We’re right in the middle of some sweet-sweet updates at the moment so will hold you over with a list of current theme calls and new friends on Chill Subs. Before that, let’s look at what we published this week:
In Sub Club!
In Write or Die 101
Theme calls & New Friends!
Theme calls
Deal Jam Magazine
(Theme: Deer/Dear) An indie magazine by writers, for writers. We publish fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art from all genres! • Accepts - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Hybrid • Fee: None • Pay: None • Closing April 26 • Founded in 2023
FIYAH: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction
(Theme: Disabilities) A quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora• Accepts - Fiction, Poetry, Art • Fee: None • Pay: $50 per piece / 0.08/w• Closing April 30 • Founded in 2016
Amsterdam Quarterly
(Theme: Vibrations) An online literary magazine that publishes, promotes, and comments on art and writing in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the world • Accepts - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography • Fee: None • Pay: None • Closing April 30 • Founded in 2011
Harbor Review
(Theme: Wondrous & Miraculous) A small online space for poetry and art. We are committed to giving diverse voices a home. New or experienced, we want to hear from you. • Accepts - Poetry, Hybrid, Review, Interview, Art • Fee: None • Pay: $10 per piece • Closing April 30 • Founded in 2018
Fruitslice
(Theme: Gay Rights & Gay Wrongs) A quarterly publication run by a team of Queer editors featuring exclusively Queer writers, artists, creators, etc. • Accepts -Hybrid • Fee: None • Pay: None • Closing April 30 • Founded in 2023
Yellow Arrow Vignette
(Theme: Amplify) Expands Yellow Arrow Publishing's mission of creating a space where writers who identify as women have a place where their voices are heard and ripple out in waves of empathy and resilience. Vignette is an online publication. • Accepts - Nonfiction, Poetry, Art • Fee: None • Pay: Yes • Closing April 30 • Founded in 2016
Last Girls Club
(Theme: Fire Season) An indie feminist horror magazine, newsletter, and podcast. All are artist-run publications and creations whose goal is to promote the female. • Accepts - Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Review • Fee: None • Pay: $10 per piece / 0.015/w• Closing May 1 • Founded in 2020
Black Warrior Review
(Theme: Boyfriend Village) Named for the river that borders the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. BWR publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and art twice a year, + an annual online issue. • Accepts - Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction, Flash CNF, Poetry, Hybrid, Translation, Art, Photography, Comics, Audio, Video, Game • Fee: $3• Pay: $20-$200 • Closing May 1 • Founded in 1974
Cold Signal
(Theme: Pygmalion & Galatea) A weird genre & indie-lit online anthology series exploring the existential questions of today & tomorrow. • Accepts - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry • Fee: None • Pay: None • Closing May 31 • Founded in 2022
New friends!
Soapberry Review
A journal for reviews of Asian American literature.• Accepts - Nonfiction, Review • Fee: None • Pay: None • Founded in 2022
The Anti-Misogyny Club
A feminist journal of art, writing and resistance • Accepts - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Audio, Video • Fee: None • Pay: None • Founded in 2024
Subliminal Surgery
Micro Poetry and other Very Short Works • Accepts - Hybrid • Fee: None • Pay: None • Founded in 2023
The Write Together Retreat featuring Elle Nash and Sophia Hembeck
Saturday, April 20 from 11:00 - 3:30 PM EST
Join us for a day of writing during our monthly virtual retreat! You will have the opportunity to write alongside other writers in real time and learn from authors in the industry.
This will be a time of encouragement and a chance to make real progress!
The retreat also includes an hour-long craft chat and Q&A session with Elle Nash and Sophia Hembeck, who will discuss how they balance both the business and creative sides of their writing life.
They will talk about how they support themselves through multiple income streams and how, using Substack, social media, Patreon, and other ways, writers can develop ways to support their art.
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