Looking for magazines and contests to submit your work to over the summer? See below for important deadlines:
The Masters Review – Best Emerging Writers Contest – June 8, 2026
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
SmokeLong General Submissions – June 15, 2026
Flash narratives—fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid—up to 1000 words
Epiphany Magazine – June 15, 2026
Poetry
Fiction
Nonfiction
Translation
The Paris Review – June 30, 2026
Fiction
Bauhan Publishing’s May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize – June 30, 2026
A Public Space – July 1, 2026
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Translation
The Plentitudes – July 15, 2026
Flash
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Birdcoat Quarterly – July 30, 2026
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Prairie Schooner Creative Nonfiction Contest – August 1, 2026
West Trade Review – August 1, 2026
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
The McNeese Review – August 15, 2026
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
The Petigru Review – August 22, 2026
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Art
Poetry
The 2026 Ginny Padgett Award in Creative Writing
North Carolina Literary Review – August 31, 2026
Gothic Literature special section
Ex Ophidia Press Poetry Prize – September 15, 2026
One Page Poetry Contest – September 30, 2026
