Top 10+ no fee submission calls for creatives (APRIL 2022)
A list of open calls for submission from over 10 magazines and journals for creatives to send their art to April, 2022.
Stripes Literary Magazine curates a list of places to submit every month. The list contains links to enable further research and short description of each open call to help creatives choose according to their strengths and preference.
The submit-reject-submit cycle in the life of a creative is both the journey and the thrill.
SUNLIGHT PRESS CONTEST
This spring, Sunlight Press is delighted to offer a writing contest for creative nonfiction of 1,000 words or less. Please submit your previously unpublished personal essay. Submissions will close when we get 200 entries, or on deadline date, whichever comes first.
Deadline: April 30, 2022; 5 p.m. (ET)
See full guidelines on their site:
https://www.thesunlightpress.com/submissions/
STRIPES LITERARY MAGAZINE
Stripes Literary Magazine has extended submission for her Issue 2.2 till April 11, 2022.
Theme: MUSIC TO MY EARS
Send us your ART PIECES, PHOTOGRAPHY, POETRY, FICTION, NONFICTION, PERSONAL ESSAYS and.LETTERS. Send your pieces in one .doc or .docx file to thestripesmag@yahoo.com
Guidelines here:
https://medium.com/@thestripesmag/stripes-2022-publication-calendar-8f43d73defe6
GOTHAM WRITERS
Each month we invite you to post a story on Twitter using #GWstorieseverywhere for a chance to win a free class.
Deadline: Rolling Submissions
Guidelines here:
https://www.writingclasses.com/contest/stories-everywhere
MSLEXIA
Mslexia publishes over 60 women in every issue and Submissions are assessed by authors, agents and tutors at the top of their professions.
Submission Deadline: April 11, 2022.
Guidelines here:
https://mslexia.co.uk/submit-your-work/
THUYA POETRY REVIEW.
Thuya looks forward to reading your work. We are currently accepting submissions for issue two.
Deadline: May 15, 2022.
Guidelines here:
https://thuyapoetryreview.submittable.com/submit
THE KALAHARI REVIEW
The Kalahari Review is a weekly African literary magazine interested in material exploring modern Africa and Africans in unique and avant-garde ways. Telling new stories from everyday African life as told by the people that are living it. We are interested in works from both the continent and the diaspora.
Deadline: Rolling Submissions
Guidelines here:
https://kalaharireview.com/submissions-63a75f5505bb
JELLYFISH REVIEW
Jellyfishreview is open for Memorable Characters Submissions
In March and April, 2022, they are looking for Memorable Characters in stories and more. All accepted work will be paid a honorarium.
Guidelines here:
https://jellyfishreview.wordpress.com/submissions/
MUD SEASON REVIEW
We seek deeply human work that will teach us something about life, but also about the craft of writing or visual art, and work that is original in its approach and that in some way moves us.
Deadline: April 30, 2022.
Guidelines here:
https://mudseasonreview.com/submit/
SUNDOG LIT
We believe there is beauty in scars on smooth skin, in the small fissures where things begin to break apart. Sundogs are not the sun itself but phantom stars appearing on the horizon, illusions produced by the play of the sun’s heat with crystals of ice. We look for this same quality in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
Deadline: May 1, 2022
Guidelines here: https://sundoglit.com/submissions/
ARSENAL PULP: New Literary Anthology on the Fibre Arts
We are currently seeking submissions for a yet-to-be-named literary essay anthology that examines our deep and complex relationship with the fibre arts.
Editors Marita Dachsel and Nancy Lee are looking for essays (approx. 2,000 to 5,000 words) that engage fibre arts practice as a lens (positive or negative) through which to examine larger contemporary issues: identity, technology, climate change, personal struggle, politics, family, adventure, relationship, art, science, or any other complexities of life.
Guidelines here:
https://arsenalpulp.com/News/2022/Call-for-Submissions-New-Literary-Anthology-on-the-Fibre-Arts
RANDON
Radon welcomes short story and poetry submissions containing elements of anarchism, trans-humanism, dystopia, and/or science fiction.
Deadline: Submission open year round
Guidelines here: https://www.radonjournal.com/submit
THE BUREAU DISPATCH
The Bureau Dispatch is in the market for short stories between 500 to 1,500 words. We want your best work. We want fiction that is compelling and beautifully-crafted; narratives that leaves the reader breathless and changed.
Guidelines here: https://www.bureaudispatch.com/submissions
ISKANCHI
Iskanchi accepts manuscripts in every genre provided that they honor the craft of writing and are written by Africans.
Guidelines here: https://iskanchi.com/submit/
Kingdoms in the wild: ANNUAL POETRY PRIZE
Winner will receive $250 & Publication of winning chapbook by Kingdoms in the Wild & 5 complimentary physical copies mailed to the author as well as the option to choose a single complimentary title from our existing catalogue. Kingdoms in the Wild will also promote the winning chapbook to all our readers across our various platforms and will work to provide copies to reviewers and poet enthusiasts.
Deadline: April 17th 2022
Guidelines here: https://kingdomsinthewild.com/poetryprize
BRITTLE PAPER
We are always on the lookout for new writing, so send us your work. Rest assured that we read every submission we receive. Simultaneous submissions are fine. All we ask is that you notify us when your work is accepted elsewhere.
Deadline: Rolling Submissions
Guidelines here: https://brittlepaper.com/submissions/
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