Call for Submissions: Anti-Heroin Chic

 ​Anti-Heroin Chic is a collective journal of poetry, photography, art work, stories, essays, interviews and more.

 

'Anti-Heroin Chic' meaning that what is beautiful is what is broken, that our imperfections, our exiles, our exclusions, are what define our humanity most, not the polished surface or the Instagram culture which encourages us to dissociate from who and how we truly are. There is a seat for everyone here at the table. The idea of the commune very much animates this project. This journal strives for inclusion and a diversity of voices, not to disparage others but to lift them up. We also strive to publish those who are being neglected or under-served in the literary or art communities.

 

This is a space for those who have been left out in the cold in all sorts of ways, this is open to diverse interpretation. 'Chic' was also an aesthetic fashion-style associated with heroin, but in addition to that it was also a clique, a closed circle, so the journal is also a commentary on forms of inclusion and exclusion. Since we come down on the side of the former we try to be as egalitarian as possible in putting people's voices & their struggles/poems/artwork out there.

 

As in life, there will always be some rejection, but we seek to minimize, as much as possible, what we see as unexamined forms of privilege and bias, editorial, institutional and otherwise. If Jack Micheline were alive today we like to think you would have found him here. We are the boarded up cafe downwind from the Warhol factory where all of the downtrodden and rejected find that they have a seat waiting for them.

 

Anti-Heroin Chic is also an Anti-Drug-addiction safe space. We believe that drugs are what come easiest to pain but are also what magnifies that pain. We strive to publish those who have either crawled out of that hell or have known or lost those who succumbed to that dark cloud that is addiction.

 

Part of addiction is an inability to express pain that has become trapped. We want poems that find ways to express that pain. "Not why the addiction, but why the pain" as Dr. Gabor Mate writes. Why the pain. Tell us. Why.

 

You are not alone. There will be better tomorrow's if you can make it beyond this pain.

 

If the work is honest and from your heart we will most likely publish it. We may also choose not to, but we are nonetheless floored by the resiliency it takes to create and share that creation with us, and our rejections are heavy hearted. We take it very seriously whenever anyone decides to entrust us with their work.

 

In conclusion, show the world what you see when you are on the outside, looking in.

Editor-in-chief,
​James Diaz

Submissions are open.

Submissions can be sent in a word doc attachment or pasted into the body of the email.

We do like cover letters, as we are a very warm and personable publication. Don't be afraid to say hello (there's no right or wrong way to say hello.) We are all about authenticity, kindness and vulnerability here. We strive to make this space a welcoming, safe and friendly environment.

Poetry: Send 3 to 6 poems, along with a bio and your author photo, to our poetry editors Jenny Robbins and James Diaz:

 

ahcpoetrysubsATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Fiction: Send up to 2 pieces, maximum of 20 pages, double spaced, to Dylan Brie Ducey at:

 

antichicfictionATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )(Please make sure to double space your fiction submissions.)

CNF/Essay: Send up to 2 pieces, maximum of 20 pages to our Non-Fiction Editor Jenny Robbins: 

 

ahcnonfictionATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Art/Photography: 4 to 6 images in jpeg attachment to James Diaz:

 

jamesjdiaz68ATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Please include an author photo and a third person bio with all submissions. All work should be in a word document (please no PDF's) or pasted into the body of the email.

Response time within two months, often much sooner. Feel free to inquire after two months.

Call for Submissions: HeartWood

We accept submissions through Submittable and welcome previously unpublished poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, from both established and emerging writers.

We publish issues bi-annually, and our reading periods are May 1 - July 31 and November 1 - January 31.

General Submissions

What We Want:

We are interested in writing that pushes into, dares to reveal, its own truth, that takes emotional risks, that gets to the heart of the matter.

Simultaneous submissions are fine, provided you notify us if the work is accepted elsewhere. If you only need to withdraw a portion of your submission, we invite you to add a Note to your submission instead of withdrawing the entire submission.

We also welcome queries from Appalachian artists (writers, visual artists, musicians, performers, folk artists, etc) interested in being included in our Appalachian Arts section.

Submission Details

Prose submissions, fiction or nonfiction, should be 3000 words or less.

Fiction: Fiction submissions may include short stories, flash fiction, or novel excerpts if the excerpt can stand alone. You may submit more than one piece of flash fiction, as long as the total word count does not exceed 3000 words.

Creative Nonfiction: We're open to a wide range of nonfiction, with the exception of academic articles, or that which would be considered more traditionally journalistic. Personal essay, memoir, lyric, literary journalism, or some blurring in between, are all acceptable.

Poetry: Poets should submit no more than 3-5 single-spaced poems at a time. Include all poems in a single document for upload. Lyric, narrative, experimental, prose poems--we're open to all variations of the poetic voice.

Surprise us. Make us think. Make us feel. Make our hearts race.

Appalachian Arts Interviews

We also welcome queries from Appalachian artists (writers, visual artists, musicians, performers, folk artists, etc) interested in being included in our Appalachian Arts section. We define Appalachian artists as an artist who is heavily influenced by the Appalachian region and its traditions, history, and people. At HeartWood, we are looking for artists who take these traditions and speak to them in a new and unexpected way.

To query about possible inclusion in the Appalachian Arts section: Submit the following in one document (doc, docx) through the Appalachian Arts link on our Submittable page:

• Artist bio

• Artist statement addressing what being an “Appalachian artist" means to you, how you uniquely define yourself as an Appalachian artist, and how your connection to Appalachia as you see/define it connects (or doesn't) to your work.

• At least one link to where artwork or samples can be seen/heard (artist website, other publications, YouTube, etc).

If we're interested, based on the query, editors will email requesting additional information and work sample.

Submit here.

Call for Submissions: Small Print Magazine

Small Print Magazine Publishes:

FICTION & CREATIVE NONFICTION

From flash pieces to 8,000 words, literary and genre. Serialized and longer pieces will be considered. We do not publish political commentary or editorials.

POETRY

Up to 6 poems submitted in one computer file

BOOK REVIEWS

Up to 1,000 words. Reviews are limited to books covering the art, craft, and business of writing.

Articles on the CRAFT of WRITING

Up to 1,500 words

FEATURES & INTERVIEWS

Subjects include writers, editors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, cartoonists, et cetera.

WRITING TOOLS Review

Software & hardware reviews relevant to writers

CARTOONS

Single-Panel and strips, humorous or not, dealing with the writing life or the creative process in general. Other subjects will be considered. Sophisticated to simple. Our readers are educated, creative adults. The majority of our readers are located in North America and Europe, but our market is worldwide.

Read our full guidelines and submit your work here.

Call for Submissions: The Ghastling

We invite submissions of stories for our NUMBER 13 issue…!

There is no official theme for this one, however, stories that embrace the Unlucky Number or any aspect of Lucky/Unlucky will find themselves repelled of the jinx. For now…

Please submit your unpublished story (no longer than 3,500 words, no minimum – we do enjoy a very short, sharp scare!) as a WORD document with your NAME and the TITLE OF THE STORY at the top of the document to Rebecca Parfitt:

editorATtheghastlingDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Please also include a short bio and covering letter, and let us know if you are a subscriber or Patreon supporter too. Writers may submit ONE story per submission window.

Deadline for Book 13 is Midnight 10th January 2021.

For a fuller rundown of what we are looking for please visit our submissions page.

Thanks in advance and happy writing!

(and yes, we know it’s not actually Friday 13th!)

Writing Competition: Great River Review's 2021 Pink Poetry Prize

2021 PINK POETRY PRIZE submissions are open until january 15, 2021 

Each year, we accept free submissions for the Pink Poetry Prize, a $1,000 USD award that’s given for a single poem. For the 2021 Pink Poetry Prize, please submit up to three poems (10 page limit) in .doc,.docx, or .pdf format. We accept all styles of poetry, including visual poetry. 

Submit here. 

No entry fee.

Call for Submissions: Mermaids Monthly

The first submission period for Mermaids Monthly will open on the 20th of December 2020 and close on the 9th of January, 2021.

What kinds of things can I submit?

• Fiction up to 5,000 words. There is no minimum word count, and we love flash! (we pay $0.10/word for fiction)

• Poetry of any length (we pay $50 – $100 for poems)

• Comics up to 5 pages (we pay $75-$100 per page)

• Each to Each micro art and word submissions (see our website—we pay $25 for these)

• Mermaid and undersea themed spot art (we pay $50 for spot illustrations)

• Previously published mermaid and undersea illustrations and comics for us to reprint (we pay $25 – $50 licensing fee for interior and $100 – $150 for cover art licensing)

• Non-fiction essay or article pitches for works up to 2,000 words (we pay $0.10 per word for non-fiction)

• Reprints (we pay $0.01 per word for these with a minimum of $20 if the piece is shorter than 2,000 words)

 To submit your work, go here.

 

Call for Submissions: The Woven Tale Press

We are happy to consider submissions to our magazine and for features on our site.

For our magazine, we welcome fiction and creative nonfiction prose writing, poetry, and all mediums in the visual arts, including installation works. Galleries, you are welcome to submit the work of artists you represent.

For our site, we seek posts by both visual artists and writers, on any aspect of your creative process. If you are an artist interested in submitting your website for review by WTP, you may submit your URL. We also welcome book reviews. (Reviews of books that arrive unsolicited from publishers are subject to editorial discussion. Our WTP editor for “Eye on the Indies” contacts indie publishers directly to request review copies of noteworthy books.) If you are interested in becoming an art correspondent for WTP— to report back to WTP on your local art scene—please contact us at wtp@thewoventalepress. We would love to hear from you!

*Please note: We cannot accept emailed submissions.

For more information and to submit, visit our website.

Call for Submissions to Anthology on Theme of Femmes Fatales: Mango Publishing

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Mango Publishing in the USA (who were recently highlighted in Publishers Weekly as the fastest growing publisher in America) have commissioned a sixth volume in my series of thematic crime anthologies. Previous ones have been Historical, Private Eyes, Impossible Crimes and two new Holmes stories collections.

I am now seeking brand new stories on the theme of Femmes Fatales/Dangerous Women; stories to range between 4,500 and 7.500 words.

 

Deadline: 15 May 2021 for February 2022 publication.

 

Rights sought: non-exclusive World English language anthology rights only.

 

Payment £100/$125 on publication, plus a copy of the book.

 

Please send your submissions to:

 

maxim.jakubowskiATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Call for Submissions: Smoky Quartz

Smoky Quartz is now accepting submissions for the Spring 2021 Issue. We publish poetry, short fiction, short nonfiction, creative nonfiction (including, personal essay, short memoir, and hybrid prose, which can integrate poetry, dialogue, and images), art, and photography. Work received after January 24th will be considered for an upcoming issue. 

Deadline: Jan. 24, 2021.

 

No reading fee.

We welcome submissions from new, emerging, and established writers and artists with ties to New Hampshire.

Please send us your best work! Note: we now accept prose pieces up to 3000 words. Visit our website for complete guidelines and to submit your work.

Call for Submissions to Anthology: Full Metal Horror IV: Possessed

Call for submissions!

Deadline: March 30, 2021

Our flagship horror series returns with FULL METAL HORROR IV: Possessed! Ghosts, demons, and all horrifying forms of possession by otherworldly entities welcome!

Full submissions guidelines can be found here.

Call for Submissions: CHOEOFPLEIRN PRESS

CHOEOFPLEIRN PRESS SEEKS SUBMISSIONS of poetry, fiction, non-fiction (both creative and scholarly), 1-act plays, short screenplays, art, and photography for publication in 1 of our annual journals (Coneflower Cafe, Glacial Hills Review, Rushing Thru the Dark) for 2021.

First deadline is February 28.

For details, visit our website.

Call for Submissions to Anthology on Theme of Immigration Experiences

MONTPELIER ARTS CENTER, LAUREL, MD, SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR All Our Various Voices, an anthology of personal or family accounts of immigration experiences from writers in Maryland, DC, and Virginia. Tell us your stories. Submit up to 3 poems (up to 75 lines each) or personal essays (up to 1,200 words, double spaced); include a 75-word bio in a Word document.

 

No reading fee.

 

Submit here.

 

Deadline: May 7, 2021.

 

Notification by mid-August and public reading, fall 2021. Cash prizes. Contributors will receive a copy.

Call for Submissions to Anthology on Theme of Children of Mentally Ill Parents

ANTHOLOGY: CHILDREN OF MENTALLY ILL PARENTS. Seeking autobiographically inspired poems written about the experience of having a troubled parent, or being one. The anthology focuses on mental illness (treated or untreated): depression, manic depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders, eating disorders, etc.

 

Paste the following into an email to:

 

mentallyillparents@gmail.com 

 

1 to 3 poems (10 pages total, max); a brief bio; and your name and contact info. For any previously published poem, include publication info. No attachments, please. (If your poem is accepted, we will contact you to verify formatting.)

 

Deadline: January 31, 2021, 11:59 PM Eastern.

Writing Competition: DISQUIET Literary Prize

DISQUIET Literary Prize

Deadline: January 15, 2021

Entry Fee: $15.00

Submissions are now open for the DISQUIET Literary Prize! Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry winners will be published; one grand prize winner will receive tuition, lodging, and stipend to attend Disquiet in Lisbon. Cash prize alternative in case of program cancellation.

Call for Submissions: The Hole in the Head Review

 

You Need This Like a Hole In The Head

Deadline: January 8, 2021

Now accepting submissions of poetry and art is The Hole in the Head Review, a vibrant new online journal of poetry and art that is already attracting an international audience and submissions from new and established poets and authors, including Richard Blanco, Kimberly Cloutier Green, Marie Harris, Michael Hettich, Marilyn A. Johnson, Maurya Kerr, Kenneth Rosen, Betsy Sholl, Charles Simic, David Weiss, and Baron Wormser, plus a host of photographers, videographers, painters, collagists, textile and tattoo artists…even lure makers.

Visit our website for more information.

Writing Competition: Lilith Magazine Fiction Contest

Calling all gifted fiction writers! Lilith Magazine—Independent, Jewish & frankly feminist—seeks quality short fiction, 3,000 words or under, for our Annual Fiction Contest.

First prize $250 + publication. We especially like work with both feminist and Jewish content, and are eager to read submissions from BIJOC writers. Please submit to: 

info@Lilith.org

with “Fiction Contest” and your name in subject line and full contact info on manuscript.

Deadline: December 31, 2020.

Writing Competition: River Styx Microfiction Contest

 

River Styx Microfiction Contest: $1000 Prize and Publication

Deadline: December 31, 2020

River Styx offers a prize of $1,000 for a single microfiction story of 500 words or fewer. The top three stories will be published, and all stories will be considered for publication.

Your choice of entry fee: $20 to receive a one-year (two issue) subscription or $15 to receive just the issue with the winning stories. Submit up to three stories per entry, maximum 500 words per story. Additional stories may be submitted with additional fees. Submissions may not be previously published either in print or online. Submit via mail or Submittable. Complete guidelines are posted here.

Writing Competition: Gemini Magazine 11th Annual Poetry Open

Gemini Magazine 11th Annual Poetry Open

Deadline: January 2, 2021

Gemini Magazine pays $1,000 for a single poem of any length. We have no rules. We are open to any type of poetry, any subject, any style. Rhyming or non-rhyming. Traditional or non-traditional. Anyone writing in English is eligible. All entries are read blind so everyone gets an equal chance. All entries are also considered for publication in future issues. Second prize: $100. Four honorable mentions: $25 each.

Entry fee: $8 for three poems. All six winners will be published online in our March 2020 issue.

Read previous winners and enter here.

Call for Submissions: Volney Road

Volney Road Review Paying for Prose, Poetry, Art, and Comics

Deadline: February 1, 2021

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 3, Issue 2.

We publish digitally and pay $10 per accepted piece. 

Call for Submissions: Tribes Magazine Online

Poetry

Tribes Magazine Online publishes poetry from new, emerging, and established poets alike, elevating traditionally underrepresented and revolutionary voices. We look to present a diversity of perspectives, topics and styles.

Our editors are especially interested in poetry that showcases distinct perspectives and aesthetics; poetry that captures a truth, unleashes the wild, or gives voice to the previously unspoken. We mostly favor poetry that exhibits deep passion for its subject matter.

Guidelines:

• Send a single Word doc, including your name at the top of the first page, as an email attachment (if you do not have word, you may send the poetry in the body of the email), with your full name in the email subject heading to:

poetry@tribes.org 

• Send a maximum of 5 poems or 10 pages.

• Please include a bio of 200 words or less

• All poetry must be previously unpublished
  

Please do not send us more work until you have heard from us regarding your initial submission. We try to make decisions quickly and look forward to hearing from you.

Fiction

Tribes Magazine Online publishes fiction from debut, emerging, and established writers alike, elevating traditionally underrepresented and revolutionary voices. We are interested in contemporary literary fiction. (No genre fiction, unless it is also literary.)

Guidelines:

• Send a single Word doc, including your name at the top of the first page, as an email attachment (if you do not have word, you may send as a google doc), with your full name in the email subject heading to:

 fiction@tribes.org

• Please include a bio of 200 words or less and/or a C.V.

• All fiction must be previously unpublished

• Please submit no more than two stories at a time

• Simultaneous submission are accepted, but please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere
  

• Please do not submit again until you have received a response. Authors may submit twice a year.

Nonfiction

• Tribes seeks topical articles, interviews and essays related to current political, social and cultural events, as well as creative nonfiction, including but not limited to impressions and memoir.

• To submit, please send a query letter, including a brief description (200 words or less) of the proposed article, as well as a brief bio and/or CV and an excerpt (if available) of up to five pages to:

 features@tribes.org

2020 Reading period ends Dec. 31, 2020.

Call for Submissions: the museum of americana

We are open for general submissions from December 1st to 30th. 

During this unprecedented and uncertain period, our response time for submissions may be delayed. If you have an outstanding submission or general question, please know we will do our best to follow up as soon as possible. Thank you so much for your patience, and please stay safe and be well. 

Note: We seek work that engages with or repurposes the complex cultural history of America. Please read our General Guidelines below for more information on how and what to submit. 

General Guidelines: the museum of americana accepts submissions of original fiction, nonfiction, poetry, book/chapbook reviews, writer interviews, music, photography, and art. We seek work that showcases and/or repurposes historical American culture. This is, of course, an enormous and diverse tub of spare parts, and we want to see if you can turn them into a hot rod. Give us fiction that dramatizes weird old folk songs or steals their characters. Give us love poetry that mixes language cribbed from The Federalist Papers with language cribbed from WWII propaganda posters. We want medicine shows and riverboats, Doo-Wop and Duke Snider. We want aspects of Americana we may not have even heard of yet.

To submit to the museum of americana, please include your last name, first name, and genre of submission in the subject of your email and send to the appropriate address. 

Fiction/nonfiction: 

proseamericana (at) gmail.com 

Poetry: 

poetryamericana (at) gmail.com 

Humor: 

humoramericana (at) gmail.com 

American Songbook: 

themuseumofamericana (at) gmail.com 

Art: 

themuseumofamericana (at) gmail.com

For interviews or reviews, query editor first: 

reviewsamericana (at) gmail.com

All submissions should contain a brief cover letter in the email. Poetry, prose, and humor submissions should be pasted into the text of the email. No attachments, please. We will read one longer prose piece (up to 3,000 words), one humor piece (up to 1,500 words), or three to five poems or flashes per submission. For photographs or art, please send a link to where work can be viewed online. For American Songbook, send up to five mp3s and a short bio. Songs must be public domain American traditionals or else originals in the folk/Americana vein. Only one submission per genre per reading period, please.

Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please be courteous enough to inform us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. No previously published work. Upon acceptance, we ask for first electronic rights and the right to archive a piece for as long as we exist. We also ask that a writer not reprint a piece online for at least six months after we publish it and that we receive credit if it should be reprinted at any point, in print or electronically, in the future.

If a writer has been published with the museum of americana, we ask that she/he wait until two new issues appear before submitting work again.

Unfortunately, there is no payment for publication, but we will publicize our contributors to the best of our ability and spread the news of their successes all across the interwebs.

 

Call for Submissions: Lowestoft Chronicle

We consider a variety of genres. Preference will be given to humorous submissions with an emphasis on travel. All submissions must be original work in English. We do not consider previously published work, which includes work publicly displayed on message boards, social networking websites, and your personal website. Simultaneous submissions are okay, provided you let us know immediately if your piece is accepted elsewhere. Once published in Lowestoft Chronicle, any subsequent publication of your piece should include the credit "first published in Lowestoft Chronicle." 

Reading Schedule: 

Issue #45: December 1, 2020 — February 15th, 2021 

Fiction: Submit manuscripts of any genre up to 3,000 words for consideration. Avoid sending stories with a word count in excess of 3,000 words. In contrast to my Humanities schoolteacher, who would place exam papers on a grocery scale and grade according to weight, at Lowestoft Chronicle we always give priority to shorter manuscripts. However, unless it is poetry, bite size submissions under 100 words will probably be considered too slight for our scales and will likely be rejected. 

Poetry: We accept all forms of poetry, but please only submit one or two of your very best poems per reading period. 

Non-Fiction: Narrative non-fiction, commentary, slice of life and memoirs are welcome. Humorous pieces are especially welcome. Please keep submissions under 3,000 words.

All submissions should be directed to:

submit@lowestoftchronicle.com

We will try to respond to submissions in a timely manner, but please allow 30 days for a reply. If you haven't heard back from us after this time, please email us with your query and include the title of your work in the subject line. Due to recent arm wrestling defeats our bank manager, Devron, has claimed “dibs” on all our profits, and so at present Lowestoft Chronicle cannot provide payment to contributors. If circumstances change (i.e. one of our staff actually beats him) we will let you know.

Call for Submissions: About Place Journal: Geographies of Justice

About Place Journal Call for Submissions: Geographies of Justice

Deadline: March 1, 2021

Each issue of About Place Journal, the arts publication of the Black Earth Institute, focuses on a specific theme. From 12/15/20 to 3/1/21 we'll be accepting submissions for our Spring 2021 issue Geographies of Justice. 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.

Call for Submissions: Sky Island Journal

Sky Island Journal: Issue 15 (Winter 2021) Call for Submissions

Deadline: December 31, 2020 (Midnight CST)

Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access literary journal dedicated to publishing the finest poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. We publish accomplished, well-established authors—side by side—with fresh, emerging voices. We provide over 75,000 readers in 145 countries with a powerful, focused, advertising-free literary experience that transports them: one that challenges them intellectually and moves them emotionally.

We publish quarterly, and our average response time is 9 days. Every submission receives a prompt, respectful, and individualized response detailing what we appreciated. Enjoy our previous issues, and submit for Issue 15 before midnight (CST) on December 31st.

Call for Submissions: Nzuri Journal of Coastline College

Call For Submissions: Fiction, Essays, Photography, Art, Poetry, Digital Storytelling

The objective of Nzuri (meaning Beautiful/Fine in Swahili) is to promote the artistic, aesthetic, creative, and scholarly work consistent with the values and ideals of Umoja community. African American and Other Writers and Artists are urged to submit their best written or artistic work for consideration.

Check out open submission opportunities for Nzuri Journal of Coastline College at our Submittable link.

We are now accepting submissions in all categories for the Spring 2021 issue. Essays and fictional pieces should be a maximum of 4,000 words. Visit our website to learn more.

Call for Submissions: Split Rock Review

Split Rock Review Seeks Submissions for Issue 16

Deadline: December 31, 2020

Split Rock Review is an independent, online journal that publishes poetry, creative nonfiction, eco-fiction, comics, hybrids, photography, and art that explore place, environment, and the relationship between humans and the natural world. We're currently seeking submissions for Issue 16 (Spring 2021). First 300 submissions are FREE during the months of November and December. Expedited and Tip Jar submission options are also available. Simultaneous submissions are OK. We encourage you to read past issues to see if we’re a good home for your work.

For more information, visit us at our website.

Submit via Submittable.

Writing Competition: River Styx Microfiction Contest

River Styx Microfiction Contest: $1000 Prize and Publication

Deadline: December 31, 2020

River Styx offers a prize of $1,000 for a single microfiction story of 500 words or fewer. The top three stories will be published, and all stories will be considered for publication.

Your choice of entry fee: $20 to receive a one-year (two issue) subscription or $15 to receive just the issue with the winning stories.

Submit up to three stories per entry, maximum 500 words per story. Additional stories may be submitted with additional fees. Submissions may not be previously published either in print or online. Submit via mail or Submittable.

Complete guidelines and submission links are posted here.

Writing Competition: Acacia Fiction Prize

Deadline: December 31, 2020

 

Entry Fee: $25

 

Cash Prize: $1,200

A prize of $1,200 and publication by Kallisto Gaia Press is given annually for a collection of short works of fiction. Richard Z. Santos will judge. Submit any combination of short stories, flash fiction, or novellas with a total manuscript length of 40,000 to 75,000 words with a $25 entry fee between September 15 and December 31. 

 

All submitting writers will receive a copy of the winning collection. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Writing Competition: Boulevard's Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers

Deadline: December 31, 2020 

Entry Fee: $16 

Cash Prize: $1,500

A prize of $1,500 and publication in Boulevard is given annually for a short story by a writer who has not published a nationally distributed book. The editors will judge.

Submit a story of up to 8,000 words with a $16 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Boulevard, by December 31. All entries are considered for publication.

Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Writing Competition: The Big Moose Prize

Each year Black Lawrence Press will award The Big Moose Prize for an unpublished novel. The prize is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Prizes will be awarded on publication.

The Big Moose Prize is open to traditional novels as well as novels-in-stories, novels-in-poems, and other hybrid forms that contain within them the spirit of a novel.

All entries are read blind by our panel of editors. All manuscripts should include a title page (listing only the title of the work), and when appropriate, an acknowledgments page and table of contents. Manuscripts should be paginated and formatted in an easy-to-read font such as Garamond or Times New Roman. Manuscripts should be 90-1,000 pages in length, not including front and back matter (table of contents, title page, etc.). Identifying information for the author should not be included anywhere on the manuscript itself, including in the name of your file or in the "title" field in Submittable. You are welcome to include a brief bio or something about yourself in your cover note on Submittable, which will only be made accessible to the editorial panel after the group of Semi-Finalist and Finalist manuscripts has been chosen.

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable and encouraged, but please notify us by withdrawing your manuscript on Submittable immediately if it is accepted for publication elsewhere.

The annual deadline is January 31.

Entry Fee: $25.00

Submit your work here.

The previous winners of The Big Moose Prize are Tracy DeBrincat, Jen Michalski, Betsy Robinson, Genanne Walsh, Megan McNamer, Robley Wilson, Shena McAuliffe, Colin Hamilton, Ron Nyren, and Caroline Patterson. Below, you will have the option to purchase their novels for a discounted fee, which includes the cost of shipping. While authors from around the globe may submit to the Big Moose Prize, these discounted book prices are only available to those with U.S. mailing addresses.

Call for Submissions: Qwerty

THE SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR ISSUE 43: FOOD X IDENTITY (SPRING-SUMMER 2021) IS NOW OPEN. We invite 2SQ+BIPOC artists to submit work on the theme of food and identity.

 

IMPORTANT: please note that Qwerty is a graduate student-run magazine at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, and work submitted between February and September 2020 may not be read and responded-to immediately.

 

We welcome and encourage submissions from Indigenous writers and artists, writers and artists of colour, writers and artists with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ writers and artists, and writers and artists from other intersectional and under-represented communities. If you are comfortable identifying yourself as one or more of the above, please feel free to mention this in your cover letter.
 

What to send:

 

Our number one criterion, above all else, is mastery of craft. Though Qwerty has primarily published literary fiction and fine art, we have no qualms with publishing genre fiction that subverts convention, experimental work that inverts tradition in pursuit of innovative storytelling, or images that play on the senses in unusual ways.

 

So go ahead: send us your stories that tap into the lower depths of the public consciousness. And also send us your poems and photos about the zombie apocalypse. So long as it’s exemplary, we’d be delighted to feature your work in future issues of Qwerty.

 

Authors retain full copyright for works published in Qwerty.

 

Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction: previously unpublished fiction and creative non-fiction up to 5,000 words in length. Your submission must be double-spaced, in 12-point font. Please send only one story at a time.

 

Poetry: previously unpublished poetry in any style. You may submit up to 6 pages of poetry, single-spaced. Each poem should begin on a new page, and all poems should be in a single file.

 

Artwork and Photography: We accept up to 5 high-quality, unpublished prints per submission.

 

Reviews and Interviews: Please query us (qwertymagazine@gmail.com) about submitting reviews and interviews.
 

What happens next:

 

Qwerty is staffed entirely by volunteers, and response time usually varies between 6-12 months (see note above). If you need to withdraw a submission or part of a submission, please withdraw or add a note indicating so through your Submittable account. Please wait until you have received a reply to your first submission before submitting again, and please submit to only one genre at a time.

Contributors whose work is selected for publication are rewarded with a small honorarium (CDN $10) and, as of Fall-Winter 2019, two complimentary copies of the issue in which their work appears.

 

Deadline: Feb. 14, 2021

 

Submit your work here.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact:

qwertymagazine@gmail.com

Writing Competition: Press 53 Award for Short Fiction

2021 PRESS 53 AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION.

$1,000 advance, publication and 50 copies awarded to an outstanding, unpublished collection of short stories.

Reading fee: $30.

Enter September 1–December 31. Press 53 Publisher Kevin Morgan Watson will judge. Winner and finalists announced by May 1, 2021.

Complete details here.

Call for Book Submissions: Unsolicited Press

We are open for submissions. We are actively seeking essay collections, poetry of all lengths, experimental hybrids, literary novels, novellas, short story collections, memoirs, and nonfiction (literary criticism, history, cooking, health, science, and long-form journalism). With regards to nonfiction, we aren't looking for your every day nonfiction book...we want there to be an edge to it, so don't come at us with a book proposal you came up with for Random House.

Science fiction and fantasy will ONLY be considered IF you are an author with an established audience. This is a nice way of saying that we need to see proof that there are people willing to buy your book.

Experimental literature is always welcome. Poetry that isn't stuffy or scholarly is preferred. But hey, what the hell does that even mean?

We take at least 4-6 months to respond. Sometimes longer.

As of Fall 2017, we require a modest submission fee of $5. The fee is a lifetime submissions fee, which means that you never have to pay it again to submit in the future. Your submission fee covers many things including paying readers, supporting marketing campaigns for authors, and administrative fees required to keep this press alive.  

Send the following:

Poetry
A query letter
Entire manuscript

Nonfiction
A query letter
Several chapters, or the entire manuscript if you have it.
Nonfiction books that are not memoirs or personal essay collections (READ: history book or a cookbook or educational book, etc.) should provide a book proposal.

Fiction
A query letter
Entire manuscript

Where to Send the Submission
Email to:

submissions@unsolicitedpress.com** after you have read all the information. Otherwise, you are sure to get our stamp of doom.

Read more about us here. 

Read our full guidelines here.

Writing Competition: 2020 CRAFT Creative Nonfiction Award

GUIDELINES:

Open November 1 to December 31

CRAFT submissions are open to all writers

International submissions are allowed

Creative nonfiction only! (please no academic work or fiction)

Please submit work in English only

• 6,000 word count maximum

• We review literary nonfiction, but are open to a variety of genres and styles including memoir, lyric essays, personal essays, narrative nonfiction, and experimental prose—our only requirement is that you show excellence in your craft

• Previously unpublished work only—we do not review reprints, including self-published work, for contests

• We allow simultaneous submissions—writers please notify us and withdraw your entry if your work is accepted elsewhere
  

• $20 reading fee per entry allows ONE creative nonfiction piece from 1,001 to 6,000 words OR up to TWO flash creative nonfiction pieces of 1,000 words or fewer each—if submitting two flash pieces (2,000 words maximum combined/1,000 words maximum each), please put them both in a SINGLE document

• We allow multiple submissions—each entry should be accompanied by a reading fee

• All entries will also be considered for publication in CRAFT

• All submissions must be made via Submittable

• All entrants will receive an exclusive digital compilation next summer that includes: the winning pieces with Joy Castro’s introductions and the winners’ craft essays; the editors’ choice winners; excerpts from finalist pieces; and more

• Please, please, double-space your submission and use Times New Roman 12 pt font

• Please include a brief cover letter with your publication history (if applicable)

• We do not require anonymous submissions

• We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, disability, family status, gender identity or expression, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation, or for any other reason

• Additionally, we do not tolerate discrimination in the writing we consider for publication: work we find discriminatory on any of the bases stated here will be declined without complete review (you will be refunded, less fees)

Friends, family, and associates of the judge are not eligible for consideration for the award.

AWARDS

The writers of the three winning essays will receive:

• $1,000 each

• A complete set of fourteen titles of Graywolf’s The Art Of series

• Publication in CRAFT, each with an introduction by Joy Castro

• Publication of an Author’s Note (craft essay) to accompany the piece

The $600 editors’ choice round:

• Publication and a cash prize to a piece or pieces we just can’t let go

• A complete set of fourteen titles of Graywolf’s The Art Of series

Call for Virtual Event Proposals: Massachusetts Poetry Festival

 

Massachusetts Poetry Festival Accepting Virtual Event Proposals

Deadline: December 15, 2020

Event Dates: May 14—16, 2021 Event Location: Virtual

Mass Poetry is excited to announce the return of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival from May 14–16, 2021. As we prepare for our virtual festival, we are searching for individuals and groups to send us their proposals for events, panels, and workshops. Cross-disciplinary proposals (i.e., poetry and dance, poetry and art, etc.) welcome. Proposed events must be designed to be held virtually. Events are limited to a max of four performers/panelists.

Producers will receive a stipend for their participation.

The deadline to apply is December 15, 2020.

Please submit proposals to our website. For further information, contact:

festivalATMasspoetryDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Call for Submissions: Willow Springs

Call for Submissions: Willow Springs Magazine

Deadline: Rolling

Founded in 1977, Willow Springs has long been dedicated to publishing fresh and exciting contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. We are looking for writing that surprises and moves us, whether it comes from up-and-coming writers or established greats. Specifically, we are looking to promote underrepresented and international voices—including translations—but we welcome submissions of any kind. We pay contributors for their work.

Submission guidelines and more information about Willow Springs may be found here.

Call for Submissions: Heron Tree

Call for Submissions: Heron Tree

Deadline: January 15, 2021

Heron Tree Volume 8 will be dedicated to found poems composed from public domain sources. We are accepting submissions in the following categories: found poems crafted from any source material(s) in the public domain in the United States; found poems created from How to Keep Bees (1905), a handbook by Anna Botsford Comstock; found poems fashioned from public domain sonnets other than Shakespeare’s. We are interested in any and all approaches to found poetry construction and erased or remixed texts.

For details visit us at our website.

Call for Submissions: Scarlet, Jaded Ibis Press

Scarlet is a bimonthly blog dedicated to publishing the work of artists whose pieces give voice to the complexities of our multiple identities. In keeping with JIP’s mission to uplift marginalized voices, Scarlet aims to showcase bold and unique framings of the view from the margins, giving strong preference to writing that questions norms and provokes discourse. We are looking for work that redraws lines and reclaims spaces, as well as writing that is pithy, deliberate, and/or experimental.

Scarlet invites original poetry, fiction, essays, and creative nonfiction submissions in English from emerging and established writers from January 1st to June 30th, and September 1st to November 30th. Submissions are NOT accepted during the months of July, August, or December.

UPDATE: Due to the current crisis, the editor has decided to keep Scarlet’s SUBMISSIONS OPEN year round. ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER. BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER. And Scarlet wishes to amplify the voices of this movement, and provide relevant content to its readers to sustain them during this difficult time. 

You may submit up to three poems at a time. Fiction and creative nonfiction should be limited to a single piece that is 2500 words or less. All Submissions must be e-mailed in a Microsoft Word document or PDF, with page breaks between poems. Prose should be double-spaced. Please include a short bio in the body of your e-mail, and identify the type of work you are submitting (poetry, fiction, essay, creative nonfiction) in the e-mail’s subject line.

Simultaneous submissions are permitted, though we ask that you notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We ask for exclusive electronic rights to accepted pieces for a period of one year from the publication date. Multiple submissions are not permitted. Please allow three months between submissions.

Payment for submissions selected for publication on Scarlet is now $80. 

Email submissions to:

scarletATjadedibispressDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Writing Competition: J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards for Nonfiction

Two J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards, in the amount of $25,000 are given annually to aid in the completion of a significant work of nonfiction on a topic of American political or social concern.

The deadline to enter is Wednesday, December 9. 

Recognizing that a nonfiction book based on extensive original research often overtaxes the resources available to its author, the project envisions the award as a way of closing the gap between the time and money an author has and the time and money that finishing a book requires.

Applicants for the award must already have a contract with a U.S.-based publisher to write a nonfiction book. The judges will make their decision on the basis of trying to achieve maximum impact on a promising book project. Therefore, their selection criteria will represent a blend of the merit of the book and the financial need of the author. For this reason, the judges will need to know the amount of the author’s advance, as well as any other financial support for the book, such as a grant.

Materials required for entry:

• Completed entry form

• A copy of the original book proposal

• 50-75 pages from the work-in-progress

• Photocopy of a contract with a publisher

• An explanation of how the award will advance the progress of the book in a PDF format.

• No entry fee is required for this prize.

Full guidelines and entry form here.

Writing Competition: The Danahy Fiction Prize

The Danahy Fiction Prize

Guidelines for submission to the Danahy Fiction Prize

$1,000 Award • Publication in Tampa Review

Judging is by the editors of Tampa Review, and all entries will be considered for publication. 

1. All entrants receive a one-year subscription to Tampa Review.

2. Submissions must be original, previously unpublished short fiction. We generally prefer manuscripts between 500 and 5,000 words, but stories falling slightly outside this range will also be considered. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but Tampa Review must be notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Submissions are not accepted from current faculty or students at the University of Tampa. Editors will recuse themselves from judging entries from close friends and associates to avoid conflicts of interest.

3. Manuscripts should be double-spaced and include a cover page with author’s name, mailing address, and other contact information, plus a total word count.

4. A nonrefundable handling fee of $20 is required for each manuscript submitted. Submissions are not complete until this fee has been sent using any major credit card via our secure online service. (There is an additional small electronic payment processing fee.)

5. Submissions must be electronically dated online by the postmark deadline of December 31 annually.

The winner will be announced as soon as possible, usually early in the new year. 

Enter here.

Call for Submissions: Third Wednesday Magazine

Deadline: Feb. 15, 2021

We publish the best poetry and short fiction we can lay eyes on and we read everything we see - regardless of who you are. Our associate editors read your work with no identifying information. Our turn-around time is three months or less, often much less. Please submit only once per quarter. Simultaneous submissions are welcome. Please inform us promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere.

Read the individual guidelines for each category carefully, then send us your best work. Unfortunately, we're unable to offer comment or critique about individual pieces because of the volume of work.

If your work is accepted for publication, you will receive one copy of the issue in which your work appears and a token payment of $3 per piece. Please note that we no longer ship contributor copies outside of the USA but copies can be purchased at a low price through Amazon in most countries.

Be sure to find and like us on Facebook. Something of yours could be featured someday and you wouldn't want to miss it. You can also find us on Instagram.

A key element in getting your work published is to match your submission to the needs and tastes of the journal to which you are submitting. If you're not already a subscriber, consider purchasing a copy of an issue or two of Third Wednesday. You can also download free issues in PDF format at thirdwednesdaymagazine.org.

By submitting work to Third Wednesday, the author grants us First Right to publish the work in print and electronically (on our blog site). Works that are accepted will be published in one issue of Third Wednesday and a very few will also appear on our blog to serve as examples of what we publish. All copyrights revert to the author upon publication.

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions to Anthology: 1986, The Anthology, Dread Machine Press

Do you remember a time before the internet? Before we each carried a lifeline in our pockets? Before security cameras documented everything? Back when parents didn’t worry about their kids until after the street lights popped on? Do you remember how it felt to step into the neon-lit arcade on a Friday night, your pockets heavy with quarters? For our very first anthology, we’re seeking dread-inspiring stories that take place in 1986—either the 1986 of our reality (Stranger Things) or an alternate version (Tales From the Loop). Bring us back to a simpler, scarier time. Let’s make something radical together.

+ All submissions must inspire dread. Genre definitions tend to be subjective, so we encourage you to become familiar with the stories we’ve published here to get an idea of what sort of content we’re seeking.

+ All submissions must be original, unpublished, and between 3,000 and 10,000 words.

+ Authors are permitted to submit multiple stories, but none may be simultaneously submitted anywhere else.

Deadline: Feb. 25, 2021

Payment: Authors whose stories are accepted for publication will receive payment ($0.08 per word), a free copy of the premium hardcover, and two free copies of the paperback.

Full guidelines here.

Call for Submissions: NOMADArtX

NOMADartx Review Seeks Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Interviews, & Reviews

Deadline: December 20, 2020

NOMADartx is an emerging global creative network dedicated to sharing and amplifying creative potential, regardless of genre. Our new NOMADartx Review curates fresh voices that address creativity and creative process via fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, interviews, critiques, and reviews. Our "Industry Specials" column also provides a place for contemporary creatives to share wisdom (individual or collective) toward building success in their fields of practice. We currently consider work that addresses these themes in any way, with a special call for work about routine, ritual, and repetition (or their opposites).

More information is here.

Call for Submissions: Decolonial Passage

Decolonial Passage Seeks Nonfiction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, And Poetry

Deadline: Rolling submissions

Submissions: Decolonial Passage encourages emerging and established writers to submit to the magazine. We accept writing from writers of all backgrounds engaged in the decolonial project regardless of race, origin, gender, disability, or geographical location. Our emphasis is on writing that centers African, African-American, and Black Diaspora writing from the African continent, the Americas, Europe, and beyond.

Read our Mission Statement to get a fuller understanding of Decolonial Passage and how the magazine interprets the concept of passage as both text and movement across geographical space.

Details at our website.

Call for Submissions: SLICE

SLICE

NO ENTRY FEE.

Deadline December 1, 2020.

Rates: $400 for stories and essays, $150 for flash fiction, and $100 for poems.

Maximum word count for prose is 5,000 words. The theme for that issue is “Levity.”

Call for Submissions: Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE PRETEEN SOUL 

Deadline December 15, 2020.

We’re collecting up-to-date stories written by preteens, teens, and men and women under age 35. We want these stories to represent how the world is today for preteens, and we’re hoping for stories about the pandemic, technology, social media, and other modern-day concerns.

Pays $200 and ten copies for 1,200 words.

Call for Submissions: Dreaming in Fiction

Dreaming in Fiction is open to submissions! We accept short stories and flash fiction from any genre and are looking to showcase new and emerging authors from around the globe. We love everything from horror to romance to mysteries and even re-imagined fairytales. Does your story struggle to fit in just one box? We love genre-blends too!

When you’re ready to submit, send one short story of no more than 3,000 words in the body of an email (no attachments, please) to:

dreaminginfictioneditorATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

 For the subject line of the email, use the word “Submission” and your last name. Please, also make sure the email includes a short cover letter that states the story’s genre(s) and word count, a brief author bio (written in 3rd person) and the link to your website or blog (if you have one). We will do our best to respond to all submissions within one month of receiving them.

As an emerging publication, we can only offer support and exposure as payment for the time being. For previously unpublished stories, Dreaming in Fiction will retain First Publishing Rights and all other publishing rights will remain with the author.

One short story will be posted each Saturday. At the end of the month, links to each published short story will be added to the Archives page for easy access.

Call for Submissions on Theme of COVID-19: Life in the Time

All of a sudden, the Covid-19 (or Coronavirus) has arrived on our shores, and we – individually and collectively – are trying to grapple with it. Suddenly, the streets and public places have thinned out. We have all began to wonder how we are going to deal with this, how will this end and what will become of us.

Just like the periods of BC and AC; we will be referring to pre-Covid and post-Covid eras for decades. We while living this shift in real-time, are literally at the cusp of a changing society and we want to be able to document that transformation. How do we provide everyone an avenue to connect during this difficult time of self-quarantine and isolation?

The project, Life in the time, wishes to digitally collect people's reactions to an incredibly unique scenario that has befallen all of us. We are creating a platform where each of us – individuals, families, friends, and neighbors – have a free-flowing space where we can share their thoughts, ideas, and aspirations that can help one another. We intend to invite everyone to participate by crowdsourcing stories in various forms-- written, visual, audio, and video.

We started to work on this project on April 2020 and plan to release it soon. Ensconced In our own spaces, we have worked on this virtually and made it happen by the gift of technology. Collaborations with content creators has always begun. This is a rare opportunity where technology, art, and the community can come together to bring things to fruition. And then it is up to each of us to use it, encourage others to share ideas, and create a repository of creativity that we can all can review and rejoice when all of this is over. 

Submit your work here.

Writing Competition: Bath Flash Fiction Awards

Flash Fiction Award

What is flash fiction? Read the interview with our judge Charmaine Wilkerson.

• 300 word limit.

• £1000 prize for the winner, £300 second and £100 third. Two commendations £30 each.

• 50 longlisted entrants offered publication in our end of year print and digital anthology. Those accepting receive a free print copy.

• Flash Award judge, Charmaine Wilkerson, shortlists to 20 and chooses the winning, second, third, and two commended fictions.

• This Flash Fiction Award round closes Midnight GMT February 7th 2021.

• Entry Fee: £ 7.50
  

• Winners will be announced by 1st March 2021 on our Winners pages.

Enter the Flash Fiction Award here online.

Novella-in-Flash Award

What is a novella-in-flash? Read the interview with our judge Michelle Elvy.

• 6000 to 18000 word limit – each flash should not be more than about 1000 words.

• £300 prize for the winner, two runner-up prizes of £100.

• Novella Award judge, Michelle Elvy short-lists then chooses the winner and two runners-up.

• Winner and two runners-up are published as individual novellas. All entries considered for publication. Each published author receives five copies.

• The Novella-in-Flash Award closes on Midnight GMT January 17th 2021.

•  Entry Fee: £ 16.00
  

• Winners announced April 2021 on our Winners pages.

Enter the Novella-in-Flash Award here online.

Call for Submissions on Theme of Women on Politics: Adanna Literary Journal

Call for Submissions: What Women Need; Women on Politics

Deadline: December 31, 2020

Adanna dedicates its next print issue to—What Women Need for a “Women on Politics” special edition in reflection of American culture and society looking back on the last four years and what our hopes and dreams are for the next four years to come. While we reflect on the many achievements women have made in politics and in leadership we also want to address former and new obstacles.

Adanna seeks a representative voice of all women, in all walks and stages of life, at all levels of leadership from motherhood to office.

For submission guidelines, go here.

Call for Submissions on Themes of Mental Illness: Awakenings

Awakenings Review Seeks Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Photography, and Art

Established in 2000, The Awakenings Review is an annual lit mag committed to publishing poetry, short story, nonfiction, photography, and art by writers, poets and artists who have a relationship with mental illness: either self, family member, or friend. Our striking hardcopy publication is one of the nation's leading journals of this genre. Creative endeavors and mental illness have long had a close association. The Awakenings Review publishes works derived from artists', writers’, and poets’ experiences with mental illness, though mental illness need not be the subject of your work.

Visit our website for submission guidelines.

Poetry Workshops: Caesura Poetry Workshops

 Affordable, Virtual Monthly Workshops & Literary Coaching: Caesura Poetry Workshop

Registration Deadline: Year-round

Event dates: Monthly workshops

Event location: Zoom

Caesura Poetry Workshop aims to support, inspire, educate, and energize poets of all backgrounds through affordable monthly Zoom workshops hosted by award-winning poet, editor, and writing coach John Sibley Williams. Workshops include poem analysis, active group discussion, writing prompts, and plenty of writing time.

Upcoming classes include:

Mastering Ekphrastic Poetry ($45; November 18 & Friday, November 20, 1-4pm PT)

Poetry of Place ($40; December 16, 1:30-4pm PT)

Writing Evocative Love Poems ($40; January 27, 1:30-4pm PT)

1-1 personalized workshops, manuscript critiques, and regular coaching to keep you writing and inspired also available.

More information here. To register, email:

jswilliams1307ATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Call for Poetry Manuscripts from Northern California Poets: Sixteen Rivers Press

SIXTEEN RIVERS PRESS, a regional publishing collective, seeks full-length poetry manuscripts from Northern CA poets.

Submission period: November 1, 2020 to February 1, 2021.

No fee. All styles welcome. Authors become active members of the press for 3 years. For complete guidelines, please visit our website.

Call for Submissions: Boneyard Soup

Procedures

All submissions for fiction should follow proper manuscript format. Please send them to:

submissions@boneyardsoup.com

Attach submissions in .doc or .rtf format. We will not accept submissions embedded in the body of an email. Along with your manuscript, include a cover letter. The letter should include your bio. We will not consider multiple submissions or simultaneous submissions.

Payment

To receive payment for your story or non-fiction article, you will need a PayPal account. We pay 5 cents per word for original fiction up to 6000 words on publication for first world rights. For reprint fiction, we pay 1 cent per word up to 6000 words for nonexclusive reprint rights. For nonfiction articles, we pay 5 cents per word up to 3000 words.

Fiction

Boneyard Soup Magazine publishes quarterly in a digital format. We want stories in the range of 2000 to 6000 words.

We publish in the horror and dark fantasy genres and are open to almost anything you can imagine within those categories. Traditional Gothic. Pulpy horror with an '80s vibe. Body horror. Ghost stories. Horror comedy. Don't be afraid to submit if your tale falls within the horror and dark fantasy genres. However, we are not interested in stories with extreme violence or overt sexual themes.

​Flash Fiction

We are now also open to accept REPRINT flash fiction between 500 and 1500 words. These stories are published in two places. First, in our monthly newsletter, Appetizer, which gives our readers something to chew on between formal issues. Second, the story is published in an issue of Boneyard Soup under the magazine department Pint Sized Monsters. In your submission, please indicate when and in what place your flash story was published prior.

Non-Fiction

One ancestor to the modern museum was the cabinet of curiosity, or Wunderkammer in German. These were private collections of strange and interesting objects amassed by wealthy persons in Europe. The earliest date back to at least the middle ages.

In that spirit, Boneyard Soup Magazine is committed to developing a wonder cabinet of sorts. Each issue will feature up to two non-fiction articles curated under the title Cabinet of Curiosities. Authors of these pieces will delve deeply into topics from the world of horror.

The idea is to explore the strange side of reality. Urban legends. Documented ghost stories. Myths. Odd, terrifying, or befuddling events from history. Anything creepy, weird, or horrifying is fair game here.

Important to note: These are not intended to be academic or scholarly. While still attending to good writing practice, imagine you are telling your story to a close friend.

Please submit a proposal for your article first. Include potential sources in your proposal. Upon the editor's approval, you will send the written article. Pieces published under the Cabinet of Curiosities heading should be no more than 3000 words.

Reprints

We are happy to consider your short story if it's been published in another place. However, be sure to include the word REPRINT in the header of your email. For example: STORY TITLE (REPRINT).

Response Time

Boneyard Soup Magazine is a small publication and as such we ask for your patience. Response time could be as much as six weeks. After that time, please send an email to:

submissions@boneyardsoup.com 

with the word QUERY in the subject line. In your email include the title of your story and the date submitted.

Please do not respond to rejection letters.

Artwork

Each issue of Boneyard Soup Magazine will feature original cover art and sketches to accompany published stories and articles. Like our taste in fiction, our taste in art is also broad.

If you are interested in seeing your artwork on the cover of one of our issues, please submit the artwork in question to:

submissions@boneyardsoup.com.

If you would like to produce original sketches for an upcoming issue, please submit an inquiry with samples of your artwork to:

submissions@boneyardsoup.com

If interested, we will contact you with details for the story we'd like you to draw for.

Payment will be negotiated with each artist we work with.

Call for Submissions of Book-length Works: Black Lawrence Press

Black Lawrence Press seeks innovative, electrifying, and thoroughly intoxicating manuscripts that ensnare themselves in our hearts and minds and won’t let go. During our June and November Open Reading Periods, we accept submissions in the following categories: novel, novella, short story collection (full-length and chapbook), poetry (full-length and chapbook), biography & cultural studies, translation (from the German), and creative nonfiction. We are now also accepting proposals for anthologies.

Black Lawrence Press accepts submissions exclusively through our online submission manager, Submittable. We are not able to accept submissions via email or postal mail.

Submission Fee: $12.00

Deadline: Nov. 30, 2020 

Writing Competition: CRAFT Creative Nonfiction Contest

GUIDELINES:

Joy Castro will select three winning pieces for publication. Each will be awarded $1,000 & a complete set of Graywolf Press’s The Art Of series

Open November 1 to December 31

CRAFT submissions are open to all writers

International submissions are allowed

Creative nonfiction only! (please no academic work or fiction)

Please submit work in English only

• 6,000 word count maximum

• We review literary nonfiction, but are open to a variety of genres and styles including memoir, lyric essays, personal essays, narrative nonfiction, and experimental prose—our only requirement is that you show excellence in your craft

• Previously unpublished work only—we do not review reprints, including self-published work, for contests

• We allow simultaneous submissions—writers please notify us and withdraw your entry if your work is accepted elsewhere
  

• $20 reading fee per entry allows ONE creative nonfiction piece from 1,001 to 6,000 words OR up to TWO flash creative nonfiction pieces of 1,000 words or fewer each—if submitting two flash pieces (2,000 words maximum combined/1,000 words maximum each), please put them both in a SINGLE document

• We allow multiple submissions—each entry should be accompanied by a reading fee

• All entries will also be considered for publication in CRAFT

• All submissions must be made via Submittable.

All entrants will receive an exclusive digital compilation next summer that includes: the winning pieces with Joy Castro’s introductions and the winners’ craft essays; the editors’ choice winners; excerpts from finalist pieces; and more

Please, please, double-space your submission and use Times New Roman 12 pt font

Please include a brief cover letter with your publication history (if applicable)

We do not require anonymous submissions

We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, disability, family status, gender identity or expression, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation, or for any other reason
Additionally, we do not tolerate discrimination in the writing we consider for publication: work we find discriminatory on any of the bases stated here will be declined without complete review (you will be refunded, less fees)

Call for Submissions to Anthology: The Corona Chronicles

CUTTHROAT: A JOURNAL OF THE ARTS Journal of the Arts invites submissions for The Corona Chronicles, an online anthology of long stories from 5,000 to 15,000 words focusing on the COVID-19 Pandemic; any style or genre. 

Works need not be about the pandemic per se but should include it as a factor in the story--an antagonist, at least an unwelcome guest.  We encourage speculative approaches, hyperbole, post-apocalyptic works but will consider anything.  The only criteria is quality.  Let your imagination run wild, be outré, take a walk on the wild side. Write a story that reflects these crazy times.

Submit November 1–December 31 only.

$3 reading fee.

For guidelines and to submit, go here.

Writing Competition: 51st New Millennium Writing Awards

$4,000 IN AWARDS + PUBLICATION (in print and online)

Deadline: November 30, 2020

PRIZES

First Place in each category receives a $1000 cash prize, a certificate to document the success, publication online and in print, in New Millennium Writings, and two complimentary copies.
Select Finalists, and all Poetry Finalists, will be published in New Millennium Writings (online and in print) and receive two complimentary copies.

GUIDELINES

• No restrictions on style or subject matter.

• Entrant retains copyright ownership of work.

• Multiple and simultaneous submissions welcome.

• Previously published works accepted if: Print circulation was under 5,000, or the work was published online only.

• Fiction (all types welcome) - 7,499 words or less

• Nonfiction (all types welcome) - 7,499 words or less

• Flash Fiction (aka: Short-Short Fiction) - 1,000 words or less

• Poetry - each entry may include three poems, up to five pages total.

• Anonymous Judging: Submission file should contain only the title and text of the story, essay, or poem(s). Cover letters are optional and may be uploaded separately.

• For mail/postal submissions: Please include $20 USD (per entry), $45 USD (for three entries), or $75 USD (for five entries), check or money order drawn on an American bank, payable to New Millennium Writings. Include a title page (or cover letter) with name, address, phone and email address. Cover letters optional. Award announcements and results will be sent via email newsletter and posted on NMW’s website. Manuscripts are recycled, not returned. Mail to: 

New Millennium Writings
340 S Lemon Ave #6906
Walnut, CA

Submit online here.

Submit your work (or postmark) by November 30, 2020.

Writing Competition: LitMag's Anton Chekhov Award for Flash Fiction

LitMag’s Anton Chekhov Award for Flash Fiction

First Prize: $1,250 + publication in LitMag + agency review by Nat Sobel of Sobel Weber Associates, Erin Harris and Sonali Chanchani of Folio Literary Management, Jenny Bent of The Bent Agency, David Forrer of Inkwell Management, Monika Woods of Triangle House, and Emily Forland of Brandt & Hochman

Finalists: Three finalists will receive $100 each.

All finalists will be considered for possible agency review and publication.

Deadline: November 30, 2020.

Contest Fee: $16

Submission Guidelines: Entries must be short stories between 500 and 1,500 words. Please use 12pt type, preferably Times New Roman, and submit your short story as either a Word doc or a PDF. Only previously unpublished short stories are eligible. Writers may submit multiple stories, each of which requires a separate submission. Submissions through Submittable only.

Notification: The contest will be judged by the editors of the magazine. The winning short stories and finalists will be announced publicly on our Web site and social media as well as by email to all contestants in March of 2021

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Other": Claw & Blossom

Submissions are OPEN through Saturday, Nov 28th

Theme: OTHER

We look forward to reading your evocative and surprising interpretations of this theme!

General Guidelines

We look for pieces that explore human striving with an awareness of the larger context. To that end, your work MUST contain some element of the natural world. The natural world need not be the main focus, but it should have a distinct and relevant narrative presence.

We are fond of attention to craft–tight language and evocative, concrete imagery. We tend to prefer narrative- or conceptual movement and are not so keen on publishing odes or portraits. We favor work that explores complex questions with subtlety. We dig depth, we want layers.

We encourage simultaneous submissions. Should your work be accepted elsewhere while under consideration with Claw & Blossom, please withdraw the piece from us immediately by using the Withdraw option in Submittable.

There is no submission fee. We pay $25 USD per acceptance upon publication via PayPal only and are currently unable to issue payment via other methods. Please keep this in mind when submitting. Linked micros are considered one acceptance.

For more information, please review our guidelines here.

Call for Submissions: Club Plum

Club Plum Seeks Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, Hybrid Works & Art

Deadline: December 31, 2020

Please send your beauties and uglies to Club Plum for Volume 2, Issue 1, dropping January 15, 2021. Send your pain. Send your fury. Send your strange. Unsure if prose poem or flash fiction? Send it our way.

See our website for guidelines.

Call for Submissions: Chestnut Review

CHESTNUT REVIEW (“for stubborn artists”) Invites Submissions Year Round

CHESTNUT REVIEW (“for stubborn artists”) invites submissions year round of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and photography. We offer free submissions for poetry (3 poems), flash fiction (<1000 words), and art/photography (20 images); $5 submissions for fiction/nonfiction (<5k words), or 4-6 poems.

Published artists receive $100 and a copy of the annual anthology of four issues (released each summer).

Notification in <30 days or submission fee refunded. We appreciate stories in every genre we publish. All issues free online which illustrates what we have liked, but we are always ready to be surprised by the new!

Happy Halloween!