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.
Articles
RSS feedPatient in the Waiting by Christina Briggs
I’m reminded, “The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.” (Lamentations 3:25, KJV). The importance of praying and being patient for God’s answer in our lives mak...
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I don’t remember if I knew it would be the last time I walked out of that retirement home. It smelled like a mixture of fake wood and the sanitary aroma of a hospital. Her room smelled warmer...
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A Story Led Me Home Again by Lara d'Entremont
“Sorry I’m late but I swam into a fishing net. I managed to escape, and I swam away and hid. I was lost, I was scared, but a story led me home again.” — Tiddler: The Story-Telling Fish, by Ju...
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Being Renewed By Motherhood by Lauren Carrizal
For me, March 2021 held a world in turmoil, the pandemic looming, and my hopes for an unmedicated delivery broken. Even with my beautiful newborn baby in my arms, my spirit had been crushed b...
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Not a hair. Not a hair. Not one hair can fall from my head. I was at the gravesite of my younger brother and only sibling, reciting familiar words, when I stumbled over this phrase, and my ...
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Mirrors on the Lake by Gianna Soderstrom
I have a lake house. Actually, it’s a small apartment in a lodge, at a summer camp. A Christian summer camp, where my husband works. Every year in May we move up to Staff Housing Number Seven...
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