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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Iconostasis (On the Hagia Sophia) by Havalah Ruth Peirce
That day in May in which they sent Sophia back Into the streets, just as they did in ancient times, Alas, still hasn’t ended. Holy Wisdom has No voice, no print among the feet which tramp unshod I...
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A Confession of Vocation by Madison Williams
Will my desire ever find fulfillment? To be God’s chosen vessel, bringing forth a new reflection of Eden’s grace, this deep longing has made its home in me. I once believed the calling of woma...
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Half-Hearted Creatures by Kimberly Phinney
God shouts his love from cumulus clouds, from tremulous birdsong, from sprawling mountain spines— almost as if the God who does not beg is beckoning, “My child, do you see me now?” God shouts...
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His chainsaw is already revving as he leans a folded a-frame ladder against the trunk of an oversized pear tree and mounts—one foot on the ladder’s top cap, the other in the tree’s fork, his c...
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Faith, hope and love. Hope is the hardest, sometimes.
To be precise, it’s hard every morning, when I get on the el and see my neighbor slumped over. The other day, I found a seat, took out my book to read—and then I saw him. A kid, maybe fifteen; he ...
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Instructions for the Catechumen by Timothy E.G. Bartel
Don’t vocalize the “P” within the “Psalms,” To mispronounce will indicate you're new At this religion stuff. It's fine. Review The oddments of the language: “homage,” “alms,” The sharp stigmata on...
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