Luna's March Submission Madness: 65 No-Fee Submissions in Late March 2025

Luna's March Submission Madness: 65 No-Fee Submissions for Poetry and Prose in March 2025 

On 3/12 I lost the best submission buddy and companion ever. Luna sat with me while I was working on writing, submissions or submission-related projects for literally thousands of hours in the 18 years she graced us with her magnificent presence. While she is no longer a physical presence in my living room or bedroom, or stretched out in a random beam of sunlight, she will forever be in my heart and my memory. In honor of her awesomeness, I decided to do a good old fashioned literary journal article, all no fee submissions which are open currently.

I have been writing these sort of articles for as long as Luna was alive, back to the days of my original writing and prompt blog Incendiary Lit which now only resides on the Wayback Machine, and she was by my side or in my lap or meowing for Temptations cat treats the whole time. This one’s for you Loo. Even though I’ll never again stroke your fur or get a ‘hug’ from you, I will always love you.

May her inspiration help you all publish some writing. Good luck in your submission endeavors!

Open Journals with No-Fee Submissions (3/2025)

Adroit Journal | Submittable Link All Genres, April 1 deadline

Apple Valley Review | Email Submissions, All Genres, no deadlines

Asheville Poetry Review | Submittable Link Poetry Only, July 15 Deadline

Boats Against the Current | Email Submissions, Poetry Only, no deadlines

Baltimore Review | Submittable Link All Genres, May 31 Deadline

Backchannels Journal | Email Submissions | Editor Interview All Genres no deadlines

Broad River Review | Submittable Link All Genres, April 1 Deadline

Call Me [Brackets] | Submittable Links All Genres, April 1 Deadline, Theme: Call Me Crazy

Centaur | Email Submissions | Editor Interview Hybrid/Experimental Fiction and Prose Poetry, Seasonal deadlines, next: May 1

Chestnut Review | Submittable Link All Genres, Seasonal Deadlines: next: March 31

Cimarron Review | CLMP Server Submissions

Collaborature | Email Submissions, Collaborative Work of All Genres no deadlines

Common Ground Review | Submittable Link All Genres, Deadline May 1

Comstock Review | Submittable Link All Genres, March 31 Deadline

elsewhere the prose poetry magazine | Submittable Link, Prose Poetry Only, no deadlines

The engine(idling | Email Submissions, Only Poetry, Current Theme: Yarn (long poems, 80+ and 1+ page prose poems) April 14 Deadline

Flash Boulevard | Email Submissions, Only Flash Prose, no deadlines

Figure One | Submittable Link Experimental Poetry, no deadlines

Frigg Magazine | Submittable Link All Genres, no deadlines 

Gigantic Tentacles Magazine | Email Submissions, Flash and Poetry Only, no deadlines

Glint Literary Magazine | Email Submissions, All Genres, April 30 deadline

Gone Lawn | Submittable Link, Prose Poetry and Fiction, no deadlines

Good River Review | Submittable Link All genres, no deadlines

Gordon Square Review | Submittable Link All genres, March 31 Deadline 

Harbor Review | Submittable Link All Genres “Subliminal” theme deadline May 31

Heavy Feather Review | Submittable Link All genres, no deadline

Indianapolis Review | Email Submissions, All Genres, Open and Theme on Censorship July 1 Deadline

Lake Effect | Submittable Link, All Genres, no deadline

Lascaux Review | Submittable Link, All Genres, no deadline

like a field | Email Submissions, Poetry

Lily Poetry Review | Submittable Link, Poetry, no deadlines

Lucky Jefferson | Submittable Link, All genres, “Fissure” theme, June 30 deadline 

The MacGuffin | Submittable Link, All genres, no deadline

Magma Poetry | Submittable Link, Poetry, “Liberation” theme, April 5 Deadline

Marrow Magazine | Email Submissions, All genres, no deadlines

Maudlin House | Submittable Link, All genres, no deadlines

Mid-American Review | CLMP Submission Portal, All genres, no deadlines

The Mixtape Review | Email Submissions, All genres, Pair your writing with a song, no deadlines

MoonPark Review | Email Submissions, Flash or Prose Poetry, No Deadlines

The New Yorker | Submittable Link, Poetry, No Deadlines

Night Picnic Journal | Submittable Link, All genres, No deadlines

October Hill Magazine | Jotform Submission Link, All Genres, No Deadlines

orangepeel literary magazine | Email Submissions. All Genres, No Deadlines

Packingtown Review | Email Submissions, All Genres, No Deadlines

Paper Dragon | Submittable Link, All Genres, April 30 Deadline

Pithead Chapel | Submittable Link, Prose and Prose Poetry, No Deadlines

Poetry Magazine | Submittable Link, Poetry No Deadlines

Posit | Submittable Link, All Genres, No Deadlines

Potomac Review | Submittable Link, “The Unseen” Theme, April 1 Deadline

Puerto Del Sol | Submittable Link, No Fee Contest Entries Deadline March 31, Poetry No Deadline

Quarterly West | Submittable Link, All Genres, April 16 Deadline

Rathalla Review | Submittable Link, All Genres, Rolling Deadlines.

Rattle | Submittable Link, Poetry, No Deadlines 

Redivider | Submittable Link, All Genres, May 1 Deadline

Rougarou | http://twohawksquarterly.com/, “Rust” Theme April 1 Deadline 

Salamander Magazine | CLMP Submission Link, All Genres, Deadline April 1 Deadline 

Stonecoast Review | Submittable Link All genres, No Deadline

streetcake | Email Submissions, All genres, Rolling deadlines

The Summerset Review | Email Submissions, All genres, Rolling deadlines

Sweet Tree Review | Submittable Link, All genres, No Deadlines

Thimble Literary Magazine | Email Submissions, Flash and Poetry, March 31 Deadline

Twin Bird Review | Email Submissions, All Genres, No Deadlines 

Two Hawks Quarterly | Submittable Link, All Genres, No Deadlines

West Branch | CLMP Submission Link, All Genres, April 1 Deadline

Wildness | Email Submissions, All Genres, No Deadlines

Willow Springs | Submittable Link, All Genres, No Deadlines

 

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 That's right, poetry duels! Challenge fellow writers to a timed duel to the... um... profound? 

Also there are channels for submission and lit mag news, for craft questions, for bi-monthly prompt features and feedback and other workshopping both informal and formal. 

Join the Discord Channel Here

If you want to participate in any 'original writing' channels, message Zebulon and I will get you the necessary permissions, we want this to be in no way shape or form to be 'previously published', so you will be able to publish each piece you create in workshops or duels.

Let's have some fun and generate some new writing!

ABOUT THE DUELS:

You may make up your own duel rules, and as many people as you want, however the standard rule will be: 

To participate: If you want in, Say so in here. You can call out people who have indicated they're interested, or even any other members who have the Workshopper Role. It's up to them if they want to duel and those most likely to be game are those who said they want in. Be sure to always be polite. This is a generative thing, not a competitive thing, unless you wanna do a 'rivalry' thing, as long as everyone is on the same page. Be sure to link their account when it pops up, don't just put their name, or they won't see the 'call out'

The Challenge: Each person in the duel will make up '3 Things' which must be in the other person's poem (3+-way matches, each person picks one thing and everyone uses the same set of words). 

Voting/feedback is optional and should be decided by the duelers

Time to Complete: A Lightning Duel will be completed in 30 minutes. A Fast Duel will be completed in 1 hour. A Polished Duel will be completed in 1 week, and a Deferred Duel will be completed in 1 month.

Be it a one-on-one duel or a 'group battle', each duel will result in new writing being generated so that's always a win. 

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