Return to Top of Page
Menu
  • Close
  • About Us
  • Contributors
  • Donate
  • Opportunities
  • Staff
  • Submissions
  • 20 Years
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Search Website
Literary Mama
  • Current Issue
  • Past Issues
  • Departments
  • Blog
  • Newsletter

August 11, 2021 | Blog |  One Comments

Calls for Submissions – August 2021

By Blog Editor

sunrise over meadow
Photo by Quinsey Sablan on Unsplash

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


Blue Earth Review — Contests – Poetry, Flash Fiction, Flash Nonfiction – $5 Fee – $500 Prize – 8/13

Diode Editions — Full-Length Book Contest – Poetry – $20 Fee – $1,000 Prize – 8/15

Grayson Books Poetry Prize – Poetry – $25 Fee – $1,000 Prize – 8/15

Iron Horse Literary Review Book Prize – Short Fiction, Essays – $15 Fee – $1,000 Prize – 8/15

Omnidawn — Open Poetry Book Contest – Poetry – $27 Fee – $3,000 Prize – 8/16

Black Lawrence Press — The St. Lawrence Book Award – First Books of Poetry and Short Fiction – $25 Fee – $1,000 Prize – 8/31

Blue Mesa Review — Summer Contest – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction – $5 Fee – $500 Prize – 8/31

Ex Ophidia Press — Poetry Prize – Poetry – $25 Fee – $1,000 Prize – 8/31

Grid Books – Off the Grid Poetry Prize – Poetry from Poets Over 60 – $25 – $1,000 Prize – 8/31

Sundog Lit — Summer Collaboration Contest – Collaborations of All Genres – $300 Prize – 8/31

University of New Orleans Press – Publishing Lab Prize – Novels, Short Story Collections – $28 Fee – $10,000 Prize – 8/31


ANTHOLOGIES


Alternating Current Press – PARENTING STORIES GONE SPECULATIVE – Fiction, Nonfiction – $10 Prize – 9/1


UPCOMING DEADLINES


Aaduna – Poetry, Prose, Visual Art – 8/15

The Boiler – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art – 8/15

Cordite Poetry Review  – Poetry – 8/15

Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Craft Essays – 8/15

Ruminate – Fiction – 8/15

The Georgia Review – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reviews, Art – 8/16

After Happy Hour Review – Poetry, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Art – 8/31

Beloit Poetry Journal – Poetry – 8/31

The Bookends Review – Poetry, Prose, Interviews, Reviews, Music, Art – 8/31

Lammergeier – Poetry, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash Nonfiction, Hybrid – 8/31

Los Galesburg – Novellas – 8/31

Parhelion Literary Magazine — Halloween – Fiction – 8/31

Terrapin Books – Poetry – 8/31

Tinderbox Editions – Prose and Prose-like Manuscripts – 8/31


ROLLING SUBMISSIONS


32 Poems – Poetry, Reviews

The Acentos Review – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre, Art

After The Art – Essays on Art

Afternoon Visitor – Poetry, Visual Poetry, Hybrid, Visual Art

AGNI – Poetry and Prose

Always Crashing – Poetry, Fiction, Collage, Video, Audio, Hybrid, Other

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

Apartment Poetry – Poetry

Assay – Critical Nonfiction

The Aunt Flo Project – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Flash About Menstruation

Auroras and Blossoms – Poetry, Flash Fiction, Essays, Short Stories, Paintings, Drawings, Photography

Balloons Literary Journal – Poetry, Fiction, Art, Photography

Baobab Press – Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Graphic Narrative, Children’s Books

Birdcoat Quarterly – Poetry, Nonfiction / Fee: $3

Biscuit Root Drive – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art

BlazeVOX [books] – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism

Braided Way – Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Photography

The Carolina Quarterly – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art / Fee: $2.50

❤️ Chicago Parent – Nonfiction

The Coachella Review – Blog, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama

The Concrete Desert Review – Children’s Poetry and Stories, Art

Cooper Dillon Books – Poetry

Counterpath Press – Queries

Damaged Goods Press – Poetry, Essays, and Hybrid Writing from Queer and Trans Writers

The Decadent Review – Criticism, Reviews, Essays

Deep Vellum Publishing – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Translations

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

Greying Ghost Press- Pamphlet and Art Zine Submissions – Nonfiction, Art

Hindsight – Nonfiction, Pandemic-related

HerKind Collective – Articles, Essays

HerStry – Nonfiction

❤️ Her View From Home – Nonfiction

❤️ Hip Mama – Articles, Art

Kiddiepunk – Zines and Books

Kernpunkt – Books, Novellas

Lavender Review – Poetry, Art

Lily Poetry Review – Poetry

LitMag – Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction

Litmus Press – Proposals for Translations

Minola – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

The Missouri Review – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

❤️ MOPS Blogs – Nonfiction

❤️ Motherly – Essays, Videos

❤️ 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

Outpost 19 – Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid

PANK – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid

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

Surfaces – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Theory, Art, Text Collage

Sweet Lit – Poetry, Graphic Nonfiction

Throwback Books – Novelettes

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!

Tagged: anthologies, Calls, Calls for Submissions, Essay, Fiction, Literary Journals, literary magazines, Literary Mama, Nonfiction, Poetry, publications, Publishing, Submissions, Upcoming Deadlines, Writing Contests, Writing Prizes

1 reply on “Calls for Submissions – August 2021”

Jayna Lockesays:
September 1, 2021 at 8:06 am

Thank you for putting all this together! It’s a great list and I’ve found some opportunities I wouldn’t have know about otherwise.

Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Share This Page

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Copy Link

Recent Posts

  • Where Are They Now? An Interview with Anne Liu Kellor March 30, 2023
  • Takeaways from AWP: The Power of Saying Yes (Part III) March 29, 2023
  • Takeaways from AWP: The Power of Saying Yes (Part II) March 28, 2023
  • Takeaways from AWP: The Power of Saying Yes (Part I) March 27, 2023
  • 20 Years of Literary Mama: Introducing the New Anthology March 27, 2023

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Don't miss out on Literary Mama news and updates

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Instagram
  • RSS

© 2023 Literary Mama | Search Site | About Us | Staff | Submissions | Privacy Policy