Submission Opportunities: June 2025

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The Unnamed Journal|Deadline: Unstated, recently opened to submission

A swirl of Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy, Pulp, and snark, served hot quarterly

Fee: No | Pay: $25

Type: Fiction/Poetry

Notes: Edgy graphic art and uncomplicated submission requirements

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Books & Pieces Magazine|Deadline: Unstated, recently opened to submission

Monthly online magazine where new authors’ stories can appear beside bestselling authors’ interviews

Fee: No | Pay: No

Type: Fiction/Nonfiction/Poetry/Visual Arts

Notes: New writer friendly

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Shift Literary Magazine|Deadline: June 30

For Volume 8, SHIFT invites you to submit poetry, prose, or plays incorporating the magical, the uncertain, or the unnerving! Please limit submissions to 3,000 words or three poems.

Fee: $5 | Pay: $ None

Type: Fiction/Nonfiction/Poetry

Notes: MTSU Write wants every writer to have the greatest possible chance at acceptance. Multiple submissions from one writer are accepted. You may submit work in up to three genres. Please follow the guidelines for each genre listed below when submitting.

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The Narrative Prize|Deadline: June 15

The Narrative Prize is awarded annually for the best short story, novel excerpt, poem, or work of literary nonfiction published by a new or emerging writer in Narrative. Read the guidelines for category word count.

Fee: $27 | Pay: $ Up to 5,000 in prizes

Type: Fiction/Poetry

Notes:  The winner is announced each September, and the prize is awarded in October. The winner is widely publicized and is cited in an ongoing listing in Narrative. The prize is judged by the magazine’s editors and, in some years, may be divided between winners when more than one work merits the award.

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New Millennium Writings|Deadline: June 30

No restrictions on style or subject matter. Entrant retains copyright ownership of work. Multiple and simultaneous submissions welcome. Previously published works accepted if: Print circulation was under 5,000, or the work was published online only.

Fee: From $20 for one entry to $80 for 5 | Pay: First Place in each category receives a $1000 cash prize

Type: Fiction/Poetry/ Flash Fiction/Non Fiction

Notes:  Select finalists, and all poetry finalists, will be published in New Millennium Writings (online and in print) and receive two complimentary copies. 

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The Masters Review|Deadline: June 8

The Masters Review’s long-running anthology series returns for the fourteenth year. If you’re a writer of fiction or creative nonfiction who has not yet published a novel or memoir with a major press, this is the contest for you. Best Emerging Writers 2025 will showcase a collection of prose from ten writers on their way to greatness.

Fee: From $20| Pay: $700

Type: Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction

Notes:  Selecting this year’s best emerging writers is Andrew Porter, author of The Disappeared, the forthcoming novel The Imagined Life, and more. This year, winners will be published both in print and online.

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Heartwood Literary Magazine | Deadline: June 30

Heartwood is a semi-annual literary magazine in association with the low residency MFA at West Virginia Wesleyan College. They are looking for works that “get to the heart of the matter.”

Fee: N/A | Pay: N/A

Type: Poetry and Prose

Note: HeartWood Poetry Prize has a submission deadline of June 15 and $5 submission fee. First Place wins $150 and $50 for runner-up.

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The Garlic Press | Deadline: June 30

The Garlic Press looks for “extra pungent poetry and prose.” Writing that is strong and impactful like garlic.

Fee: N/A | Pay: N/A

Type: Poetry and Prose

Note: Open to any genre and hybrid forms.

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Granta | Deadline: June 30

Granta is committed to championing new voices and is open to unsolicited submissions of fiction and non-fiction. All submissions are considered for both print and online publication.

Fee: £3.50 | Pay: N/A

Type: Fiction/ Non-Fiction

Note: Please submit only one complete story or essay at a time. You can submit once for each genre, but please do not send multiple submissions for a single genre. No set maximum length or minimum length, though most of our submissions are between 3,000-6,000 words.

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One Story | Deadline: Opens June 2nd, closes when they reach submissions cap.

One Story seeks literary fiction. Because of their format, they only accept stories between 3,000 and 8,000 words—any style and on any subject as long as they are good.

Fee: N/A | Pay: $500 and 25 contributor copies for First Serial North American rights

Type: Fiction

Note: They publish a single story at a time.

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Saturday Mourning Television | Deadline: June 30

A Horror Anthology is seeking stories between 1,000 and 4,000 words, along the theme of Saturday morning television, from any decade

Fee: N/A | Pay: $35

Type: Fiction/Horror

Note: No exclusivity will be sought. Authors retain all rights to their works after publication.

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Other Anthology | Deadline: August 31

Bannister Press is gathering submissions for their Other anthology. Seeking stories “that leave the reader thinking about the story long after closing the book”.

Fee: N/A | Pay: $0.08 CAD per word

Type: Speculative Fiction 2500-3500 words

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Craft | Open call for submissions

Submissions for short fiction are open year-round and offer payment of $200 for accepted original work. This free category is for short stories and standalone fiction excerpts between 1,000 and 6,000 words.

Reprints considered, but not paid.

Fee: N/A | Pay: $200

Type: Short stories or standalone excerpts of longer work

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