May all your writing dreams come true in 2019!
Monday, December 31, 2018
Sunday, December 30, 2018
Call for Submissions on the Theme of Micro: Arkana
For our Micro Issue, Arkana invites you to magnify the microscopic.
Once called “little magazines,” literary journals have long been interested in cultivating small-scale communities and promoting the work of authors and editors toiling on their art outside of national markets. For Arkana’s Micro Issue, we’re commemorating this heritage while seeking work that packs a punch in pint-sized form.
From nanotechnology, the singularity at the center of a black hole, microbiology, and microbursts to microbreweries, “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” Hershey’s miniatures, Little Rock, and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, we want work that celebrates its smallness, amplifies the tiniest voices with the most to say, and challenges society’s perceptions of the marginal, modest, and miniscule.
Send us up to 500 words of fiction or creative nonfiction, 10 lines of poetry, 4 panels of illustrated narrative, or 5 minute scripts for the stage or screen.
In addition to publication in the Micro Issue, each piece will be considered for $50.00 Editor’s Choice Awards in each genre.
The deadline for Issue 6 is March 31st. For more information, visit our website.
And if you still have questions, send us an email at:
arkanamagATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Once called “little magazines,” literary journals have long been interested in cultivating small-scale communities and promoting the work of authors and editors toiling on their art outside of national markets. For Arkana’s Micro Issue, we’re commemorating this heritage while seeking work that packs a punch in pint-sized form.
From nanotechnology, the singularity at the center of a black hole, microbiology, and microbursts to microbreweries, “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” Hershey’s miniatures, Little Rock, and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, we want work that celebrates its smallness, amplifies the tiniest voices with the most to say, and challenges society’s perceptions of the marginal, modest, and miniscule.
Send us up to 500 words of fiction or creative nonfiction, 10 lines of poetry, 4 panels of illustrated narrative, or 5 minute scripts for the stage or screen.
In addition to publication in the Micro Issue, each piece will be considered for $50.00 Editor’s Choice Awards in each genre.
The deadline for Issue 6 is March 31st. For more information, visit our website.
And if you still have questions, send us an email at:
arkanamagATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Call for Submissions: Angry Old Man
Deadline: Rolling
Please submit to Angry Old Man. AOM accepts visual and concrete poetry, short stories, art, photography, collage, asemic writing, blackout poetry, conceptual writing, flarf, found poetry, spam lit, flash fiction, mail art, typewriter art, computer/digital art, experimental video/music, etc. Anything out of the norm.
Please submit to Angry Old Man. AOM accepts visual and concrete poetry, short stories, art, photography, collage, asemic writing, blackout poetry, conceptual writing, flarf, found poetry, spam lit, flash fiction, mail art, typewriter art, computer/digital art, experimental video/music, etc. Anything out of the norm.
Writing Competition: Rattle Chapbook Prize Awards
Deadline: January 15, 2019
We’ve always loved chapbooks for their brevity and intensity. At a few dozen pages, a great chapbook is the perfect reading experience for the 21st century—not too long, not too short.
Every year, the Rattle Chapbook Prize awards $2,000, 500 copies, and distribution to Rattle's 7,000+ subscribers. The contest is open to writers worldwide; poems must be in English.
$25 entry fee is a one-year subscription to Rattle. More information here.
We’ve always loved chapbooks for their brevity and intensity. At a few dozen pages, a great chapbook is the perfect reading experience for the 21st century—not too long, not too short.
Every year, the Rattle Chapbook Prize awards $2,000, 500 copies, and distribution to Rattle's 7,000+ subscribers. The contest is open to writers worldwide; poems must be in English.
$25 entry fee is a one-year subscription to Rattle. More information here.
Post-Publication Book Awards: Georgia Author of the Year Awards
Deadline: January 31, 2019
Entry Fee: $60.00
The 55th annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards are now accepting nominations for books and poetry chapbooks published in 2018 by an author who was a resident of Georgia when the nominated book or chapbook was written although they may have moved out state or by an author who is currently living in Georgia when the book is nominated. Winners and finalists in nineteen categories will be announced at a gala June 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2019. Please visit this link for the complete guidelines.
Entry Fee: $60.00
The 55th annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards are now accepting nominations for books and poetry chapbooks published in 2018 by an author who was a resident of Georgia when the nominated book or chapbook was written although they may have moved out state or by an author who is currently living in Georgia when the book is nominated. Winners and finalists in nineteen categories will be announced at a gala June 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2019. Please visit this link for the complete guidelines.
Call for Submissions: great weather for MEDIA
Deadline: January 15, 2019
great weather for MEDIA seeks poetry, flash fiction, short stories, dramatic monologues, and creative nonfiction for our annual print anthology. Our focus is on the fearless, the unpredictable, and the experimental. Please visit our website for guidelines.
great weather for MEDIA seeks poetry, flash fiction, short stories, dramatic monologues, and creative nonfiction for our annual print anthology. Our focus is on the fearless, the unpredictable, and the experimental. Please visit our website for guidelines.
Call for Submissions: Arts & Letters
Deadline: January 31, 2019
Arts & Letters is seeking work that doesn’t try too hard to grab our attention, but rather guides it toward the human voice and its perpetual struggle into language. We’re open to both formal and experimental fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; we’re also open to work that defies classification. Above all, we look for work in which we can feel writers surprising themselves.
Send us your best work before the end of January! Although we have a small submission fee, our contributors do get paid. Go to our website to submit.
Arts & Letters is seeking work that doesn’t try too hard to grab our attention, but rather guides it toward the human voice and its perpetual struggle into language. We’re open to both formal and experimental fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; we’re also open to work that defies classification. Above all, we look for work in which we can feel writers surprising themselves.
Send us your best work before the end of January! Although we have a small submission fee, our contributors do get paid. Go to our website to submit.
Post-Publication Poetry Book Award: Julie Suk Award
Open for Submissions
Julie Suk Award Competition
Best Book Published by a Literary Press in 2018
Any book published by a small, literary, or university press that holds a 2018 copyright is eligible. This contest is not open to commercial presses. For more information, go here.
Julie Suk Award Competition
Best Book Published by a Literary Press in 2018
Any book published by a small, literary, or university press that holds a 2018 copyright is eligible. This contest is not open to commercial presses. For more information, go here.
Entry Fee: $15.00
Entries will be accepted from now until January 30, 2019. Final decisions won’t be made until March 2019, so be patient.
Entries will be accepted from now until January 30, 2019. Final decisions won’t be made until March 2019, so be patient.
Scholarship: LWC Baker Veteran Scholarship for Longleaf Writers' Conference
The LWC Baker Veteran Scholarship
SCHOLARSHIP details: Applicant must be a veteran of the armed services, and not have a book in publication but should be generating work with the intent of being published in established literary magazines and/or have other awards of merit. The goal of this scholarship is to give an underserved population the opportunity to have close mentoring relationships with professional writers and editors. This scholarship covers full tuition (all events, readings, workshops, etc. are covered for scholar) for the conference and offers steep discount for the superb housing we have at Seaside (scholars pay a lodging fee of $200 total for the full conference). This is our sixth year, and we are proud to have offered financial aid (we have both fellowships (for those with one book or more) and scholarships for five years!
GENRE: Open
DEADLINE: January 10, 2019
CONFERENCE DATES: May 11-19, 2019
TO SUBMIT, go here.
More DETAILS here.
ABOUT US: See website.
Headliner Author will be New York Times bestseller and NBA finalist:
Rebecca Makkai
2019 LWC Faculty: Matt Bondurant
Seth Brady Tucker
Many, many more!
About Longleaf Writers’ Conference:
The Longleaf Writers Conference is an annual gathering of creative writers from all over the nation and features award-winning writers in poetry and fiction and creative nonfiction who will offer a full week of intensive writing workshops, one day seminars, lectures, readings, and social events. The conference offers the opportunity for all writers to celebrate writing, to network with other writers, make new literary friends, and to hone their craft on one of the most beautiful beaches in the US.
Please note: Travel stipends and meals are not included at this time for fellows and scholars but most activities and events have some food and drink available.
Fellows and scholars will benefit from a special reading, direct work with faculty, and other specific duties that allow them access to our faculty and visiting writers. For more info, contact Seth Tucker at:
longleafwritersconferenceATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
or 303-868-3873
SCHOLARSHIP details: Applicant must be a veteran of the armed services, and not have a book in publication but should be generating work with the intent of being published in established literary magazines and/or have other awards of merit. The goal of this scholarship is to give an underserved population the opportunity to have close mentoring relationships with professional writers and editors. This scholarship covers full tuition (all events, readings, workshops, etc. are covered for scholar) for the conference and offers steep discount for the superb housing we have at Seaside (scholars pay a lodging fee of $200 total for the full conference). This is our sixth year, and we are proud to have offered financial aid (we have both fellowships (for those with one book or more) and scholarships for five years!
GENRE: Open
DEADLINE: January 10, 2019
CONFERENCE DATES: May 11-19, 2019
TO SUBMIT, go here.
More DETAILS here.
ABOUT US: See website.
Headliner Author will be New York Times bestseller and NBA finalist:
Rebecca Makkai
2019 LWC Faculty: Matt Bondurant
Seth Brady Tucker
Many, many more!
About Longleaf Writers’ Conference:
The Longleaf Writers Conference is an annual gathering of creative writers from all over the nation and features award-winning writers in poetry and fiction and creative nonfiction who will offer a full week of intensive writing workshops, one day seminars, lectures, readings, and social events. The conference offers the opportunity for all writers to celebrate writing, to network with other writers, make new literary friends, and to hone their craft on one of the most beautiful beaches in the US.
Please note: Travel stipends and meals are not included at this time for fellows and scholars but most activities and events have some food and drink available.
Fellows and scholars will benefit from a special reading, direct work with faculty, and other specific duties that allow them access to our faculty and visiting writers. For more info, contact Seth Tucker at:
longleafwritersconferenceATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
or 303-868-3873
Friday, December 21, 2018
Call for Submissions: The EcoTheo Review
The EcoTheo Review is a web-based journal dedicated to enlivening faith and ecological communities through writing and visual art.
We are always open to submissions of poetry, prose, and visual art that explore questions of nature and spirituality, from within and outside all religious traditions.
We are delighted by innovative, original, thoughtful art that reflects our values of community, respect, inclusiveness, and curiosity. We also welcome reviews of contemporary poetry and prose that engage themes of ecology and/or theology. We look forward to reading and seeing your work!
Please visit our website for submission guidelines.
We are always open to submissions of poetry, prose, and visual art that explore questions of nature and spirituality, from within and outside all religious traditions.
We are delighted by innovative, original, thoughtful art that reflects our values of community, respect, inclusiveness, and curiosity. We also welcome reviews of contemporary poetry and prose that engage themes of ecology and/or theology. We look forward to reading and seeing your work!
Please visit our website for submission guidelines.
Call for Submissions: Ecotone
Ecotone open to poetry and nonfiction 12/26/2018–1/1/2019
Ecotone, the literary magazine dedicated to reimagining place, welcomes work from a wide range of voices. We are particularly interested in hearing from writers historically underrepresented in literary publishing and in place-based contexts: people of color, Indigenous people, people with disabilities, gender-nonconforming people, people who are LGBTQIA+, women, and others. We welcome the work of emerging writers. Please review our complete guidelines before submitting. We strongly encourage writers to read work we've published before sending their own. A selection of writing and art from recent issues is featured on our website, where you can also order a copy of the magazine.
Upcoming submissions windows: For winter 2018/19, Ecotone is open to submissions, by post and via Submittable, from December 26–January 1. For this reading period, as we work to regain time lost to UNC Wilmington's monthlong closure during and after Hurricane Florence, we will be open to poetry and nonfiction submissions, but closed to fiction. Submissions are considered for all new issues; we will be reading for upcoming unthemed issues as well as our fall 2019 issue, themed Love, for which we are especially interested in seeing new and rigorous takes on the sonnet, the rondel prime, and the bref double. More details here.
During open reading periods, writers may send one submission, regardless of genre, online or via USPS. There is a $3 fee to use the online system, which is waived for current subscribers. If you are not a subscriber, on completion of your submission, we'll send a discount for $3 off a year's subscription (or renewal) to the magazine.
Ecotone, the literary magazine dedicated to reimagining place, welcomes work from a wide range of voices. We are particularly interested in hearing from writers historically underrepresented in literary publishing and in place-based contexts: people of color, Indigenous people, people with disabilities, gender-nonconforming people, people who are LGBTQIA+, women, and others. We welcome the work of emerging writers. Please review our complete guidelines before submitting. We strongly encourage writers to read work we've published before sending their own. A selection of writing and art from recent issues is featured on our website, where you can also order a copy of the magazine.
Upcoming submissions windows: For winter 2018/19, Ecotone is open to submissions, by post and via Submittable, from December 26–January 1. For this reading period, as we work to regain time lost to UNC Wilmington's monthlong closure during and after Hurricane Florence, we will be open to poetry and nonfiction submissions, but closed to fiction. Submissions are considered for all new issues; we will be reading for upcoming unthemed issues as well as our fall 2019 issue, themed Love, for which we are especially interested in seeing new and rigorous takes on the sonnet, the rondel prime, and the bref double. More details here.
During open reading periods, writers may send one submission, regardless of genre, online or via USPS. There is a $3 fee to use the online system, which is waived for current subscribers. If you are not a subscriber, on completion of your submission, we'll send a discount for $3 off a year's subscription (or renewal) to the magazine.
Call for Submissions: Aquifier: The Florida Review Online
We seek submissions in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and graphic narrative. We also publish visual art, short film, and digital/electronic narratives and welcome submissions in those areas as well.
Aquifer: The Florida Review Online is a new interdisciplinary online arts supplement to the print Florida Review and takes pride in publishing a diverse array of writers and artists from across the country and the world.
Aquifer is open-access online, so you can read plenty of examples of the wonderful work we publish and find our guidelines at our website, or go directly to our submissions page.
The $2 submission fee also makes you eligible to win one of the annual Meek Awards of $50.
Aquifer: The Florida Review Online is a new interdisciplinary online arts supplement to the print Florida Review and takes pride in publishing a diverse array of writers and artists from across the country and the world.
Aquifer is open-access online, so you can read plenty of examples of the wonderful work we publish and find our guidelines at our website, or go directly to our submissions page.
The $2 submission fee also makes you eligible to win one of the annual Meek Awards of $50.
Call for Submissions to Anthology: A Murder of Crows
Call for Submissions
A Murder of Crows—cozy to cozy-noir crime stories, set in any time, from dinosaurs to the present, using the collective names of groups of animals which includes mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, and insects. If your imagination goes beyond the scope of known collective names, you may create your own. Earth animals/birds only, none from outer space or invented animals. You can put your animals in jeopardy but animal cruelty or killing an animal is an automatic rejection. Choosing an animal/bird that is a little different may give you an edge on being chosen. We don’t want multiple stories using the same species! Your animals should be an integral part of the crime, not just a mention as part of the story.
Examples of collective names to use:
http://www.namibian.org/travel/misc/collective-nouns.html
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/99-strange-collective-animal-names
https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-names-for-groups-of-animals.html
Submission Period: December 17th – April 30, 2019
Send your work to:
AMurderofCrowsATdarkhousebooksDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
with the name of your story in the subject line. Standard manuscript form, sent as an attachment. Your contact information on Page One.
Length: 2500 to 6000 words.
Four to five thousand words is a good goal. We expect the anthology to have approximately seventy-five thousand words, a mix of longer and shorter stories.
Payment: Royalty
Fifty percent of the gross royalties per calendar quarter will be distributed equally among the contributors. Contributor copies will not be offered. A limited number of review copies will be available.
We ask for the exclusive right to publish your story for one calendar year following contract signing, excluding publications of those previously published.
Title subject to change.
For additional information, please contact us at:
AMurderofCrowsATdarkhousebooksDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
or visit the website.
Sandra Murphy is the author of From Hay to Eternity: Ten Tales of Crime and Deception. Her short stories have appeared in Flash and Bang, The Killer Wore Cranberry Four, Dogs and Dragons, Second Chance Dogs with other stories accepted awaiting publication in 2019.
A Murder of Crows—cozy to cozy-noir crime stories, set in any time, from dinosaurs to the present, using the collective names of groups of animals which includes mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, and insects. If your imagination goes beyond the scope of known collective names, you may create your own. Earth animals/birds only, none from outer space or invented animals. You can put your animals in jeopardy but animal cruelty or killing an animal is an automatic rejection. Choosing an animal/bird that is a little different may give you an edge on being chosen. We don’t want multiple stories using the same species! Your animals should be an integral part of the crime, not just a mention as part of the story.
Examples of collective names to use:
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/99-strange-collective-animal-names
https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-names-for-groups-of-animals.html
Submission Period: December 17th – April 30, 2019
Send your work to:
AMurderofCrowsATdarkhousebooksDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
with the name of your story in the subject line. Standard manuscript form, sent as an attachment. Your contact information on Page One.
Length: 2500 to 6000 words.
Four to five thousand words is a good goal. We expect the anthology to have approximately seventy-five thousand words, a mix of longer and shorter stories.
Payment: Royalty
Fifty percent of the gross royalties per calendar quarter will be distributed equally among the contributors. Contributor copies will not be offered. A limited number of review copies will be available.
We ask for the exclusive right to publish your story for one calendar year following contract signing, excluding publications of those previously published.
Title subject to change.
For additional information, please contact us at:
AMurderofCrowsATdarkhousebooksDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
or visit the website.
Sandra Murphy is the author of From Hay to Eternity: Ten Tales of Crime and Deception. Her short stories have appeared in Flash and Bang, The Killer Wore Cranberry Four, Dogs and Dragons, Second Chance Dogs with other stories accepted awaiting publication in 2019.
Call for Essays: Longridge Review
December 14, 2018 - January 15, 2019
Our mission is to present the finest essays on the mysteries of childhood experience, the wonder of adult reflection, and how the two connect over a lifespan.
We discourage simple excerpts from memoir, as such fragments rarely work well as stand-alone, coherent, effective essays. We do not publish writing that is overtly sentimental.
We are committed to publishing narratives steeped in reverence for childhood perceptions, but we seek essays that stretch beyond the clichés of childhood as simple, angelic, or easy. We feature writing that layers the events of the writer’s early years with learning or wisdom accumulated in adult life.
We welcome diverse creative nonfiction pieces that depict revealing moments about the human condition.
We will consider one creative nonfiction piece (up to 3,500 words) per submission period. Please do not submit more than once during the reading period. Individual authors will not be published more than once per calendar year.
Please visit our website for more detailed guidance. There is a reading and correspondence fee of $3.00 per submission.
Web
Twitter: @LongridgeReview
FB: Longridge Editors LLC
Our mission is to present the finest essays on the mysteries of childhood experience, the wonder of adult reflection, and how the two connect over a lifespan.
We discourage simple excerpts from memoir, as such fragments rarely work well as stand-alone, coherent, effective essays. We do not publish writing that is overtly sentimental.
We are committed to publishing narratives steeped in reverence for childhood perceptions, but we seek essays that stretch beyond the clichés of childhood as simple, angelic, or easy. We feature writing that layers the events of the writer’s early years with learning or wisdom accumulated in adult life.
We welcome diverse creative nonfiction pieces that depict revealing moments about the human condition.
We will consider one creative nonfiction piece (up to 3,500 words) per submission period. Please do not submit more than once during the reading period. Individual authors will not be published more than once per calendar year.
Please visit our website for more detailed guidance. There is a reading and correspondence fee of $3.00 per submission.
Web
Twitter: @LongridgeReview
FB: Longridge Editors LLC
Writing Competition: Story Quarterly Fourth Annual Nonfiction Contest
We are currently accepting entries for our Fourth Annual Nonfiction Contest. Submissions will close 1/12/19.
Entry Fee: $15.00
First Prize: $1000 plus publication
For full guidelines and a link to our submissions portal, please visit us here.
Our contest judge is Brian Blanchfield. He is the author of three books of prose and poetry, including Proxies: Essays Near Knowing, a book of nonfiction that is part cultural close reading, part autobiographical reckoning. The recipient of book awards and artist grants from The Whiting Foundation, the Academy of American Poets, and the Howard Foundation, his poems and essays have appeared recently in The Oxford American, Harper’s, BOMB, Brick, and the Wesleyan anthology American Poets in the 21st Century. He teaches creative writing at the University of Idaho and the Bennington Writing Seminars, and lives with his partner, the poet John Myers, in Moscow, Idaho.
Writing Competition: Furious Flower Poetry Prize
Announcing the Furious Flower Poetry Prize for emerging writers.
Submit 3 poems totalling no more than 6 pages for the chance to win $1000 ($500 honorable mention), a reading at James Madison University ($500 travel consideration) and publication in Obsidian.
Entry Fee: $15.00
Deadline: Feb. 10, 2019
The judge is A. Van Jordan.
For eligibility requirements, read the Furious Flower mission statement and check out our website.
Call for Submissions: Debut Fiction: Oxford American
Call for Debut Fiction: Oxford American
The Oxford American welcomes submissions for a work of fiction from an emerging writer for our Summer 2019 issue. We are eager to feature a writer whose fiction has not yet been published in a print publication with a circulation over 5,000 copies. Stories under 10,000 words will be considered, and the selected writer will be paid $1000. The Summer issue will be on newsstands starting June 2019.
Our primary consideration is quality, though we would be especially pleased to include the work of an author with ties to the South and/or a story that furthers our mission of exploring the complexity and vitality of the South.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome, though we ask that stories are immediately withdrawn from consideration following acceptance elsewhere. We accept submissions via Submittable. (There is a $5 processing fee.)
For more information, please visit our website.
Deadline January 15th.
The Oxford American welcomes submissions for a work of fiction from an emerging writer for our Summer 2019 issue. We are eager to feature a writer whose fiction has not yet been published in a print publication with a circulation over 5,000 copies. Stories under 10,000 words will be considered, and the selected writer will be paid $1000. The Summer issue will be on newsstands starting June 2019.
Our primary consideration is quality, though we would be especially pleased to include the work of an author with ties to the South and/or a story that furthers our mission of exploring the complexity and vitality of the South.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome, though we ask that stories are immediately withdrawn from consideration following acceptance elsewhere. We accept submissions via Submittable. (There is a $5 processing fee.)
For more information, please visit our website.
Deadline January 15th.
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Call for Submissions: Harbor Review
At Harbor Review we are currently accepting submissions for issue #3: Blue. The submission deadline May 31st. We accept submissions of original art and poetry.
Harbor Review is a small online space for poetry and art. We publish two issues a year in the winter and summer. We are interested in work that shocks and inspires. We are interested in strange and beautiful language, image, and metaphor. We are committed to giving diverse voices a home.
Harbor Review is a small online space for poetry and art. We publish two issues a year in the winter and summer. We are interested in work that shocks and inspires. We are interested in strange and beautiful language, image, and metaphor. We are committed to giving diverse voices a home.
Writing Competition: Kenyon Review Short Nonfiction Contest
This month we’re delighted to introduce the KR Short Nonfiction Contest, a way to celebrate and recognize small essays that pack a big punch. The submission period opened on December 1 and will run through December 31.
Entries should be no longer than 1,200 words. “The beauty of short form lies in the challenges the length presents to a writer trying to capture a real life event or experience,” says Geeta Kothari, KR’s nonfiction editor and the contest judge. “The limited word count forces the writing into places it might otherwise not have gone, and that’s what I’m most looking forward to—reading pieces that take an unexpected turn, show a necessary relationship between form and content, or surprise the reader in some way I can't even imagine.”
The contest is open to all writers who have not yet published a book of creative nonfiction. The winner will be awarded a scholarship to attend the 2019 Writers Workshop, and the winning piece will be published in the Mar/Apr 2020 issue of the Kenyon Review.
Entry Fee: $24.00
Visit our website for more information
Entries should be no longer than 1,200 words. “The beauty of short form lies in the challenges the length presents to a writer trying to capture a real life event or experience,” says Geeta Kothari, KR’s nonfiction editor and the contest judge. “The limited word count forces the writing into places it might otherwise not have gone, and that’s what I’m most looking forward to—reading pieces that take an unexpected turn, show a necessary relationship between form and content, or surprise the reader in some way I can't even imagine.”
The contest is open to all writers who have not yet published a book of creative nonfiction. The winner will be awarded a scholarship to attend the 2019 Writers Workshop, and the winning piece will be published in the Mar/Apr 2020 issue of the Kenyon Review.
Entry Fee: $24.00
Visit our website for more information
Writing Competition: riverSedge: A Journal of Art and Literature
riverSedge: A Journal of Art and Literature
Since 1977, riverSedge has published the very best art and literature from the South Texas region and beyond. While our name reflects the specific geographical and cultural nuances of the Rio Grande Valley, riverSedge represents a neologism that connotes so much more, and well beyond the confines of our region—such as divisions, transgressions, (re)definitions, (re)memberings, and resistances—throughout the margins of the Americas and all other borderland spaces, identities, and modes of creative expression. Past artists and authors include Barry Deutsch, Eleanor L. Bennett, Larry McMurtry, Rolando Hinojosa, Angela de Hoyos, Alurista, Naomi Shihab Nye, Lee Blessing, and Sandra Cisneros.
For our 2019 Submissions Period, all submissions (except reviews, interviews, and Remolinos) are eligible for contest prizes in three categories: Poetry, Prose, and Art.
Submission Fee: $5.00
Deadline: March 1, 2019
For complete guidelines and to submit your work, go here.
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Since 1977, riverSedge has published the very best art and literature from the South Texas region and beyond. While our name reflects the specific geographical and cultural nuances of the Rio Grande Valley, riverSedge represents a neologism that connotes so much more, and well beyond the confines of our region—such as divisions, transgressions, (re)definitions, (re)memberings, and resistances—throughout the margins of the Americas and all other borderland spaces, identities, and modes of creative expression. Past artists and authors include Barry Deutsch, Eleanor L. Bennett, Larry McMurtry, Rolando Hinojosa, Angela de Hoyos, Alurista, Naomi Shihab Nye, Lee Blessing, and Sandra Cisneros.
For our 2019 Submissions Period, all submissions (except reviews, interviews, and Remolinos) are eligible for contest prizes in three categories: Poetry, Prose, and Art.
Submission Fee: $5.00
Deadline: March 1, 2019
For complete guidelines and to submit your work, go here.
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Writing Competition and Call for Submissions: Slippery Elm
Slippery Elm’s 2019 print issue is open for submissions, and we’re looking for your work! Prizes of $500 will be awarded for poetry and prose, and all entries will be considered for publication. Neil Carpathios will judge in poetry, and Sharon Short will judge in prose.
Submit up to three poems or 5,000 words of prose via Submittable by February 1. General (non-contest) entries are always free, but it’s only $15 to enter the contest, and all entrants receive a copy of our 2019 issue.
Visit our website for past issues and online-exclusive content, and see our Submittable page for complete submission guidelines.
Check us out on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @SlipperyElmLJ for author bios and other updates.
Submit up to three poems or 5,000 words of prose via Submittable by February 1. General (non-contest) entries are always free, but it’s only $15 to enter the contest, and all entrants receive a copy of our 2019 issue.
Visit our website for past issues and online-exclusive content, and see our Submittable page for complete submission guidelines.
Check us out on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @SlipperyElmLJ for author bios and other updates.
Call for Submissions: Women Artists Datebook
WOMEN ARTISTS DATEBOOK
Art, poetry & quotes by women. Spiral, 4 3/4” x 7”. Cover artwork: $200, plus 8 datebooks.
Inside Artwork: $70/image, plus 4 datebooks. 8 images may be submitted with name and title in file name.
Poetry: $70 plus 4 datebooks. 4 poems may be submitted, 30-line maximum per poem with name and address on each page.
Datebook artists & poets may purchase additional datebooks at a 40% discount, 15 or more at 50%.
EMAIL art as pdfs, jpegs, or tiffs, photos (limit 8), and poems as Word .docs to
datebookATsyracuseculturalworkersDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
*Do not send original artwork unless requested.
The submission deadline for the Datebook is January 15, 2019 for the 2020 datebook.
Art, poetry & quotes by women. Spiral, 4 3/4” x 7”. Cover artwork: $200, plus 8 datebooks.
Inside Artwork: $70/image, plus 4 datebooks. 8 images may be submitted with name and title in file name.
Poetry: $70 plus 4 datebooks. 4 poems may be submitted, 30-line maximum per poem with name and address on each page.
Datebook artists & poets may purchase additional datebooks at a 40% discount, 15 or more at 50%.
EMAIL art as pdfs, jpegs, or tiffs, photos (limit 8), and poems as Word .docs to
datebookATsyracuseculturalworkersDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
*Do not send original artwork unless requested.
The submission deadline for the Datebook is January 15, 2019 for the 2020 datebook.
Writing Competition for Undergrad Students: The Lyric College Poetry Contest
The Lyric College Poetry Contest is open to undergraduates enrolled full time in an American or Canadian college or university.
First Prize ~ $500
Second Prize ~ $150
Third Prize ~ $100
Honorable Mention ~ Year’s subscription and bragging rights
SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
The Lyric College Contest
c/o Tanya Cimonetti
1393 Spear Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
Inquiries and information available at:
tanyacimATaolDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
2016 was our last year accepting email entries. All entries must be submitted between September 1 and December 31 with the following information on each poem:
Student’s name and complete address
College’s name and complete address
We look forward to receiving beautifully structured and inspiring work from America’s colleges and Universities!
First Prize ~ $500
Second Prize ~ $150
Third Prize ~ $100
Honorable Mention ~ Year’s subscription and bragging rights
SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
- Poems must be original and unpublished, 39 lines or less, written in English in traditional forms, preferably with regular scansion and rhyme. We welcome up to three poems per student.
- Winners are announced and published in the Winter issue of The Lyric.
The Lyric College Contest
c/o Tanya Cimonetti
1393 Spear Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
Inquiries and information available at:
tanyacimATaolDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
2016 was our last year accepting email entries. All entries must be submitted between September 1 and December 31 with the following information on each poem:
Student’s name and complete address
College’s name and complete address
We look forward to receiving beautifully structured and inspiring work from America’s colleges and Universities!
Fellowships and Residency: Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing
Named for Bucknell's renowned literary alumnus and initiated in the fall of 1993, the Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing offers up to four months of unfettered writing time for a writer working on a first or second book of fiction or creative nonfiction. The residency provides lodging in Bucknell's "Poets' Cottage" and a stipend of $5,000.
In the spring semester of 2019, the Stadler Center will be accepting applications for the 2019-20 Roth Residences (August-December 2019 and February-May 2020)
The application deadline for both residencies is Feb. 1, 2019. Please note: The Roth Residence is no longer awarded to poets; only writers of fiction and/or literary nonfiction are eligible.
For eligibility and application requirements, and to submit an application, please visit our website.
In the spring semester of 2019, the Stadler Center will be accepting applications for the 2019-20 Roth Residences (August-December 2019 and February-May 2020)
The application deadline for both residencies is Feb. 1, 2019. Please note: The Roth Residence is no longer awarded to poets; only writers of fiction and/or literary nonfiction are eligible.
For eligibility and application requirements, and to submit an application, please visit our website.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Writer-in-Residence: Hemingway-Pfeiffer 2019 Writer-in-Residence Program
Hemingway-Pfeiffer 2019 Writer-in-Residence Program
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott, Arkansas, is pleased to announce its 2019 writer-in-residence position. The residency will be for the month of June 2019 and includes lodging at a beautiful loft apartment on the downtown square in Piggott over the City Market coffee shop. The writer-in-residence will also have the opportunity to work in the studio where Ernest Hemingway worked on A Farewell to Arms during an extended stay with his wife’s family in 1928. The residency includes a $1000 stipend to help cover food and transportation.
The writer-in-residence will be expected to serve as mentor for a week-long retreat for writers at the educational center. This retreat will be held June 10-14 and will be open to 12-14 writers from the region. The recipient will be expected to hold one or two readings of his/her own work in the region. The remainder of the month will be free to the writer-in-residence to work on his/her own work.
Candidates with an MA or MFA in a relevant field are preferred. Please send a cover letter, CV, and writing sample to Dr. Adam Long at:
adamlongATastateDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
by Feb. 28, 2019. Questions can also be directed to Dr. Long. For more information about the museum or lodging (the Inn at Piggott), visit us at our website.
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, contributes to the understanding of the regional, national and global history of the 1920s and 1930s eras by focusing on the internationally connected Pfeiffer family of Piggott, Arkansas, and their son-in-law and regular guest Ernest Hemingway. This includes drawing on Hemingway's influence as a noted American author to foster interest in literature and the arts and promote excellence in both.
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Adam Long, Ph.D.
Director
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center
1021 W Cherry Street
Piggott, AR 72454
Phone: 870-598-3487, Fax: 870-598-1037
Arkansas State University Heritage Site
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott, Arkansas, is pleased to announce its 2019 writer-in-residence position. The residency will be for the month of June 2019 and includes lodging at a beautiful loft apartment on the downtown square in Piggott over the City Market coffee shop. The writer-in-residence will also have the opportunity to work in the studio where Ernest Hemingway worked on A Farewell to Arms during an extended stay with his wife’s family in 1928. The residency includes a $1000 stipend to help cover food and transportation.
The writer-in-residence will be expected to serve as mentor for a week-long retreat for writers at the educational center. This retreat will be held June 10-14 and will be open to 12-14 writers from the region. The recipient will be expected to hold one or two readings of his/her own work in the region. The remainder of the month will be free to the writer-in-residence to work on his/her own work.
Candidates with an MA or MFA in a relevant field are preferred. Please send a cover letter, CV, and writing sample to Dr. Adam Long at:
adamlongATastateDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
by Feb. 28, 2019. Questions can also be directed to Dr. Long. For more information about the museum or lodging (the Inn at Piggott), visit us at our website.
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, contributes to the understanding of the regional, national and global history of the 1920s and 1930s eras by focusing on the internationally connected Pfeiffer family of Piggott, Arkansas, and their son-in-law and regular guest Ernest Hemingway. This includes drawing on Hemingway's influence as a noted American author to foster interest in literature and the arts and promote excellence in both.
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Adam Long, Ph.D.
Director
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center
1021 W Cherry Street
Piggott, AR 72454
Phone: 870-598-3487, Fax: 870-598-1037
Arkansas State University Heritage Site
Call for Submissions: After the Art
Call for submissions: After the Art
After the Art seeks personal review essays that explore the way reading can enrich art. Please read our guidelines for more details.
The next deadline is 15 February.
After the Art seeks personal review essays that explore the way reading can enrich art. Please read our guidelines for more details.
The next deadline is 15 February.
Call for Submissions: AADOREE
AADOREE is seeking submissions for its third issue, called 'The Fey', until December 21st. Fey, meaning fairy, is used to describe beings that are either supernatural or “suspended between the mundane and the miraculous”; for our first themed issue, we ask how one can write through the fairy as a subversive lens. We have no single definition of The Fey, but we do have perceptions of how this concept can be opened up.
AADOREE (pronounced the same as “adore”) is a small online/print literary journal. AADOREE aims to publish those voices who are pushing boundaries of writing with an emphasis on interdisciplinary work, formal and visual experimentation, and poetic sensibilities. We adore text and language that takes risks. AADOREE's debut issue contains writing from Tommy Pico, Sade LaNay, Colette Arrand, Tim Jones-Yelvington, and others. To read more about who we are and what are looking for, check out our website.
Writing Competitions: BkMk Press
Two Book Prizes: Short Fiction and Poetry
$1,000 & book publication from BkMk Press for each winner:
• John Ciardi Prize for Poetry
• G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction
Awarded annually to collections of poetry and short fiction in English by a living author.
Submission deadline: January 15, 2019.
Contest guidelines available here.
Recent BkMk Press titles have won or placed in the American Book Award, PEN/Faulkner, PEN Hemingway, Ernest J. Gaines Award, Chautauqua Prize, Poets Prize, and other competitions.
Founded in 1971, BkMk Press has been a part of the University of Missouri-Kansas City since 1983. BkMk Press concentrates on publishing collections of poetry, short fiction and creative essays. Publishing roughly six titles a year, the press has more than 160 titles in print.
BkMk Press,
University of Missouri-Kansas City,
5101 Rockhill Road,
Kansas City, MO 64110
$1,000 & book publication from BkMk Press for each winner:
• John Ciardi Prize for Poetry
• G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction
Awarded annually to collections of poetry and short fiction in English by a living author.
Submission deadline: January 15, 2019.
Contest guidelines available here.
Recent BkMk Press titles have won or placed in the American Book Award, PEN/Faulkner, PEN Hemingway, Ernest J. Gaines Award, Chautauqua Prize, Poets Prize, and other competitions.
Founded in 1971, BkMk Press has been a part of the University of Missouri-Kansas City since 1983. BkMk Press concentrates on publishing collections of poetry, short fiction and creative essays. Publishing roughly six titles a year, the press has more than 160 titles in print.
BkMk Press,
University of Missouri-Kansas City,
5101 Rockhill Road,
Kansas City, MO 64110
Call for Poetry Submissions: One
One, the online literary journal of Jacar Press, reads submissions of poems continually--no deadline. To submit, send one poem in the body of an email to:
onejacarATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
In a few short years, poems first published in One have won a Best of the Net, received an Honorable Mention, been reprinted in the New York Times. We publish the best works by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners, as well as newcomers and established poets from Africa, Asia, South America, the Middle East, Europe, the U.K. and the U.S.
For more information, visit our website.
onejacarATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
In a few short years, poems first published in One have won a Best of the Net, received an Honorable Mention, been reprinted in the New York Times. We publish the best works by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners, as well as newcomers and established poets from Africa, Asia, South America, the Middle East, Europe, the U.K. and the U.S.
For more information, visit our website.
Writing Competition: 11 Annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Prize
11th Annual Nâzım Hikmet Poetry Prize
Accepting Submissions through January 7, 2019
Poets are invited to submit three original poems on any topic or genre online here.
Submission fee $10
Award Categories
1st place $300
2nd place $200
3rd place $100
Honorable Mentions
Winning poets will be published in the festival anthology, hasret/longing, have their work nominated for a Pushcart Prize and they will be invited to read their poetry at the 11th Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival in Cary, North Carolina, on Sunday, March 24th, 2019.
Judges
Carl Dennis Winner of Pulitzer and Ruth Lilly Prizes
Tarfia Faizullah Fullbright Fellow and Winner of 3 Pushcart Prizes
Andrea Gibson Winner of the 2008 Women of the World Poetry Slam
Jaki Shelton-Green North Carolina Poet Laureate
Analicia Sotelo Jake Adam York Prize and National Chapbook Fellow
Since 2009 the Nâzım Hikmet Poetry Prize has been awarded to poets internationally
in recognition of the humanism, social engagement and poetry of Nâzım Hikmet.
Organized by the American Turkish Association of North Carolina and Duke University Middle East Studies Center with support from Town of Cary Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources.
Organizing Committee
Buket Aydemir, Pelin Balı, Erdağ Göknar, Mehmet Öztürk and Birgül Tuzlalı
Website
Email questions to:
contactATnazimhikmetpoetryfestivalDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Poets are invited to submit three original poems on any topic or genre online here.
Submission fee $10
Award Categories
1st place $300
2nd place $200
3rd place $100
Honorable Mentions
Winning poets will be published in the festival anthology, hasret/longing, have their work nominated for a Pushcart Prize and they will be invited to read their poetry at the 11th Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival in Cary, North Carolina, on Sunday, March 24th, 2019.
Judges
Carl Dennis Winner of Pulitzer and Ruth Lilly Prizes
Tarfia Faizullah Fullbright Fellow and Winner of 3 Pushcart Prizes
Andrea Gibson Winner of the 2008 Women of the World Poetry Slam
Jaki Shelton-Green North Carolina Poet Laureate
Analicia Sotelo Jake Adam York Prize and National Chapbook Fellow
Since 2009 the Nâzım Hikmet Poetry Prize has been awarded to poets internationally
in recognition of the humanism, social engagement and poetry of Nâzım Hikmet.
Organized by the American Turkish Association of North Carolina and Duke University Middle East Studies Center with support from Town of Cary Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources.
Organizing Committee
Buket Aydemir, Pelin Balı, Erdağ Göknar, Mehmet Öztürk and Birgül Tuzlalı
Website
Email questions to:
contactATnazimhikmetpoetryfestivalDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Editing Position: Managing Editor of the Gettysburg Review
Managing Editor of the Gettysburg Review
Employment Opportunity
Employment Opportunity
| Job Title | Managing Editor of the Gettysburg Review | ||
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| Position Summary |
Gettysburg College invites applications for the position of
Managing Editor of The Gettysburg Review, the College’s award-winning
national quarterly literary journal.
The Managing Editor is responsible
for all aspects of the journal’s production, including
creation of a production schedule, manuscript preparation, copyediting,
author negotiations, and coordination with printer and other vendors.
Additional duties include budget management, acquisition and
administration of grants, marketing and promotion, supervision
of student workers and interns, office management, and other tasks as
assigned by the Editor.
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| Qualifications |
The successful candidate will have two to three years experience in
publishing and one to three years experience in copyediting and
proofreading. The candidate should possess at least a BA degree,
preferably also an MA or
MFA. In
addition to knowledge of contemporary literature, the candidate should
be sensitive to the nuances of language, syntax, spelling, punctuation,
and grammar, including experience with Chicago Manual of Style.
Additionally applicants
should be comfortable with social media and should have a working
knowledge of either InDesign or Quark.
Gettysburg College seeks candidates who have the communication
skills and cross-cultural abilities to maximize their effectiveness with
diverse groups of students, colleagues and community members.
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| Special Instructions Summary |
Application materials must be received by January 4, 2019.
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| EEO Statement |
Gettysburg College, an equal opportunity employer, complies with
all applicable federal, state, local laws and regulations regarding
nondiscrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration
for employment and admission. The College prohibits
discrimination and harassment, and provides equal opportunity without
regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, disability,
veteran status, marital/familial status, possession of a General
Education Development Certificate (GED)
as compared to a high school diploma, sexual orientation, gender
identity, gender expression, sex, age, or genetic information in all
aspects of employment, educational programs, activities, and admissions.
Pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendment of
1972, Gettysburg College prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex
(i.e.., which includes but is not limited to the prohibition of sexual
misconduct and relationship violence, including sexual assault and
harassment) in all of its educational programs and
activities.
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Sunday, December 2, 2018
Call for Submissions: The Acentos Review
The Acentos Review Call for Submissions for issue on Pop Culture
Guest Edited by Suzi F. Garcia
We form ourselves from culture, we see reflections and contradictions in our media, and we rebel or are inspired. Sofia Vergara is the highest paid woman on TV, Cardi B is heating up the charts, everywhere you look, Latinx artists are killing the pop culture game.
For this issue of The Acentos Review, we want your musings, your fiction, your odes to Anything for the Selenas, give it all to us. We are looking for the conversations that surround what shapes us, that bring us joy, that open our hearts and empty ourselves on the page.
In addition, please write a one line response to the following prompt: To me, being Latinx means ... Responses can be up to 100 words.
Submit here.
Guest Edited by Suzi F. Garcia
We form ourselves from culture, we see reflections and contradictions in our media, and we rebel or are inspired. Sofia Vergara is the highest paid woman on TV, Cardi B is heating up the charts, everywhere you look, Latinx artists are killing the pop culture game.
For this issue of The Acentos Review, we want your musings, your fiction, your odes to Anything for the Selenas, give it all to us. We are looking for the conversations that surround what shapes us, that bring us joy, that open our hearts and empty ourselves on the page.
In addition, please write a one line response to the following prompt: To me, being Latinx means ... Responses can be up to 100 words.
Submit here.
Call for Proposals: Race: Embodying Academia
Call for creative writing proposals: Race in Academia conference
Each year, SUNY Albany hosts the English Graduate Student Organization Conference. We are currently accepting proposals for creative works to present at our upcoming conference, Race: Embodying Academia, which will take place at the University at Albany in downtown Albany on Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6.
We welcome any and all creative works that explore the many ways in which race, racism, and racialization function in academia. Creative writing proposals may include readings of your own creative work, explorations of craft and theory, discussions of creative writing pedagogy, navigating the publishing world, and the professionalization of creative writing related to the conference's themes.
Submission Guidelines:
Please provide a one-page proposal describing your presentation in terms of format: a reading, screening, panel proposal, etc. In the same document, please include an excerpt of the work you propose to present at the conference, following the guidelines below.
The full CFP for academic papers is available at UPenn.
Submissions should be sent to through Barzakh's Submittable page.
Barzakh is University at Albany's literary journal, run by graduate students in the English department's PhD and MA program. Submissions will be open through January 18, 2019.
If you have any questions, please contact:
egsoalbanyATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Each year, SUNY Albany hosts the English Graduate Student Organization Conference. We are currently accepting proposals for creative works to present at our upcoming conference, Race: Embodying Academia, which will take place at the University at Albany in downtown Albany on Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6.
We welcome any and all creative works that explore the many ways in which race, racism, and racialization function in academia. Creative writing proposals may include readings of your own creative work, explorations of craft and theory, discussions of creative writing pedagogy, navigating the publishing world, and the professionalization of creative writing related to the conference's themes.
Submission Guidelines:
Please provide a one-page proposal describing your presentation in terms of format: a reading, screening, panel proposal, etc. In the same document, please include an excerpt of the work you propose to present at the conference, following the guidelines below.
- Fiction and non-fiction: please limit your excerpt to 2,500 words.
- Poetry: please limit your excerpt to 5 pages.
- Drama: please limit your excerpt to 8 pages.
- Comics: please limit your excerpt to 5 pages.
- Audio/Visual work: please include a link to listen to the clip or watch the film online. A/V submissions should not exceed 8 minutes in running time.
- Hybrid work: use your best judgment, but please do not exceed 10 pages.
The full CFP for academic papers is available at UPenn.
Submissions should be sent to through Barzakh's Submittable page.
Barzakh is University at Albany's literary journal, run by graduate students in the English department's PhD and MA program. Submissions will be open through January 18, 2019.
If you have any questions, please contact:
egsoalbanyATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Call for Submissions: Prairie Margins
Prairie Margins, Bowling Green State University’s undergraduate literary magazine is currently open for submissions from undergraduate students across the country. Submissions of high quality fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and art welcome. Our deadline is March 15th and there is no fee to submit!
Please visit the link to submit.
Please visit the link to submit.
Call for Creative Nonfiction: Raised Voice Press
December Open Reading Period -- Raised Voice Press
Raised Voice Press is an independent micro press publishing creative nonfiction. We aim to encourage conversations by amplifying diverse perspectives.
For our next open reading period, which will run December 1-31, 2018, we seek complete creative nonfiction manuscripts between 100-250 pages. We welcome work that might be described as literary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, imaginative nonfiction, literary journalism, lyric essay, personal essay, personal narrative, or literary memoir.
We appreciate authors who illuminate unconventional and unnoticed aspects of existence. We want the unusual and the overlooked, the complex and the hybrid. Our mission is to connect innovative nonfiction authors with eager, receptive readers. We want to help you be heard.
We offer a $200 advance plus 10 print copies of your book, as well as royalties. For details on how to submit to Raised Voice Press, please see our full guidelines here.
Raised Voice Press is an independent micro press publishing creative nonfiction. We aim to encourage conversations by amplifying diverse perspectives.
For our next open reading period, which will run December 1-31, 2018, we seek complete creative nonfiction manuscripts between 100-250 pages. We welcome work that might be described as literary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, imaginative nonfiction, literary journalism, lyric essay, personal essay, personal narrative, or literary memoir.
We appreciate authors who illuminate unconventional and unnoticed aspects of existence. We want the unusual and the overlooked, the complex and the hybrid. Our mission is to connect innovative nonfiction authors with eager, receptive readers. We want to help you be heard.
We offer a $200 advance plus 10 print copies of your book, as well as royalties. For details on how to submit to Raised Voice Press, please see our full guidelines here.
Chapbook Competition: Backbone Press
We are pleased to launch our 2018-19 Chapbook Competition!
Poets of all levels are encouraged to submit. Simultaneous submissions are welcomed but, please notify us if accepted elsewhere.
Manuscripts are read blind. Please omit any contact information in your submission. Entries must consist of 18-30 pages.
Include acknowledgments page and entry fee of $15.00.
Deadlines: November 1st through January 30th 2019.
See website for full guidelines.
1st Prize receives $250.00 + publication + (10) author copies
Finalist (if selected) $100.00 + publication + (10) author copies
Poets of all levels are encouraged to submit. Simultaneous submissions are welcomed but, please notify us if accepted elsewhere.
Manuscripts are read blind. Please omit any contact information in your submission. Entries must consist of 18-30 pages.
Include acknowledgments page and entry fee of $15.00.
Deadlines: November 1st through January 30th 2019.
See website for full guidelines.
1st Prize receives $250.00 + publication + (10) author copies
Finalist (if selected) $100.00 + publication + (10) author copies
Call for Submissions: South Broadway Ghost Society
South Broadway Ghost Society is not a horror site. We are open to all works. South Broadway Ghost Society is a literary journal that publishes ghosts and non-ghosts. We like to feature work that is sacred and profane, work that challenges perception, work that exists in grey spaces. "Ghosts" are an important part of our identity as a journal.
We believe in creating resonance in conversations that deserve to be had. We believe in the identity of spirit, lifting up that which is sacred. The magician card in tarot comes to mind. How does your work act as a gateway between a higher force and the material world? We also believe in that which is buried. Stories and art that dig up things that may otherwise go unseen. The skeletons hidden beneath the ground. Finally, we believe in poltergeists; in being menacing, playful, and having fun.
If you would like to remain anonymous, a ghost # will be assigned to you to correspond to your work.
If you would like credit, you deserve credit. We are open to all art.
Things we like: poetry, flash fiction, essays, comics, photography, drawings, doodles, video, experimental work.
LGBTQIA+ and POC artists are highly encouraged to submit.
Please submit no more than five works at a time to:
submissionsATsoboghosoDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
.docs are nice, but not necessary.
We believe in creating resonance in conversations that deserve to be had. We believe in the identity of spirit, lifting up that which is sacred. The magician card in tarot comes to mind. How does your work act as a gateway between a higher force and the material world? We also believe in that which is buried. Stories and art that dig up things that may otherwise go unseen. The skeletons hidden beneath the ground. Finally, we believe in poltergeists; in being menacing, playful, and having fun.
If you would like to remain anonymous, a ghost # will be assigned to you to correspond to your work.
If you would like credit, you deserve credit. We are open to all art.
Things we like: poetry, flash fiction, essays, comics, photography, drawings, doodles, video, experimental work.
LGBTQIA+ and POC artists are highly encouraged to submit.
Please submit no more than five works at a time to:
submissionsATsoboghosoDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
.docs are nice, but not necessary.
Scholarships for Writing Retreat: Murphy Writing of Stockton Universtiy New Year's Writing Retreat
Two scholarships are being offered to first-time participants in one of Murphy Writing’s programs. Application deadline: December 16, 2018
Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents
New Year’s Writing Retreat
A weekend getaway for poets and writers
Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ
January 12-13, 2019
Resolve to make your writing a priority in 2019. Join us at Stockton University’s new beachfront campus for energizing workshops in fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry and storytelling. Head home inspired with a few new pieces and the warmth that comes from spending time in our encouraging community of writers.
Application deadline: December 16, 2018
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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 about our programs here.
Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents
New Year’s Writing Retreat
A weekend getaway for poets and writers
Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ
January 12-13, 2019
Resolve to make your writing a priority in 2019. Join us at Stockton University’s new beachfront campus for energizing workshops in fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry and storytelling. Head home inspired with a few new pieces and the warmth that comes from spending time in our encouraging community of writers.
Application deadline: December 16, 2018
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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 about our programs here.
Fellowship for Boston-area Writers: Writers' Room of Boston
Fellowship Opportunity for Boston-area Writers!
The Writers’ Room of Boston, Inc. (WROB) is a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to supporting the creation of new literature for nearly 30 years by providing a secure, affordable work space to serious writers living in the greater Boston area.
Every year The Writers’ Room of Boston awards fellowships to four emerging local writers of limited means. Fellowship recipients receive full membership to The Writers’ Room for 12 months (March through February) at no cost. Fellows also receive a reduced rate for membership for another 12 months following the fellowship period. All fellows and members enjoy 24-hour access to a T-accessible light-filled work space in the Financial District of downtown Boston and the opportunity to be part of a supportive and diverse community of writers.
Awards for the WROB Fellowship Program are based on the quality of a submitted writing sample, a project description, a CV or resume, and a statement of need. The Fellowships are open to writers working in any genre or form. Fellows must be committed to using the Room on a regular basis throughout the 12-month period, to writing a minimum of 6 blog posts for our website, and to assisting with WROB readings and events.
For more information about the WROB Fellowship Program, or to learn how you can become a member, please visit our website.
Applications for Fellowships are due each year on January 15th. Applications for regular membership are open all year.
Alexander Danner (he/him)
Program Director
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The Writers' Room of Boston
111 State Street, Fifth Floor
Boston, MA 02109
617.523.0566
The Writers’ Room of Boston, Inc. (WROB) is a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to supporting the creation of new literature for nearly 30 years by providing a secure, affordable work space to serious writers living in the greater Boston area.
Every year The Writers’ Room of Boston awards fellowships to four emerging local writers of limited means. Fellowship recipients receive full membership to The Writers’ Room for 12 months (March through February) at no cost. Fellows also receive a reduced rate for membership for another 12 months following the fellowship period. All fellows and members enjoy 24-hour access to a T-accessible light-filled work space in the Financial District of downtown Boston and the opportunity to be part of a supportive and diverse community of writers.
Awards for the WROB Fellowship Program are based on the quality of a submitted writing sample, a project description, a CV or resume, and a statement of need. The Fellowships are open to writers working in any genre or form. Fellows must be committed to using the Room on a regular basis throughout the 12-month period, to writing a minimum of 6 blog posts for our website, and to assisting with WROB readings and events.
For more information about the WROB Fellowship Program, or to learn how you can become a member, please visit our website.
Applications for Fellowships are due each year on January 15th. Applications for regular membership are open all year.
Alexander Danner (he/him)
Program Director
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The Writers' Room of Boston
111 State Street, Fifth Floor
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Saturday, November 24, 2018
Writing Competition: Charlene Kushner Wicked Woman Poetry Prize
Brickhouse Books announces the Charlene Kushner Wicked Woman Poetry Prize!
We are looking for a full-length (42-64 pp.) poetry manuscript about a woman (or women) who challenged expectations or broke the mold. Our judge is noted poet, Rose Solari. The prize is publication plus $250. The contest opens for submissions in September.
Entry Fee: $10.00
Deadline: Jan. 1, 2019
Rose Solari is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, The Last Girl, Orpheus in the Park, and Difficult Weather; the one-act play, Looking for Guenevere; and a novel, A Secret Woman. She has lectured and taught writing workshops at many institutions, including the University of Maryland, College Park; St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland; Arizona State University, Tempe; and The Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Oxford in England. Her awards include the Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize, an Academy of American Poets’ University Prize, The Columbia Book Award, and an EMMA award for excellence in journalism. She is currently at work on a second novel.
Enter here.
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Writing Competition: Chautauqua Janus Prize
Submissions for our second Chautauqua Janus Prize are officially open!
The winner, selected by guest judge Vi Khi Nao, will be awarded $5000, a week-long residency at Chautauqua Institution, and publication in a future issue of Chautauqua: The Literary Journal of Chautauqua Institution.
Entry Fee: $20.00
Deadline 1/15/19. Learn more here.
The winner, selected by guest judge Vi Khi Nao, will be awarded $5000, a week-long residency at Chautauqua Institution, and publication in a future issue of Chautauqua: The Literary Journal of Chautauqua Institution.
Entry Fee: $20.00
Deadline 1/15/19. Learn more here.
Call for Submissions: Rune Bear
Rune Bear is seeking 300-word stories in the nebula of speculative fiction. We publish horror, science-fiction, slipstream, all-the-punks, fantasy, myth, and strange thoughts, as long as the content is under 300-words and forms some kind of narrative. At the moment, we do not pay.
Stories should be sent to:
runebearmagATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
with the title "Weekly Submission." Include a 2-3 sentence bio with any links you would like to share. No simultaneous submissions, although multiple submissions are accepted. Use your better judgment on formatting.
See more at our website.
Stories should be sent to:
runebearmagATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
with the title "Weekly Submission." Include a 2-3 sentence bio with any links you would like to share. No simultaneous submissions, although multiple submissions are accepted. Use your better judgment on formatting.
See more at our website.
Call for Submissions to Anthology: What We Talk About When We Talk About It: Variations on the Theme of Love
Darkhouse Books seeks submissions for the third installment in its RIFF literary series, What We Talk About When We Talk About It: Variations on the Theme of Love.
Send us your best poetry or prose on this very broad theme.
What is love, anyhow? You can love your partner, your friend, your country, your dog, cat, rat, your local library, your family, yourself. You can love money, liquor, food, wilderness, or the dive bar on the corner. What does love make people do? What will people give for it? What will they steal? Does the razor love the wrist as a baby loves the breast? Does a baby love the breast or is that just hunger?
Where does sex figure in all of this? Does it?
What we love and do not love:
Format your piece in 12-point Times New Roman or Courier, double spaced, with initial indents of .five inches, and one-inch margins.
Send your manuscript as .doc or .docx. PLEASE DO NOT SEND IN ANY OTHER FORMAT.
Submit no more than five poems and/or two prose pieces. Submissions may be emailed to:
submissionsATdarkhousebooksDOTcom
and should include the word Love in the subject line.
Submissions will be accepted from November 7, 2018 through midnight (PST) February 28, 2019.
Payment to contributors is 50% of the royalties divided equally among the authors. Further information can be found here.
Send us your best poetry or prose on this very broad theme.
What is love, anyhow? You can love your partner, your friend, your country, your dog, cat, rat, your local library, your family, yourself. You can love money, liquor, food, wilderness, or the dive bar on the corner. What does love make people do? What will people give for it? What will they steal? Does the razor love the wrist as a baby loves the breast? Does a baby love the breast or is that just hunger?
Where does sex figure in all of this? Does it?
What we love and do not love:
- This series leans toward the literary while welcoming all genres, so long as the author has paid close attention to craft.
- We are not looking for standard romance, but if you think your romance will win our love anyway, send it.
- Send us work that stands out because of its excellence, of course, but also because of its creative take on the theme and on the craft of writing. Take a risk and do it with panache!
- When it comes to prose, the editors prefer short and tight, but if you write long and you can prove us wrong, you’re in.
- We will accept reprints so long as the piece was published more than a year before you submit it, and you are submitting in accordance with the previous publisher’s guidelines, and ours. When submitting reprints, please specify in your cover letter where and when it was previously published.
- Maximum length is 5,000 words; there is no minimum.
Format your piece in 12-point Times New Roman or Courier, double spaced, with initial indents of .five inches, and one-inch margins.
Send your manuscript as .doc or .docx. PLEASE DO NOT SEND IN ANY OTHER FORMAT.
Submit no more than five poems and/or two prose pieces. Submissions may be emailed to:
submissionsATdarkhousebooksDOTcom
and should include the word Love in the subject line.
Submissions will be accepted from November 7, 2018 through midnight (PST) February 28, 2019.
Payment to contributors is 50% of the royalties divided equally among the authors. Further information can be found here.
Writing Competition: River Styx 2019 Microfiction Contest
microfiction contest: River Styx
2019 Microfiction Contest
$1,500 First Prize
Judged by the editors of River Styx
Submissions are open September 1-December 31, 2018.
500 words maximum per story, up to three stories per entry fee. (Additional stories are accepted with additional fees.)
Choose your entry fee: $10 or $20.
$20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription.
$10 entry fee includes a copy of the issue in which the winning stories will appear.
River Styx Microfiction Contest
3139 A, South Grand Blvd. Suite 203
St. Louis, MO 63118
Entries must be received by December 31, 2018.
2019 Microfiction Contest
$1,500 First Prize
Judged by the editors of River Styx
Submissions are open September 1-December 31, 2018.
500 words maximum per story, up to three stories per entry fee. (Additional stories are accepted with additional fees.)
Choose your entry fee: $10 or $20.
$20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription.
$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.
- First, second, and third place winners will be published in Issue 100.
- 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.
- Judges will remove from consideration any entries they recognize as having been written by writers with whom they have worked or studied.
- Contest results will be announced in April.
River Styx Microfiction Contest
3139 A, South Grand Blvd. Suite 203
St. Louis, MO 63118
Entries must be received by December 31, 2018.
Call for Submissions: Masque & Spectacle
MASQUE & SPECTACLE is open for submissions! We have two new editors reading for this next issue, as well! James Reitter & Chantel Langlinais Carlson. We're looking for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, weird hybrids, drama, visual art, sound and video art, and reviews! See the guidelines below. There are no fees for submissions. There is no payment either (sorry)...
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Masque & Spectacle reads submissions for its bi-annual issues November 1 – February 20 and May 1 – August 20.
We do not accept previously published work, and we ask for First Electronic Rights and Non-Exclusive Archival Rights upon acceptance.
For any queries, please contact us at:
Masque & Spectacle reads submissions for its bi-annual issues November 1 – February 20 and May 1 – August 20.
We do not accept previously published work, and we ask for First Electronic Rights and Non-Exclusive Archival Rights upon acceptance.
For any queries, please contact us at:
masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Fiction & Nonfiction & Unconventional Prose
- We’re interested in prose that has a sense of poetry. We publish fiction, essays, literary journalism, and hybrid formats. Longer works, up to 8,000 words, will be read with delight. Please send all prose submissions to:
masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
- Please attach written submissions in a single Word doc or docx file.
- Include the word “PROSE” in the email subject line.
Poetry
- We are looking for all forms of poetry, including formal and experimental work. Longer works are acceptable if the content/form necessitate and best self-editing is practiced.
- New poets are as welcome as veterans. Poems that have an association to artistic works (music, visuals, performance, film, etc.) are encouraged. Masque & Spectacle welcomes and encourages a variety of voices, including those that identify themselves as “non-traditional.” The worlds of art and language have no boundaries. No subject is off limits, but exploitive hate or pornographic work will not be accepted. While we fully support creative expression, we are also sensitive to purposefully inflammatory language and images.
- Send 3-5 poems per proposal via email to:
as an attached Word doc or docx file. Please make sure that each poem is clearly distinguished from the others included in your attached document.Include the word “POETRY” in the email subject line.
Drama
Drama
- We welcome 10-minute plays.. No full-length plays will be considered at this time.
- While traditional plays are welcome, we are particularly interested in innovative and/or interdisciplinary texts that break new ground, either in relation to their subject matter, or in how the text itself is performed/written/represented on stage.
- Playwrights may submit one previously unpublished 10-minute play for consideration. The script should be accompanied by a cover letter, which includes your name, address, phone number, and email address. Proper playwriting format should be used. If you are uncertain about this format, several examples can be found online.
- Send drama submissions to:
- Attach written submissions in a single Word doc or docx file, and include the word “DRAMA” in the email subject line.
Reviews
- We are looking for reviews of novels, short story collections, poetry (including chapbooks), plays, art criticism, and cultural criticism.
- Books from small presses are generally preferred over larger ones. Please do not review works by personal friends or teachers/mentors.. Reviews should be honest, critical, and have an unbiased, fair tone. We do not want “cheerleaders” or “bashers.” By the end of your review, readers should have a good understanding of what the book is about, what the author is attempting to do, an insight into the ideal audience for the work, and potential strengths and weaknesses of it.
- Reviews should be 750-1,000 words and follow the most recent MLA format. All reviews should include Title, author, publisher, year, ISBN, and number of pages of the book. At the end of the review, please provide a brief bio and your qualifications as a reviewer.
- Please send a query email about potential titles to review to:
masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
- Include the word “BOOK REVIEW” in the email subject line.
Visual Art
- Please send files as jpgs and include any captions with titles, materials, canvas size, names of performers, etc. in email. Please send all art submissions to:
- Include your last name in the file name and the word “ART” in the email subject line.
Video
- For initial consideration, please send a YouTube or Vimeo link to your video. Send all video submissions to:
- Please include the word “VIDEO” in the email subject line.
Music & Sound Installation
- Please attach all MP3 files with titles and your last name in the file title. Send all sound submissions to:
- Include the word “SOUND” in the email subject line.
Call for submissions: Italian Americana
Italian Americana Call for Submissions
We are now reading poetry, creative non-fiction, memoir and short stories
for our Winter 2019 issue. Deadline: January 1.
Italian Americana, a twice-yearly print journal founded in 1974 to promote
Italian American scholarship and literature, is now based at Loyola
University under editor Carla A. Simonini. Its recent featured poets have
included Ned Balbo, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, and Anne Marie Macari. We are
looking for fresh poetry on any topic by writers of Italian heritage on one
or both sides of their family. We have no special preference for poems on
Italian-related subjects. Excellence of the work is the only criterion.
Please follow the guidelines here.
We look forward to reading your work!
We are now reading poetry, creative non-fiction, memoir and short stories
for our Winter 2019 issue. Deadline: January 1.
Italian Americana, a twice-yearly print journal founded in 1974 to promote
Italian American scholarship and literature, is now based at Loyola
University under editor Carla A. Simonini. Its recent featured poets have
included Ned Balbo, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, and Anne Marie Macari. We are
looking for fresh poetry on any topic by writers of Italian heritage on one
or both sides of their family. We have no special preference for poems on
Italian-related subjects. Excellence of the work is the only criterion.
Please follow the guidelines here.
We look forward to reading your work!
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Saturday, November 17, 2018
Writing Competition: International Literary Awards
International Literary Awards Submission Period Now Open
Deadline: February 28, 2019
Penelope Niven Prize in CNF (Judged by Melissa Febos), Reynolds Price Prize in Fiction (Judged by Jennine Crucet), & Rita Dove Prize in Poetry (Judged by Marilyn Nelson).
Early bird submission fee of $10 for entries submitted prior to 1 December; Submission fee of $15 afterwards.
First prize of $1000 in each genre; $150 honorable mention. Complete guidelines on our website.
Deadline: February 28, 2019
Penelope Niven Prize in CNF (Judged by Melissa Febos), Reynolds Price Prize in Fiction (Judged by Jennine Crucet), & Rita Dove Prize in Poetry (Judged by Marilyn Nelson).
Early bird submission fee of $10 for entries submitted prior to 1 December; Submission fee of $15 afterwards.
First prize of $1000 in each genre; $150 honorable mention. Complete guidelines on our website.
Call for Submissions: The Flexible Persona
Deadline: Rolling
The Flexible Persona, a literary magazine based in Troy, NY, seeks fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and flash fiction for both its online publication and its Spring 2019 print issue (Vol. 04 No. 01).
We pay for both print and online publication. We publish poets and writers from around the English-speaking world.
Payment:
$15-$50 -- prose
$10-$35 -- poetry
Please visit the site to read current and past pieces or to order an issue.
The Flexible Persona, a literary magazine based in Troy, NY, seeks fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and flash fiction for both its online publication and its Spring 2019 print issue (Vol. 04 No. 01).
We pay for both print and online publication. We publish poets and writers from around the English-speaking world.
Payment:
$15-$50 -- prose
$10-$35 -- poetry
Please visit the site to read current and past pieces or to order an issue.
Call for Poetry Submissions: Abyss & Apex
Abyss & Apex, a Hugo-nominated semipro-zine, is accepting Poetry* submissions for the January and April 2019 issues during the month of November 2018 only. We publish emotionally resonant poems that transcends genre.
Submit your literary-quality poetry with a clear speculative element (fantasy, science fiction, or surrealism in any combination). Please read the poetry in several issues before submitting to get a sense of our aesthetics and editorial focus. We may suggest edits that strengthen your work.
Visit our venue for more details.
And please follow the guidelines. Ask if you are uncertain about anything.
John C. Mannone
Poetry Editor
*Note: Fiction is on a different schedule
Submit your literary-quality poetry with a clear speculative element (fantasy, science fiction, or surrealism in any combination). Please read the poetry in several issues before submitting to get a sense of our aesthetics and editorial focus. We may suggest edits that strengthen your work.
Visit our venue for more details.
And please follow the guidelines. Ask if you are uncertain about anything.
John C. Mannone
Poetry Editor
*Note: Fiction is on a different schedule
Call for Submissions from Undergraduates: Equinox
Equinox is a student-run journal of contemporary literature and art at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Undergraduate instructors, please encourage your students to submit!
We encourage all undergraduate students to submit fiction, poetry, or artwork. We are in search of creative work that presents memorable situations, impresses with vivid language and satisfies with fully developed characters. The deadline for submissions is February 1st, 2019.
The magazine offers the Equinox/David Jauss Prizes in Fiction, Poetry, and Art. The prizes include cash awards of $100 each.
Please visit our submissions page for more information.
We encourage all undergraduate students to submit fiction, poetry, or artwork. We are in search of creative work that presents memorable situations, impresses with vivid language and satisfies with fully developed characters. The deadline for submissions is February 1st, 2019.
The magazine offers the Equinox/David Jauss Prizes in Fiction, Poetry, and Art. The prizes include cash awards of $100 each.
Please visit our submissions page for more information.
Writing Competition: Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize
JACOBS/JONES AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERARY PRIZE
Postmark Deadline: January 2 (annual)
Submissions Accepted: November 1 – January 2
Postmark Deadline: January 2 (annual)
Submissions Accepted: November 1 – January 2
The Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize honors Harriet Jacobs and Thomas Jones, two pioneering African-American writers from North Carolina, and seeks to convey the rich and varied existence of Black North Carolinians. The contest is administered by the Creative Writing Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The winner receives $1,000 and possible publication of the winning entry in The Carolina Quarterly.
Eligibility and Guidelines
The competition is open to any African-American writer whose primary residence is in North Carolina.
Entries may be fiction or creative nonfiction, but must be unpublished, no more than 3,000 words, and concerned with the lives and experiences of North Carolina African-Americans. Entries may be excerpts from longer works, but must be self-contained. Entries will be judged on literary merit.
An entry fee must accompany each submission: $10 for NCWN members, $20 for nonmembers. You may submit multiple entries, but the correct fee must accompany each one.
You may pay the members' entry fee if you join the NCWN when you submit.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
If submitting by mail, submit two copies of an unpublished manuscript, not to exceed 3,000 words, on single-sided pages, double-spaced, in black 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins.
The author’s name should not appear on the manuscript. Instead, include a separate cover sheet with name, address, phone number, e-mail address, word count, and manuscript title.
To submit by USPS:
Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize
UNC Creative Writing Program
Attn: Anita Braxton
Greenlaw Hall, CB#3520
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3520
Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize
UNC Creative Writing Program
Attn: Anita Braxton
Greenlaw Hall, CB#3520
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3520
To submit online, go here. Submittable will collect your entry fee via credit card ($10 NCWN members / $20 nonmembers). (If submitting online, do not include a cover sheet with your document; Submittable will collect and record your name and contact information.)
Entries will not be returned.
The winner will be announced in February.
For questions, please contact:
Entries will not be returned.
The winner will be announced in February.
For questions, please contact:
edATncwritersDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Writing Competition: Sequestrum Editor's Reprint Awards
Sequestrum is accepting submissions for our fifth annual Editor's Reprint Award! Over $500 will be awarded to previously-published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. For complete guidelines, go here.
Contest Guidelines:
Open to reprints of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in any original format (electronic or print).
Prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry will be judged separately, with one first-prize winner for each genre.
One first-prize winner in each genre will receive $200 plus publication.
Minimum one runner-up prize per genre including publication and payment.
Deadline: April 30, 2019
Finalists listed on the site.
$15 reading fee.
Include the name and email address of the original publisher in your cover letter.
Length and subject are open.
Submit via our online submission system.
Manuscripts reviewed on a rolling-basis.
Multiple submissions allowed.
No identifying information should be on your manuscript.
Not previously published? No problem! We're always accepting general submissions.
About Sequestrum:
We average 2,500+ readers a month, keep our archives open at pay-what-you-can subscriptions, are a paying market, and pair all our publications with stunning visual arts created by outside artists or our staff. Our contributors range from award-winning novelists and poets (with other works featured in publications including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Glimmer Train, The Kenyon Review, many other university periodicals, and Best American Anthologies) to emerging voices and first-time writers.
We're proud of our little plot on the literary landscape and the writers and artists we share it with. Come see why.
Contest Guidelines:
Open to reprints of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in any original format (electronic or print).
Prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry will be judged separately, with one first-prize winner for each genre.
One first-prize winner in each genre will receive $200 plus publication.
Minimum one runner-up prize per genre including publication and payment.
Deadline: April 30, 2019
Finalists listed on the site.
$15 reading fee.
Include the name and email address of the original publisher in your cover letter.
Length and subject are open.
Submit via our online submission system.
Manuscripts reviewed on a rolling-basis.
Multiple submissions allowed.
No identifying information should be on your manuscript.
Not previously published? No problem! We're always accepting general submissions.
About Sequestrum:
We average 2,500+ readers a month, keep our archives open at pay-what-you-can subscriptions, are a paying market, and pair all our publications with stunning visual arts created by outside artists or our staff. Our contributors range from award-winning novelists and poets (with other works featured in publications including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Glimmer Train, The Kenyon Review, many other university periodicals, and Best American Anthologies) to emerging voices and first-time writers.
We're proud of our little plot on the literary landscape and the writers and artists we share it with. Come see why.
Call for Submissions and Writing Competitions: StoryQuarterly
StoryQuarterly will soon be accepting entries for our fiction and nonfiction contests, as well as general fiction submissions.
General submissions: open 11/1/18-12/15/18
Nonfiction Contest: open 11/9/18-1/12/19. Judge: Brian Blanchfield.
Fiction Contest: open 12/17/18-2/17/19. Judge: Nafissa Thompson-Spires.
Each contest offers a $1000 prize for the winner and publication for the winner and first and second runners-up.
Entry Fee: $15.00
For full details or to enter, please visit our website.
General submissions: open 11/1/18-12/15/18
Nonfiction Contest: open 11/9/18-1/12/19. Judge: Brian Blanchfield.
Fiction Contest: open 12/17/18-2/17/19. Judge: Nafissa Thompson-Spires.
Each contest offers a $1000 prize for the winner and publication for the winner and first and second runners-up.
Entry Fee: $15.00
For full details or to enter, please visit our website.
Call for Submissions on the Theme of the Elemental West: Green Theory and Praxis Journal
Green Theory and Praxis Journal
Call for Submissions for Special Creative Writing Issue: Elemental West
Green Theory and Praxis Journal, a publication dedicated to expanding and challenging classic scholarship on environmental issues, seeks poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for its special Creative Writing issue “Elemental West.” We are interested in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that explore the role of the elements in the changing climate of the Western United States and its intersections with class, race, and/or gender.
Poetry
Submit up to three previously unpublished poems in any style. Poems may be single-spaced and should use a standard font. Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as GTPJ is notified if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Fiction
Submit up to three flash stories (1000 words or less) or microfiction (300 words or less) in any genre. Or, submit one story in any genre of up to 5000 words. Stories should be double-spaced and use a standard font. Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as GTPJ is notified if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Creative Nonfiction
Submit up to three lyric or micro essays (750 words or less). Or, submit one essay of up to 5000 words. Essays should be double-spaced and use a standard font. Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as GTPJ is notified if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Email your file as a .doc or .docx to Candace Nadon at:
greentheoryandpraxisATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Include contact information on the first page of your file. Include a brief biography in the body of your email, and clearly indicate the category in which you are submitting. Submissions close December 1, 2018.
Visit our website for more information.
Call for Submissions for Special Creative Writing Issue: Elemental West
Green Theory and Praxis Journal, a publication dedicated to expanding and challenging classic scholarship on environmental issues, seeks poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for its special Creative Writing issue “Elemental West.” We are interested in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that explore the role of the elements in the changing climate of the Western United States and its intersections with class, race, and/or gender.
Poetry
Submit up to three previously unpublished poems in any style. Poems may be single-spaced and should use a standard font. Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as GTPJ is notified if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Fiction
Submit up to three flash stories (1000 words or less) or microfiction (300 words or less) in any genre. Or, submit one story in any genre of up to 5000 words. Stories should be double-spaced and use a standard font. Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as GTPJ is notified if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Creative Nonfiction
Submit up to three lyric or micro essays (750 words or less). Or, submit one essay of up to 5000 words. Essays should be double-spaced and use a standard font. Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as GTPJ is notified if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Email your file as a .doc or .docx to Candace Nadon at:
greentheoryandpraxisATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Include contact information on the first page of your file. Include a brief biography in the body of your email, and clearly indicate the category in which you are submitting. Submissions close December 1, 2018.
Visit our website for more information.
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Call for Submissions: Into the Void
Deadline: December 7, 2018
Award-winning print & online journal Into the Void is open to submissions of flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, & visual art for Issue 11 until December 7.
Payment is $5 per page of the print magazine and a contributor copy. No theme, no reading fees.
Send us something that makes us feel alive. Full details here.
Award-winning print & online journal Into the Void is open to submissions of flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, & visual art for Issue 11 until December 7.
Payment is $5 per page of the print magazine and a contributor copy. No theme, no reading fees.
Send us something that makes us feel alive. Full details here.
Writing Competition: Lamar York Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction
Deadline: January 31, 2019
The Chattahoochee Review awards two prizes of $1,000 each and publication to a story and essay in the annual Lamar York Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction. The prize honors the founder and former editor of The Chattahoochee Review. Entries of up to 6,000 words are accepted from November 1 to January 31.
Entry Fee: $18.00 (includes subscription to Chattahoochee Review)
Kevin Wilson will judge in fiction and Adriana Páramo will judge in nonfiction.
The Chattahoochee Review awards two prizes of $1,000 each and publication to a story and essay in the annual Lamar York Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction. The prize honors the founder and former editor of The Chattahoochee Review. Entries of up to 6,000 words are accepted from November 1 to January 31.
Entry Fee: $18.00 (includes subscription to Chattahoochee Review)
Kevin Wilson will judge in fiction and Adriana Páramo will judge in nonfiction.
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