Submissions deadline: 30th September 2026
Fresh Words – An International Literary Magazine is pleased to announce three exciting Calls for Submissions for forthcoming international anthologies.
We invite poets, flash-fiction writers, playwrights, theatre-makers, and literary writers from around the world to submit their original work.
At Fresh Words, we believe in the transformative power of literature to bridge cultures, inspire creativity, and ignite meaningful conversations. Our mission is to provide a vibrant platform for emerging and established writers from around the globe to share their unique voices, perspectives, and stories. We are committed to celebrating diversity, fostering literary excellence, and nurturing a global community of readers and writers who are passionate about the written word.
Through our curated selection of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and visual art, we aim to challenge boundaries, explore new horizons, and amplify underrepresented narratives. Fresh Words is more than a magazine—it is a space where creativity knows no borders, and where every story has the power to connect, heal, and inspire. Together, we strive to cultivate a world where literature thrives as a universal language of empathy, understanding, and change.
Fresh Words: Three New Calls for Submissions
1. THE CITY IN THREE LINES
An Urban Haiku Anthology
Show us your city in three lines.
We are looking for original haiku capturing the fleeting moments of urban life—streets, buses, trains, markets, rooftops, rain, traffic, loneliness, crowds, night streets, strangers, memories, changing skylines, urban wildlife, and the unexpected beauty hidden in ordinary city life.
Submission Limit: Up to 7 haiku
Language: English
Deadline: September 30, 2026
Acceptance Notifications: October 5, 2026
Expected Publication: October 2026
Submission: specialanthologyfreshwords@gmail.com
2. TINY REVOLUTIONS
A Flash Fiction Anthology
Small acts. Quiet rebellions. Lives changed one choice at a time.
We are seeking original flash fiction of 100–300 words exploring small acts of rebellion, courage, resistance, transformation, or unexpected change.
Stories may be contemporary, historical, speculative, dystopian, comic, surreal, literary, or experimental.
Length: 100–300 words
Language: English
Deadline: September 30, 2026
Acceptance Notifications: October 5, 2026
Submission: specialanthologyfreshwords@gmail.com
3. HELLO GODOT! (VOLUME 12)
An Anthology of Existential & Absurd Plays
Where every word commands the stage.
We invite playwrights and theatre-makers to submit original short plays exploring the strange, comic, unsettling, and profoundly human territory of existential and absurd theatre.
Possible themes include The Wait, Nothing to Be Done, Not Today, The Same Day Again, Who Is Godot?, Shall We Leave?, and Maybe Tomorrow.
We welcome darkly comic, surreal, minimalist, philosophical, tragicomic, experimental, dreamlike, and quietly absurd theatre.
Length: Approximately 2 pages
Maximum Recommended Cast: 4 characters
Submissions: Up to 4 plays
Language: English
Deadline: September 30, 2026
Acceptance Notifications: October 5, 2026
Expected Publication: October 2026
Submission: dramaanthologyfreshwords@gmail.com
FRESH WORDS: OPEN TO WRITERS WORLDWIDE
All three calls are open internationally to emerging and established writers.
No submission fees. No reading fees. No participation fees.
Authors retain copyright, with Fresh Words requesting one-time, non-exclusive publication rights for the respective anthology. READ THE COMPLETE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: We strongly recommend reading the complete guidelines before submitting.
For full details, submission requirements, themes, formatting instructions, rights information, and other guidelines for all three calls, please visit our official Announcements page:https://sites.google.com/view/freshwordsmagazine/announcements?authuser=0
And see here for more submission opportunities on Writing.ie.
