Oyster River Pages is a literary and artistic collective seeking submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and visual arts that stretch the boundaries both creatively and socially.
We believe in the power of art to connect people to their own and others’ humanity. Because of this, we seek to feature artists whose voices have been historically decentered and marginalized—Female voices, Black and Brown voices, Queer voices, and others.
Submission deadline: May 15, 2018
If you have something to add to the conversation, we want to share it with the world in our second issue, due August 2018.
Please see our website for submission details..
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Call for Submissions: Ponder Review
Ponder Review is accepting submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, flash fiction, and visual art for Volume 2, Issue 1 through March 15, 2018. We want your best writing on any topic!
Our submission period began Dec. 15, and in our experience the best time to submit is now, in the middle of submissions rather than in the rush at the beginning or at the end! Support your New Year’s resolution to send your work out to more magazines by submitting to us today!
Submissions through Submittable.
We have a low $2 submission fee and are a non-paying market. Contributors whose work is chosen for publication will receive a contributor's copy of the issue in which their work appears, and all those who submit receive discounted single-copy and subscription rates.
Volume 1, Issue 2 is now available in print. Visit our website to read Volume 1, Issue 1 online or for more information.
Ponder Review is a publication of the low-residency MFA program in creative writing at Mississippi for Women. Stop by our table at AWP in Tampa.
Our submission period began Dec. 15, and in our experience the best time to submit is now, in the middle of submissions rather than in the rush at the beginning or at the end! Support your New Year’s resolution to send your work out to more magazines by submitting to us today!
Submissions through Submittable.
We have a low $2 submission fee and are a non-paying market. Contributors whose work is chosen for publication will receive a contributor's copy of the issue in which their work appears, and all those who submit receive discounted single-copy and subscription rates.
Volume 1, Issue 2 is now available in print. Visit our website to read Volume 1, Issue 1 online or for more information.
Ponder Review is a publication of the low-residency MFA program in creative writing at Mississippi for Women. Stop by our table at AWP in Tampa.
Call for Submissions: Masque & Spectacle
Masque & Spectacle is seeking submissions for its March issue. See guidelines below. There is no payment at this time.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
PLEASE READ THE GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES BELOW AND SEND ALL QUERIES AND SUBMISSIONS TO:
masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Masque & Spectacle takes rolling submissions for its quarterly issues. We do not accept previously published work, and we ask for first serial rights upon acceptance. All rights revert back to the writer/artist upon publication.
Writing
We publish all forms of creative writing, including essays, plays, literary journalism, and hybrid formats. Longer works, up to 10,000 words, will be read with delight.
Please attach written submissions in a single Word doc or docx file.
Include your last name in the file name and 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.
Include your last name in the file name and in the email subject line
Video
For initial consideration, please send a YouTube or Vimeo link to your video.
Please include your last name in the email subject line.
Music & Sound Installation
Please attach all MP3 files with titles and your last name in the file title.
Include your last name in the email subject line.
Website
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
PLEASE READ THE GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES BELOW AND SEND ALL QUERIES AND SUBMISSIONS TO:
masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Masque & Spectacle takes rolling submissions for its quarterly issues. We do not accept previously published work, and we ask for first serial rights upon acceptance. All rights revert back to the writer/artist upon publication.
Writing
We publish all forms of creative writing, including essays, plays, literary journalism, and hybrid formats. Longer works, up to 10,000 words, will be read with delight.
Please attach written submissions in a single Word doc or docx file.
Include your last name in the file name and 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.
Include your last name in the file name and in the email subject line
Video
For initial consideration, please send a YouTube or Vimeo link to your video.
Please include your last name in the email subject line.
Music & Sound Installation
Please attach all MP3 files with titles and your last name in the file title.
Include your last name in the email subject line.
Website
Writing Competition: Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
WERGLE FLOMP HUMOR POETRY CONTEST (no fee)
17th annual free contest. $2,250 in cash prizes, including a top prize of $1,000.
No fee to enter.
Submit one humor poem online by April 1 deadline. Both published and unpublished work welcome.
All entries that win cash prizes will be published online. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Winning Writers is one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest).
See guidelines and online submission here.
Writing Competition for Undergraduate Students: Lex Allen Literary Festival
Literary prizes
Undergraduate college students are invited to submit up to three poems and/or up to two short stories for:
Literary Festival Poetry Prize ($100)
Literary Festival Fiction Prize ($100)
All entries must include the author’s name and contact information (email or phone number) and the name, city, and state of the author’s college or university. All fiction must be double-spaced.
Submission Information:
Deadline: Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Email entries (in Word format) to:
literaryfestivalAThollinsDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Mail entries to:
Literary Festival Contest
Hollins University
Box 9677
7916 Williamson Road
Roanoke, VA 24020
Undergraduate college students are invited to submit up to three poems and/or up to two short stories for:
Literary Festival Poetry Prize ($100)
Literary Festival Fiction Prize ($100)
All entries must include the author’s name and contact information (email or phone number) and the name, city, and state of the author’s college or university. All fiction must be double-spaced.
Submission Information:
Deadline: Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Email entries (in Word format) to:
literaryfestivalAThollinsDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Mail entries to:
Literary Festival Contest
Hollins University
Box 9677
7916 Williamson Road
Roanoke, VA 24020
Call for Critical Abstracts and Creative Submissions: Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era
Call for Critical Abstracts and Creative Submissions
Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era
For this edited collection, we seek essays that investigate contemporary elegy within the black diaspora. We are especially interested in essays that discuss contemporary black writers’ responses to personal and public deaths, challenging some of the foundational components of the elegy, while still drawing on the form. One could look at the contemporary poem of mourning as a challenge to the elegy in its past form, as a commemoration of diasporic challenges (including police brutality), and/or as a vehicle for addressing concerns with citizenship and belonging. One could look to the poetry of Terrance Hayes, Tyehimba Jess, Mahogany Browne, Nikky Finney, Jericho Brown, Aracelis Girmay, Evie Shockley, Danez Smith, Claudia Rankine, Fred Moten, Warsan Shire, and Dominique Christina, among many others; one could also look to elegiac prose by authors such as Jesmyn Ward, Edwidge Danticat, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, to name a few.
In addition, we invite contemporary creative writers working within the genre of elegy to submit. We are especially interested in poems or short creative prose pieces that grapple with Black Lives Matter themes, such as racial bias within the criminal justice system, police killings of black men, women, and children, and the surveillance of black communities. Putting these critical and creative works in conversation, Revisiting the Elegy will explore how mourning feeds our political awareness in this dystopian time, as black writers attempt to see, hear, and say something to the bodies of the dead as well as to living readers.
Timeline:
Creative submissions (2-3 elegiac poems or short prose pieces) and 500-word essay abstracts are due by March 30, 2018.
Contributors will be notified by April 15, 2018.
Completed 6,000-8,000 word chapter submissions will be due by October 30, 2018.
Please send queries and submissions to Drs. Emily Rutter:
errutterATbsuDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
and Tiffany Austin tiffanyuaustinATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Dr. Tiffany Austin currently teaches rhetorical and creative writing at the University of The Bahamas. Her research interests center on African Diaspora studies, including African American, Caribbean, Afro-Latino(a) and African literature. Austin has published poetry in African American Review, Callaloo, Obsidian, pluck!, Valley Voices, and Sycorax’s Daughters, a speculative literature anthology. Her photo essay “A South in Sound” was recently published in TriQuarterly, and her essay “The Gendered Blues in Sonia Sanchez’s Morning Haiku” also appears in the edited collection Sonia Sanchez’s Poetic Spirit through Haiku (2017).
Dr. Emily Ruth Rutter is Assistant Professor of English at Ball State University, where she teaches courses in Multi-Ethnic American and African American literature.. She is the author of two monographs: Invisible Ball of Dreams: Literary Representations of Baseball behind the Color Line (University Press of Mississippi, May 2018), and The Blues Muse: Race, Gender, and Musical Celebrity in American Poetry (University of Alabama Press, Fall 2018). Her research has been published in the journals African American Review, South Atlantic Review, Studies in American Culture, Aethlon, and MELUS, and her book chapter on African American women poets appears in A Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century American Women’s Poetry.
Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era
For this edited collection, we seek essays that investigate contemporary elegy within the black diaspora. We are especially interested in essays that discuss contemporary black writers’ responses to personal and public deaths, challenging some of the foundational components of the elegy, while still drawing on the form. One could look at the contemporary poem of mourning as a challenge to the elegy in its past form, as a commemoration of diasporic challenges (including police brutality), and/or as a vehicle for addressing concerns with citizenship and belonging. One could look to the poetry of Terrance Hayes, Tyehimba Jess, Mahogany Browne, Nikky Finney, Jericho Brown, Aracelis Girmay, Evie Shockley, Danez Smith, Claudia Rankine, Fred Moten, Warsan Shire, and Dominique Christina, among many others; one could also look to elegiac prose by authors such as Jesmyn Ward, Edwidge Danticat, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, to name a few.
In addition, we invite contemporary creative writers working within the genre of elegy to submit. We are especially interested in poems or short creative prose pieces that grapple with Black Lives Matter themes, such as racial bias within the criminal justice system, police killings of black men, women, and children, and the surveillance of black communities. Putting these critical and creative works in conversation, Revisiting the Elegy will explore how mourning feeds our political awareness in this dystopian time, as black writers attempt to see, hear, and say something to the bodies of the dead as well as to living readers.
Timeline:
Creative submissions (2-3 elegiac poems or short prose pieces) and 500-word essay abstracts are due by March 30, 2018.
Contributors will be notified by April 15, 2018.
Completed 6,000-8,000 word chapter submissions will be due by October 30, 2018.
Please send queries and submissions to Drs. Emily Rutter:
errutterATbsuDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
and Tiffany Austin tiffanyuaustinATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Dr. Tiffany Austin currently teaches rhetorical and creative writing at the University of The Bahamas. Her research interests center on African Diaspora studies, including African American, Caribbean, Afro-Latino(a) and African literature. Austin has published poetry in African American Review, Callaloo, Obsidian, pluck!, Valley Voices, and Sycorax’s Daughters, a speculative literature anthology. Her photo essay “A South in Sound” was recently published in TriQuarterly, and her essay “The Gendered Blues in Sonia Sanchez’s Morning Haiku” also appears in the edited collection Sonia Sanchez’s Poetic Spirit through Haiku (2017).
Dr. Emily Ruth Rutter is Assistant Professor of English at Ball State University, where she teaches courses in Multi-Ethnic American and African American literature.. She is the author of two monographs: Invisible Ball of Dreams: Literary Representations of Baseball behind the Color Line (University Press of Mississippi, May 2018), and The Blues Muse: Race, Gender, and Musical Celebrity in American Poetry (University of Alabama Press, Fall 2018). Her research has been published in the journals African American Review, South Atlantic Review, Studies in American Culture, Aethlon, and MELUS, and her book chapter on African American women poets appears in A Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century American Women’s Poetry.
Call for Submissions from Undergraduate Students: Sink Hollow
Sink Hollow, an Undergraduate Literary Journal from Utah State University is currently accepting submissions for art, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
The submission deadline for the spring 2018 issue is April 9th.
More information and submission guidelines can be found at our website.
Address questions and comments to:
sinkhollowATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
The submission deadline for the spring 2018 issue is April 9th.
More information and submission guidelines can be found at our website.
Address questions and comments to:
sinkhollowATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
Writing Competition: 2018 Tillie Olsen Short Story Award
Tillie Olsen Short Story Award 2018
The Tillie Olsen Short Story Award is open for submissions February 1, 2018 to March 30, 2018. We are looking for your best unpublished short story that is 5,000 words or less.
The entry fee is $15.00 per story. All entries considered for publication, and entrants receive a one-year ebook subscription to The Tishman Review.
Winner receives $500.00 and publication in the July issue. We read blind.
Please see our website for further details and submit through Submittable. In 2017, we published thirteen stories submitted through TOSSA.
Our 2018 judge is the award-winning author Tori Malcangio.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Post-Publication Book Prize for Immigrant Writers: 2018 New American Voices Award
Post-Publication Book Prize for Immigrant writers.
The first New American Voices Award, to be presented at the 2018 Fall for the Book Festival in October, recognizes recently published works that illuminate the complexity of human experience as told by immigrants, whose work is historically underrepresented in writing and publishing.
The prize will be juried by Helon Habila, Madeleine Thien, and Maaza Mengiste who will choose three finalists and then award the prize to one. Finalists will be announced in early Fall 2018 and all three finalists and the judges will appear at the 2018 Fall for the Book festival, October 10-13 for the inaugural presentation and to read from and discuss their work. The winning writer will receive $5,000 and the two finalists each will receive $1,000.
- Starting November 2017, publishers can enter immigrant writers who have published no more than three books, only one of which may be at a Top 5 Publisher.
- Entries must be prose: literary fiction or creative non-fiction. Please no journalism, plays, or poetry.
- Eligible books must have been (or will be) published between January 2017 and September 30, 2018.
- Five bound copies of the book (galleys acceptable) must be postmarked March 31, 2018 and sent to:
Fall for the Book, George Mason University
4400 University Drive MS 3E4
Fairfax, VA 22030
along with a $20 entry fee. Checks can be made out to Fall for the Book, Inc.
For more information, go here.
Call for Submissions: TINGE Magazine
TINGE Magazine, Temple University's online literary journal, is seeking submissions of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
The submission period for the next issue is open now until March 1, 2017.
Please go to our website for more information.
The submission period for the next issue is open now until March 1, 2017.
Please go to our website for more information.
Call for Submissons: The Shanghai Literary Review
The Shanghai Literary Review is an English language magazine of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translation, book review, and art, run by an editorial team between New York, London, & Shanghai. Our magazine sells in stores in London, New York, Shanghai, and Beijing. All pieces are eventually posted on our website as well.
The deadline for our summer 2018 issue (Issue 3) is February 15, 2018. There is no fee for submitting work to TSLR.
Submissions may be made via our online submission manager.
We are interested in art and criticism about urbanism, globalism, identity, and transnationalism, though by no means should submissions be limited to those topics. We'll publish a good story about cats in Africa if it floors us.
We publish:
Fiction - less than 5,000 words
Poetry - 2 poems submission limit per person
Non-Fiction & Essay - less than 5,000 words
Flash Fiction or Nonfiction - less than 500 words
Visual Art - photography, video, photo essay, collage, painting, sketch, etc.
Translation - translation into English of any poetry, essay or short fiction from Asia, or vice versa, along with the original text
Book Review - pitch book review ideas to us, on fiction or nonfiction from or about Asia
Fiction - less than 5,000 words
Poetry - 2 poems submission limit per person
Non-Fiction & Essay - less than 5,000 words
Flash Fiction or Nonfiction - less than 500 words
Visual Art - photography, video, photo essay, collage, painting, sketch, etc.
Translation - translation into English of any poetry, essay or short fiction from Asia, or vice versa, along with the original text
Book Review - pitch book review ideas to us, on fiction or nonfiction from or about Asia
Thank you for your consideration.
Best,
Juli Min, Editor in Chief
Juli Min, Editor in Chief
Call for Submissions on Theme of Love: OVS Magazine
OVS Magazine Deadline Extended!
We normally would be putting together the January 2018 issue, but this year we want to include a special section on love and whatever that means to you. All elements of love. Give us the sweet, the ugly and the tender.
Submit on or before Feb 14th 2018. This issue will be out April 1st!
Submit today! We will also be considering normal submissions during this extension!
We normally would be putting together the January 2018 issue, but this year we want to include a special section on love and whatever that means to you. All elements of love. Give us the sweet, the ugly and the tender.
Submit on or before Feb 14th 2018. This issue will be out April 1st!
Submit today! We will also be considering normal submissions during this extension!
Call for Submissions: Barzakh Magazine
Barzakh Magazine
Submissions Are Open! Deadline: Feb. 15, 2018
What we’re Looking for:
By defining ourselves as an “isthmus,” a space of crossings and connectivity, between histories, articulations, and media--making of these frontiers a site of inquiry and revitalization. We want your fiction, poetry, criticism, personal essays, translations*, drawings, photographs--you name it--that pushes against complacent taxonomies and finds itself forging new paths.
For Barzakh’s tenth issue we are looking for critical and creative work that pries wide the liminal spaces between aesthetic modes and fields, between tongues, and between histories. We especially seek works that actively engage with global and local crises and the acts of resistance/pushback that have galvanized in response to them. Past issues of interest for submitted work have included:
Fallout from the 2016 U. S. presidential election
Violence and conflicts in Syria, Nigeria, Iraq, and across the world
The water protection movement at Standing Rock
Race, police brutality, and protest in the era of Black Lives Matter
Social media protest and propaganda
Pledges of Allegiance
Border walls
Speaking out against sexual harassment and assault
Safe Spaces
Politics of identity
Guidelines:
Please submit your work via our submission manager. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but let us know immediately if your piece is accepted elsewhere. Be sure to include a brief third-person biography in your cover letter to accompany your work should it be accepted.
Genre-specific guidelines:
Fiction- up to 5000 words total (one piece or multiple flash pieces)
Poetry- up to 5 poems and totalling no more than ten (10) pages
Non-fiction- up to 3500 words total
Multigenre/Digital work- no more than ten (10) pages of text
Criticism- up to 3500 words total
Art- no more than 8 pieces at a time
Translation- should be accompanied by source text in original language, and written confirmation that you have English translation rights to the piece. No more than ten (10) pages.
Submissions Are Open! Deadline: Feb. 15, 2018
What we’re Looking for:
By defining ourselves as an “isthmus,” a space of crossings and connectivity, between histories, articulations, and media--making of these frontiers a site of inquiry and revitalization. We want your fiction, poetry, criticism, personal essays, translations*, drawings, photographs--you name it--that pushes against complacent taxonomies and finds itself forging new paths.
For Barzakh’s tenth issue we are looking for critical and creative work that pries wide the liminal spaces between aesthetic modes and fields, between tongues, and between histories. We especially seek works that actively engage with global and local crises and the acts of resistance/pushback that have galvanized in response to them. Past issues of interest for submitted work have included:
Fallout from the 2016 U. S. presidential election
Violence and conflicts in Syria, Nigeria, Iraq, and across the world
The water protection movement at Standing Rock
Race, police brutality, and protest in the era of Black Lives Matter
Social media protest and propaganda
Pledges of Allegiance
Border walls
Speaking out against sexual harassment and assault
Safe Spaces
Politics of identity
Guidelines:
Please submit your work via our submission manager. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but let us know immediately if your piece is accepted elsewhere. Be sure to include a brief third-person biography in your cover letter to accompany your work should it be accepted.
Genre-specific guidelines:
Fiction- up to 5000 words total (one piece or multiple flash pieces)
Poetry- up to 5 poems and totalling no more than ten (10) pages
Non-fiction- up to 3500 words total
Multigenre/Digital work- no more than ten (10) pages of text
Criticism- up to 3500 words total
Art- no more than 8 pieces at a time
Translation- should be accompanied by source text in original language, and written confirmation that you have English translation rights to the piece. No more than ten (10) pages.
Writing Competition: 2018 Prime Number Magazine Awards for Poetry and Short Fiction
2018 PRIME NUMBER MAGAZINE AWARDS FOR POETRY AND SHORT FICTION
Open January 1 through April 15
GUIDELINES
Reading fee: $15
Entries will only be accepted through Submittable, your online submissions manager.
Prizes:
First Prize : $1,000 plus publication in Prime Number Magazine
Finalists: A list of finalists will be listed online in the Prime Number Magazine
(Prime Number Magazine is a Press 53 publication)
Final Judges:
Poetry : Terri Kirby Erickson, author of Becoming the Blue Heron and four other collections of poems
Short Fiction : Clint McCown, author of Total Balance Farm and the only two-time winner of the American Fiction Prize
Winners Announced: No later than July 1, 2018
How to Enter:
Submit one unpublished poem or story. Poems should be no more than three pages in length, spaced according to the poet’s intended style. Short story should be 53 to 5,300 words, double-spaced in 12-pt. type with numbered pages. Writers may enter either or both categories. Multiple entries require separate reading fees.
Reading fee is $15 per entry and is nonrefundable.
The judging process is “blind,” so author’s name should not appear anywhere on or in the poem or story.
Open to any writer anywhere in the world whose entry is unpublished and written in English.
Entries will only be accepted through Submittable, your online submissions manager. Requests to open your entry for editing via Submittable cannot be accepted after the April 15 deadline.
Writer is asked to withdraw the submission through Submittable should it be accepted for publication elsewhere. If entry is withdrawn, reading fee is nonrefundable.
The winning poem or short story must remain unpublished until it appears online in Prime Number Magazine, Issue 139, October 1, 2018, otherwise the prize and publication will be forfeited.
Confirmation of entry will be sent via e-mail by Submittable immediately after submission.
An announcement of our winners and finalists will be sent to all entrants via email through Submittable, and posted on in Prime Number Magazine, Facebook, and Twitter no later than July 1, 2018.
Complete guidelines are available here.
Questions or concerns , other than technical issues with the submissions manager, please contact Kevin Morgan Watson, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at:
KevinATPress53DOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Open January 1 through April 15
GUIDELINES
Reading fee: $15
Entries will only be accepted through Submittable, your online submissions manager.
Prizes:
First Prize : $1,000 plus publication in Prime Number Magazine
Finalists: A list of finalists will be listed online in the Prime Number Magazine
(Prime Number Magazine is a Press 53 publication)
Final Judges:
Poetry : Terri Kirby Erickson, author of Becoming the Blue Heron and four other collections of poems
Short Fiction : Clint McCown, author of Total Balance Farm and the only two-time winner of the American Fiction Prize
Winners Announced: No later than July 1, 2018
How to Enter:
Submit one unpublished poem or story. Poems should be no more than three pages in length, spaced according to the poet’s intended style. Short story should be 53 to 5,300 words, double-spaced in 12-pt. type with numbered pages. Writers may enter either or both categories. Multiple entries require separate reading fees.
Reading fee is $15 per entry and is nonrefundable.
The judging process is “blind,” so author’s name should not appear anywhere on or in the poem or story.
Open to any writer anywhere in the world whose entry is unpublished and written in English.
Entries will only be accepted through Submittable, your online submissions manager. Requests to open your entry for editing via Submittable cannot be accepted after the April 15 deadline.
Writer is asked to withdraw the submission through Submittable should it be accepted for publication elsewhere. If entry is withdrawn, reading fee is nonrefundable.
The winning poem or short story must remain unpublished until it appears online in Prime Number Magazine, Issue 139, October 1, 2018, otherwise the prize and publication will be forfeited.
Confirmation of entry will be sent via e-mail by Submittable immediately after submission.
An announcement of our winners and finalists will be sent to all entrants via email through Submittable, and posted on in Prime Number Magazine, Facebook, and Twitter no later than July 1, 2018.
Complete guidelines are available here.
Questions or concerns , other than technical issues with the submissions manager, please contact Kevin Morgan Watson, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at:
KevinATPress53DOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Writing Competitions: The Rita Dove Prize in Poetry, Reynolds Price Prize in Fiction, & Penelope Niven Prize in CNF
$15 entry fee from 1 January - 1 March 2018
Announcements made on Center for Women Writer's FB page & the contest's page after 1 June 2018
$1k to winner in each category & $150 to honorable mention in each category
Judges:
Seema Reza (CNF)
Crystal Wilkinson (Fiction)
Lynn Melncik (Poetry)
For guidelines and more info, visit the contest's webpage.
Call for Submissions from Undergraduate Students: Sink Hollow
Sink Hollow , the national undergraduate literary journal at Utah State University, is seeking provocative, resonant, polished pieces of undergraduate work to be published in Spring 2018. We accept all original fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. All students currently enrolled as undergraduates at two- and four-year colleges and universities are invited to submit!
Please visit us our website and submit your work here.
Please visit us our website and submit your work here.
Monday, January 15, 2018
Webinar: Secrets for Getting Traditionally Published--Short Fiction and Novels
If you are writing fiction (short stories or a novel), you may want to join me for this webinar on how to get your fiction published. I will be talking about the process of preparing and submitting your work for publication, as well as providing a number of useful resources.
The webinar is sponsored by Author Learning Center and is scheduled for two different sessions:
Jan. 18, 2018, 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET
Feb. 8, 2018, 10:30-11:30 a.m. ET
For more information and to sign up for the webinar, go here.
You've written that short story or novel, but what do you do with it now? How do you find traditional markets for your short fiction? Do you need an agent for your novel? Broken into two sections, this webinar will discuss the traditional publishing process for fiction. The first section will address publishing short fiction, including formatting, writer's guidelines, markets, and submission procedures. The second half of the webinar will discuss the process of publishing your novel with a traditional publisher, including finding reputable agents, writing query letters, and preparing a synopsis. Both sections will include markets and resources for the fiction writer.
The webinar is sponsored by Author Learning Center and is scheduled for two different sessions:
Jan. 18, 2018, 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET
Feb. 8, 2018, 10:30-11:30 a.m. ET
For more information and to sign up for the webinar, go here.
You've written that short story or novel, but what do you do with it now? How do you find traditional markets for your short fiction? Do you need an agent for your novel? Broken into two sections, this webinar will discuss the traditional publishing process for fiction. The first section will address publishing short fiction, including formatting, writer's guidelines, markets, and submission procedures. The second half of the webinar will discuss the process of publishing your novel with a traditional publisher, including finding reputable agents, writing query letters, and preparing a synopsis. Both sections will include markets and resources for the fiction writer.
Sunday, January 14, 2018
Writing Fellowships: Lit Fest
Applications are now open for our Fellowships for Emerging Writers, which cover full tuition for a Master Workshop in poetry, nonfiction, fiction, and screen/playwriting at our 13th annual Lit Fest. A two-week celebration of the literary arts, Lit Fest features seminars, parties, workshops, salons, and agent consultations at our historic mansion in Denver.
Our faculty includes Lydia Millet, Sheila Heti, Terrance Hayes, CAConrad, Charles D’Ambrosio, Min Jin Lee, Emily Rapp Black, Jenny Offill, Leslie Jamison, Maggie Shipstead, Daniel Goldfarb, Robin Black, Alexandre Philippe, Steve Almond, and others.
Applications are due March 15 (the fee is $30).
Our faculty includes Lydia Millet, Sheila Heti, Terrance Hayes, CAConrad, Charles D’Ambrosio, Min Jin Lee, Emily Rapp Black, Jenny Offill, Leslie Jamison, Maggie Shipstead, Daniel Goldfarb, Robin Black, Alexandre Philippe, Steve Almond, and others.
Applications are due March 15 (the fee is $30).
Artists' Residency: Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City
FREE Residency for Emerging Visual Artist & Writer
Deadline: February 15, 2018
One visual artist and one writer will each have the opportunity for a two-week working retreat at The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City. Sponsored by the Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation, the residency includes room and board, a private work space, networking opportunities with fellow resident artists and a $1,000 stipend. Only emerging artists working in Lincoln, Nebraska, through year-end 2018 will be considered for these awards. Award winners will be selected in February.
A completed application must be received by Lincoln Arts Council by February 15, 2018. Information is available at the website.
There is no application fee. Award winners will be notified by the Lincoln Arts Council by February 26 and recognized at the 40th Mayors Arts Awards on May 1, 2018.
Deadline: February 15, 2018
One visual artist and one writer will each have the opportunity for a two-week working retreat at The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City. Sponsored by the Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation, the residency includes room and board, a private work space, networking opportunities with fellow resident artists and a $1,000 stipend. Only emerging artists working in Lincoln, Nebraska, through year-end 2018 will be considered for these awards. Award winners will be selected in February.
A completed application must be received by Lincoln Arts Council by February 15, 2018. Information is available at the website.
There is no application fee. Award winners will be notified by the Lincoln Arts Council by February 26 and recognized at the 40th Mayors Arts Awards on May 1, 2018.
Call for Submissions from College-Aged Writers: ANGLES
Dear college-aged writers and artists: ANGLES is seeking poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art, and photography with distinct perspectives on ourselves and our world. As a web-based literary magazine edited by students at St. John Fisher College, ANGLES prioritizes new voices and takes pride in being among a writer's first publications.
We especially want work that cares about language and pays close attention to it, uses form and structure purposefully, and isn’t afraid to take risks. We value traditions but are keen on challenging them.
Deadline for the current submission period is 3/15/18.
Think you have something for us? Visit our website to read our current issue and more about who we are and what we publish, or go straight to our Submittable page and send us your work.
Guidelines:
Do not include your name anywhere within your work. If you do, it will break our hearts, but we will reject it immediately.
Simultaneous submissions are fine by us, but please let us know if the work you sent us is accepted elsewhere.
Fiction and creative nonfiction submissions must be 3500 words or less..... We prefer shorter.
For poetry, please send 3-5 poems in a single document.
Writing Competitions: 2018 Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction
The 2018 Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction
Judges: Vandana Khanna (poetry) & Lan Samantha Chang (fiction)
Deadline: April 1, 2018
The winner in each genre receives a $1,500 cash prize, a royalties contract, and publication by Orison Books with national distribution and an endorsement by the judge who selects their manuscript. Finalists are also considered for publication.
Entry fee: $30
For complete guidelines, go here.
Judges: Vandana Khanna (poetry) & Lan Samantha Chang (fiction)
Deadline: April 1, 2018
The winner in each genre receives a $1,500 cash prize, a royalties contract, and publication by Orison Books with national distribution and an endorsement by the judge who selects their manuscript. Finalists are also considered for publication.
Entry fee: $30
For complete guidelines, go here.
Writing Competition: Zocalo Public Square
Zócalo Public Square, the Los Angeles-based ideas magazine, is now accepting submissions for our seventh annual poetry prize, which is awarded to the U.S. poet whose poem best evokes a connection to place.
The winning poet in 2018 will receive $500, a published interview, and deliver a public reading of the winning poem at our annual Book Prize award ceremony in Los Angeles. There is no fee to enter this contest.
The deadline is February 2, 2018.
Send up to three poems to:
poetryATzocalopublicsquareDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
More information here.
The winning poet in 2018 will receive $500, a published interview, and deliver a public reading of the winning poem at our annual Book Prize award ceremony in Los Angeles. There is no fee to enter this contest.
The deadline is February 2, 2018.
Send up to three poems to:
poetryATzocalopublicsquareDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
More information here.
Writing Competition: 2018 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction
Colorado Review is now accepting submissions for the 2018 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction; the postmark deadline is March 14, 2018. This year’s final judge is Margot Livesey. The prize is given annually for the best short story.
General guidelines:
1. $2,000 will be awarded for the best short story, which will be published in the fall/winter 2017 issue of Colorado Review.
2. This year’s final judge is Margot Liveset; friends and students (current & former) of the judge are not eligible to compete, nor are Colorado State University employees, students, or alumni.
3. Entry fee is $15 per story ($17 to submit online); there is no limit on the number of entries you may submit.
4. Stories must be previously unpublished.
5. There are no theme restrictions, but stories must be at least 10 but less than 50 pages (12-point type, double-spaced, 1-inch margins).
6. Deadline is the postmark of March 14, 2018.
7. Winner will be announced by July 2018.
8. All submissions will be considered for publication.
To submit online:
For an additional $2, you may submit online. The $2 goes entirely to Submittable: 79 cents is a credit card fee, and the remaining $1.11 goes to the good people at Submittable who created and maintain the software.
Submit here.
To submit via regular mail:
1. Include two title sheets: on the first, provide your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and the story title; on the second, provide only the story title. Your name should not appear anywhere else on the manuscript.
2. Enclose a check for $15 for each story. Checks should be made out to Colorado Review.
3. You may submit multiple stories in the same envelope, and a single check can be made out for the total.
4. Provide SASE for contest results.
5. Manuscripts will not be returned. Please do not enclose extra postage for return of manuscript.
6. Entries must be clearly addressed to:
Nelligan Prize – Colorado Review
9105 Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105
Questions? creviewATcolostateDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
or 970-491-5449.
Stephanie G’Schwind
Editor, Colorado Review
Director, Center for Literary Publishing
Dept. of English / 9105 Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105
970-491-5449 (tel)
970-491-0283 (fax)
General guidelines:
1. $2,000 will be awarded for the best short story, which will be published in the fall/winter 2017 issue of Colorado Review.
2. This year’s final judge is Margot Liveset; friends and students (current & former) of the judge are not eligible to compete, nor are Colorado State University employees, students, or alumni.
3. Entry fee is $15 per story ($17 to submit online); there is no limit on the number of entries you may submit.
4. Stories must be previously unpublished.
5. There are no theme restrictions, but stories must be at least 10 but less than 50 pages (12-point type, double-spaced, 1-inch margins).
6. Deadline is the postmark of March 14, 2018.
7. Winner will be announced by July 2018.
8. All submissions will be considered for publication.
To submit online:
For an additional $2, you may submit online. The $2 goes entirely to Submittable: 79 cents is a credit card fee, and the remaining $1.11 goes to the good people at Submittable who created and maintain the software.
Submit here.
To submit via regular mail:
1. Include two title sheets: on the first, provide your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and the story title; on the second, provide only the story title. Your name should not appear anywhere else on the manuscript.
2. Enclose a check for $15 for each story. Checks should be made out to Colorado Review.
3. You may submit multiple stories in the same envelope, and a single check can be made out for the total.
4. Provide SASE for contest results.
5. Manuscripts will not be returned. Please do not enclose extra postage for return of manuscript.
6. Entries must be clearly addressed to:
Nelligan Prize – Colorado Review
9105 Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105
Questions? creviewATcolostateDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
or 970-491-5449.
Stephanie G’Schwind
Editor, Colorado Review
Director, Center for Literary Publishing
Dept. of English / 9105 Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105
970-491-5449 (tel)
970-491-0283 (fax)
Monday, January 1, 2018
Writing Competition: RT Smith Prize for Narrative Poetry
RT Smith Prize for Narrative Poetry
Deadline: February 15, 2018
Named for master storyteller and Cold Mountain Review founding editor RT Smith, this $500 prize honors a narrative poem on an ecological and/or eco-justice theme (broadly defined). We invite story-telling poems about the environment and our place in it. Poems may be long or short: they may be ballads, dramatic monologues, linear narratives, lyric narratives, and other hybrids.
Please submit up to three poems of no more than ten total pages. All submissions will be considered for publication in the spring issue of CMR.
Deadline: February 15, 2018.
$10 fee.
Submit your work here.
Deadline: February 15, 2018
Named for master storyteller and Cold Mountain Review founding editor RT Smith, this $500 prize honors a narrative poem on an ecological and/or eco-justice theme (broadly defined). We invite story-telling poems about the environment and our place in it. Poems may be long or short: they may be ballads, dramatic monologues, linear narratives, lyric narratives, and other hybrids.
Please submit up to three poems of no more than ten total pages. All submissions will be considered for publication in the spring issue of CMR.
Deadline: February 15, 2018.
$10 fee.
Submit your work here.
Writing Competition: The Crazyhorse Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry
The Crazyhorse Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry
Deadline: January 31, 2018
From January 1st to January 31st, submit short stories and essays of up to 25 pages or a set of 1-3 poems. Winners in each genre will receive $2,000 and publication. This year's judges: Kelly Link (Fiction), Vijay Seshadri (Poetry), Jo Ann Beard (Nonfiction).
All entries will be considered for publication, and more than one manuscript may be entered. Simultaneous submissions are okay, as long as you contact us should the work be accepted elsewhere.
The $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Crazyhorse.
Enter here.
Deadline: January 31, 2018
From January 1st to January 31st, submit short stories and essays of up to 25 pages or a set of 1-3 poems. Winners in each genre will receive $2,000 and publication. This year's judges: Kelly Link (Fiction), Vijay Seshadri (Poetry), Jo Ann Beard (Nonfiction).
All entries will be considered for publication, and more than one manuscript may be entered. Simultaneous submissions are okay, as long as you contact us should the work be accepted elsewhere.
The $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Crazyhorse.
Enter here.
Call for Submissions to Anthology: 2018 New Stories from the Midwest
2018 New Stories from the Midwest
Deadline: January 20, 2018
2018 New Stories from the Midwest will showcase 1) stories set in the American Midwest, and/or 2) stories written by writers who reside or resided in the Midwest.
Deadline: January 20, 2018.
Guest editor: Antonya Nelson.
Eligibility: Stories must have been published in 2015, 2016, or 2017.
Journals and writing programs may submit six stories at no charge. Writers may submit up to three stories, each for a $3.00 fee. One exceptional story will be awarded a $100 Jay Prefontaine Heartland Fiction Prize.
Contributors receive two copies and 50% discount on additional copies.
Submit.
Deadline: January 20, 2018
2018 New Stories from the Midwest will showcase 1) stories set in the American Midwest, and/or 2) stories written by writers who reside or resided in the Midwest.
Deadline: January 20, 2018.
Guest editor: Antonya Nelson.
Eligibility: Stories must have been published in 2015, 2016, or 2017.
Journals and writing programs may submit six stories at no charge. Writers may submit up to three stories, each for a $3.00 fee. One exceptional story will be awarded a $100 Jay Prefontaine Heartland Fiction Prize.
Contributors receive two copies and 50% discount on additional copies.
Submit.
Call for Submissions: The Offbeat
The Offbeat
Submissions accepted year-round.
The Offbeat is calling for the thought-provoking, the humorous, and the quirky to submit work for our next volume! We’re looking for unique works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and sequential art. Submit writing that is intriguing and “off the beaten path,” but not unnecessarily explicit.
Please go here for guidelines and to submit up to 3 poems or flash pieces (under 1000 words each), sequential art not exceeding 10 pages, or other pieces under 4,000 words.
Simultaneous submissions will be accepted, but please inform us immediately if your work is being published elsewhere.
Submissions accepted year-round.
The Offbeat is calling for the thought-provoking, the humorous, and the quirky to submit work for our next volume! We’re looking for unique works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and sequential art. Submit writing that is intriguing and “off the beaten path,” but not unnecessarily explicit.
Please go here for guidelines and to submit up to 3 poems or flash pieces (under 1000 words each), sequential art not exceeding 10 pages, or other pieces under 4,000 words.
Simultaneous submissions will be accepted, but please inform us immediately if your work is being published elsewhere.
Call for Submissions on Queer-Themed Issue: Room
Room magazine invites women and genderqueer folks who identify as part of the LGBTTQIA+ spectrum to submit their best poetry, fiction, CNF, and art to our first queer-themed issue. We especially encourage submissions from writers affected by multiple intersections of oppression, such as racism, classism, ableism, fatphobia, ageism, and transphobia.
This issue is a celebration of emerging and established queer writers and artists; the creative work itself does not have to be queer in focus. Do you want to queer genre? Create a poem about the corporatization of Pride? Or just write microfiction on the minutiae of daily living? All types of submissions are welcome.
New work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha will also be featured in this issue.
Edited by Leah Golob, and assistant edited by Arielle Spence and Rebecca Russell.
Before submitting, please read our About section to see if your work fits within Room's mandate, then refer to the Submission Guidelines on how to format your work. In Submittable, please tick the box at the bottom of the form so we know you are submitting work specifically for the Queer issue.
Payment: $50-150 CAD
Submissions are accepted from November 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018.
This issue is a celebration of emerging and established queer writers and artists; the creative work itself does not have to be queer in focus. Do you want to queer genre? Create a poem about the corporatization of Pride? Or just write microfiction on the minutiae of daily living? All types of submissions are welcome.
New work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha will also be featured in this issue.
Edited by Leah Golob, and assistant edited by Arielle Spence and Rebecca Russell.
Before submitting, please read our About section to see if your work fits within Room's mandate, then refer to the Submission Guidelines on how to format your work. In Submittable, please tick the box at the bottom of the form so we know you are submitting work specifically for the Queer issue.
Payment: $50-150 CAD
Submissions are accepted from November 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018.
Call for Submissions on Theme of A Dream of Love: Enchanted Conversation
SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN until JANUARY 20, 2018 for Enchanted Conversation’s February 2018 Issue
Theme: Un rêve d'amour (A Dream of Love)
Love can be magical or tragic; star-crossed or end happily ever after; an unrequited longing or two souls that always find one another.
Enchanted Conversation is looking for stories, poems, art, and sequential art (aka comics) that explore different aspects of "love" in a fairy tale, folklore, or mythic setting. Work can either be re-tellings of established stories or about original characters set within the fairy tale, folklore, and mythic templates.
What if a witch’s curse backfires and turns into true love? Did Medusa love Perseus before her tragic end? Why does the Land long for the touch of the Sea? Can the cold heart of a trickster be warmed by one who out-tricks him? Be bold, traditional, lyrical, or experimental in your storytelling. Think beyond palaces, princes, and princesses in their usual context. Take readers on a journey to long ago Japan, an enchanted forest in Russia, or magical root bridges in India - where the stage is set for characters to tell their unique tales of love.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR
STORIES: between 700 - 2,500 words. Payment $30.00 US dollars only
POEMS: any length Payment $10.00 US dollars only
ART: varied medium - i.e. watercolor, digital, etc. Payment flat rate $15.00 for 1-3 pieces US dollars only
SEQUENTIAL ART/COMICS:1 to 5 pages in length Payment flat rate $30.00 US dollars only
PAYMENT WILL BE MADE THROUGH PAYPAL ONLY
Absolutely none of the following: Sci-fi, dystopian, erotica, high fantasy, excessive world building, time-travel, futuristic, or space travel.
Only previously unpublished work, please. Only one work per writer per submission period. Simultaneous submissions are fine. Only work that uses the posted "love" theme will be considered.
Up to three pieces of art can be submitted at a time.
Enchanted Conversation is buying first electronic rights with the possibility of using the work in a future print compilation. Once the story is published on the site, authors and artists are free to shop it elsewhere. Copyright will always remain with the author or artist.
HOW TO SUBMIT
--- Email all submissions to:
EnchantedCSubmissionsATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
--- Subject line of the email should be: FEBRUARY ISSUE 2018 - whether it's a story, poetry, or art - your last name - title of your work. Example: FEBRUARY ISSUE 2018 - Poetry - Jones - "Your Title"
--- A brief cover letter with the approximate word count of the story/poem. Also provide a short author's bio written in third person and up to three links to your personal website or social media accounts. Do not summarize your story in the cover letter.
--- A PAYPAL ADDRESS must be included in the email. Without one, work will not be considered.
--- Paste all submissions into the body of your email. Attachments will not be opened.
--- Formatting for all stories and poems: Single spacing. No indents on paragraphs. Double space between paragraphs. Use Arial as the font. Try to use American English word forms and punctuation.
--- For art and comics: Insert images in the email in low-res jpeg format. Art up to 3 pieces. Comics 1-5 pages.
--- You will get a confirmation email that your work has been received.
--- No editorial feedback will be given on submissions.
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE
--- Non acceptance emails will not be sent out.
--- The names of those whose works are chosen will be posted on Enchanted Conversation no later than January 31, 2018 for the February Issue.
Theme: Un rêve d'amour (A Dream of Love)
Love can be magical or tragic; star-crossed or end happily ever after; an unrequited longing or two souls that always find one another.
Enchanted Conversation is looking for stories, poems, art, and sequential art (aka comics) that explore different aspects of "love" in a fairy tale, folklore, or mythic setting. Work can either be re-tellings of established stories or about original characters set within the fairy tale, folklore, and mythic templates.
What if a witch’s curse backfires and turns into true love? Did Medusa love Perseus before her tragic end? Why does the Land long for the touch of the Sea? Can the cold heart of a trickster be warmed by one who out-tricks him? Be bold, traditional, lyrical, or experimental in your storytelling. Think beyond palaces, princes, and princesses in their usual context. Take readers on a journey to long ago Japan, an enchanted forest in Russia, or magical root bridges in India - where the stage is set for characters to tell their unique tales of love.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR
STORIES: between 700 - 2,500 words. Payment $30.00 US dollars only
POEMS: any length Payment $10.00 US dollars only
ART: varied medium - i.e. watercolor, digital, etc. Payment flat rate $15.00 for 1-3 pieces US dollars only
SEQUENTIAL ART/COMICS:1 to 5 pages in length Payment flat rate $30.00 US dollars only
PAYMENT WILL BE MADE THROUGH PAYPAL ONLY
Absolutely none of the following: Sci-fi, dystopian, erotica, high fantasy, excessive world building, time-travel, futuristic, or space travel.
Only previously unpublished work, please. Only one work per writer per submission period. Simultaneous submissions are fine. Only work that uses the posted "love" theme will be considered.
Up to three pieces of art can be submitted at a time.
Enchanted Conversation is buying first electronic rights with the possibility of using the work in a future print compilation. Once the story is published on the site, authors and artists are free to shop it elsewhere. Copyright will always remain with the author or artist.
HOW TO SUBMIT
--- Email all submissions to:
EnchantedCSubmissionsATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
--- Subject line of the email should be: FEBRUARY ISSUE 2018 - whether it's a story, poetry, or art - your last name - title of your work. Example: FEBRUARY ISSUE 2018 - Poetry - Jones - "Your Title"
--- A brief cover letter with the approximate word count of the story/poem. Also provide a short author's bio written in third person and up to three links to your personal website or social media accounts. Do not summarize your story in the cover letter.
--- A PAYPAL ADDRESS must be included in the email. Without one, work will not be considered.
--- Paste all submissions into the body of your email. Attachments will not be opened.
--- Formatting for all stories and poems: Single spacing. No indents on paragraphs. Double space between paragraphs. Use Arial as the font. Try to use American English word forms and punctuation.
--- For art and comics: Insert images in the email in low-res jpeg format. Art up to 3 pieces. Comics 1-5 pages.
--- You will get a confirmation email that your work has been received.
--- No editorial feedback will be given on submissions.
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE
--- Non acceptance emails will not be sent out.
--- The names of those whose works are chosen will be posted on Enchanted Conversation no later than January 31, 2018 for the February Issue.
Call for Submissions to Anthology on Theme of Sanctuary: Darkhouse Books
Sanctuary
Darkhouse Books seeks poetry, flash, short fiction, and creative nonfiction reflecting the theme of sanctuary, refuge, shelter, or asylum, from the perspective of those offering, seeking, denying, or destroying it. From Bangladesh to the city animal shelter, all are welcome, as are all genres.
TIPS: If you are familiar with the Darkhouse Books anthology Descansos you will have some idea what the editors are looking for.
This series leans toward the literary while welcoming all genres, so long as the author has paid close attention to craft.
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 skill!
When it comes to prose, the editors tend to 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, along with ours.
For more information, visit our website.
Deadline: Feb. 28, 2018
Submissions and questions may be sent to:
submissionsATdarkhousebooksDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Darkhouse Books seeks poetry, flash, short fiction, and creative nonfiction reflecting the theme of sanctuary, refuge, shelter, or asylum, from the perspective of those offering, seeking, denying, or destroying it. From Bangladesh to the city animal shelter, all are welcome, as are all genres.
TIPS: If you are familiar with the Darkhouse Books anthology Descansos you will have some idea what the editors are looking for.
This series leans toward the literary while welcoming all genres, so long as the author has paid close attention to craft.
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 skill!
When it comes to prose, the editors tend to 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, along with ours.
For more information, visit our website.
Deadline: Feb. 28, 2018
Submissions and questions may be sent to:
submissionsATdarkhousebooksDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Flash Fiction Competition: Prime Number Magazine
PRIME NUMBER MAGAZINE FLASH FICTION CONTEST
(A Monthly Competition)
Prime Number Magazine (a Press 53 publication)
Low entry fee, nice prize, plus publication
Prime Number Magazine has established a new monthly flash fiction competition open to writers at all levels throughout the world who write in English.
Reading fee: $7
First Prize: $251 plus publication in Prime Number Magazine with author photo, bio, and winning story on a page of one’s own.
We’re looking for excellent fiction of 751 words or less.
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2018
Guidelines at Submittable.
(A Monthly Competition)
Prime Number Magazine (a Press 53 publication)
Low entry fee, nice prize, plus publication
Prime Number Magazine has established a new monthly flash fiction competition open to writers at all levels throughout the world who write in English.
Reading fee: $7
First Prize: $251 plus publication in Prime Number Magazine with author photo, bio, and winning story on a page of one’s own.
We’re looking for excellent fiction of 751 words or less.
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2018
Guidelines at Submittable.
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