Submission Opportunities March 2026

The Henry Dumas Fiction Prize |Deadline: March 22

In honor of Henry Dumas’ Legacy, they are looking for fiction that “inhabits the geography.”

Fee: $20 | Pay: $1000

Type: Fiction (up to 7,500 words)

Note: Open to emerging writers – cannot have published or plan to publish a full-length book before December 1, 2026

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Etched Onyx Magazine | Deadline: March 29

All selected work will be published online and narrated on The Story Discovery Podcast.

Fee: $7.50 | Pay: $25 (up to 2,500 words) and $50 (up to 5,000 words)

Type: Prose and Poetry

Note: Authors may be chosen for an interview on the podcast.

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Flash Phantoms |Deadline: March 29

The theme is Evil Easter.

Fee: $0 | Pay: Story of the Month will receive $20

Type: Horror fiction up to 1,000 or Horror Drabbles (exactly 100 words not including title)

Note: The Story of the Month is published on its own page with an author interview, and the winning author will receive $20.

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Gulf Stream Flash Contest | Deadline: March 30

The contest theme is Pop!

Fee: $12 | Pay: $125

Type: Poetry and Prose (up to 1,000 words)

Note: The judges are Richard Blanco (Poetry) and Julie Marie Wade (Prose).

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Granta | Deadline: March 31

Granta seeks to discover and publish the best emerging voices

Fee: £3.50 | Pay: Professional rates

Type: Fiction and non-fiction (3,000 – 6,000 words)

Notes: All work is considered for online and print editions.

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Pulp Literature |Deadline: March 31

Pulp Literature wants your best and wildest, your most heartfelt and funniest, writing in and across genres.

Fee: No | Pay: $0.05 – $0.08 per word for short stories (to 5,000 words), $0.03 – $0.06 per word between 5,000 and 10,000 words, and $0.02 – $0.04 per word for works over 10,000 words. See website for rates of poetry and other art forms.

Type: Short stories, novellas, poetry, art, comics

Notes: Although they accept longer works, pieces under 5,000 words have the most acceptances.

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Raleigh Review | Deadline: March 31

The Raleigh Review is looking for emotionally and intellectually complex writing across poetry, flash fiction, and short fiction.

Fee: $0 through Duosuma | Pay: $15 and a copy of the magazine

Type: Poetry (up to 5), Flash Fiction (up 1,000 words), and Short Fiction (1,001-7,500 words)

Notes: Submissions available for $5 fee through Submittable

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Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize| Deadline: April 19

Fractured Lit is looking for stories of ghosts, fables, and fractured fairy tales in 1,000 words or fewer. 

Guest Judge Melissa Llanes Brownlee will choose three prize winners from a shortlist.

Fee: $20 (Allows up to two stories of 1,000 words or fewer per entry) | Pay: Winner receives $3,000 and publication, while the second- and third-place winners will receive publication and $300 and $200, respectively.

Type: Flash Fiction only (up to 1,000 words)

Notes: See guidelines for complete rules and details. Optional Editoral Feedback.

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Ilanot Review| Deadline: March 31

Submissions open for the winter 2026 issue of Ilanot Review. Theme: Collaborations, broadly interpreted.

“We consider a “collaboration” to be any way an individual poet, writer, artist interacts with another’s work: translations, versions, trans-e-lations, ekphrastic writing, erasure, centos,  etc. We also want your work about collaborators of all kinds—informers, spies, business partners, community theater companies. We welcome a statement about your collaboration, along with your submission.“

Guest Editors: Octavio Quintanilla and Todd Fredson (Poetry): Jeff Freidman (Fiction); Sherre Vernon (Creative Nonfiction)

Fee:  $3 (Translations are free throughout the submission period.)| Pay: N/A

Type: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Art, Photography, Comics, and Translations (Please see guidelines for word, page and image limits.)

Notes: See website for complete rules and details.

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Wow! Women on Writing| Deadline: April 30

Submit your best Creative Nonfiction Essay between 200 and 1,000 words on any topic. Entry limited to the first 300 stories. The mission of this contest is to inspire creative nonfiction and provide well-rewarded recognition to contestants. The contest is open globally; age is of no matter; and entries must be in English. Your story must be true, but the way you tell it is your chance to get creative. Wow! is open to all styles of essay—from personal essay to lyric essay to hybrid essay, and beyond!

Fee:  $12

Type: Creative Nonfiction

Notes: When you click the link above, you will need to page down to get to Creative Nonfiction Essay contest.

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