Cola

Open now for fiction and poetry.

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Cola Literary Review is a journal accepting previously unpublished fiction and poetry during its academic-year reading periods.

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 14

Open to: November submissions are exclusively for BIPOC writers.

Accepts one story or up to three flash pieces, with a maximum of 5,000 words total; submissions are free from September 15 through October 14, paid at $3 from October 15 onward, and November is exclusively for the BIPOC Writers project.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 14

Open to: November submissions are exclusively for BIPOC writers.

Submit 3–5 previously unpublished poems in a single Word document, with no more than one poem per page; submissions are free from September 15 through October 14, paid at $3 from October 15 onward, and November is exclusively for the BIPOC Writers project.

fictionLiteraryOpens Nov 1

Accepts one story or up to three flash pieces, with a maximum of 5,000 words total; November is open exclusively for the BIPOC Writers project and submission fees are waived.

poetryLiteraryOpens Nov 1

Submit 3–5 previously unpublished poems in a single Word document, with no more than one poem per page; November is open exclusively for the BIPOC Writers project and submission fees are waived.

fictionLiteraryOpens Oct 15

Accepts one story or up to three flash pieces, with a maximum of 5,000 words total; the paid reading period opens October 15, and November is exclusively for the BIPOC Writers project.

poetryLiteraryOpens Oct 15

Submit 3–5 previously unpublished poems in a single Word document, with no more than one poem per page; the paid reading period opens October 15, and November is exclusively for the BIPOC Writers project.

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