1) Instant Noodles
In cooking pasta or risotto al dente (/æl ˈdɛnteɪ/, Italian: [al ˈdɛnte]; literally, “to the tooth”) is cooked to be firm to the bite, requiring a brief cooking time. In contemporary Italian cooking, it is considered the ideal consistency for pasta.
What does al dente mean to you? To your neighborhood vampire, it probably means something different. How about to the prospector mining gold?
They want something that you haven’t overcooked. They are looking for flash prose (up to 500 words), fiction and nonfiction, as well as poetry, drama, visual art, and multimedia submissions. The deadline is July 5, 2026.
Visit their website for more details.
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/instant-noodles-O0jFm
2) The Forge Literary Magazine
The Forge Literary Magazine publishes short prose of up to 3,000 words (maximum 3,500 words), selected by a rotating cast of editors. Each submission is read anonymously. They welcome submissions via Submittable. One hundred percent of what they publish is unsolicited.
Free submissions open on the 1st of each month (January–November). They accept 200 free submissions per month. If there is no free submission link, it means they have reached their quota.
Visit their website for more details.
https://forgelitmag.submittable.com/submit
3) The Quiet Ones
A free-to-download annual e-zine centering LGBTQIAP+ and women’s voices in quiet horror and intimate-scale dystopian fiction.
They accept short stories of up to 2,500 words, flash and microfiction of up to 1,200 words, and fiction-in-verse of up to 1,200 words. They do not want nonfiction, non-narrative poetry, or works in translation. Up to two pieces per author may be submitted as separate submissions.
They pay USD $25 per piece, and submissions close July 1, 2026.
Visit their website for more details.
https://www.wearethequietones.com/submission-calls
4) A Public Space
An independent, nonprofit literary magazine seeking brave and unexpected fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation—work that uncovers the extraordinary in the everyday, exposes unexpected truths, or puts forth daring hypotheses. This reading period also includes a new dedicated category for translations.
They do not charge a submission fee and accept only one submission at a time from each writer. They pay $100–$200, and the deadline is July 1, 2026.
Visit their website for more details.
https://apublicspacedemo.submittable.com/submit
5) Phi Kappa Phi Forum – A Change of Career
The journal of the honor society Phi Kappa Phi seeks original, previously unpublished poetry for its Fall 2026 issue on the theme “A Change of Career.”
They want 1–3 poems, each under 40 lines. Previously published poets in the magazine must wait one year before submitting again. They pay $4 per line upon publication. The deadline is July 2, 2026.
Visit their website for more details.
https://www.phikappaphi.org/publications/phi-kappa-phi-forum
6) Flash Fiction Online
A long-running professional flash fiction magazine, opening in July for a themed call: Aftermath—stories exploring what comes after the moment of rupture, in any genre (literary, speculative, or otherwise).
They accept previously unpublished flash fiction of up to 1,000 words. The submission window closes when the submission cap is reached. They pay $100 per accepted original story.
They are open from July 1, 2026, until filled.
Visit their website for more details.
https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
7) Black Fox Literary Magazine
Black Fox Literary Magazine will reopen its free submissions window on July 1, 2026. A print and online biannual publication featuring quality fiction of all styles and genres, poetry, creative nonfiction, and art, its Winter Issue submission period will run from July 1, 2026, to November 30, 2026.
Contributors whose work is accepted are paid $20 via PayPal.
Visit their website for more details.
https://share.google/Ie6qZkiBgo5pE6dlG
8) Able Muse
Able Muse is now accepting submissions for its forthcoming Winter 2026/2027 issue. Submit poetry, fiction, essays, book reviews, art, and photography.
Submissions open annually on January 1 and close July 15.
Visit their website for more details.
https://www.ablemuse.com/submit/
9) Isele Magazine
For this quarterly issue of Isele Magazine, they are seeking red-themed submissions. Roses, ladybugs, love, blood, sacrifice, Taylor Swift’s similarly titled album—they want all things red.
They welcome fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, visual art, and hybrid works that explore this theme. For fiction and nonfiction, submit a maximum of 5,000 words. For poetry, submit a maximum of three poems in a single document.
Visit their website for more details.
https://iselemagazine.com/2026/06/09/call-for-submissions-red/
10) Aké Review 2026
The Aké Arts and Book Festival has announced a call for entries for the 2026 edition of Aké Review, its annual literary journal, under the theme “Native Intelligence.”
Creatives are invited to submit original, unpublished works across poetry, fiction/reflections, and artwork. Selected works will be published in Aké Review, and contributors will receive a token fee for their work.
The deadline is July 20, 2026.
Visit their Instagram page for more details.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZwtdGattL6/?igsh=NmpvOTBudmw0cmhz
Additionally, our platform is always open to submissions we pay too. Visit our submission page to learn more.
