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• 🤖 Agita Magazine is open to submissions of flash fiction on the theme of “Bad Science”. Send them stories of up to 1,000 words before March 14th. There will be a week extension for writers from traditionally underrepresented communities. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• 🏠 Barrelhouse is open to submissions of short stories, personal essays, and poems on the theme of “The Aftermath”. Send them up to 5,000 words of prose writing, or up to five poems, before March 16th. Note that this call may close early if they reach a maximum number of submissions. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• 🧙🏻‍♀️ Witches Save the World: Hags, Harridans, and Hexes Gone Right is a forthcoming anthology of magical antiheroines. Send them stories between 1,000 and 8,000 words before March 31st. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• ⛵️ Fantastic Voyages is a forthcoming anthology of portal fantasy, or stories in which characters travel between one world and another. Send them stories between 2,500 and 10,000 words before March 31st. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• ⚧️ Dismantling Press is looking for submissions of activist creative nonfiction that explores the topic of female rage. Unsurprisingly, this call is only open to woman-identifying writers. Send them personal essays between 1,000 and 7,500 words before March 31st. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• 📕 Marble Press is open to submissions of full-length novels for YA and adult readers. Send them a query letter and full manuscript. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• 📗 Dreamsphere Books is open to submissions of genre novels including fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, horror, and western. Send them a query letter, synopsis, and full manuscript between 70,000 and 100,000 words. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• 📘 Lantana Publishing is open to submissions of books for children and MG readers. Send them a full manuscript, and a chapter outline for middle grade novels. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• 📚 Arteidolia Press is open to submissions of full-length poetry collections. Send them a full manuscript and cover letter. They also accept submissions of individual work for their literary magazine. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• 📖 Woodhall Press is open to submissions of full-length novels. Their style seems to lean more literary, although they have a section for thrillers. Send them a pitch and the first three chapters. No submissions fee! 💰Paying market!💰
• ⛰️ June Road Press is open to submissions of poems with a strong sense of place. Send them up to three poems before March 15th. Note that this call is only open to poets from the U.S. No submissions fee!
• 📜 Waxen is open to submissions of short and weird fiction of up to 5,000 words. No submissions fee!
• 📝 Litbreak Magazine is open to submissions of short stories up to 3,500 words, or up to five poems. The first 50 submissions of each month are fee-free, and then they remain open for paid submissions. Submit early in the month if you can. No submissions fee!
• 🌸 East Jasmine Review is open to submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Send them up to 5,000 words of prose writing or up to five poems. No submissions fee!
• 🖋️ Poetry Midwest is open to submissions of poetry on the theme of “Corrosion”. Send them between three and six poems. No submissions fee!

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