Poetry and Fiction Competition: The Tusculum Review

2014 CONTEST GUIDELINES—POETRY & FICTION

The prize is $1,000 and publication.
The deadline is March 15, 2014 (postmarked).

Send contest submissions to:

The Tusculum Review
P.O. Box 5113
60 Shiloh Road
Greeneville, TN 37743

Mark envelopes: “FICTION CONTEST” or “POETRY CONTEST.”
The entry fee is $15 per manuscript. We accept checks and money orders made payable to The Tusculum Review.

--Each manuscript entered should consist of no more than twenty-five pages of fiction or no more than five poems (up to 10 pages total of poetry). You may enter more than one manuscript and/or more than one genre contest (as long as you include a $15 reading fee with each story or set of poems).
--Please send a cover letter with your contest entry. The cover letter should include the title(s) of your entry, genre of the work—fiction or poetry—your name, postal address, phone number, and e-mail address. --Please do NOT include your name or any other identifying information on your short story or poems.
--Previously published stories and poems (including web publications) are not permitted for submission.
--Entry fees include a one-year subscription to The Tusculum Review (an annual publication) and consideration for publication. We consider all works submitted for publication.
--Manuscripts will not be returned; they will, instead, be recycled.
--The judges for the 2014 prizes will be Jericho Brown http://www.h-ngm-n.com/nate-pritts/ for poetry and Sara Pritchard for fiction. Family, friends, and previous students of the judges, or those with reciprocal professional relationships with the judges, will be disqualified from the contest. Submissions will be screened by the staff of The Tusculum Review, and finalists will be forwarded for judging.
--Manuscripts will be numbered, and all names on the manuscripts will be removed before they are read and work is presented to the judges. In the event that judges do not deem any submissions worthy of the prize, --The Tusculum Review reserves the right to extend the call for manuscripts or to cancel the award.
--All contestants will receive the 2014 issue of The Tusculum Review and a letter listing the winner and finalists. The new issue will be mailed to all contest entrants before June 1, 2014. The winners and finalists will be listed on The Tusculum Review companion website.

Poetry Competition: The Frost Farm Prize

The Frost Farm Prize for metrical poetry
Deadline is April 1.

The Trustees of the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, NH, and the Hyla Brook Poets invite submissions for their 4th Annual The Frost Farm Prize for metrical poetry. The winner will walk away with $1,000, publication in Evansville Review and an invitation, with honorarium, to read as part of The Hyla Brook Reading Series at the Robert Frost Farm in Derry in the summer of 2014.

This year’s judgeis award-winning poet and translator Rhina Espaillat. Last year’s winner was Caki Wilkinson of Sewanee, Tennessee, for her poem, "Arts and Crafts."

Submission guidelines are available here.

Call for Submissions: Little Patuxent Review

Little Patuxent Review is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and artwork for the Summer 2014 Open issue, co-edited by Laura Shovan and Steven Leyva. The issue will include an interview with David Byrne and a profile of artist Lee Boot.

This is LPR’s first unthemed issue, so write with abandon, occupy your imagination, and send us your best writing. The poet Bei Dao wrote, “Freedom is nothing but the distance / between the hunter and the hunted.” LPR’s Open issue provides the freedom; tell us what passions, obsessions, and themes you are hunting, or are hunting you.

You may submit one fiction piece of up to 5000 words, one non-fiction piece of up to 3500 words, or a maximum of three poems.

Full submission guidelines are here.

Reading period: December 2013 to March 1, 2014.

Laura Shovan
Editor
Little Patuxent Review
6012 Jamina Downs
Columbia, MD 21045

Call for Submissions: Pentimento Magazine

Pentimento Magazine, a literary magazine for the disability community, is seeking submissions including essays, poetry, art, and photography.

We publish twice a year: June and December.

Submissions may be by an individual with a disability or an individual who is a member of the disability community such as a special educator, family member, therapist, etc.

We generally pay for published submissions except for "The Readers' Pen" submission category.

Please visit our website for more information and to request a free issue.

Call for Submissions on Fractured Female Friendships: My Other Ex: Women Write About Female Friendship Burnouts, Breakups, and Betrayals

Submittable link.

Have you ever lost a friend? Was that loss in some ways more painful than the end of a love affair?

In our first collection of stories of friendship by female writers, The HerStories Project: Women Explore the Joy, Pain, and Power, we included a section on friendship loss. The response to that part of our book has fascinated us.

Again and again, other women -- friends, readers, relatives, acquaintances -- have told us stories of their own friendship breakups and dissolutions. In their stories, we've heard their pain, their shame, their confusion, and their continued sense of deep loss.

We want to hear your stories of broken friendships during any time in your life: Friends who left you or others that you abandoned. The friendship that ended suddenly or the one that faded gradually.

We are happy to announce a call for submissions for our next anthology. This collection -- tentatively titled, "My Other Ex: Women Write About Female Friendship Burnouts, Breakups, and Betrayals" -- will include essays from female writers about fractured friendships. Maybe there was a reconciliation later in time, maybe there wasn't. Maybe the ending of that bond brought enormous pain or maybe its conclusion brought great relief.

Submissions should be previously unpublished -- or previously published material that has been reworked substantially -- and between 1000 and 4000 words. (Please let us know if your piece is based on previously published material.) Please include a brief bio (no more than 4-5 sentences) and your contact information (e-mail, social media links, or blog URL, if you have one) as a cover letter. Deadline: March 1.

Please contact us at our website with any questions.

Call for Essays for Anthology on Mental Health Issues: In Fact Books

Deadline: March 1, 2014
Submittable link.

For an upcoming anthology, In Fact Books seeks essays by writers with insight into the nature and experience of profound psychiatric challenges—as patients, mental health professionals, or both.

We want well-written, true narratives about the enigmatic, creative, frustrating, and triumphant moments of the recovery process and the therapeutic journey. Scientific information should be balanced by the writer’s unique perspective, and the stories should combine a strong and compelling narrative with an informative or reflective element, reaching beyond a strictly personal experience for some universal or deeper meaning.

Essays must be evocative, vivid, and dramatic. We’re looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice; all essays must tell true stories and be factually accurate.

Guidelines: Essays must be previously unpublished and no longer than 4,500 words. Multiple entries are welcome, as are entries from outside the United States.

You may submit essays online or by regular mail:

By regular mail Postmark deadline March 1, 2014
Please send your manuscript; a cover letter with complete contact information, including the title of the essay and word count; and an SASE or email for response to:

In Fact Books
c/o Creative Nonfiction Foundation
Attn: Mental Health
5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Online Deadline to upload files: 11:59 pm EST March 1, 2014
To submit online, visit our Submittable link. (Note: There is a $3 convenience fee to submit online.)

Call for Submissions to Anthology by Women Writers: Aspiring to Inspire

Aspiring to Inspire

In honor of Women’s History Month (March, 2014), Durham Editing and E-books will be compiling an anthology of works by women writers. We will be accepting poetry, short stories, personal/narrative essays, and memoirs written by women writers. There is no set theme for this collection. We are seeking great pieces by great women. We know each writer has a story, and we would like to share the works of women in the independent publishing world. We accept pieces from writers of all experience levels.
Our goal is to help independent authors increase their audiences. We have found that one of the best ways to reach new readers is to work with other independent writers. Our aim is to compile a collection that will appeal to a wide variety of readers. To do this, we ask that pieces not contain or describe any obscene, vulgar, offensive, profane, provocative or otherwise inappropriate material. They should also not defame, libel, or slander any person or entity. Stories must be original to the person submitting the piece and should not violate the rights of any other person or company. Last year, we released four very successful anthologies of works written by independent authors. This collection of women writers will be our fifth anthology.

Submission Guidelines:

Deadline is February 28, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Submissions should be submitted via email to:

 aspiringtoinspireATeditingandebooksDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

This particular collection is only for women writers.
There is no set theme for this collection. If you have pieces concerning inspiration or women, please feel free to include them in your submissions. This is not a requirement. We are looking for exceptional writing by women authors.

Each author may submit up to five pieces total.

Poetry, prose, personal/narrative essays, and memoirs by women writers will be considered. (Fiction and nonfiction accepted.) Please include each submission in a separate document (file name: YOUR NAME-Piece title).

Stories should ideally be in the 500-8,000 words range. Each poem or essay should be less than 8 pages long. These lengths are an estimate. If you have an awesome short story that is 10,000 words long, we will be happy to consider it.

Each author will also contribute a short bio for the collection. We ask that bios not exceed 250 words. Please include this bio in a separate document along with your submission (file name: YOUR NAME-Bio).

Each author needs to include a written answer to the following: What woman has inspired you the most in your life? Explain how this person is an inspiration to you and why you find her inspiring. Please also include how you hope to inspire others. Answers should be 100-1000 words. Please include this in a separate document along with your submission (file name: YOUR NAME-Guiding Question).

Each author may include up to four links to social media or websites where readers may connect with her in the future. Please do not include email addresses. Please include these in a separate document with your submission (file name: YOUR NAME-Social Media).

All submissions may be sent in one email. In the email, please include your name and a little about you. Please also include any information that might be helpful in understanding your pieces (i.e. background on the selection if applicable).

Each submission must include the following acknowledgement and agreement to the terms and conditions of publication in this collection. Please copy and paste and fill out completely.

2014 Aspiring to Inspire Women Writer’s Anthology
Author’s Full Name:
E-mail Address:
Submission Title:

By typing my name below, I accept the terms of agreement for submission to/inclusion in the Durham Editing and E-books 2014 Aspiring to Inspire Anthology. I also certify that I am 18 years of age or older.
(Type Name Here)
Terms of Agreement: All contributors must be 18 years of age or older. Contributors may submit original work only. If plagiarism is found, submissions will be excluded and original authors will be notified if applicable. Furthermore, Durham Editing and E-books and all other contributors will be in no way implicated or involved in the plagiaristic act. Submission to or acceptance of individual or multiple submissions implicates absolutely no financial agreement between participants and Durham Editing and E-books. Submission to or publication in the Durham Editing and E-books 2014 Aspiring to Inspire Anthology does not establish or precede a publishing contract between this company and any participants. By submitting written works for consideration, authors grant Durham Editing and E-books one-time rights to publish any submitted written work, About the Author information, submitted social media/website links, and answers to any questions requiring written responses asked as part of the submission process in the 2014 Durham Editing and E-books Aspiring to Inspire Anthology in the digital/print/audio versions of the 2014 Aspiring to Inspire Anthology. Author retains all official rights to submissions and may submit/print/publish/distribute submitted pieces in any way they choose outside this collection. All entries may be proofread or edited for clarity and any/all spelling or grammatical errors corrected, unless such errors were deliberate on the part of the author. No cash or material prizes are rewarded for submissions. There is no charge for submission, and no purchase is required. Electronic copies will be offered free of charge via coupon codes to an online e-book vendor at various times throughout the year, and coupon codes may be awarded as prizes during future contests and promotions. Contributing authors may share these codes with their friends, family, and social media followers. Generally these coupon codes are made available through Smashwords.com. Print books will also be available for purchase. All accepted entries may be used in promotional purposes related specifically to and limited by the 2014 Durham Editing and E-books Aspiring to Inspire Anthology.


We look forward to working with you!

Call for Submissions to Anthology on Rejection: Cairn Press LLC

Cairn Press LLC is looking for essays, short stories and poems in a forthcoming anthology. All works should address being rejected for publication (or otherwise) in some way. We feel that all writers could use a bit of encouragement in regard to the rejection letters that pile up far faster than the acceptances. Sometimes we can get down on ourselves. However, in realizing that most every writer has to deal with rejection, even a few notables, we can carry on.

We are seeking works that address being rejected as a writer, whether through short story, personal essay, example, elegy, or brief rant into the void. Regarding tone, we’re hoping for humorous, sarcastic and pithy, rather than “sitting at the edge of the bed, staring at the floor.”

“Staring at the floor,” is, we feel, very depressing and pathetic. However, it’s a nice way to realize you need to vacuum. Please refer to the genre-specific guidelines below.

Submission guidelines:

Creative works must be submitted between January 1 and March 31, 2014.

All submissions must be sent as an attachment to, or in the body of, an email addressed to:

rejectionAT cairnpressDOTcom

Please identify your genre (nonfiction, fiction, poetry) and the word “submission” in the subject line. A brief cover letter is welcomed. Please, no hard copy submissions. If accepted, we will require a 50-75 word bio. All authors will be notified of their status by July 1, 2014.

Nonfiction and fiction: If attaching your work, please send as doc/docx/rtf/pdf file type only. Only works with a word count between 100 and 5,000 will be considered. Please double-space and number your pages. We prefer a Times font for readability.

Poetry: If attaching your work, please send as doc/docx/rtf/pdf file type only. Please, no poems more than a page in length, with a maximum of three poems submitted. Please single-space poems. We prefer a Times font for readability.

(Note: We understand the irony that we will likely have to send out rejections for this anthology.)

Publication details:

Editors:
Joshua Cochran: Writer familiar with rejection, founding editor of Cairn Press LLC.
Marc Mitchel: Writer familiar with rejection, generally just pressed.

When and How:
If a sufficient number of high-quality writings are submitted and accepted, Cairn Press LLC will publish the anthology in the fall of 2014 (November). It will be available in print and eBook form.

Advertising and distribution:
After sending out proofs for review, the book will be advertised in magazines, direct mailings to bookstores, and via social media. Cairn Press titles are currently distributed through Ingram Content Group.

Author compensation:
All contributors will receive two copies of the anthology, plus the following payment immediately upon acceptance:
For nonfiction and fiction, authors will receive $10-$100 depending on word count.
For poetry, authors will receive $10 per poem.
Rights:
Cairn Press LLC requests non-exclusive rights for the work accepted. This means both author and publisher can use the material in any means, for any want or need.
Please spread the word and get your submissions in!

Call for LGBTQ Creative Nonfiction for Anthology: Ooligan Press

Submittable link.

Ooligan Press seeks creative nonfiction and personal essays from LGBTQ-identified writers for an anthology tentatively titled More than Marriage. This anthology will add fresh voices to an ongoing conversation about the barriers to true queer equality. These include, but are not limited to, experiences with healthcare and employment, definitions of family and partnerships that extend beyond the nuclear or monogamous traditions, definitions of home, explorations of visibility, of equality, and more. What is important to you? We seek diverse perspectives and strongly encourage trans* writers, writers of color, rural and working class writers to submit.

Authors should identify as LGBTQ and may submit works of no more than 5,000 words here. Please submit as manuscript and include email contact information and a 100-word bio.

Deadline to submit is March 7, 2014.
About the Editor:

Carter Sickels is the author of the novel The Evening Hour, a finalist for the 2013 Oregon Book Award, the Lambda Literary Debut Fiction Award, and the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Debut Fiction Award. He is winner of the 2013 Lambda Literary Emerging Writer Award, and the recipient of a 2013 project grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council. Carter has taught creative writing classes for the Attic Institute, Hugo House, and Gotham Writers’ Workshop. He is currently visiting faculty for West Virginia Wesleyan’s Low Res MFA Program. Carter lives in Portland, Oregon.
About the Press:

Ooligan Press is a general trade publisher rooted in the rich literary tradition of the Pacific Northwest. A region widely recognized for its unique and innovative sensibilities, this small corner of America is one of the most diverse places in the United States, comprising urban centers, small towns, and wilderness areas. Its residents range from ranchers, loggers, and small business owners to scientists, inventors, and corporate executives. From this wealth of culture, Ooligan Press aspires to discover works that reflect the values and attitudes that inspire so many to call the Northwest their home.

We recognize the importance of diversity, particularly within the publishing industry, and are committed to building a literary community that includes traditionally underrepresented voices; therefore, we are interested in works originating from, or focusing on, marginalized communities of the Pacific Northwest.

Writing Scholarship: Dylan Thomas' Wales Writing Getaway

Scholarship available for July 2014 international program: Dylan Thomas' Wales

A $1,000 scholarship is being offered to a first-time participant of Dylan Thomas' Wales, July 8-15, 2014 in Swansea, Wales. Scholarship deadline: Mar. 15, 2014

DYLAN THOMAS’ WALES
A Getaway for Poets, Fiction and Nonfiction Writers July 8-15, 2014 , Swansea, Wales
Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Dylan Thomas' birth by immersing yourself in the literary landscape immortalized in his poetry and prose. This writing retreat will feature supportive workshops, socializing with local writers and excursions along the beautifully rugged coastline.

APPLY TODAY

OUR PHILOSOPHY
Escape the distractions of your busy life. Advance your craft and energize your writing with a challenging and supportive Writing Getaway. Join us at one of our upcoming writing retreats and take advantage of plentiful writing time, insightful feedback, good meals and good company. Get Away to Write. - Learn more -

Dylan Thomas' Wales is presented by The Richard Stockton College of New
Jersey, Swansea University and Murphy Writing Seminars.

Call for Submissions: A River and Sound Review

River and Sound Review, the online journal in association with the Rainier Writing Workshop, seeks submissions in poetry, fiction, and humor (we are closed to nonfiction this reading period - the sheer amount of submissions last round broke our Nonfiction Editor) for our 11th issue!

We've published authors such as Maureen Seaton & Samuel Ace, Jonis Agee, David Huddle, Peggy Shumaker, and Brian Doyle, to name a few. Now we want to publish you. We pay our contributors, accept simultaneous submissions, and are active on our social media pages. Join us!

For more submission details, please go here.
 
We look forward to reading your work!

Sincerely,
A River & Sound Review

Call for Stories about Portuguese-Americans: Portuguese Heritage Publications of California

Non-profit press Portuguese Heritage Publications of California (PHPC) has a wonderful new book project for which I hope you will consider contributing non-fiction and poetry. We are currently collecting non-fiction stories about California's Portuguese-Americans, historical stories, family remembrances, humorous tales, romantic trysts, legends and more. Frank Gaspar is writing the introduction and Tony Goulart is the project coordinator.

Send us that funny anecdote about Tio Carlos or how Lucinda and Henrique met on the pier in San Pedro. Send us the parable about the family winery in San Jose. The saga of the baker's wife in Merced. The adventures of the mayor in Artesia. The story about your neighbor's farm and his election to the senate.

Write from memory, research or interview someone. It's up to you.

The deadline is March 28th, 2014. Feel free to forward this to others and spread the word.

We are interested in all sorts of immigrant stories about Portuguese-Americans in California-- stories should be 2-4 pages in length and include a photo when possible.

- Where should writers send their work?

Standard US Mail:
PHPC
P.O. Box 32056
San Jose, CA 95152

Email:

infoATPortugueseBooksDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

Call for Submissions: Lime Hawk Literary Arts Collective

Lime Hawk Literary Arts Collective seeks submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art for publication in a new online journal.

Visit our website for more information and full submission guidelines.

Call for Submissions to Anthology About Poetry: Whistling Skin

Whistling Skin anthology seeks submissions

“…we were whistling skin,
to remember how our ears never listened
to the birdsong of the bones….”

I am very excited to announce an open call for submissions for an anthology of writing that I have been wanting to bring to life for almost a decade now! Tentatively titled Whistling Skin, this collection seeks to explore a subject often overheard but rarely explored in full –Poetry Saved My Life.

I have had the opportunity to speak with many poets who make this claim with sincerity and genuine, honest experience behind it. As an editor and a lover of poetry, I want to ensure that these stories are told and
shared with those out there who may need to hear them. This anthology, to be published by Swimming With Elephants Press, will create the space for starting that dialogue.

We are accepting submissions of poetry, memoir, and creative nonfiction centered around this theme. Regardless of which genre you submit in, your work should speak to the ways in which poetry saved your life or the life of someone you know. We are open to a certain degree of interpretation on the subject but are especially interested in the literal examples of poetry’s impact on someone choosing or learning to continue living, after trauma, mental health issues or other reasons.

Submissions will be accepted until April 30th and selections announced no later than May 15th. Authors whose work appears in the anthology will receive one free copy and may purchase additional copies at a discounted rate.

Poetry – Submit up to 5 poems. There is no length limit for poetry but poems more than 3 pages long are much less likely to be published, though we will make exceptions for exceptional work.

Memoir & Non-Fiction – Submit up to 3 pieces of memoir, preferably no longer than 3 to 5 pages. Please include a word count with your submissions.

Submissions should include a cover letter with your name and contact information as well as a brief bio (no more than 100 words). Do not include your name on the work itself as all submissions will be read blind.

Poetry should be single spaced, and in 2 pointTimes New Roman font. Nonfiction and Memoir should be double spaced, in a 2point times New Roman font as well.

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable but please let us know if a piece you submit is picked up byanother publisher so we can give credit where due. Multiple submissions are acceptable also, but no more than 3 submissions per author will be read. Previously published work is welcomed for this anthology as well, provided you include the proper acknowledgements in your submissions.

Submissions should be sent as an attachment to the editors at:

zacharykluckmanATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

Zachary Kluckman
Albuquerque Slam Poet Laureate Program Director
Executive Director - NM Poetry Tangents
"What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible." -
Theodore Roethke
"Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it" -
Dalai Lama

Call for Nonfiction Submissions: Colorado Review

Colorado Review seeks creative nonfiction submissions. For examples of what we’re looking for, see recently published essays on our website.

We generally prefer manuscripts that are somewhere between fifteen and twenty-five manuscript pages, though shorter or longer pieces are welcome as well. Colorado Review now pays $200 for prose. Writers may submit nonfiction year-round (poetry and fiction Aug 1 to April 30 only) through U.S. mail or online.

Direct submissions to Stephanie G’Schwind, Nonfiction Editor.

Stephanie G’Schwind
Editor, Colorado Review
Director, Center for Literary Publishing
Department of English
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105

Call for Submissions of Narrative Poetry: Naugatuck Review

Naugatuck River Review, a print journal of narrative poetry, welcomes submissions for the Summer 2014 issue beginning January 1st and ending March 1st at midnight.

Submission guidelines:

This is an open (no fee) submission period and runs from January 1st through March 1st at midnight.
We accept electronic submissions only through our ONLINE SUBMISSION MANAGER.
Please go to our website to read the guidelines and to connect to the Submission Manager program.

Accepted contributors will be rewarded with a copy of the journal. We are not in a position to pay you otherwise, but hope the journal is worth much more than the cost of its paper.

During the submission period ONLY please submit no more than 3 unpublished NARRATIVE poems of no more than 50 lines through the online submission manager.
Put them all in one MSWord (docx or rtf) file.
Please remove your name from your file, as the poetry is read blind by our editorial staff.

Questions (ONLY): Feel free to email us at:

naugatuckriverATaolDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

Multiple submissions are discouraged, but simultaneous submissions are fine, as long as you inform us right away if your poem is accepted elsewhere. Please send work that has not been previously published.

Best First Novel Award: The McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns Prize

Each year, The Writer's Center awards $500 to the a author of the best first novel published in the previous calendar year. Conceived and funded by board member Neal P. Gillen, the McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns Prize honors three dedicated writers and members of The Writer’s Center faculty—Ann McLaughlin, Barbara Esstman, and Lynn Stearns—each of whom unselfishly nourish and inspire students and fellow writers.

Previous winners include Karen Thompson Walker for The Age of Miracles (2013), Ismet Prcic forShards (2012) Heidi Durrow for The Girl Who Fell From the Sky (2011).

Eligibility and Requirements:
All first novels published in print in 2013 are eligible, including those published by major, independent, and self-publishing presses. Only American authors publishing in English are eligible. Non-eligible books include short story collections, flash fiction, memoirs, biographies and books published solely in electronic format.

Entries not postmarked prior to or on this date will be ineligible, and they will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope, postmarked by March 15, 2014
Publishers (or authors) must submit three copies of their published novel along with a contact cover sheet indicating name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (no cover letter required). No galley proofs will be accepted.
Following the judging process, books will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient postage. The Writer’s Center is not responsible for lost or damaged books.
Writer’s Center staff, board, and workshop leaders may not enter.
Judging:

The Writer’s Center will solicit a group of 15-20 volunteer judges to serve as first and second-round judges. These volunteers will evaluate books to determine if they meet eligibility requirements, and they will read and evaluate the submissions. Submissions advancing to the third round of judging will be evaluated by a team of three final judges. The winner is chosen at the sole discretion of the final judges.
The Winner:

The winner will receive $500 and will be featured in the 2014-15 Winter/Spring edition of TheWorkshop & Event Guide, on Writer.org, and our blog, First Person Plural. In addition, if feasible, he or she will be invited to read at The Writer’s Center during a reception to honor his or her work.

Send entries to:

The Writer’s Center
Attn: Mia Cortez
Re: First Novel Prize
4508 Walsh St.
Bethesda MD 20815

The submission period ends March 15, 2014.

Call for Submissions: Subprimal Poetry Art

Subprimal Poetry Art is seeking submissions of poetry, flash fiction and artwork for our next issue, due to be published in spring, 2014.The theme for this issue is Origins and Destinations. We’'re looking for work that deals with traditions, transitions, trials, tribulations, things that are part of our all too human identity, legends of the past, visions of the future.

All submissions are handled through our online submission system. For more information and the rest of the guidelines, visit our website.

We look forward to reading your work!

Call for Submissions: Ghost Town

New Issue 5.1! Submit through our submission manager.

Ghost Town, the national literary magazine of the MFA program at Cal State University San Bernardino, is looking for fearless and inventive fiction, poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. We publish two online issues per year, deadline is April 1 for the spring issue.

Recent contributors to Ghost Town include Susan Straight, Bob Hicok, Noelle Kocot, Michael Martone, Peter Orner, Brynn Saito, Matthew Vollmer, George Kalamaras, Elena Karina Byrne, Anthony McCann, Jane Springer, L.S. Klatt, Matt Hart and Nate Pritts. Our faculty editor is Chad Sweeney.

Poetry Fellowships: Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships

Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships

Five Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships in the amount of $25,800 each (previously $15,000), will be awarded to young poets through a national competition sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine. Established in 1989 by the Indianapolis philanthropist Ruth Lilly, the fellowships are intended to encourage the further study and writing of poetry.

Submissions will be accepted from March 1 – April 30 of this year, via the online submissions system.

APPLICANT GUIDELINES:

Applicants must be U.S. citizens.
Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and no older than 31 years of age as of April 30, 2014.
Applications must be submitted by April 30, 2014.
Applications must be made through our submissions website, according to the guidelines below.
Application materials sent via e-mail or standard mail will not be considered.

HOW TO APPLY:

FIRST, you must assemble your application materials as a SINGLE Word document. This document must include:

An approximately 250-word introduction to your work (not to exceed one page).
Ten pages of poems, in standard font and size (Times New Roman, 12pt).
You may include multiple poems on one page, but total pages of poems must not exceed ten.
Publication list. (Optional. If you choose to include it, please do so as the last page of your document.)
Name this document [LAST NAME]_[FIRST NAME].doc (example: Doe_John.doc).
THEN, proceed to our online submission manager where you can upload your application.

Finalists will be notified by e-mail by August 1.

Winners will be announced on September 1.

If you have any questions, contact Holly Amos at:

hamosATpoetrymagazineDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

Call for Essays on Mental Health: In Fact Books

Mental Health Anthology

Deadline: March 1, 2014

For an upcoming anthology, In Fact Books seeks essays by writers with insight into the nature and experience of profound psychiatric challenges—as patients, mental health professionals, or both.

We want well-written, true narratives about the enigmatic, creative, frustrating, and triumphant moments of the recovery process and the therapeutic journey. Scientific information should be balanced by the writer’s unique perspective, and the stories should combine a strong and compelling narrative with an informative or reflective element, reaching beyond a strictly personal experience for some universal or deeper meaning.

Essays must be evocative, vivid, and dramatic. We’re looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice; all essays must tell true stories and be factually accurate.

Guidelines: Essays must be previously unpublished and no longer than 4,500 words. Multiple entries are welcome, as are entries from outside the United States.

You may submit essays online or by regular mail:

By regular mail Postmark deadline March 1, 2014
Please send your manuscript; a cover letter with complete contact
information, including the title of the essay and word count; and an
SASE or email for response to:

In Fact Books
c/o Creative Nonfiction Foundation
Attn: Mental Health
5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Online Deadline to upload files: 11:59 pm EST March 1, 2014
To submit online, go here.
(Note: There is a $3 convenience fee to submit online.)

Call for Submissions and Writing Competition: Prime Number

Prime Number Magazine is accepting submissions for Issue #53 and beyond, in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. We are also looking for book reviews and interviews.

For more information and to get a sense of what we like, take a look at our latest issue.

ALSO, enter our inaugural Prime Number Magazine Awards. Cash prizes and publication awarded in short story, poem, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, and flash nonfcition. Learn more about the contest and judges here.

AND don't forget our monthly FREE 53-word story contest. A different prompt each month and the winner gets a book from Press 53 plus publication. Learn more here.

Call for Previously Rejected Poems: The Redheaded Stepchild Magazine

The Redheaded Stepchild is open for submissions for the month of February. We only accept poems that have been rejected elsewhere. We do not accept previously published work. We do, however, accept simultaneous submissions, but please inform us immediately if your work is accepted somewhere else. For more information, visit our website.

Submit 3-5 poems that have been rejected elsewhere with the names of the magazines that rejected the poems.

We do not accept email attachments; therefore, in the body of your email, please include the following:

· a brief bio

· 3-5 poems

· the publication(s) that rejected the poems

Send your submission to:

 redheadedstepchildmagATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

Call for Submissions: The Provo Canyon Review

The Provo Canyon Review is now seeking short fiction and personal essay manuscripts of up to 5,000 words. We also accept shorter poems (limit three per submission). We are drawn to work that is deeply  moving without being overly sentimental; tender, in the sense of a mixture of grace and vulnerability and compassion; and displays a great deal of focused attention to the English language and how it is used.

From the first sentence, the work should raise compelling questions in the readers’ minds, with complexly motivated drama balanced with introspection. We are not looking for gratuitous sex or violence in the work.

Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If you have the good fortune to find placement in another magazine, just let us know.

Submit here.

Call for Submissions: Blotterature Literary Magazine

Blotterature Literary Magazine is now open for submissions through June 1, 2014.

Blotterature accepts a wide variety of prose, poetry, and artwork. We seek the nontraditional mixed with craft, detail, and process. Well-developed with an edge. Experimental but not aimless. Something with political intentions or just there to entertain. Thought-out. Thrilling. Intelligent.

Blotterature released its inaugural issue on January 25, 2014 and is ready to read your best work for the second issue due out July 25, 2014.

Please go to our website for submission details.

Call for Submissions: Mixitini Matrix

Online submissions link.

Mixitini Matrix: A Journal of Creative Collaboration is seeking submissions in prose, poetry, art, and mixed genres for our spring/summer 2014 issue.

To learn more, visit our website.

Deadline is February 28. The issue will appear in late May.

Post Publication Novel Award: The Writer's Center

Each year, The Writer's Center awards $500 to the a author of the best first novel published in the previous calendar year. Conceived and funded by board member Neal P. Gillen, the McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns  Prize honors three dedicated writers and members of The Writer’s Center faculty—Ann McLaughlin, Barbara Esstman, and Lynn Stearns—each of whom unselfishly nourish and inspire students and fellow writers.

Previous winners include Karen Thompson Walker for The Age of Miracles (2013), Ismet Prcic for Shards (2012) Heidi Durrow for The Girl Who Fell From the Sky (2011).

Eligibility and Requirements:

--All first novels published in print in 2013 are eligible, including those published by major, independent, and self-publishing presses.
--Only American authors publishing in English are eligible. Non-eligible books include short story collections, flash fiction, memoirs, biographies and books published solely in electronic format.
--Entries not postmarked prior to or on this date will be ineligible, and they will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope, postmarked by March 15, 2014
--Publishers (or authors) must submit three copies of their published novel along with a contact cover sheet indicating name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (no cover letter required). No galley proofs  will be accepted.
--Following the judging process, books will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient postage. The Writer’s Center is not responsible for lost or damaged books.
--Writer’s Center staff, board, and workshop leaders may not enter.

Judging:

The Writer’s Center will solicit a group of 15-20 volunteer judges to serve as first and second-round judges. These volunteers will evaluate books to determine if they meet eligibility requirements, and they will read and evaluate the submissions. Submissions advancing to the third round of judging will be evaluated by a team of three final judges. The winner is chosen at the sole discretion of the final judges.

The Winner:

The winner will receive $500 and will be featured in the 2014-15 Winter/Spring edition of The Workshop & Event Guide, on Writer.org, and our blog, First Person Plural. In addition, if feasible, he or she will be invited to read at The Writer’s Center during a reception to honor his or her work.

Send entries to:

The Writer’s Center
Attn: Mia Cortez
Re: First Novel Prize
4508 Walsh St.
Bethesda MD 20815

The submission period ends March 15, 2014.

Call for Submissions: The Golden Key

The Golden Key is a bi-annual journal of speculative and literary writing, inspired by the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale of the same name. We seek realist work sensitive to the magical and strange. The fantastical. Slipstream. Fabulist. Gothic. Weird tales. Work that unlocks. Work that restocks. We love writers who see familiar things in unexpected ways, and writers who revel in playing with language.

We are currently accepting unpublished fiction and poetry submissions for Issue #4 Hungry Things.

Give us hunger that’s insistent, burdensome, loud. Push us past the trails hunger can blaze, the wreckage an unyielding appetite can produce. Loud-smacking lips. Quivering jowls. Beasts with a keen taste for playing with their food.

Whet our appetites, then deny them. We want gnashing teeth, insatiable yearning. Irresistible smells winding out of a pot. Steam leaking from beneath a closed door. The low rumbling thunder of a long-denied stomach.

Whip us up cravings we didn’t know we could have. Make us hungry for salt water, witches’ brew, vapors. Invite us down paths our noses insist that we follow. Conjure the ache of a food shortage, rations, a whole continent under the flame of its famine.

Show us a thirsting, a yen, a yearning, a lusting in the belly—for things far more wicked and heady than food.

Bring your forks and knives, bring your appetite, bring your stories and poems.

Deadline: The HUNGRY THINGS submissions window ends March 31, 2014.

Please see our website for guidelines and other details.
For journal updates, follow us on Twitter.
We do our best to keep our response times to about 4-6 weeks.

Short Story Competition: Arcadia

The deadline for the 2014 Arcadia Short Story Contest is drawing near. We'll be accepting submissions until February 15. 

The winner receives $1,000 and publication in the spring issue of Arcadia. 

 

Entry fee is $15.00. More details, including how to submit, can be found here.

Writing Competition and Literary Festival: The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society

The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society, Inc.
624 Pirate's Alley
New Orleans, LA 70116
(504) 586-1609

Email:

FaulkhouseATaolDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society today announced it will once again present its fall arts festival, Words & Music, A Literary Feast in New Orleans, November 20 - November 24, 2014, and issued a Call for Papers for presentation at the festival.

The Faulkner Society is in the process of updating its web site with 2014 information, including working schedule, presenters, and pricing.

The Society's international literary talent search opened on January 1. Deadline for entries is April 15.  

 

Guidelines and Entry form have been updated on the web site for 2014. Please review before entering. The William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition offers significant cash prizes for previously unpublished work in eight categories: Novel, Novella, Book-Length Narrative Non-Fiction, Short Story,
Novel-in-Progress, Essay, Poetry, and Short Story by a High School Student. The competition is open to all, anywhere in the world, writing in English.

Check our web site again on February 5 for additional updates, and weekly, thereafter for information about additional competition judges,Words & Music faculty, etc.

Call for Fiction Submissions for Teens: One Teen Story

On February 1st One Teen Story will be opening its submission period. We’re so excited to begin reading your work again!

One Teen Story is One Story’s sister publication for young readers. Our editors are looking for short stories about the teen experience appropriate for readers ages 14 and up.

It’s free to submit your work to One Teen Story. We are seeking work from established and emerging writers. While writers of all ages may submit, we encourage teen writers to wait until May and enter our teen writing contest rather than submit in the general submission period.

To learn more or to submit, visit our webpage.

Because it’s always a great idea to read a magazine before you submit, we’re offering a special, 3-issue, $5 trial-subscription. To get it, use promo code FIVEBUCKS at our website.

Happy submitting!

Maribeth Batcha, Publisher

One Story
232 3rd St. #A108
Brooklyn, NY 11215

Call for Fiction Submissions: Blue Lyra Review

Blue Lyra Review is seeking submissions for its special all-fiction issue (April 2014). Writers can submit up to three micro or flash-fiction pieces, or one story from 1,000 words to 6,500.

Submit your work here. 

Stories should be of the highest caliber, drawing the reader into its world within a paragraph. They should be strong, fresh and feel original, with a pure heart and a sense of true human desire for something. While the subject is certainly open, genre work will not accepted. At the end of the day, move us with truth, life and skill, not experimentation.

Of course, we are always looking for nonfiction, poetry, art, and translations for our regular Feb., June & October issues. October is always themed. This year the theme is Far From The Maddening Crowd.

Send your submissions through Submittable in .doc or .docx format with your contact information (name, address, phone number and email address) on your (brief) cover letter. Please do not describe the plot of your story in your cover letter. Make sure that you put the word count on the first page of the submission or in the cover letter!

Call for Submissions from Georgia Students: Pegasus

Submissions sought from Georgia high school and undergraduate writers.

Pegasus, the literary magazine of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, is seeking submissions for its Spring 2014 issue. Pegasus is a handsome, 5.5 X 8.5, perfect-bound print journal. Contributors each receive two copies of the magazine. Contributors are also invited to come read at our annual launch party in April. Details about the launch are forthcoming.

Submission deadline is February 28, 2014, at midnight.

Pegasus is seeking creative nonfiction (braided essays, lyric essays, narrative nonfiction, experimental forms), short fiction, and poetry for our 2014 issue. We have no restrictions on style. We ask that contributors keep prose submissions relatively short, usually no more than 5000-6000 words. Poets should submit three-five poems; prose writers should submit no more than two pieces.

Pegasus is also seeking art and photography. We ask that artists submit high-quality JPEG, GIFs or PNG files. Artists are asked to identify the medium of their work.

To submit to Pegasus, please visit our Submittable page.

Pegasus will respond to all submissions by mid-April. We accept simultaneous submissions, but we asked that writers and artists notify us the moment a piece is accepted elsewhere. We do not publish previously-published material.

Note: Pegasus publishes only undergraduate and high school writers currently enrolled in schools in the state of Georgia in the United States.

Call for Submissions: Jet Fuel Review

The Jet Fuel Review is open for submissions for its Spring 2014 issue!

Writers! Poets! Artists! We need your work!

In April 2011, Lewis University published the first issue of Jet Fuel Review, an online literary journal showcasing the poetry, prose, visual art, and other creative compositions of all kinds of writers and artists from Lewis students to award-winning authors of books.

We are now gearing up to launch another issue of the Review due this fall. To that end, we are accepting submissions from… you! Please see the submission guidelines here and refer to the editorial tastes section of the Jet Fuel Review.

The Review will be accepting submissions through March 15th, 2014. We look forward to hearing from you!

Don’t forget to join the Jet Fuel Review Facebook page and follow on Twitter.

Also, please check out Jet Fuel Review Blog and consider subscribing.

Sincerely,

The Editors

Call for Submissions: Linden Avenue Literary Journal

Linden Avenue Literary Journal founded in June 2012, is now accepting poetry, non-fiction, and short fiction on a rolling basis for its May 2014 issues and beyond.

Linden Avenue publishes poetry and short fiction that highlights the intersection between art and everyday life. Bring us your words, colored and sketched, and if we love them? There will be a place for them here.

What you should expect from Linden Avenue:

1.) A monthly literary journal that highlights the best work submitted regardless of any affiliation or prior publication.

2.) Poetry and fiction that is as beautiful in construction as it is in content.

Detailed submission guidelines for each genre can be found on our Submittable page.

Novel Competition for Undergrad and Grad Students: Simon451

SIMON451: NOVEL-WRITING CONTEST FOR STUDENTS

Simon451, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, is pleased to announce a writing contest for students. Submissions must fall in one of the following categories: science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian or dystopian fiction, apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic fiction, or alternate history in literature. We are looking for full-length novels only; novellas and short stories will not be considered.
The contest is open to legal residents of the United States who are at least eighteen years of age and are currently enrolled in college at the undergraduate or graduate level, and who possess a student ID card valid as of February 2014. 

The submission period runs from February 1, 2014–March 15, 2014, during which entrants are asked to provide a 250-word synopsis and the first fifty pages of their novel via the online entry form in accordance with the full contest guidelines. Complete contest rules and guidelines can be found here.

Ten finalists will be chosen and contacted by April 15, 2014, at which time they will be asked to submit their complete novels for consideration. The winner will receive a publishing contract with Simon451 and a trip to ComicCon in New York City to participate in the public launch of the imprint.

For any further information about the Simon451 imprint, please contact Cary Goldstein, VP/Executive Director of Publicity of Simon & Schuster:

cary.goldsteinATsimonandschusterDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

For questions regarding contest details, please contact:

Simon451ATsimonandschusterDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

Simon & Schuster, a part of CBS Corporation, is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, across all printed, electronic, and audio formats. Its divisions include Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, Simon & Schuster Audio, Simon & Schuster Digital, and international companies in Australia, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit our website.