Where to Submit Alaska Stories

Alaska Publications

Alaska 42nd Annual Statewide Creative Writing Contest categories include fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. More information and enter on their site. Deadline is Feb. 12, 2026.

Alaska Quarterly Review accepts fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction.

Alaska Magazine considers unsolicited stories. You can read all the details here along with a list of their monthly themes for 2024.

Alaska Women Speak is a quarterly journal devoted to their expression of ideas, literature and art. Their Mission: Alaska women have stories to tell. Check their site for themes and submission deadlines.

Alaska Writers Guild writing contests are open to the public.

Alaska.org looks for tales of Alaska. Check the site for 2026 information.

Cirque Literary Journal for the North Pacific invites emerging and established writers living in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Hawaii, Yukon Territory, Alberta, British Columbia and Chukotka—to submit short stories, poems, creative nonfiction, translations, plays, book reviews, interviews, photographs, and artwork. Deadlines are three months to the day before the summer and winter solstices.

Permafrost Magazine, Fairbanks. The editors of Permafrost read Fiction, Hybrid, Nonfiction and Poetry submissions from September 1 through April 30 for both Print and Online submissions. They accept fiction, nonfiction, poetry and hybrid ("We like work that uses hybridity to rethink language and genre. Stories in verse, speculative nonfiction, graphic essays, excerpts from your comic book or graphic novel, sound play, and any other experimental or multimodal texts are welcome.")

Tundra Drums looks for "about life in the wilderness, family traditions, or surviving the elements. Tell us about your personal experiences, memories, or journeys across the Last Frontier."