The Intrepid Voices Fund is a short story award for emerging writers. This year's theme is spooky speculative fiction.

Deadline: THIS SUNDAY! September 6, 2026, 11:59 PM PDT — or once 90 eligible applications come in, whichever hits first

Compensation: $1,250 cash for 1st place, $500 cash for 2nd place. Free to enter.

Rights Requested: You retain full copyright to your story. By entering, you grant Intrepid Imagination the right to publish your story on their website and social channels, and (if you're a finalist) to use your name, bio, and photo for winner announcements and promotional purposes.

The basics:

• Original short story, up to 2,000 words, inspired by this year's theme
• Submit in .docx format
• Previously published stories are okay (online, in a magazine, other contests) as long as it's not part of a published novel or hasn't been assigned an ISBN
• Must be 18+ and a current US resident
• 100% human-written! No AI writing/editing tools (assistive tech like screen readers or dictation software is fine)

Judging happens in two phases: judges first read the opening 250 words of every story to narrow the field, then finalists' full stories get scored against a published rubric. Every applicant gets notified of their status at each stage.

There's also an optional $20 add-on for written feedback from a judge, and an optional workshop on November 21st.

Full rules, the judges' rubric, and the application (all info above is also on this page): Submit here

Questions: [hi@intrepidimagination.com](mailto:hi@intrepidimagination.com)

1. Brief summary/intro: Our fall poetry theme is "Senses." We want poems that ask, ‘How does a living thing know the world? How does the world know it?’ Sensing is not passive reception; rather, it is participation. Every living thing, in some way, senses their place in the world. We want poems that honor that intimacy, in whatever style or tone: lyrical, meditative, sharp, strange, celebratory, or mournful. Formal verse, free verse, experimental, and prose poems are all welcome. Need inspiration? Think Mary Oliver, Gary Snyder, Ada Limón, Ed Roberson, James Wright, Wendell Berry.

2. Deadline: October 31, 2026

3. Compensation: Free e-book version

4. Rights requested: Nonexclusive ebook/print rights

5. Link for more information: https://sabrelakepublishing.com/submissions

1. Brief summary/intro: Forgotten Ground Regained (alliteration.net) invites submissions of alliterative poems on speculative themes (e.g., Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, retellings of myth and legend) for its Fall 2026 issue. Poems in alliterative verse preferred. Metrical or free verse submissions must also make structural use of alliteration,
2. Deadline: September 1st (EOD)
3. Compensation: None.
4. Rights requested: Nonexclusive web/serial rights.
5. Link for more information: https://alliteration.net/call-for-submissions/

Organization: Harbour Works
Deadline: November 30
Entry fee: None
Prize/s: None
Link to submission page/official rules:
https://www.harbourworks.org
Other information:

About:
Harbour Works is a Canadian literary magazine — and we are building it to a standard that does not exist yet in student publishing. We are not a course project. We are not a club newsletter. We are working, deliberately and seriously, toward becoming a fully peer-reviewed journal: the most rigorous, most prestigious student-run literary publication in the country.

Every submission enters a multi-stage blind review process. A minimum of three editors read each piece independently before any discussion begins. Decisions are made by argument and consensus, not by majority vote. Work is accepted because it earns it — not because there are pages to fill.

We publish fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, visual art, photography, and hybrid work. We are drawn to writing that takes risks — formally, politically, emotionally — and to writers who understand the page is not a safe place.
We are open to high school and university students worldwide. We believe the most vital creative work is happening in student hands right now — not after graduation, not once someone decides it's ready. The only question we ask of a piece is whether it is alive.

Submissions Guidelines:
Fiction — Up to 7,000 words. Short fiction and flash welcome. We read all lengths with equal care.
Poetry — Up to 5 poems per submission. No minimum length. Sequences welcome.
Creative Non-fiction — Up to 6,000 words. Essays, memoir, lyric essays, hybrid nonfiction.
Visual Art — Up to 8 images. Minimum 300 DPI. JPEG, PNG, or PDF. Include a brief artist's statement.
Photography — Up to 10 images. Series preferred. Minimum 300 DPI. Captions welcome.
Hybrid / Experimental — No formal constraints. If it resists categorisation, it may belong here.

Join the Team:
Harbour Works is entirely volunteer-run. We are not looking for resumes. We are looking for people who care about writing — who have strong opinions about what they read, who take the page seriously, and who want to be part of making something that matters.

We are open to high school and university students at all stages. If you have never worked on a magazine before, that is not a disadvantage. If you have, bring what you know. The only requirement is that you show up and take the work seriously.

All positions are open. We are building the editorial board from scratch, and every role is a founding role. That means the decisions you make will shape what this magazine becomes.

For additional information, feel free to visit our website, where you will be able to submit your work or apply to join our team.

Cary, NC restaurants, bakeries, and bars team up with one author to create a dish or drink inspired by that author’s book. They’ll sell the book and themed item together from April 24–May 24! Authors may be from anywhere and are not required to travel, only your books need be there.

there is no pay, but Authors keep 100% of the profits and do not need to be there in person. However, if you’re local, we may have some exciting radio and library opportunities for you!

Shipping is the responsibility of the author. I’m personally advocating for a $20–$30 stipend for each author to help cover shipping costs, but this is still TBD.

This is being arranged by the Cary Woman’s Club, who last year hosted a fantastic garden tour that raised over $20,000 and welcomed nearly 1,000 guests! They raise money to support local charities and scholarships.

They’ll raise additional funds by selling “passports” that attendees can fill out at each participating book-selling station. Anyone who completes a passport will be entered to win a prize!

to apply, please fill out this form , where all relevant information can also be found https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fPIpRV4h6tfEA2Mu_sjbCxK4_7a0dtb4zOrZ3_WbkOQ/viewform?edit_requested=true

* Organization: The Big Fing C*

* Deadline: Opens on the 1st of every month until Tally receives 20 submissions

* Entry fee: None

* Prize/s: Feature for 1 month on the home page and then moved to the blog.

* Link to submission page/official rules: https://thebigfingc.wordpress.com/about-2/

* Other information:

• 1 in 20 wins the spotlight
• 19 in 20 get light structural editing for their piece to improve their craft
• Flash fiction/prose/poetry up to 1000 words
• Science fiction, fantasy, horror
• Transgressive, counterculture, political very welcome
• Subversion celebrated
• Seeking marginalized voices: neurodivergent, ethnic, queer, religious
• Must be in .txt file
• No generic, boilerplate soulless rejections
• No money exchanging hands
• Full submission guidelines on the website

The form is set to stop accepting after 20 submissions to protect my time and ensure quality feedback.

My background is as a professional editor and graphic designer. I am from marginalised communities. My beef is with the current publishing industry where fees are taken and generic rejections are handed out so thick I could butter several dozen loaves of bread with them. I'd love to give emerging, marginalized authors the chances I never had.

1. Introducing "Dum Spiro Spero", a global anthology project celebrating diverse voices through poetry. We're collecting original work from teens and young adults worldwide. This issue explores the reason behind someone's writing or behind someone in general. The humanity of hope if you will. We accept poetry, prose, and artwork/photography.
2. Per person we accept 5 Poems per person, with a 2000 word limit. Short Stories are limited to 5,000 words for two per participant. For artwork and photography, as long as the work fits within the theme, the maximum artwork number bein3
3. Deadline: September 25th 2026
4. No compensation/prize

https://linktr.ee/poeticperspectives?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=c0e42eb0-abb7-4018-b9d4-ff8cf5264466

We are also accepting staff applications for graphic designers, content creators, and submission reviewers. We are looking for high-school students who just want to express themselves, no matter how perfect they have been told they are. If this is you, feel free to apply as well.

For additional information, check out our linktree and social media platforms!

Reject magazine wants writers to shake the dust off of the ideas that may have been rejected for publication, but refuse to lie down quietly!

Our biggest requirement: You're a writer whose work wasn't accepted by a publication, institution, contest, etc. Hell, even your school newspaper and family Christmas newsletter counts.​

See the full submission guidelines here: https://www.rejectmag.net/submissions

There's no fee to submit, and we pay our writers!

Your voice matters, and rejection can be an open door.

Submissions close September 19th!

https://www.rejectmag.net/submissions#Submit%20Your%20Work

Brief summary/intro about the call: Forgotten Ground Regained (alliteration.net) runs a quarterly poetry journal that focuses on modern English alliterative verse. The next issue is on the theme "Speculative Visions" and is open to poetry that can be classified as science fiction, fantasy (including retellings of ancient myths and legends), and horror. Only poems that make significant, structural use of alliteration will be considered.

Submission deadline: September 1st.

Compensation: None, but also no fees for submission.

Rights requested: nonexclusive worldwide web/serial rights.

Website link: https://alliteration.net/call-for-submissions/

LAST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS — Kink’d Magazine Issue #004

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Submissions for Issue #004 of Kink’d Magazine: Education, Revisited close tonight, August 15 at midnight (MT).

This issue asks:

What does it feel like when desire becomes a lesson?

We’re looking for creative work exploring kink, identity, relationships, community, education, experience, experimentation, and the things we learn about ourselves and each other along the way.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

Writing

Poetry

Very short personal essays

Short reflections

Micro-fiction / short creative writing

Educational or experiential pieces

Short-form writing that doesn't fit neatly into a category

Please keep written submissions short.

Poetry can be any length that reasonably fits within a few magazine pages. For prose, under 1,000 words is preferred, with pieces in the 250–750 word range especially welcome.

We are also looking for Visual Work:

Photography

Illustration

Painting / drawing

Digital art

Mixed media

Fiber, sculpture, or other physical artwork that can be photographed

Comics or other sequential work

For visual submissions, please send the highest-resolution version you have available. Multiple related images may be submitted as a set.

WHO CAN SUBMIT?

You do not need to be an established artist, photographer, or writer and you also don't need to create something specifically for this issue. Previously created or unpublished work is welcome if you think it belongs here.

RIGHTS & PUBLICATION

You retain the copyright to your work.

By submitting, you give Kink’d Magazine / Kink’d Studios LLC permission to:

1. Publish your accepted work in this issue of Kink’d Magazine.

2. Include the issue in Kink’d Magazine's digital archive and continue distributing that issue after its original release.

3. Use your accepted work, or excerpts/crops of it, to promote the magazine, the issue, and your contribution on Kink’d Magazine/Kink’d Studios websites and social media.

4. Credit you using the name and information you provide with your submission.

This permission is non-exclusive, meaning you remain free to publish, sell, share, submit, or otherwise use your work elsewhere.

You retain ownership and copyright of your work. Kink’d Magazine does not claim ownership of submitted work.

By submitting, you confirm that you created the work or otherwise have the necessary rights and permission to allow Kink’d Magazine to publish it.

Submission does not guarantee publication. If your work is selected, it may be edited for formatting, spelling, grammar, or layout. Any substantial changes to the content of a written work will be discussed with the contributor before publication.

SEND YOUR WORK TO: hello@kinkdstudios.com

THERE IS NO SUBMISSION FEE!!

Please include:

Your name or the name you want published

Your pronouns, if you'd like them included

Title of the work

A short bio

Your website/social media, if you'd like it credited

The work itself or a link/file containing it

Deadline: TONIGHT August 15, 2026 — midnight MT

If you've been thinking about submitting, send the work rather than asking whether it counts. If you see yourself or your work somewhere inside this theme, I want to see it.

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Please feel free to follow us on Instagram for the latest updates: http://Instagram.com/kinkdstudios

Here are the links to all of our past digital issues:

Kink'd Magazine #001 — Desire, Witnessed February 14th, 2026
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Kink'd Magazine #002 — Divinity, Revealed April 5th, 2026 "Divinity is not found, it is revealed." ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Kink’d Magazine #003 — Vibrance, Illuminated June 30th, 2026 "What happens when you allow yourself to shine in full color?" ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Kink'd Magazine #004 — Education, Revisted

COMING SOON, NOW ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTIONS!

Release Date: August 31st, 2026

"What does it feel like when desire becomes a lesson?"

Thanks for reading this and we hope to see your work in our inbox very soon!

❤️ Olly — Kink'd Studios

http://www.kinkdstudios.com

PS here ☝️ is the link to our website but I'm still working on building it since Kink’d Studios/Magazine is currently a one-man show but I'm definitely working on it and if you'd like to help out, please send me a message.

Table Salt Press is a newly founded independent literary journal focused on prose, essays, and nonfiction, and currently open to submissions for its first issue: Homesick.

Homesick explores the many ways people long for a place, a community, or a time that is distant, lost, inherited, or imagined. Work that touches on nostalgia, heritage, displacement, belonging, and the histories carried across borders and generations is encouraged.

Areas of Interest

~ Social & Political Realities: Work engaging with the social, environmental, political, and economic realities of a place or community.

~ Folklore & Inheritance: Folktales, traditions, superstition, family stories, and oral histories.

~ Nostalgia & Memory: Writing about places, people, and periods of life that can no longer be returned to.

~ Migration & Inherited Homes: Stories of leaving one home for another, living between places, or growing up with a home known secondhand.

[Featured Perspectives: The journal has highlighted a specific interest in Appalachian, Ukrainian, and Romani voices, though submissions are open to writers everywhere.]

Accepted Genres

~ Fiction: Short stories, flash, micro-fiction.

~ Nonfiction: Research, criticism, history, reporting, essays, opinion, conversation, and other nonfiction.

~ Personal Essays: Including flash and micro formats.

~ Hybrid & Experimental: Cross-genre and unconventional forms.

~ Folklore & Cultural Work: Folktales, retellings, and work rooted in oral traditions.

Submission Specs & Rules

Word Count Limits:

* Full-length work: Max 3,000 words

* Flash: Max 500 words

* Micro: Max 175 words

~ Limits: 1 piece per category per reading period (up to 2 pieces allowed for flash/micro fiction).

~ AI Policy: AI-generated work is strictly prohibited.

~ Previous Publication: Previously published work is accepted provided the author retains republishing rights.

~ Simultaneous Submissions: Allowed (notify upon acceptance elsewhere).

~Response Time: Five days.

~ Non-paying market.

~ Free submissions.

~ Subs open until 9/18.

~ Rights Requested: Non-exclusive rights (Authors retain full copyright. Table Salt Press receives non-exclusive permission to publish, archive, and use excerpts for promotion, while authors remain free to publish or share their work elsewhere).

Full guidelines and submission links can be found on the Table Salt Press website:

tablesaltpress.com

Chill Subs listing: https://chillsubs.com/magazine/table-salt-press

Social media handle: tablesaltpress
X/Twitter, Bluesky, Threads, IG, TikTok

The 29th is a new literature and arts magazine that recognizes that the mundane and the unbearable are usually the same size. We're looking for work that sits with quiet things, interior landscapes, and unresolved endings.

No great narrative arcs required. No lessons learned. Just honest reporting from the body.

Genres Accepted:
- Creative Nonfiction (1,000 - 8,000 words, soft limits)
- Short Fiction (1,000 - 8,000 words, soft limits)
- One-Act Plays (up to 20/25 pages)
- Photography & Art (documentation of art in any medium, up to five images per artist).

Priority: Marginalized voices, women, experimental work
Submission Window: August 1 – October 1, 2026
Compensation: Not currently compensated; future payment planned as the magazine grows.

Rights Requested: First serial rights; all rights revert upon publication.
Reading Fee: None
Turnaround Time: Up to 8 weeks after close of reading period (by approximately December 1, 2026)

About the Journal

The 29th exists at the intersection of observation and experience. We publish work that begins in the body, accepts the indifference of the world, and refuses easy resolution.

Learn more about our mission and aesthetic:
📖 Website: here

Submit here:
📝 Submission Portal: here

Thank you for reading!

Call for Nonfiction - Accepted Submissions paid $100 per essay

Submit one personal essay per submission.

Maximum length: Between 1,500 and 4,000 words.

Essays should be double-spaced and paginated.

Please wait for a response before submitting another personal essay.

• Please submit previously unpublished work whenever possible.
• We welcome both emerging and established writers.
• We may take up to eight weeks to respond to submissions.
• We will respond to every submission.
• Accepted contributors will receive a $100 payment.
• $2 fee to submit for our readers and to support the website!
• $10 fee optional if you’d like specific feedback on your work

White Rabbit Journal is looking for nonfiction that explores the strange, complicated, and often contradictory parts of being human. We are interested in literary essays and memoir that stay with us.

We want thoughtful, emotionally honest writing with a strong sense of voice. Give us work that examines something closely, asks difficult questions, challenges familiar ways of thinking, or reveals something unexpected about the human experience. We are drawn to writing that is intimate without being self-indulgent, provocative without being provocative for its own sake, and honest without feeling forced.

We are especially interested in essays that explore memory, identity, relationships, grief, desire, family, isolation, transformation, and the contradictions within ourselves. We want work that feels lived-in and specific rather than polished into something too neat.

Please submit your best nonfiction only. We accept literary essays and memoir. We do not accept poetry, fiction, or hybrid work that is primarily fictional.

We are not looking for writing that simply tells us what it feels like to be human. Show us. Make us uncomfortable. Make us question something. Make us see something familiar differently.

White Rabbit is interested in the messy middle: the things we contradict, the things we cannot explain, and the parts of ourselves we would rather leave untouched.

Submit your Nonfiction here only. It will only be considered when sent through this form.

Rights and Guidelines



Seventh Seed is a literary journal cultivating the strange. Our first issue, TAPE 01: GENESIS is OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS.

Genesis explores the concept of origins, creation, or inception—but through a lens of disruption, dark revelation, or chilling discovery. We are looking for pieces centered around a singular "first seed" that sets off an unstoppable chain of events. Genesis premieres on Halloween—bring us origin stories that were never meant to be found.

We publish poetry, flash fiction, and flash CNF under 500 words. Submissions are FREE, and we do not offer payment at this time.

This is a passion project for us. We look forward to reading your work.🕷️

https://seventhseedliterary.com/submissions

\We are considering expanding our current category list to include work over 500 words.*

I am the publisher and can answer questions

We are looking for children's stories. And children appropriate art. and poetry. we are looking for fun kid friendly stuff for the Anthology. All genres are welcome as long as it is kid friendly.

Requirements:

Story word count Minimum 1k - maximum 6k

Flash Fiction word count max: 1000

Art/Photography: up to five must be printable quality

Poetry/Haiku: up to 5 each per topic~~~~

Submissions email to [Faecorpspublishing@gmail.com](mailto:Faecorpspublishing@gmail.com) with a subject of Madame Fae's Tales Submission is to be sent as either an attachment or Google Docs Link.

Due by: October 1st, 2026

This is a unpaid anthology. You will get an eBook copy and access to the author copy link to order copies if you want.

Specific Theme Story/Flash Fiction/Poetry/Art/Haiku/Photography.

We are looking for children’s stories. And children appropriate art. and poetry. we are looking for fun kid friendly stuff for the Anthology.

All genres are welcome as long as it is kid friendly.

Requirements:
Story word count Minimum 1k – maximum 6k (This is a suggestion. Word counts are not a firm reason for denial.)
Flash Fiction word count max: 1000
Art/Photography: up to five must be printable quality
Poetry/Haiku: up to 5 each per topic

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Submissions email to [Faecorpspublishing@gmail.com](mailto:Faecorpspublishing@gmail.com) with a subject of Madame Fae’s Tales
Submission is to be sent as either an attachment or Google Docs Link.

Due by: October 1st, 2026

This is a unpaid anthology. You will get an eBook copy and access to the author copy link to order copies if you want.

Specific Theme Story/Flash Fiction/Poetry/Art/Haiku/Photography.

This is an unpaid anthology. Editing is provided. If your story/poetry is in draft form it is still acceptable, however, it must be readable. Gore is acceptable, however, do keep it reasonable, no one wants to read gore for gore’s sake. We do not accept erotica at this time. We are here to showcase good indie authors and are more than willing to help those just getting started. We will accept stories that have been published before, as long as you retain publishing rights. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

We are looking for publication rights only. You retain all other copyrights.

Our Submission rules can be found at https://faecorpspublishing.org/submissions-rules/

please include a bio and either a picture or the word faery(so I can replace bio pic with a clip art faery)

Discord is used for file and anthology discussion. if this is a problem please let us know when you submit. This is not going to bar you from the publication, it just makes it more difficult and we would like to know ahead.