Calls for Submissions – November 2020

Welcome to our Calls for Submissions page. Here, we’ll feature new publication opportunities for all our Mama readers. Look for updated posts each month.
If there is a ❤️ next to a call, that means the magazine or press is specifically looking for mother writers. We ❤️ all our Mamas!
Literary Mama is always open for submissions. Please check out this page for more information on our submission process and editorial slant.
Contests
Westchester County Poet Laureate – Poet Laureate Competition for Westchester County, NY -11/15
BOA Editions A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize – $25 fee – 11/30
Brunel International African Poetry Prize – Poetry – 11/30
Essay Press – Nonfiction/Hybrid – 11/30
Harbor Editions Laureate Prize – Poetry – $25 fee – 11/30
Burnside Review — Press Book Award – Poetry – $25 fee – 12/31
Press 53 — Award for Short Fiction – Fiction – $30 fee – 12/31
Anthologies
Fems, Fae & Fantasy Anthology – All Genres – 12/1
Wild Women Anthology – Creative Nonfiction, Personal Essays, Poetry – 12/1
❤️ Good Mom on Paper – Essays – 12/15
Upcoming Deadlines
Iowa Review – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction – 11/30
jubilat – Poetry -11/30
Michigan Quarterly Review – Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction from Emerging Writers; Interviews, Reviews – 11/30
Ornithopter Press – Poetry – 11/30
Slant – Poetry -11/15
Call Me [Brackets] – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art – 12/1
River Teeth – Creative Nonfiction 12/1
Split/Lip Press – Essay, Memoir, Nonfiction-Hybrid – 12/1
Solar Journal – Poetry, Fiction – 12/1
Sundog Lit – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction – 12/1
Tammy – All Genres – 12/1
Yemassee – Poetry, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash Nonfiction – 12/1
Unbroken Journal – Prose Poems, Poetic Prose – 12/11
Copper Nickel – Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Translation Folios – 12/15
Permafrost Magazine – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Art – 12/16
CALYX – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction – 12/31
Heavy Feather Review – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid, Comics, Art – 12/31
TriQuarterly – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Craft Essays, Interviews, Video Essays, Cinepoetry – 12/31
Rolling Submissions
32 Poems – Poetry, Reviews – $3 fee
After The Art – Essays on Art
AGNI – Poetry and Prose
The American Journal of Poetry – Poetry – $5 fee
Animal Literary Magazine – Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Art
Another New Calligraphy – Books, Music
Anti-Heroin Chic – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art
Assay – Critical Nonfiction
Auroras and Blossoms – Poetry, Fiction, Photography
Balloons Literary Journal – Poetry, Fiction, Art, Photography
Baobab Press – Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Graphic Narrative, Children’s Books
BlazeVOX [books] – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism
Braided Way – Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Photography
❤️ Chicago Parent – Nonfiction
The Coachella Review – Blog, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama
The Decadent Review – Criticism, Reviews, Essays
Disorder Press – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
Divergents Magazine – Poetry, Nonfiction, Photography, Art from the Neuro-Divergent Community
The Fictional Cafe – Fiction, Poetry, Art
Flash Fiction Online – Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Mainstream, Literary, Horror, Seasonal, Other
The Forge – Fiction, Nonfiction
Golden Walkman – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Critical Essays, Music
HerKind Collective – Articles, Essays
HerStry – Nonfiction
❤️ Her View From Home – Nonfiction
❤️ Hip Mama – Articles, Art
Kiddiepunk – Zines and Books
Kernpunkt Press – Books, Novellas
Lavender Review – Poetry, Art
Lily Poetry Review – Poetry
LitMag – Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Minola – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
The Missouri Review – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
❤️ MOPS Blogs – Nonfiction
❤️ Motherly – Essays, Videos
❤️ Mothers Always Write – Essays, Poetry, Book Reviews, Columns on Writing
❤️ Motherwell – Weekly Columns
❤️ Mutha Magazine – Nonfiction
Mystery Weekly – Fiction
Narratively – Nonfiction, Photography
New Readers Magazine – Fiction, Poetry, Articles, Art
Northwest Review – Art, Translation, Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction – $3 fee
PANK – Blog Content, Reviews, Interviews
Peacock Journal – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, Translation, Music
Pithead Chapel – Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Ploughshares – Fiction, Nonfiction
Poor Yorick – Digital Video Shorts, Photo Essays, Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Pretty Owl Poetry – Poetry, Visual Art
❤️ Raising Mothers – BIWOC and Non-Binary Parents of Color – Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Interviews, Book Reviews, Graphic Narrative
The Revolution Relaunch – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art
Shift: A Journal of Literary Oddities – Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Oddities
Sky Island Journal – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
Smokelong – Flash Fiction, Art, Blog
Spuyten Duyvil – Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction
Storm Cellar – Art, Nonfiction, Flash, Poetry
The Sunlight Press – Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Reviews, Craft, Photography
Tupelo Press – Nonfiction
Typishly – Poetry, Fiction, Flash Fiction – $5 fee
Under the Gum Tree – Nonfiction, Art
Vegetarian Alcohol Press – Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Drama
Vessel – Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction
Wildness – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
Willow Springs – Nonfiction – $3 fee
❤️ WordMothers – Guest Posts
The Woven Tale Press – Art, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
❤️ Yummy Mummy Club – Nonfiction
Zin Daily – Art, Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction
Did your writing or art get published at a place from this list? Let us know in the comments, or connect with us on Twitter @literarymama. Happy submitting!
2 replies on “Calls for Submissions – November 2020”
Hi there,
I run WordMothers. Thanks so much for including us – just wanted to clarify that we’re a site dedicated to women writers and book industry professionals. We’re not seeking pieces about motherhood and contributors needn’t be parents. Thanks!
Cheers, Nicole
Thank you, Nicole, for that clarification! That is very helpful. I will adjust the post for next time.