Bodies in the Library (Crime & Mystery) and Footsteps in the Dark (Horror & Suspense)
Two new titles in our long-standing series of 480-page short story collections. As always, we combine fantastic new writing with curated classic texts. For Bodies in the Library we need tales of crime in stately houses, lonely mansions, ancient castles. Footsteps in the Dark will tease out the terror of the alleyways, the edges of the town, the frontier shacks, the winter forests and lonely mountain hideaways. An emphasis on heightened senses would differentiate the best stories from the rest! Word length is most likely to be successful at 2000–4000, but we will still read stories slightly outside this range.
Payment will be 8 cents for each word (SFWA qualifying market rate) and 6 cents for reprints.
Submissions will open 11th of November, and close 1st of December.
Please send to:
2019ATflametreepublishingDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
We will aim to read each story and confirm its status within 3 months of the submission deadline. Learn more here.
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Call for Submissions: The Sun
The next time you have work that’s ready to submit, why not send it to us?
The Sun is a reader-supported ad-free magazine. We’ve been described in many ways: celebratory, fierce, unflinching, thoughtful, truthful, dark, darkly funny, tender. Contributors tell us that after their work reaches more than 70,000 engaged Sun readers, they often hear from old friends and new admirers. To save your time and ours, we suggest you take a look at The Sun before submitting.
We consider personal essays, fiction, and poetry. We purchase one-time rights.
Payment ranges from $100-$2000, depending upon the genre. Simultaneous submissions are discouraged.
Deadline: Ongoing
The Sun is a reader-supported ad-free magazine. We’ve been described in many ways: celebratory, fierce, unflinching, thoughtful, truthful, dark, darkly funny, tender. Contributors tell us that after their work reaches more than 70,000 engaged Sun readers, they often hear from old friends and new admirers. To save your time and ours, we suggest you take a look at The Sun before submitting.
We consider personal essays, fiction, and poetry. We purchase one-time rights.
Payment ranges from $100-$2000, depending upon the genre. Simultaneous submissions are discouraged.
Deadline: Ongoing
Writing Competition: Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry
Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry
Deadline: November 15, 2019
This is an annual national poetry prize that features a first place of $1,000 cash award and an invitation to the awards event in Philadelphia. Three runners up will each receive a $250 cash award. The winning and runner up poems are published in the Spring issue.
Entry Fee: $15.00
Deadline: November 15, 2019
This is an annual national poetry prize that features a first place of $1,000 cash award and an invitation to the awards event in Philadelphia. Three runners up will each receive a $250 cash award. The winning and runner up poems are published in the Spring issue.
Entry Fee: $15.00
Writing Competition: DISQUIET Literary Prize
DISQUIET Literary Prize
Deadline: January 3, 2020
Submissions are now open for the DISQUIET Prize for writing in any genre. Three winners will be published in Granta.com (fiction), NinthLetter.com (nonfiction), or The Common (poetry). One grand prize winner will receive a full scholarship, accommodations, and travel stipend to attend the tenth annual DISQUIET International Literary Program in Lisbon taking place June 21 – July 3, 2020. Runners-up and other outstanding entrants will also be considered for financial aid.
Submission fee: $15.
Visit our website to submit and for more information.
Deadline: January 3, 2020
Submissions are now open for the DISQUIET Prize for writing in any genre. Three winners will be published in Granta.com (fiction), NinthLetter.com (nonfiction), or The Common (poetry). One grand prize winner will receive a full scholarship, accommodations, and travel stipend to attend the tenth annual DISQUIET International Literary Program in Lisbon taking place June 21 – July 3, 2020. Runners-up and other outstanding entrants will also be considered for financial aid.
Submission fee: $15.
Visit our website to submit and for more information.
Tuition Scholarship in Writing: Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competition for Students in Grades 8-11
Win a Full-Tuition Scholarship to Interlochen Arts Academy
Deadline: December 6, 2019
Apply for the 2019–20 Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competition! All Students in grades 8–11 during the 2019–20 school year are eligible to apply. Applicants must submit writing samples in two of the following genres: Literary Fiction, Poetry, Personal Essay or Memoir, Screenwriting, Playwriting, and Hybrid Genre.
Apply here.
Deadline: December 6, 2019
Apply for the 2019–20 Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competition! All Students in grades 8–11 during the 2019–20 school year are eligible to apply. Applicants must submit writing samples in two of the following genres: Literary Fiction, Poetry, Personal Essay or Memoir, Screenwriting, Playwriting, and Hybrid Genre.
Apply here.
Call for Submissions: GNU
GNU Open for Submissions
Deadline: December 31, 2019
The motto of the GNU literary journal is "All Genres are Created Equal." We accept traditional literary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction; but we are also friendly to genre fiction, YA literature, short plays, comics, photography, and writing that defies classification. The GNU is an annual online literary journal run by the MFA students at National University.
We never charge a submission fee. Please see our submission guidelines for details.
Deadline: December 31, 2019
The motto of the GNU literary journal is "All Genres are Created Equal." We accept traditional literary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction; but we are also friendly to genre fiction, YA literature, short plays, comics, photography, and writing that defies classification. The GNU is an annual online literary journal run by the MFA students at National University.
We never charge a submission fee. Please see our submission guidelines for details.
Call for Submissions: the MacGuffin
The MacGuffin Seeks New Work for Vol. 36.2
Deadline: Rolling
The MacGuffin is now seeking new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and fine art for Volume 36.2. As always, we’re not asking you to follow a theme, but with the warmer months moving behind us, consider saving your summer vacation stories for another issue. Instead, maybe send us a story about how you survived the blizzard of ’78 or an ode to your own Rosebud sled. We’ll consider five poems at a time and up to two works of fiction or nonfiction. Artwork must be at least 9” in height. Send work to:
macguffinATschoolcraftDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
or to our Submittable link.
For full submission guidelines, see our website.
Deadline: Rolling
The MacGuffin is now seeking new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and fine art for Volume 36.2. As always, we’re not asking you to follow a theme, but with the warmer months moving behind us, consider saving your summer vacation stories for another issue. Instead, maybe send us a story about how you survived the blizzard of ’78 or an ode to your own Rosebud sled. We’ll consider five poems at a time and up to two works of fiction or nonfiction. Artwork must be at least 9” in height. Send work to:
macguffinATschoolcraftDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
or to our Submittable link.
For full submission guidelines, see our website.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Call for Submissions: La Piccoletta Barca
La Piccioletta Barca aims to collect and publish high quality art, regardless of the medium. We do not discriminate between new and established authors, and accept anything from classical to experimental art, as long as it is of a high standard.
Please read past issues to familiarise yourself with the style of the journal. As we are open to multiple different forms and genres, we try to retain some unity between the pieces through their style. If you are thinking of composing a piece specifically for us, feel free to get in touch with a pitch first, to make sure that it is something we would consider for publication.
Deadline: Dec. 31, 2019
Submit your work here.
Please read past issues to familiarise yourself with the style of the journal. As we are open to multiple different forms and genres, we try to retain some unity between the pieces through their style. If you are thinking of composing a piece specifically for us, feel free to get in touch with a pitch first, to make sure that it is something we would consider for publication.
Deadline: Dec. 31, 2019
Submit your work here.
Writers' Conference and Workshops: Writers in Paradise 2020
Writers in Paradise 2020
Submission/Application Deadline: November 1, 2019
Event Dates: January 18-25, 2020; St. Petersburg, Florida
Focused, intimate, and rigorous workshops in novel, short story, crime & suspense, memoir, creative nonfiction, structure, screenwriting, flash fiction, poetry, and narrative suspense, plus craft sessions, panels, Q&As, readings, signings, and receptions with our award-winning faculty and lecturers.
2020 Lineup: Billy Collins, Andre Dubus III, John Dufresne, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Ann Hood, Ashley M. Jones, Michael Koryta, Laura Lippman, Peter Meinke, Stewart O'Nan, Gregory Pardlo, Dani Shapiro, Les Standiford, Helen Pruitt Wallace, Sterling Watson, editor George Gibson and agent Ann Rittenberg.
Apply by November 1. Note: Participation is by application only.
Submission/Application Deadline: November 1, 2019
Event Dates: January 18-25, 2020; St. Petersburg, Florida
Focused, intimate, and rigorous workshops in novel, short story, crime & suspense, memoir, creative nonfiction, structure, screenwriting, flash fiction, poetry, and narrative suspense, plus craft sessions, panels, Q&As, readings, signings, and receptions with our award-winning faculty and lecturers.
2020 Lineup: Billy Collins, Andre Dubus III, John Dufresne, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Ann Hood, Ashley M. Jones, Michael Koryta, Laura Lippman, Peter Meinke, Stewart O'Nan, Gregory Pardlo, Dani Shapiro, Les Standiford, Helen Pruitt Wallace, Sterling Watson, editor George Gibson and agent Ann Rittenberg.
Apply by November 1. Note: Participation is by application only.
Call for Submissions from Women Aged 15-29: Capulet Mag
Calling All Capulets!
Deadline: November 15, 2019
Currently, Capulet Mag is only open to submissions from women between the ages of 15–29. All levels of experience are encouraged to apply. We accept the following types of submissions: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art. We are open to all genres, mediums, and styles.
Deadline: November 15, 2019
Currently, Capulet Mag is only open to submissions from women between the ages of 15–29. All levels of experience are encouraged to apply. We accept the following types of submissions: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art. We are open to all genres, mediums, and styles.
Writing Competition: $5000 Frontier Open
$5,000 Frontier OPEN
Deadline: November 15, 2019
Entry Fee: $20.00
In our pursuit to recognize today's best poets, we want to celebrate one outstanding piece of poetry, OPEN to all poets, with a $5,000 award and publication. Ten finalists will also receive $100 each and all winners will earn publication with Frontier Poetry. The Frontier staff will select the winners and finalists which will be announced in 2020.
While we primarily serve as a platform for new writers, this prize is meant to support and elevate the poetry community on the whole. We enjoy offering this annual prize where emerging and established poets are considered in equal measure.
Deadline: November 15, 2019
Entry Fee: $20.00
In our pursuit to recognize today's best poets, we want to celebrate one outstanding piece of poetry, OPEN to all poets, with a $5,000 award and publication. Ten finalists will also receive $100 each and all winners will earn publication with Frontier Poetry. The Frontier staff will select the winners and finalists which will be announced in 2020.
While we primarily serve as a platform for new writers, this prize is meant to support and elevate the poetry community on the whole. We enjoy offering this annual prize where emerging and established poets are considered in equal measure.
Call for Submissions: Red Planet Magazine
Red Planet Magazine Call for Submissions
Deadline: Year-round
Red Planet Magazine is an independent literary magazine emphasizing a theme of speculative fiction. Red Planet accepts submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art, year-round on a rolling basis, and publishes a new issue each month. There is no fee to submit! Contributors will receive a digital copy of the issue in which their work has been featured.
Please visit our website for additional information.
Deadline: Year-round
Red Planet Magazine is an independent literary magazine emphasizing a theme of speculative fiction. Red Planet accepts submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art, year-round on a rolling basis, and publishes a new issue each month. There is no fee to submit! Contributors will receive a digital copy of the issue in which their work has been featured.
Please visit our website for additional information.
Call for Submissions: The American Journal of Poetry
The American Journal of Poetry Volume 8 Call for Submissions
Deadline: Rolling
Now reading for Volume Eight. Please visit us to read our previous volumes filled with poems from poets the world over, from the first-published to the most acclaimed in literature. A unique voice is highly prized. Be bold, uncensored, take risks. Our hallmark is "STRONG Rx MEDICINE." We are the home of the long poem! No restrictions as to subject matter, style, or length. Published biannually online.
Submissions accepted through our online submission manager, Submittable; a submission fee is charged.
Deadline: Rolling
Now reading for Volume Eight. Please visit us to read our previous volumes filled with poems from poets the world over, from the first-published to the most acclaimed in literature. A unique voice is highly prized. Be bold, uncensored, take risks. Our hallmark is "STRONG Rx MEDICINE." We are the home of the long poem! No restrictions as to subject matter, style, or length. Published biannually online.
Submissions accepted through our online submission manager, Submittable; a submission fee is charged.
Call for Submissions: New Stories from the Midwest
New Stories from the Midwest 2020
New Stories from the Midwest will celebrate its tenth anniversary by presenting selected stories from previous volumes alongside new stories published in 2018 or 2019. Journals may submit six stories published 2018–2019 for free; writers may submit unlimited stories published 2018–2019 for $3 each.
A $100 Heartland Fiction Prize will be awarded to a story of exceptional power. All contributors receive two copies and discount on more. Guest editor is Michael Martone.
Deadline: February 1, 2020
Submit here.
New Stories from the Midwest will celebrate its tenth anniversary by presenting selected stories from previous volumes alongside new stories published in 2018 or 2019. Journals may submit six stories published 2018–2019 for free; writers may submit unlimited stories published 2018–2019 for $3 each.
A $100 Heartland Fiction Prize will be awarded to a story of exceptional power. All contributors receive two copies and discount on more. Guest editor is Michael Martone.
Deadline: February 1, 2020
Submit here.
Friday, October 18, 2019
Podcast Interview/Chat: The Dusty Pod
Many thanks to Dustan Copeland for inviting me to join him on his podcast, "The Dusty Pod." We had a great chat about the writing process, researching your topics, finding markets for your work, and more.
The link:
https://anchor.fm/the-dusty-pod/episodes/Thats-Interesting-6-Jeanne-Lyet-Gassman-e7rdud
The link:
https://anchor.fm/the-dusty-pod/episodes/Thats-Interesting-6-Jeanne-Lyet-Gassman-e7rdud
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Writer's Workshops and Conference: Looking Glass Rock Writers' Conference
Apply to the Looking Glass Rock Writers' Conference
Event Dates: May 14-17, 2020; Brevard, NC
Application Deadline: December 31, 2019
The Looking Glass Rock Writers' Conference is now open to applications of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for our fifth annual conference, which will be held May 14-17, 2020, at Brevard College and the Transylvania County Library. Selected participants spend four days in the mountains of western North Carolina with award-winning faculty Alison Hawthorne Deming (nonfiction), Aimee Nezhukumatathil (poetry), and Crystal Wilkinson (fiction). Scholarships to attend are available.
Apply via our Submittable page or visit our website for more information.
Event Dates: May 14-17, 2020; Brevard, NC
Application Deadline: December 31, 2019
The Looking Glass Rock Writers' Conference is now open to applications of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for our fifth annual conference, which will be held May 14-17, 2020, at Brevard College and the Transylvania County Library. Selected participants spend four days in the mountains of western North Carolina with award-winning faculty Alison Hawthorne Deming (nonfiction), Aimee Nezhukumatathil (poetry), and Crystal Wilkinson (fiction). Scholarships to attend are available.
Apply via our Submittable page or visit our website for more information.
Writing Competition: 2020 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize
2020 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize—Open
Deadline: December 1, 2019
December Magazine seeks submissions for our 2020 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize. Judge: Aimee Nezhukumatathil. $1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention); all finalists will be published in the 2020 Spring/Summer awards issue. Submit up to 3 poems per entry.
$20 entry fee includes copy of the awards issue.
Submit October 1 to December 1.
For complete guidelines please visit our website.
Deadline: December 1, 2019
December Magazine seeks submissions for our 2020 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize. Judge: Aimee Nezhukumatathil. $1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention); all finalists will be published in the 2020 Spring/Summer awards issue. Submit up to 3 poems per entry.
$20 entry fee includes copy of the awards issue.
Submit October 1 to December 1.
For complete guidelines please visit our website.
Writing Competition: $2000 Hamlin Garland Award for the Short Story
$2,000 Hamlin Garland Award for the Short Story
Deadline: December 10, 2019
$2,000 and publication in Beloit Fiction Journal for the best unpublished story on any theme. Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of Building Fiction and Underground Women, will judge. 7,000 words max.
$20 reading fee.
Deadline: December 10, 2019
$2,000 and publication in Beloit Fiction Journal for the best unpublished story on any theme. Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of Building Fiction and Underground Women, will judge. 7,000 words max.
$20 reading fee.
Chapbook Competition on Theme of Health and Healing: Minerva Rising
2019 Annual Chapbook Contest
Deadline: December 10, 2019
Minerva Rising seeks Health and Healing stories (fiction and creative nonfiction) for our annual Dare to Tell chapbook contest. Send us your stories of chronic pain, autoimmune disorders, invisible illnesses, depression, mental health, treatment, healing, and recovery.
$250 prize and ten complimentary copies of the winning chapbook. Kathryn Trueblood, author of Take Daily As Needed, will judge.
$20 entry.
Deadline: December 10, 2019
Minerva Rising seeks Health and Healing stories (fiction and creative nonfiction) for our annual Dare to Tell chapbook contest. Send us your stories of chronic pain, autoimmune disorders, invisible illnesses, depression, mental health, treatment, healing, and recovery.
$250 prize and ten complimentary copies of the winning chapbook. Kathryn Trueblood, author of Take Daily As Needed, will judge.
$20 entry.
Call for Submissions on Theme of Space Travel: Jokes Review
Jokes Review: Seeking Space Travel-Themed Fiction, Poetry, Art
Deadline: December 1, 2019
Jokes Review is a literary journal based in Northern California. We are currently accepting submissions for a special issue with the theme of SPACE TRAVEL. Send us anything related, however loosely, to space exploration, living on other planets, encounters with aliens, etc. We're especially looking for humorous or satirical submissions. Submit your best and most outrageous fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and art for our next issue. We want writing that overflows with personality and doesn’t skimp on the entertainment value. Things we like: humor, urban legends, rogue journalism, outsider art, rants, dangerous ideas, jokes.
Deadline: December 1, 2019
Jokes Review is a literary journal based in Northern California. We are currently accepting submissions for a special issue with the theme of SPACE TRAVEL. Send us anything related, however loosely, to space exploration, living on other planets, encounters with aliens, etc. We're especially looking for humorous or satirical submissions. Submit your best and most outrageous fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and art for our next issue. We want writing that overflows with personality and doesn’t skimp on the entertainment value. Things we like: humor, urban legends, rogue journalism, outsider art, rants, dangerous ideas, jokes.
Call for Submissions: The Ocotillo Review
The Ocotillo Review is Seeking Submissions. Yes! We Pay.
Deadline: October 31, 2019
Simply send us your superb, sublime, sensational, splendid, stunning stories, poems, and essays. Twice yearly we publish a beautiful perfect-bound journal where talented literary artists from diverse communities worldwide share their words alongside established poets and writers. We are accepting submissions for The Ocotillo Review Volume 4.1. There is no theme but the issue features the winners of the Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize and the Chester B. Himes Memorial Short Fiction Prize.
Find out more here. Kallisto Gaia Press: Trading money for words since 2017!
Deadline: October 31, 2019
Simply send us your superb, sublime, sensational, splendid, stunning stories, poems, and essays. Twice yearly we publish a beautiful perfect-bound journal where talented literary artists from diverse communities worldwide share their words alongside established poets and writers. We are accepting submissions for The Ocotillo Review Volume 4.1. There is no theme but the issue features the winners of the Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize and the Chester B. Himes Memorial Short Fiction Prize.
Find out more here. Kallisto Gaia Press: Trading money for words since 2017!
Call for Submissions: StoryQuarterly
StoryQuarterly - Open for Fiction Submissions
Deadline: November 23, 2019
StoryQuarterly is open for fiction submissions through November 23, 2019. We're looking for previously unpublished short stories, short shorts, and stand-alone novel excerpts.
For full details and to send us your work, please visit our website.
Deadline: November 23, 2019
StoryQuarterly is open for fiction submissions through November 23, 2019. We're looking for previously unpublished short stories, short shorts, and stand-alone novel excerpts.
For full details and to send us your work, please visit our website.
Call for Submissions: CLOCKHOUSE
CLOCKHOUSE Call for Submissions
Deadline: December 15, 2019
CLOCKHOUSE, published in partnership with Goddard College, welcomes submissions from emerging and established writers for Volume Eight, 2020. Past volumes include works by Adrian Shirk, Anne Panning, Cara Hoffman, Ira Sukrungruang, Lloyd Suh, Naomi Shihab Nye, Paisley Rekdal, and talented new voices.
Reading August 15 through December 15. Guidelines here.
Deadline: December 15, 2019
CLOCKHOUSE, published in partnership with Goddard College, welcomes submissions from emerging and established writers for Volume Eight, 2020. Past volumes include works by Adrian Shirk, Anne Panning, Cara Hoffman, Ira Sukrungruang, Lloyd Suh, Naomi Shihab Nye, Paisley Rekdal, and talented new voices.
Reading August 15 through December 15. Guidelines here.
Call for Short Story Submissions: Light and Dark
Seeking New Short Stories for Issue 12!
Deadline: November 15, 2019
Light and Dark is seeking your best short stories for our twelfth online issue! We are particularly interested in stories that deal in some way with the dichotomous nature of existence. Please send us nothing longer than 3,000 words. All stories will be published on our website.
The author will also receive a token payment of $15. We look forward to reading your best work.
Submit your work here.
Deadline: November 15, 2019
Light and Dark is seeking your best short stories for our twelfth online issue! We are particularly interested in stories that deal in some way with the dichotomous nature of existence. Please send us nothing longer than 3,000 words. All stories will be published on our website.
The author will also receive a token payment of $15. We look forward to reading your best work.
Submit your work here.
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Writing Competition on Theme of Rituals: Baltimore Review
Baltimore Review Winter Contest Theme: Rituals
Deadline: November 30, 2019
The theme for The Baltimore Review’s winter contest is “Rituals.” Rituals, rites, routines, ceremonies, habits, patterns of behavior. Religious, mating, workplace, home life, every aspect of life. Rituals that are ingrained in us. Rituals of other cultures. Practices that make you feel accepted or excluded, comfortable or uncomfortable. Submit your work 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: Karen Skolfield.
For more information, visit our website.
Deadline: November 30, 2019
The theme for The Baltimore Review’s winter contest is “Rituals.” Rituals, rites, routines, ceremonies, habits, patterns of behavior. Religious, mating, workplace, home life, every aspect of life. Rituals that are ingrained in us. Rituals of other cultures. Practices that make you feel accepted or excluded, comfortable or uncomfortable. Submit your work 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: Karen Skolfield.
For more information, visit our website.
Writing Competition: Scribble Lit Short Fiction Contest for Beginning and Emerging Writers
Scribble Lit Short Fiction Contest for Beginning and Emerging Writers
Deadline: December 1, 2019
Entry Fee: $12.00
Prize: $200 and publication in Scribble Lit
The editors of Scribble are delighted to offer our 1st Annual Short Fiction Contest for Beginning and Emerging Writers. Our guest judge is David Anson, Professor of Language and Literature at the State College of Florida, Sarasota-Manatee.
Go to our website for information, rules and guidelines.
Deadline: December 1, 2019
Entry Fee: $12.00
Prize: $200 and publication in Scribble Lit
The editors of Scribble are delighted to offer our 1st Annual Short Fiction Contest for Beginning and Emerging Writers. Our guest judge is David Anson, Professor of Language and Literature at the State College of Florida, Sarasota-Manatee.
Go to our website for information, rules and guidelines.
Writing Competition: Ruminate VanderMey Nonfiction Prize
Ruminate VanderMey Nonfiction Prize
Deadline: October 27, 2019
Ruminate Magazine announces the 2020 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize. The prize is open to all forms of creative nonfiction—personal essay, short memoir, literary journalism, etc.; no geographical restrictions.
$20 entry fee includes a complimentary digital copy of Ruminate.
First place winner receives a $1,500 cash prize along with publication. Runner-up receives $200 cash prize and publication. Final judge to be announced.
For more information and complete guidelines, please visit Ruminate Magazine.
Ruminate is a nonprofit, contemplative magazine that celebrates slowing down, encountering honest art and storytelling, and living awake.
Deadline: October 27, 2019
Ruminate Magazine announces the 2020 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize. The prize is open to all forms of creative nonfiction—personal essay, short memoir, literary journalism, etc.; no geographical restrictions.
$20 entry fee includes a complimentary digital copy of Ruminate.
First place winner receives a $1,500 cash prize along with publication. Runner-up receives $200 cash prize and publication. Final judge to be announced.
For more information and complete guidelines, please visit Ruminate Magazine.
Ruminate is a nonprofit, contemplative magazine that celebrates slowing down, encountering honest art and storytelling, and living awake.
Poetry Competition: 2020 Sonia Sanchez-Langston Hughes Poetry Contest
2020 Sonia Sanchez-Langston Hughes Poetry Contest
Prizes: First place $500; 2nd and 3rd place, $250 each. Winning poems will be published on Split This Rock's website within The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database. All prize winners will receive free festival registration to Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2020 and be eligible to apply for need-based travel scholarships. The 1st place recipient will be invited to read the winning poem on the main stage at the festival. All submitted poems may also receive consideration for Split This Rock's Poem of the Week Series.
Reading Fee: $20, all proceeds support Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2020.
Themes: Submissions should be in the spirit of Split This Rock's work: socially engaged poems, poems that reach beyond the self to connect with the larger community or world; poems of provocation and witness. This theme can be interpreted broadly and may include but is not limited to work addressing politics, economics, government, war, leadership, issues of identity (gender, sexuality, race, indigeneity, ethnicity, disability, socioeconomic class, body image, immigration, heritage, etc.), community, civic engagement, education, activism, and poems about history or cultural icons. We welcome poetry on a wide range of social justice themes and in a wide range of poetic styles.
Visit our website to read past winning poems.
Read the guidelines here.
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2019
Prizes: First place $500; 2nd and 3rd place, $250 each. Winning poems will be published on Split This Rock's website within The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database. All prize winners will receive free festival registration to Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2020 and be eligible to apply for need-based travel scholarships. The 1st place recipient will be invited to read the winning poem on the main stage at the festival. All submitted poems may also receive consideration for Split This Rock's Poem of the Week Series.
Reading Fee: $20, all proceeds support Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2020.
Themes: Submissions should be in the spirit of Split This Rock's work: socially engaged poems, poems that reach beyond the self to connect with the larger community or world; poems of provocation and witness. This theme can be interpreted broadly and may include but is not limited to work addressing politics, economics, government, war, leadership, issues of identity (gender, sexuality, race, indigeneity, ethnicity, disability, socioeconomic class, body image, immigration, heritage, etc.), community, civic engagement, education, activism, and poems about history or cultural icons. We welcome poetry on a wide range of social justice themes and in a wide range of poetic styles.
Visit our website to read past winning poems.
Read the guidelines here.
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2019
Call for Submissions from Midwestern Teen Writers: Hot Dish Magazine
Hot Dish Magazine, Grades 9-12
Deadline: January 5, 2020
Hot Dish Magazine, an online journal serving a bubbling mixture of poetry and fiction by teens (grades 9-12), wants your voice to be heard! We award cash prizes for fiction, poetry, and the Hot Dish Challenge. This year's Hot Dish Challenge is a picture challenge, where authors select one given picture to write a poem or short story about.
Visit us at our website to see past issues and current guidelines.
Submit for free by January 5, 2020 here.
Deadline: January 5, 2020
Hot Dish Magazine, an online journal serving a bubbling mixture of poetry and fiction by teens (grades 9-12), wants your voice to be heard! We award cash prizes for fiction, poetry, and the Hot Dish Challenge. This year's Hot Dish Challenge is a picture challenge, where authors select one given picture to write a poem or short story about.
Visit us at our website to see past issues and current guidelines.
Submit for free by January 5, 2020 here.
Call for Submissions: Southern Humanities Review
Southern Humanities Review Open Call for Submissions
Deadline: November 1, 2019
Quarterly literary magazine Southern Humanities Review is open to submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and book review pitches until November 1, 2019. We are interested in writers in various stages of their careers, and especially in work from historically underrepresented voices.
Please submit through our website.
Deadline: November 1, 2019
Quarterly literary magazine Southern Humanities Review is open to submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and book review pitches until November 1, 2019. We are interested in writers in various stages of their careers, and especially in work from historically underrepresented voices.
Please submit through our website.
Call for Submissions on Theme of Archiving: Full Bleed
Full Bleed Seeks Submission for Archives-themed Issue
Deadline: January 1, 2020
Full Bleed, an annual journal of art and design, seeks submissions for its fourth issue, forthcoming in Spring 2020. We publish art criticism, belle lettres, artwork, design, fiction, poetry, and graphic essays.
All contributors will receive modest honoraria for their work.
For Issue Four, we are especially interested in submissions that critique, investigate, or rely on archives of various kinds. We seek new writing about artists working with, playing with, re-contextualizing, or elevating archival materials; art or design projects responsive to historical documents; and essays, fictions, and poetry related to the work of archiving.
Visit our website for more details.
Deadline: January 1, 2020
Full Bleed, an annual journal of art and design, seeks submissions for its fourth issue, forthcoming in Spring 2020. We publish art criticism, belle lettres, artwork, design, fiction, poetry, and graphic essays.
All contributors will receive modest honoraria for their work.
For Issue Four, we are especially interested in submissions that critique, investigate, or rely on archives of various kinds. We seek new writing about artists working with, playing with, re-contextualizing, or elevating archival materials; art or design projects responsive to historical documents; and essays, fictions, and poetry related to the work of archiving.
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Call for Nonfiction: Fourth Genre
Fourth Genre Now Accepting General Submissions
Deadline: November 30, 2019
Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction is now accepting submissions for the open reading period. Go to our Submittable page between August 30 and November 30.
Detailed submission guidelines available here.
Deadline: November 30, 2019
Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction is now accepting submissions for the open reading period. Go to our Submittable page between August 30 and November 30.
Detailed submission guidelines available here.
Call for Submissions: Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks
Blueline Welcomes Exceptional Writing about the Natural World!
Deadline: November 30, 2019
Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks seeks poems, stories, and essays about the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, focusing on nature’s shaping influence.
Submissions window open until November 30. Decisions mid-February.
Payment in copies. Simultaneous submissions accepted if identified as such. Please notify if your submission is placed elsewhere. Electronic submissions encouraged, as Word files, to:
bluelineATpotsdamDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
Please identify the genre in the subject line.
Further information at our website.
Deadline: November 30, 2019
Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks seeks poems, stories, and essays about the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, focusing on nature’s shaping influence.
Submissions window open until November 30. Decisions mid-February.
Payment in copies. Simultaneous submissions accepted if identified as such. Please notify if your submission is placed elsewhere. Electronic submissions encouraged, as Word files, to:
bluelineATpotsdamDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
Please identify the genre in the subject line.
Further information at our website.
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