International literary magazine Palooka has been publishing featured, up-and-coming, established, and new writers, artists, and photographers for a decade. They are open to submissions for its journal and chapbook press year-round. They do charge a fee. Learn more…
Magazine News
Contest :: EVENT Non-Fiction Contest 2020
Literary magazine EVENT annually hosts a Non-Fiction Contest. The deadline to enter is October 15. $3,000 in prizes + publication awarded. The entry fee includes a one-year subscription to the journal. Learn more…
Call :: Club Plum Literary Journal
Fledgling literary magazine Club Plum is open to submissions of flash fiction, prose poetry, and art. Check out their first two issues for a taste of what they like. There is no fee. Rolling deadline. Learn more…
Call :: Rockvale Review Issue 6
Rockvale Review is open to submissions of poetry for Issue 6. Deadline to submit is March 31. There is no fee. Learn more…
Call :: Tin Can Literary Review & From the Depths 18
Haunted Waters Press is accepting submissions of fiction to the inaugural edition of Tin Can Literary Review. It is also accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, and flash to literary magazine From the Depths 18. They do charge a fee and are a paying market. Deadline is August 31. Learn more…
Call :: Fictional Cafe
Fictional Cafe, an online literary magazine, is open to submissions of exhilarating and adventurous fiction. There is no fee to submit. Writers do need to join their Coffee Club. Learn more…
14th Mudfish Poetry Prize Winner & Honorable Mentions
The newest issue of Mudfish features the winner and honorable mentions of the 14th Mudfish Poetry Prize. The 2019 judge was John Yau.
Winner
“Fluencies” by Mark Wagenaar
Honorable Mentions
“Not Yet Across” by G. Hanlon
“Crossing Lake Pontchartrain” by Stokes Howell
The 15th Mudfish Poetry Prize is currently open until March 15 and will be judged by poet and novelist Erica Jong.
Call :: The American Journal of Poetry Volume 9
Biannual online literary magazine The American Journal of Poetry is open to submissions! They seek bold, uncensored work for publication in their ninth volume due out in July. They do charge a $5 fee. Learn more…
Call :: Red Tree Review Inaugural Issue
New online literary magazine Red Tree Review is open to poetry for its first issue. There is no fee to submit. They accept submissions on a rolling basis. Learn more…
Blink-Ink – True Crime Issue
NewPages magazine review by Katy Haas
True crime seems to be all the rage lately, from books on famous cold cases to Netflix documentaries to hit podcasts. Blink-Ink tries its hand at covering this theme in Issue 38 wherein 16 writers use micro-fiction to explore true crime.
JR Walsh writes about a B&E at an ex’s house where the criminals’ “fingerprints never moved out.” Katie Yates writes of a husband who steals a puppy for his wife. In Craig Fishbane’s “Weapon of Choice,” one weapon is social media, the other is a gun. Leah Rogin-Roper provides four related pieces on a juvenile detention center. The stories in this issue cover a wide array of crimes in creative ways, and it’s fun to see a fictional take on truth.
Blink-Ink publishes stories that are 50 words or less. This makes for short, snappy stories that toss readers headfirst into the drama. In this issue, we never have to wait long to find out who did it in these whodunnits.
NewPages Magazine Stand: Terrain.org
Visit the NewPages Mag Stand for new issues and work from magazines. New this month on Terrain.org, find nonfiction by Sharon Dolin, Cara Stoddard, and Rachel Findlay; fiction by Michael McGuire and John Colman Wood; and poetry by Lex Runciman. Currently featured on the website: the winner of the Terrain.org 10th Annual Contest in Poetry are three poems by Stacey Balkun.