Before you log off for Spring Break, take a look at this list of upcoming submission deadlines for the rest of March & April:
The Other Almanac Call for Submissions – March 20, 2026
Essays
Journalism
Art
2026 Four Way Books Levis Book Prize in Poetry – March 31, 2026
Awarding publication of a book-length collection, participation in a Four Way Books sponsored reading, and $1000.
Eligibility: Open to any poet writing in English regardless of publication history.
Submissions are accepted online only.
Solstice Literary Magazine – March 31, 2026
Fiction
Poetry
Nonfiction
THREE Literary Magazine, “Boundless” – March 31, 2026
Fiction or non-fiction
Previously unpublished short stories essays, vignettes, poems, or opinion pieces
100-1500 words
Female and non-binary writers, established and emerging
Female or non-binary main character or narrator
North American Review Short Story Prize – April 1, 2026
Word count: 2,500 – 7,500 words
First Prize: $1,000
Finalists: $100 (upon publication)
Oxford American, “Home” Issue – April 3, 2026
What makes a place feel like home? Is it an inbuilt connection to the land? Fond memories of a childhood bedroom or family table? A sense of pride and shared community?
We want stories about how an idea of a home can change when you leave it, whether by choice or by force. We wonder how our domestic lives—our messy rooms, our packed closets, our dustless collections—reflect or inform the social life of the South. We welcome meditations on homesickness, personal histories of home-making, and polemics against a “home sweet home.” We would love to read critiques of domestic architecture, investigations of threatened ecological homelands, and reports from neighborhoods affected by ICE raids. Where are your second homes, your spiritual homes, and how do they thrive? No subject is too great or small, no setting too famous or too obscure, so long as the story is fresh. We learned long ago to follow our writers’ passions.
2026 NOR Literary Prizes – April 15, 2026
Poetry
Nonfiction
Fiction
Outskirts Literary Journal – April 18, 2026
Poetry
Short stories
Essays
Hybrid works
Visual art
Desperate Literature’s 2026 Short Fiction Prize – April 19, 2026
Judged by Claire-Louise Bennett, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Joanna Walsh
Beaver Magazine – April 22, 2026
Poetry
Flash fiction or nonfiction
Redivider Call for Submissions – April 30, 2026
Fiction
Flash Fiction
Poetry
Memoir & personal essay
Cultural critique
Cover art
