Opportunities for Writers and Artists | July 2025

7/31: Mud Season is currently accepting 1 to 6 digital images, 3-5 poems, or one piece of prose of up to 6,000 words. Include brief author/creator bio. Must be at least 18 to submit work.

8/5: Parley Lit is currently accepting previously unpublished art (up to 5 pieces), up to 3 poems, prose of up to 3,000 words, short plays between 5-15 double-spaced pages, audio/visual, and up to 10 pages of graphic lit submissions.

8/15: Bluestem is currently accepting previously unpublished CNF and fiction submissions of up to 5000 words, up to 5 poems, and comic submissions. Include a brief bio with your submission.

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Vagabond City Literary Journal

Founded in 2013, we are a literary journal dedicated to publishing outsider literature. We publish art, prose, reviews, and interviews from marginalized creators.