SFSU Creative Writing Department

Submissions for Clementine Zine will be closing on May 24th! For more information on guidelines visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjmaKnp4q5ATRdWP4JbYUSzuNSU_L3ITnB4qqyaQzJ8NesFw/viewform

The Shore poetry are open for issue 22! They are accepting submissions until June 1st! Just enough time to polish off your works of poetry for submission. You can find their submission guidelines here: https://theshorepoetry.org

Submissions are open for Writerly Literary Magazine until May 31st! They accept all genres, themes, reprints, and simultaneous submissions. No such thing as "too emerging." More info: https://paperbacksandco.com/mag

CLOSING SOON: CRAFT 2024 Short Fiction Prize Guest Judge: Deesha Philyaw $2,800 Awarded + Tech Bonus March 18 – May 19, 2024

Driftwood Press is accepting poetry submissions! Submit up to five poems and get a response in one week! Check out guidelines here: https://www.driftwoodpress.com/submit

The Boulevard Poetry Contest for Emerging Writers is taking entries until June 1. The winning entry will receive $1000, and all submissions will be considered for publication. See https://boulevard.submittable.com/submit for more

And Other Poems is open for submissions until May 31st! Be sure to submit your best works and check out guidelines here: https://andotherpoems.com/submissions/

Transients Literary Magazine is accepting submissions until May 30th! Guidelines do apply, visit https://transientsmagazine.weebly.com/ for more information

The Miami Book Fair is offering 3 writers a $50k stipend and 1 year of uninterrupted time to complete a book-length project! The deadline to apply is rapidly approaching, May 15, 2024. Be sure to apply to this fellowship for a chance to experience this opportunity! https://www.miamibookfair.com/fellowships/

Submissions for River Styx literary magazine are open until June 30, 2024! Be sure to check out submission guidelines here: https://www.riverstyx.org/pages/submissions

Parentheses Journal is a bi-annual publication. They welcome unsolicited submissions of poetry, prose and art, not necessarily in that order. Please make sure you read their submission guidelines carefully. http://www.parenthesesjournal.com/submit/

Epiphany is open for submissions for their 2024 Fall/Winter print issue in the categories of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translation, and art. The submission window closes July 8th at 11pm. https://epiphanyzine.com/features/submissions-open-for-fallwinter-2024

Submit to the Chestnut Review today and get a response by June 1st!

Bellepoint Press is reopening their submissions on June 15! They will be reading full-length manuscripts for their 2026 catalog in all literary genres + other nonfiction categories. Visit https://bellepointpress.com/pages/submissions for more information and start getting those submissions ready!

Nightshade Lit will be opening their submissions in just two days! Prepare your best works and review their guidelines before submitting here: https://nightshadelitmag.wixsite.com/nightshadelitmag/submission-guidelines

Overtly Lit Literary Magazine is open for submissions for their issue number 4! The theme for this issue is Faith & Injustice! Submissions will close on the 26th of May, so be sure to submit your best works and review guidelines here: https://overtlylit.com/submit