Sorry for the short notice: Strix issue 9 closes to submissions at midnight on 31 January 2023 (UK time). Send up to 3 poems (the editors also take short stories – visit the website for details) of up to 40 lines each, each in a separate file. Read full submission rules here.
Poetry
Enigmas wanted
The Elmbridge Literary Competition offers free entry to young writers aged 5-17. This year’s theme is “Enigma”. Send one poem and/or one story. Deadline: 28 February 2022. Full details here.
Soft Skull Open Submissions June-July 2021
US indie press Soft Skull is open to unagented full-manuscript submissions in a variety of genres including poetry until 20 July 2021. From the website: “We are primarily seeking and strongly encouraging submissions from BIPOC writers and underrepresented voices of any race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, class, and physical or mental ability.” Full info here.
Perverse poems wanted
Don’t mix this up with “perverted”: the editors of this digital newsletter want poems that are: “deliberate, obstinate, unreasonable or unacceptable, contrary to the expected practice”. Send up to 3 poems by midnight 31 July 2021 (British Summer Time). You can read previous issues and submit here.
Anthology about ports
Dunlin Press is looking for poetry, nonfiction, reportage, fiction and more on the theme of UK ports. Deadline 31 March 2019. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuCXzvDAg8G/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=fsca6p4uptl8
POETRY ISSUE #38 | Mud Season Review
http://mudseasonreview.com/2018/06/poetry-issue-38/
A new one for me – thanks to PDR Lindsay-Salmon for posting the link. Submit via Submittable between 1 August and 1 September 2018. More info here.
The Suburban Review
If you live in Australia and identify as female, femme or gender non-conforming, get your submission in quickly for the ‘stellar edition’ of the above: deadline is 18 February 2018. The following is copied from the website: “The stellar edition is back! We are such huge fans of the Stella Prize that we’ve decided #10 of The Suburban Reviewwill celebrate art and writing by Australian women, femmes, and gender non-conforming folx. And $1 from every sale will be donated to The Stella Prize!…We want narratives rooted in the writer’s understanding of femininity.
All contributors will be paid. Click the link for details.
Mind and Body for Iota
Iota Magazine wants pieces that explore mind, body and medicine through art, literature and culture, by 1 March 2018. Full details here.
Third Point Press
Third Point Press is open to submissions until 30 November 2017 for Issue 9. Submit up to five poems “in a standard font”, in a single document, via the Submittable portal. Full info and guidelines here. Payment is $10 per contributor for accepted work.
Lunaris Review
Based in Nigeria, Lunaris Review is a literary and art journal. Send no more than four poems, each no longer than 40 lines. There is no payment for accepted work. Full guidelines here.
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