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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Northern Lights Lavishness by Allison Whiting
I have been enthralled by images of the Northern Lights recently. In one image, the sky is adorned with hot pink splashes of light, and the snow-white landscape below is streaked with the sam...
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To the girl who feels as if she has fallen far from grace, If you are feeling hurt, lost, and broken or as if you are hidden in the shadows of heartache from the One you wish would hear yo...
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God, Where are You? by Adriana Vaughn
Negative. Could I accept never having a positive pregnancy test? I’d never know the joy of seeing two lines. No baby announcements. I stood in my bathroom leaning against the blue wall. My sh...
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“Rise/Fall” poem from The Other Side of the Table: Poetry Affirmations for the Unseen Any empty calendar, still the days pile onA shadow who calls itself friendlyOnly because it has not...
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My Dear Little Kayla by Kirk Jordan
(1991) Editor's Note: The poet of this work relayed that the subject written of in the poem is now a mother herself. What deep joywe find in a stalwart tapas you, our ballerina in the...
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“Pharaoh gave Joseph . . . Asenath daughter of Potiphera [Padipera], priest of On [Iunu], to be his wife.”—Genesis 41:45 The daughter of the sun and Nile, I liveBy waters flowing down to th...
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