Call for Submissions Written During the Pandemic: Sleet Magazine

Sleet Magazine Call for Winter Submissions

Deadline: August 15, 2020

Sleet Magazine is now open for submissions for our themed Winter 2020 edition. We are looking for work written during the pandemic, work that addresses any topic of national and/or global interest. The world is changing before our eyes. Will systemic racism finally be addressed and confronted? How is the virus affecting you, physically and mentally?

The winter edition will launch on Nov. 1, immediately before the US presidential election. See our website for guidelines.

Call for Submissions: COVID LIT

Spread Art and Philanthropy by Submitting to COVID LIT

Deadline: Rolling

COVID LIT is a monthly online lit mag that mobilizes writers to combat the world's ills by not only providing a platform for urgent poetry and prose, but by directing money to regional, national, and international nonprofits.

Instead of paying a submission fee, writers must donate at least $3 to a nonprofit of their choice. In our first two months, our writers have donated over $4000 to various causes related to COVID-19, racial injustice, homelessness, mental health, and others.

Visit our website and send us your best work today!

Writing Competitions: 2020 Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize and Chester B. Himes Memorial Fiction Prize

Summer Writing Contests - Poetry & Fiction - $1000 Prize Each!

Deadline: August 20, 2020

The Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize pays $1000 and publication in The Ocotillo Review. Reading fee $20. Send three poems up to 65 lines each. Chip Dameron will judge.

The Chester B Himes Memorial Fiction Prize pays $1000 and publication in The Ocotillo review. Reading fee $20. Send one story of 1,000 to 4,200 words. Charlotte Gullick will judge.

All entrants receive The Ocotillo Review with winner's story and poem. Half of all revenue generated is donated to the research and treatment of Breast Cancer and Parkinson's Disease. We welcome diverse voices. More info on our website, (a 501(c)(3) literary nonprofit).

Call for Submissions on Theme of Black Lives Matter: Words & Whispers

Words & Whispers Call For Black Lives Matter Submissions

Deadline: Rolling

We want to publish your voices and experiences. Let your perspectives be heard. Send us your poetry, prose, and personal essays. We accept written work from writers of all ages. For more information please visit our website.

Writing Competition: Tiny Fork Chapbook Series

The Hunger Journal Presents the Tiny Fork Chapbook Series

Deadline: September 1, 2020

We’re thrilled to announce The Hunger Journal has now expanded to include The Hunger Press, starting with our Tiny Fork Chapbook Series. We believe art and literature is eternally important, and we want to use this opportunity to welcome new writers and readers into The Hunger community by producing well-designed, dynamic, hand-bound chapbooks.

We will be accepting submissions from June 1–September 1.

Entry Fee: $7.00

First Prize: $100 plus publication and 10 copies of chapbook

We welcome poetry, prose, and hybrid manuscripts of 15–40 pages. For more details on the Tiny Fork Chapbook Series and submission process, please go to our website.

Call for Submissions: Nine Cloud Journal

"Nine Cloud Journal" is a heart centered approach to community building. We are requesting writing in five categories:

(1) Critical essays on community and socio-political topics or literary criticism/commentary.

(2) Short memoir pieces

(3) short poems under 100 lines that dive into your lived experience.

(4) Short flash fiction that explores socially relevant themes

(5) Visual Art.

Fiction, essays and memoir pieces should be about 1K words or less. We believe "The Personal is Political" and are seeking to redefine that word "political" to mean community. Poetry and Visual Art should be limited to 3 to 5 pieces each submission.

Submit here.

Call for Submissions: The Sea Letter

We are currently accepting submissions for our fall/winter 2020 issue

Categories:
Poetry
Short Fiction
Photography/Illustrations

If Accepted

Poetry & Short Fiction

We pay $50 per acceptance – works will be featured on our blog as well as published in our print issue

Photography/Illustrations

We pay $25 per acceptance – works will be featured on our blog as well as published in our print issue

General Guidelines

• We ask that you do not submit works that have been published elsewhere

• You may include multiple written works in a single submission, so long as you do not exceed the word-count limit of that category

• Photos & Illustrations are limited to 5 entries per submission

• Simultaneous submissions allowed

Word-Count Limits:

Poetry: 1,000
Short Fiction: 5,000

Submit here.

Call for Submissions: The Decadent Review

Aesthetics and Abstraction

THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR POETRY.

The Decadent Review is open to spectacularly written texts of any length on the subject of aesthetics and abstraction.

We're looking for:
Criticism (historical, cultural, literary).
Reviews (including artistic and poetic analysis).
Essays (linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, meta - think: Hume, Burke, Heidegger, Birkhoff, Borges, Oulipo, and so forth).

We value:

Erudition.
Cynicism.
Sarcasm.
Classicism.
Brutality.
Humor.
Existential despair.

Guidelines:

Word (.docx).
12pt font.
Single spaced.
One article per author.

Submit here.

Writing Competition: Boulevard

2020 Nonfiction Contest

$1,000 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning essay by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press. We are happy to announce the results of the 2019 Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers. We received many excellent entries this year, and the editors selected “My Mom Claims I Had a Drink With My Rapist. I Investigate.” by Emi Nietfeld. Congratulations also to the runner up: “Farewell to Agro” by Mary Herrington-Perry and “Quieter Things” by James McGovern We will open submissions for the 2020 nonfiction contest on June 2, 2020. Rules All entries must be postmarked before September 30, 2020 or submitted online by midnight CT. Entry fee is $16 for each individual essay, with no limit per author, and includes a one-year subscription. Make checks payable to Boulevard. Author's name, address, and telephone number, in addition to the essay's title and "Boulevard Emerging Writers Contest," should appear on page one. Manuscripts should be typed and double spaced. Cover sheets are not necessary. No manuscripts will be returned. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but previously accepted or published work is ineligible. We accept works up to 8,000 words. We are especially interested in nonfiction works that are researched and/or reported such as literary journalism, hybrid essays, etc. All entries will be considered for publication and for payment at our regular rates. Entries will be judged by the editors of Boulevard. No one editorially or financially affiliated with Boulevard can enter the contest. The winning essay will be first announced on the website and then published in the subsequent issue of Boulevard. Mail submissions to Boulevard Emerging Writers Contest, 4125 Juniata St. #B, St. Louis, MO 63116 or submit online. Submit your work here.

Writing Competition: The Lascaux Prize in Flash Fiction

Stories may be previously published or unpublished, and simultaneous submissions are accepted. True stories and prose poetry are welcome as long as they’re written in a narrative style.

Winner receives $1,000, a bronze medallion, and publication online in The Lascaux Review. The winner and all finalists will be published in the annual print edition of the journal.

Two copies of the journal will be supplied to every writer appearing in it.

Entry fee is $15.

Deadline: June 30, 2020

Writers may enter more than once, and as many as three stories may be submitted per entry (all pasted into one document). Individual story length should not exceed 1,000 words. All genres and styles are welcome. Judges are the journal’s editors. Writers retain all rights to their work at all times.

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions: The Medical Literary Messenger

THE MEDICAL LITERARY MESSENGER seeks thought-provoking poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art related to medicine, illness, and the body.

Online submissions are free and accepted on a rolling basis. 

Visit our website for more information.

You can also follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @medlitmessenger.

Call for Submissions: Gyroscope Review

GYROSCOPE REVIEW seeks contemporary poetry for its annual Crone Issue for women-identifying poets over 50.

No-fee submissions accepted through Submittable; no more than 4 poems per reading period. Back issues available online.

Reading period: July 1–September 7. For guidelines and Submittable link, visit our website.

Call for Submissions to Anthology of Theme of Caregiving for Persons with Dementia: The Chrysalis Project

THE CHRYSALIS PROJECT seeks poems for an anthology about caregiving for any form of dementia. Simultaneous submissions and previously published works accepted as long as the writer holds rights. Submit up to 3 poems/5 pages of poetry.

Deadline: September 30.

For complete guidelines visit our website.

Writing Competition: The 2020 Orison Chapbook Prize

THE 2020 ORISON CHAPBOOK PRIZE offers $300 and publication by Orison Books for a manuscript of 20–45 pages, in any genre (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or hybrid).

 

Entry fee: $12.

 

Submission period: April 1–July 1.

 

Judged by Orison Books founder and editor, Luke Hankins. To submit, go here.

Writing Grants: Poets & Writers COVID-19 Relief Fund

Poets & Writers’ Board of Directors established the Poets & Writers COVID-19 Relief Fund to provide emergency assistance to writers having difficulty meeting their basic needs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April, we distributed 107 grants of $1,000 each to writers from twenty-six states. We are pleased to announce a second round of funding, in which we expect to be able to distribute grants of $1,000 to approximately thirty writers. 

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligibile, a writer must meet one of these criteria:

• be listed in the Poets & Writers Directory as of June 1, 2020; or

• have received a mini-grant from our Readings & Workshops program; or

• have received one of the following awards or fellowships sponsored by Poets & Writers:

• Amy Award

• Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award

• Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award

• Galen Williams Fellowship; 

 or

• have published at least one book-length work of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction; or

• have published three short works (poems, essays, stories, spoken word performances, etc.)

Writers who have already received support through the Relief Fund are not eligible to reapply at this time. Poets & Writers employees and Board members, and their immediate family members, are ineligible.

For more information and to apply, go here.

APPLICATIONS

Eligible writers may submit an application between Thursday, June 18, and Sunday, June 28. Depending upon the volume of requests, we may limit the number of applications we review and encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Writing Competition: 2020 Rattle Poetry Prize

2020 Rattle Poetry Prize

Deadline: July 15, 2020

Entry Fee: $25.00

The 15th annual Rattle Poetry Prize has grown to $15,000 for a single poem. Ten finalists also receive $200 and publication, and are eligible for the $5,000 Readers' Choice Award. With an entry fee that is simply a one-year subscription to the magazine—and a runner-up Readers' Choice Award to be chosen by the writers themselves—the Rattle Poetry Prize aims to be one of the most writer-friendly and popular poetry contests around.

Visit our website for the complete guidelines and to read all of the past winners.

Call for Submissions on Themes of Resistance and Resilience: About Place Journal

About Place Journal Call for Submissions: Works of Resistance, Resilience

Deadline: August 1, 2020

Each issue of About Place Journal, the arts publication of the Black Earth Institute, focuses on a specific theme. From 6/1 to 8/1 we'll be accepting submissions for our Fall 2020 issue Works of Resistance, Resilience. 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.

Call for Submissions: Change Seven

Change Seven Call for Submissions

Deadline: June 30, 2020

Change Seven is an online literary journal. We seek to publish the best available fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual art, book reviews, and more from both established and emerging talents. We most enjoy writing that comes from experience, is well-crafted, lyrical, distinctive, and accessible. Language is important. We like work that takes risks, that is morally unflinching, not for the sake of spectacle but for some daunting and tender rendering of truth. That is not to say we don’t also admire subtlety and quieter pieces of work. We love those, too. Humor as well. Just make it matter.

Call for Submissions on Theme of Anxiety: carte blanche

At carte blanche we believe there is more than one way to tell a story. Our mandate is to provide a venue for narrative of all forms from fiction and nonfiction, to poetry and photo essays.

carte blanche is published three times a year: in the winter, spring/summer, and fall.

How to submit

We are currently open for comics, photography, poetry, and translation submissions. We accept original, previously unpublished submissions through our online submission form ONLY.


Deadlines

Submissions for Issue 39 – Spring/Summer 2020 are open from 18 May to 1 July 2020. Get ready to send us your Poetry, Translations, Photography, and Comics.

Simultaneous submissions: We accept simultaneous submissions. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are sending your piece elsewhere and withdraw your submission via Submittable if it is accepted somewhere else.

Unpublished submissions: We do not accept submissions that have been previously published, including on personal websites and social media.

Rights: We ask for first world serial rights and the right to archive your work on the website. Copyright reverts to the author upon publication. In the case of translated pieces, you must already have received permissions from the original publisher to translate the piece prior to submitting your translation to us.

Payment: carte blanche pays a modest honorarium per submission. We hope to increase the amount in the future.

Theme

Our theme for Issue 39 is Anxiety.

Prior to COVID-19, worldwide climate anxiety was already on the rise, as well as anxiety relating to politics, mental health, poverty; this list could go on and on. With this new global pandemic affecting our daily lives, we are now living in a period of even greater anxiety than before. As artists in this precarious time, how does the concept of “anxiety” affect and resonate with you?

Call for Submissions on Theme of Ritual: Duende

Duende will open in June 2020 for submissions to our Ritual Issue (see below).

RITUAL 

"The rituals where the writing
occurs are capable of connecting
us to all consciously enacted
ritualistic behavior from the
past and future.

To me it is the opposite of time
travel, it is the halting of
time, it is the collapsing of the
walls separating us from where we
have been, where we are going,
and beyond."

-CAConrad, from Poetry and Ritual, an essay in verse

 When the editors decided to read for an issue focused on Ritual, we could scarcely have imagined the extent to which the rituals of our lives would be disrupted, or rearranged, because of the Covid-19 outbreak. We are now dealing with more than a loss-state, a grief-state. We have been forced into a new way of being—and as writers and artists, we need to respond to and examine these shifting rituals.

With that in mind, we envision this curated space to be one of:

• Mourning for the rituals we lost;
• Celebration for the rituals established;
• Examination of the mystic chords that continue to bind us as human beings;
• Eco-ritual--both the ancient and new rituals;
• Ritual-futurism--or the rituals we imagine our future will contain;
• Labor rituals and the loss of the labor rituals;
• Human contact as ritual, the loss of human contact as new ritual;
• Rites--both in the spiritual-sense and social-sense;
• Observance; and quite simply
• What we do.

Please send us your best visual art, poetry, fiction, hybrid and nonfiction work on this theme between June 1 – June 30.

We’re very excited to see how writers will respond to this emergent theme and share in the collective ritual of making.

As always, we remain open to submissions of visual art year-round.


THE BRASS TACKS:


1) We accept only these file formats for writing: doc, docx, and pdf. And for images: jpg or png. If you are concerned about formatting changes when your files are opened on different computers, please submit PDFs only.

2) We ask you to send work in only one genre—considering “hybrid work” to be its own genre—per submission. Please place your submission into one file. (That is to say, if you are submitting five poems, then send them all in one document. If you are sending two poems and one short story, please submit twice, once in each genre. If you are submitting translations of three short stories, please place both the short stories and the original texts in one file. Label clearly, in English, the source texts.

3) All submissions must be made via Submittable, no exceptions. We do accept simultaneous submissions. However, kindly drop us a message if your work is accepted elsewhere. Please message us directly in submittable, as opposed to emailing us.

4) We only accept work during our submissions windows.

5) Please let us know why you have chosen to submit to Duende—we are delighted to make new friends—and how you heard about us. Please include a short bio, but know that, for us, it’s all about the writing.

6) Submitting to Duende is free. We are grateful for the opportunity to review your work. We do not pay writers or artists for their work.

7) We do not accept unsolicited book reviews.

8) Duende is a group of full-time undergraduate students, all volunteers, who live all over the United States. Our academic schedule is non-traditional and we meet face-to-face only once during each semester. Please be patient with us. We might need up to six months to reply to your submission. If you haven’t heard from us in six months, please feel free to drop us an email and check in. Thank you!

Submit your work here.
 

Call for Submissions: Short Line Review

Short Line Review is an independent magazine dedicated to celebrating and fostering connections between communities, identities, individuals, and whatever else we navigate in this world.

 

We are committed to providing a platform for oppressed communities and eliminate publishing barriers that come with art elitism. we will prioritize the work, voices, and needs of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, femmes, and women.

 

Writing – Can be any genre of any length. Submit up to 3 works in one document. Must be in Word/Doc format.

 

Deadline: Dec. 31, 2020

 

Please visit our website for guidelines and to submit.

Call for Submissions to Anthology on Theme of Spirituality: Mizmor Annual Poetry Anthology

Mizmor Annual Poetry Anthology - Spirituality

Deadline: August 15, 2020

Mizmor is an annual anthology considering high-quality poetry that expresses spiritual experiences with a strong emphasis on the relationship between the modern world and ancient wisdom. We favor true experiences with striking imagery, we do not accept devotional-religious poetry.

No fee to submit. Included writers will receive one free copy.

Please visit the website for the complete guidelines.

Call for Submissions: Chestnut Review

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 (less than 1000 words), and art/photography (20 images); $5 submissions for fiction/nonfiction (less than 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 in less than 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!

Call for Submissions: Light and Dark

Seeking New Short Stories for Issue 16!

Deadline: July 15, 2020

Light and Dark is seeking your best short stories for our sixteenth online issue! We are particularly interested in stories that deal in some way with the dichotomous nature of existence. Please send us nothing longer than 3,000 words. All stories will be published on our website.

The author will also receive a token payment of $15. We look forward to reading your best work.

Submit here.

Mentor Programs for High School Writers: The Daphne Review Summer Mentorship Program

The Daphne Review Summer Mentorship Program

Deadline: July 31, 2020

The Daphne Review is hosting an online mentorship program for talented high school student writers and established writers/teachers acting as their mentors. We're currently taking applications for both types (students and qualified mentors) until July 31st! To apply, submit a resume and brief cover letter to:

daphnereviewATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Start Date: August 3-28. Format: online. Classes: flash fiction, poetry.

Pay for mentors: $50 per hour for skype or $200; $25 per hour for email or $100; total: $300 via paypal.

Writing Competition: FishFood Short Story Contest

FishFood Short Story Contest

Deadline: August 31, 2020

FishFood Magazine is accepting submissions for its very first short story contest. Stories must be under 1,000 words. There is no set theme, so feel free to get as creative as possible.

The winner of the contest receives $1000 plus publication of the story in FishFood Magazine.

Entry Fee: $17.00

Call for Class Proposals: The Loft

Due to uncertainty around the ability to deliver classes in face-to-face format in Fall 2020 we will be streamlining the class proposal process. This form is for all adult class formats including face-to-face (if possible), online with live sessions, and online with a flexible schedule (such as all online Loft classes prior to 2020). You will be asked which formats you are interested in and should check all that apply.

The Loft will continue to deliver a combination of real-time and flex-time classes online (and of course will resume face-to-face classes as soon as it is safe), but will primarily use Google Classroom for the asynchronous sharing of resources and discussions and Zoom to support live meetings. We are also piloting Wet.Ink for workshop-driven classes, and may incorporate that into our suite of tools.

What We're Looking For

• Always, diverse and inclusive reading lists and approaches to teaching craft. Proposals that include the names of 2-4 writers or books likely to be read or studied as examples of writing craft are considered stronger proposals than those without.

• A strong, considered statement on equity.

• Teaching writers from all walks of life, who provide many different perspectives on approach to teaching craft, the writing life, the (self- or traditional) publishing experience, etc.

• If you are submitting a class proposal to the Loft for the first time, please consider proposing a single session class (preferred), or a shorter multi-week (4 or 6 weeks) if you have prior teaching experience and either a solid, established writing practice or some publication credits.

• Multiweek classes for writers in any genre or at any level. We are always looking for creative writing classes for adults in all genres and for all levels. Our students have a range of skill levels, commitment, and interests. We hope any writer looking in our catalog will find the class that's perfect for them.

• More advanced level classes are always needed; prior teaching experience and a record of professional accomplishment in the genre you'd like to teach are preferred for advanced classes.

• 12 week classes with instruction on craft, engaging class discussion, in-class writing opportunities, and sharing of work with option for feedback, and clear goals and outcomes.

• Strong and flexible lesson plans. Loft classes give writers opportunities to engage with their teaching artist and one another, while also providing content, instruction, engaging discussion, and in-class writing activities, as well as writing prompts students can work on between class meetings.

• Teaching artists with track records in writing and/or teaching, preferably both. An emphasis on teaching adults in an enrichment environment is preferred for teaching basics and beginner classes, success in writing (publications, awards, etc.) is preferred for longer classes (12 weeks) and more advanced classes.

• Reading lists should include recent works and diverse authors. 

For more information and to submit, go here. 

Deadline: June 22, 2020
 

Call for Submissions: Necessary Fiction

Summer flash fiction is back! For the third year running, Necessary Fiction will publish weekly flash fiction for your summer reading enjoyment beginning in June and lasting through Labor Day. We're looking for your best work of flash fiction in 750 words or less.

We want flash fiction that surprises and engages us; that's powerful and dynamic; that's unexpected and humorous; and that dazzles us with language and emotional resonance. Pieces should be more than a punchline or joke, and submissions that trade on body part humor are unlikely to be accepted.

We'll publish at least one piece of flash each Wednesday; maybe more, if there are a number of submissions too good to turn down. We're especially interested in reading flash written by women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ community, though your submission does not necessarily have to include themes or characters representing these communities.

One submission per person. Multiple submissions will go unread. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please note in your cover letter. 

Deadline: June 15, 2020

Submit your work here. 

Call for Submissions: Halcyone Literary Quarterly

THE HALCYONE LITERARY QUARTERLY wants your best unpublished poetry, short stories, novel excerpts, and art.

Payment for featured writers. Publication awards for winning contest entries. New residency awards for artists and writers.

Deadline: July 31, 2020

Website.

Writing Competition: Press 53 2021 Award for Poetry

2021 Press 53 Award for Poetry

Deadline: July 31, 2020

$1,000 and 50 copies awarded to an outstanding, unpublished 60-120 page collection of poems. Tom Lombardo, Press 53 Poetry Series Editor, will serve as judge. Press 53 will publish the winning manuscript as a Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection under a standard publishing contract; all prizes will be awarded upon publication.

Deadline: Midnight EST, July 31, 2020. Winner and finalists announced on or before November 1.

Reading fee: $30

Complete information on our website. 

Call for Submissions: trampset

trampset Now Paying for Quality Work

Deadline: Rolling

trampset, an online literary journal of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, is seeking new submissions on a rolling basis. We want your best brain, your beating heart. Send that good human stuff our way.

We pay $25 per accepted piece.

We have 50 free submissions a month through Submittable as well as Tip Jar and Quick Response options.

Visit our submissions page.

Writing Competition: Balck Warrior Review 2020 Contest

Black Warrior Review 2020 Contest: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Flash

Deadline: September 1, 2020

Biannual print journal Black Warrior Review seeks 2020 contest submissions.

Winners will receive publication and cash prizes ($500 for flash and $1,000 for poetry, fiction, and CNF).

Judges: Mayukh Sen (nonfiction), Paul Tran (poetry), C Pam Zhang (flash), and Lucy Corin (fiction).

Open until 9/1.

Submission fee: $15 for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; $6 for flash. Complete information available at our website.

Writing Competition: Tiny Fork Chapbook Series

The Hunger Journal Presents the Tiny Fork Chapbook Series

Deadline: September 1, 2020

We’re thrilled to announce The Hunger Journal has now expanded to include The Hunger Press, starting with our Tiny Fork Chapbook Series. We believe art and literature is eternally important, and we want to use this opportunity to welcome new writers and readers into The Hunger community by producing well-designed, dynamic, hand-bound chapbooks.

We will be accepting submissions from June 1–September 1.

Award: $100 plus 10 copies

Entry Fee: $7.00

We welcome poetry, prose, and hybrid manuscripts of 15–40 pages. For more details on the Tiny Fork Chapbook Series and submission process, please go to our website. 

Writing Competition: Charlotte Mew Chapbook Contest

 

Headmistress Press Announces Annual Charlotte Mew Chapbook Contest

Deadline: July 4, 2020

Headmistress Press, a lesbian-identified publisher of books by LBT poets, is proud to announce our sixth annual Charlotte Mew Chapbook Contest. Our judge for this year is Vi Khi Nao.

Our first-prize winner will receive $300 plus 20 copies of the winning book. All entries will be considered for publication.

We will be accepting submissions from May 4 to July 4, 2020 through Submittable and will announce a winner in the fall. Our reading fee is always on a sliding scale, $12-$20, with fee waived upon request.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, visit our blog.

SUBMIT HERE.

Call for Submissions: Black Lawrence Press

Call for Submissions

June Open Reading Period

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. 

Submit your work here.