(Submissions are also open for Hajar Press’ The Hajar Book of Waves; they want submissions from writers of colour only, for this water-themed anthology – essays, short stories, poetry, and “everything in between showing radical imagination, creative experimentation and sharp political engagement with the world around us.” They have detailed guidelines, including, “We’re interested in writing that engages with waves as both material and metaphor—flowing and flooding, soothing and overwhelming, refreshing and eroding; the rhythms and repetitions of perpetual back-and-forth motion; the power of water refusing to stagnate.” Send up to 6,000 words for prose or up to 3 poems. They pay £150 for prose, and £50 for poetry; deadline 6th March 2026, 11.59 GMT; details here.)

Deadline: March 6th, 2026