Submission Sunday 6.22.25
One Story, Black Lawrence Press, Business Insider, Geezer, The Masters Review, The Glacier, The Table Review, and Loghaven Artist Residency
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This edition of Submission Sunday has calls and contests from One Story, Black Lawrence Press, Business Insider, Geezer, The Masters Review, The Glacier, The Table Review, and Loghaven Artist Residency. More details below.
☆☆☆ This week, we’re celebrating our latest (reported) submission success with Dan Murphy, whose poem “Nero Rebop” was published in the current issue of The Coachella Review, “Good Trouble.” The call for submissions was listed here in December 2024. Nice work, Dan! ☆☆☆
One Story Call for Submissions (2000 Submission Cap)
One Story began in 2001. Hannah Tinti and Maribeth Batcha saw short stories disappearing from high-profile print publications and smaller literary magazines folding. They knew that with fewer venues for short fiction, emerging writers would have a hard time getting noticed, and short stories could fall by the literary wayside. Batcha had the innovative idea of mailing one short story at a time to subscribers, like a letter from a friend. Tinti signed on as editor. One Story launched in 2002.
To keep the doors of One Story open to all, the co-founders set a policy that they would only publish an author one time. Since then, One Story has published over 300 stories by 300 different writers in an unfussy 5 x 7 chapbook format. While a copy of One Story might get wrinkled, dog-eared, and passed along, the story itself stays with the reader. One Story is seeking literary fiction. Because of our format, we can only accept stories between 3,000 and 8,000 words. They can be any style and on any subject as long as they are good. We are looking for stories that leave readers feeling satisfied and are strong enough to stand alone.
Black Lawrence Press Immigrant Writing Series
The immigrant narrative is at the heart of the American experiment. However, despite the contributions of immigrants to the cultural, financial, scientific, and artistic makeup of the United States, there is no clear home for new immigrant writings in the United States. To remedy this, Black Lawrence Press proudly announces the Black Lawrence Immigrant Writing Series, an innovative program designed to provide a home for new immigrant writers in the United States and bridge a gap in the American literary community. The Series will remain a self-standing body with complete autonomy within Black Lawrence Press, and its editorial and advisory boards will be composed of immigrant writers and/or authors whose works explore the immigrant experience.
Business Insider Call for Pitches
Paige DiFiore at Business Insider is looking for pitches.
I'm looking for first-person pitches on a few topics for Business Insider —
- Wedding guest "hot takes" (Not giving gifts, skipping weddings for XYZ reasons, doing something controversial that you stand by)
- Unique retirement experiences (retiring abroad, retiring early, upsizing, etc)
- Moving to a new state/country to save money (whether it worked or didn't)
- Home renovation regret that taught a lesson (chose the wrong XYZ, didn't factor in XYZ, mistake cost thousands later)
Email me with "PITCH:" and your suggested headline in the subject and a bulleted list of details at pdifiore@insider.com. [Please do not email me other pitches at this time!] Rates for these start at about $230 for 600 words. I will be in touch if we're interested in moving forward. Thank you!
We’re looking for stories about the glories and absurdities of midlife. The profile of a professional banjo craftsman grappling with arthritis or an OG (Original Geezer). The story of a woman who ditches her career to become a riverboat captain. The personal and professional direct hits and close calls. The train wrecks that took us by surprise.
Successes are great, failures are fascinating, honesty is prized above all. Old-age clichés and regurgitated top 10 lists need not apply. All submissions will be read and all accepted pitches will be paid. We will reply as quickly as possible, but due to the volume of submissions it might take a while.
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The Masters Review 2025 Reprint Prize (Deadline June 29)
The Masters Review is once again asking for your previously published work! Returning for the third year, the 2025 Reprint Prize will be open for submissions of previously published prose (under 6,000 words). Any fiction or creative nonfiction published prior to June 1, 2024, is eligible. We want to offer a new home to stories and essays no longer available online or in print, or that are looking for another opportunity to find a new audience. As always, we set no limitations on style or topic, but our primary interest is in literary prose. This prize will be judged by our editorial staff, who will select one winner to receive a $500 prize and publication on our site.
The Glacier Call for Submissions (Deadline July 1)
The Glacier is an online literary magazine that publishes exceptional poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. We want to be knocked for a loop by the writing you send. Make it absurd. Surprise us and scare us. Defy our expectations. We want to see work from BIPOC, disabled, and queer writers. We want to see work you’ve returned to, because it keeps you awake at night. We like work that shouldn't logically make sense but somehow does. We want to see work that is unafraid to be different. If other magazines have rejected work you have believed in for years, send it to us.
The Table Review Call for Submissions
The Table Review publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction online. We are independent and writer-led. We read submissions year-round and respond with attention. The Table Review was created with the belief that literature deserves a slower, more intimate setting. The name comes from a simple idea: stories are often best shared the way meals are—across a table, among people, with time. A table is where we gather, listen, offer, and take part. We hope this publication feels the same.
This is a space for writers and readers who value depth over speed, voice over trend, and honesty over performance. We welcome both emerging and established writers, and we’re committed to publishing work that stands on its own terms. Send us your best. We’re interested in work that’s carefully made—writing that pays attention, that asks something of its reader, and that offers something in return. We look for pieces that feel whole, considered, and impossible to ignore, not because they shout, but because they resonate.
Loghaven Artist Residency (Knoxville, Tennessee – Deadline July 15)
Loghaven Artist Residency’s mission is to serve artists by providing them with a transformative residency experience and continued post-residency support. The residency is located on ninety acres of woodland in Knoxville, Tennessee. Artists live in five historic log cabins that have been both rehabilitated and modernized to create an ideal setting for reflection and work, and they have access to new, purpose-built studio space. All Loghaven Fellows are awarded stipends to support the creation of new work during the residency.
Here’s a reminder of the deadlines coming up from previous posts. Hot tips:
If you go into the archives and revisit posts from this time of year during previous years, you’ll find additional calls that are open annually.
If you submit to any of the Submission Sunday calls and publish or win, let me know and I’ll broadcast your success in a future post.
The Black List 2025 Unpublished Novel Award (Deadline June 27)
Pleiades: Literature in Context Call for Submissions (Deadline June 30)
The Novelry: The Next Big Story (Deadline July 31)
Taco Bell Quarterly Call for Submissions (Deadline July 31)
F(r)iction Call for Submissions (“Censored” and “Fame” – Deadline August 30)
American Zoetrope Screeplay Competition (Deadline September 3)
The Reed Magazine Contests (Deadline October 1)
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