1. Scott King Award in Eco-Poetry
The Scott King Award in Eco-Poetry is a manuscript publication award for a poetry manuscript centered on eco-poetry, nature, rural life and/or conservation. The winner receives $1,000 and publication. Manuscripts should be at least 45 pages long, and up to 120 pages long. Full guidelines are available on their website.
Deadline: November 7, 2026
http://www.triohousepress.org/submissions
2. Dolomite Review
The Dolomite Review is open to submissions year-round. They publish fiction, flash fiction, poetry, and first-person essays that reveal the quiet intensity, humor, and heartbreak of everyday life in the Midwest. Their focus is on storytelling, and they welcome both new and established writers – voices that surprise and challenge them, characters that resemble them and places that feel like home.
Deadlibe: November 11, 2026
https://www.thedolomitereview.com/submit
3.Fiction Potluck
The October Fiction Potluck Challenge is: A Special Place. Send your best story in under 6,000 words.This is a fiction-only challenge. The setting should be specific, unique, and possess enough personality to influence your character(s). Most of all, these places should be an irreplaceable part of the narrative.
Deadline: November 15, 2026
http://www.writersworkout.net/potluck
4.Hushmarrow Press
Hushmarrow Press is open for fiction submissions with the theme “The Things We Bury.” Keep the length at 500 to 4,000 words. They are interested in Dark fantasy, Horror, Psychological thrillers, stories that blur the lines between genres
Deadline: November 15, 2026
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/hushmarrow-press-hjbKX
5. 2027 Perugia Press Prize
“We are looking for full-length poetry submissions by emerging women poets, inclusive of gender-expansive identities.” Poets must have no more than one previously published full-length book. They seek to highlight marginalized and underrepresented voices in our publications, and to that end they encourage submissions written by poets of all abilities, ages, and sexual orientations, and from across all cultural, socio-economic, ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds. They welcome diversity of expression in content, form, and language. They are open to considering hybrid manuscripts, including those incorporating visuals or created in collaboration.
Deadline: November 15, 2026
https://perugiapress.org/contest/
6. Mukoli Net
“We’re reading again! Send us fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and multimedia art creations that engage with our current theme, ‘Place in Peace.’ At Mukoli, peace is central to our exploration of the relationship that humans share with other humans; with social, political, and cultural structures; as well as with nature and the environment. We believe that wherever there is a conflict or a rupture in these relationships, the arts in their multitude of forms – visual, written, spoken – have the power to heal. We are especially keen to publish marginalized, conflict-affected artists and writers.”
Deadline: November 15, 2026
7. The Half and One Editorial Fellowship
The Half and One Editorial Fellowship is a three-month, fully remote programme designed to support bold, original voices in fiction, poetry, and narrative non-fiction. Rooted in Half and One’s commitment to building a global literary community, the Fellowship seeks writers who are unafraid to experiment with form, language, and storytelling. Open to emerging and established writers alike, the programme invites applicants to submit a single piece of writing that reflects both craft and creative ambition, with the selected Fellow receiving a $3,000 award.
Deadline: November 17, 2026
https://halfandone.com/half-and-one-editorial-fellowship/
8. WayWords Literary Journal
Their Issue 25 invites writers to explore themes of “city” in fiction and poetry. “Bright lights, people, and entertainment—cities are full of life, and everything that includes.” Send fiction (up to 5,000 words) or poetry (up to 15 lines, limit two per writer).
Deadline: November 20, 2026
http://www.writersworkout.net/waywords
9. The Phare Winter 2026 issue
The Phare is now open for submissions for our Winter ’26 issue, and we’re inviting writers from across our global community to send us work that speaks to the truth of being human. They publish short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, and we’re drawn to writing that holds a mirror up to the world – pieces that illuminate, unsettle, comfort, or challenge.
Deadline: November 27, 2026
https://www.thephare.com/submit
10. AGNI Magazine
They look for writing that catches experience before the crusts of habit form—poetry and prose that resist ideas about what a certain kind of writing “should do.” They seek out writers who tell their truths in their own words and convince us as we read that we’ve found something no one else could have written. Please send one story, one essay, or up to five poems at a time, and please submit only once per reading period.
Deadline: December 15, 2026
https://agnionline.bu.edu/submit
Author
Paul Olayioye
