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry by Writers from Inland Southern California
- Inside the Castle / Now / Prose, Poetry
- Kernpunkt Press / Year-Round / Fiction / $10
- Kiddiepunk / Now / Zines and Books Centered Around Childhood
- Kraken Press / Now / Horror, Dark Fantasy, Weird Fiction
- The Operating System / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama, Cross-Genre
- Orison Books / Now / Nonfiction, Poetry in Translation
- Outpost 19 / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction
- Paloma Press / Now / Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Queries
- PANK / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Experimental, Collaborative, Hybrid / $25
- Platypus Press / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
- Plays Inverse Press / Now / Plays, Cross-Genre, Performance Lit
- Punctum Books / Now / Proposals for Unconventional Scholarly Work
- Red Hen Press – General Submissions / Now / All Genres / $20
- Resolute Publishing / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction
- Salò Press / Now / Poetry, Prose, Experiments
- Schism Press / Now / Philosophy, Theory
- See Sharp Press / Now / Nonfiction and Science Fiction Queries
- Spork Press / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Hybrid
- Spuyten Duyvil / Year-Round / Poetry, Prose, Cross-Genre
- Trembling Pillow Press / Now / Poetry, Poetry Translations, Essays About Poetry / $15
- Tupelo Press / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction / $45
- Two Dollar Radio / Now / Fiction / $3
- Two Lines Press / Now / Translations of Novels and Short Story Collections
- Vegetarian Alcoholic Press / Year-Round / Poetry, Prose
Chapbooks |
MARCH Openings
- Burnside Review Chapbook Contest / March 15 – June 30, 2018 / Poetry / $15 / Prize: $200 + Publication
- The Cupboard Pamphlet’s Annual Chapbook Contest / March 1 – June 1, 2018 / Prose / $20 / Prize: $1000 + Publication / Judge: Kelly Sundberg
- Fathom Books – Pitch Viper Prize / March 1 – APRIL 1, 2018 / Poetry / $10
- Sow’s Ear Poetry Review – Chapbook Contest / March 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $30 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
MARCH 15 Deadline
- Frontier Poetry – Digital Chapbook Contest / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Poetry / $20 / Prize: $2,000 + Digital Publication
- Newfound Prose Prize / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction / $15 / Prize: $500 + Publication / Judge: Chloe Caldwell
- Verse – Tomaž Šalamun Prize / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Poetry / $15 ($10 for Students) / Prize: $500 + Publication with Factory Hollow Press + 1-Month Residency in Ljubljana, Slovenia
MARCH 20-26
- Green Linden Press — Chapbook Open Reading Period / Deadline: March 20, 2018 / Poetry / $12
- Iron Horse Review – Poetry Chapbook Competition/ Deadline: March 26, 2018 / Poetry / $18 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication as an Issue of Iron Horse Review / Judge: Tyehimba Jess
MARCH 31 Deadlines
- CutBank Chapbook Contest / January 1 – March 31, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Cross-Genre / $20 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Glass Poetry Press / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Poetry
APRIL Openings
- Black Lawrence Press – The Spring Black River Chapbook Competition / APRIL 1 – MAY 31, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction / $15
- CWP Collective Press / Opens APRIL 1, 2018 / Poetry
APRIL 1 Deadline
- These Fragile Lilacs Poetry Press Chapbook Competition / January 31 – APRIL 1, 2018 / Poetry, Art / $12 / Prize: $100 + Publication / Judge: William Fargason
- Fathom Books – Pitch Viper Prize / March 1 – APRIL 1, 2018 / Poetry / $10
APRIL 15 Deadline
- BOAAT Chapbook Prize / APRIL 15 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $17 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Camille Rankine
- Driftwood Press – Adrift Chapbook Series / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / Poetry, Visual Poetry, Hybrid, Collaborations / $12 / Prize: $250 + Publication / Judge: Erica Dawson
- Sundress Publications Chapbook Competition / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / All Genres / $10 / Prize: $200 + Online Publication / Judge: Wren Hanks
APRIL 20-27 Deadlines
- Subbed In – Chapbook Prize / Deadline: APRIL 20, 2018 / Poetry and Micro Fiction/Nonfiction from Writers in Australia
- Omnidawn Poetry Chapbook Contest / Deadline: APRIL 23, 2018 / Poetry / $18 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Carl Philips
- New Michigan Press/DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest / Deadline: APRIL 27, 2018 / Poetry, Prose / $20 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
APRIL 30 Deadlines
- BOAAT Chapbook Prize / APRIL 15 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $17 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Camille Rankine
- Sow’s Ear Poetry Review – Chapbook Contest / March 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $30 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Sutra Press / February 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry, Essay, Cross-Genre, Hybrid, Experiments / Prize: $200 + Publication
MAY Openings
- dancing girl press / MAY 1 – August 31, 2018 / Poetry by Women
- Ghost Proposal Annual Chapbook Contest / MAY 1 – July 31, 2018 / Hybrid & Post-Genre Projects / $7 / Prize: Publication + 25 Copies
- Golden Walkman – (Audio)Chapbook Contest / MAY 1 – June 31, 2018 / All Genres / $10
- Hermeneutic Chaos Press / MAY 1 – July 1, 2018 / Poetry, Prose, Hybrid
- Oxidant | Engine / MAY 1 – July 31, 2018 / Poetry
May 31 Deadline
- Black Lawrence Press – The Spring Black River Chapbook Competition / APRIL 1 – MAY 31, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction / $15
- Ursus Americanus Press / Deadline: MAY 31, 2018 / Poetry, Prose
June & After
- Eyewear Editions – Pamphlet Series / Deadline: June 1, 2018 / Poetry
- The Cupboard Pamphlet’s Annual Chapbook Contest / March 1 – June 1, 2018 / Prose / $20 / Prize: $1000 + Publication / Judge: Kelly Sundberg
- Burnside Review Chapbook Contest / March 15 – June 30, 2018 / Poetry / $15 / Prize: $200 + Publication
- Golden Walkman – (Audio)Chapbook Contest / MAY 1 – June 31, 2018 / All Genres / $10
- Hermeneutic Chaos Press / MAY 1 – July 1, 2018 / Poetry, Prose, Hybrid
- Ghost Proposal Annual Chapbook Contest / MAY 1 – July 31, 2018 / Hybrid & Post-Genre Projects / $7 / Prize: Publication + 25 Copies
- Oxidant | Engine / MAY 1 – July 31, 2018 / Poetry
- dancing girl press / MAY 1 – August 31, 2018 / Poetry by Women
- Dzanc Books – Fiction Prize / Deadline: September 30, 2018 / Fiction / $25 / Prize: $5,000 + Publication
- Dzanc Books – Short Story Collection Competition / Deadline: September 30, 2018 / Short Story Collections / $25 / Prize: $2,500 Advance + Publication
- Dzanc Books – Nonfiction Prize / Deadline: September 30, 2018 / Nonfiction / $25 / Prize: $1,500 Advance + Publication
NOW / OPEN / YEAR-ROUND
- above/ground press / Now / Poetry
- AngelHousePress / Now / Poetry Queries
- Anstruther Press / Year-Round / Poetry by Canadian Poets
- Apport Editions / Now / Poetry
- ATTN: Open Archive Series / Now / Multiple-Author Poetry Collections and Archives
- ATTN: Correspondences / Now / Poetry Collaborations
- Bottlecap Press / Now / Poetry, Fiction
- corrupt press / Now / Poetry
- Damaged Goods Press / Now / Poetry, Essays, and Hybrid Writing from Queer and Trans Writers
- DevilHousePress / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, and Drama from Women and Genderqueer Writers
- Disorder Press / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Art Work, Photography
- drDOCTOR / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Queries / Payment: $300
- Fathom Books – Systems \ Circulatory Series / Now / Video Game Writing
- Francis House / Now / Poetry
- Homebound Publications – Little Bound Chapbook Series / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction
- HVTN / Now / Poetry
- Mount Analogue / Now / Political Pamphlets
- Neck Press / Year-Round / Poetry
- The Operating System / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama, Cross-Genre
- PANK / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid / $20
- PERM PRESS / Now / Recipes, Poetry, Fiction, Art, Recommendations, Dreams, Music, Short Films / $3
- pitymilk press / Now / Poetry, Hybrid
- Platypus Press – Digital Shorts / Now / Fiction
- Throwback Books / Now / Poetry, Prose
Journals & Anthologies |
MARCH Opening
- The Collagist / March 1 – July 31, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
- Dirty Paws Poetry / March 1 – MAY 25, 2018 / Poetry
- Fire Poetry / March 1 – MAY15, 2018 / Poetry, Art / $3
- The Gravity of the Thing / March 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Ilanot Review / March 1 – MAY 31, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Art
- BOMB Biennial Poetry Contest / March 8 – MAY 6, 2018 / Poetry / $20 / Prize: $1,000 + Print Publication
- The Boiler / March 15 – MAY 15, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art
- Inferior Planets / March 15 – APRIL 15, 2018 / Poems, Prose, Art
MARCH 5 Deadlines
- Obra/Artifact / Deadline: March 5, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry in the Expanded Field, Translation, Art
MARCH 10-14 Openings
- Cahoodaloodaling – Issue #26: The Lyric Essay / Deadlines: March 10, 2018 (The Lyric Essay) / Nonfiction
- Gigantic Sequins – Winter Contests in Flash Non-fiction & Poetry Comics / January 10 – March 10, 2018 / Flash Nonfiction, Poetry Comics / $5 / Prize: $100 + Publication / Judges: Paul Lisicky (Flash Nonfiction), Gabrielle Bates (Poetry Comics)
- Cordite Poetry Review / Deadline: March 11, 2018 / Poetry
- Miracle Monocle / Deadline: March 12, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Art
- Northridge Review / Deadline: March 12, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Drama, Art
- Lambda Literary’s Poetry Spotlight / Deadline: March 13, 2018 / Poetry from LGBT Poets
- Memoir Mixtapes / Deadline: March 14, 2018 / Nonfiction and Poetry about Music
MARCH 15 Deadlines
- 1001 Journal / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Poetry, Prose, Comics, Image and Text
- 45th Parallel / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art
- Blue Mesa Review / October 1, 2017 – March 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Dead Alive Magazine / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Cross-Genre, Experimental, Multimedia
- petrichor / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Poetry, Hybrid
- The Pinch / August 15, 2017 – March 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art / $3
- Poetry Northwest / September 15, 2017 – March 15, 2018 / Poetry, Reviews (Year-Round) / $3
- Sonora Review – “The Future” Contest / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry / $15 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judges: Charles Yu (Fiction), Rubén Martínez (Nonfiction), Harmony Holiday (Poetry)
- Superstition Review / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art
- Vinyl / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Poetry
- Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art, and Thought / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
MARCH 18-19 Deadlines
- Pigeon Pages – The Art of Prose Contest / Deadline: March 18, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction / $10 / Prize: $250 + Publication / Judge: Katie Kitamura
- Souvenir Lit / Deadline: March 19, 2018 / Prose, Poetry, Reviews, Art
MARCH 23-26 Deadlines
- Anastamos / Deadline: March 23, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, Video, Academic
- Atticus Review / Deadline: March 26, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Mixed Media
MARCH 31 Deadlines
- Cha: An Asian Literary Journal – Writing the Philippines Issue / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Photography, Art
- The Conium Review / Year-Round / Fiction / $3 (Free Before APRIL 1, 2018)
- Dark Wood / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Video, Audio, Column Pitches
- Eastern Iowa Review / October 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018 / Fiction, Essays
- FENCE / February 1 – March 31, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Other / $3
- Glint / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Hybrid, Nonfiction, Book Reviews, Visual Art
- GlitterMOB / February 1 – March 31, 2018 / Poetry, Art (Year-Round)
- Hayden’s Ferry Review / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Prose, Poetry, Translations, Art / $3
- Indiana Review / February 1 – March 31, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction / $3
- Indiana Review – Poetry Prize / February 1 – March 31, 2018 / Poetry / $20 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judge: Gabrielle Calvocoressi
- Kallisto Gaia Press – The Ocotillo Review / January 15 – March 31, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry / $3
- K’in / November 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Lumina / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art / $3
- Ninth Letter – Online / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Phantom Drift / January 1 – March 31, 2018 / Fabulist Fiction, Poetry, and Essays
- Prisma – Zeitblatt für Text & Sprache / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / All Genres
- Puerto del Sol / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Other
- Revue Post / Deadline: March 31, 2018 / Poetry in English and French
- Sycamore Review / September 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018 / Poetry, Prose, Nonfiction, Art
- Wigleaf / Final Week of March and APRIL, 2018 / Flash Fiction
- Witness / January 15 – March 31, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry / $2
APRIL Openings
- Beech Street Review / APRIL 1-30, 2018 / Poetry
- Mud Season Review / APRIL 1 – MAY 1, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art
- Rhino / APRIL 1 – July 31, 2018 / Poetry, Translations of Poetry, Flash Fiction
APRIL 1 Deadline
- The Arkansas International / September 1, 2017 – APRIL 1, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Comics, Works in Translation / $3 (Free in September, October, January, February)
- Cease, Cows / Deadline: APRIL 1, 2018 / Flash Fiction
- Copper Nickel / August 15, 2017 – APRIL 1, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Translation Folios
- Faded Out – Print Edition: Volume 1 / Deadline: APRIL 1, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
- Foundlings Press – Frank Stanford Anthology / Deadline: APRIL 1, 2018 / Poetry, Nonfiction, Art
- Ghost Proposal / January 1 – APRIL 1, 2018 / Essay, Poetry, Multimedia, Cross-Genre, Post-Genre
- Hot Metal Bridge / Deadline: APRIL 1, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art
- jubilat / September 1, 2017 – APRIL 1, 2018 / Poetry
- Sundog Lit – Refractions / Deadline: APRIL 1, 2018 / Blog Submissions About Craft
- The Southampton Review / February 1 – APRIL 1, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Drama / $3
- Zone 3 / August 1, 2017 – APRIL 1, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
APRIL 5-8 Deadline
- Sixth Finch / Deadline: APRIL 5, 2018 / Poetry, Art
- Heron Tree / Deadline: APRIL 8, 2018 / Visual Poetry
APRIL 15 Deadline
- A Public Space / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
- Angel City Review / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Reviews
- Bateau / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / Poetry, Prose, Flashes, Comix, Hybrids, Infographics, The Strange, The Wonderful
- Every Pigeon / January 15 – APRIL 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Photography, Art
- The Hunger / February 1 – APRIL 15, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid/Experimental, Art
- New Ohio Review / January 15 – APRIL 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Passages North / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Writers on Writing
- Passages North – Waasnode Short Fiction Prize and Neutrino Short-Short Prize / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / Short Stories, Short Shorts / $15 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication / Judges: Anne Valente (Short Fiction), T Fleischmann (Short Shorts)
- Poetry International Poetry Prize / January 15 – APRIL 15, 2018 / Poetry / $15 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication
- Posit / September 15, 2017 – APRIL 15, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Visual Art, Film and Animation
- Quarter After Eight / October 15, 2017 – APRIL 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- The Rush / Deadline: APRIL 15 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art
- Timber / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Visual Poetry
- Tupelo Quarterly / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / Prose, Translation, Art
APRIL 18 Deadlines
- Columbia Review / Deadline: APRIL 18, 2018 / All Genres
APRIL 22-28 Deadlines
- New Delta Review / Deadline: APRIL 22, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art, Other / $3
- Salamander Magazine / October 3, 2017 – APRIL 28, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
APRIL 30 Deadlines
- 3Elements Review / Deadline: APRIL 30, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art, Photography
- Beech Street Review / APRIL 1-30, 2018 / Poetry
- Blood Orange Review / August 1, 2017 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction / $2
- Bone Bouquet / Deadline: APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry, Reviews (Open Year-Round)
- Colorado Review / August 1, 2017 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction (Open Year-Round)
- Driving Range Review / Deadline: APRIL 30, 2018 / Prompt-Based Found Poetry
- Lunch Ticket / February 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Flash Prose, YA, Translations, Bilingual, Art
- Nightjar Review – 2018 Poetry Contest / Deadline: APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / $6 (1 Poem) or $15 (3 Poems) / Prize: $200 + Publication in Nightjar Review / Final Judge: Jericho Brown
- Quarterly West / Deadline: APRIL 30, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, New Media
- Seattle Review / February 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Essays and Fiction over 40 pages, Poems over 10 Pages
- Third Point Press / Deadline: APRIL 30, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry
MAY Openings
- The Bookends Review / MAY 1 – August 31, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Essays, Interviews, Reviews, Music, Art
- Field Guide / Deadline: MAY 1 – June 1, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Visual/Art, Hybrid, Cross-Genre
- Foglifter / Opens MAY 15, 2018 / Poetry, Prose, Drama, Cross-Genre
- Quiddity / MAY 1 – December 15, 2018 / Poetry, Prose / $3
MAY 1 Deadline
- Mud Season Review / APRIL 1 – MAY 1, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art
- American Literary Review / October 1, 2017 – MAY 1, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reviews, Art / $3
- Bayou Magazine / September 1, 2017 – MAY 1, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
- Boulevard / Deadline: MAY 1, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction / $3
- Fugue / September 1, 2017 – MAY 1, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Essays / $3
- hellscape / Deadline: MAY 1, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, Comics
- M–DASH / MAY 1-31, 2018 / Translations of Poetry and Prose, Essays on Translation
- Poet Lore / Deadline MAY 1, 2018 / Poetry
- Sonora Review / September 1, 2017 – MAY 1, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction / $3
- Waxwing / September 1, 2017 – MAY 1, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Translations (Open Year-Round), Art
- The Wire’s Dream Magazine / January 1 – MAY 1, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Art, Nonfiction, Photography, Mixed Graphics
MAY 5 Deadline
- |tap| lit mag / Deadline: MAY 5, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
MAY 15 Deadline
- Bennington Review / Deadline: November 1, 2017 – MAY 15, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Writing on Film, Cross-Genre
- Broadsided Press / September 1, 2017 – MAY 15, 2018 / Poetry, Prose / $3
- Ploughshares – Emerging Writer’s Contest / Deadline: MAY 15, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry / $24 / Prize: $2,000 + Publication + Conversation with Literary Agency / Judges: Carmen Maria Machado (Fiction), Roxane Gay (Nonfiction), and Roger Reeves (Poetry)
MAY 30-31 Deadline
- Kweli / September 1, 2017 – MAY 30, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Multimedia
- Court Green / January 1 – MAY 31, 2018 / Poetry / $3
- Crazyhorse / Deadline: MAY 31, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction / $3
- Gettysburg Review / September 1, 2017 – MAY 31, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Art / $3
- Inch / Deadline: MAY 31, 2018 / Flash Fiction, Flash Nonfiction, Short Poems
- M–DASH / MAY 1-31, 2018 / Translations of Poetry and Prose, Essays on Translation
- ZYZZYVA / January 1 – MAY 31, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry / Submit by Post
June & After
- Field Guide / Deadline: MAY 1 – June 1, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Visual/Art, Hybrid, Cross-Genre
- Another Chicago Magazine / January 1 – June 1, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction / $3
- Fourteen Hills / Deadline: June 1, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Experimental/Cross Genre, Nonfiction, Visual Art / $2
- Heavy Feather Review – “The Future” Special Issue / Deadline: June 1, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Comics
- Helen: A Literary Magazine / Deadline: June 1, 2018 / Flash Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Comics and Art Related to Las Vegas
- Meridian / Deadline: June 30, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art
- Radar Poetry / October 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018 / Poetry
- BLF Press – Black From the Future: A Collection of Black Speculative Writing / Deadline: June 30, 2018 / Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction from Black Women Writers
- Territory – Issue IX: Journeys / Deadline: July 1, 2018 / All Genres
- The Bookends Review / MAY 1 – August 31, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Essays, Interviews, Reviews, Music, Art
- Raspa Magazine / January 15 – September 15, 2018 / Fiction, Essays, and Poetry by Queer Latinos
- Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry / January 1 – November 30, 2018 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
- LitMag / Deadline: November 30, 2018 / Nonfiction, Poetry
NOW / OPEN / YEAR-ROUND
- 3:AM / Now / Nonfiction, Collaborative Poetry, Visual Poetry
- 32 Poems / Year-Round / Poetry / $3
- 4squarereview / Now / Poetry Book Reviews
- A&U Magazine / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Drama, and Nonfiction Related to HIV/AIDS
- AADOREE / 13th of Every Month / Experimental Writing
- Aaduna / Now / Prose, Poetry, Visual Art
- The Acentos Review / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre, Art
- After Happy Hour Review / Year-Round / Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art
- aglimpseof / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Sound, Hybrid
- Always Crashing / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Video, Audio, Other
- Angry Old Man Magazine / Year-Round / All Genres
- Anti-Heroin Chic / Year-Round / Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Photography, Interviews
- Apartment Poetry / Year-Round / Poetry
- apt – Online / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Reviews, Comics, Video
- American Short Fiction / Year-Round / Fiction / $3
- Arcturus / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid
- Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies / Now / Scholarly Writing about Nonfiction
- Asymptote / Year-Round / Translations of Drama, Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction
- Automata Review / Year-Round / Fiction
- Bad Pony / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art
- bæst: a journal of queer forms & affects / Year-Round / All Genres
- Bear Review / Now / Poetry, Flash Fiction, Flash Nonfiction, Art
- Beyond the Block / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry from Incarcerated or Imprisoned Writers
- Big Echo: Critical Science Fiction / Now / Speculative Poetry, Science Fiction Poetry
- bird, buried press / Year-Round / Poetry, Prose, and Art from Ontario Writers and Artists
- Birdfeast / Year-Round / All Genres
- Birds Piled Loosely / Now / All Genres
- Black Napkin Press / Now / Poetry, Art
- Black Sun Lit / Now / Prose, Poetry, Essays, Translations, Art
- Blue Earth Review / Year-Round / Nonfiction, Poetry
- BOAAT / Now / Poetry
- Booth / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Comics, Lists
- Boston Accent / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art
- Boston Review / Now / Poetry, Nonfiction, Reviews
- Cabildo Quarterly / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction
- CALAMITY / Year-Round / Poetry, Art
- Callaloo / Now / Essays, Fiction, Poetry, Art
- The Capra Review / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction, Art
- The Cardiff Review / Now / Prose, Poetry, Reviews, Illustrations, Photography, Comics
- Cartridge Lit / Now / Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Inspired by Video Games
- Cartridge Lit – The Airshop Blog / Year-Round / Essays About Video Games
- Catapult / Now / Nonfiction
- Cleaver Magazine / Now / Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Radio Plays
- Cleaver Magazine – Life As Activism / Now / Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Clade Song / Year-Round / Poetry, Flash Fiction, Audio, Video
- Cloud Rodeo / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- The Collapsar / Now / Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Reviews
- Communion Arts Journal / Year-Round / Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, Art, Music
- Construction Magazine / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Border and Architecture Columns
- con•text / Year-Round / Reviews, Essays
- The Conium Review / Year-Round / Fiction / $3 (Free Before APRIL 1, 2018)
- The Continental Review / Year-Round / Video Poetry
- Corium Magazine / Year-Round / Short Fiction, Very Short Fiction, Poetry
- Cosmonauts Avenue / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
- Cotton Xenomorph / Year-Round / Poetry, Flash Fiction, Art
- COUNTERCLOCK / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art
- Crab Fat Magazine / Now / Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art, Reviews
- CRAFT / Year-Round / Fiction
- CRAG / Year-Round / Fiction Under 1,000 Words
- Decentre / Now / Fiction, Poetry
- decomP Magazine / Year-Round / Prose, Poetry, Art
- Deluge / Year-Round / Poetry, Essays, Fiction, Reviews, Criticism, Poem-films, Photography, Art
- The Destroyer / Now / Poetry, Prose, Cross-Genre, Video, Audio, New Media, Art, Reviews
- DIAGRAM / Year-Round / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
- Dogbird / Year-Round / Collaborative Writing
- drDOCTOR / Year-round / Nonfiction
- Dream Pop Journal / Year-Round / Poetry, Prose, Art
- DREGINALD / Year-Round / Poetry, Prose, Art
- Dryland / Year-Round / Prose, Poetry, Art
- DUM DUM Zine / Year-Round / Fiction, Letters, Nonfiction, Poetry, Visual Art
- El Balazo Press / Now / Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays
- ELKE “A Little Journal” / Year-Round / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translations, Comics, Art
- elsewhere / Now / Prose Poetry, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Photography
- Empty Mirror / Year-Round / Poetry, Nonfiction, Visual Art, Reviews, Interviews, Essays, Criticism
- Entropy / Year-Round / Essays, Reviews, Interviews, Fiction, Poetry, More
- See here for a comprehensive list of what Entropy editors want to publish in 2018.
- Epigraph – Digital Chapbooks / Now / Poetry
- Fairy Tale Review – Digital / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
- Fantastic Floridas / Now / Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction Related to Florida
- The Fanzine / Now / Personal Essays, Writing on Film, Essays on Modern Instances of Duende
- Fathom Books – Queer Anti-Dreams: 2000-2018 / Now / Poetry, Nonfiction, Flash Fiction
- Fiction Advocate / Now / Reviews, Interviews, Essays
- FIELD / Now / Poetry
- Figroot Press / Year-Round / Poetry, Prose, Visual Art
- Figure 1 / Year-Round / Poetry
- FIVE:2:ONE / Year-Round / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art
- Flag + Void / Year-Round / Poetry
- Foundry / Year-Round / Poetry
- The Florida Review / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Graphic Narrative, Reviews, Art / $2-3
- For the Sonorous / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Visual Art from Women of Color and Non-Binary People of Color
- Free State Review / Now / Poetry, Prose / $3
- F(r)iction / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Comics / $5
- Full Stop / Now / Reviews, Interviews, Nonfiction, Cultural Criticism
- GASHER Journal / Now / Poetry, Art
- Gertrude Press / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art
- Ghost Proposal / Year-Round / Windowframes, Book Reviews
- Gimmick Press – Worthless Treasures / Now / Poetry, Flash Fiction, Micro Essays
- Golden Walkman / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Craft Essays
- Gold Wake Live / Now / All Genres / $2
- Goodnight, Sweet Prince / Now / Essays About Side Characters
- Gravel / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Art, Videos, Reviews, Interviews
- Graviton / Now / Poetry, Art
- Greying Ghost Press- Pamphlet and Art Zine Submissions / Now / Poetry, Essays, Translations, Lists, Art
- Grimoire Magazine / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Dreams, Dead Letters, Séances
- Gritty Silk / Now / Collaborative Poetry and Hybrid Writing
- Guernica / Now / Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction
- h& / Now / Visual/Concrete Poetry
- The Harpoon Review / Now / All Genres
- Hardly Doughnuts / Year-Round / Poetry, Micro Fiction
- Heavy Feather Review / Year-Round / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Comics
- Heavy Feather Review – #NotMyPresident / Year-Round / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Journalism, Comics, Hybrids
- Hinchas de Poesia / Now / Poesia, Prosa, Artefactos, Reseñas
- Hobart – Online / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
- Homonym Journal / Year-Round / Multilingual and Translation-Minded Writing and Art
- HOOT Review / Year-Round / Flash Fiction, Flash Nonfiction, Poetry / $2
- Horny Poetry Review / Now / Poetry, Experimental Prose
- Huizache / Now / Prose, Poetry
- ICHNOS / Now
- Identity Theory / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Indianapolis Review / Year-Round / Poetry, Art
- Inlandia: A Literary Journey / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Images
- Inpatient Press / Now
- The Journal / Year-Round / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art, Interviews, Reviews
- jmww / Year-Round / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Flash Fiction
- Josephine Quarterly / Now / Poetry, Art
- Joyland / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction / $4
- Juked / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- JuxtaProse / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography
- Kartika Review / Now / Fiction, Poetry and Nonfiction from Asian Pacific Islander American Writers
- La Vague / Year-Round / Poetry and Art by Women
- Lame Kid Zine / Now / All Genres
- Lavender Review / Year-Round / Poetry and Art by Lesbians
- LEVELER / Year-Round / Poetry
- LIT / Now / Poetry, Prose
- littletell / Year-Round / Poetry, Prose, Audio, Visual
- Long Day Press / Now / Prose
- LOST iN / Year-Round / Place-Based Fiction
- Luna Luna / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Spells, Reviews, Interviews, Art
- Man in the Street Magazine / Year-Round / Poetry, Flash Fiction and Nonfiction
- Mannequin Haus / Year-Round / Surrealism, Avant-Garde
- Mantra Review / Year-Round / Poetry
- many gendered mothers / Now / Essays by Writers on the Women, Femme, Trans, and Non-Binary Writers Who Have Influenced Them
- The Margins / Now / Poetry, Nonfiction
- Master’s Review – New Voices / Year-Round / Fiction
- Matador Review / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Visual Art
- Matter Monthly / Year-Round / Poetry, Prose
- Maudlin House / Now / Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry
- Metaphorosis Magazine / Now / Science Fiction, Fantasy
- MISTRESS / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Visual Work with Textual Components
- Moko: Caribbean Arts and Letters / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Reviews, Art, Videos
- Moon City Review / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Translations, Graphic Narrative, Reviews
- Moonglasses Magazine / Year-Round / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Flash, Cross-Genre
- Moonsick Magazine / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry by Women
- Monkeybicycle / Now / Fiction, One-Sentence Stories
- Monstering / Now / Poetry, Prose
- Mortar / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction
- Moss / Now / Fiction and Nonfiction from the Pacific Northwest
- Muzzle Magazine / Now / Poetry
- Neck / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Art
- New Orleans Review – Online / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reviews / $3
- New Poetry in Translation / Year-Round / Poetry in Translation
- Newest York / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Audio, Visual, and Photography from NYC Writers
- Newfound / Year-Round / Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Reviews, Translation, Art
- Nightblock / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Comics, Short Films
- NonBinary Review / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Hybrid, Art
- Northside Review / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reviews, Interviews
- The Nottingham Review / Now / Fiction
- Nthanda Review / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- The Offing / Now / Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction, Translation, Art / $3
- The Operating System / Now / Field Notes, Conversations
- Opossum / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash, and Poetry Related to Music
- Other People’s Flowers – A Podcast for Rejected Stories, Essays, and Poems / Now / Fiction, Essays, Poetry, Reviews, Ineterviews
- Oxidant | Engine / Year-Round / Poetry
- Pacifica Literary Review / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Photography, Art
- Painted Bride Quarterly / Year-Round / Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry / $3
- Paperbark / Year-Round / Poetry, Prose, Art
- Paperbag / Now / Poetry, Art, Music/Sound, Video, Hybrid
- Permafrost Magazine / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Art / $3
- ‘Pider / Now / Poetry
- Pithead Chapel / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction, Prose Poetry, Art
- pitymilk press – DUETDUET / Now / Poetry
- POETRYSEEN / Year-Round / Video Poetry, Art
- Poor Claudia / Now / Poetry, Prose / $3
- Porridge Magazine / Now / Academic Essays, Fiction, Art
- Pretty Owl Poetry / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Art
- Prism Review / Year-Round / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction / $2
- Psychopomp / Now / Fiction / $3
- Puerto del Sol – Black Voices Series / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Multimedia
- Punch Drunk Press / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Art
- Queen Mob’s Tea House / Now / Poetry, Art, Fiction, Essays
- Rabid Oak / Year-Round / Poetry, Flash Fiction, Flash Nonfiction
- Rag Queen Periodical / Year-Round / Poetry, Prose, Reviews, Art
- The Real Story / Now / Nonfiction, Reviews
- Reality Beach / Now / Poetry, Video
- Reality Hands / Now / Short Stories, Poetry
- Redivider / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Comics, Art / $3
- Requited / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Performance Text, Visual, Video
- Rivet / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Translations, Reviews, Interviews, Art
- rivulet / Year-Round / Essays, Visuals, Reviews, Translations, Poetry
- Robocup Press – hence, tirade / Year-Round / Poetry, Prose, Art
- Rougarou / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Art
- SCAB / Year-Round / Prose, Poetry, Art
- Screen Door Review / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Flash Fiction, and Comics from Queer Southern Writers
- Shirley / Year-Round / Fiction
- Sinister Wisdom / Now / Poems, Stories, Essays, and Art by Lesbians
- Sleepingfish / Year-Round / Hybrid, Art, Experimental
- Solstice / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry / $3
- Sorority Mansion / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, Hybrid
- South Dakota Review / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation
- Southeast Review / Year-Round / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction / $3
- Spider Mirror / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Art, Audio, Video, Reviews, Interviews, Editorials
- Split Lip Magazine / Year-Round / Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Memoir / $3
- Sporklet / Now / Fiction, Poetry
- Squalorly / Now / Fiction ($3), Nonfiction
- The Stay Project / Now / Responses to the Political Present
- Stirring: A Literary Collection / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reviews, Art
- Storm Cellar / Now / Nonfiction, Flash, Fiction, Poetry, Images
- sublet press / Now / Poetry, Flash Fiction, Cross-Genre, Essays, Art, Nonfiction, Other
- Sundog Lit / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
- SUSAN / The Journal / Now / Poetry, Flash Fiction
- sx salon / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reviews, and Interviews Related to the Caribbean
- TAGVVERK / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Art
- The Talking Book / Year-Round / Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Comics
- thread arts collective / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art
- Threadcount Magazine / Year-Round / Hybrid, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Thrush Poetry Journal / Year-Round / Poetry
- Tinderbox Poetry Journal / Year-Round / Poetry / $3
- The Topic Journal / 1st-15th of Every Month / Poetry / $5
- TRACK//FOUR / Now / Poetry, Prose, and Art from People of Color
- trampset / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry / $3 (Free for Nonfiction)
- Transition / Now / Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Art about Africa and the African Diaspora
- TRIPWIRE / Year-Round / Essays, Reviews, Interviews, Translations
- Trop / Now / Humor, Essays, Short Fiction, Fake Reviews
- Two Lines / Now / Translations of Poetry, Fiction, and Essays
- TYPO / Now / Poetry
- Uncle Ken Presents / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction
- Under a Warm Green Linden / Year-Round / Poetry / $2.50 (Free for a Single Poem)
- Underwater New York / Now / Underwater Object-Inspired Poetry, Prose, and Art
- Union Station Magazine / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Photography
- Ursus Americanus Press – Landfill / Year-Round / Poetry
- Vagabond City / Year-Round / Poetry, Nonfiction
- VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts / Rolling Submissions / Essays by Women and Non-Binary People About Gender Inequality in the Writing World
- Virga / Year-Round / Poetry, Hybrid
- Voicemail Poems / Year-Round / Audio Poetry
- The Wanderer / Now / Poetry in English and Spanish, Reviews
- Weekly Gramma / Year-Round / Poetry
- Western Humanities Review / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid / $2
- where is the river : a poetry experiment / Now / Poetry
- The White Elephant / Year-Round / Fiction
- Wildness / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
- Willow Springs / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
- Window / Year-Round / All Genres
- Winter Tangerine – Lineage of Mirrors / Year-Round / Poetry from Poets of Color
- Winter Tangerine – Field of Lenses / Year-Round / Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Engaging with Film or TV
- Wohe Lit / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
- Word For/Word / Year-Round / Poetry, Prose, Poetics, Criticism, Visuals
- The Woven Tale Press / Year-Round / Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Experimental
- Yalobusha Review / Now / Poetry, Fiction
- Yemassee / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Flash Nonfiction, Flash Fiction
- ythm / Year-Round / Audio Poetry
- ZiN Daily / Year-Round / Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry in English, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, French, German, and Italian
Residencies, Fellowships, Conferences, & Opportunities |
MARCH Openings
- Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship For New Parents / March 1 – APRIL 17, 2018 / Fiction / $15 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication in Brain/Child + Reading at Pen Parentis Literary Salon in NYC
- Poetry Foundation – Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowships / March 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / Fellowships: $25,800
MARCH 9 & 13 Deadlines
- National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships / Deadline: March 7, 2018 / Poetry / Fellowship: $25,000
- Moko Writers’ Workshop / Deadline: March 9, 2018 / Emerging Caribbean Poets / Workshop: APRIL 17-21, 2018 in Tortola, British Virgin Islands / Tuition: $250
- Stockholm Writers Festival – First Pages Prize / Deadline: March 13, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry / $25 (Free for SWF Participants) / Prize: $700 + Developmental Edit + Agent/Editor Meeting at SWF / Judge: Adnan Mahmutovic
MARCH 15 Deadlines
- Djerassi / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / $45 / Residency: 1 Month in Santa Cruz Mountains, CA
- Hodson Trust – John Carter Brown Fellowship / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Projects Relating to the Literature, History, Culture, or Art of the Americas Before 1830 / Residency: 2 Months at Brown University + $20,000
- Image – Milton Postgraduate Fellowship / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / Christian Writers / $35 / Fellowship: 9 Months in Seattle, WA
- Lighthouse – Lit Fest Fellowships for Emerging Writers / Deadline: March 15, 2018 / $30 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Screen/Playwriting / Fellowship: Full Tuition for Lighthouse Lit Fest in Denver, CO (June 1-15, 2018)
MARCH 18 & 20 Deadlines
- Tin House Writers Conference / Scholarship Deadline: March 18, 2018 / $40 / Conference: July 8-15, 2018 in Portland, OR / Non-Scholarship Conference Fee: $1,800
- Sewanee Writers Conference / Deadline: March 20, 2018 / Conference: July 17-29, 2018 in Sewanee, TN / Conference Fee: $1,800
MARCH 24-28 Deadlines
- The Oxford American Jeff Baskin Writers Fellowship / Deadline: March 24, 2018 / Nonfiction / $30 / Fellowship: $10,000 + 9 Months in Little Rock, AK
- Eliza So Fellowship / Deadline: March 25, 2018 / Poetry and Prose Books-In-Progress by Immigrant and Montana-Indigenous Writers / Fellowship: 1-Month Residency at Writer’s Block + $900
- Elizabeth Kostova Foundation – English and Bulgarian Scholarships / Deadline: March 28, 2018 / Creative Nonfiction / Scholarship: Tuition, Room, and Board for Sozopol Seminars (June 7-11, 2018) + 50% Travel Expenses to Bulgaria
- Squaw Valley Writers Workshops / Deadline: March 28, 2018 / Fiction, Nonfiction / $40 / Workshop: July 8-15, 2018 in Squaw Valley, CA / Tuition: $1,200
- Squaw Valley Poetry Workshop / Deadline: March 28, 2018 / $35 / Workshop: June 23-30, 2018 in Squaw Valley, CA / Tuition: $1,150
MARCH 30-31 Deadlines
- AWP – Kurt Brown Prizes / December 1, 2017 – March 30, 2018 / $10 / Prize: $500 toward Writer’s Conference, Retreat, or Residency
- Hugo House – Writer-in-Residence / January 1 – March 31, 2018 / Residency: 9 Months in Seattle + $500 per Month
APRIL Openings
- Headlands Center for the Arts – Artists in Residence / Deadline: APRIL 2 – June 8, 2018 / Residency: 4-10 Weeks in Marin Headlands, CA
ARIL 1-2 Deadlines
- Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 – Nominations / Deadline: APRIL 1, 2018 / Poetry Published in 2017 that Challenges Power Structures or Works to “Better” the Literary Landscape
- Waterston Desert Writing Prize / January 1 – APRIL 1, 2018 / Nonfiction / Prize: $2,000 + 4-Week Residency at PLAYA in Summer Lake, OR
- Winter Tangerine Summer Workshops / Deadline: APRIL 1, 2018 / 2-Week Online Workshops and 4-Day NYC Workshops / Tuition: $175-$375
- Napa Valley Writers’ Conference / Deadline: APRIL 2, 2018 / $25 / Conference: July 29 – August 3, 2018 in St. Helena, CA / Conference Fee: $1,025
APRIL 15-16 Deadlines
- Hambidge Creative Residency / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / $30 / Residency: 2-8 Weeks in Blue Ridge Mountains, GA / Residency Fee: $250 per Week
- Hub City Press – Summer Publishing Internship / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / $30 / Internship: June 4 – August 15, 2018 in Spartanburg, SC
- MacDowell Colony (Fall Residencies) / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / $30 / Residency: Up to 8 Weeks in Peterborough, NH
- Open Mouth Poetry Retreat / Deadline: APRIL 15, 2018 / $8 / Retreat: June 1-4 in Fayetteville, AR / Fee: $350 / Faculty: Hanif Abdurraqib and Eloisa Amezcua
- The Kerouac Project / Deadline: APRIL 16, 2018 / $30 / Residency: 3 Months in the Jack Kerouac House in Orlando + $1,000 Stipend
- Waterford Poetry Leaves / Deadline: APRIL 16, 2018 / Poetry / Exhibit: Outside Waterford Public Library in Waterford, MI
- Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship For New Parents / March 1 – APRIL 17, 2018 / Fiction / $15 / Prize: $1,000 + Publication in Brain/Child + Reading at Pen Parentis Literary Salon in NYC
- Sitka Center for Art and Ecology / Deadline: APRIL 17, 2018 / $15 / Residency: Up to 3.5 Months in Rural OR
APRIL 30 Deadline
- Poetry Foundation – Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowships / March 1 – APRIL 30, 2018 / Poetry / Fellowships: $25,800
May 15 Deadline
- Ragdale – Artist Residencies / Deadline: MAY 15, 2018 / $25 / Residency: 18 or 25 Days in Lake Forest, IL / Fee: $630-$875
- Virginia Center for the Arts / Deadline: MAY 15, 2018 / $40 / Residency: 2-8 Weeks in Amherst, VA
June & Beyond
- Juniper Summer Institute / Deadline: June 1, 2018 / $40 / Conference Fees: $1,600
- Mesa Refuge / Deadline: June 1, 2018 / $40 / Residency: 2 Weeks in Point Reyes Station, CA
- Headlands Center for the Arts – Artists in Residence / Deadline: APRIL 2 – June 8, 2018 / Residency: 4-10 Weeks in Marin Headlands, CA
- Vermont Studio Center / Deadline: June 15, 2018 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction / Residency: 1 Month in Johnson, VT
- Stormé DeLarverie Writing Residency / Deadline: July 15, 2018 / Prose, Poetry / $15 / Residency: 7 Days in Louisville, KY or Boone, NC + $500 Stipend
- Hub City Writers House / Deadline: August 10, 2018 / $30 / Residency: 15 Weeks + $150/Week
NOW / OPEN/ YEAR-ROUND
- A Public Space – Internships / Now
- Barrelhouse – Writer Camp / Now / Writer’s Retreat in Central PA (June 21-24 or August 1-5, 2018) / Fees: $300-600
- Blackacre Reserve Writing Residency / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting / $22 / Residency: $200 + 1-2 Weeks Near Louisville, KY
- Gullkistan Center for Creativity / Year-Round / Residency: 1 Month or More in Laugarvatn, Iceland / Fee: 750€+/Month
- ZVONA i NARI Residency / Now / Residency: Variable Lengths in Ližnjan, Croatia