The Markaz Review: MEDITERRANEANS
Their website says, “The Markaz Review is a literary arts publication and cultural institution that curates content and programs on the greater Middle East and our communities in diaspora.” They have detailed guidelines, including, “Our next theme issue — MEDITERRANEANS — is intentionally plural, evoking, in our minds, the ancient and contemporary flow of people and civilizations that criss-cross the region, from Spain and Italy to Greece and Turkey, from Lebanon to Egypt to Libya, extending along the shores of North Africa and beyond. A plurality of places, in other words, a region teeming with histories of empire and trade, of migration and exile, but also, notably, a sea! And one warming rapidly, faster than any other in the world. The perfect confluence, perhaps, of man-made ecological disaster and vast systems of surveillance, policed borders, and cruelest of all, blithe indifference to the suffering of some, but certainly not all. For MEDITERRANEANS also references the various seas of the region: one an aquatic graveyard, a repository of broken dreams and failed crossings; the other, a vacation destination, sun, sand, and pay no mind to the makeshift boats barely discernible along the horizon.” Submissions range from 750-3,000 words. They pay an honorarium. They accept both, submissions and queries. The query deadline is 20 March, and you must submit the copy by 10 April 2026. They are also open for unthemed submissions; please note, they have a submission quota and may close before the deadline. Details here and here.

Deadline: April 10th, 2026