IHRAM Press provide the platform for creative activists at risk to speak up about urgent social-justice issues in their environments, providing readers with their unique perspectives on issues of human rights.
IHRAM Submissions 2026
ABOUT
IHRAM Press pays $50 per accepted written piece and $25 per accepted artist.
IHRAM Press is a
Pushcart-Prize, Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, and PEN nominating literary journal.
Our Literary Magazines in 2026 will be released triannually.
How do we work?
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PUBLISHED WORKS ACCEPTED UNDER FIRST WORLD RIGHTS.
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ALL RIGHTS REVERT TO THE WRITER UPON PUBLICATION.
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WE'RE ONLY CURRENTLY ACCEPTING WORK THAT IS UNPUBLISHED.
Magazine edition Q3: Stories of Women of Colour, Culture & Becoming
Submissions opening soon from June 1st 2026 - August 1st 2026.
WHAT ARE WE SEEKING TO DO?
We are opening submissions for an issue dedicated to amplifying the voices of women of colour, including transgender women and women living across cultures as expats, migrants, or in diasporic communities.
This issue will explore stories of hope, resistance, and resilience—shining a light on the struggles, strengths, and creativity of women of colour worldwide.
WE ARE EAGER TO PUBLISH:
Experiences of discrimination and inequality (health, social, political, economic).
Intersectional feminism: recognizing that inequalities are lived differently across identities and contexts.
Cultural and generational stories—memories, traditions, and the legacies women carry.
Creative expressions of solidarity, empowerment, and collective care.
WHAT DO IHRAM PRESS PROMISE TO YOU?
We also acknowledge that terms such as “women of colour,” “BIPOC,” or “BAME” can be limiting, centering whiteness in ways that feel triggering or reductive. We invite contributors to self-identify in the ways that feel most authentic to them. This issue is a platform for visibility, empowerment, and art as resistance. We recognize that not all inequalities are experienced the same way. Therefore, we wish to highlight intersectional feminism in this collection and amplify those voices.
Submission Requirements
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Maximum 5 poems per submission, one publication per author.
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2500 words or less
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Accepted Visual Art includes: mixed media, acrylics, oil paintings, drawings, photographs, collages, sculptures, or any forms that fit our publication’s themes.
*Submission for artwork is unlimited. Please note, your published artwork might be presented in black-and-white and therefore should be suitable for “print”. We WILL NOT accept any AI-Generated art. Ensure your artwork is submitted as .JPG, .PDFs, or .PNGs.
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Include the call you are responding to in the email’s subject line
Your full name and/or pen name.
Your country of residence.
A brief third-person bio (roughly 100 words). If your bio includes references of your past work, feel free to provide links!
A brief foreword to your piece (between 300-500 words), explaining your inspiration for creating it, background information, explanation of key characters, and any other key insight for the reader.
*If your piece is accepted, we will request a high-resolution author photograph. However, authors are not required to provide photographs of themselves and are always welcome to decline, should they wish to remain anonymous.
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Writers whose submissions are accepted will receive payment of $50.
Accepted artists will receive $25.
Submit your work to submit@humanrightsartmovement.org
Submission Guidelines
Please include the the following required information in your submission email:
Include the call you are responding to in the email’s subject line
Your full name and/or pen name.
Your country of residence.
A brief third-person bio (roughly 100 words). If your bio includes references of your past work, feel free to provide links!
A brief foreword to your piece (between 300-500 words), explaining your inspiration for creating it, background information, explanation of key characters, and any other key insight for the reader.
*If your piece is accepted, we will request a high-resolution author photograph. However, authors are not required to provide photographs of themselves and are always welcome to decline, should they wish to remain anonymous.
Magazine edition Q2: Stories of Land, Climate & Resistance
CLOSED
WHAT ARE WE SEEKING TO DO WITH THIS MAGAZINE?
As global warming accelerates and climate change deepens, we are witnessing more frequent and devastating environmental disasters, often unrecognized or unaddressed by governments, leaving countless people homeless, vulnerable, and disadvantaged.
Submission Requirements
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Maximum 5 poems per submission, one publication per author.
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2500 words or less
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Accepted Visual Art includes: mixed media, acrylics, oil paintings, drawings, photographs, collages, sculptures, or any forms that fit our publication’s themes.
*Submission for artwork is unlimited. Please note, your published artwork might be presented in black-and-white and therefore should be suitable for “print”. We WILL NOT accept any AI-Generated art. Ensure your artwork is submitted as .JPG, .PDFs, or .PNGs.
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Include the call you are responding to in the email’s subject line
Your full name and/or pen name.
Your country of residence.
A brief third-person bio (roughly 100 words). If your bio includes references of your past work, feel free to provide links!
A brief foreword to your piece (between 300-500 words), explaining your inspiration for creating it, background information, explanation of key characters, and any other key insight for the reader.
*If your piece is accepted, we will request a high-resolution author photograph. However, authors are not required to provide photographs of themselves and are always welcome to decline, should they wish to remain anonymous.
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Writers whose submissions are accepted will receive payment of $50.
Accepted artists will receive $25.
2026 Magazine Submissions FAQs
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2026 Magazine Submissions FAQs -
Of course, we will continue to look, to listen and to learn about issues of concern for creators from Algeria to Zimbabwe, and everywhere in between!
Up to 50% of each issue will be reserved for pieces that expand our understanding of human rights and social justice concerns not covered by the quarterly theme.
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Does IHRAM Press have more open submission opportunities for 2026?
Not at the moment, but IHRAM’s African team have some open calls. Head over to “Opportunities” and learn more.
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Our small team is currently working on this. We will announce more about this in the coming months.
Browse Our Titles
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Pressured Youth: An Empowering Anthology Celebrating Global Youth Voices (2025)
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Never Again: Remembering to Heal and Overcome (2025)
$14.95
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Her Rights, Our Stories: A COLLECTION OF POEMS AND ESSAYS ON THE PLIGHT OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFRICA (2024)
$14.95
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The Feminine Voice of Malta: il-Leħen Femminili ta’ Malta (2024)
$14.95
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From Africa with Love: Voices of a Creative Continent (2023)
$24.50
Our Purpose
Empower through anthologies that celebrate and protect up-and-coming creative freedom fighters, from every corner of the world.