Writing Competition: Charlene Kushner Wicked Woman Poetry Prize

Brickhouse Books announces the Charlene Kushner Wicked Woman Poetry Prize!

 

We are looking for a full-length (42-64 pp.) poetry manuscript about a woman (or women) who challenged expectations or broke the mold. Our judge is noted poet, Rose Solari. The prize is publication plus $250. The contest opens for submissions in September.

 

Entry Fee: $10.00

 

Deadline: Jan. 1, 2019

 

Rose Solari is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, The Last Girl, Orpheus in the Park, and Difficult Weather; the one-act play, Looking for Guenevere; and a novel, A Secret Woman. She has lectured and taught writing workshops at many institutions, including the University of Maryland, College Park; St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland; Arizona State University, Tempe; and The Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Oxford in England. Her awards include the Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize, an Academy of American Poets’ University Prize, The Columbia Book Award, and an EMMA award for excellence in journalism. She is currently at work on a second novel.

 

Enter here.

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Writing Competition: Chautauqua Janus Prize

Submissions for our second Chautauqua Janus Prize are officially open!

The winner, selected by guest judge Vi Khi Nao, will be awarded $5000, a week-long residency at Chautauqua Institution, and publication in a future issue of Chautauqua: The Literary Journal of Chautauqua Institution.

Entry Fee: $20.00

Deadline 1/15/19. Learn more here.

Call for Submissions: Rune Bear

Rune Bear is seeking 300-word stories in the nebula of speculative fiction. We publish horror, science-fiction, slipstream, all-the-punks, fantasy, myth, and strange thoughts, as long as the content is under 300-words and forms some kind of narrative. At the moment, we do not pay.

Stories should be sent to:

runebearmagATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

with the title "Weekly Submission." Include a 2-3 sentence bio with any links you would like to share. No simultaneous submissions, although multiple submissions are accepted. Use your better judgment on formatting.

See more at our website.

Call for Submissions to Anthology: What We Talk About When We Talk About It: Variations on the Theme of Love

Darkhouse Books seeks submissions for the third installment in its RIFF literary series, What We Talk About When We Talk About It: Variations on the Theme of Love.

Send us your best poetry or prose on this very broad theme.

What is love, anyhow? You can love your partner, your friend, your country, your dog, cat, rat, your local library, your family, yourself. You can love money, liquor, food, wilderness, or the dive bar on the corner. What does love make people do? What will people give for it? What will they steal? Does the razor love the wrist as a baby loves the breast? Does a baby love the breast or is that just hunger?

Where does sex figure in all of this? Does it?

What we love and do not love: 

• This series leans toward the literary while welcoming all genres, so long as the author has paid close attention to craft. 
• We are not looking for standard romance, but if you think your romance will win our love anyway, send it.
•  Send us work that stands out because of its excellence, of course, but also because of its creative take on the theme and on the craft of writing. Take a risk and do it with panache!
•  When it comes to prose, the editors prefer short and tight, but if you write long and you can prove us wrong, you’re in. 
• We will accept reprints so long as the piece was published more than a year before you submit it, and you are submitting in accordance with the previous publisher’s guidelines, and ours. When submitting reprints, please specify in your cover letter where and when it was previously published.
•  Maximum length is 5,000 words; there is no minimum.

 SUBMISSION Requirements:

Format your piece in 12-point Times New Roman or Courier, double spaced, with initial indents of .five inches, and one-inch margins.

Send your manuscript as .doc or .docx. PLEASE DO NOT SEND IN ANY OTHER FORMAT.

Submit no more than five poems and/or two prose pieces. Submissions may be emailed to:

submissionsATdarkhousebooksDOTcom

and should include the word Love in the subject line.

Submissions will be accepted from November 7, 2018 through midnight (PST) February 28, 2019.

Payment to contributors is 50% of the royalties divided equally among the authors. Further information can be found here.

Writing Competition: River Styx 2019 Microfiction Contest

microfiction contest: River Styx 

2019 Microfiction Contest

$1,500 First Prize
Judged by the editors of River Styx

Submissions are open September 1-December 31, 2018.
500 words maximum per story, up to three stories per entry fee. (Additional stories are accepted with additional fees.)

Choose your entry fee: $10 or $20.
$20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription.
$10 entry fee includes a copy of the issue in which the winning stories will appear.

• Include name and address on the cover letter only.

• First, second, and third place winners will be published in Issue 100.

• All stories will be considered for publication.

• Previously published stories, including those that have appeared on websites, blogs, and personal home pages, are not eligible.

• Judges will remove from consideration any entries they recognize as having been written by writers with whom they have worked or studied.

• Contest results will be announced in April.

River Styx accepts online submissions via Submittable. No email submissions will be considered. As an alternative to Submittable, you may mail your submission, along with entry fee and self-addressed stamped envelope, to the following:

River Styx Microfiction Contest
3139 A, South Grand Blvd. Suite 203
St. Louis, MO 63118

Entries must be received by December 31, 2018.

Call for Submissions: Masque & Spectacle

MASQUE & SPECTACLE is open for submissions! We have two new editors reading for this next issue, as well! James Reitter & Chantel Langlinais Carlson. We're looking for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, weird hybrids, drama, visual art, sound and video art, and reviews! See the guidelines below. There are no fees for submissions. There is no payment either (sorry)... 

 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Masque & Spectacle reads submissions for its bi-annual issues November 1 – February 20 and May 1 – August 20.
We do not accept previously published work, and we ask for First Electronic Rights and Non-Exclusive Archival Rights upon acceptance.
For any queries, please contact us at:
 

masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . ) 

 

 

Fiction & Nonfiction & Unconventional Prose

• We’re interested in prose that has a sense of poetry. We publish fiction, essays, literary journalism, and hybrid formats. Longer works, up to 8,000 words, will be read with delight. Please send all prose submissions to:

 

masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

 

• Please attach written submissions in a single Word doc or docx file.

• Include the word “PROSE” in the email subject line.

Poetry

• We are looking for all forms of poetry, including formal and experimental work. Longer works are acceptable if the content/form necessitate and best self-editing is practiced.

• New poets are as welcome as veterans. Poems that have an association to artistic works (music, visuals, performance, film, etc.) are encouraged. Masque & Spectacle welcomes and encourages a variety of voices, including those that identify themselves as “non-traditional.” The worlds of art and language have no boundaries. No subject is off limits, but exploitive hate or pornographic work will not be accepted. While we fully support creative expression, we are also sensitive to purposefully inflammatory language and images.

• Send 3-5 poems per proposal via email to:

masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

 

as an attached Word doc or docx file. Please make sure that each poem is clearly distinguished from the others included in your attached document.Include the word “POETRY” in the email subject line.

Drama

• We welcome 10-minute plays.. No full-length plays will be considered at this time.

• While traditional plays are welcome, we are particularly interested in innovative and/or interdisciplinary texts that break new ground, either in relation to their subject matter, or in how the text itself is performed/written/represented on stage.

• Playwrights may submit one previously unpublished 10-minute play for consideration. The script should be accompanied by a cover letter, which includes your name, address, phone number, and email address. Proper playwriting format should be used. If you are uncertain about this format, several examples can be found online.

• Send drama submissions to:

 masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

• Attach written submissions in a single Word doc or docx file, and include the word “DRAMA” in the email subject line.

Reviews

• We are looking for reviews of novels, short story collections, poetry (including chapbooks), plays, art criticism, and cultural criticism. 

• Books from small presses are generally preferred over larger ones. Please do not review works by personal friends or teachers/mentors.. Reviews should be honest, critical, and have an unbiased, fair tone. We do not want “cheerleaders” or “bashers.” By the end of your review, readers should have a good understanding of what the book is about, what the author is attempting to do, an insight into the ideal audience for the work, and potential strengths and weaknesses of it.

• Reviews should be 750-1,000 words and follow the most recent MLA format. All reviews should include Title, author, publisher, year, ISBN, and number of pages of the book. At the end of the review, please provide a brief bio and your qualifications as a reviewer.

• Please send a query email about potential titles to review to:

 

masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

• Include the word “BOOK REVIEW” in the email subject line.

Visual Art

• Please send files as jpgs and include any captions with titles, materials, canvas size, names of performers, etc. in email. Please send all art submissions to:

masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

 

• Include your last name in the file name and the word “ART” in the email subject line.

Video

• For initial consideration, please send a YouTube or Vimeo link to your video. Send all video submissions to:

masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

• Please include the word “VIDEO” in the email subject line.

Music & Sound Installation

• Please attach all MP3 files with titles and your last name in the file title. Send all sound submissions to:

masqueandspectacleATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

• Include the word “SOUND” in the email subject line.

Call for submissions: Italian Americana

Italian Americana Call for Submissions

We are now reading poetry, creative non-fiction, memoir and short stories
for our Winter 2019 issue. Deadline: January 1.

Italian Americana, a twice-yearly print journal founded in 1974 to promote
Italian American scholarship and literature, is now based at Loyola
University under editor Carla A. Simonini. Its recent featured poets have
included Ned Balbo, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, and Anne Marie Macari. We are
looking for fresh poetry on any topic by writers of Italian heritage on one
or both sides of their family. We have no special preference for poems on
Italian-related subjects. Excellence of the work is the only criterion.

Please follow the guidelines here.

We look forward to reading your work!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Hope your day was filled with good company and good food.

Writing Competition: International Literary Awards

International Literary Awards Submission Period Now Open

Deadline: February 28, 2019 

Penelope Niven Prize in CNF (Judged by Melissa Febos), Reynolds Price Prize in Fiction (Judged by Jennine Crucet), & Rita Dove Prize in Poetry (Judged by Marilyn Nelson).

Early bird submission fee of $10 for entries submitted prior to 1 December; Submission fee of $15 afterwards.

First prize of $1000 in each genre; $150 honorable mention. Complete guidelines on our website.

Call for Submissions: The Flexible Persona

Deadline: Rolling
The Flexible Persona, a literary magazine based in Troy, NY, seeks fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and flash fiction for both its online publication and its Spring 2019 print issue (Vol. 04 No. 01).

We pay for both print and online publication. We publish poets and writers from around the English-speaking world.

Payment: 
$15-$50 -- prose
$10-$35 -- poetry

Please visit the site to read current and past pieces or to order an issue.

Call for Poetry Submissions: Abyss & Apex

Abyss & Apex, a Hugo-nominated semipro-zine, is accepting Poetry* submissions for the January and April 2019 issues during the month of November 2018 only. We publish emotionally resonant poems that transcends genre.

Submit your literary-quality poetry with a clear speculative element (fantasy, science fiction, or surrealism in any combination). Please read the poetry in several issues before submitting to get a sense of our aesthetics and editorial focus. We may suggest edits that strengthen your work.

Visit our venue for more details.

And please follow the guidelines. Ask if you are uncertain about anything.

John C. Mannone
Poetry Editor

*Note: Fiction is on a different schedule 

Call for Submissions from Undergraduates: Equinox

Equinox is a student-run journal of contemporary literature and art at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Undergraduate instructors, please encourage your students to submit!

We encourage all undergraduate students to submit fiction, poetry, or artwork. We are in search of creative work that presents memorable situations, impresses with vivid language and satisfies with fully developed characters. The deadline for submissions is February 1st, 2019.

The magazine offers the Equinox/David Jauss Prizes in Fiction, Poetry, and Art. The prizes include cash awards of $100 each.

Please visit our submissions page for more information.

Writing Competition: Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize

JACOBS/JONES AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERARY PRIZE
Postmark Deadline: January 2 (annual)
Submissions Accepted: November 1 – January 2

 

The Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize honors Harriet Jacobs and Thomas Jones, two pioneering African-American writers from North Carolina, and seeks to convey the rich and varied existence of Black North Carolinians. The contest is administered by the Creative Writing Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The winner receives $1,000 and possible publication of the winning entry in The Carolina Quarterly.

 

Eligibility and Guidelines

 

The competition is open to any African-American writer whose primary residence is in North Carolina.

 

Entries may be fiction or creative nonfiction, but must be unpublished, no more than 3,000 words, and concerned with the lives and experiences of North Carolina African-Americans. Entries may be excerpts from longer works, but must be self-contained. Entries will be judged on literary merit.

 

An entry fee must accompany each submission: $10 for NCWN members, $20 for nonmembers. You may submit multiple entries, but the correct fee must accompany each one.

 

You may pay the members' entry fee if you join the NCWN when you submit.

 

Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.

 

If submitting by mail, submit two copies of an unpublished manuscript, not to exceed 3,000 words, on single-sided pages, double-spaced, in black 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins.

 

The author’s name should not appear on the manuscript. Instead, include a separate cover sheet with name, address, phone number, e-mail address, word count, and manuscript title.

 

To submit by USPS:

Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize
UNC Creative Writing Program
Attn: Anita Braxton
Greenlaw Hall, CB#3520
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3520

 

To submit online, go here. Submittable will collect your entry fee via credit card ($10 NCWN members / $20 nonmembers). (If submitting online, do not include a cover sheet with your document; Submittable will collect and record your name and contact information.)

Entries will not be returned.

The winner will be announced in February.
For questions, please contact:

 

edATncwritersDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Writing Competition: Sequestrum Editor's Reprint Awards

Sequestrum is accepting submissions for our fifth annual Editor's Reprint Award! Over $500 will be awarded to previously-published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. For complete guidelines, go here.

Contest Guidelines:

Open to reprints of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in any original format (electronic or print).
Prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry will be judged separately, with one first-prize winner for each genre.

One first-prize winner in each genre will receive $200 plus publication.
Minimum one runner-up prize per genre including publication and payment.

Deadline: April 30, 2019

Finalists listed on the site. 

$15 reading fee.
Include the name and email address of the original publisher in your cover letter.
Length and subject are open.
Submit via our online submission system.
Manuscripts reviewed on a rolling-basis.
Multiple submissions allowed.

No identifying information should be on your manuscript.
Not previously published? No problem! We're always accepting general submissions.

About Sequestrum:
We average 2,500+ readers a month, keep our archives open at pay-what-you-can subscriptions, are a paying market, and pair all our publications with stunning visual arts created by outside artists or our staff. Our contributors range from award-winning novelists and poets (with other works featured in publications including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Glimmer Train, The Kenyon Review, many other university periodicals, and Best American Anthologies) to emerging voices and first-time writers.

We're proud of our little plot on the literary landscape and the writers and artists we share it with. Come see why.

Call for Submissions and Writing Competitions: StoryQuarterly

StoryQuarterly will soon be accepting entries for our fiction and nonfiction contests, as well as general fiction submissions.

General submissions: open 11/1/18-12/15/18

Nonfiction Contest: open 11/9/18-1/12/19. Judge: Brian Blanchfield.

Fiction Contest: open 12/17/18-2/17/19. Judge: Nafissa Thompson-Spires.

Each contest offers a $1000 prize for the winner and publication for the winner and first and second runners-up. 

Entry Fee: $15.00

For full details or to enter, please visit our website. 

Call for Submissions on the Theme of the Elemental West: Green Theory and Praxis Journal

Green Theory and Praxis Journal
Call for Submissions for Special Creative Writing Issue: Elemental West

Green Theory and Praxis Journal, a publication dedicated to expanding and challenging classic scholarship on environmental issues, seeks poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for its special Creative Writing issue “Elemental West.” We are interested in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that explore the role of the elements in the changing climate of the Western United States and its intersections with class, race, and/or gender.

Poetry
Submit up to three previously unpublished poems in any style. Poems may be single-spaced and should use a standard font. Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as GTPJ is notified if your work is accepted elsewhere.

Fiction
Submit up to three flash stories (1000 words or less) or microfiction (300 words or less) in any genre. Or, submit one story in any genre of up to 5000 words. Stories should be double-spaced and use a standard font. Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as GTPJ is notified if your work is accepted elsewhere.

Creative Nonfiction
Submit up to three lyric or micro essays (750 words or less). Or, submit one essay of up to 5000 words. Essays should be double-spaced and use a standard font. Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as GTPJ is notified if your work is accepted elsewhere.

Email your file as a .doc or .docx to Candace Nadon at:

greentheoryandpraxisATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Include contact information on the first page of your file. Include a brief biography in the body of your email, and clearly indicate the category in which you are submitting. Submissions close December 1, 2018.

Visit our website for more information.

Call for Submissions: Into the Void

Deadline: December 7, 2018

Award-winning print & online journal Into the Void is open to submissions of flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, & visual art for Issue 11 until December 7. 

Payment is $5 per page of the print magazine and a contributor copy. No theme, no reading fees.

Send us something that makes us feel alive. Full details here.

Writing Competition: Lamar York Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction

Deadline: January 31, 2019

The Chattahoochee Review awards two prizes of $1,000 each and publication to a story and essay in the annual Lamar York Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction. The prize honors the founder and former editor of The Chattahoochee Review. Entries of up to 6,000 words are accepted from November 1 to January 31.

Entry Fee: $18.00 (includes subscription to Chattahoochee Review)

Kevin Wilson will judge in fiction and Adriana Páramo will judge in nonfiction.

Call for Submissions to Anthology on Seoul, South Korea: Fiction Writers in Seoul

Deadline: January 31, 2019

Fiction Writers in Seoul is seeking short stories under 6,000 words that are set in and/or about the city of Seoul for an anthology. Submissions of all genres are welcome. As a token of our dedication to quality, we will pay $.05 per word for accepted submissions.

Please send your submission to:

submissionDOTficwriseoulATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

as an attachment. Multiple and simultaneous submissions are accepted, and there is no reading fee. Estimated response time is up to twelve weeks.

Please note that the anthology will also be translated into Korean and pitched to traditional Korean publishers.

Call for Submissions on Theme of All Things Emerald: Aji Magazine

Aji magazine invites poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, graphic art, and photography on any subject. For our Spring 2019 issue, we are especially interested in all things emerald—emerald cities, emerald isles, green-eyed monsters, velvet curtains, malachite, the bottom of a wine bottle, the mysterious green cicada, the shallows of the Green River. 

Send your gems to the submission link on our website. Submissions will close when the issue is full, probably early to mid-January 2019.

Writing Fellowship: Fort Lyon Fellowship

Residency Opportunity: Lighthouse Writers Workshop

Apply by December 1!

Advanced writers with teaching experience are invited to apply for the Fort Lyon Fellowship, which offers professional writers the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline in a scenic, natural environment while providing hands-on creative writing instruction to homeless veterans in Colorado.

Writers will be invited to stay at the Fort Lyon campus, in the Arkansas Valley in southeastern Colorado, for four weeks, and will be provided a $2,500 stipend, as well as meals and transportation to and from the Denver area.

Find details, including previous residents and application guidelines, on our website.

Writing Competition: The Baltimore Review

The theme for The Baltimore Review’s winter contest is “Tools.”

Why? We’re helpless without them. Gadgets, gizmos, implements, utensils, devices, contraptions, instruments, equipment. Power drills, corkscrews, Swiss Army knives, hammers, cherry pitters, paint brushes, curling irons, scissors, staplers, forceps, tweezers, chisels, pitch pipes, pens. And more.

Submit your poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction to our Submittable Contest category.
Three winners will be selected from among all entries. All submissions considered for publication.

Prizes are $500, $200, and $100. Entry fee is $10. Final judge: Geoff Becker.

Deadline: November 30, 2018. For more information, visit our website.

Call for Submissions: Gyroscope Review

We are now reading for the Winter issue of Gyroscope Review!

Deadline: Dec. 15, 2018.

Gyroscope Review is open to all genres of contemporary poetry including sci-fi, fantasy and horror. Emerging and established poets welcome.

If you write seasonal poetry, please keep it winter themed.

Our submission guidelines.

We do not charge a submission fee.

To get an idea of what we like to publish, read our previous issues online or order the print format from Amazon.

Read, enjoy, submit!

Call for Presentations and Panel Proposals: The West Chester Poetry Center Writing Conference

"Setting Out for the Sublime: Voice, Verse, and Craft"

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The West Chester Poetry Center welcomes scholarly/critical submissions in anticipation of presenting at our annual conference, June 5-8, 2019. We are especially interested in writing and presentations associated with, but not limited to:

-- Formal poetics and versification;
-- Biographical investigation, examination, analysis of, etc. poets working in forms;
-- Critical analysis of the work of Anthony Hecht;
-- Narrative craft in poetry;
-- Poetry as found in the veteran and activist experience(s).

Please submit a 200-400 wrd. abstract w/ (working) title along with a CV to:

watersjATetownDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

no later than Dec. 1, 2018.

We are also open to submission for panel presentations concerning the topics listed above, as well as:

-- Poetry pedagogy in the high school classroom;
-- Poetry as interdisciplinary media for a given purpose;
-- Interdisciplinary and/or interrelated engagements with music and poetry;
-- Underrepresented voices of formal poets in contemporary poetry.

Please submit a 200-400 wrd. summary of panel topic with title; time needed for panel; number of participants; names of participants to be contacted/already contacted about participation.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Jesse Waters, Director, West Chester Poetry Center and Bowers Writers House at Elizabethtown College
22 Parkview Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
717-279-1015

Call for Submissions: Nebo: A Literary Journal

Please consider submitting your work to Nebo: A Literary Journal, Arkansas Tech University’s literary journal. Nebo has been publishing quality work for 45 years and has published writers from all over the world.

Nebo accepts submissions year round. We’re interested in all kinds of creative work—fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama, comics, art, etc.

Send your submissions as an attachment to: 

neboATatuDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

Please include a brief, 3rd person author bio of no more than 100 words.

Simultaneous submissions and multiple submissions are fine. Please let us know if your work gets accepted for publication elsewhere.

We are also happy to consider reprints from print journals. Please let us know where the piece was published previously.

Submissions should include no more than 5,000 words of prose, five poems, or 20 pages of comics.

Writing Competition: Hamlin Garland Award for the Short Story

Deadline: December 10, 2018

The Beloit Fiction Journal invites submissions for the Hamlin Garland Award for the Short Story. A prize of $2,000 will be awarded to the top unpublished story. 

$20 reading fee. Bonnie Nadzam will judge.

Submission information can be found on our website.

Call for Submissions: The Phoenix

Deadline: December 1, 2018

Yearly literary magazine The Phoenix is open to submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, and cross-genre work for its 60th issue until December 1, 2018.

We seek evocative work that challenges the way we view ourselves and the world we are a part of. This year we are also open to comics and hybrid work under our “etcetera” genre. Both emerging and established writers are invited to submit. Please view our submission guidelines.

Call for Submissions: borrowed solace

Deadline: December 1, 2018
borrowed solace is on its fourth issue, and seeking submissions for an unthemed edition. We accept nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art. We close for submissions December 1, 2018.

Submit your work here. We can’t wait to see what you will submit and hope you contribute to our dream of sailing the literary seas.

Call for Submissions: Tahoma Literary Review

Tahoma Literary Review is now reading for Issue 14 (spring 2019).

We pay professional rates for fiction, nonfiction, flash, and poetry. We are committed to supporting the literary community.

On our web page, you can find our Transparency Index, which shows how we use the fees we collect, and you can check out SoundCloud recordings of some of our contributions. We’re reading for this issue through November 30.

Tahoma Literary Review

Writing Competition: riverSedge

Since 1977, riverSedge has published the very best art and literature from the South Texas region and beyond. While our name reflects the specific geographical and cultural nuances of the Rio Grande Valley, riverSedge represents a neologism that connotes so much more, and well beyond the confines of our region—such as divisions, transgressions, (re)definitions, (re)memberings, and resistances—throughout the margins of the Americas and all other borderland spaces, identities, and modes of creative expression. Past artists and authors include Barry Deutsch, Eleanor L. Bennett, Larry McMurtry, Rolando Hinojosa, Angela de Hoyos, Alurista, Naomi Shihab Nye, Lee Blessing, and Sandra Cisneros.

For our 2019 Submissions Period, all submissions (except reviews, interviews, and Remolinos) are eligible for contest prizes in three categories: Poetry, Prose, and Art.

For complete guidelines and to submit your work, go here.


Entry Fee: $5.00

Awards: $200 in each category

Deadline: March 1, 2019

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Writing Competitions: F(r)iction

F(r)iction currently has three writing contests going.

We are seeking previously unpublished flash fiction, short fiction, and poetry for our winter contests! The editorial staff enjoys writing that celebrates the weird, takes risks, and is driven by a strong, unique voice.

Authors of selected work will receive a cash prize—$1000 for short fiction, $300 for flash fiction and poetry. All entries will be considered for publication in an upcoming issue of F(r)iction.

The deadline to submit work is December 15, 2018.

Depending on the contest, entry fees range from $8.00--$15.00. 

Link to contest info and submission page.

Call for Submissions from Girls ages 14-21: Girls Right the World

Deadline: January 1, 2019

Girls Right the World is a literary journal inviting young, female-identified writers and artists, ages 14-21, to submit work for consideration for the third annual issue.

 We believe girls’ voices transform the world for the better. We accept poetry, prose, and visual art of any style or theme. We ask to be the first to publish your work in North America; after publication, the rights return to you.

Send your best work, in English or English translation, to:

girlsrighttheworldATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

by January 1, 2019. Please include a note mentioning your age, where you’re from, and a bit about your submission.

Writing Competition: 2019 Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry

2019 Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry

Deadline: November 15, 2018

Entry Fee: $15.00

Philadelphia Stories hosts the annual Sandy Crimmins National Poetry Prize to celebrate poets of all backgrounds, experience, and styles.

The prize includes a $1,000 cash award and invitation to the awards event in Philadelphia. Three runners up receive $250 each. 

This year's judge is M. Nzadi Keita, a 2017 Pew Fellow in the Arts. Her most recent collection, Brief Evidence of Heaven, sheds light on Anna Murray Douglass, Frederick Douglass’s first wife.

Visit our website for details.