about Calla Press, the Literary Journal
WHO WE ARE
We publish articles on faith, poetry, prose, essays, flash fiction, short fiction, and book excerpts. Max is 5,000 WC per literary genre.
As of August 2026, we are open for online literary submissions only. We are currently not accepting entries for a print journal at this time. Please subscribe to know when we do open for a print journal!
Please fill out our Formester form here to apply and submit your work. Entries submitted by any other means will be overlooked. Thank you for understanding. Please wait two weeks before submitting new work. Simultaneous submissions welcome. Please expect to wait one to two months before hearing back about the status of your submission.
Welcome to Calla Press
Calla Press began in 2017, when our founder first started publishing others' work on her website. In 2019, that early collection of writing evolved into an online literary journal through Issuu every year thereafter, laying the foundation for what would become Calla Press.
The journal soon expanded into an annual print publication. You can find our published journals online.
Today, Calla Press is an established literary journal publishing work submitted online on a rolling basis. We remain committed to creating a thoughtful, lasting space for writers and their work.
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My New Father Has More and Better by Awara Fernandez
Our sons lived for five years in an orphanage in the rainforest of Puerto Maldonado, Peru after their biological parents died. When our family traveled there one August to adopt the boys, th...
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Favored by Amy Henderson Harris
A few months ago, I was desperately seeking God and His guidance in the secret place. I was discouraged. I felt defeated. I needed His wisdom. I needed His comfort. So, I called out my questi...
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A Willful Gift by Michael Colon
The wonderful thing about a gift is that we don’t know what it is before opening it. Is a gift truly a gift if we know what’s under the wrapping? It’s debatable. We typically don’t like too m...
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"A Word made Flesh is seldom" by Dr. Kellie Brown
Regarded by some as The Belle of Amherst, the American poet and woman of letters Emily Dickinson can hardly be described by a single moniker. She remains a mystery, not fully knowable, and ye...
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How Can I Keep from Singing by Awara Fernandez
I sang my father Home last week. My life flows on in endless song, above earth’s lamentation The last decade of his life was a journey through the Shadowlands of Alzheimer’s disease tha...
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Grateful in the Broken Places by Donna Bucher
Like so many broken dreams, the glass shards slid from my hands into the waste basket. The tiny slashes on my palms betrayed the jagged edges recently held there. As I rinsed my hands under c...
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