YA & MIDDLE-GRADE NOVELISTS: Welcome to our innovative craft-based,16th annual Pacific Coast Children's Writers Workshop! For up to 15 intermediate to published authors in a congenial open-clinic format. We offer in-depth WHOLE-NOVEL critiques by a top-notch editor *or* agent, plus critiques on PARTIALS by an editor *and* agent, and feedback by stunningly smart teens in their concurrent, partly-integrated TeenSpeak Novel Workshop. In addition to a story consultant, our FACULTY includes:
1) BESTSELLING YA AUTHOR Chris Crutcher, who has written “strikingly authentic and unflinchingly honest” fiction for 35 years; the ALA has named at least eight of his publications to its annual Best Books for Young Adults. Chris will contribute focus sessions on craft, as well as contributing to our teen-led panel on "controversial" YA novels (1990s to present).
2) AGENT Molly Ker Hawn is director of the Bent Agency-UK, and former editor at Dial Books and Chronicle Books. Actively seeking new talent, Molly is an omnivorous reader: "If you've got a terrific story, well told, I want to read it!"
3) SENIOR EDITOR Krista Vitola of Simon & Schuster "will fall head-over-heels for any story with a great voice. Draw me in!" Her brand-new focus session, "What If...?", is based on recent brainstorming with author Neal Shusterman.
4) SENIOR EDITOR Amy Cloud (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; offsite faculty) says, “The greatest thrill of being an editor, to me, is discovering new talent. That means... helping debut authors nurture a manuscript through the publication process."
FOCUS SESSION TOPICS include novel revision techniques and applications, professional line editing, literary discussions, marketing tips. Collegial format and content level; possible college accreditation.
FEES FOR ADULTS: $819 plus critiques; includes most meals and double-occupancy lodging three nights; beautiful condos, serene beach (single-occupancy available). Shoulder dates just $95/night.
***** FOR TEENS: $549, including multiple faculty critiques and three nights' lodging (mostly guys' lodging remains), all meals starting with Thursday dinner, and supplies. Need-based partial scholarships for 13-19 year-olds are available, while funds remain.
FOR MORE INFO and to contact Founding Director Nancy Sondel, visit our website (click About). A few spaces remain; inquire NOW!
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Call for Fiction: The Word Cabaret
The Word Cabaret, a reading and performance series based in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York, is looking to showcase new dystopian, utopian, speculative, afro-futurist or visionary fiction set in an urban landscape, preferable New York City for its event called: SPECULATIVE VISIONS-New Fangled Futuristic Fiction.
Previously published stories are fine, but the narratives should have strong characters and use dialogue frequently to carry the story because the chosen work will be directed and acted by professional NYC actors on Sunday, Oct. 7 in Brooklyn. Stories should be forward-looking, imaginative, and compelling attempts to grapple with present-day issues and problems by projecting the consequences into a yet-unseen future.
The deadline is August 15, 2018. Writers are not required to attend, though their presence is welcome. (As an all-volunteer organization, unfortunately we cannot offer financial compensation.) Please send your work (up to 10 pages) and a short bio to:
wordcabaretATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
by August 15.
Brooklyn-based writers interested in participating in future Word Cabaret events are welcome to send samples of their work (5-10 pages maximum) and a short bio to:
WordCabaretATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Visit our Facebook page for more information.
Previously published stories are fine, but the narratives should have strong characters and use dialogue frequently to carry the story because the chosen work will be directed and acted by professional NYC actors on Sunday, Oct. 7 in Brooklyn. Stories should be forward-looking, imaginative, and compelling attempts to grapple with present-day issues and problems by projecting the consequences into a yet-unseen future.
The deadline is August 15, 2018. Writers are not required to attend, though their presence is welcome. (As an all-volunteer organization, unfortunately we cannot offer financial compensation.) Please send your work (up to 10 pages) and a short bio to:
wordcabaretATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
by August 15.
Brooklyn-based writers interested in participating in future Word Cabaret events are welcome to send samples of their work (5-10 pages maximum) and a short bio to:
WordCabaretATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Visit our Facebook page for more information.
Call for Submissions from Homeschooled Writers: Seshat
Deadline: September 1, 2018
Seshat is looking to release its fourth issue this fall. We are accepting poetry, fiction (up to 7000 words), creative non-fiction (up to 7000 words), art, and photography.
No submission fee.
All published pieces will be considered for Best of the Net nominations. We are mostly looking for young writers who are homeschooled or have been homeschooled in the past. However, all ages (13+) are encouraged to submit to this journal.
Visit our website for more details.
Post-Publication Book Award on Theme of Disability: Etchings Press 2018 Whirling Prize
Announcing the Etchings Press 2018 Whirling Prize
This fall, Etchings Press will host the 2018 Whirling Prize. This is an annual competition for which students at UIndy select a theme and then judge the competition, selecting two books to honor.
Student judges welcome books that have been published since January 2016 that are connected to the theme of disability. They are interested in reading books with a focus on disabilities either visible (manifesting in symptoms people see and respond to) or invisible (like mental illness, addiction, learning disabilities). All writers focusing on related topics of any genre are welcome to participate.
The winners will receive a $500 cash prize and 25 copies of a letterpress broadside designed by students of Hullabaloo Press. The winners will also be featured in an episode of a literary podcast that will air in winter 2019, discussing their work and craft with the student judges.
The postmark deadline for submission is Sept. 1, 2018.
Entry Fee: $20.00
If your writers or readers have an eligible book and would like to participate, The guidelines may be found here.
This fall, Etchings Press will host the 2018 Whirling Prize. This is an annual competition for which students at UIndy select a theme and then judge the competition, selecting two books to honor.
Student judges welcome books that have been published since January 2016 that are connected to the theme of disability. They are interested in reading books with a focus on disabilities either visible (manifesting in symptoms people see and respond to) or invisible (like mental illness, addiction, learning disabilities). All writers focusing on related topics of any genre are welcome to participate.
The winners will receive a $500 cash prize and 25 copies of a letterpress broadside designed by students of Hullabaloo Press. The winners will also be featured in an episode of a literary podcast that will air in winter 2019, discussing their work and craft with the student judges.
The postmark deadline for submission is Sept. 1, 2018.
Entry Fee: $20.00
If your writers or readers have an eligible book and would like to participate, The guidelines may be found here.
Call for Chapters on Homeschooling
Homeschooling and Libraries
Book Publisher: McFarland
Vera Gubnitskaia, co-editor, Library Partnerships with Writers and Poets (McFarland, 2017); public, academic librarian, indexer.
Carol Smallwood, co-editor. Library's Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons (Rowman& Littlefield, 2016); public library administrator, special, school librarian.
One or two chapters (3,000-5,000 words) sought from U.S. practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty, library administrators, and board members. Successful proposals will address creative, practical, how-to chapters and case studies depicting a variety of specific programs, projects, aspects, and angles of the library role and impact on homeschooling process, families, and students, within the library walls and beyond. We are also looking for ideas (whether implemented or not) that can serve as a basis, a foundation, to incorporate into an MLIS course; a Human Resources’ or an organizational plan, as well as a kick-start to personal career goals planning. A tentative Table of Contents can be provided per request.
No previously published, simultaneously submitted material. One, two, or three authors per chapter.
Compensation: one complimentary copy per 3,000-5,000 word chapter accepted no matter how many co-authors or if one or two chapters by the same author(s); author discount. Contributors are expected to sign a release form in order to be published.
Please e-mail titles of proposed chapter(s) with a concise clear summary or brief outline of the main talking points by August 28, 2018, with brief bio on each author; place HOM, Your Name, on subject line to:
gubnitv11ATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Book Publisher: McFarland
Vera Gubnitskaia, co-editor, Library Partnerships with Writers and Poets (McFarland, 2017); public, academic librarian, indexer.
Carol Smallwood, co-editor. Library's Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons (Rowman& Littlefield, 2016); public library administrator, special, school librarian.
One or two chapters (3,000-5,000 words) sought from U.S. practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty, library administrators, and board members. Successful proposals will address creative, practical, how-to chapters and case studies depicting a variety of specific programs, projects, aspects, and angles of the library role and impact on homeschooling process, families, and students, within the library walls and beyond. We are also looking for ideas (whether implemented or not) that can serve as a basis, a foundation, to incorporate into an MLIS course; a Human Resources’ or an organizational plan, as well as a kick-start to personal career goals planning. A tentative Table of Contents can be provided per request.
No previously published, simultaneously submitted material. One, two, or three authors per chapter.
Compensation: one complimentary copy per 3,000-5,000 word chapter accepted no matter how many co-authors or if one or two chapters by the same author(s); author discount. Contributors are expected to sign a release form in order to be published.
Please e-mail titles of proposed chapter(s) with a concise clear summary or brief outline of the main talking points by August 28, 2018, with brief bio on each author; place HOM, Your Name, on subject line to:
gubnitv11ATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Call for Submissions: Anomaly
Anomaly, an imprint of Anomalous Press, is currently open for submissions in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, comics, and translation.
We especially encourage submissions from writers based outside of the US, and writers who are not typically recognized in mainstream publications.
Submissions are open from June 1 until September 1, 2018. There is a $3 fee, but a fee-waiver will be provided for authors facing financial hardship who email us to request one.
Further details are available here.
We especially encourage submissions from writers based outside of the US, and writers who are not typically recognized in mainstream publications.
Submissions are open from June 1 until September 1, 2018. There is a $3 fee, but a fee-waiver will be provided for authors facing financial hardship who email us to request one.
Further details are available here.
Call for Poetry Submissions: Test Site Poetry Series
Interim: A Journal of Poetry and Poetics is happy to announce the inaugural season for the Test Site Poetry Series. A prize of $1,000 and publication by the University of Nevada Press will be given for a new, full length collection of poetry. All entrants to the contest will also receive a free print issue of Interim.
Interim editor and poet Claudia Keelan will serve as the series editor. The winning book will be chosen by the series editor and advisory board, which includes Sherwin Bitsui, Donald Revell, Sasha Steensen and Ronald Wilson.
We’re looking for manuscripts that engage the perilous conditions of life in the 21st century, as they pertain to issues of social justice and the earth. The winning book will demonstrate an ethos that considers the human condition in inclusive love and sympathy, while offering the same in consideration of the earth. Because we believe the truth is always experimental, we’ll especially appreciate books with innovative approaches.
Along with Witness and The Believer, Interim is affiliated with Black Mountain Institute and housed in the Department of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Established by the late Wilber Stevens in 1944, Interim is one of the longest running “little” literary magazines in the country.
Please submit manuscripts through Submittable with a $25 reading fee.
The deadline for submissions is Nov. 1st, 2018. The winning manuscript will be announced in December and published in fall of 2019.
Interim editor and poet Claudia Keelan will serve as the series editor. The winning book will be chosen by the series editor and advisory board, which includes Sherwin Bitsui, Donald Revell, Sasha Steensen and Ronald Wilson.
We’re looking for manuscripts that engage the perilous conditions of life in the 21st century, as they pertain to issues of social justice and the earth. The winning book will demonstrate an ethos that considers the human condition in inclusive love and sympathy, while offering the same in consideration of the earth. Because we believe the truth is always experimental, we’ll especially appreciate books with innovative approaches.
Along with Witness and The Believer, Interim is affiliated with Black Mountain Institute and housed in the Department of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Established by the late Wilber Stevens in 1944, Interim is one of the longest running “little” literary magazines in the country.
Please submit manuscripts through Submittable with a $25 reading fee.
The deadline for submissions is Nov. 1st, 2018. The winning manuscript will be announced in December and published in fall of 2019.
Call for Submissions on Theme of Emotional Texture: RORR
Submit your work here.
Our theme this year is “Emotional Texture.” The idea of being who you are, feeling what you feel, and knowing what you’re made of.. The theme explores the attributes of self-acceptance, self-awareness, and resiliency. Oscar Wilde says, “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” The editors here are RORR want to know what the theme emotional texture means to you. What are you made of?
The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2018. Genres include poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, and photography. Please read and follow our guidelines below. Submissions that do not follow guidelines will not be considered. Please send your most polished work. Works that are selected, the editors will contact you via the contact information in your Submittable account by March 15, 2019.
If you have any questions, email us at:
submissionsATrainonrooftopsreviewDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
Please do not send submissions to this email. Submissions will only be accepted through our online submissions manager Submittable.
Our theme this year is “Emotional Texture.” The idea of being who you are, feeling what you feel, and knowing what you’re made of.. The theme explores the attributes of self-acceptance, self-awareness, and resiliency. Oscar Wilde says, “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” The editors here are RORR want to know what the theme emotional texture means to you. What are you made of?
The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2018. Genres include poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, and photography. Please read and follow our guidelines below. Submissions that do not follow guidelines will not be considered. Please send your most polished work. Works that are selected, the editors will contact you via the contact information in your Submittable account by March 15, 2019.
If you have any questions, email us at:
submissionsATrainonrooftopsreviewDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
Please do not send submissions to this email. Submissions will only be accepted through our online submissions manager Submittable.
Call for Submissions: Anthology on Puerto Rican Identity
We want your voices! Your stories, your poems, your thoughts, your experiences, that thing that you want to tell the world and haven't yet. Read our Call for Submissions below!
Work may be on any subject, but should reference or relate to Puerto Rican identity. Work may be in Spanish or English or both; we are open to work in translation, but require translated artist or estate permission. We will not consider work that is sexist, racist, or in other ways bigoted. All proceeds from this anthology will help fund Hurricane Maria recovery relief via the Hispanic Federation.
Submit .pdf or .doc/.docx attachment of 1-6 poems, 1-3 flash fiction or nonfiction, or short story or essay up to 3000 words to:
LunaBoricuasATgmailDOTcom
by September 30th. Please include a brief biographical note of up to 50 words. Please place title(s) of work in a list within the email, and include name and contact information on the first page of your submission.
Acceptance decisions will be made by December 31st, with release of anthology in mid-2019.
Previously published works considered. We acquire one-time print and electronic rights. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but if a work is accepted elsewhere, please alert us at the above email.
All contributors will receive a copy of the anthology, which will be distributed in both print and electronic forms.
Work may be on any subject, but should reference or relate to Puerto Rican identity. Work may be in Spanish or English or both; we are open to work in translation, but require translated artist or estate permission. We will not consider work that is sexist, racist, or in other ways bigoted. All proceeds from this anthology will help fund Hurricane Maria recovery relief via the Hispanic Federation.
Submit .pdf or .doc/.docx attachment of 1-6 poems, 1-3 flash fiction or nonfiction, or short story or essay up to 3000 words to:
LunaBoricuasATgmailDOTcom
by September 30th. Please include a brief biographical note of up to 50 words. Please place title(s) of work in a list within the email, and include name and contact information on the first page of your submission.
Acceptance decisions will be made by December 31st, with release of anthology in mid-2019.
Previously published works considered. We acquire one-time print and electronic rights. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but if a work is accepted elsewhere, please alert us at the above email.
All contributors will receive a copy of the anthology, which will be distributed in both print and electronic forms.
Monday, July 23, 2018
Writing Competition: JuxtaProse
$1,000 For Your Short Story or Poem
Deadline: November 30, 2018
JuxtaProse is now accepting submissions for their 2018 Fiction and Poetry contests. $1,000 grand prize in each category and up to six honorable mentions will receive $100.
All entries will be considered for publication. Material must be previously unpublished in order to be eligible.
A $15 entry fee applies.
Recent contributors to the journal include Pulitzer Prize and Man Booker Prize winners as well as student and previously unpublished writers.
Deadline: November 30, 2018
JuxtaProse is now accepting submissions for their 2018 Fiction and Poetry contests. $1,000 grand prize in each category and up to six honorable mentions will receive $100.
All entries will be considered for publication. Material must be previously unpublished in order to be eligible.
A $15 entry fee applies.
Recent contributors to the journal include Pulitzer Prize and Man Booker Prize winners as well as student and previously unpublished writers.
Call for Submissions from Latinx/Latino/Lantina Writers: The Florida Review
The Florida Review Seeks Submissions from Latinx/Latino/Latina Writers
Deadline: September 1, 2018
The Florida Review and Aquifer: The Florida Review Online currently seek submissions from Latinx/Latino/Latina writers for a special fall feature. While fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry are all welcome, we are especially considering prose, no longer than 3,000 words. Work will be featured in a section of The Florida Review 42.2 (Fall 2018) and daily between September 15—October 15 on Aquifer: TFR Online.
Submission fee: $3.00.
Deadline: September 1.
Submit your work here.
Deadline: September 1, 2018
The Florida Review and Aquifer: The Florida Review Online currently seek submissions from Latinx/Latino/Latina writers for a special fall feature. While fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry are all welcome, we are especially considering prose, no longer than 3,000 words. Work will be featured in a section of The Florida Review 42.2 (Fall 2018) and daily between September 15—October 15 on Aquifer: TFR Online.
Submission fee: $3.00.
Deadline: September 1.
Submit your work here.
Fellowship: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
VCCA Anne Spencer Fellowship | Deadline September 15
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) is accepting applications for the inaugural Anne Spencer Fellowship, to be awarded for a residency in 2019. The fellowship also includes a $1,500 honorarium for travel and expenses. The Fellowship rotates annually between the genres served at VCCA: writing, visual arts, and musical composition.
Applications are open to African-American writers, both locally and nationally. The deadline for applications is September 15, 2018. Find out further details and how to apply on VCCA's website.
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) is accepting applications for the inaugural Anne Spencer Fellowship, to be awarded for a residency in 2019. The fellowship also includes a $1,500 honorarium for travel and expenses. The Fellowship rotates annually between the genres served at VCCA: writing, visual arts, and musical composition.
Applications are open to African-American writers, both locally and nationally. The deadline for applications is September 15, 2018. Find out further details and how to apply on VCCA's website.
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Writing Competition: American Literary Review Contest
American Literary Review 2018 Contest
The American Literary Review’s Annual Writing Awards are open for submissions through October 1st. Send us your best work in Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry.
$1000.00 will be awarded to each winner.
Entry Fee: $15.00
Find complete submission details here.
Call for Submissions: Bracken Magazine
Bracken magazine is open for submissions for Issue VI, due out this fall.
We are looking for lyrical short fiction (up to 2500 words) and poetry set in nature and inspired by old-world storytelling.
We pay $.02/word for fiction and $15 per poem.
To better understand what we publish, browse our past issues.
Follow this link to submit.
We are looking for lyrical short fiction (up to 2500 words) and poetry set in nature and inspired by old-world storytelling.
We pay $.02/word for fiction and $15 per poem.
To better understand what we publish, browse our past issues.
Follow this link to submit.
Call for Submissions: Postcard Poems and Prose Magazine
Postcard Poems and Prose Magazine once again seeks tight, gripping prose and poetry. We use Submittable and all submissions need to come through that system so our first-reader staff can evaluate them as a team.
Postcard Poems and Prose Magazine publishes 120-200 poems and short prose pieces annually. We judge each piece on its merit rather than author biographical information.
Postcard Poems and Prose Magazine publishes 120-200 poems and short prose pieces annually. We judge each piece on its merit rather than author biographical information.
Call for Submissions to International Refugee Poetry Anthology: WaterWood Press
INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE POETRY Anthology—WaterWood Press will accept refugee poetry beginning March 15 for the 2019 anthology entitled Elusions: Refugee Poetry. Editors: James Adams (Pulitzer Prize nominee for Noble Savage) and South African poet Peter Anderson.
Submission guidelines:
WaterWood Press
47 Waterwood
Huntsville, TX 77320
Attn: 2018 Refugee Poetry Editor.
Submission guidelines:
- Original poems/translations on refugees in any style.
- No PPW, except for poems in translation.
- Submit 1–3 poems per poet (3 copies per poem). No more than 30 lines per poem.
- Include SASE and cover letter.
- All entries postmarked by August 15.
- No fees.
WaterWood Press
47 Waterwood
Huntsville, TX 77320
Attn: 2018 Refugee Poetry Editor.
Writing Competition: Calvino Prize
A prize of 2000 USD and publication in Miracle Monocle journal is given annually for a work of fiction written in the fabulist experimental style of Italo Calvino. The winner will also receive domestic airfare and lodging to read at the annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900. Kelly Link will judge.
Using the online submission system, submit a short story or an excerpt from a story collection, novel, or novella of up to 25 pages with a $25 entry fee by October 15, 2018. Previously published work is eligible.
Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Using the online submission system, submit a short story or an excerpt from a story collection, novel, or novella of up to 25 pages with a $25 entry fee by October 15, 2018. Previously published work is eligible.
Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Monday, July 16, 2018
Writing Residency/Fellowship in Long-form Journalism/Nonfiction: Sundress Academy for the Arts
Sundress Academy for the Arts Now Accepting Applications for Residency Fellowship in Long-form Journalism/Nonfiction
The Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) is excited to announce that they are accepting applications for a new fellowship in long-form journalism and/or nonfiction. The The Fourth Estate Residency fellowship comes with a two-week residency during the spring or summer residency periods as well as a $500 stipend.
In the age of anti-journalism and “fake news," we believe it is more important than ever to give journalists and writers time to research, write, and revise work that delves into the events and issues of our time.. Our group of ten writers (Camille Dungy, Eliza Griswold, Patrick Hicks, Ilyse Kusnetz--in memoriam, Kathryn Miles, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Brian Turner, Sholeh Wolpe, Elliott Woods, and Sunil Yapa) have joined together to make this possible. Although several of us work in writing disciplines outside of journalism, we believe it is crucial to support the work of journalists—especially in a time when the entire profession is under threat.
This fellowship is intended to give writers space and time to continue to do this important and necessary work. Applicants may work in any journalistic medium—writing (traditional journalism or literary nonfiction), podcasting, vlogging, etc.
The SAFTA farmhouse is located on a working farm that rests on a 45-acre wooded plot in a Tennessee “holler” perfect for hiking, camping, and nature walks. Located less than a half-hour from downtown Knoxville, an exciting and creative city of 200,000 in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, SAFTA is an ideal location for those looking for a rural get-away with access to urban amenities.
The residency bedrooms are 130 sq. ft. with queen-size platform bed, closet, dresser, and desk. There is also a communal kitchen supplied with stove, refrigerator, and microwave plus plenty of cook- and dining-ware. The office and library have two working computers—one Mac, one PC—with access to the Adobe Creative Cloud. The library contains over 800 books with a particularly large contemporary poetry section and, thanks to the Wardrobe, many recent titles by women and nonbinary writers. The facility also includes a full-size working 19th century full-size letterpress with type, woodworking tools, and a 1930's drafting table.
SAFTA is currently accepting applications for our spring/summer residency period, which runs from December 31st to August 11th, 2019. The deadline for The Fourth Estate Residency fellowship applications is September 1st, 2018.
To apply for the Sundress Academy for the Arts residency, you will need the following:
-Application form (including artist's statement and contact information for two references)
-CV or artist's resume (optional)
-Artist sample (see website for more details on genre specifications)
-Application fee of $15 or $10 for current students (with student email) payable online*
-CV or artist's resume (optional)
-Artist sample (see website for more details on genre specifications)
-Application fee of $15 or $10 for current students (with student email) payable online*
Please also let us know if you would like to be considered for a residency even if you are not awarded this particular fellowship. For the spring, we also have fellowships for LGBTQIA writers; for the summer, we offer fellowships for writers and artists of color.
For more information, visit our website.
For more information, visit our website.
*Application fee will be waived for those applying who demonstrate financial need. Please state this in your application under the financial need section.
Call for Fiction Submissions: Light and Dark Magazine
Deadline: August 15, 2018
Light and Dark is now seeking submissions of short stories (less than 3,000 words) that explore the dichotomous nature of existence in some way. Send us your most honest, your most daring, your most nuanced stories. We pay our writers for their work and feature it both online and in our annual print issue.
Submit here.
Light and Dark is now seeking submissions of short stories (less than 3,000 words) that explore the dichotomous nature of existence in some way. Send us your most honest, your most daring, your most nuanced stories. We pay our writers for their work and feature it both online and in our annual print issue.
Submit here.
Call for Fiction & Art Submissions: Parentheses Journal
Call for Fiction & Art Submissions: Parentheses Journal
Parentheses Journal seeks prose, and art (including but not limited to hybrid, collage, photography) for Issue Four to be released in September 2018.
The deadline for Issue Four is August 15, 2018.
We encourage you to peruse our previous issues and submission guidelines before sending your work. We encourage submissions from historically marginalized groups, including but not limited to POC, women, non-binary people, LGBTQ and the differently abled. Inquiries may be directed to:
editorsATparenthesesjournal.DOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
Submission guidelines.
Link to previous issues.
Parentheses Journal seeks prose, and art (including but not limited to hybrid, collage, photography) for Issue Four to be released in September 2018.
The deadline for Issue Four is August 15, 2018.
We encourage you to peruse our previous issues and submission guidelines before sending your work. We encourage submissions from historically marginalized groups, including but not limited to POC, women, non-binary people, LGBTQ and the differently abled. Inquiries may be directed to:
editorsATparenthesesjournal.DOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
Submission guidelines.
Link to previous issues.
Call for Submissions: Terrapin Books
Call for Submissions: Muse/A
Muse/A is now open for submissions of poetry and lyric essays! Please share with friends. We’re taking submission until July 31 for online issue/SEVEN. Please note that we are a paying market, and we do have a small fee for submissions ($3).
Muse/A Journal (myoo-zay) seeks to curate a museum-esque experience by pairing the best in lyric essays, poetry, and experimental cross-genre verse with visual art. We seek to publish meaningful work that expands our understanding of life, the natural world, and human nature.
Submit here.
Muse/A Journal (myoo-zay) seeks to curate a museum-esque experience by pairing the best in lyric essays, poetry, and experimental cross-genre verse with visual art. We seek to publish meaningful work that expands our understanding of life, the natural world, and human nature.
Submit here.
Call for Submissions on Theme of The Open Space of Democracy: North American Review
Submittable link for Special Issue that responds to The Open Space of Democracy.
Ends on August 31, 2018
The Spring 2019 issue of the North American Review will present work responding to Contributing Editor Terry Tempest Williams's collection of three provocative essays The Open Space of Democracy (2004). Fifteen years after it was first published, the book remains a powerful and necessary call for engaged dialogue and "reflective activism born out of humility, not arrogance."
The editors of the NAR invite submissions of nonfiction, poetry, fiction, or hybrid works that respond to one or more of the ideas presented in The Open Space of Democracy. Writers can access the three essays online: "Commencement," "Ground Truthing," and "Engagement."
Ends on August 31, 2018
The Spring 2019 issue of the North American Review will present work responding to Contributing Editor Terry Tempest Williams's collection of three provocative essays The Open Space of Democracy (2004). Fifteen years after it was first published, the book remains a powerful and necessary call for engaged dialogue and "reflective activism born out of humility, not arrogance."
The editors of the NAR invite submissions of nonfiction, poetry, fiction, or hybrid works that respond to one or more of the ideas presented in The Open Space of Democracy. Writers can access the three essays online: "Commencement," "Ground Truthing," and "Engagement."
Writing Competition: 2018 Talking Writing Prize
2018 TALKING WRITING Prize for Personal Essay: $500 plus publication. Topic: Place and identity. How do places shape you? We want short essays that combine a powerful sense of place with reflections on the meaning of particular landscapes or neighborhoods. Judge: Julie Phillips, author of James Tiptree, Jr. and an upcoming biography of Ursula Le Guin.
Entry fee: $15.
Deadline: October 15.
Website
Entry fee: $15.
Deadline: October 15.
Website
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Call for Proposals: North American Review Writing Conference: 50 Years at UNI
Submittable link for call for North American Review Writing Conference: 50 Years at UNI ends on December 1, 2018.
Spring 2019 will mark the North American Review’s 50th year at the University of Northern Iowa. To celebrate this milestone, the magazine will host a writing conference April 19-21, 2019 on the UNI campus in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Writers, teachers, and scholars from all around the country will be invited to share their work and participate in generative writing workshops led by one of our prominent featured writers. The conference will be launched with a keynote reading by NAR Contributing Editor Terry Tempest Williams, whose influential book The Open Space of Democracy serves as the focus for the Spring 2019 issue of the NAR.
The editors invite critical, creative, craft-based, pedagogical or hybrid proposals for presentation. Individual papers, pre-formed panels, or roundtable discussions are welcome. Students are especially encouraged to apply.
Critical proposals may be submitted on any literary or cultural topic, theme, author, artwork, or text that has some connection (broadly conceived) to the North American Review or the work of literary magazines. Group society proposals are welcome.
Creative, craft, and pedagogical proposals may include readings of your own creative work, explorations of the craft and theory of writing, and/or discussions of teaching creative writing, literary publishing, the professionalization of creative writing, or writing as a discipline and activity within or outside the university.
Proposals should include 100-250 word summary of presentation, including any technology needs, and a brief biography.
Visit our Submittable link to upload your submission.
The entire North American Review archives can be accessed digitally via the JSTOR database; issues appearing from 1815 to 1899 can be searched or browsed at Cornell University’s Making of America Website; and an index of authors and subjects in the North American Review from 1815 to 1877 is available through Google Books.
Spring 2019 will mark the North American Review’s 50th year at the University of Northern Iowa. To celebrate this milestone, the magazine will host a writing conference April 19-21, 2019 on the UNI campus in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Writers, teachers, and scholars from all around the country will be invited to share their work and participate in generative writing workshops led by one of our prominent featured writers. The conference will be launched with a keynote reading by NAR Contributing Editor Terry Tempest Williams, whose influential book The Open Space of Democracy serves as the focus for the Spring 2019 issue of the NAR.
The editors invite critical, creative, craft-based, pedagogical or hybrid proposals for presentation. Individual papers, pre-formed panels, or roundtable discussions are welcome. Students are especially encouraged to apply.
Critical proposals may be submitted on any literary or cultural topic, theme, author, artwork, or text that has some connection (broadly conceived) to the North American Review or the work of literary magazines. Group society proposals are welcome.
Creative, craft, and pedagogical proposals may include readings of your own creative work, explorations of the craft and theory of writing, and/or discussions of teaching creative writing, literary publishing, the professionalization of creative writing, or writing as a discipline and activity within or outside the university.
Proposals should include 100-250 word summary of presentation, including any technology needs, and a brief biography.
Visit our Submittable link to upload your submission.
The entire North American Review archives can be accessed digitally via the JSTOR database; issues appearing from 1815 to 1899 can be searched or browsed at Cornell University’s Making of America Website; and an index of authors and subjects in the North American Review from 1815 to 1877 is available through Google Books.
Call for Chapbook Submissions: Porkbelly Press
Seeking Micro Chapbooks // Porkbelly Press
Porkbelly Press seeks chapbooks (8 - 10 pages) for release in our 2019 line of chaps & micros. Porkbelly is an independent micro press based in Cincinnati. We’re a queer-friendly, feminist press open to all, and encourage works from poets & writers all along the identity spectrum. Submissions are fee-free.
We’d like to see poetry, prose poems, micro fictions, flash fiction, flash essay, micro essays, and combinations or hybrids.
We’ll consider visual narratives / mini comics as well (black and white)! Subject matter is open, though we do prefer related pieces with a tight arc or connection—works that stand as a group even if they're from a larger body of work. Several times a month, we'll tweet theme ideas: @porkbellypress.
Simultaneous submissions considered.
We're reading through the month of July, closing at midnight on the last day of the month. We've moved to a bigger queue at submittable, so we shouldn't have to close early this year due to overflow.
More information here on our press, submission guidelines, & titles we've published or that are forthcoming.
Some things we're interested in this year include: beekeeping, science, space, astronomy, pop culture, chemistry, turtles, Doctor Who, cylons, tarot, baking, witchery, kitchen magic, hauntings, tall tales, traditions, farms, slow food, cooking, cornfields, farms, river towns, small towns, 90s pop culture, BtVS, cemeteries, monsters, mourning, deserts, archaeology, alchemy, art history, social justice, immigration stories, adventure, travel, exploration, and transition.
Porkbelly Press seeks chapbooks (8 - 10 pages) for release in our 2019 line of chaps & micros. Porkbelly is an independent micro press based in Cincinnati. We’re a queer-friendly, feminist press open to all, and encourage works from poets & writers all along the identity spectrum. Submissions are fee-free.
We’d like to see poetry, prose poems, micro fictions, flash fiction, flash essay, micro essays, and combinations or hybrids.
We’ll consider visual narratives / mini comics as well (black and white)! Subject matter is open, though we do prefer related pieces with a tight arc or connection—works that stand as a group even if they're from a larger body of work. Several times a month, we'll tweet theme ideas: @porkbellypress.
Simultaneous submissions considered.
We're reading through the month of July, closing at midnight on the last day of the month. We've moved to a bigger queue at submittable, so we shouldn't have to close early this year due to overflow.
More information here on our press, submission guidelines, & titles we've published or that are forthcoming.
Some things we're interested in this year include: beekeeping, science, space, astronomy, pop culture, chemistry, turtles, Doctor Who, cylons, tarot, baking, witchery, kitchen magic, hauntings, tall tales, traditions, farms, slow food, cooking, cornfields, farms, river towns, small towns, 90s pop culture, BtVS, cemeteries, monsters, mourning, deserts, archaeology, alchemy, art history, social justice, immigration stories, adventure, travel, exploration, and transition.
Writing Competition: Broken River Prize
- Runs between June 1st and August 31st, 2018.
- Finalists and winner will be announced in early 2019.
- No submission fee.
- Win publication and $250/£200 prize money.
- For books between 20 and 40 pages in length.
- The contest is open internationally.
- Finalists will be considered for publication.
Guidelines
- Please include a title page and acknowledgements section with your submission.
- The manuscript does not need to be double-spaced unless intended to be reproduced that way.
- You can include previously published poems; however, we would prefer that at least a third be unpublished.
- We accept simultaneous submissions but will require all finalists to withdraw their manuscripts upon notification. Also, please let us know if a submission has been accepted elsewhere.
- All work should be attached in a single .doc/docx or PDF file, and your email must include a brief, third-person bio.
- Please do not submit manuscripts with images and/or artwork, we are also not accepting submissions of erasure or found poetry for the contest.
The Broken River Prize is an annual poetry chapbook contest from Platypus Press. Each year a different poet will judge the contest—this year’s judge is poet and teacher Eduardo C. Corral.
Call for Submissions: 3Elements Review
Submissions for 3Elements Review Issue 20-- Stained Glass, Bus Stop, and Canopy-- close July 31! All three terms must be used in any poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction submissions. Art and photography must represent at least one element.
Our content is almost always 100% unsolicited, and we nominate for Pushcart, Best of the Net, and other awards. We have published new and well-known writers and artists from around the world, and we do not charge a reading fee for regular submissions. Expedited and feedback options are also available.
Our content is almost always 100% unsolicited, and we nominate for Pushcart, Best of the Net, and other awards. We have published new and well-known writers and artists from around the world, and we do not charge a reading fee for regular submissions. Expedited and feedback options are also available.
Deadline is July 31. Issue will be released October 1.
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Writing Competition: Baby Boomer Literary Anthology
SUBMIT TO THE BOOM! PROJECT MULTI-GENRE ANTHOLOGY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15
Writers, poets and storytellers born between 1946 and 1964 are invited to submit memoir, fiction, essay, poetry or interview— between June 1 and September 15—for publication in an edited anthology to be published in summer 2019. Submissions must be composed by persons who came of age, or are living now, along the Ohio River Valley—From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Cairo, Illinois.
We are looking for humorous, quirky and zany writers, urban and rural writers, farmhands and praying hands, professionals and porch sitters, teachers and learners, soldiers and sailors and civil rights protesters.
The editors are two baby boomer writers, Bonnie Omer Johnson and Kimberly Crum, who believe it is time for our generation to lift our voices again, to preserve the past and inspire the future. In 4,000 words or less, write about life as a member of our loud, proud Baby Boom generation. Flash pieces are welcome.
This contest is NOT blind. We want to get to know you. In fact, please include, as your cover letter, a flash essay that pertains to your experience as a Baby Boomer, the inspiration for your submission and your affiliation with the Ohio Valley.
The anthology will be published by Butler Books, a well-respected publisher, since 1989, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Entry fee is $12 through the Submittable link. Persons without Internet access may send entries to:
PO Box 7182
Louisville, KY. 40057
Selected writing will receive publication, a $100 cash award and five copies of the anthology, as well as future copies at cost and a chance to read at local libraries and bookstores. All stories must be original. We will consider reprints. Charges associated with permission to reprint will be the responsibility of the writer.
We look forward to reading your work!
Sincerely,
Kim and Bonnie
Writers, poets and storytellers born between 1946 and 1964 are invited to submit memoir, fiction, essay, poetry or interview— between June 1 and September 15—for publication in an edited anthology to be published in summer 2019. Submissions must be composed by persons who came of age, or are living now, along the Ohio River Valley—From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Cairo, Illinois.
We are looking for humorous, quirky and zany writers, urban and rural writers, farmhands and praying hands, professionals and porch sitters, teachers and learners, soldiers and sailors and civil rights protesters.
The editors are two baby boomer writers, Bonnie Omer Johnson and Kimberly Crum, who believe it is time for our generation to lift our voices again, to preserve the past and inspire the future. In 4,000 words or less, write about life as a member of our loud, proud Baby Boom generation. Flash pieces are welcome.
This contest is NOT blind. We want to get to know you. In fact, please include, as your cover letter, a flash essay that pertains to your experience as a Baby Boomer, the inspiration for your submission and your affiliation with the Ohio Valley.
The anthology will be published by Butler Books, a well-respected publisher, since 1989, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Entry fee is $12 through the Submittable link. Persons without Internet access may send entries to:
PO Box 7182
Louisville, KY. 40057
Selected writing will receive publication, a $100 cash award and five copies of the anthology, as well as future copies at cost and a chance to read at local libraries and bookstores. All stories must be original. We will consider reprints. Charges associated with permission to reprint will be the responsibility of the writer.
We look forward to reading your work!
Sincerely,
Kim and Bonnie
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Writing Awards; Nominations for the Best of the Net Anthology
Nominations are now open for the annual Best of the Net anthology from Sundress Publications. This anthology promotes the diverse and growing collection of voices who are publishing their work online and serves to bring greater respect to an innovative and continually expanding medium.
Nominations must have originally appeared online, and must have been first published or appeared on the web between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018.
Nominations must come from the editor of the publication (journal, chapbook, online press, etc.), or, if the work is self-published, it must be sent by the author. For journals and presses, each entry may include up to six poems, two stories, and two works of creative nonfiction for consideration. For individuals sending self-published work, please send no more than two pieces regardless of genre.
Please include both the URL of the poem, story, or essay as well as a full text version in a Word or RTF document. Nominations must also include the author's name and email address as well as the name, contact info, and URL of the journal.
Submissions must be sent via email to:
bestofthenetATsundresspublicationsDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
between July 1st and September 30th, 2018.
See the full submission guidelines here.
Writing Competition: Julia Peterkin Award for Flash Fiction
Julia Peterkin Award for Flash Fiction - $500 prize
Deadline: August 25, 2018
South 85 Journal is relaunching Converse College MFA program’s Julia Peterkin awards, starting with an all-new summer flash fiction contest. Like past awards, the contest will honor Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Peterkin.
Submit your previously unpublished fiction of 850 words or less. One winner will receive a cash prize of $500, and four runners up will receive recognition but no prize. As always, we are especially interested in stories that demonstrate a strong voice and/or a sense of place, but we consider all quality writing.
Entry Fee: $12.00
For more information or to submit, visit our contest page on Submittable.
Deadline: August 25, 2018
South 85 Journal is relaunching Converse College MFA program’s Julia Peterkin awards, starting with an all-new summer flash fiction contest. Like past awards, the contest will honor Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Peterkin.
Submit your previously unpublished fiction of 850 words or less. One winner will receive a cash prize of $500, and four runners up will receive recognition but no prize. As always, we are especially interested in stories that demonstrate a strong voice and/or a sense of place, but we consider all quality writing.
Entry Fee: $12.00
For more information or to submit, visit our contest page on Submittable.
Call for Submissions: Raleigh Review
Deadline: October 31, 2018
Raleigh Review is now accepting poetry, flash fiction, and short fiction submissions for the Spring 2019 issue. Raleigh Review is a biannual print publication with beautiful cover art, high-quality paper, full-color interior art, and stunning writing. We are looking for work that is emotionally and intellectually complex.
All submissions are online; there is a small fee to submit.
We pay $10 per piece plus one free contributor’s copy and a discount on additional copies.
See full guidelines here and browse the archives while you’re there!
Raleigh Review is now accepting poetry, flash fiction, and short fiction submissions for the Spring 2019 issue. Raleigh Review is a biannual print publication with beautiful cover art, high-quality paper, full-color interior art, and stunning writing. We are looking for work that is emotionally and intellectually complex.
All submissions are online; there is a small fee to submit.
We pay $10 per piece plus one free contributor’s copy and a discount on additional copies.
See full guidelines here and browse the archives while you’re there!
Call for Submissions on Theme of Lost and Found: The Chattahoochee Review
Deadline: September 15, 2018 or until filled
Call for Submissions: Lost & Found. This double issue of The Chattahoochee Review is filling fast! Submissions will close in September or when the issue fills.
Call for Submissions on Theme of Addiction, Recovery, Incarceration, Rehabilitation, and Community: The Fourth River
To honor the 10th anniversary of Chatham University’s Words Without Walls program, The Fourth River is calling for poetry, fiction and nonfiction that engages issues of addiction, recovery, incarceration, rehabilitation and community. Here, “nature” could mean human nature; “place” might mean a classroom, a prison cell, a neighborhood, a city, a state of being in which one lives, questions, struggles, educates, learns, transforms or creates. We are interested in work that offers varied, nuanced, artful perspectives on the theme.
Submit 3-5 poems or up to 7K words of prose.
For more guidelines, please visit us at our website.
Deadline September 1, 2018
Submit 3-5 poems or up to 7K words of prose.
For more guidelines, please visit us at our website.
Deadline September 1, 2018
Call for Submissions: Panoply
Panoply is now for submissions for Issue 10, now through July 22.
We publish a wide array of poetry and short prose, read blind, nominate for the Pushcart, and would love to read your work.
Please visit our website for more details. Thanks for thinking of Panoply.
We publish a wide array of poetry and short prose, read blind, nominate for the Pushcart, and would love to read your work.
Please visit our website for more details. Thanks for thinking of Panoply.
Chapbook Competition: Gold Line Press
Deadline: August 1, 2018
Gold Line Press is open for chapbook submissions.
Send us 7,500-15,000 words of prose or 20-30 pages of poetry by August 1.
Our judges are Tongo Eisen-Martin (poetry), Dodie Bellamy (fiction), and Eve Ewing and Hanif Abdurraqib (nonfiction).
Winners receive $500 prize plus publication of a perfect-bound chapbook with ISBN.
See full contest guidelines and submit via Submittable here.
Entry Fee: $20.00 (USA/Canada) $23.00 (International)
Gold Line Press is open for chapbook submissions.
Send us 7,500-15,000 words of prose or 20-30 pages of poetry by August 1.
Our judges are Tongo Eisen-Martin (poetry), Dodie Bellamy (fiction), and Eve Ewing and Hanif Abdurraqib (nonfiction).
Winners receive $500 prize plus publication of a perfect-bound chapbook with ISBN.
See full contest guidelines and submit via Submittable here.
Entry Fee: $20.00 (USA/Canada) $23.00 (International)
Writing Competition: Naugatuck River Review 10th Narrative Poetry Contest
Naugatuck River Review SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN for our 10th narrative poetry contest from July 1 - Sept. 1, 2018. Our final judge this year is Allison Joseph. Guidelines are below.
GUIDELINES:
PLEASE READ THE GUIDELINES BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR WORK.
We accept ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS ONLY through Submittable.
Please submit no more than 3 unpublished NARRATIVE poems (for our definition of narrative poetry, see below). Submit your best work if you wish to win the contest. Please, no more than 50 lines per poem in ONE MSWord file, Times New Roman or Callibri 11 preferred (.doc or .docx or .rtf preferred, pdf if complicated formatting only). Please remove your name from your file, as the poetry is read blind by our editorial staff and judge. DO NOT use fancy formats, bold or imbedded formatting unless your poem is in complicated formatting, in which case go ahead and submit in in a pdf.
Questions ONLY: Feel free to email us at:
naugatuckriverATaolDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
The $20 submission fee for the contest goes towards publication of both issues for the year, prizes, contributor copies and publicity. We have no other source of income besides sales and subscriptions.
First prize is $1000 for one poem, second prize is $250 and third prize is $100.
All poems will be considered for publication. Winners, finalists and semi-finalists will be offered publication in the winter/spring 2019 issue of NRR.
Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as you let us know right away if your poem has been picked up by another publication. We claim first North American publication rights, so rights revert to the author after the initial publication period, just please give us credit. We will only consider work that has not been previously published. Member CLMP.
WHAT IS NARRATIVE POETRY?
What NRR is looking for are poems that tell a story, or have a strong sense of story. They can be stories of a moment or an experience, and can be personal, fictional or historical. A good narrative poem that would work for our journal has a compressed narrative, and we prefer poems that take up two pages or less of the journal (50 lines max). We are looking above all for poems that are well-crafted, have an excellent lyric quality and contain a strong emotional core. Any style of poem is considered, including prose poems. Poems with very long lines don’t fit well in the format.
To submit, go here or to the direct link on Submittable.
GUIDELINES:
PLEASE READ THE GUIDELINES BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR WORK.
We accept ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS ONLY through Submittable.
Please submit no more than 3 unpublished NARRATIVE poems (for our definition of narrative poetry, see below). Submit your best work if you wish to win the contest. Please, no more than 50 lines per poem in ONE MSWord file, Times New Roman or Callibri 11 preferred (.doc or .docx or .rtf preferred, pdf if complicated formatting only). Please remove your name from your file, as the poetry is read blind by our editorial staff and judge. DO NOT use fancy formats, bold or imbedded formatting unless your poem is in complicated formatting, in which case go ahead and submit in in a pdf.
Questions ONLY: Feel free to email us at:
naugatuckriverATaolDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
The $20 submission fee for the contest goes towards publication of both issues for the year, prizes, contributor copies and publicity. We have no other source of income besides sales and subscriptions.
First prize is $1000 for one poem, second prize is $250 and third prize is $100.
All poems will be considered for publication. Winners, finalists and semi-finalists will be offered publication in the winter/spring 2019 issue of NRR.
Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as you let us know right away if your poem has been picked up by another publication. We claim first North American publication rights, so rights revert to the author after the initial publication period, just please give us credit. We will only consider work that has not been previously published. Member CLMP.
WHAT IS NARRATIVE POETRY?
What NRR is looking for are poems that tell a story, or have a strong sense of story. They can be stories of a moment or an experience, and can be personal, fictional or historical. A good narrative poem that would work for our journal has a compressed narrative, and we prefer poems that take up two pages or less of the journal (50 lines max). We are looking above all for poems that are well-crafted, have an excellent lyric quality and contain a strong emotional core. Any style of poem is considered, including prose poems. Poems with very long lines don’t fit well in the format.
To submit, go here or to the direct link on Submittable.
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