Weekly Sub Calls: Expanded | 12.10.25
Deep Dives
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Literary magazine
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This article is a directory of literary magazines and submission calls. Understanding the history, evolution, and cultural role of literary magazines provides essential context for writers navigating this landscape.
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Haiku
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Several publications listed focus on short-form poetry including haiku and senryu (Shadow Pond Journal, The Diutay Review). The article mentions 'kigo' which is a seasonal reference essential to traditional haiku, making this a relevant deep-dive for poetry submitters.
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There are 96 weekly sub calls today. Also, in case you missed it, here’s everything we published in the last 7 days:
The Cherry Bite Magazine | Theme: The Cherry Bite Magazine Wants Your Art! → Deadline: Dec 23 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Multimedia | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ☑︎ Some Reprints | R: 5 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — “The magazine where you never know what you’re going to get.”
The Solitude Diaries | Theme: Issue VI: FLESH / Poetry → Deadline: Jan 3, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 28 days | A: 32% | 800+ followers | United States | 2024 — “a literary magazine for the morbid and strange”
Notch Magazine | Theme: IF/ELSE → Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: $0-$150/piece | Open for Fiction, Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 38 days | A: 3.85% | 2K+ followers | United States | 2024 — “A literary and arts magazine based in New York and Paris.”
Reading into Culture → Deadline: Jan 31, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 10 days | Under 100 followers | United Kingdom | 2025 — “Literary magazine for and by left-wing young people. Poetry, fiction, and essays on art, culture, and society.”
The Diutay Review → Deadline: Mar 7, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Poetry | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | Under 100 followers | Brazil | 2025 — “A literary magazine dedicated to short poetry — any poetry up to seven lines.”
Triptych | Theme: Triptych → Deadline: Mar 10, 2026 | Fee: No | Pay: No | Open for Fiction | ☑︎ Sim Subs | ✖️ Reprints | R: 42 days | Under 100 followers | United States | 2025 — “A journal of speculative fiction shaped by the fleeting summers and long winter dark of New England.”
MAYDAY → Deadline: Dec 10 | Fee: Some | Pay: $20 flat | Open for Nonfiction | ☑︎
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