NewPages Guide to Calls for Submissions
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AMPLIFY: Anthology by Black, Indigenous, and Other Poets of Color
Deadline: May 31, 2025
Sheila-Na-Gig Editions is currently seeking poetry from Black, Indigenous, and other Poets of Color for AMPLIFY, a print anthology curated by Toledo, Ohio, poet Sandra Rivers-Gill. This anthology will exhibit powerful, provocative, poetry that amplifies and speaks to the personal experience. We are looking for poems that resist, bear witness to, prompt and inspirit, hope and affirm; poems that honor and celebrate. We love well-crafted poems with excellent imagery and a strong sense of voice. Our bias leans toward free verse, but we are open to traditional forms as well. sheilanagigblog.com/amplify/
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The New Verse News Seeks Current Events Poetry
Deadline: Year-round
Since 2005, The New Verse News has covered the news of the day with poems on issues, large and small, international and local. It relies on the submission of poems (especially those of a politically progressive bent) by writers from all over the world. The editors update the website every day with a poetic take on a current and specific headline. See the website for guidelines and examples. Then paste your non-simultaneous submission and a brief bio in the text of an email (no attachments, please) to nvneditor(at)gmail.com. Write “Verse News Submission” in the subject line of your email.
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Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography
Deadline: Year-round
Palooka is an international literary magazine. For over a decade we’ve featured new, up-and-coming, and established writers, artists, and photographers from around the world. We’re open to diverse forms and styles and are always seeking unique chapbooks, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, artwork, photography, and graphic narratives. Submissions open year-round. palookamag.com
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Kings River Review Call for 2-Year College Student Submissions
Deadline: Rolling
The Kings River Review publishes artwork, creative nonfiction, short fiction, and poetry of current 2-year community college students. Submission Deadlines: March 15 for the spring issue and October 15 for the fall issue. Submission requirements: up to 5 pieces of artwork and photography sent as .JPEG files; creative nonfiction and fiction of up to 3,000 words; and up to 5 poems. Go to kingsriverreview.com for full submission guidelines.
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Sand Hills Literary Magazine Call for Submissions
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Sand Hills Literary Magazine, in print since 1973, is now open for Issue 49. We are a national publication out of Augusta, Georgia accepting works from the United States. Both emerging and established writers and artists are encouraged to submit. We are now accepting art, poetry, and prose for our upcoming issue. We are also accepting submissions to our annual poetry and prose contests, judged by the Sand Hills editorial team. Winning entries in each category receive $500 and publication in the issue. The deadline for general and contest submissions is March 1, 2025. We look forward to reviewing your work. sandhillsmagazine.com/submit
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South 85 Reading for Theme Issue: Borders-Boundaries-Lines
Deadline: March 10, 2025
South 85 lit journal is eager to read your fiction, flash, CNF, and poetry through March 10 for our spring/summer issue. We’re based in the Converse University low-res MFA program, under faculty editorship. Theme: Borders | Boundaries | Lines. One piece will be selected for the Editor’s Choice Award of $100. All work we accept comes to us from the Submittable queue…no backroom solicitations. We nominate for awards and promote our writers in social media. Send something you love to our enthusiastic team! Guidelines: www.south85journal.com/submissions/.
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Our Doors are Open
Deadline: Year-round
The Blue Mountain Review launched from Athens, Georgia in 2015 with the mantra, “We’re all south of somewhere.” As a journal of culture, the BMR strives to represent all life through its stories. Stories are vital to our survival. What we sing saves the soul. Our goal is to preserve and promote lives told well through prose, poetry, music, and the visual arts. We’ve published work from and interviews with Jericho Brown, Kelli Russell Agodon, Robert Pinsky, Rising Appalachia, Turkuaz, Michel Stone, Michael Flohr, Lee Herrick, Chen Chen, Michael Cudlitz, Pat Metheny, Melissa Studdard, Lyrics Born, Terry Kay, and Christopher Moore. bluemountainreview.submittable.com/submit
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The Capra Review Seeks Fiction, Nonfiction, and Art Submissions
Deadline: Year-round
The Capra Review is an online literary magazine that delves into obsessions, preoccupations, and secrets. We are now accepting fiction, nonfiction, and visual art submissions for our next issue. Since 2014, we’ve featured the work of emerging and established voices, including Josip Novakovich, a Booker International finalist, and Elizabeth Gonzalez James, alongside award-winning photographers such as Wayne Lawrence and Nina Berman, and artists Duke Riley and Natalie Frank. Explore our past issues and submit your work to thecaprareview@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, please visit www.thecaprareview.com.
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Plant-Human Quarterly Seeks Poems and Essays for Upcoming Issues
Deadline: Year-round
Plant-Human Quarterly reads year-round. We seek unpublished or published poetry and essays that explore the myriad ways writers manifest their relationship to the botanical world—whether through heavily researched pieces, keen observation, or more intuitive ways of knowing—that attempt to communicate across boundaries and approach a plant’s-eye-view of the world. Send no more than 5 poems or an essay of no more than 1500 words (flash essay or essay excerpt) in a single word document. Past contributors include Ellen Bass, Forrest Gander, Kimiko Hahn, Brenda Hillman, Jane Hirshfield, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Pattiann Rogers, Scott Russell Sanders, Arthur Sze. Submission guidelines: otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissions.