Press Pause Press

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Press Pause Press is a literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and music in themed volumes and online features, with special encouragement for young artists and a focus on authentic, human-created work.

Response time info: ~84 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at presspausepress.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Aug 31Pays: Two free copies of the print volume for print contributors

Submit prose up to about 20 pages (flexible); no full-length works except via annual contest. Open, free reading periods: January 1st - April 30th and September 1st - December 31st. $5 donation per submission May 1st - August 31st. No AI-generated work.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Aug 31Pays: Two free copies of the print volume for print contributors

Submit prose up to about 20 pages (flexible); no academic essays. Open, free reading periods: January 1st - April 30th and September 1st - December 31st. $5 donation per submission May 1st - August 31st. No AI-generated work.

otherCloses Aug 31Pays: Two free copies of the print volume for print contributors

Music submissions accepted for online and print volumes. Open, free reading periods: January 1st - April 30th and September 1st - December 31st. $5 donation per submission May 1st - August 31st.

poetryCloses Aug 31Pays: Two free copies of the print volume for print contributors

Submit up to five poems per submission (or up to ten during open reading periods); all accepted work appears online and in print. Open, free reading periods: January 1st - April 30th and September 1st - December 31st. $5 donation per submission May 1st - August 31st. No AI-generated work.

other

The Family Room: Submit to themed online departments (Currently, The Great Pause, PauseCards, The Midnight Snack, Press Play, Craft-Splaining, Throwbacks, Reading Corner, The Cauldron). No publishing schedule; open to all genres and forms. Submit separately to each department.

otherEligibility requirements

Open to: Must be under 18; guardian permission form required

18 & Under: Young artists and writers under 18 may submit in any genre, any word count, for both volumes and The Family Room. Guardian permission form required.

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