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.
Important Submission Information
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AI POLICY
If you choose to submit to IHRAM Press, please note that any content written, assisted, or edited using AI (including your submitted piece, foreword, and author bio) will result in an immediate rejection.
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WE ONLY ACCEPT WORK THAT IS UNPUBLISHED.
If you choose to submit to IHRAM Press, please note that we do not accept work that has been previously published. While we accept simultaneous submissions (i.e. the same submission that was sent elsewhere), you will need to inform us if your piece has been accepted elsewhere.
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PUBLISHED WORKS ACCEPTED UNDER FIRST WORLD RIGHTS.
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ALL RIGHTS REVERT TO THE WRITER UPON PUBLICATION.
Magazine issue Quarter Three: Stories of Women of Colour, Culture & Becoming
Submissions closed. Responses are being sent to those who have submitted their work with us.
WHAT ARE WE SEEKING TO DO?
This issue will be dedicated to amplifying the voices of women of colour, including transgender women and women living across cultures as expats, migrants, or in diasporic communities. It will explore stories of hope, resistance, and resilience—shining a light on the struggles, strengths, and creativity of women of colour worldwide.
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 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.
IHRAM Literary Magazine Quarter 2
Stories of Land and Climate
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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” to 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.