Exposition Review is excited to announce the theme for our fifth annual issue: Act/Break.
Submissions will be open from September 15–December 15, 2019. We accept work in all forms: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts for stage & screen, experimental narratives, visual art, and comics. Volume V also includes a huge milestone: payment for all contributors.
Read more about the theme and how to submit:
ACT
Act is action. Movement, process, the firing gun for life. It can remind us of courage, the power to ignite change, or it can represent performance. An act can pinpoint where characters are on their journey. Are we in Act I or the bottom of Act II—the inciting incident, or the “all is lost” moment? Act requires a start.
BREAK
Break is disruption. It’s a division, but not always a loss. It can be an object crushed or a new day forming. Characters can break free from adversity or break apart because of it. Break requires a stop.
ACT/BREAK
When creating a short story, poem, play, or even journal issue, we set about meticulously putting pieces together to create a body from many parts: the beginning, the end, and the spaces in between. We build, splinter, and reconnect. We pause to consider what’s worth keeping and when change should happen.
That exploration is what we want to read. We want writers and artists that choose their beginnings, middles, and ends with purpose. We want characters who are authentic—who start and stop and question themselves. We want hybrid forms that challenge the way we experience work. Most importantly—we want you, writers and artists—your perspective, your experiences for Vol. V: “Act/Break”. Interpret this theme in any direction you find inspiring.
All accepted work will receive $35.00 USD as payment. We are proud to officially be paying writers and artists for both our Flash 405 contests and Annual Issue. (Special thanks to our donors for helping us make this a reality for years to come.)
We look forward to reading your submissions!
Detailed submission guidelines and Submittable link.
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Call for Submissions on Theme of "Reading the Body": Bellevue Literary Review
BELLEVUE LITERARY REVIEW seeks fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for a special issue—“Reading the Body”—focused on anatomy and its metaphors. Fiction, nonfiction (5,000 words max). Poetry (3 poems max).
Deadline: January 1, 2020.
Info here.
Deadline: January 1, 2020.
Info here.
Writing Competition: Prose & Graphic Narrative Chapbook Contest
Prose & Graphic Narrative Chapbook Contest
Deadline: December 31, 2019
Annual $1,000 prize and publication by The Florida Review for chapbook of fiction, nonfiction, graphic narrative (flash collections or long-form).
Submit up to 45 pages with $25 entry fee by December 31, 2019.
Final judge: Lynne Nugent. All entries considered for publication. See website for guidelines. Submit your work here.
Deadline: December 31, 2019
Annual $1,000 prize and publication by The Florida Review for chapbook of fiction, nonfiction, graphic narrative (flash collections or long-form).
Submit up to 45 pages with $25 entry fee by December 31, 2019.
Final judge: Lynne Nugent. All entries considered for publication. See website for guidelines. Submit your work here.
Writing Competition: Contemporary Poetry Chapbook Prize
Contemporary Poetry Chapbook Prize: $800 Plus Travel Stipend
Deadline: December 31, 2019
Judge: 2018 Texas Poet Laureate Carol Coffee Reposa. Kallisto Gaia Press seeks submissions for our first annual Contemporary Poetry Chapbook Prize.
Winner receives $800 & publication by Kallisto Gaia Press, up to $300 travel stipend to Austin, TX for the release event, and 20 author copies. Submit 28-48 pages of contemporary poetry.
The $20 entry fee includes a copy of the winning chapbook.
Submit through December 31.
For complete guidelines please go here.
Deadline: December 31, 2019
Judge: 2018 Texas Poet Laureate Carol Coffee Reposa. Kallisto Gaia Press seeks submissions for our first annual Contemporary Poetry Chapbook Prize.
Winner receives $800 & publication by Kallisto Gaia Press, up to $300 travel stipend to Austin, TX for the release event, and 20 author copies. Submit 28-48 pages of contemporary poetry.
The $20 entry fee includes a copy of the winning chapbook.
Submit through December 31.
For complete guidelines please go here.
Call for Submissions to Anthology: Coffee House Press
Coffee House Anthology: Call for Submissions
Deadline: April 3, 2020
We invite submissions for an essay anthology that takes a contemporary look at silences around class and caste systems that divide us, to be co-edited by a collective of award-winning incarcerated writers and published by Coffee House Press. The pieces should tell the stories of the unseen and the unspoken, and articulate lines of our division. We encourage submissions from all walks of life and across the gender spectrum.
Submit to:
wheredoibelonganthologyATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
We are accepting essays, 2,500 - 7,500 words.
Submissions open until April 3, 2020.
All accepted contributions will be paid.
Deadline: April 3, 2020
We invite submissions for an essay anthology that takes a contemporary look at silences around class and caste systems that divide us, to be co-edited by a collective of award-winning incarcerated writers and published by Coffee House Press. The pieces should tell the stories of the unseen and the unspoken, and articulate lines of our division. We encourage submissions from all walks of life and across the gender spectrum.
Submit to:
wheredoibelonganthologyATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
We are accepting essays, 2,500 - 7,500 words.
Submissions open until April 3, 2020.
All accepted contributions will be paid.
Writing Competitions: The Crazyhorse Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry
The Crazyhorse Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry
Deadline: January 31, 2020
From January 1st to January 31st, Crazyhorse will accept entries for prizes in fiction, nonfiction, & poetry.
Winners receive $2,000 and publication.
The $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription; all manuscripts entered will be considered for publication. For more information and to see our judges, go here.
Deadline: January 31, 2020
From January 1st to January 31st, Crazyhorse will accept entries for prizes in fiction, nonfiction, & poetry.
Winners receive $2,000 and publication.
The $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription; all manuscripts entered will be considered for publication. For more information and to see our judges, go here.
Writing Competition: New Issues Poetry Prize for Debut Collection of Poems
New Issues Poetry Prize for Debut Collection of Poems
Deadline: December 31, 2019
Prize: $2,000. Judge: Traci Brimhall.
Reading fee: $25, payable to New Issues. Open to any writer who has not published a full-length collection (40+ pages) of poetry.
Submit a 40-100-page manuscript online. Online submissions: include identifying info in the cover page section, not the manuscript.
Hard copy submissions: include a cover page with contact info and title. Finalists will be notified in May, and a winner will be selected in June. Mail to:
New Issues Poetry Prize
New Issues Poetry & Prose
Western Michigan University
1903 West Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5463
Deadline: December 31, 2019
Prize: $2,000. Judge: Traci Brimhall.
Reading fee: $25, payable to New Issues. Open to any writer who has not published a full-length collection (40+ pages) of poetry.
Submit a 40-100-page manuscript online. Online submissions: include identifying info in the cover page section, not the manuscript.
Hard copy submissions: include a cover page with contact info and title. Finalists will be notified in May, and a winner will be selected in June. Mail to:
New Issues Poetry Prize
New Issues Poetry & Prose
Western Michigan University
1903 West Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5463
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Artists' Residency: Marble House Project
Marble House Project is a multi-disciplinary artist residency program that fosters collaboration & the exchange of ideas by providing an environment for artists across disciplines to live and work side by side. Our residency program is uniquely curated to bring together a diverse group of artists to facilitate the exchange of different expertise, histories, techniques, and perspectives.
With a focus on conservation of natural resources, integration of small-scale organic food production and the arts, residents sustain their growth by cultivating and participating in the surrounding grounds, working on their artistic vision and forging partnerships within the community. Marble House Project is founded on the belief that the act of creating, whether in the studio or in nature, is how human potential expands and community thrives. Marble House Project accepts approximately 60 artists from both the United States and abroad.
We welcome any and all to apply because we are interested in a diverse group of applicants. Marble House Project does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. If you have any questions or need assistance in applying, please contact:
InfATMarbleHouseProjectDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Marble House Project accepts approximately 60 artists from both the United States and abroad. Each session hosts eight artists and is carefully curated to bring together a group of creative workers across various disciplines, who might collaborate and learn from one another.
Applications are accepted in all creative fields. This includes but is not limited to visual arts, writing, choreography, music composition, and performance. There are six sessions and each session lasts for three weeks. The artist-in-residence season runs from mid-April through the end of October. Each session has 8 artists, creating small, dynamic, interactive groups. Residents are selected by a jury process composed of past-years artist residents, staff and outside experts. Artists are selected based on the quality and commitment to their work and their project description. It is important to note that each session is specifically curated in order to maximize the art residency experience for each individual artist.
All residents live together in the historic, eight-bedroom Manley-Lefevre house, which is organized around a responsibilities-sharing system, highlighting sustainability and fostering community. We provide fresh ingredients and all residents will be asked to cook dinner (in a pair) three to four times over the course of their residency. Group dinners take place each night Monday-Friday and feature food from our organic garden. As a resident, you are invited to help with planting, harvesting, and maintenance. Although not required, our hope is that you will spend some time in the garden alongside your studio practice.
At the end of each session, artists are asked to present their work at ART SEED. This takes the form of talks, performances, and open studios. Again, participating in ART SEED is optional but allows our local rural community a glimpse into the process of artmaking.
Marble House Project provides residents a private bedroom, food, studio space and artist support. Marble House Project does not cover the cost of travel or materials. Once accepted, there is no cost to attend the residency.
For exact dates, more information and questions about the residency you can visit our FAQ page or contact:
infoATMarblehouseprojectDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
The fee to apply is $35.00.
Applications will open October 1st, 2019 for residencies taking place in 2020. The deadline to apply is midnight, December 9th, 2020. All artists will be notified by email on or before February 22nd, 2020. You can apply here.
With a focus on conservation of natural resources, integration of small-scale organic food production and the arts, residents sustain their growth by cultivating and participating in the surrounding grounds, working on their artistic vision and forging partnerships within the community. Marble House Project is founded on the belief that the act of creating, whether in the studio or in nature, is how human potential expands and community thrives. Marble House Project accepts approximately 60 artists from both the United States and abroad.
We welcome any and all to apply because we are interested in a diverse group of applicants. Marble House Project does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. If you have any questions or need assistance in applying, please contact:
InfATMarbleHouseProjectDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Marble House Project accepts approximately 60 artists from both the United States and abroad. Each session hosts eight artists and is carefully curated to bring together a group of creative workers across various disciplines, who might collaborate and learn from one another.
Applications are accepted in all creative fields. This includes but is not limited to visual arts, writing, choreography, music composition, and performance. There are six sessions and each session lasts for three weeks. The artist-in-residence season runs from mid-April through the end of October. Each session has 8 artists, creating small, dynamic, interactive groups. Residents are selected by a jury process composed of past-years artist residents, staff and outside experts. Artists are selected based on the quality and commitment to their work and their project description. It is important to note that each session is specifically curated in order to maximize the art residency experience for each individual artist.
All residents live together in the historic, eight-bedroom Manley-Lefevre house, which is organized around a responsibilities-sharing system, highlighting sustainability and fostering community. We provide fresh ingredients and all residents will be asked to cook dinner (in a pair) three to four times over the course of their residency. Group dinners take place each night Monday-Friday and feature food from our organic garden. As a resident, you are invited to help with planting, harvesting, and maintenance. Although not required, our hope is that you will spend some time in the garden alongside your studio practice.
At the end of each session, artists are asked to present their work at ART SEED. This takes the form of talks, performances, and open studios. Again, participating in ART SEED is optional but allows our local rural community a glimpse into the process of artmaking.
Marble House Project provides residents a private bedroom, food, studio space and artist support. Marble House Project does not cover the cost of travel or materials. Once accepted, there is no cost to attend the residency.
For exact dates, more information and questions about the residency you can visit our FAQ page or contact:
infoATMarblehouseprojectDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
The fee to apply is $35.00.
Applications will open October 1st, 2019 for residencies taking place in 2020. The deadline to apply is midnight, December 9th, 2020. All artists will be notified by email on or before February 22nd, 2020. You can apply here.
Call for Submissions to Anthology: Galactic Stew
GALACTIC STEW, a new anthology project from Zombies Need Brains, LLC:
Food is an essential part of life—not just for energy and exotic flavors, but as a unifier during social events, a focal point for establishing culture, and shared experience to put people at ease. In GALACTIC STEW, readers will sit down at the communal table and sup upon stories centered on food. Whether it’s a tense treaty negotiation over a full course meal or a trap devised by the fae to chain you to their realm, these stories are certain to be delectable. Come and savor these delicacies…and hope the taste doesn’t mask a deadly poison!
Edited by David B. Coe & Joshua Palmatier, GALACTIC STEW will contain approximately fourteen stories with an average length of 6,000 words each.
Anchor authors include: Rod Belcher, Andy Duncan, Esther Friesner, D.B. Jackson, Howard Andrew Jones, Gini Koch, and Laura Resnick.
Deadline: December 31, 2019
Pay rate: 8 cents per word plus potential royalties
Full submission guidelines here.
Food is an essential part of life—not just for energy and exotic flavors, but as a unifier during social events, a focal point for establishing culture, and shared experience to put people at ease. In GALACTIC STEW, readers will sit down at the communal table and sup upon stories centered on food. Whether it’s a tense treaty negotiation over a full course meal or a trap devised by the fae to chain you to their realm, these stories are certain to be delectable. Come and savor these delicacies…and hope the taste doesn’t mask a deadly poison!
Edited by David B. Coe & Joshua Palmatier, GALACTIC STEW will contain approximately fourteen stories with an average length of 6,000 words each.
Anchor authors include: Rod Belcher, Andy Duncan, Esther Friesner, D.B. Jackson, Howard Andrew Jones, Gini Koch, and Laura Resnick.
Deadline: December 31, 2019
Pay rate: 8 cents per word plus potential royalties
Full submission guidelines here.
Writing Competitions: New Letters
The $2,500 Patricia Cleary Miller Award for Poetry for the best group of three to six poems.
The $2,500 Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction for the best Essay.
The $2,500 Robert Day Award for Fiction for the best short story.
GUIDELINES
Upload your writing online by midnight (PST) Monday, May 18th. Entries sent after midnight (PST) May 18th cannot be considered or refunded. Please read guidelines carefully to insure best service.
Submit with each entry:
$24 entry fee for each manuscript submitted. A one-year subscription or subscription renewal to New Letters, shipped to any address within the United States, is included in the price of the first entry. (Subscriptions mailed outside the U.S. require a $15 postal surcharge.)
Please include one cover sheet with your entry stating the genre and the tile of the essay or short story. For poetry, please list the titles of each poem. Your personal information should not appear anywhere on the entry.
RULES AND NOTES
The $2,500 Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction for the best Essay.
The $2,500 Robert Day Award for Fiction for the best short story.
GUIDELINES
Upload your writing online by midnight (PST) Monday, May 18th. Entries sent after midnight (PST) May 18th cannot be considered or refunded. Please read guidelines carefully to insure best service.
Submit with each entry:
$24 entry fee for each manuscript submitted. A one-year subscription or subscription renewal to New Letters, shipped to any address within the United States, is included in the price of the first entry. (Subscriptions mailed outside the U.S. require a $15 postal surcharge.)
Please include one cover sheet with your entry stating the genre and the tile of the essay or short story. For poetry, please list the titles of each poem. Your personal information should not appear anywhere on the entry.
RULES AND NOTES
- Simultaneous submissions of unpublished entries are accepted with proper notification upon acceptance elsewhere.
- All entries will be considered for publication in New Letters.
- Fiction and essay entries should not exceed 8,000 words. A single poetry entry may contain up to six poems, and those poems need not be related.
- Multiple entries are accepted with appropriate fees.
- Manuscripts will not be returned.
- No substitutions after submissions. No refunds will be offered for withdrawn material.
- Current students and employees of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and current volunteer members of the New Letters and BkMk Press staffs, are not eligible.
Writing Competition: The Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press 2019 Chapbook Contest
The Button Poetry / Exploding Pinecone Press 2019 Chapbook Contest is now open! Please review these guidelines carefully before submitting.
Prize: The winner will receive publication, 50 free author copies, a $500 honorarium, and roundtrip travel to Minneapolis* to perform at a release show and be filmed by Button’s video crew.
Entry Fee: $15; all entrants will receive a 20% discount off any purchase at the Button Shop
Timeline: The contest will open on November 15th and close at 11:59 PM PST on January 5th!
Eligibility: This competition is open to writers ages 18+ from anywhere in the world.
Manuscript Eligibility: Open to all previously unpublished, chapbook-length manuscripts of poetry (loosely defined) written in English. Manuscripts that contain previously published poems are eligible, so long as the manuscript is unpublished as a collection.
What We Like: We value energy and voice and force, work that crosses borders or effaces them completely, work that enters into larger social conversations, work that lives in the world, work with calloused hands and a half-empty stomach. We think poetry is and ought to be part of our everyday lives and culture.
Read our complete guidelines and submit your work here.
Prize: The winner will receive publication, 50 free author copies, a $500 honorarium, and roundtrip travel to Minneapolis* to perform at a release show and be filmed by Button’s video crew.
Entry Fee: $15; all entrants will receive a 20% discount off any purchase at the Button Shop
Timeline: The contest will open on November 15th and close at 11:59 PM PST on January 5th!
Eligibility: This competition is open to writers ages 18+ from anywhere in the world.
Manuscript Eligibility: Open to all previously unpublished, chapbook-length manuscripts of poetry (loosely defined) written in English. Manuscripts that contain previously published poems are eligible, so long as the manuscript is unpublished as a collection.
What We Like: We value energy and voice and force, work that crosses borders or effaces them completely, work that enters into larger social conversations, work that lives in the world, work with calloused hands and a half-empty stomach. We think poetry is and ought to be part of our everyday lives and culture.
Read our complete guidelines and submit your work here.
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: 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, go here.
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, go 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 Hunger
The Hunger Open for Submissions
Deadline: December 15, 2019
The Hunger publishes visceral writing. The theme of “hunger” is not confined only to food, but hungers and thirsts of all kinds: the craving for connection, the human need to be filled or emptied, the devastating desires that define our most alive moments. Hungers can be sexual, romantic, familial, individualistic, spiritual, creative, sorrowful, conflicted, humanistic, and/or existential.
We are excited by the lyrical, the experimental, the strange, the uncomfortable, the vulnerable, and just plain honesty. Send us work that bleeds. We want to be devoured.
Deadline: December 15, 2019
The Hunger publishes visceral writing. The theme of “hunger” is not confined only to food, but hungers and thirsts of all kinds: the craving for connection, the human need to be filled or emptied, the devastating desires that define our most alive moments. Hungers can be sexual, romantic, familial, individualistic, spiritual, creative, sorrowful, conflicted, humanistic, and/or existential.
We are excited by the lyrical, the experimental, the strange, the uncomfortable, the vulnerable, and just plain honesty. Send us work that bleeds. We want to be devoured.
Sunday, November 17, 2019
Writing Competition: Prism Review
We are open for CONTEST submissions! We're thrilled to have amazing judges this year - read more in the categories below! (As always: we hope to read your very best ... and more than that we're excited to read it, and we want more, we hope for more, we quietly plead for/demand more. Simply: we love great literature, and we love finding new voices and reading wonderful works from established writers. We always put samples of favorites from past issues on our homepage - looking at those or reading the journal are the best ways, of course, to get a sense of our taste.)
Award: $250
Entry Fee: $10.00
Deadline: Nov. 30, 2019 (fiction); Dec. 1, 2019 (poetry)
Submissions will be read for our spring 2020 issue. All submissions must be previously unpublished; simultaneous submissions are fine (but please withdraw accepted pieces immediately; the lack of this practice has increased far too much for us lately); we publish Prism annually each spring and generally read year-round.
Minimum Payment: $40.00
Happy submitting!
Guidelines and submission link here.
Award: $250
Entry Fee: $10.00
Deadline: Nov. 30, 2019 (fiction); Dec. 1, 2019 (poetry)
Submissions will be read for our spring 2020 issue. All submissions must be previously unpublished; simultaneous submissions are fine (but please withdraw accepted pieces immediately; the lack of this practice has increased far too much for us lately); we publish Prism annually each spring and generally read year-round.
Minimum Payment: $40.00
Happy submitting!
Guidelines and submission link here.
Call for Submissions and Essay Contest: Deep Wild Journal
Deep Wild Journal Wants Your Wild Words!
Deadline: December 31 (poetry); January 31 (nonfiction, fiction, art)
Deep Wild: Writing from the Backcountry seeks poems, essays, stories, and artwork inspired by journeys to places where there are no roads. We are open to a wide spectrum of carefully-crafted work. Previously published is welcome, simultaneous submissions are fine, and submissions are free.
To read the full guidelines, to submit work, and to order a copy of our 2019 issue, visit our website. Note: Our Submittable account allows for 100 submissions/month, so submit early!
Also, we are pleased to announce the 2020 Undergraduate Student Essay Contest, which will open for submissions January 15-March 15. For details and guidelines, go here.
Deadline: December 31 (poetry); January 31 (nonfiction, fiction, art)
Deep Wild: Writing from the Backcountry seeks poems, essays, stories, and artwork inspired by journeys to places where there are no roads. We are open to a wide spectrum of carefully-crafted work. Previously published is welcome, simultaneous submissions are fine, and submissions are free.
To read the full guidelines, to submit work, and to order a copy of our 2019 issue, visit our website. Note: Our Submittable account allows for 100 submissions/month, so submit early!
Also, we are pleased to announce the 2020 Undergraduate Student Essay Contest, which will open for submissions January 15-March 15. For details and guidelines, go here.
Writing Competition and Residency: Rockvale Writers' Colony First Flash Fiction Contest
Rockvale Writers' Colony's First Flash Fiction Contest
Deadline: December 15, 2019
Want to be a writer-in-residence? Want to spend an entire week writing? The winner of our first flash fiction contest will win a weeklong residency at the idyllic Rockvale Writers' Colony in Middle Tennessee. Submit 1 piece of flash fiction, 1000 words or less, before December 15. We'll choose the piece that best reflects our theme, "power of words."
Fee is $12.
This contest is blind, so no names, please! For all the contest guidelines and prize details, see our website. We look forward to reading your work!
Deadline: December 15, 2019
Want to be a writer-in-residence? Want to spend an entire week writing? The winner of our first flash fiction contest will win a weeklong residency at the idyllic Rockvale Writers' Colony in Middle Tennessee. Submit 1 piece of flash fiction, 1000 words or less, before December 15. We'll choose the piece that best reflects our theme, "power of words."
Fee is $12.
This contest is blind, so no names, please! For all the contest guidelines and prize details, see our website. We look forward to reading your work!
Call for Submissions: Volney Road Review
Volney Road Review Paying for Prose, Poetry, Art, and Comics
Deadline: February 1, 2020
Volney Road Review is a literary magazine based in Youngstown, Ohio. We are currently open to submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction up to 3,500 words, art/photography, and comics for VRR volume 2, issue 2.
We publish digitally and pay $10 per accepted piece.
Find out more here.
Deadline: February 1, 2020
Volney Road Review is a literary magazine based in Youngstown, Ohio. We are currently open to submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction up to 3,500 words, art/photography, and comics for VRR volume 2, issue 2.
We publish digitally and pay $10 per accepted piece.
Find out more here.
Writing Competition: 2020 Colorado Prize for Poetry
2020 Colorado Prize for Poetry
Deadline: January 14, 2020
$2,000 honorarium and book publication: Submit book-length collection of poems to the Colorado Prize for Poetry by January 14, 2020.
$25 reading fee (add $3 to submit online) includes subscription to Colorado Review.
Final judge is Kiki Petrosino; friends and students (current or former) of the judge are not eligible to compete, nor are Colorado State University employees, students, or alumni.
Complete guidelines and online submission form here.
Or mail your submission to:
Colorado Prize for Poetry
Center for Literary Publishing
9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105
Deadline: January 14, 2020
$2,000 honorarium and book publication: Submit book-length collection of poems to the Colorado Prize for Poetry by January 14, 2020.
$25 reading fee (add $3 to submit online) includes subscription to Colorado Review.
Final judge is Kiki Petrosino; friends and students (current or former) of the judge are not eligible to compete, nor are Colorado State University employees, students, or alumni.
Complete guidelines and online submission form here.
Or mail your submission to:
Colorado Prize for Poetry
Center for Literary Publishing
9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105
Call for Submissions: The Moving Force Journal
Submissions Open for Issue 2 of The Moving Force Journal!
Deadline: Jan. 6, 2020
We are an online journal with a mission to find and publish the new classics, literature and art that will stand the test of time. We're currently accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art/photography submissions for our Spring 2020 issue. To get an idea of the type of work we are interested in, we encourage you to read our current issue, which is freely available on our website. We look forward to reviewing your best work!
Deadline: Jan. 6, 2020
We are an online journal with a mission to find and publish the new classics, literature and art that will stand the test of time. We're currently accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art/photography submissions for our Spring 2020 issue. To get an idea of the type of work we are interested in, we encourage you to read our current issue, which is freely available on our website. We look forward to reviewing your best work!
Call for Submissions: Palooka
Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Art, Photography, Comics
Palooka is an international literary magazine. For a decade we've featured up-and-coming, established, and brand-new writers, artists, and photographers from all around the world. We're open to diverse forms and styles and are always seeking unique chapbooks, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, artwork, photography, graphic narratives, and comic strips.
Give us your best shot! Submissions open year-round.
Palooka is an international literary magazine. For a decade we've featured up-and-coming, established, and brand-new writers, artists, and photographers from all around the world. We're open to diverse forms and styles and are always seeking unique chapbooks, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, artwork, photography, graphic narratives, and comic strips.
Give us your best shot! Submissions open year-round.
Call for Submissions on Theme of Practices of Hope: About Place Journal
About Place Journal Call for Submissions: Practices of Hope
Deadline: February 15, 2020
Each issue of About Place Journal, the arts publication of the Black Earth Institute, focuses on a specific theme. From 12/1/19 to 2/15/20 we'll be accepting submissions for our Spring 2020 issue Practices of Hope.
Our mission: to have art address the causes of spirit, earth, and society; to protect the earth; and to build a more just and interconnected world. We publish prose, poetry, visual art, photography, video, and music which fit the current theme. More about this issue's theme and our submission guidelines here.
Deadline: February 15, 2020
Each issue of About Place Journal, the arts publication of the Black Earth Institute, focuses on a specific theme. From 12/1/19 to 2/15/20 we'll be accepting submissions for our Spring 2020 issue Practices of Hope.
Our mission: to have art address the causes of spirit, earth, and society; to protect the earth; and to build a more just and interconnected world. We publish prose, poetry, visual art, photography, video, and music which fit the current theme. More about this issue's theme and our submission guidelines here.
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Writing Competition: J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction
Deadline: November 30, 2019
Cash Prize: $500
A prize of $500 and publication in Dappled Things is given annually for a short story. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a story of up to 8,000 words by November 30.
There is no entry fee.
All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Cash Prize: $500
A prize of $500 and publication in Dappled Things is given annually for a short story. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a story of up to 8,000 words by November 30.
There is no entry fee.
All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Writing Competition: Tartt First Fiction Award
Tartt First Fiction Award: No Fee!
Deadline: December 31
Livingston Press annually awards $1,000 and publication for a collection of short stories by writers who have not previously published a story collection.
There is no entry fee. For complete rules, visit our website.
Deadline: December 31
Livingston Press annually awards $1,000 and publication for a collection of short stories by writers who have not previously published a story collection.
There is no entry fee. For complete rules, visit our website.
Writing Competition: Scribble Lit Short Fiction Contrest for Beginning and Emerging Writers
Scribble Lit Short Fiction Contest for Beginning and Emerging Writers
Deadline: December 1, 2019
First Prize: $200
Entry Fee: $12.00
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
First Prize: $200
Entry Fee: $12.00
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: Burnside Review Book Award (Poetry)
Burnside Review Book Award
Deadline: November 30, 2019
A prize of $1,000, publication by Burnside Review Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Darcie Dennigan will judge.
Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 64 pages with a $25 entry fee, which includes one title from the press’s catalogue, by November 30.
All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Deadline: November 30, 2019
A prize of $1,000, publication by Burnside Review Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Darcie Dennigan will judge.
Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 64 pages with a $25 entry fee, which includes one title from the press’s catalogue, by November 30.
All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Writing Competition: 2019 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Award
2019 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Award
Deadline: January 15, 2020
First Place: $250
Submission Fee: $3.00
The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Award on the Jewish experience was established by Nedda Fratkin, Marvin Rosenberg, and Violet Ginsburg in memory of their mother, Anna Rosenberg, née Davidson in 1987. The contest is open to all writers exploring the Jewish experience (irrespective of author's ethnicity or religious affiliation).
Deadline: January 15, 2020
First Place: $250
Submission Fee: $3.00
The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Award on the Jewish experience was established by Nedda Fratkin, Marvin Rosenberg, and Violet Ginsburg in memory of their mother, Anna Rosenberg, née Davidson in 1987. The contest is open to all writers exploring the Jewish experience (irrespective of author's ethnicity or religious affiliation).
Call for Submissions on Theme of Mississippi
Call for Submissions: Valley Voices Spring 2020 Issue
A Special Issue on the State of Mississippi. Poems with any themes related to the state of Mississippi or experiences of living or working in Mississippi are welcome. Cutoff date is March 30, 2020, but prefer earlier submissions. Essays on Mississippi writers, musicians, and artists are also welcome. Essays should conform to the current MLA Style.
No previously published material or simultaneous submissions will be considered.
Send submissions to:
The Editor, Valley Voices
14000 Hwy 82 W., #7242
Itta Bena, MS 38941-1400
USA
Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope to guarantee a return of your manuscript.
Submissions may also be e-mailed with an attachment saved in Word to:
valley_voicesATyahooDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Visit us at our website or NewPages listing for more information.
A Special Issue on the State of Mississippi. Poems with any themes related to the state of Mississippi or experiences of living or working in Mississippi are welcome. Cutoff date is March 30, 2020, but prefer earlier submissions. Essays on Mississippi writers, musicians, and artists are also welcome. Essays should conform to the current MLA Style.
No previously published material or simultaneous submissions will be considered.
Send submissions to:
The Editor, Valley Voices
14000 Hwy 82 W., #7242
Itta Bena, MS 38941-1400
USA
Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope to guarantee a return of your manuscript.
Submissions may also be e-mailed with an attachment saved in Word to:
valley_voicesATyahooDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )
Visit us at our website or NewPages listing for more information.
Call for Poetry Submissions to Anthology: Rewilding: Poems for the Environment
Poetry Anthology Focused on the Environment
Deadline: December 31, 2019
Flexible Press is teaming up with Split Rock Review for an anthology that explores the current state of the natural environment through poetry. All proceeds go to an environmental nonprofit. Simultaneous submissions and previously published works OK.
No submission fee!
Reading period: September 1 to December 31.
For guidelines, go here or here.
Deadline: December 31, 2019
Flexible Press is teaming up with Split Rock Review for an anthology that explores the current state of the natural environment through poetry. All proceeds go to an environmental nonprofit. Simultaneous submissions and previously published works OK.
No submission fee!
Reading period: September 1 to December 31.
For guidelines, go here or here.
Call for Submissions: Parhelion Literary Magazine
Submit to Parhelion Literary Magazine
Deadline: December 31, 2019
Parhelion is accepting short story, flash, creative nonfiction, and poetry submissions for the Winter 2020 issue. We're also accepting book reviews, author interviews, articles on writing, literary events, and other related topics for our ongoing Features section.
Please check out our submission guidelines on our website to submit. We look forward to reading your work, and thanks for considering us!
Deadline: December 31, 2019
Parhelion is accepting short story, flash, creative nonfiction, and poetry submissions for the Winter 2020 issue. We're also accepting book reviews, author interviews, articles on writing, literary events, and other related topics for our ongoing Features section.
Please check out our submission guidelines on our website to submit. We look forward to reading your work, and thanks for considering us!
Call for Nonfiction Submissions: bioStories
bioStories Is Seeking New Nonfiction Submissions
Submissions accepted year-round.
bioStories is an online magazine of creative nonfiction focused on literary quality biography and autobiography. We publish weekly “feature essays,” annual digital issues, and digital and print thematic anthologies. We read submissions year-around for essays keeping with our tradition of “sharing the extraordinary in ordinary lives,” and run occasional thematic contests. Writers are encouraged to visit the website to gain a full sense of our reading tastes and literary mission of presenting exceptional writers exploring the subtleties of the lives we might otherwise overlook.
Full submission guidelines are available by visiting our website.
Submissions accepted year-round.
bioStories is an online magazine of creative nonfiction focused on literary quality biography and autobiography. We publish weekly “feature essays,” annual digital issues, and digital and print thematic anthologies. We read submissions year-around for essays keeping with our tradition of “sharing the extraordinary in ordinary lives,” and run occasional thematic contests. Writers are encouraged to visit the website to gain a full sense of our reading tastes and literary mission of presenting exceptional writers exploring the subtleties of the lives we might otherwise overlook.
Full submission guidelines are available by visiting our website.
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Writing Competition: 2019 Watersedge Poetry Chapbook Contest
2019 WATERSEDGE POETRY CHAPBOOK CONTEST: $500; publication of poetry chapbook in print and e-book formats; Amazon distribution; 25 free print copies. Page count: 24–48 pages.
Judge: Tami Haaland, past Poet Laureate of Montana.
Contest ends: December 13, 2019.
Entry fee: $20. Sponsored by Writer’s Relief, Inc.
See guidelines here.
Call for Submissions and Writing Competition: Boulevard
General submissions are now open!
Submit your research-based nonfiction, personal essay, fiction, and poetry to Boulevard.
Deadline for general submissions: May 1, 2020
Payment: $100-$300 for prose
$25-$250 for poetry
The Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers is also now open! $1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
The deadline is December 31 at midnight CST for the contest.
Submit your research-based nonfiction, personal essay, fiction, and poetry to Boulevard.
Deadline for general submissions: May 1, 2020
Payment: $100-$300 for prose
$25-$250 for poetry
The Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers is also now open! $1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
The deadline is December 31 at midnight CST for the contest.
Writers' Conference and Workshop: 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.
Call for Submissions: upstreet
upstreet seeks fiction & creative nonfiction
Submissions open September 1 – March 1 annually.
We invite you to submit your fiction and creative nonfiction to upstreet, an award-winning literary journal based in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. We do not consider unsolicted poetry submissions at this time. Fiction and nonfiction pieces must be 5,000 words or less.
Payment upon publication.
Decision notifications will be made via email by mid-May.
Submissions open September 1 – March 1 annually.
We invite you to submit your fiction and creative nonfiction to upstreet, an award-winning literary journal based in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. We do not consider unsolicted poetry submissions at this time. Fiction and nonfiction pieces must be 5,000 words or less.
Payment upon publication.
Decision notifications will be made via email by mid-May.
Writing Competition: The Crazyhorse Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry
The Crazyhorse Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry
Deadline: January 31, 2020
From January 1st to January 31st, Crazyhorse will accept entries for prizes in fiction, nonfiction, & poetry. Winners receive $2,000 and publication.
The $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription; all manuscripts entered will be considered for publication.
For more information and to see our judges, visit our website.
Deadline: January 31, 2020
From January 1st to January 31st, Crazyhorse will accept entries for prizes in fiction, nonfiction, & poetry. Winners receive $2,000 and publication.
The $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription; all manuscripts entered will be considered for publication.
For more information and to see our judges, visit our website.
Call for Submissions: The Antioch Review
The Antioch Review is a small independent magazine founded in 1941 by Antioch College faculty and staff. We have an international cast of writers, readers, and supporters and high standards; selecting the best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, delivering "The BEST words in the BEST order." The Review has published independent writers, exceptional poets, and brilliant thinkers throughout its 75 years and played an important role in literary history via publishing the promising alongside the prominent.
Antioch Review,
P.O. Box 148,
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
No electronic submissions.
Submission information here.
Deadlines:
May 31, 2020 for prose submissions
April 30, 2020 for poetry submissions
Payment: $20.00 per printed page
Antioch Review,
P.O. Box 148,
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
No electronic submissions.
Submission information here.
Deadlines:
May 31, 2020 for prose submissions
April 30, 2020 for poetry submissions
Payment: $20.00 per printed page
Call for Poetry Submissions: Heron Tree
Heron Tree: Call for Submissions
Deadline: December 1, 2019
Heron Tree is open for submissions through December 1, 2019. We will read submissions and make decisions on a rolling basis. Accepted poems will be published individually online (one poem a week beginning in January 2020) and then collected in Heron Tree volume 7, which will be available as a free downloadable ebook. Visit our submission guidelines here.
Deadline: December 1, 2019
Heron Tree is open for submissions through December 1, 2019. We will read submissions and make decisions on a rolling basis. Accepted poems will be published individually online (one poem a week beginning in January 2020) and then collected in Heron Tree volume 7, which will be available as a free downloadable ebook. Visit our submission guidelines here.
Call for Submissions to Anthology: great weather for MEDIA
Call for Submissions - great weather for MEDIA
Deadline: January 15, 2020
Payment: Publication, one contributor copy, and $10.00
great weather for MEDIA seeks poetry, flash fiction, short stories, dramatic monologues, and creative nonfiction for our annual print anthology. Our focus is on the fearless, the unpredictable, and the experimental.
Please visit our website for guidelines.
Deadline: January 15, 2020
Payment: Publication, one contributor copy, and $10.00
great weather for MEDIA seeks poetry, flash fiction, short stories, dramatic monologues, and creative nonfiction for our annual print anthology. Our focus is on the fearless, the unpredictable, and the experimental.
Please visit our website for guidelines.
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