Typehouse Positions Wanted for Issue 18, September 2019
Open Editorial Positions: 2-3 Prose Regular Submission Editors
For this call we are specifically looking for POC, Queer (including bi+, trans, ace, nonbinary, etc.), Disabled and/or Neurodivergent applicants only.
Editor Responsibilities
Regular submission readers (See description below.)
Edit selected submissions for print in the magazine
Proof finished magazine before going to print
All positions will run though the end of September 2019, and can then be continued for further reading periods to be decided each time. Sadly, this is a for the love of it project, as we are just now beginning to be able to pay contributors. However, letters of recommendation, summaries of work performed, and paperwork for using for college requirements are gladly provided.
Time commitment will vary, but is very part time. The first six weeks are a probationary period to ensure that it will be a good fit for everyone, and that keeping up with the responsibilities will work.
Guidelines for Submittable Submission Reading.
We use Submittable for our submission process. http://submittable.com/. It is very easy to use, and we will aid you in learning to maneuver it.
Regular Submission Readers:
Read submissions as they come in, starting with the oldest, and vote “Yes,” “No,” or “Maybe.” Number expected will vary depending on number of submissions, but will be a expected 10 per week, including voting on “Maybe” submissions. No feedback will be needed, although a brief sentence explaining a “Maybe” vote is useful.
Readers have a specified category (prose), however feel free to work in another category if you like. Responses will be tallied, and EIC will stay in contact.. Weeks off for travel or work can be arranged. All editors will be expected to help proof submissions as the end of the period in order to prepare the magazine for going to print.
If you are interested in this position send an email to:
typehouse(at) typehousemagazine(dot)com (Change (at) to @ and (dot) to . )
Include information on your experience with creative writing, publications, writer's groups, schooling, etc., and whether the time and reading period commitment required will work for you. While we do not require receipts, please just state that you fit into one of the specified categories, even if you would prefer not to specify which one.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Writing Competition: The MacGuffin's 24th Annual Poet Hunt Contest
The MacGuffin’s 24th Annual Poet Hunt Contest featuring guest judge Richard Tillinghast
Contest runs April 1 – June 15
One (1) First Place Winner will receive a prize of $500 and publication. Up to two (2) Honorable Mentions may also be awarded and published. Each entrant will receive one free issue of The MacGuffin that includes the winners of the 24th Annual Poet Hunt Contest.
An entry consists of 5 poems and a $15 entry fee and can be submitted via Submittable, email, or post.
Full guidelines can be found here.
Contest runs April 1 – June 15
One (1) First Place Winner will receive a prize of $500 and publication. Up to two (2) Honorable Mentions may also be awarded and published. Each entrant will receive one free issue of The MacGuffin that includes the winners of the 24th Annual Poet Hunt Contest.
An entry consists of 5 poems and a $15 entry fee and can be submitted via Submittable, email, or post.
Full guidelines can be found here.
Call for Submissions to Anthology on Louisville, KY: Belt Publishing
Call for Submissions: Louisville Anthology
Belt Publishing will be publishing an anthology of essays and poems about Louisville, Kentucky, in 2020 as part of the City Anthology Series.
We are seeking nonfiction stories, reflections, poems, and reported essays from and about Louisville that evoke the place in compelling ways and seek to provide some insight to both locals and visitors or engaged outsiders into Louisville’s complex identity.
Deadline for submissions: July 15, 2019. Contributors will receive an honorarium.
Full submission guidelines here.
Writing Competition: 5th Annual Chalotte Mew Chapbook Contest
Headmistress Press announces our 5th annual Chalotte Mew Chapbook Contest. OPEN NOW! Winner receives $300 plus 20 copies of the winning book. All entries will be considered for publication. Contest closes on July 4, 2019.
Sliding scale reading fee ($10.00--$20.00), with fee waived upon request.
Our judge for this year is Robin Becker.
For more information and to enter, go here.
Sliding scale reading fee ($10.00--$20.00), with fee waived upon request.
Our judge for this year is Robin Becker.
For more information and to enter, go here.
Call for Novella Submissions: Los Galesburg
Los Galesburg is reading novella manuscripts for our first catalogue.
Send us 65-160 pages of your best fiction.
Submit your work here.
Send us 65-160 pages of your best fiction.
Submit your work here.
Call for Submissions: StoryNews
Call for Creative Nonfiction Submissions
StoryNews is an online magazine that publishes news-related personal memories by people from all walks of life, giving emerging writers the chance to see their work published alongside powerhouses like Audrey Niffenegger (“At the Zoo with Anna Politkovskaya”), Patricia Ann McNair (“One Flew Over”), and Christine Maul Rice (“Goebbel’s Tools”).
We don’t charge a reading fee. We respond to submissions within three weeks. And we pay $20 USD per published story.
For full guidelines and submission form, please go here.
If you have questions, please email our managing editor at:
jessATstorynewsDOTnet (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
StoryNews is an online magazine that publishes news-related personal memories by people from all walks of life, giving emerging writers the chance to see their work published alongside powerhouses like Audrey Niffenegger (“At the Zoo with Anna Politkovskaya”), Patricia Ann McNair (“One Flew Over”), and Christine Maul Rice (“Goebbel’s Tools”).
We don’t charge a reading fee. We respond to submissions within three weeks. And we pay $20 USD per published story.
For full guidelines and submission form, please go here.
If you have questions, please email our managing editor at:
jessATstorynewsDOTnet (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Call for Submissions to Anthology on Subject of "Eve": Orison Books
Orison Books invites submissions of poems on the subject of the Biblical character Eve for a forthcoming anthology, to be edited by Luke Hankins and Nomi Stone. Send up to 4 poems in Word or RTF format for consideration to
editorATorisonbooksDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
along with a biographical note of 50 words or less. Use "Eve Anthology" as the subject line.
Poems may be new or previously published; if previously published, please include information about where they originally appeared. Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the anthology and a discount on any additional copies.
Submission deadline: July 1.
editorATorisonbooksDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
along with a biographical note of 50 words or less. Use "Eve Anthology" as the subject line.
Poems may be new or previously published; if previously published, please include information about where they originally appeared. Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the anthology and a discount on any additional copies.
Submission deadline: July 1.
Call for Submissions: New Rivers Press
Call for experimental/short nonfiction manuscripts.
New Rivers Press is looking for manuscripts of creative nonfiction, essays, experimental, mixed-genre, and multi-genre work between 70 and 120 pages in length. Include contact information and a brief artistic biography with publication history.
Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Submission Fee: $5.00
Deadline: June 30, 2019
New Rivers Press is looking for manuscripts of creative nonfiction, essays, experimental, mixed-genre, and multi-genre work between 70 and 120 pages in length. Include contact information and a brief artistic biography with publication history.
Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Submission Fee: $5.00
Deadline: June 30, 2019
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Writing Competition: Spokane Prize for Short Fiction
Spokane Prize for Short Fiction - $2000 Prize + Publication
Deadline: June 15, 2019
Willow Springs Books is now accepting submissions for the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. We offer a $2,000 prize for a previously unpublished book-length manuscript (minimum 98 pages, 3 short stories). Previous winners include: Dariel Suarez, Jaclyn Watterson, Glori Simmons, and Molly Giles.
Willow Springs Books in a self-funded, non-profit press housed in Eastern Washington University’s MFA program directed by poet Christopher Howell.
Please direct any questions to the managing editor Taylor Waring, at:
willowspringsbooksATgmailDOTcom
Reading fee $27.50
Deadline June 15th.
Submit here or visit our website for more information.
Deadline: June 15, 2019
Willow Springs Books is now accepting submissions for the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. We offer a $2,000 prize for a previously unpublished book-length manuscript (minimum 98 pages, 3 short stories). Previous winners include: Dariel Suarez, Jaclyn Watterson, Glori Simmons, and Molly Giles.
Willow Springs Books in a self-funded, non-profit press housed in Eastern Washington University’s MFA program directed by poet Christopher Howell.
Please direct any questions to the managing editor Taylor Waring, at:
willowspringsbooksATgmailDOTcom
Reading fee $27.50
Deadline June 15th.
Submit here or visit our website for more information.
Writing Competition: Bellevue Literary Review
Bellevue Literary Review Prizes
Deadline: July 1, 2019
Bellevue Literary Review’s annual prizes recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind.
$1,000 Poetry Prize (Judge: DéLana R.A. Dameron), $1,000 Nonfiction Prize (Judge: Sheri Fink), $1,000 Fiction Prize (Judge: Bryan Washington).
We welcome submissions from March 1–July 1. Entry fee $20 ($30 includes subscription).
Deadline: July 1, 2019
Bellevue Literary Review’s annual prizes recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind.
$1,000 Poetry Prize (Judge: DéLana R.A. Dameron), $1,000 Nonfiction Prize (Judge: Sheri Fink), $1,000 Fiction Prize (Judge: Bryan Washington).
We welcome submissions from March 1–July 1. Entry fee $20 ($30 includes subscription).
Publishing Fellowship: Milkweed
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Milkweed Fellowship, a salaried, 1–2 year immersion program designed to offer a comprehensive experience in book publishing for individuals who may not otherwise have access or means to pursue a career in the industry.
The Milkweed Fellowship is grounded in our belief that books have the potential to change the way we see the world, and that equity is essential to a vibrant, diverse, and empowered literary ecosystem. We’re pleased to introduce this program on the heels of relaunching our internship program as a paid program earlier this year.
The Milkweed Fellowship intends to provide an alternative route to success in an industry where the prerequisite to an entry-level position is typically an unpaid internship. This learning-oriented position seeks to provide entry to those historically underrepresented among workers in book publishing—Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQIA+ folx, and those with disabilities—so they may advance, discover, and champion transformative literature for years to come.
This position is based in our Minneapolis offices and is full time (non-exempt, 40 hours per week, for 12–24 months), beginning in September 2019. Compensation includes a salary of $30,000 per year, generous paid time off, and health and dental benefits. Applications are now open via our Submittable page, and will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. CDT on Thursday, June 6, 2019.
For more information and how to apply, please go here.
Writing Competition: The Masters Review Flash Fiction Prize
Deadline: May 31
The Masters Review is accepting your previously unpublished stories of 1,000 words or fewer to be considered for the $3,000 Flash Fiction Prize guest judged by Kathy Fish. Second and third place will be awarded $300 and $200, respectively, and publication on The Masters Review. All three finalists earn a place in one of Kathy Fish's online Fast Flash© Workshops. We can't wait to read your work!
Kathy Fish has published five collections of short fiction, most recently Wild Life: Collected Works from 2003-2018, from Matter Press. Her award-winning short stories, prose poems, and flash fictions have been published in Denver Quarterly, Indiana Review, Electric Literature, Guernica, and elsewhere. Fish's "Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild", which addresses the scourge of America's gun violence and mass shootings, will appear in an upcoming edition of The Norton Reader.
Enter here.
The Masters Review is accepting your previously unpublished stories of 1,000 words or fewer to be considered for the $3,000 Flash Fiction Prize guest judged by Kathy Fish. Second and third place will be awarded $300 and $200, respectively, and publication on The Masters Review. All three finalists earn a place in one of Kathy Fish's online Fast Flash© Workshops. We can't wait to read your work!
Kathy Fish has published five collections of short fiction, most recently Wild Life: Collected Works from 2003-2018, from Matter Press. Her award-winning short stories, prose poems, and flash fictions have been published in Denver Quarterly, Indiana Review, Electric Literature, Guernica, and elsewhere. Fish's "Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild", which addresses the scourge of America's gun violence and mass shootings, will appear in an upcoming edition of The Norton Reader.
Enter here.
Call for Submissions on Theme of Clothing: Prairie Schooner
Writers are invited to submit their poetry and prose for a special portfolio centered on the theme of clothing in the winter 2019 issue of Prairie Schooner, guest edited by myself, Adrienne Christian.
What we wear (and what we don’t wear) is a highly political act. For example:
--A young black girl may be wearing a dry bathing suit because blacks aren’t allowed in the pool, such as it in Lauren K. Alleyne’s “Variations in Blue.”
--Or, a gentleman may put on his wife’s wedding dress as a Halloween costume, only to discover he likes himself in women’s clothes. He likes himself with smooth calves, teased tresses, lipstick, and mascara. So is it in Michael Waters’s “Wedding Dress.”
--You may also consider Rita Dove’s “The Bistro Six,” Richard Blanco’s “Looking for the Gulf Motel,” and Natasha Trethewey’s “Letter Home.”
What we wear (and what we don’t wear) is a highly political act. For example:
--A lonely woman may be wearing her sexiest lingerie because a handsome man has escaped from the local prison, as is the case in Sandra Alcosser’s “Maximum Security.”
I am looking for pieces that tell tender stories and also feature fashion and clothing in some significant way. Please send up to five pages of unpublished poems or ten pages of prose, along with your contact information and a three-line, third-person bio, to me at
christian.adrienneATrocketmail.DOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
The deadline to submit work is June 15, 2019.
I look forward to reading your work.
Most sincerely,
Adrienne Christian
Writing Competition: Orca Cover Letter Contest
Orca Cover Letter Contest
We love cover letters. The best of them are like flash fiction, expressing a story of their own, and making us excited to see the submission they introduce. In fact we like them so much we’ve decided to hold our first Orca Cover Letter Contest.
In 300 words or less, introduce yourself, and/or your submission (real or imagined). Make us laugh, make us cry, make us wish there was a story attached for us to read.
Rules:
· Up to 300 words. Can be about the story submitted (real or imaginary), or about the writer, or both.
· Contest will be open May 13 through August 31.
· You may enter as many times as you like, but only one cover letter per entry.
· Entries must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but entries must be withdrawn if accepted elsewhere.
· Entry fee: $5
· First place: $200. Second place: $75. Third place: $50
· Winners will be announced in September. Winners and honorable mentions will be published in Orca’s second issue in October, 2019
· The Orca staff will judge.
· Up to 300 words. Can be about the story submitted (real or imaginary), or about the writer, or both.
· Contest will be open May 13 through August 31.
· You may enter as many times as you like, but only one cover letter per entry.
· Entries must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but entries must be withdrawn if accepted elsewhere.
· Entry fee: $5
· First place: $200. Second place: $75. Third place: $50
· Winners will be announced in September. Winners and honorable mentions will be published in Orca’s second issue in October, 2019
· The Orca staff will judge.
Submit here.
Orca is also open for regular submissions for our second issue through August 31. We offer 100 no fee submissions each month, and the fee is $3 once that quota is filled.
Call for Submissions: Maximum Tilt Anthology
Maximum Tilt Anthology is a print journal of prose, poetry, hybrid, and graphic narrative.
Born from the Solstice Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program at Pine Manor College, Maximum Tilt Anthology seeks to continue the program’s mission of diversity in every sense of the word and to celebrate the talent and creativity of the Solstice community.
Born from the Solstice Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program at Pine Manor College, Maximum Tilt Anthology seeks to continue the program’s mission of diversity in every sense of the word and to celebrate the talent and creativity of the Solstice community.
Our first issue will be published in July; the first submission deadline is May 31, 2019.
Submissions are open to people outside the immediate Solstice community. We do not offer payment; all proceeds from the sale of this anthology benefit the Writers Helping Writers scholarship fund.
Submission guidelines and more information can be found here.
Submission guidelines and more information can be found here.
Call for Submissions: Embark
Novelists: June 15 is the next submission deadline for Embark, a literary journal that features the openings of unpublished novels.
All genres are welcome. Please check out our submission guidelines here.
All genres are welcome. Please check out our submission guidelines here.
Friday, May 10, 2019
Writers and Artists Residency: The Orchard Keeper Writers Residency
The Orchard Keeper Writers Residency is currently open to applications for one- and two- week residencies from July to December 2019. The Orchard Keeper Writers Residency provides short-term housing for writers and artists on a rustic East Tennessee farm, only ten miles away from Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The guest quarters accommodate one writer or artist at a time. This space has recently been completely remodeled and feels rather new.
The Orchard is a place of inclusivity. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. We particularly welcome applicants of all races, colors, religions, sexual orientations and gender identities.
Residencies are open to writers of all genres and artists who are at least 21 years of age. Residency fees are $25.00 per day. There is no fee to apply.
Please find application instructions and complete guidelines online.
The Orchard is a place of inclusivity. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. We particularly welcome applicants of all races, colors, religions, sexual orientations and gender identities.
Residencies are open to writers of all genres and artists who are at least 21 years of age. Residency fees are $25.00 per day. There is no fee to apply.
Please find application instructions and complete guidelines online.
Call for Submissions from Wisconsin Poets to Anthology: Ariel Anthology Volume 6
Ariel Anthology Volume 6 is now open for poetry submissions (no fee) from adult poets residing in Wisconsin.
Deadline is midnight July 1.
This year's theme is "Intersection: People and Nature."
Please email:
arielanthologyATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
for complete guidelines, length restrictions, and formatting instructions.
Deadline is midnight July 1.
This year's theme is "Intersection: People and Nature."
Please email:
arielanthologyATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
for complete guidelines, length restrictions, and formatting instructions.
Post-Publication First Book Awards: Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Awards
GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION NEW WRITERS AWARDS
Deadline: 6/25/19
Three prizes given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer to honor their first books.
The winners each receive an all-expenses-paid trip to several of the 13 GLCA colleges, each of which pays an honorarium of at least $500, to give readings, meet with students, and lead discussions and classes. Books published in 2018 and 2019 are eligible. Faculty members of the colleges will judge.
Publishers may submit four copies of one book in each category by deadline. No entry fee.
Deadline: 6/25/19
Three prizes given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer to honor their first books.
The winners each receive an all-expenses-paid trip to several of the 13 GLCA colleges, each of which pays an honorarium of at least $500, to give readings, meet with students, and lead discussions and classes. Books published in 2018 and 2019 are eligible. Faculty members of the colleges will judge.
Publishers may submit four copies of one book in each category by deadline. No entry fee.
Writing Competitions and Call for Submissions: Driftwood Press
DRIFTWOOD PRESS: Don't forget to submit to this year's Adrift Contest!
This year, we've got guest judges Chen Chen and Dale Ray Philips in poetry and fiction respectively. Chapbook and short fiction submissions are open from February 1st to May 31st!
Visit the link for details! Because we pay our writers and artists for everything in our issues, there is a fee to submit to the contests and to several of the normal submission categories. We also offer one-week responses to some categories, a line editing service, and guest editorships to our published fictioneers!
Entry Fee for Chapbook Contest: $12.00
Prize: $300 plus 20 copies of chapbook
Entry Fee for Short StoryContest: $10.00
Prize: $350 plus 10 copies of the issue the story is published in
OR
DRIFTWOOD PRESS: Open call for short stories, poems, visual arts, comics, graphic novels, and chapbooks. We pay for everything we publish. Our current contests, judged by Dale Ray Philips and Chen Chen, offer $300-$350 awards.
This year, we've got guest judges Chen Chen and Dale Ray Philips in poetry and fiction respectively. Chapbook and short fiction submissions are open from February 1st to May 31st!
Visit the link for details! Because we pay our writers and artists for everything in our issues, there is a fee to submit to the contests and to several of the normal submission categories. We also offer one-week responses to some categories, a line editing service, and guest editorships to our published fictioneers!
Entry Fee for Chapbook Contest: $12.00
Prize: $300 plus 20 copies of chapbook
Entry Fee for Short StoryContest: $10.00
Prize: $350 plus 10 copies of the issue the story is published in
OR
DRIFTWOOD PRESS: Open call for short stories, poems, visual arts, comics, graphic novels, and chapbooks. We pay for everything we publish. Our current contests, judged by Dale Ray Philips and Chen Chen, offer $300-$350 awards.
Call for Submissions: Literary Mama
Literary Mama believes that all mothers have a story worth sharing and honors the many faces of motherhood by publishing work that celebrates the journey as well as the job. We celebrate the physical, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual processes of becoming a mother through words and images that may be so stark it hurts. We welcome perspectives that challenge us to examine motherhood through a variety of lenses.
We take pride in publishing new and emerging writers as well as established writers.
We seek fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, literary reflections, columns, reviews, profiles and photography.
Please read our full submission guidelines for specific details on what each department is looking for.
We take pride in publishing new and emerging writers as well as established writers.
We seek fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, literary reflections, columns, reviews, profiles and photography.
Please read our full submission guidelines for specific details on what each department is looking for.
Writing Competition: Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction
Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction
Enter here.
Ends on June 15, 2019
Entry Fee: $15.00 USD
Contest Submission Guidelines:
contestATphiladelphiastoriesDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
if you are having any trouble with your submission.
There is a $15 reading fee for each story submitted.
This is an annual national short fiction contest that features a first place $2,500 cash award and invitation to an awards dinner on the campus of Rosemont College; a second place cash prize of $750; and a third place cash prize of $500. The winner stories will be published in the print issue of Fall of Philadelphia Stories. The Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction is made possible by the generous support of the McGlinn and Hansma families.
All entrants will receive a copy of the Philadelphia Stories contest issue.
Winners will be announced by October 1, 2019.
Enter here.
Ends on June 15, 2019
Entry Fee: $15.00 USD
Contest Submission Guidelines:
- Submission period: January 15-June 15, 2019.
- Previously unpublished works of fiction up to 8,000 words. Please note, "published" includes any work published in print or online, including online magazines, blogs, public social media sites, etc.
- Multiple submissions will be accepted for the contest only. Simultaneous submissions are also accepted, however, we must be notified immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
- Only authors currently residing in the United States are eligible.
contestATphiladelphiastoriesDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
if you are having any trouble with your submission.
There is a $15 reading fee for each story submitted.
This is an annual national short fiction contest that features a first place $2,500 cash award and invitation to an awards dinner on the campus of Rosemont College; a second place cash prize of $750; and a third place cash prize of $500. The winner stories will be published in the print issue of Fall of Philadelphia Stories. The Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction is made possible by the generous support of the McGlinn and Hansma families.
All entrants will receive a copy of the Philadelphia Stories contest issue.
Winners will be announced by October 1, 2019.
Writing Competitions: Blue Light Press 2019 Chapbook Contest and Blue Light Poetry Prize
The BLUE LIGHT PRESS 2019 Chapbook Contest and BLUE LIGHT POETRY PRIZE is open for submissions.
To enter, send 12 to 24pages of poetry, reading fee of $10.00, and SASE to:
Blue Light Press Poetry Prize
P.O. Box 150300
San Rafael, CA 94915
For guidelines, Email:
bluelightpressATaolDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Deadline: 6-15-2019
We publish poetry that is imagistic, inventive, emotionally honest, and pushes the language to a deeper level of insight.
To see the books we have published and our winner's list, visit our website.
Writing Competition: Howling Bird Press
Howling Bird Press is open for submissions of creative nonfiction manuscripts: memoir, personal essays, literary journalism, food writing, travel writing, and more.. Word counts should be in the 20,000 to 50,000 range. File formats should be either .doc or .docx. Pages should be numbered, and the author's name and address should appear on the first page. Simultaneous and multiple submissions are allowed.
Howling Bird Press is the publishing house of Augsburg University’s MFA in Creative Writing. Our book prize alternates genres annually, from poetry to fiction to nonfiction. Previous winners include Marci Vogel, Jacob M. Appel, Jean Harper, KateLynn Hibbard, and Lisa Van Orman Hadley.
Include a cover letter in the form provided online, and list contact information and a short (100 to 200 word) bio. There is a $25 entry fee. Current and former students of Augsburg are ineligible, as are current faculty and staff.
The deadline is July 31, 2019. The winner is announced in January 2020.
The winner receives $1,000 and book publication in fall 2020.
Submit your work here.
Howling Bird Press books are distributed by Small Press Distribution, and are available online and at fine bookstores nationwide.
Call for Poetry Submissions to Anthology: The Familiar Wild: On Dogs and Poetry
The Familiar Wild: On Dogs and Poetry
Deadline: July 1st, 2019
Sundress Publications announces an open submission call for The Familiar Wild: On Dogs and Poetry, an anthology that centers the storied, yet perpetually mystifying connection that dogs and humans share with a new focus: the historical and contemporary relationships between poets and dogs.
Reaching beyond a generic celebration of the "dog-owner bond," The Familiar Wild: On Dogs and Poetry will also interrogate and focus it: why (and how) do dogs appear in poets' poems, and what does it mean to have a dog beside a poet at their writing desk? Why might poets in particular be drawn to dog companionship? This collection will examine both the routine and the unexpected lives we've built with our dogs, exploring wildness and domestication, boundaries and freedom, rescue, and grief through poetry centered on the complicated, expansive dog-poet connection. This call takes particular interest in voices and histories not usually centered in this conversation, particularly those that consider the role of the dog-poet bond in relation to disability, queerness, race, gender, age, and more.
Interested poets should submit a cover letter, 3-5 poems, and an optional short (max. 500 words) essay that considers their personal relationship to the anthology's subject matter. We intend to include these essays alongside chosen poems for each author. Please feel free to interpret the themes of the anthology widely: however best fits you, your work, and your relationship to dogs. We want to be surprised! That said, poems must engage with dogs or dog companionship/ownership in some way (we're not looking for poems not about dogs). The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2019.
To submit, attach your manuscript as a single DOCX or PDF file to:
thefamiliarwildATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
If the poems have been previously published elsewhere and/or simultaneously submitted, please indicate this in your cover letter. We will happily consider previously published poems so long as the poet retains the rights to reprint them.
The poets Ruth Awad and Rachel Mennies will serve as co-editors for this anthology.
Deadline: July 1st, 2019
Sundress Publications announces an open submission call for The Familiar Wild: On Dogs and Poetry, an anthology that centers the storied, yet perpetually mystifying connection that dogs and humans share with a new focus: the historical and contemporary relationships between poets and dogs.
Reaching beyond a generic celebration of the "dog-owner bond," The Familiar Wild: On Dogs and Poetry will also interrogate and focus it: why (and how) do dogs appear in poets' poems, and what does it mean to have a dog beside a poet at their writing desk? Why might poets in particular be drawn to dog companionship? This collection will examine both the routine and the unexpected lives we've built with our dogs, exploring wildness and domestication, boundaries and freedom, rescue, and grief through poetry centered on the complicated, expansive dog-poet connection. This call takes particular interest in voices and histories not usually centered in this conversation, particularly those that consider the role of the dog-poet bond in relation to disability, queerness, race, gender, age, and more.
Interested poets should submit a cover letter, 3-5 poems, and an optional short (max. 500 words) essay that considers their personal relationship to the anthology's subject matter. We intend to include these essays alongside chosen poems for each author. Please feel free to interpret the themes of the anthology widely: however best fits you, your work, and your relationship to dogs. We want to be surprised! That said, poems must engage with dogs or dog companionship/ownership in some way (we're not looking for poems not about dogs). The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2019.
To submit, attach your manuscript as a single DOCX or PDF file to:
thefamiliarwildATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
If the poems have been previously published elsewhere and/or simultaneously submitted, please indicate this in your cover letter. We will happily consider previously published poems so long as the poet retains the rights to reprint them.
The poets Ruth Awad and Rachel Mennies will serve as co-editors for this anthology.
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Writing Competition: Theatre Oxford 2019 10-Minute Play Contest
Theatre Oxford 2019 10-MINUTE PLAY CONTEST
ELIGIBILITY
Only original plays, never before produced, are eligible.
The play, exclusive of title and cast pages, may be no more than 10 pages.
Play should have 2-4 characters and minimal props and costumes.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Deadline: May 15, 2019.
Submission fee: $10 (U.S. dollars).
Assemble script as follows:
First page: Title, cast of characters, time and place information..
Second page: First page of the script. The other pages of the play follow.
NAME OF THE PLAY AND PAGE NUMBERS ON EVERY PAGE, starting with the first page of the script.
All plays are judged blind. Five finalists will be chosen; only they will be notified of judging results.
All authors agree to permit Theatre Oxford to produce their contest-entry play if the theater should wish to do so. Authors retain copyright and full ownership of their plays.
Prizes
Grand prize: $1,000 and production of the winning script
Second prize: $250
Third Prize: $100
Thank you, and have fun!
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PLAY
After assembling your script according to the above instructions, please:
Go here to fill out the submission form and upload your play.
Pay the submission fee ($10 per play) via PayPal to:
theatreoxfordATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Once you’ve sent us your play, you will receive an automated confirmation via email. Please query at if you haven’t received this confirmation within 24 hours:
oxford10minuteplaysATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
ELIGIBILITY
Only original plays, never before produced, are eligible.
The play, exclusive of title and cast pages, may be no more than 10 pages.
Play should have 2-4 characters and minimal props and costumes.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Deadline: May 15, 2019.
Submission fee: $10 (U.S. dollars).
- On the online submission form (see “How to Submit Your Play” below), include your name, play title, address, and phone number.
- The 10-Minute Play Contest uses an anonymous review process. This means all author information (including your name) MUST be removed from the manuscript text body, headers, and file name.
- The manuscript should be saved and uploaded as .doc, .docx, or .pdf.
- Authors may submit multiple plays, but each play submitted must be accompanied by an entry fee.
Assemble script as follows:
First page: Title, cast of characters, time and place information..
Second page: First page of the script. The other pages of the play follow.
NAME OF THE PLAY AND PAGE NUMBERS ON EVERY PAGE, starting with the first page of the script.
All plays are judged blind. Five finalists will be chosen; only they will be notified of judging results.
All authors agree to permit Theatre Oxford to produce their contest-entry play if the theater should wish to do so. Authors retain copyright and full ownership of their plays.
Prizes
Grand prize: $1,000 and production of the winning script
Second prize: $250
Third Prize: $100
Thank you, and have fun!
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PLAY
After assembling your script according to the above instructions, please:
Go here to fill out the submission form and upload your play.
Pay the submission fee ($10 per play) via PayPal to:
theatreoxfordATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Once you’ve sent us your play, you will receive an automated confirmation via email. Please query at if you haven’t received this confirmation within 24 hours:
oxford10minuteplaysATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Call for Submissions on Theme of Mothers and Home: Mom Egg Review/MER
Submissions are opening May 1, 2019 for the 18th annual print issue of Mom Egg Review/ MER, themed HOME. We publish literary work that is about mothering or motherhood; submissions for this issue should be about motherhood and this issue's theme of HOME. We publish poetry, flash and short fiction, creative prose, and hybrid works (up to 850 words). We also seek mother-themed art.
Of Mothers and HOME
We seek work about motherhood in the context any of the many connotations of HOME. Some possibilities: Your childhood home, first apartment, the home you live in and create. Homelessness. Home land. Home base. Torn between homes. Also all the rooms of the home and what is done in them (kids’ room, kitchen, bedroom), the neighborhood, others’ homes, being away from home (hospital, travel), etc. Of course, as well, the earth is our home. The nature of “home”—is a home a place, a feeling, a center, a community? Can work be a home? Can a poem be a home?
Early Bird Submissions (free) May 1 to May 7.
Regular Submissions ($3 fee) May 1 to August 1
The issue will be published in April, 2020.
For more information and guidelines, and to submit, please visit our Submittable page.
We look forward to reading your work.
Writing Competition: The Writer's Block Prize in Fiction
The Writer's Block Prize in FICTION opens for submission May 1, 2019.
Award-winning novelist Garth Greenwell will judge.
OPENING DATE: May 1, 2019
DEADLINE: August 1, 2019
AWARD:
Winner will receive $500 and publication in The Louisville Review, the literary magazine of Spalding University’s nationally distinguished low residency MFA in Writing program. Winner also will be invited to read the winning story at the 2019 Writer’s Block Festival in Louisville, KY on November 16.
GUIDELINES:
Award-winning novelist Garth Greenwell will judge.
OPENING DATE: May 1, 2019
DEADLINE: August 1, 2019
AWARD:
Winner will receive $500 and publication in The Louisville Review, the literary magazine of Spalding University’s nationally distinguished low residency MFA in Writing program. Winner also will be invited to read the winning story at the 2019 Writer’s Block Festival in Louisville, KY on November 16.
GUIDELINES:
- Submit up to 3 stories, 4,000 words maximum.
- Submission fee: $12.
- Your name and contact information must NOT appear on any pages of the submission.
- All entries must be submitted electronically via Submittable.
- Submissions should not have been published previously in any form, whether in print or online.
- Multiple submissions are allowed, but require separate entry fees.
- Simultaneous submissions are permitted; please withdraw your work through Submittable if it is accepted for publication elsewhere
- Winner will be notified by October 2019.
Writers' Conference Scholarships: Surprise Valley Writers' Conference
Surprise Valley Writers' Conference Work/ Study Scholarships
The Surprise Valley Writers' Conference is offering a limited number of work/ study scholarships to poets to attend this year's conference, May 31 - June 4 in Cedarville, California.
The Conference is celebrating its 13th year. Poetry Workshop leaders are Judy Halebsky, professor of creative writing at Dominican University of California and Greg Glazner, who teaches creative writing at UC Davis in Davis, California and at the MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University.
Application deadline is May 15. Please contact Barbara March, Surprise Valley Writers' conference director at:
bitterrootb13ATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
The Surprise Valley Writers' Conference is offering a limited number of work/ study scholarships to poets to attend this year's conference, May 31 - June 4 in Cedarville, California.
The Conference is celebrating its 13th year. Poetry Workshop leaders are Judy Halebsky, professor of creative writing at Dominican University of California and Greg Glazner, who teaches creative writing at UC Davis in Davis, California and at the MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University.
Application deadline is May 15. Please contact Barbara March, Surprise Valley Writers' conference director at:
bitterrootb13ATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Call for Novellas: Los Galesburg Press
Call for Submissions to Anthology: Closet Cases: LGBTIQ Writers on What We Wear by Megan Volpert
Anthology Call for Entries/ Closet Cases: LGBTIQ Writers on What We Wear
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Submissions are open MAY 1 through JULY 15, 2019 for Closet Cases: LGBTIQ Writers on What We Wear by Megan Volpert.
ABOUT: As a verb, "fashion" is exceedingly queer. Our queer community learns to fashion its identity out of the clothes we wear, the costumes we choose, the fabrics we desire--and the statements these make. No other community of people allows clothing to serve as such a primary, dominant marker of subjectivity, both individually and collectively. And we don't simply permit it; we rely upon it. Queers communicate through what we put on our bodies.
So this is not merely a "fashion book." It's a collection of artifacts that testify to the power of fashion as a verb, to the complex and lovely strategies that govern what we do in the LGBTIQ community to build authentic selves that are both comfortable and seen.
SEEKING 75 QUEER WRITERS, ANY GENRE. Each contributor will get a two-page spread with photo of their clothing and accompanying text explaining its significance. This full-color book will be published by Et Alia Press in spring 2020.
MORE DETAILS AND SUBMISSION PORTAL here.
Et Alia Press is a small press for big voices in Little Rock, Arkansas with publishing interests in three areas: local histories, health and wellness, and emerging artists.
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Submissions are open MAY 1 through JULY 15, 2019 for Closet Cases: LGBTIQ Writers on What We Wear by Megan Volpert.
ABOUT: As a verb, "fashion" is exceedingly queer. Our queer community learns to fashion its identity out of the clothes we wear, the costumes we choose, the fabrics we desire--and the statements these make. No other community of people allows clothing to serve as such a primary, dominant marker of subjectivity, both individually and collectively. And we don't simply permit it; we rely upon it. Queers communicate through what we put on our bodies.
So this is not merely a "fashion book." It's a collection of artifacts that testify to the power of fashion as a verb, to the complex and lovely strategies that govern what we do in the LGBTIQ community to build authentic selves that are both comfortable and seen.
SEEKING 75 QUEER WRITERS, ANY GENRE. Each contributor will get a two-page spread with photo of their clothing and accompanying text explaining its significance. This full-color book will be published by Et Alia Press in spring 2020.
MORE DETAILS AND SUBMISSION PORTAL here.
Et Alia Press is a small press for big voices in Little Rock, Arkansas with publishing interests in three areas: local histories, health and wellness, and emerging artists.
Call for Nominations of Poets: Midst
What if you could watch your favorite poet write?
Now you can!
Midst is an innovative new digital literary journal launching in 2019. Midst will publish poems in the form of interactive timelapses. Readers will see the finished poem by default, but then they'll be able to "rewind" it and see exactly how it was written, from the blank page to the final draft, including the entire revision process.
We're currently taking open nominations for poets to commission for our first issue. If you could get a peek into any living poet's writing process, who would you pick? Let us know by logging onto our website here.
Now you can!
Midst is an innovative new digital literary journal launching in 2019. Midst will publish poems in the form of interactive timelapses. Readers will see the finished poem by default, but then they'll be able to "rewind" it and see exactly how it was written, from the blank page to the final draft, including the entire revision process.
We're currently taking open nominations for poets to commission for our first issue. If you could get a peek into any living poet's writing process, who would you pick? Let us know by logging onto our website here.
Writing Competition: Aesthetica Creative Writing Awards
The renowned Aesthetica Creative Writing Award returns, welcoming entries across Poetry & Short Fiction.
This year's call for entries is an opportunity for writers to get their work noticed and recognised, and further their engagement with the literary world.
Prizes include £1,000 (awarded to both the Poetry and Short Fiction winners), publication within Aesthetica's inspiring anthology, literary consultations and more.
Works previously published are accepted and you may enter as many times as you wish. Poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines, and Short Fiction no more than 2,000 words.
Registration fees: Poetry £12 | Short Fiction £18
Prizes for the Award include:
Submit your poetry here.
Deadline: August 31, 2019
This year's call for entries is an opportunity for writers to get their work noticed and recognised, and further their engagement with the literary world.
Prizes include £1,000 (awarded to both the Poetry and Short Fiction winners), publication within Aesthetica's inspiring anthology, literary consultations and more.
Works previously published are accepted and you may enter as many times as you wish. Poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines, and Short Fiction no more than 2,000 words.
Registration fees: Poetry £12 | Short Fiction £18
Prizes for the Award include:
- £1,000 for each winner (Poetry and Short Fiction)
- Publication in the Creative Writing Annual
- Consultation with Redhammer (Short Fiction)
- Membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry winner)
- One-year subscription to Granta Magazine
- Books courtesy of Bloodaxe and Vintage
Submit your poetry here.
Deadline: August 31, 2019
Call for Submissions: Lockjaw Magazine
Lockjaw Magazine is an online journal publishing experimental and literary poetry and prose, as well as visual art and multimedia projects. We’re open for submissions for our sixth issue from May 1-May 31, 2019.
Full Submission Guidelines (PLEASE READ THEM)
We are primarily interested in reading work from marginalized writers (gender and sexual minority writers, writers of color, immigrant writers, low-income writers, and others).
We offer personalized feedback to any submitter who opts to receive it. You must request personalized feedback when you send in your submission. If you don’t opt in up front, we will send you a standard response should we end up declining your work.
Please don’t give us a detailed cover letter. “Here it is, thanks for your time” is just fine!
We do not publish nonfiction. A few of you try every time. We’ll send it right back (sorry, nonfiction!)
We generally take three to ten weeks to respond. We offer one-week expedited responses throughout our reading period if you provide proof of donation to a charitable organization (we love LGBTQ+ orgs, RAINN, RAICES, your local public library, and groups promoting literacy access, among others).
We pay $10 to each contributor upon publication. It’s not much, but it’s what we’ve got.
Please send all submissions to:
submissionsATlockjawmagazineDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Full Submission Guidelines (PLEASE READ THEM)
We are primarily interested in reading work from marginalized writers (gender and sexual minority writers, writers of color, immigrant writers, low-income writers, and others).
We offer personalized feedback to any submitter who opts to receive it. You must request personalized feedback when you send in your submission. If you don’t opt in up front, we will send you a standard response should we end up declining your work.
Please don’t give us a detailed cover letter. “Here it is, thanks for your time” is just fine!
We do not publish nonfiction. A few of you try every time. We’ll send it right back (sorry, nonfiction!)
We generally take three to ten weeks to respond. We offer one-week expedited responses throughout our reading period if you provide proof of donation to a charitable organization (we love LGBTQ+ orgs, RAINN, RAICES, your local public library, and groups promoting literacy access, among others).
We pay $10 to each contributor upon publication. It’s not much, but it’s what we’ve got.
Please send all submissions to:
submissionsATlockjawmagazineDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
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