“The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is a nonprofit dedicated to publishing and amplifying Asian diasporic literary culture. The Margins is our award-winning magazine of arts and ideas dedicated to charting the rise of the Asian American creative class through essays, interviews, and creative writing. 
We publish: 1) original creative writing, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and interdisciplinary work; 2) essays on literature and politics by sophisticated thinkers who can speak to a general audience about race, gender, sexuality, immigration, postcolonialism, pop culture, and diaspora; 3) reportage about immigrant communities in the United States by narrative storytellers who can set a scene with rich imagery and descriptive detail.” They’re open for creative non-fiction till 30th April; “The Margins is open for creative nonfiction submissions, with a particular interest in lyric essays and pieces that incorporate historical and/or cultural analysis. We’re also interested in essays that play with genre, such as zuihitsu and flash essays.” They pay $60-450 for essays up to 3,500 words. Details here (see the relevant category) and rates here. They also accept pitches, for which there is no deadline; details here. (They are also open for a residency, and applications are due 13th April 2026; details on their Submittable.)  

Deadline: April 30th, 2026