The Margins: Creative Nonfiction Reading Period
Deadline April 30 (must be received by this date). The Margins is a literary journal published by the Asian American Writers' Workshop. They are currently open to submissions of unpublished creative nonfiction, 3,500 words maximum, "with a particular interest in lyric essays and pieces that incorporate historical and/or cultural analysis." They would also like to see essays that play with genre, such as zuihitsu and flash prose. Authors should be Asian and Asian diasporic writers, including those that identify as South, Southeast, East, North, and Central Asian; SWANA; Pacific Islander; and Indo-Caribbean. This is a paying market. See sample essays from their archives on the Submittable guidelines page.
Source: https://aaww.submittable.com/submit
Published: April 6, 2026
