Check out these upcoming deadlines for submissions across genres, and specialized contests:
Redivider Call for Submissions – April 30, 2026
Fiction
Flash Fiction
Poetry
Memoir & personal essay
Cultural critique
Cover art
The Massachusetts Review – April 30, 2026
Nonfiction
Fiction
Performance
Poetry
Translation
Hybrid
Art
Mud Season Review – April 30, 2026
Full-length Manuscript Reviews
Nonfiction
Fiction
Poetry
Art
Chicago Story Press – April 30, 2026
Essays
Creative Nonfiction
New Croton Review – Open Submissions
There is no deadline, but the next issue will go live May 9, 2026.
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Artwork and photos
Barry Spacks Poetry Prize – April 30, 2026
Gunpowder Press is accepting book-length manuscripts of 48–100 pages for the 12th annual Barry Spacks Poetry Prize, which honors Barry’s legacy of accessible yet challenging work. The prize is $1,000 + 10 author copies. Entry fee is $20.
Choeofpleirn Press – April 30, 2026
Poetry chapbooks of 40 pages or less by poets who have not yet published a chapbook or a full-length collection. Fee: $20. Finalist receives publication; winner also receives $500.
Sundog Lit – May 1, 2026
Poetry
Nonfiction
Illustrations
North American Review – May 1, 2026
Poetry
Fiction
Book Reviews
Visual Art
POETRY Magazine – May 15, 2026
Special Issue Dedicated to Chicago
Georgia Review Poetry Prize – May 15, 2026
The Loraine Williams Poetry Prize
Submissions for the Loraine Williams Poetry Prize are accepted March 1 through May 15. Each year one winner gets $1,500 and publication. We also publish three finalists, each of whom receives $200. We invite poets from all backgrounds to submit. All entries will be considered for publication.
Southern Indiana Review – May 15, 2026
Poetry
Fiction
Nonfiction
Georgia Review – May 17, 2026
Poetry
Fiction
Essays
Reviews
swamp pink – May 31, 2026
Poetry
Fiction
Flash fiction
Nonfiction
Baltimore Review Summer Contest – May 31, 2026
Flash Fiction
Flash Creative Nonfiction
Prose Poem
Bauhan Publishing’s May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize – June 30, 2026
Now in its 16th year, the prize is for a book-length collection, $1,000, and book publication with spring 2026 titles. Entry fee: $30.
Ex Ophidia Press Poetry Prize – September 15, 2026
In memory of Richard-Gabriel Rummonds for book-length manuscripts (48–100 pages). Top prize: $2,000, publication/distribution, 10 author copies. Reading fee: $25. Entrants must reside in North America. Judge: Leslie Adrienne Miller.
One Page Poetry Contest – September 30, 2026
In celebration of the beautiful art of poetry, as long as it fits on 1 page. Entry fee: $25. Prizes include $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second, $500 for third, and inclusion of the top 100 poems in our yearly anthology.
