Calls for Submissions – October 2022

Welcome to our Calls for Submissions page. Here, we’ll feature new publication opportunities for all our Mama readers. Look for updated posts every other 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

The Eunice Williams Nonfiction Price – There is no theme to adhere to for this contest, simply nonfiction written by you, about you.

Frontier 2022 Global Poetry Prize – open to poets who identify as having significant or deeply rooted connections to the region they seek to represent (South Asia, Africa, or Europe). You do not have to currently reside in the location. – 11/16

Solstice Fiction Contest – open to all writers, published and unpublished, who are currently registered in an undergraduate degree program, and who are residents of the United States – 11/21

Solstice Poetry Contest – open to all writers, published and unpublished, who are currently registered in an undergraduate degree program, and who are residents of the United States – 11/21

WOW! Women on Writing Quarterly Flash Fiction Contest – open to all styles and genres of flash fiction, open prompt, 250-750 words – 11/30

WOW! Women on Writing Quarterly Creative Nonfiction Contest – open to all styles of essay, open prompt, 200-1,000 words – 10/31

ANTHOLOGIES

Toxic Workplaces Anthology – Women’s Writing Workshop – Nonfiction – 12/1

UPCOMING DEADLINES

Chicken Soup for the Soul – various topics and deadlines in October-December

Embracing Our Differences – micro-stories about enriching lives through diversity and inclusion – 10/5

HerStry – stories about times your body has rebelled and how you responded – 11/1

Ninth Letter: Constellations – fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on the theme of ‘Constellations’ – 11/1

Roxane Gay’s The Audacity Emerging Writers Series – literary essay, memoir – open until 24 essays accepted

Sasee: In the Spirit! – first-person, nonfiction material that is for or about women – 10/15 

Zoetic Press: Family – poetry, fiction, essays, and art on the Family theme – 10/31

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

The American Journal of Poetry – Poetry – $5 fee

Another New Calligraphy – Books, Music

Anti-Heroin Chic – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art

Apartment Poetry – Poetry

Assay – Critical Nonfiction

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

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

Bosphorus Review of Books – Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Book Reviews

Braided Way – Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Photography

Brittle Paper – Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Book reviews, Essays, Literary Commentaries, Fun Listicles,

Capsule Stories — essays about your reading life

The Carolina Quarterly – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art

❤️ 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

Craft Literary – Fiction, Creative nonfiction

Creative Nonfiction – Pitches for writing about writing

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

Expanded Field – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Comics, Experiments

The Fictional Cafe – Fiction, Poetry, Art

Flash Fiction Online – Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Mainstream, Literary, Horror, Seasonal, Other

Frontier Poetry – Poetry

Hindsight – Nonfiction, Pandemic-related

HerKind Collective – Articles, Essays

HerStry – Nonfiction

❤️ Her View From Home – Nonfiction

The Kalahari Review – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Personal Essay, Photography, Visual Art — etc. that explores modern Africa and Africans, including from the Diaspora

Kiddiepunk – Zines and Books

Kernpunkt – Books, Novellas

Lavender Review – Poetry, Art

Lily Poetry Review – Poetry

The Literary Bohemian – Poetry, Postcard Prose (<350 words), Visual Poetry / Prose

LitMag – Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction

Malahat Review – Poetry, Short Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction

Mediterranean Poetry – Poetry/Prose inspired in some way or the other by the Mediterranean world

The Missouri Review – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

❤️ MOPS Blogs – Nonfiction

The Moth – Short Fiction, Poetry

❤️ Motherly – Essays, Videos

❤️ Motherwell – Weekly Columns

❤️ Mutha Magazine – Nonfiction

Mystery Weekly – Fiction

Narrative – fiction, poetry, personal essays, humor, sketches, memoirs, literary biographies, commentary

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

Pillow Talking – creative nonfiction stories of real-life bedroom conversations

Pithead Chapel – Art, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

❤️ Raising Mothers – BIWOC and Non-Binary Parents of Color – Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Interviews, Book Reviews, Graphic Narrative

The Revolution Relaunch – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art

Sky Island Journal – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Spuyten Duyvil – Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction

Storm Cellar – Art, Nonfiction, Flash, Poetry

The Sun Magazine – personal essays, fiction, and poetry

The Sunlight Press – Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Reviews, Craft, Photography

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

Sweet Lit – Poetry, Graphic Nonfiction

Tupelo Press – Nonfiction

Under the Gum Tree – Nonfiction, Art

Vegetarian Alcoholic Press – Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, Drama

Vessel – Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction

❤️ Verily– Nonfiction

Willow Springs – Nonfiction – $3 fee

WordMothers – Guest Posts

The Woven Tale Press – Art, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Writer’s Digest – Nonfiction, Profiles, Memoir, Writing Advice, Children/Middle Grade/Young Adult

❤️ 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!