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This page lists submission deadlines for publishing opportunities in 2025.
Visit the Publishing page for more information about how to prepare and submit your work for publication. This page also lists more publishing opportunities for literary and nonfiction writing.
See also The New York Times 2024-25 Student Contest Calendar
How to Submit Your Work to Literary Magazines
How to Submit Your Work to Literary Magazines
Prepare your work. Review, get feedback, revise and edit. Only submit work that is finished and polished. Follow Ms. Ntoso's writing process steps for any writing that you are interested in publishing.
Identify publishing opportunities (see below) that fit with the work you are interested in submitting, based on genre, focus, theme, audience, and submission deadlines.
Read the journal's "About" page and some of the recent work that has been published in the journal. This will give you a good idea of the kind of work the editors are looking for.
Review the journal's submission guidelines carefully, and follow directions. If you don't follow the submission guidelines, many journals will reject your submission without even reading it.
Format your work according to the specifications in the guidelines. If there are no formatting requirements specified, the following specifications are generally considered acceptable for purposes:
Fonts: Times New Roman
Font size: 12pt
Spacing: single-spaced (or depends on the publication)
Margins: 1"
Document type: Word document (.doc)
Draft a cover letter (see below for details). Once you have drafted a cover letter, you can revise it and reuse it for many different submissions in the future. (Most submissions require that you include information about your writing and publishing background.)
Write your author bio - one paragraph written in third person
Rejection is common, so it's good to submit your work to multiple journals at a time. This is called simultaneous submissions, and most journals allow it; just be sure to let the other journals know if a piece has been accepted elsewhere. Once a piece has been published in one literary journal, it usually cannot be published in any other (unless the journal is specifically asking for previously-published work).
Submission Tracker - keep track of your submissions. Your submission tracker should list what journals you submitted to, the titles of the pieces you submitted, and the dates you submitted
Publishing Opportunities
Publishing Opportunities
Literary Magazines with Submissions Open Year-Round
Literary Magazines with Submissions Open Year-Round
Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal for writers age 14-24
The Acentos Review - publishes writing, art, music and multigenre work by Latinx writers
The Bluebird Word - supports and showcases work from new and emerging writers
Trampoline - poetry magazine that accepts submissions year-round
Public Poetry - Houston-based; initiatives include anthologies, events, and REEL Poetry Film Festival
Submission Deadlines for Summer 2025
Submission Deadlines for Summer 2025
June
June
see year round submissions (above)
July
July
July 1: Submission period opens for Blue Marble Review
August
August
Aug 16-Oct 4:The New York Times What High School Is Like in 2023: A Multimedia Challenge for Teachers and Teens (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
Submission Deadlines for Fall 2025
Submission Deadlines for Fall 2025
September
September
Sep 1: Polyphony Lit submissions open for Latin Heritage & Native American Heritage Contest, close Nov 30
October
October
Oct 4:The New York Times What High School Is Like in 2023: A Multimedia Challenge for Teachers and Teens submission deadline (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
Oct 4-Nov 1:The New York Times My Tiny Memoir: Our 100-Word Personal Narrative Contest (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
Oct 8: YoungArts Writing application deadline
November
November
Nov 1: The Acentos Review submission deadline for publication in January 15 issue. Other Acentos deadlines: February 1 (April 15 Publication Date) & May 1 (July 15 Publication Date)
Nov 1:The New York Times My Tiny Memoir: Our 100-Word Personal Narrative Contest submission deadline (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
Nov 1-Dec 6:The New York Times Teenagers as Critics: Our Review Contest (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
Nov 7: Levitate submissions open, close Feb 28 - Literary and Art Magazine of the Chicago High School for the Arts, wants work that takes creative risks, challenges the status quo, and embodies quality and skill in form, voice, and genre
Nov 30: Polyphony Lit submission deadline for Latin Heritage & Native American Heritage Contest
December
December
Dec 6:The New York Times Teenagers as Critics: Our Review Contest submission deadline (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
Dec 6-Jan 10: The New York Times One-Pager Contest (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
Submission Deadlines for Spring 2026
Submission Deadlines for Spring 2026
January
January
Jan 6: Narrative High School Writing Contest opens for submissions
Jan 18: The New York Times One-Pager Challenge submission deadline
February
February
Feb 1: The Acentos Review submission deadline for publication in April 15 issue.
Feb 5: Narrative High School Writing Contest submission deadline
Feb 14-Mar 13: The New York Times Where We Are: Photo Essays About Community Contest (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
Feb 28: Levitate literary magazine submission deadline
March
March
Mar 13: The New York Times Where We Are: Photo Essays About Community Contest submission deadline (see guide for creating photo essays and communities brainstorming activity)
Mar 13-Apr 17: The New York Times Open Letters: Our New Opinion Writing Contest (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
April
April
Apr 17: The New York Times Open Letters: Our New Opinion Writing Contest submission deadline (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
Apr 17-May 15: The New York Times Podcast Contest (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
Apr 28: NPR Student Podcast Challenge submission deadline
Apr 30: Dear Poet submission deadline - write a letter in response to poems written and read by award-winning poets
May
May
May 15: The New York Times Podcast Contest submission deadline (see general info and guidelines on contests page)
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