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NewPages.com is your best guide to literary magazines, indie publishing, university presses, creative writing programs, writing and literary events, writing contests and submissions, independent bookstores, and more.
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Indie publisher JackLeg Press is on the lookout for the next great thing. They want bold, vibrant, and authentic writers. They focus on poetry, short fiction collections, select novels, and nonfiction. Query today. $5 fee.
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JackLeg Press is Looking for the Next Great Thing
Indie publisher, JackLeg Press is looking for the next great thing! Open to full-length manuscripts of poetry, short fiction, novels, & CNF.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Indie publisher JackLeg Press is on the lookout for the next great thing. They want bold, vibrant, and authentic writers. They focus on poetry, short fiction collections, select novels, and nonfiction. Query today. $5 fee.
#writers #callformanuscripts
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We're leaning into momentum this week with a collaborative prompt. We provide the echo; you provide the translation.
The Spark: A plea for mercy, a cold refusal, and a final blow.
The Challenge: Don't just read it. Reimagine it.
What does "no mercy for the damned" look like in your world?
The Spark: A plea for mercy, a cold refusal, and a final blow.
The Challenge: Don't just read it. Reimagine it.
What does "no mercy for the damned" look like in your world?
Where to Submit Roundup: February 6, 2026
Happy Friday! Dive into our weekly where to submit roundup for February 6, 2026 and discover 120+ submission opportunities.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:15 PM
We're leaning into momentum this week with a collaborative prompt. We provide the echo; you provide the translation.
The Spark: A plea for mercy, a cold refusal, and a final blow.
The Challenge: Don't just read it. Reimagine it.
What does "no mercy for the damned" look like in your world?
The Spark: A plea for mercy, a cold refusal, and a final blow.
The Challenge: Don't just read it. Reimagine it.
What does "no mercy for the damned" look like in your world?
Happy February. We have a brand-new layout and look for our weekly roundup of submission opportunities. Enjoy 120+ open calls to submit your work to. New items and no fee items are marked for easy discoverability. Plus, enjoy a new prompt.
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Where to Submit Roundup: February 6, 2026
Happy Friday! Dive into our weekly where to submit roundup for February 6, 2026 and discover 120+ submission opportunities.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Happy February. We have a brand-new layout and look for our weekly roundup of submission opportunities. Enjoy 120+ open calls to submit your work to. New items and no fee items are marked for easy discoverability. Plus, enjoy a new prompt.
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Future Palooka writers include Cierra G. Rowe, Jeff Newberry, Emma Tozer, Pardeep Toor, & Judith Skillman. Check out recent issues & titles & consider sending them your own fiction, poetry, nonfiction, graphic narratives, & art. Fee varies. Open year-round.
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Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography
Palooka is a global literary magazine seeking bold voices and brave stories. Submit chapbooks, prose, poetry, artwork, photography, and comics year-round. Anonymous reading.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Future Palooka writers include Cierra G. Rowe, Jeff Newberry, Emma Tozer, Pardeep Toor, & Judith Skillman. Check out recent issues & titles & consider sending them your own fiction, poetry, nonfiction, graphic narratives, & art. Fee varies. Open year-round.
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The Prime Number Magazine Awards are open to submissions of poetry and short stories through March 31. $15 entry fee. Winners receive $1,000 and publication. Two runners-up will receive $250 and publication.
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2026 Prime Number Magazine Awards
The 2026 Prime Number Magazine Awards are open to entries of short stories and poetry through March 31, 2026.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The Prime Number Magazine Awards are open to submissions of poetry and short stories through March 31. $15 entry fee. Winners receive $1,000 and publication. Two runners-up will receive $250 and publication.
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The Kerouac Project of Orlando reopens applications to their residency on Feb 7! 6 time slots available per year. Writers enjoy 7 weeks in Orlando, Fl, $600 grocery stipend, & paid utilities. Open to fiction, CNF, poetry, plays, & screenplays.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The Kerouac Project of Orlando reopens applications to their residency on Feb 7! 6 time slots available per year. Writers enjoy 7 weeks in Orlando, Fl, $600 grocery stipend, & paid utilities. Open to fiction, CNF, poetry, plays, & screenplays.
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Next month is the deadline to submit English language books available for sale from self-published & indie-published authors to the annual National Indie Excellence Awards. $75 fee. Cash prizes & sponsorship prizes awarded. Enter by March 31.
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2026 National Indie Excellence© Awards
Submit your book to the 2026 National Indie Excellence© Awards and get recognized for excellence and distinction in self and independent publishing.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Next month is the deadline to submit English language books available for sale from self-published & indie-published authors to the annual National Indie Excellence Awards. $75 fee. Cash prizes & sponsorship prizes awarded. Enter by March 31.
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Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine online offers readers poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual imagery "that doesn’t merely strike a familiar chord but enriches our experience."
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Magazine Stand :: Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine - Fall/Winter 2025
SBLAAM champions high-quality, innovative writing and art, judged inclusively, rewarding work that engages, enriches, and renews.
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February 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine online offers readers poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual imagery "that doesn’t merely strike a familiar chord but enriches our experience."
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The 6th annual Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize is officially open to submissions! Send them your first chapter from an unpublished novel. $20 fee. First prize is $1,000! Must be 18 or older. Deadline: March 3.
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6th Annual Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize
The 6th Annual Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize will be awarded for an outstanding first chapter of an unpublished novel.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The 6th annual Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize is officially open to submissions! Send them your first chapter from an unpublished novel. $20 fee. First prize is $1,000! Must be 18 or older. Deadline: March 3.
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JackLeg Press authors include Karen Rigby, Barbara Cully, & Cassandra Whitaker. They are open to fiction, poetry, & nonfiction queries year-round. No fee! They are devoted to bringing the best to the literary world.
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#writers #callformanuscripts
JackLeg Press is Looking for the Next Great Thing
Indie publisher, JackLeg Press is looking for the next great thing! Open to full-length manuscripts of poetry, short fiction, novels, & CNF.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:59 AM
JackLeg Press authors include Karen Rigby, Barbara Cully, & Cassandra Whitaker. They are open to fiction, poetry, & nonfiction queries year-round. No fee! They are devoted to bringing the best to the literary world.
#writers #callformanuscripts
#writers #callformanuscripts
Jerboa Lit is back with a mini contest! On February 27 they'll pull a random prompt from their Video Hat that includes a genre & character. You have until March 1 to write a 250-word story. $15 fee. First prize is $500.
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New from Jerboa Lit: Mini Contests!
Enter Jerboa Lit’s new mini contest! Get a random prompt on Feb. 27 and write a 250‑word story by March 1 for a chance at $500.
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February 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Jerboa Lit is back with a mini contest! On February 27 they'll pull a random prompt from their Video Hat that includes a genre & character. You have until March 1 to write a 250-word story. $15 fee. First prize is $500.
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ALOCASIA is an online journal devoted to queer creative writing about plants, nature, & horticulture. Visit their garden & read past works. Then consider sending them your traditional, weird, erotic, explicit, & anti-colonial work.
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Read ALOCASIA: A Journal of Queer Planty Writing!
ALOCASIA publishes queer creative writing about plants, nature, and horticulture. Submit your work or explore their garden of fierce, celebratory voices.
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February 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
ALOCASIA is an online journal devoted to queer creative writing about plants, nature, & horticulture. Visit their garden & read past works. Then consider sending them your traditional, weird, erotic, explicit, & anti-colonial work.
#queerwriters #litmag #callforsubmissions @alocasiamag.bsky.social
#queerwriters #litmag #callforsubmissions @alocasiamag.bsky.social
Shenandoah Fall 2025 issue features the Hope Prize winner Isaac Kanyinji, interviews, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, and 'Catalyst,' new series on craft. Read more at NewPages!
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Magazine Stand :: Shenandoah - Fall 2025
Shenandoah Fall 2025 offers daring fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and comics that challenge power, identity, language, and lived experience.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Shenandoah Fall 2025 issue features the Hope Prize winner Isaac Kanyinji, interviews, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, and 'Catalyst,' new series on craft. Read more at NewPages!
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Opening day, ballpark food, childhood memories, the first pitch…what kind of poems can you write about baseball or softball? The National Baseball Poetry Festival would love to read them! No fee. Limit one poem per person. Deadline: March 27.
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National Baseball Poetry Festival Call for Submissions
Submit one baseball or softball-themed poem to the National Baseball Poetry Festival by March 27, 2026. Free entry.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Opening day, ballpark food, childhood memories, the first pitch…what kind of poems can you write about baseball or softball? The National Baseball Poetry Festival would love to read them! No fee. Limit one poem per person. Deadline: March 27.
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The 2026 New American Voices Award for Immigrant Writers is accepting published books of prose illuminating the complexity of the human experience as told by immigrants. $5,000 grand prize. $20 fee. Enter by March 31.
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2026 New American Voices Award for Immigrant Writers
Fall for the Book and the Institute for Immigration Research are accepting entries to the 2026 New American Voices Award for Immigrant Writers.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The 2026 New American Voices Award for Immigrant Writers is accepting published books of prose illuminating the complexity of the human experience as told by immigrants. $5,000 grand prize. $20 fee. Enter by March 31.
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#writers #bookaward @fallforthebook.bsky.social
Sand Hills Literary Magazine is celebrating their 50th anniversary! Writers living in the US, send them prose, poetry, and art. Their annual contests are also open. $3 fee for normal submissions, $12 for contest submissions. Contest winners receive $500 and publication.
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Sand Hills Literary Magazine Call for Submissions! (50th Anniversary Issue)
Submit prose, poetry, and art to Sand Hills Literary Magazine’s 50th anniversary issue. Open to US writers only.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Sand Hills Literary Magazine is celebrating their 50th anniversary! Writers living in the US, send them prose, poetry, and art. Their annual contests are also open. $3 fee for normal submissions, $12 for contest submissions. Contest winners receive $500 and publication.
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Let’s talk about the "Gray World."
When we strip away the absolutes, we find humanity. Enjoy our new writing prompt on the transition from stark contrast to subtle gradation.
Perfect for anyone feeling stuck in a binary plot or a flat character arc.
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When we strip away the absolutes, we find humanity. Enjoy our new writing prompt on the transition from stark contrast to subtle gradation.
Perfect for anyone feeling stuck in a binary plot or a flat character arc.
#Writers #AmWriting #WritingPrompt
Embracing the In-Between: Writing Beyond the Binary
Discover a writing prompt that explores the shift from black-and-white thinking to life’s subtle grays. Spark creativity, nuance, and emotional depth in your work.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Let’s talk about the "Gray World."
When we strip away the absolutes, we find humanity. Enjoy our new writing prompt on the transition from stark contrast to subtle gradation.
Perfect for anyone feeling stuck in a binary plot or a flat character arc.
#Writers #AmWriting #WritingPrompt
When we strip away the absolutes, we find humanity. Enjoy our new writing prompt on the transition from stark contrast to subtle gradation.
Perfect for anyone feeling stuck in a binary plot or a flat character arc.
#Writers #AmWriting #WritingPrompt
Ploughshares' Emerging Writers' Contest is now open to fiction, nonfiction, & poetry through March 31. Winners receive $2,000, publication, & a conversation with Aevitas Creative Management. $30 fee (free for current subscribers).
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Submit to Ploughshares' Emerging Writers' Contest!
Submit your best fiction, nonfiction, or poetry to Ploughshares’ Emerging Writers’ Contest by March 31, 2026. Winners receive $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, and more.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Ploughshares' Emerging Writers' Contest is now open to fiction, nonfiction, & poetry through March 31. Winners receive $2,000, publication, & a conversation with Aevitas Creative Management. $30 fee (free for current subscribers).
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If you're a writer living in Michigan, there is still time to submit fiction, CNF, poetry, visual art, photography, & more to the Winter 2026 issue of Qua Literary and Fine Arts Magazine. No reading fee! Deadline: February 22.
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Qua Magazine Seeks Submissions for Winter Semester 2026 Issue
QUA Literary & Fine Arts Magazine at UM-Flint is accepting submissions for its Winter 2026 issue! Open to Michigan residents only.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
If you're a writer living in Michigan, there is still time to submit fiction, CNF, poetry, visual art, photography, & more to the Winter 2026 issue of Qua Literary and Fine Arts Magazine. No reading fee! Deadline: February 22.
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Celebrating 15 years of publishing, The Common Issue 30 features an interview with Teju Cole and a special portfolio of art and poetry from Ukraine. Read more at NewPages!
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Magazine Stand :: The Common - Issue 30
The Common is an award-winning journal publishing place-centered narratives where real or imagined settings shape voices, hearts, and minds.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Celebrating 15 years of publishing, The Common Issue 30 features an interview with Teju Cole and a special portfolio of art and poetry from Ukraine. Read more at NewPages!
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After enjoying a weekend at Snow Fest, NewPages is back with new issues of great #litmags, a new anthology release, a fresh dose of inspiration, and 160+ calls for submissions, writing contests, book awards, and events.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
After enjoying a weekend at Snow Fest, NewPages is back with new issues of great #litmags, a new anthology release, a fresh dose of inspiration, and 160+ calls for submissions, writing contests, book awards, and events.
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Sky Island Journal free, online journal of literature features works from around the world providing hope to us all through their resistance in the face of oppression. Read more at NewPages!
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Magazine Stand :: Sky Island Journal - Winter 2026
Sky Island Journal champions writing as hope, freedom, and empathy, remaining independent, accessible, and defiantly optimistic.
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February 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Sky Island Journal free, online journal of literature features works from around the world providing hope to us all through their resistance in the face of oppression. Read more at NewPages!
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Guest Editor Allison Blevins welcomes readers to Rogue Agent: A Journal for Work that Inhabits the Body, Issue 130, with works that speak "to the hope you need today."
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Magazine Stand :: Rogue Agent - Issue 130
Rogue Agent centers truth, resistance, and hope through daring poetry and artwork that "inhabits the body."
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January 31, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Guest Editor Allison Blevins welcomes readers to Rogue Agent: A Journal for Work that Inhabits the Body, Issue 130, with works that speak "to the hope you need today."
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If you let go of every expectation, what kind of art would you make?
Try creating something—poem, line, sketch—from the perspective of the sky itself.
Let the view change what you choose.
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Try creating something—poem, line, sketch—from the perspective of the sky itself.
Let the view change what you choose.
#writers #AmWriting #WritingPrompt
Where to Submit Roundup: January 30, 2026
Discover 170+ submission opportunities in the NewPages Where to Submit Roundup for January 30, 2026. Hurry, some calls ending soon.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:15 PM
If you let go of every expectation, what kind of art would you make?
Try creating something—poem, line, sketch—from the perspective of the sky itself.
Let the view change what you choose.
#writers #AmWriting #WritingPrompt
Try creating something—poem, line, sketch—from the perspective of the sky itself.
Let the view change what you choose.
#writers #AmWriting #WritingPrompt
Spend 7 weeks writing where Jack Kerouac wrote The Dharma Bums! This residency gives you a $600 grocery stipend + paid utilities. 6 timeslots available per year. Open to fiction, CNF, poetry, plays, & screenplays. Applications open February 7.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Spend 7 weeks writing where Jack Kerouac wrote The Dharma Bums! This residency gives you a $600 grocery stipend + paid utilities. 6 timeslots available per year. Open to fiction, CNF, poetry, plays, & screenplays. Applications open February 7.
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