Calls for Submissions Closing in August 2026
Calls for Submissions with application deadlines in August 2026, sorted by what closes soonest. Deadlines, awards, and entry fees shown on every listing — closed listings drop off automatically.
27 open right now
Open reading periods for finished workPoetry, fiction, flash, and creative nonfictionPayment details listed where the magazine states them
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- Submission Call · WritingQueer Unfiltered Issue SubmissionsDeadline August 25, 2026
- Submission Call · WritingPoetry & Polar ScienceDeadline August 27, 2026$100
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit LGBTQ Anthology Stories — organization hidden — members onlyDeadline August 30, 2026$30
- Submission Call · WritingCreative Writing and Art Submissions on Environmental JusticeDeadline August 30, 2026$0.15
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit 100-Word Speculative Fiction — 100 Word ProjectDeadline August 30, 2026$1
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit Poems & Flash Fiction — organization hidden — members onlyDeadline August 30, 2026£5
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit Found Footage Horror — organization hidden — members only Books AnthologyDeadline August 30, 2026$5
- Submission Call · WritingNative Voices AnthologyDeadline August 30, 2026
- Submission Call · Writing2026 IHLR PhotoFinishDeadline August 30, 2026$75Fee: $5.00
- Submission Call · Writing2026 Poetry for Fissured Tongue Vol VIIIDeadline August 30, 2026Fee: $4.00
- Submission Call · Writing2026 Flash NonFiction for Fissured Tongue Vol VIIIDeadline August 30, 2026Fee: $4.00
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit Body Horror — organization hidden — members only Books AnthologyDeadline August 30, 2026$5
- Submission Call · WritingCreative non-fiction & Personal Essays - Submission deadline August 31, 2026Deadline August 31, 2026$150
- Submission Call · WritingFantasy & Science Fiction — Faewalk anthology: "Drudges, Drudgery, and Destruction"Deadline August 31, 2026
- Submission Call · WritingAtmo: A Literary Journal SubmissionsDeadline August 31, 2026$100Fee: $3.00
- Submission Call · WritingShort Stories - Submission deadline August 31, 2026Deadline August 31, 2026$0.07
- Submission Call · Writingorganization hidden — members only patron submissionDeadline August 31, 2026
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit organization hidden — members only/Horror/Thriller — Psycho Pulp AnthologyDeadline August 31, 2026$20
- Submission Call · WritingLife and Legends: Poetry & Translation SubmissionsDeadline August 31, 2026
- Submission Call · WritingThyme Travellers 2: Palestinian Speculative Fiction AnthologyDeadline August 31, 2026$0.08
- Submission Call · WritingPoems from Here 2026-27Deadline August 31, 2026
- Submission Call · WritingIssue 114 & Beyond: Flash FictionDeadline August 31, 2026$20Fee: $3.00
- Submission Call · WritingPoint Blank - A Semi-monthly Digital SeriesDeadline August 31, 2026$10
- Submission Call · Writingorganization hidden — members only October 2026 EditionDeadline August 31, 2026
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit Queer Weird Arthurian Tales — 'organization hidden — members only' AnthologyDeadline August 31, 2026$0.05
- Submission Call · WritingSubmit Creative Nonfiction, Essays, and MemoirDeadline August 31, 2026$100
- Submission Call · Writingorganization hidden — members only Books — Technological Horror AnthologyDeadline August 31, 2026$5