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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We, the people of the world, ambitious by design Are often running straight ahead to an end we can't define We focus all our efforts on what we feel we must Without a thought of what ...
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Coffee, Eden, and The Sacred Power of Naming by Candace Echols
It took the birth of my fifth child to teach me what the rest of the world already knows: Coffee is fabulous. Before that, I thought it smelled good, but I imagined it tasted like what a ...
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Alaina Coote My work is rooted in my life experiences and cultural heritage. My family’s Irish traditions and lineage serve as the inspiration for my artist book, Connecting Us. I...
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My Dreams are Not the End-All, Be-All by Kaitlyn Fiedler
Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend about our current life stages- where we are currently in life and where we want to be. As women, we so often speak in the future tense, d...
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I just want to be caught in the midst of you, like how she wasEl Roi, the God who sees-for better is one day in your courts,than a thousand elsewhere (Psalm 84:10)The trees have bid goodbye t...
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If your words are honey,sunlight syrup so sweetonly the hand of God could create it;a strand of amber beadscurling on my collarbone,swirled nourishment and nectarinto hot water and chamomil...
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