Paid submission opportunities for writers and visual artists.

Your work belongs here.


What shouldn’t you miss?

1.Voices on Gender, Queerness, and Becoming:

  • We’re now accepting (poetry, prose, and visual art) submissions for our first Literary Magazine for 2026, dedicated to highlighting “Voices on Gender, Queerness, and Becoming.”

  • IHRAM Press pays $50 per accepted written piece and $25 per accepted artist.

  • Check here for the FULL Submission Guidelines & Themes.

Learn more about IHRAM Literary Magazine here. We base our work on the values of beauty, sincerity, vulnerability, engagement and celebration of diversity. We publish an ever-expanding collection of original works from lesser known and up-and-coming writers who seek to bring attention to urgent social justice issues around the world. IHRAM Publishes has presented work from 73 countries and 30 U.S. States.

2. Voices of Palestine:

Submissions are closing soon. Check here for the FULL Submission Guidelines & Themes.

Learn more about IHRAM Books here. 

3. Hannah Arendt Special Edition Folio:

Submissions are closing soon. Check here for the FULL Submission Guidelines & Themes.

Learn more about IHRAM Books here. 

4. African Human Rights Sustainability Poetry Competition:

We’re glad to announce that the IHRAM African Secretariat “African Human Rights Sustainability Poetry Competition” is open now. It’s dedicated to inspiring creative expression and critical thinking about environmental issues and sustainability. Check here for the FULL Submission Guidelines & Themes.


Before you scroll away…

  • Please make sure to review our guidelines & themes before submitting, as well as including the required supplemental information. We will not be accepting submissions that don’t align with our annual themes or follow our guidelines. 

  • Always include the call you are responding to in your subject line! 

  • Only unpublished works are accepted. Previously published submissions will not be considered.


Questions? Don’t worry, we’ve got you.

Reach out to IHRAM Press Editor-in-Chief, Lisa Zammit: submit@humanrightsartmovement.org or IHRAM Editorial Team: hello@humanrightsartmovement.org.

Please note that our small team works on reduced hours. We will try our best to get back to you as soon as you can. If we haven’t gotten back to you within a week, please ping us a second time. Thank you!


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Human Rights Art Festival

Tom Block is a playwright, author of five books, 20-year visual artist and producer of the International Human Rights Art Festival. His plays have been developed and produced at such venues as the Ensemble Studio Theater, HERE Arts Center, Dixon Place, Theater for the New City, IRT Theater, Theater at the 14th Street Y, Athena Theatre Company, Theater Row, A.R.T.-NY and many others.  He was the founding producer of the International Human Rights Art Festival (Dixon Place, NY, 2017), the Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival (2010) and a Research Fellow at DePaul University (2010). He has spoken about his ideas throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Turkey and the Middle East. For more information about his work, visit www.tomblock.com.

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