Monday, October 31, 2016
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Seeking Interviewees for Poetry Podcasts: This Choice
This Choice is a new (very small, independent, living-room based) podcast series that asks poets how their attention to poetry affects their daily lives.
Interviews are conducted via Skype, and published through Soundcloud, available on iTunes.
I'm looking for published poets who believe this topic is pertinent to them. If this sounds interesting, please send a bio and a brief message about how attention to poetry matters in the choices you make (-please read the manifest on the website).
And then be patient with me.
Previous interviewees include Kelli Russell Agodon, Molly Fisk and the psychiatrist/poet Richard M. Berlin.
I will be continuing the podcast as a monthly project.
Like us on Facebook.
Email me:
renkat(at)mac(dot)com (Change (at) to @ and (dot) to . )
Please write This Choice in the subject mind so it doesn't wind up in the spam folder.
Ren (Katherine) Powell, Editor
Interviews are conducted via Skype, and published through Soundcloud, available on iTunes.
I'm looking for published poets who believe this topic is pertinent to them. If this sounds interesting, please send a bio and a brief message about how attention to poetry matters in the choices you make (-please read the manifest on the website).
And then be patient with me.
Previous interviewees include Kelli Russell Agodon, Molly Fisk and the psychiatrist/poet Richard M. Berlin.
I will be continuing the podcast as a monthly project.
Like us on Facebook.
Email me:
renkat(at)mac(dot)com (Change (at) to @ and (dot) to . )
Please write This Choice in the subject mind so it doesn't wind up in the spam folder.
Ren (Katherine) Powell, Editor
Call for Submissions: Panoply
Panoply is open for submissions now through November 20 (at 11:59 pm US Central time). Some keys:
Our editorial calendar:
Oct 21 – Nov 20 Call for Submissions for Issue 5
Dec 10 Review of ALL submissions. Submitters notified shortly thereafter. Generally, we do not notify submitters until after all submissions have been read.
Jan 6, 2017 Publication of Issue 5
- Submit up to 3 pieces of poetry and/or short prose.
- Simultaneous submissions are ok. Just notify us ASAP if your work has been accepted elsewhere.
- We accept no more than one piece per contributor per issue.
- Please limit prose to 500 words or less.
- We read 100% blind.
- Submit one document as an MS WORD attachment in 12-point font. Submittable includes a section for a 75-word (MAX!) 3rd-person biography. Do not put your name or other identifying information on your document.
Our editorial calendar:
Oct 21 – Nov 20 Call for Submissions for Issue 5
Dec 10 Review of ALL submissions. Submitters notified shortly thereafter. Generally, we do not notify submitters until after all submissions have been read.
Jan 6, 2017 Publication of Issue 5
Writing Conference and Workshops: The 13th Annual Eckerd College Writers' Conference: Writers in Paradise
The 13th Annual Eckerd College Writers' Conference: Writers in Paradise is currently accepting submissions for workshops with Andre Dubus III, Denise Duhamel, Ann Hood, Laura Lippman, Stewart O'Nan, Les Standiford, Sterling Watson and David Yoo. We offer more than 30 different fellowships and scholarships on a competitive basis, including alumni of the conference, current and recent MFAs, and AWP members.
Guest speakers for 2017 will include Inaugural poet, Richard Blanco, Iowa Writers Workshop Director, Lan Samantha Chang, Florida Poet Laureate, Peter Meinke, and more.Located on the coast of the picturesque Boca Ciega Bay in St. Petersburg, Florida, Writers in Paradise offers an intimate eight-day experience of workshop classes, roundtables, panel discussions, Q&As, readings, book signings, and receptions with our award-winning faculty and guest speakers.
The conference will take place January 14-21, 2017.
For more information or to apply, please visit our website.
Application period will close on November 15th.
Guest speakers for 2017 will include Inaugural poet, Richard Blanco, Iowa Writers Workshop Director, Lan Samantha Chang, Florida Poet Laureate, Peter Meinke, and more.Located on the coast of the picturesque Boca Ciega Bay in St. Petersburg, Florida, Writers in Paradise offers an intimate eight-day experience of workshop classes, roundtables, panel discussions, Q&As, readings, book signings, and receptions with our award-winning faculty and guest speakers.
The conference will take place January 14-21, 2017.
For more information or to apply, please visit our website.
Application period will close on November 15th.
Call for Submissions: Claudius Speaks
Claudius Speaks is accepting submissions for our Autumn 2016 issue: Buried. On behalf of the Claudius staff, I encourage you to submit your work to our publication. Claudius Speaks is a platform for emerging voices to challenge the mind and move the heart. We seek personal essays, narrative nonfiction, poetry, photography, painting, and illustration. A central aspect of our mission is to shine a light on less-established writers and artists.
We pay for all accepted work. Should you like to heed our call and submit, please send your work via submittable.
The deadline for submissions is SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31st. We are very eager to review your work and we look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
K. Augustus
Editor-in-chief
We pay for all accepted work. Should you like to heed our call and submit, please send your work via submittable.
The deadline for submissions is SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31st. We are very eager to review your work and we look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
K. Augustus
Editor-in-chief
Call for Fiction and Nonfiction: The Forge Literary Magazine
Submissions accepted year-round.
The Forge Literary Magazine seeks fiction and nonfiction submissions. While we prefer work below 3,000 words, we will consider work of rare quality up to 5,000 words. Since we are a diverse, international group of writers, our tastes and styles are wide-ranging. Submissions are read anonymously year-round. We publish one prose piece per week selected by a rotating cast of editors. Our selection is competitive, so send us your best!
There is no fee to submit, and we pay all contributors.
Visit our website for better insight into who we are and what we publish.
The Forge Literary Magazine seeks fiction and nonfiction submissions. While we prefer work below 3,000 words, we will consider work of rare quality up to 5,000 words. Since we are a diverse, international group of writers, our tastes and styles are wide-ranging. Submissions are read anonymously year-round. We publish one prose piece per week selected by a rotating cast of editors. Our selection is competitive, so send us your best!
There is no fee to submit, and we pay all contributors.
Visit our website for better insight into who we are and what we publish.
Call for Submissions about the Adirondacks: Blueline
Deadline: November 30, 2016
Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks seeks poems, stories, and essays about the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, focusing on nature’s shaping influence.
We also welcome nonfiction about the region’s literature or culture.
Submission period July 1 through November 30. Decisions mid-February.
Payment in copies.
Simultaneous submissions accepted if identified as such. Please notify immediately if your submission is placed elsewhere. Electronic submissions encouraged, as Word files, to:
bluelineATpotsdamDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Please identify the genre in the subject line. Further information at our website.
Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks seeks poems, stories, and essays about the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, focusing on nature’s shaping influence.
We also welcome nonfiction about the region’s literature or culture.
Submission period July 1 through November 30. Decisions mid-February.
Payment in copies.
Simultaneous submissions accepted if identified as such. Please notify immediately if your submission is placed elsewhere. Electronic submissions encouraged, as Word files, to:
bluelineATpotsdamDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Please identify the genre in the subject line. Further information at our website.
Writing Competition: 2nd Annual Storytellers of Tomorrow High School Creative Writing Contest
The 2nd Annual “Storytellers of Tomorrow” High School Creative Writing Contest
The Ringling College of Art and Design Creative Writing Program invites all high-school age students to submit unpublished, original English-language stories of up to 2,000 words in length for the 2nd Annual “Storytellers of Tomorrow” Contest. The criteria for earning prizes in this contest is simply overall quality, meaning that well-edited, engaging, and evocative stories have the best chance of winning over the judges.
Submission Guidelines: Mail a double-spaced hard copy of your story to us OR send your story as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf attachment through email. Along with your submission, please include your name, high school, current grade level, which category you are submitting to, and a few sentences about your background in writing, your hobbies/interests, or anything else you’d like to share to give us a stronger sense of who you are.
Students are asked to send no more than one (1) submission per category. The two categories are Literary Stories (think Tim O’Brien, O. Henry, John Green, and Alice Walker) or Genre Stories (think Neil Gaiman, Edgar Allen Poe, J.K. Rowling, and Philip K. Dick). Students can submit work to both categories if they choose. While these submissions can be traditional short stories, we also encourage graphic narratives, scripts, picture book manuscripts, comics, and other literary forms/blends for either submission category.
Submission Address for Hard Copies:
“Storytellers of Tomorrow” Creative Writing Contest
C/O The Creative Writing Program
Ringling College of Art and Design
2700 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34234-5895
Or email your submission to:
creativewritingATringlingDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Submission Period: Oct 1, 2016 – Dec 1, 2016 (postmarked)
(Winners will be notified on or before January 7, 2017)
Initial Judges: The Ringling College of Art and Design Creative Writing Program faculty
Final Judge: Todd Pierce, award-winning author of Newsworld and Three Years in Wonderland
Entry Fee: None
Prizes in each category:
1st prize: $200 & a Ringling College of Art and Design t-shirt
2nd prize: $100 & a Ringling College of Art and Design t-shirt
3rd prize: $50 & a Ringling College of Art and Design t-shirt
**The judges reserve the right to award as many Honorable Mentions as the submissions merit. This honor includes each author receiving a Ringling College of Art and Design t-shirt.
**The top winner in each category will have their story published in the Creative Writing Program’s literary arts magazine that launches in Academic Year 2017-2018, for which each author will receive a contributor copy. Beyond that one-time publication, authors retain all rights to their stories.
The Ringling College of Art and Design Creative Writing Program invites all high-school age students to submit unpublished, original English-language stories of up to 2,000 words in length for the 2nd Annual “Storytellers of Tomorrow” Contest. The criteria for earning prizes in this contest is simply overall quality, meaning that well-edited, engaging, and evocative stories have the best chance of winning over the judges.
Submission Guidelines: Mail a double-spaced hard copy of your story to us OR send your story as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf attachment through email. Along with your submission, please include your name, high school, current grade level, which category you are submitting to, and a few sentences about your background in writing, your hobbies/interests, or anything else you’d like to share to give us a stronger sense of who you are.
Students are asked to send no more than one (1) submission per category. The two categories are Literary Stories (think Tim O’Brien, O. Henry, John Green, and Alice Walker) or Genre Stories (think Neil Gaiman, Edgar Allen Poe, J.K. Rowling, and Philip K. Dick). Students can submit work to both categories if they choose. While these submissions can be traditional short stories, we also encourage graphic narratives, scripts, picture book manuscripts, comics, and other literary forms/blends for either submission category.
Submission Address for Hard Copies:
“Storytellers of Tomorrow” Creative Writing Contest
C/O The Creative Writing Program
Ringling College of Art and Design
2700 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34234-5895
Or email your submission to:
creativewritingATringlingDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Submission Period: Oct 1, 2016 – Dec 1, 2016 (postmarked)
(Winners will be notified on or before January 7, 2017)
Initial Judges: The Ringling College of Art and Design Creative Writing Program faculty
Final Judge: Todd Pierce, award-winning author of Newsworld and Three Years in Wonderland
Entry Fee: None
Prizes in each category:
1st prize: $200 & a Ringling College of Art and Design t-shirt
2nd prize: $100 & a Ringling College of Art and Design t-shirt
3rd prize: $50 & a Ringling College of Art and Design t-shirt
**The judges reserve the right to award as many Honorable Mentions as the submissions merit. This honor includes each author receiving a Ringling College of Art and Design t-shirt.
**The top winner in each category will have their story published in the Creative Writing Program’s literary arts magazine that launches in Academic Year 2017-2018, for which each author will receive a contributor copy. Beyond that one-time publication, authors retain all rights to their stories.
Poetry Competition: C.P. Cavafy Poetry Prize
Dear Poets,
We encourage you to submit your work to our C. P. Cavafy Poetry Prize contest. In 2015, Sandra Beasley won the C. P. Cavafy Poetry Prize with her poem “Non-Commissioned (a Quartet)”. This year it could be you who wins the C. P. Cavafy Poetry Prize. The deadline for the competition this year is November 30, 2016.
Here are the details of the competition:
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Poetry International is given annually for a single poem. Submit up to 3 poems with a $15 entry fee. You may submit additional poems for a $3 reading fee per poem.
The winner will be announced on our website in the spring of 2017.
We accept digital submissions through Submittable.
We encourage you to submit your work to our C. P. Cavafy Poetry Prize contest. In 2015, Sandra Beasley won the C. P. Cavafy Poetry Prize with her poem “Non-Commissioned (a Quartet)”. This year it could be you who wins the C. P. Cavafy Poetry Prize. The deadline for the competition this year is November 30, 2016.
Here are the details of the competition:
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Poetry International is given annually for a single poem. Submit up to 3 poems with a $15 entry fee. You may submit additional poems for a $3 reading fee per poem.
The winner will be announced on our website in the spring of 2017.
We accept digital submissions through Submittable.
Call for Poetry Chapbook Submissions: Anomalous Press
The chapbook imprint of Drunken Boat, Anomalous Press is currently reading chapbook-length manuscripts of poetry (translations and hybrid / intergenre work encouraged) between October 15th and November 15th. Aesthetically, we are excited by work that isn’t afraid to take risks and is difficult by necessity. Translations and experimental work are welcome. We highly encourage the work of women, people of color, differently abled people, and queer, trans, and gender nonconforming folk.
HOW TO SUBMIT
There is no fee to submit.
Submit via Submittable by November 15th at 11:59 pm EST.
There is no fee to submit.
Submit via Submittable by November 15th at 11:59 pm EST.
- Submissions between 12-48 pages are favored. However, exceptions can be make for longer submissions if we feel a strong connection to the work.
- Simultaneous submissions are allowed, however entrants must notify Anomalous Press if a manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
- Submit a manuscript and cover letter including a biographical note as a single .pdf or .doc document.
ebony(at)drunkenboat(dot)com (Change (at) to @ and (dot) to . )
with any questions
Monday, October 24, 2016
Call for Submissions: Belmont Story Review
Belmont Story Review invites submissions for its second issue. We’re looking for submissions of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from emerging and established writers. Also, we’re open to submissions of narrative journalism in the areas of music, publishing, creativity and collaboration, as well as faith and culture.
--Deadline for Issue 2: November 15th
--Cash honorarium awarded to authors who have accepted submissions
Located in Nashville, Tenn., Belmont University is renowned for its College of Entertainment and Music Business and Social Entrepreneurship programs grounded in faith and values. It’s the only university with an undergraduate major in Publishing. Belmont Story Review is produced through the Publishing Program under the auspices of assistant professor Richard Sowienski, a 30-year publishing veteran, which included a five-year stint as managing editor of The Missouri Review.
To submit, reply to:
BSRsubmissionsATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
with the genre of your work in the subject line and attach a Word document. In the body, please include a brief bio. For more information, visit our website.
Matt Hollingsworth
Editorial Staff
--Deadline for Issue 2: November 15th
--Cash honorarium awarded to authors who have accepted submissions
Located in Nashville, Tenn., Belmont University is renowned for its College of Entertainment and Music Business and Social Entrepreneurship programs grounded in faith and values. It’s the only university with an undergraduate major in Publishing. Belmont Story Review is produced through the Publishing Program under the auspices of assistant professor Richard Sowienski, a 30-year publishing veteran, which included a five-year stint as managing editor of The Missouri Review.
To submit, reply to:
BSRsubmissionsATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
with the genre of your work in the subject line and attach a Word document. In the body, please include a brief bio. For more information, visit our website.
Matt Hollingsworth
Editorial Staff
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Writing Competition: 2017 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Writing Contests
Writing contests for playwrights, poets and short story writers.
We are excited to announce that the 2017 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival's Writing Contests are now open for submissions!
FICTION
For our Fiction Contest the deadline is November 30, 2016. Entry Fee is $25.
Grand Prize: $1,500
Domestic airfare (up to $500) and French Quarter accommodations to attend the Festival
VIP All-Access Festival pass for the next Festival ($500 value)
Public reading at a literary panel at the next Festival
Publication in Louisiana Literature
Judge: Dorothy Allison, Lambda Literary Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of acclaimed novel, Cavedweller.
POETRY
For our Poetry Contest the deadline is November 15, 2016. Entry Fee is $15.
Grand Prize: $1,000
VIP All-Access Pass ($500 value) for the Festival
Publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine
Public reading at the next Festival
Judge: Peter Cooley, Louisiana Poet Laureate and author of nine poetry collections including his latest, Night Bus to the Afterlife.
ONE-ACT PLAY
For our One-Act Play Contest the deadline is November 1, 2016. Entry Fee is $25.
Grand Prize: $1,500
Professional Staged Reading at the next Festival
A VIP All-Access Festival pass ($500 value)
Publication in Bayou Magazine
Judge: University of New Orleans’ Creative Writing Workshop and the Department of Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts.
The top nine finalists for all contests will receive a panel pass ($75 value) to the Festival (March 22-26, 2017), and their names will be published on the Festival's website. For more information and full guidelines, see our submission page.
We are excited to announce that the 2017 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival's Writing Contests are now open for submissions!
FICTION
For our Fiction Contest the deadline is November 30, 2016. Entry Fee is $25.
Grand Prize: $1,500
Domestic airfare (up to $500) and French Quarter accommodations to attend the Festival
VIP All-Access Festival pass for the next Festival ($500 value)
Public reading at a literary panel at the next Festival
Publication in Louisiana Literature
Judge: Dorothy Allison, Lambda Literary Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of acclaimed novel, Cavedweller.
POETRY
For our Poetry Contest the deadline is November 15, 2016. Entry Fee is $15.
Grand Prize: $1,000
VIP All-Access Pass ($500 value) for the Festival
Publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine
Public reading at the next Festival
Judge: Peter Cooley, Louisiana Poet Laureate and author of nine poetry collections including his latest, Night Bus to the Afterlife.
ONE-ACT PLAY
For our One-Act Play Contest the deadline is November 1, 2016. Entry Fee is $25.
Grand Prize: $1,500
Professional Staged Reading at the next Festival
A VIP All-Access Festival pass ($500 value)
Publication in Bayou Magazine
Judge: University of New Orleans’ Creative Writing Workshop and the Department of Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts.
The top nine finalists for all contests will receive a panel pass ($75 value) to the Festival (March 22-26, 2017), and their names will be published on the Festival's website. For more information and full guidelines, see our submission page.
Call for Submissions on Theme of Fire and Fury: CICADA YA Magazine
Deadline: December 2, 2016
CICADA YA/teen lit magazine seeks fiction, poetry, comics, and essays on the theme of Fire and Fury. Anger can be an all-consuming, destructive wildfire; however, like a prairie burn that nourishes and renews the land, anger can also be an agent of positive change and healing.
Show us works that burn with rage in all its forms, from smoldering resentment to blazing righteous fury. Exploitative and/or explicit works: not welcome. Works on claiming anger and owning its strength: especially encouraged!
Visit our website for details.
CICADA YA/teen lit magazine seeks fiction, poetry, comics, and essays on the theme of Fire and Fury. Anger can be an all-consuming, destructive wildfire; however, like a prairie burn that nourishes and renews the land, anger can also be an agent of positive change and healing.
Show us works that burn with rage in all its forms, from smoldering resentment to blazing righteous fury. Exploitative and/or explicit works: not welcome. Works on claiming anger and owning its strength: especially encouraged!
Visit our website for details.
Call for Submissions: The Critical Pass Review
Submissions accepted year-round.
Calling all poets, writers, photographers, and other artists! The Critical Pass Review is now accepting submissions for its Fall 2016 Issue. To submit poetry, fiction, photographs, and art through our easy-to-use (and free) online submission system, please feel free to visit our website.
Both new and experienced contributors are welcome to submit. Each work submitted is assessed on its own merit. We look forward to considering you work!
Calling all poets, writers, photographers, and other artists! The Critical Pass Review is now accepting submissions for its Fall 2016 Issue. To submit poetry, fiction, photographs, and art through our easy-to-use (and free) online submission system, please feel free to visit our website.
Both new and experienced contributors are welcome to submit. Each work submitted is assessed on its own merit. We look forward to considering you work!
Call for Creative Nonfiction Submissions: bioStories
Submissions accepted year-round.
bioStories is an online literary magazine of creative nonfiction focused on biography and autobiography. We publish weekly “feature essays”, semi-annual digital issues, and digital and print thematic anthologies. We read submissions year-round for essays keeping with our tradition of “sharing the extraordinary in ordinary lives,” and run two annual thematic contests.
Writers are encouraged to visit the website to gain a full sense of our reading tastes and literary mission of presenting exceptional writers exploring the subtleties of the lives we might otherwise overlook. Full submission guidelines are available here.
bioStories is an online literary magazine of creative nonfiction focused on biography and autobiography. We publish weekly “feature essays”, semi-annual digital issues, and digital and print thematic anthologies. We read submissions year-round for essays keeping with our tradition of “sharing the extraordinary in ordinary lives,” and run two annual thematic contests.
Writers are encouraged to visit the website to gain a full sense of our reading tastes and literary mission of presenting exceptional writers exploring the subtleties of the lives we might otherwise overlook. Full submission guidelines are available here.
Call for Poetry on Current Events: The New Verse News
THE NEW VERSE NEWS covers the news of the day with poems on issues, large and small, international and local. It relies on the submission of poems (especially those of a politically progressive bent) by writers from all over the world.
The editors update the website every day or two with the best work received. What's best? A genuinely poetic take on a very current and specific news story or event.
See the website for guidelines and for examples of the kinds of poems THE NEW VERSE NEWS publishes. Then paste your non-simultaneous submission and a brief bio in the text of an email (no attachments, please) to:
nvneditor(at)gmail(dot)com (Change (at) to @ and (dot) to . )
Write "Verse News Submission" in the subject line of your email.
Call for Submissions: Midnight Circus
Midnight Circus is a seasonally published lit mag and online collection of poetry and prose. Each season we select a theme and accept submissions of poems and short stories.
Submissions are open for about 2 months. As each poem or story is accepted it will be featured on our page. At the end of the submission period the accepted work will be collected and be available for sale on Amazon and in Omaha stores.
Submission Themes and Dates
Winter 2017 - Submissions open from October 1 - November 30, 2016
Theme: Winter (the season)
Print copy available December 21, 2016
Spring 2017 - Submissions open from January 1 - February 28, 2017
Theme - Spring (the season)
Print copy available March 20, 2017
Summer 2017 - Submissions open from April 1 - May 31
Theme - Summer (the season)
Print copy available June 21, 2017
To submit to Midnight Circus send an email to:
EABPublishingATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
with your work attached in a WORD document and the following:
Your Name
Your Bio
Name of the work being submitted
Author website or social media links you would like listed with your work
Up to 5 poems may be submitted per season. Prose should be roughly between 2,000 and 5,000 words.
All published work will be featured in the seasonal issue of Midnight Circus and on the EAB Publishing pages. The author agrees that their work is original and properly cited. EAB Publishing does not currently pay royalties for publication in Midnight Circus nor do we provide a print copy of the issue upon publication. The author retains the rights to their work, but agrees not to publish the work in another publication until one year after the issue is released.
Submission Guidelines
The use of mixed media and formatting can be used to enhance a story, and we are all for it. Clever uses of space in poetry, art to support a short story, these are all great and welcome in submissions, but not required. To maintain a low price print version of our literary magazine, all material must be in B&W.
Gratuitous Violence and Explicitly Sexual Content. These all have their place, it just isn’t here. If your work falls into the category of Horrorcore, Grindhouse, Erotica, or similar, please do not submit to Midnight Circus.
Fan Fiction. Gotta love it! But we can’t publish it. Exceptions being work within the public domain.
Send submissions as a .docx or .docs files. This makes formatting and editing easy for all involved.
Submissions are open for about 2 months. As each poem or story is accepted it will be featured on our page. At the end of the submission period the accepted work will be collected and be available for sale on Amazon and in Omaha stores.
Submission Themes and Dates
Winter 2017 - Submissions open from October 1 - November 30, 2016
Theme: Winter (the season)
Print copy available December 21, 2016
Spring 2017 - Submissions open from January 1 - February 28, 2017
Theme - Spring (the season)
Print copy available March 20, 2017
Summer 2017 - Submissions open from April 1 - May 31
Theme - Summer (the season)
Print copy available June 21, 2017
To submit to Midnight Circus send an email to:
EABPublishingATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
with your work attached in a WORD document and the following:
Your Name
Your Bio
Name of the work being submitted
Author website or social media links you would like listed with your work
Up to 5 poems may be submitted per season. Prose should be roughly between 2,000 and 5,000 words.
All published work will be featured in the seasonal issue of Midnight Circus and on the EAB Publishing pages. The author agrees that their work is original and properly cited. EAB Publishing does not currently pay royalties for publication in Midnight Circus nor do we provide a print copy of the issue upon publication. The author retains the rights to their work, but agrees not to publish the work in another publication until one year after the issue is released.
Submission Guidelines
The use of mixed media and formatting can be used to enhance a story, and we are all for it. Clever uses of space in poetry, art to support a short story, these are all great and welcome in submissions, but not required. To maintain a low price print version of our literary magazine, all material must be in B&W.
Gratuitous Violence and Explicitly Sexual Content. These all have their place, it just isn’t here. If your work falls into the category of Horrorcore, Grindhouse, Erotica, or similar, please do not submit to Midnight Circus.
Fan Fiction. Gotta love it! But we can’t publish it. Exceptions being work within the public domain.
Send submissions as a .docx or .docs files. This makes formatting and editing easy for all involved.
Call for Short Story Submissions: Arts + Literature
Arts + Literature Laboratory is currently seeking short stories to be shown in tangent with the photographic work of artist Marissa Mackey. Mackey’s series, Vehicle, is interested in the potential of open narrative and the human compulsion to speculate and imagine when faced with the unresolved. We are looking for short stories, 500-3,000 words, either in direct response to these images or extant work that explores parallel themes within the images. Themes that might be explored include but aren’t limited to: the impotence of night; suspicion; voyeurism; vulnerability within a space; the unfulfilled adventure; the outsider, stranger, tourist, or alien; the uncanny; and speculation.
Selected works will be included in an online publication housed on our website and highlighted in ALL Review as well as in the Future Perfect exhibition. During the exhibition reception on December 10th there will also be live readings of a number of excerpts and stories from the selections.
Deadline: Friday, November 18, 2016
Please submit your work in a PDF and email it, along with a brief bio that includes your current city and state of residence, to:
allfutureperfectsubmissionsATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Please indicate if you might be available to read your work in Madison on December 10 but note we have no funds to help cover the costs of transportation.
More info and images available here.
Selected works will be included in an online publication housed on our website and highlighted in ALL Review as well as in the Future Perfect exhibition. During the exhibition reception on December 10th there will also be live readings of a number of excerpts and stories from the selections.
Deadline: Friday, November 18, 2016
Please submit your work in a PDF and email it, along with a brief bio that includes your current city and state of residence, to:
allfutureperfectsubmissionsATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Please indicate if you might be available to read your work in Madison on December 10 but note we have no funds to help cover the costs of transportation.
More info and images available here.
Call for Submissions: The Windward Review
The Windward Review, a literary journal celebrating the spirit of South Texas and the Coastal Bend is accepting submissions from October 5, 2016 through January 6, 2017. Visit our website for guidelines and more.
The goal of The Windward Review is to produce an annual print literary journal of regional and eventual national prominence.
We especially seek to showcase the talent in the South Texas and Coastal Bend region by publishing new, emerging, and well-established writers of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction--including interviews and reviews. We also invite submissions from anyone who has lived and traveled in South Texas and who can speak to any of the dynamic themes of the South Texas experience.
We look forward to your work!
Editor, Robin Carstensen
Managing Editor, Joshua Espitia
The goal of The Windward Review is to produce an annual print literary journal of regional and eventual national prominence.
We especially seek to showcase the talent in the South Texas and Coastal Bend region by publishing new, emerging, and well-established writers of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction--including interviews and reviews. We also invite submissions from anyone who has lived and traveled in South Texas and who can speak to any of the dynamic themes of the South Texas experience.
We look forward to your work!
Editor, Robin Carstensen
Managing Editor, Joshua Espitia
Writing Competition: Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets
Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets
Deadline: December 1, 2015
The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry is awarded annually to an African poet who has not yet published a collection of poetry. An “African writer” is taken to mean someone who was born in Africa, who is a national or resident of an African country, or whose parents are African. The winner receives USD $1000 and book publication through the University of Nebraska Press. No entry fee is required.
Manuscripts should be at least 50 pages long. The African Poetry Book Fund Editorial Board will judge. A winner will be announced in January. For more information, please visit our website, our Submittable page, or contact the Book Prize Coordinator at:
psbookprizeATunlDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Flash Fiction Competition: Red Savina Review
Red Savina Review Flash Fiction Contest was created to champion writers whose writing explores and challenges the notion of human being in the twenty-first century. Flash fiction by authors that achieve this distinction will be devoid of influences such as political correctness and the solipsism that taints much of literature composed under the auspices of postmodernity. The award will be given to those writers whose work strips away the conceits of being human in an attempt to clear the way for human being, to authors who have something to say and say it well.
Open: September 19, 2016
Deadline: December 1, 2016
Fee: $9.00 entry
Prize: Winner receives $75.00 and publication
Word Count: 750 words
Entries judged by RSR Editors
For more information and to enter, please visit our website.
Open: September 19, 2016
Deadline: December 1, 2016
Fee: $9.00 entry
Prize: Winner receives $75.00 and publication
Word Count: 750 words
Entries judged by RSR Editors
For more information and to enter, please visit our website.
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Call for Submissions: The Southeast Review
The Southeast Review is currently accepting poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and book review submissions for issues 35.1 and 35.2. We seek quality writing from a range of traditions and styles, with an emphasis on work that pushes boundaries and uses its craft to evoke emotion while making the strange seem familiar and the familiar, strange.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us if your pieces are accepted elsewhere. We look forward to reading your work!
Please visit our website or Submittable page for more information and guidelines.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us if your pieces are accepted elsewhere. We look forward to reading your work!
Please visit our website or Submittable page for more information and guidelines.
Artists' Residency: Sundress Academy of the Arts
The Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) is now accepting applications for short-term artists' residencies during the summer residency period, during the weeks of May 8th to August 20th, 2017. These residencies are designed to give artists time and space to complete their creative projects in a quiet and productive environment.
Each residency costs $250/week, which includes a room of one's own, access to our communal kitchen, bathroom, office, and living space, plus wireless internet and cable.
For the summer residency period, SAFTA will be offering four full fellowships for the following—two fellowships for writers or artists of color (one sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Commission), one Tennessee Arts Commission fellowship for an Appalachian writer, and one Tennessee Arts Commission fellowship for a Tennessee writer. Three of these fellowships were made possible by an ABC grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission, awarded for the 2016-2017 season.
The Tennessee Arts Commission fellowship for Appalachian writers is open to any writer who currently lives or works in Appalachia or any writer with strong ties to the area. The Tennessee Arts Commission fellowship for Tennessee writers is open to any writer who currently lives or works in Tennessee or any writer native to Tennessee. For either of the two writer/artist of color fellowships, the application fee will be waived for those who demonstrate financial need. Please state this in your application under the financial need section. Partial scholarships are also available to any applicant with financial need.
The application deadline for the summer residency period is January 15th, 2017. Find out more at our website.
The Tennessee Arts Commission invests in more than 600 nonprofit organizations across the state and their mission is to cultivate the arts for the benefit of all Tennesseans and their communities. For more information, check their website.
The Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) is an artists’ residency on a 45-acre farm in Knoxville, Tennessee, that hosts workshops, retreats, and residencies for writers of all genres, visual artists, and more. All are guided by experienced, professional instructors from a variety of creative disciplines who are dedicated to cultivating the arts in East Tennessee.
Each residency costs $250/week, which includes a room of one's own, access to our communal kitchen, bathroom, office, and living space, plus wireless internet and cable.
For the summer residency period, SAFTA will be offering four full fellowships for the following—two fellowships for writers or artists of color (one sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Commission), one Tennessee Arts Commission fellowship for an Appalachian writer, and one Tennessee Arts Commission fellowship for a Tennessee writer. Three of these fellowships were made possible by an ABC grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission, awarded for the 2016-2017 season.
The Tennessee Arts Commission fellowship for Appalachian writers is open to any writer who currently lives or works in Appalachia or any writer with strong ties to the area. The Tennessee Arts Commission fellowship for Tennessee writers is open to any writer who currently lives or works in Tennessee or any writer native to Tennessee. For either of the two writer/artist of color fellowships, the application fee will be waived for those who demonstrate financial need. Please state this in your application under the financial need section. Partial scholarships are also available to any applicant with financial need.
The application deadline for the summer residency period is January 15th, 2017. Find out more at our website.
The Tennessee Arts Commission invests in more than 600 nonprofit organizations across the state and their mission is to cultivate the arts for the benefit of all Tennesseans and their communities. For more information, check their website.
The Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) is an artists’ residency on a 45-acre farm in Knoxville, Tennessee, that hosts workshops, retreats, and residencies for writers of all genres, visual artists, and more. All are guided by experienced, professional instructors from a variety of creative disciplines who are dedicated to cultivating the arts in East Tennessee.
Call for Creative Nonfiction and Art: Inscape
Inscape, the literary magazine of Washburn University, is open for submissions through October 31. The editors are especially interested in seeing high-quality creative nonfiction and visual art.
Top submissions in each genre will receive $100 Editors' Choice Awards and Pushcart nominations. The editors' favorite visual art will appear on the magazine's cover.
Submit online here.
Chapbook Competition: Arcadia Press
2016 ARCADIA PRESS CHAPBOOK PRIZE
FICTION, POETRY, NONFICTION
AUGUST 1 – NOVEMBER 30
A prize of $1,000 and twenty-five author copies is given annually for a chapbook of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. The chapbook will also be published by Arcadia and distributed to our subscribers as the winter issue.
Submit a manuscript of 15 to 40 pages with a $20.00 entry fee between August 1 and November 30.
All poems, stories, and essays submitted will be considered for publication in Arcadia. For more information, please visit our contest page.
FICTION, POETRY, NONFICTION
AUGUST 1 – NOVEMBER 30
A prize of $1,000 and twenty-five author copies is given annually for a chapbook of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. The chapbook will also be published by Arcadia and distributed to our subscribers as the winter issue.
Submit a manuscript of 15 to 40 pages with a $20.00 entry fee between August 1 and November 30.
All poems, stories, and essays submitted will be considered for publication in Arcadia. For more information, please visit our contest page.
First Fiction Competition for Midwest Writers: Holy Cow! Press
Holy Cow! Press announces its “First Fiction” contest to publish an author's first short story collection or a novella.
$5,000 cash prize, publication contract.
For writers living in the American midwest (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North & South Dakota, Michigan, Illinois).
Deadline: December 1st, 2016.
$20 reading fee requested. Email for complete guidelines:
holycowATholycowpresDOT.org (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
or visit our website.
Finalist judge: Linda LeGarde Grover.
Call for Submissions on Theme of Leaving Home, Finding Home: Nimrod International Jounal
Call for Submissions: Leaving Home, Finding Home
Deadline: November 5, 2016
Submissions are now open for Nimrod International Journal’s Spring 2017 issue, Leaving Home, Finding Home. For this issue, we invite poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction that explore ideas of home. We are especially interested in receiving work by immigrants, “Third Culture Kids,” and expatriates. Other ideas include work about age and home, the connections between family and home, and home as a state of mind.
For poetry, submit up to 8 pages; for fiction and creative nonfiction, 7,500 words maximum. Manuscripts may be mailed or submitted online.
Visit our website for guidelines.
Deadline: November 5, 2016
Submissions are now open for Nimrod International Journal’s Spring 2017 issue, Leaving Home, Finding Home. For this issue, we invite poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction that explore ideas of home. We are especially interested in receiving work by immigrants, “Third Culture Kids,” and expatriates. Other ideas include work about age and home, the connections between family and home, and home as a state of mind.
For poetry, submit up to 8 pages; for fiction and creative nonfiction, 7,500 words maximum. Manuscripts may be mailed or submitted online.
Visit our website for guidelines.
Short Story Competition: Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers
Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers now open!
Deadline: October 31, 2016
Open to any writer whose fiction has not appeared in a print publication with a circulation greater than 5000. 1st place has been increased to $2500 and includes publication in Glimmer Train. 2nd/3rd: $500/$300, consideration for publication. Results announced on January 10.
Word count generally ranges 1,000 - 5,000, but can go up to 12,000. Previous online publication is fine. One of the most respected journals in print,Glimmer Train is represented in recent editions of thePushcart Prize, New Stories from the Midwest, O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, and Best American Nonrequired Reading.
Submit online.
Deadline: October 31, 2016
Open to any writer whose fiction has not appeared in a print publication with a circulation greater than 5000. 1st place has been increased to $2500 and includes publication in Glimmer Train. 2nd/3rd: $500/$300, consideration for publication. Results announced on January 10.
Word count generally ranges 1,000 - 5,000, but can go up to 12,000. Previous online publication is fine. One of the most respected journals in print,Glimmer Train is represented in recent editions of thePushcart Prize, New Stories from the Midwest, O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, and Best American Nonrequired Reading.
Submit online.
Call for YA Submissions: The Crawl Space Journal
The Crawl Space Journal is now open for submissions! We are accepting poetry and short fiction (1500 words max) for our Spring 2017 issue scheduled to release on the Ides of March: March 15, 2017. We are looking for great writing, especially short forms: poems, prose, and flash fiction, within the realms of magical realism, fabulism, and fantasy. Our readers are mainly between the ages of 11 and 14.
To submit without fee:
• We only accept submissions via submittable
• Include a cover letter with a third person bio.
• We do accept simultaneous submissions, but ask that you let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere.
• We do not take previously published work at this time.
• You own your work after publishing, but ask that you recognize The Crawl Space Journal in future publications.
• We are not yet a paying journal, but have plans to become one in the future.
• Submissions close on October 31, 2016.
To submit without fee:
• We only accept submissions via submittable
• Include a cover letter with a third person bio.
• We do accept simultaneous submissions, but ask that you let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere.
• We do not take previously published work at this time.
• You own your work after publishing, but ask that you recognize The Crawl Space Journal in future publications.
• We are not yet a paying journal, but have plans to become one in the future.
• Submissions close on October 31, 2016.
Fellowships: 13th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival
13th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival in Delray Beach, Florida, January 16-21, 2017. Fellowships Available
The Palm Beach Poetry Festival is pleased to announce it will offer three fellowships that provide full workshop tuition and lodging in Delray Beach for the upcoming 13th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival, January 16-21, 2017. The fellowships are offered to open the festival workshop doors widely to qualified poets and to insure the festival’s workshops provide an enriching variety of experiences through working with poets from a wide variety of cultures.
The three fellowships are: the Palm Beach Poetry Festival African American Fellowship; the CantoMundo Palm Beach Poetry Festival Fellowship; and the Kundiman Palm Beach Poetry Festival Fellowship.
Each fellowship recipient will be an outstanding poet who will benefit from, and contribute to participation in the workshop. A writing sample, letter of introduction, and description of need are an integral part of the application and selection process. Fellowships applications are now open.
For details, please visit our website for specifics, details and to apply. The deadline to apply for these fellowships is November 14, 2016.
The Palm Beach Poetry Festival is pleased to announce it will offer three fellowships that provide full workshop tuition and lodging in Delray Beach for the upcoming 13th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival, January 16-21, 2017. The fellowships are offered to open the festival workshop doors widely to qualified poets and to insure the festival’s workshops provide an enriching variety of experiences through working with poets from a wide variety of cultures.
The three fellowships are: the Palm Beach Poetry Festival African American Fellowship; the CantoMundo Palm Beach Poetry Festival Fellowship; and the Kundiman Palm Beach Poetry Festival Fellowship.
Each fellowship recipient will be an outstanding poet who will benefit from, and contribute to participation in the workshop. A writing sample, letter of introduction, and description of need are an integral part of the application and selection process. Fellowships applications are now open.
For details, please visit our website for specifics, details and to apply. The deadline to apply for these fellowships is November 14, 2016.
Poetry Collection Competition: 2017 Colorado Prize for Poetry
2017 Colorado Prize for Poetry : $2,000 Honorarium & Book Publication
Book-length poetry manuscripts accepted now through the postmark deadline of January 14, 2017.
The final judge is Susan Howe. Friends & students (current & former) of the judge are not eligible to compete, nor are Colorado State University employees, students, or alumni.
The winning book-length collection of poems will be published by the Center for Literary Publishing in the fall of 2017.
The $25 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Colorado Review (print sub to US addresses only; digital sub for non-US addresses).
Manuscripts may consist of poems that have been previously published, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished.
Manuscripts must be at least 48 pages but no longer than 100 pages.
The winner will be announced by May 2017.
The Colorado Prize for Poetry adheres to the Contest Code of Ethics, as adopted by the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses.
To submit by mail:
1. Include two title pages: first with manuscript title, your name, address, phone number, & e-mail address; second with manuscript title only. Your name should not appear anywhere else in the manuscript. Please do not include publication acknowledgments; they will not be forwarded to judges.
2. Do not send originals: manuscripts will not be returned.
3. Please enclose an SASE for contest results & a self-addressed stamped postcard for notification of the manuscript’s safe arrival.
4. Please make checks payable to Colorado Review.
5. Mail manuscripts to Colorado Prize for Poetry, Center for Literary Publishing, 9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105.
To submit online:
1. Please note that there is an additional $3 charge to submit online. Of this, $1.11 is a credit card fee, and the remaining $1.89 goes to the tireless, good people at Submittable.
2. The manuscript title, your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address should be in your cover letter, separate from your manuscript. Be sure your name is not anywhere in the manuscript itself. Do not include publication acknowledgments.
3. Submit online here.
Questions? Please call 970.491.5449, visit our website, or send an e-mail to:
creviewATcolostateDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Book-length poetry manuscripts accepted now through the postmark deadline of January 14, 2017.
The final judge is Susan Howe. Friends & students (current & former) of the judge are not eligible to compete, nor are Colorado State University employees, students, or alumni.
The winning book-length collection of poems will be published by the Center for Literary Publishing in the fall of 2017.
The $25 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Colorado Review (print sub to US addresses only; digital sub for non-US addresses).
Manuscripts may consist of poems that have been previously published, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished.
Manuscripts must be at least 48 pages but no longer than 100 pages.
The winner will be announced by May 2017.
The Colorado Prize for Poetry adheres to the Contest Code of Ethics, as adopted by the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses.
To submit by mail:
1. Include two title pages: first with manuscript title, your name, address, phone number, & e-mail address; second with manuscript title only. Your name should not appear anywhere else in the manuscript. Please do not include publication acknowledgments; they will not be forwarded to judges.
2. Do not send originals: manuscripts will not be returned.
3. Please enclose an SASE for contest results & a self-addressed stamped postcard for notification of the manuscript’s safe arrival.
4. Please make checks payable to Colorado Review.
5. Mail manuscripts to Colorado Prize for Poetry, Center for Literary Publishing, 9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105.
To submit online:
1. Please note that there is an additional $3 charge to submit online. Of this, $1.11 is a credit card fee, and the remaining $1.89 goes to the tireless, good people at Submittable.
2. The manuscript title, your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address should be in your cover letter, separate from your manuscript. Be sure your name is not anywhere in the manuscript itself. Do not include publication acknowledgments.
3. Submit online here.
Questions? Please call 970.491.5449, visit our website, or send an e-mail to:
creviewATcolostateDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Call for Submissions to Anthology about Ella Fitzgerald: Ella@100
Ella @ 100
April 2017 is the 100th Birthday of the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald. Miss Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia. As a celebration of her life, art, and contribution to the world, we are compiling a collection of texts inspired by her, edited and compiled here in the city of her birth.
We are looking for texts that reflect the life, times, and music of Ella, not particularly texts in which she is a character or presence, although these are welcome.
We are not associated with the Elle Fitzgerald Estate or her beneficiaries.
GUIDELINES
Submit up to fifteen total pages of any combination by PDF attachment to:
ella100projectATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Please include in the email: your name; contact information; name of submissions. You must hold publication rights for pieces you are submitting. Previously published work is fine so long as poet/artist possesses publication rights. Note place of previous publication.
Please note that clearance of song lyrics is the responsibility of the author. The publisher will not pay for the use of song lyrics in this anthology. Please review fair use policies and consider them in your submission.
Early submission deadline is January 15, 2017. Pieces will be accepted on a rolling basis. Pieces will be accepted between January 16 and February 28 as space allows.
Contributors receive $10 and one contributor’s copy. Additional copies will be available at a discounted price.
The book will be offered for sale as a print on demand as well as electronic versions in venues as available.
April 2017 is the 100th Birthday of the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald. Miss Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia. As a celebration of her life, art, and contribution to the world, we are compiling a collection of texts inspired by her, edited and compiled here in the city of her birth.
We are looking for texts that reflect the life, times, and music of Ella, not particularly texts in which she is a character or presence, although these are welcome.
We are not associated with the Elle Fitzgerald Estate or her beneficiaries.
GUIDELINES
Submit up to fifteen total pages of any combination by PDF attachment to:
ella100projectATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Please include in the email: your name; contact information; name of submissions. You must hold publication rights for pieces you are submitting. Previously published work is fine so long as poet/artist possesses publication rights. Note place of previous publication.
Please note that clearance of song lyrics is the responsibility of the author. The publisher will not pay for the use of song lyrics in this anthology. Please review fair use policies and consider them in your submission.
Early submission deadline is January 15, 2017. Pieces will be accepted on a rolling basis. Pieces will be accepted between January 16 and February 28 as space allows.
Contributors receive $10 and one contributor’s copy. Additional copies will be available at a discounted price.
The book will be offered for sale as a print on demand as well as electronic versions in venues as available.
Writing Conference Scholarships: Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
Four scholarships are being offered for first-time participants of the 24th Annual WINTER POETRY & PROSE GETAWAY, January 13-16, 2017 in the Atlantic City, NJ area. Recipients may choose from workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir, song writing and more, including special advanced sessions with Pulitzer Prize winners Stephen Dunn and Sharon Olds. In addition, the conference also offers open mics, tutorials, sunrise yoga, dancing at the Getaway Disco and writerly camaraderie.
There are three different types of scholarships available:
There are three different types of scholarships available:
+ The Toni Brown Memorial Scholarship will offer two scholarships to poets or writers aged 31 and over. Deadline: November 15, 2016.
+ The Jan-ai Scholarship will fund two poets or writers between the ages of 18 – 30. Deadline: November 30, 2016.
+ The Elke Hirsh Music Award will enable one songwriter between the ages of 21 – 30 to attend. Deadline: November 30, 2016.
ABOUT THE WINTER POETRY & PROSE GETAWAY
Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
January 13-16, 2017
With Special Guests Stephen Dunn & Sharon Olds
Stockton Seaview Hotel, Galloway, NJ (Atlantic City area)
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
January 13-16, 2017
With Special Guests Stephen Dunn & Sharon Olds
Stockton Seaview Hotel, Galloway, NJ (Atlantic City area)
Escape the distractions of your busy life. Advance your craft and energize your writing at the Winter Getaway. Enjoy challenging and supportive sessions, insightful feedback and an encouraging community. Learn more here.
Call for Submissions: Red Earth Review
Red Earth Review, a literary magazine published by the Red Earth MFA program at Oklahoma City University, is now accepting submissions for our fifth edition.
Much like the program that shares its name, Red Earth Review seeks writers who are genuine, grounded, and fearless. Send us poetry or prose that is firm in the foundation of its craft and steadfast in its soul. Our submission guidelines are below. We look forward to reading your work.
We accept fiction, both literary and genre, creative nonfiction, poetry, and encourage new and emerging writers to submit. The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2016 or 300 submissions, whichever comes first. The target release date is July 2017. Submit one to five previously unpublished poems or one short story (fewer than 7,500 words) or one essay (fewer than 7,500 words). Poets: Please submit each work separately.
If our Submittable page says "No Active Categories," before November 1, then we have reached 300 submissions. Red Earth Review has chosen to limit the number of submissions in order to assure that we can give submissions the readings they deserve. Please include a bio in the bio section of the submission form; bios must be 150 words or less. Submissions that do not follow guidelines on the Submittable page will not be read.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but if your submitted work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission using your Submittable account.
Payment is a contributor’s copy of Red Earth Review. Please send submissions here. After first publication, all rights revert to the author/artist.
Writing Competition: The Baltimore Review
The theme for The Baltimore Review’s winter contest is “Milestones.” Why? The Baltimore Review is celebrating 20 years of publishing! A mighty milestone for us. Now we want to hear about other milestones. You can use the theme in any way you’d like.
Submit your poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction online to our Submittable Contest category. Three winners will be selected from among all entries. All submissions considered for publication.
Prizes are $500, $200, and $100.
Entry fee is $10.
Final judge: Lia Purpura.
Deadline is November 30, 2016. Visit us at our website to learn more.
Submit your poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction online to our Submittable Contest category. Three winners will be selected from among all entries. All submissions considered for publication.
Prizes are $500, $200, and $100.
Entry fee is $10.
Final judge: Lia Purpura.
Deadline is November 30, 2016. Visit us at our website to learn more.
Poetry Collection Competition: The Richard Wilbur Award
THE RICHARD WILBUR AWARD
COMPLETE GUIDELINES FOR 2017 Award
$1,000 Prize & Book Publication – Deadline: December 1, 2016
Final Judge: ERICA DAWSON
Named in honor of the distinguished American poet Richard Wilbur, the competition welcomes submissions of unpublished, original poetry collections (public domain or permission-secured translations may comprise up to one-third of the manuscript). This biennial competition (even-numbered years) is open to all American poets — those with or without previous book-length publication — except previous recipients of the Richard Wilbur Award. Winning manuscripts will reflect the thoughtful humanity and careful metrical craftsmanship of Richard Wilbur’s poetry.
Manuscripts of between 50-100 typed pages may be submitted online.
Manuscripts should include a title page with the title of the collection, the author’s address, email address, and telephone number. Do not include the author’s name, bio, or any other identifying information anywhere on the manuscript. An acknowledgments page would be welcomed.
The entry fee is $25 per manuscript paid via Submittable. The winning manuscript will be published by the University of Evansville Press in 2017. The deadline for submission is midnight, December 1, 2016.
COMPLETE GUIDELINES FOR 2017 Award
$1,000 Prize & Book Publication – Deadline: December 1, 2016
Final Judge: ERICA DAWSON
Named in honor of the distinguished American poet Richard Wilbur, the competition welcomes submissions of unpublished, original poetry collections (public domain or permission-secured translations may comprise up to one-third of the manuscript). This biennial competition (even-numbered years) is open to all American poets — those with or without previous book-length publication — except previous recipients of the Richard Wilbur Award. Winning manuscripts will reflect the thoughtful humanity and careful metrical craftsmanship of Richard Wilbur’s poetry.
Manuscripts of between 50-100 typed pages may be submitted online.
Manuscripts should include a title page with the title of the collection, the author’s address, email address, and telephone number. Do not include the author’s name, bio, or any other identifying information anywhere on the manuscript. An acknowledgments page would be welcomed.
The entry fee is $25 per manuscript paid via Submittable. The winning manuscript will be published by the University of Evansville Press in 2017. The deadline for submission is midnight, December 1, 2016.
Call for Submissions: Glassworks
Glassworks, the literary magazine of Rowan University’s Master of Arts in Writing graduate program, seeks work to be considered for publication. Glassworks publishes nonfiction, fiction, poetry, hybrid pieces, craft essays, new media, and art both digitally and in print. We are currently reading until December 15, 2016 for our spring and fall 2017 print issues.
We also publish flash fiction, prose poetry, and micro essays in our online edition Flash Glass monthly. Submissions for Flash Glass are accepted on a year-round, rolling basis.
More information about our magazine, sample issues, and our submission manager can be found at our website.
We also publish flash fiction, prose poetry, and micro essays in our online edition Flash Glass monthly. Submissions for Flash Glass are accepted on a year-round, rolling basis.
More information about our magazine, sample issues, and our submission manager can be found at our website.
Writing Conference Scholarship for College Students: SCBWI
Each year the SCBWI sponsors two student writer scholarships to the Summer and Winter Conferences for full-time university students in an English or Creative Writing program.
This is an invaluable opportunity for young writers! We are now accepting applications for the 2017 SCBWI Winter Conference in New York, February 10-12, 2017.
Award:
–Full tuition to main conference events including keynotes and breakout sessions. (Award does not include travel or hotel expenses.)
–Exclusive exposure to industry professionals at the conference.
–An SCBWI Conference advisor to help navigate the jammed-packed weekend.
PLUS:
NY Conference: Admission to the Writers’ Novel in Verse Intensive or Writers' Roundtables event.
Deadline: November 2, 2016
Eligibility:
1. You must be at least eighteen years old to apply.
2. All full-time students enrolled in an accredited educational institution are eligible to apply.
VISIT our website FOR APPLICATION PROCESS
This is an invaluable opportunity for young writers! We are now accepting applications for the 2017 SCBWI Winter Conference in New York, February 10-12, 2017.
Award:
–Full tuition to main conference events including keynotes and breakout sessions. (Award does not include travel or hotel expenses.)
–Exclusive exposure to industry professionals at the conference.
–An SCBWI Conference advisor to help navigate the jammed-packed weekend.
PLUS:
NY Conference: Admission to the Writers’ Novel in Verse Intensive or Writers' Roundtables event.
Deadline: November 2, 2016
Eligibility:
1. You must be at least eighteen years old to apply.
2. All full-time students enrolled in an accredited educational institution are eligible to apply.
VISIT our website FOR APPLICATION PROCESS
Call for Poetry and Art: Poetic License Press
Call for Words and Art for limited edition publication In Plein Air
Call for Words: Poetic License Press is seeking poems about the natural world that were, at least in part, composed while outdoors. Submit up to three (3) poems, no longer than two (2) pages each, by Word attachment to:
inpleinairprojectATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Call for Art: Poetic License Press is seeking two-dimensional art (color or b & w) that was, at least in part, created while outdoors and that is related to some aspect of the natural world. Submit photographs of up to three (3) pieces by pdf or jpeg to:
inpleinairprojectATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Regarding line should read: Submission – In Plein Air – Poem (or Art)
Cover letter should include: (1) poet’s/artist’s name as s/he would like it to appear; (2) e-mail address; (3) street address; (4) phone number: (5) title of each poem or piece of artwork submitted; (6) one or two sentences about a favorite outdoor moment or place.
Poems and artwork must NOT include identifying information such as name, e-mail address, or street address. Previously published work is fine so long as poet/artist possesses publication rights. Note prior publisher for acknowledgement.
Submission deadline: December 15, 2016
Notification of Acceptance by March 15, 2017 by e-mail. Poets and artists whose work is selected will receive one contributor’s copy as sole remuneration. Additional copies will be available for purchase by contributing poets and artists at a discounted price.
Format of print publication will be determined after receipt of submissions and in editors’ sole discretion.
Submission shall constitute: (1) representation that the submission is original work created, at least in part, while outdoors and that the creator possesses publication rights, and (2) agreement that if the work is accepted for publication, (a) Poetic License Press may, in its sole discretion, publish and promote the work, the poet’s/artist’s name, image and voice, in any format, medium or forum, and (b) the sole remuneration is one contributor’s copy per included poet/artist.
Poetic License Press is an affiliate of Poetic License, Inc.
Call for Words: Poetic License Press is seeking poems about the natural world that were, at least in part, composed while outdoors. Submit up to three (3) poems, no longer than two (2) pages each, by Word attachment to:
inpleinairprojectATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Call for Art: Poetic License Press is seeking two-dimensional art (color or b & w) that was, at least in part, created while outdoors and that is related to some aspect of the natural world. Submit photographs of up to three (3) pieces by pdf or jpeg to:
inpleinairprojectATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Regarding line should read: Submission – In Plein Air – Poem (or Art)
Cover letter should include: (1) poet’s/artist’s name as s/he would like it to appear; (2) e-mail address; (3) street address; (4) phone number: (5) title of each poem or piece of artwork submitted; (6) one or two sentences about a favorite outdoor moment or place.
Poems and artwork must NOT include identifying information such as name, e-mail address, or street address. Previously published work is fine so long as poet/artist possesses publication rights. Note prior publisher for acknowledgement.
Submission deadline: December 15, 2016
Notification of Acceptance by March 15, 2017 by e-mail. Poets and artists whose work is selected will receive one contributor’s copy as sole remuneration. Additional copies will be available for purchase by contributing poets and artists at a discounted price.
Format of print publication will be determined after receipt of submissions and in editors’ sole discretion.
Submission shall constitute: (1) representation that the submission is original work created, at least in part, while outdoors and that the creator possesses publication rights, and (2) agreement that if the work is accepted for publication, (a) Poetic License Press may, in its sole discretion, publish and promote the work, the poet’s/artist’s name, image and voice, in any format, medium or forum, and (b) the sole remuneration is one contributor’s copy per included poet/artist.
Poetic License Press is an affiliate of Poetic License, Inc.
Call for Submissions: Belmont Story Review
Belmont Story Review invites submissions for its second issue. We’re looking for submissions of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from emerging and established writers. Also, we’re open to submissions of narrative journalism in the areas of music, publishing, creativity and collaboration, as well as faith and culture.
--Deadline for Issue 2: November 15th
--Cash honorarium awarded to authors who have accepted submissions
Located in Nashville, Tenn., Belmont University is renowned for its College of Entertainment and Music Business and Social Entrepreneurship programs grounded in faith and values. It’s the only university with an undergraduate major in Publishing. Belmont Story Review is produced through the Publishing Program under the auspices of assistant professor Richard Sowienski, a 30-year publishing veteran, which included a five-year stint as managing editor of The Missouri Review.
To submit, reply to:
BSRsubmissionsATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
with the genre of your work in the subject line and attach a Word document. In the body, please include a brief bio. For more information, visit our website.
Matt Hollingsworth
Editorial Staff
--Deadline for Issue 2: November 15th
--Cash honorarium awarded to authors who have accepted submissions
Located in Nashville, Tenn., Belmont University is renowned for its College of Entertainment and Music Business and Social Entrepreneurship programs grounded in faith and values. It’s the only university with an undergraduate major in Publishing. Belmont Story Review is produced through the Publishing Program under the auspices of assistant professor Richard Sowienski, a 30-year publishing veteran, which included a five-year stint as managing editor of The Missouri Review.
To submit, reply to:
BSRsubmissionsATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
with the genre of your work in the subject line and attach a Word document. In the body, please include a brief bio. For more information, visit our website.
Matt Hollingsworth
Editorial Staff
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Writing Competition: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Contest
River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Contest
Deadline: October 31, 2016
Entry Fee: $25 for hard copy, $27 for Submittable
Final Judge: Andre Dubus III
River Teeth Website
E-mail address:
riverteethATashlandDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
River Teeth's editors and editorial board conduct a yearly national contest to identify the best book-length manuscript of literary nonfiction. All manuscripts are screened by the head editors of River Teeth. One winner will be chosen by final judge Andre Dubus III, author of Townie - A Memoir, Dirty Love, and House of Sand and Fog.
The winner will receive $1,000 and publication by The University of New Mexico Press. All entrants receive a free one-year subscription to River Teeth.
River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative is part of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at:
Ashland University
401 College Avenue
Ashland, Ohio 44805.
Direct any questions to Cassandra Brown, managing editor:
riverteethATashlandDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Deadline: October 31, 2016
Entry Fee: $25 for hard copy, $27 for Submittable
Final Judge: Andre Dubus III
River Teeth Website
E-mail address:
riverteethATashlandDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
River Teeth's editors and editorial board conduct a yearly national contest to identify the best book-length manuscript of literary nonfiction. All manuscripts are screened by the head editors of River Teeth. One winner will be chosen by final judge Andre Dubus III, author of Townie - A Memoir, Dirty Love, and House of Sand and Fog.
The winner will receive $1,000 and publication by The University of New Mexico Press. All entrants receive a free one-year subscription to River Teeth.
River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative is part of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at:
Ashland University
401 College Avenue
Ashland, Ohio 44805.
Direct any questions to Cassandra Brown, managing editor:
riverteethATashlandDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Writing Competition: River Styx 2017 Schlafly Beer Micro-Brew Micro-Fiction Contest
River Styx 2017 Schlafly Beer Micro-Brew Micro-Fiction Contest
$1500 First Prize
Judged by the editors of River Styx
500 words maximum per story, up to three stories per entry.
Entry fee: $10 or $20. $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription (2 issues). $10 entry fee includes a copy of the issue in which the winning stories will appear.
River Styx Micro-Fiction Contest
3139A South Grand Boulevard, Suite 203
St. Louis, MO 63118
$1500 First Prize
Judged by the editors of River Styx
500 words maximum per story, up to three stories per entry.
Entry fee: $10 or $20. $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription (2 issues). $10 entry fee includes a copy of the issue in which the winning stories will appear.
- Include name and address on the cover letter only.
- All stories will be considered for publication.
- Previously published stories, including those that have appeared on websites, blogs, and personal home pages, are not eligible.
- Though submissions are anonymous, judges will remove from consideration any entries they recognize as having been written by writers with whom they have worked or studied.
- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners and honorable mentions will be published in the spring issue.
- Contest results will be announced in April 2017.
River Styx Micro-Fiction Contest
3139A South Grand Boulevard, Suite 203
St. Louis, MO 63118
Call for Book-Length Manuscripts: Urban Farmhouse Press
Deadline: December 1, 2016
Urban Farmhouse Press currently seeks book-length manuscripts of poetry, fiction, and science fiction. We are an independent small press located in the Windsor, Ontario-Detroit, Michigan area. We are looking for writing that crosses borders and talks about the people and places it comes from. Series include Crossroads Poetry Series, Kilgore Trout Science Fiction Series, and Contemporary short fiction and novels. Submissions welcome from US, Canada, UK, and Australia.
More details here.
Urban Farmhouse Press currently seeks book-length manuscripts of poetry, fiction, and science fiction. We are an independent small press located in the Windsor, Ontario-Detroit, Michigan area. We are looking for writing that crosses borders and talks about the people and places it comes from. Series include Crossroads Poetry Series, Kilgore Trout Science Fiction Series, and Contemporary short fiction and novels. Submissions welcome from US, Canada, UK, and Australia.
More details here.
Call for Submissions: Spank the Carp
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS to SPANK the CARP. We’re looking for flash fiction, short stories, and poetry, including shape poetry.
If your work is thought-provoking, sophisticated, yet not pretentious or obscure, we’re interested.
For submission guidelines and more information visit our website.
If your work is thought-provoking, sophisticated, yet not pretentious or obscure, we’re interested.
For submission guidelines and more information visit our website.
Call for Prose and Poetry Submissions: Hermeneutic Chaos
Submissions accepted year-round.
Hermeneutic Chaos invites poetry and prose submissions for its forthcoming issues. Since its inception, the journal is enthusiastic about work that engages the readers with perspectives beyond its physical architecture. We look for poems and fictions that incorporate a compelling aesthetic theme, unique and surprising use of language and a powerful imagery. Works published by us have found recognition in Best Of The Net and Best Of Small Fictions, among others.
To know more and/or in order to submit, please go here. We are excited to read your work!
Hermeneutic Chaos invites poetry and prose submissions for its forthcoming issues. Since its inception, the journal is enthusiastic about work that engages the readers with perspectives beyond its physical architecture. We look for poems and fictions that incorporate a compelling aesthetic theme, unique and surprising use of language and a powerful imagery. Works published by us have found recognition in Best Of The Net and Best Of Small Fictions, among others.
To know more and/or in order to submit, please go here. We are excited to read your work!
Call for Submissions about the Adirondacks Region: Blueline
Deadline: November 30, 2016
Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks seeks poems, stories, and essays about the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, focusing on nature’s shaping influence. We also welcome nonfiction about the region’s literature or culture.
Submission period July 1 through November 30. Decisions mid-February.
Payment in copies. Simultaneous submissions accepted if identified as such. Please notify immediately if your submission is placed elsewhere. Electronic submissions encouraged, as Word files, to:
bluelineATpotsdamDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Please identify the genre in the subject line. Further information at our website.
Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks seeks poems, stories, and essays about the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, focusing on nature’s shaping influence. We also welcome nonfiction about the region’s literature or culture.
Submission period July 1 through November 30. Decisions mid-February.
Payment in copies. Simultaneous submissions accepted if identified as such. Please notify immediately if your submission is placed elsewhere. Electronic submissions encouraged, as Word files, to:
bluelineATpotsdamDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Please identify the genre in the subject line. Further information at our website.
Call for Submissions: Inscape
Call for submissions: Inscape
Now in its 45th year of publication, Inscape, the literary magazine of Washburn University, seeks high-quality poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and visual art for its 2017 issue. The best submissions in each genre will receive a $100 Editors’ Choice Award and be nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Submission deadline: October 31, 2016
Submissions link.
Now in its 45th year of publication, Inscape, the literary magazine of Washburn University, seeks high-quality poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and visual art for its 2017 issue. The best submissions in each genre will receive a $100 Editors’ Choice Award and be nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Submission deadline: October 31, 2016
Submissions link.
Call for Submissions from Undergraduate Writers: The Mochila Review
The Mochila Review,
the national undergraduate literary journal published by Missouri
Western State University, is now accepting submissions for our upcoming
issue!
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
All
students currently registered as undergraduates are eligible to submit
their poetry, fiction, and creative essays. All submissions should be
sent electronically through the Mochila Review website. Please specify the genre of your work upon submission.
All
submissions should be crafted in 12-point font. All prose submissions
should be double-spaced with page numbers. In your cover letter, please
provide your name, college affiliation, and contact information to
enable us to contact you with a response regarding your work.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome at The Mochila Review, provided that notification is sent should your work be accepted by another literary journal.
To read sample work from our Spring 2016 issue, or to purchase a print issue, visit our website.
Call for Submissions: Memorious: A Journal of New Verse and Fiction
Memorious: A Journal of New Verse and Fiction is calling for submissions of poetry, short stories, and flash fiction from emerging writers. Memorious has been around for more than a decade and is one of the most highly-regarded online literary magazines. Work from Memorious has been reprinted in the New York Times Magazine and Best American Poetry, and featured in the print anthologies Best New Poets, Best of the Web, and Best of the Net.
For submission guidelines, go here.
For submission guidelines, go here.
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