Essay Published: "The Year of the Mask"

Very pleased to share news of the publication of my essay, "The Year of the Mask," in Table Debate. You can read it here.

Call for Submissions on Theme of "-isms": subTerrain

subTerrain publishes original fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, essays, and commentary three times a year. Submissions must be previously unpublished material. (Note maximum number of submissions per issue below.)

Feel free to interpret our themes in unique and unusual ways.

All other regular submission guidelines still apply, as below.

The following are some general guidelines (as always, we suggest READING an issue of the magazine to see what we're all about).

Submissions must be previously unpublished and be:

1. typed, double-spaced

2. Fiction: a maximum of 3,000 words. (Max. 3 stories per issue)

3. Poetry: we no longer accept unsolicited poetry submissions (unless specifically related to one of our theme issues). Poetry should be single-spaced with stanza breaks. (Max. 5 poems per issue)

4. Creative Non-Fiction: a maximum of 4,000 words. (Max. 2 articles per issue)

5. Commentary (social or otherwise): a maximum of 4000 words. (Max. 2 articles per issue)

6. Photography & Illustration: we only accept solicited art and photography. Please forward us a link to your work;

7. Please do not send submissions via email; online submissions accepted through Submittable only (mailed submissions are still accepted as well.)
8. Please allow 6 months for a response, though we shall strive as always to respond sooner.

Call for Submissions: Redivider

Redivider seeks previously unpublished works from emerging and established writers. We welcome general submissions year-round. We are proud to offer free submission, with the exception of the summer months, when much of our campus and staff are away; these submission fees go toward maintaining the journal. 

 

All submissions must go through Submittable. No mailed or emailed submissions, please! We welcome simultaneous submissions as long as you withdraw your piece via Submittable as soon as it gets accepted elsewhere (for poetry, leave a note). For policies regarding our contest submissions, please visit our contest page. Please submit no more than once per six-month period and only submit to one genre at a time. Emerson College students, faculty, and staff—current or within the previous three years—may not submit. 

 

We will not consider submissions that include prejudice, racism, xenophobia, classism, sexism, ableism, fat-shaming, homophobia, gratuitous violence, etc. We reserve the right to reject such submissions outright and no longer read submissions from that author. We also reserve the right to remove content from our journal if an author is known to be harassing or abusive.

Writing Competition: Molotov Cocktail's Flash Odyssey Contest

Why, yes, a “concise epic voyage” does sound contradictory, but that just makes Flash Odyssey a contest befitting these baffling, paradoxical times. Even more so considering that many of us have scrapped travel plans for 2020 (hell, we’ve been milking the same tank of gas since March); what better way to snap out of hibernating and escape our mutual isolation than through stories that take us places.

Travel lies at the crux of Flash Odyssey. Simply put, your entry must include movement from one place to another, some sort of literal or figurative journey. Take us down roads less traveled or make new and surprising discoveries while navigating a well-worn path. Go all Kerouac with it, you beatnik, or take us to a Steinbeckian dust bowl. Send us tumbling down rabbit holes or barreling down lost highways. Lead an army of swashbucklers across the high seas or fly solo over a cuckoo’s nest. Go all literary or full-on genre with it. Or better yet, hit that sweet spot somewhere in the middle. Our dream destination will always be vivid imagery and compelling language.

Whatever avenue you choose, just remember that (at least for our purposes) a journey of singular vision ends at a thousand words.

The top three entries will win cold, hard cash (USD):

$300 for Flash Odyssey winner

$150 for 2nd place

$75 for 3rd place

We also give mad respect to 4th-10th place, publishing them in our Flash Odyssey mega-issue
and in a future print anthology, with contributor copy included.

Follow these guidelines, and you could have some extra coin in your pocket, and some bragging rights as the Flash Odyssey winner.

 – All submissions must absolutely be under 1,000 words, and we tend to look more kindly on 750 or fewer because…ROADKILL SQUIRREL!

 – All contest submissions will be read blind, so we won’t be playing favorites. Sorry, Mom!

 – Please paste your submission into the corresponding field. Do not list your name anywhere in your entry or we’ll assume that you don’t know how to read.

– Cost to enter: $8.00 (Sorry, no refunds.)

– We reserve the right to extend deadlines if necessary (and you can expect our usual week-ish Procrastinator Special—with corresponding increase in submission fee for you slackers).

– Submissions must be previously unpublished work, and you will retain copyright (duh). By entering this contest you give us permission to publish your work—if selected for our Top 10—both online and in a future print anthology.

– No limit on how many entries you can submit, but you must submit them one at a time. Don’t just mash them all in there.

– Contest soft deadline is end of day (11:59 pm PST) on Monday, August 10th, 2020. Winners announced on Monday, August 24th, 2020, and we’ll unleash the Flash Odyssey mega-issue shortly thereafter.

 – And, most importantly, this is a FLASH ODYSSEY contest, so your story must include travel or a journey of some kind. But again, this can be in any form imaginable.

Submit your work here.

Writing and Publishing Grants: Literary Arts Emergency Fund for COVID-19 Relief

CLMP has joined the Academy of American Poets and the National Book Foundation to establish the Literary Arts Emergency Fund, which will provide $3.5 million to the literary arts, a field that has been disastrously impacted by COVID-19. Regrants from this fund, made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will be distributed by September 15, 2020.

Eligibility
Literary arts organizations and publishers (magazines and presses)* AND
Incorporated nonprofits with 501(c)3 status OR a fiscal agent

*Because recent financial losses experienced by literary nonprofit organizations and publishers have been substantial and emergency relief is limited, libraries, museums, book arts organizations, literacy organizations, humanities councils, centers for the book, residencies, playwriting organizations, author’s homes, and organizations devoted to championing the legacy of an individual writer are ineligible.

Deadline & Notification 

Applications must be submitted by August 7, 2020, at 11:59 PM eastern standard time. Only submissions made online through Submittable will be reviewed. 

All applicant organizations will be notified whether or not they received funding by email by September 15, 2020.

Additional Information

The Literary Arts Emergency Fund will award one-time, unrestricted grants from $5,000 to $50,000. 

The determination of grant amounts will include financial need and projected loss due to COVID-19; diversity, equity, and inclusion in regards to an organization’s staff and board, poets and writers contracted, and audiences served; budget size; and an organization’s demonstrated ability to offer continued programming.

This Literary Arts Emergency Fund is managed by the Academy of American Poets, Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, and National Book Foundation, which will respectively be making grants to:

Poetry organizations;
Publishers (literary magazines and presses);
Literary or writers’ centers, book festivals, Writers in the Schools programs, and literary presenting organizations.

Decisions about the eligibility of applications as determined by these three organizations are final.

These three organizations assume no responsibility for applications not received due to user error. Applicant organizations will receive an email confirming receipt of their application and may verify receipt of their application by logging into Submittable.

Applications will be reviewed by independent panelists. Panel ratings will form the basis for funding recommendations.

Award decisions will be approved and finalized by members of the Board of Directors of the three organizations.

For more information and to apply, go here.

Call for Submissions: Fiction Southeast

Call for Submissions: Fiction Southeast

Submissions accepted year-round.

Fiction Southeast seeks articles about writing, interviews, and essays from MFA students as well as emerging and established writers. These can be articles concerning the publication process, writing a synopsis, composing a query letter, dealing with rejection, craft articles, and more.

Call for Submissions to Anthology on Theme of Faith: NYQ Books: Without a Doubt

NYQ Books Seeks Submissions for a New Anthology about Faith

Deadline: February 2, 2021

NYQ Books is seeking submissions for an anthology to be titled Without a Doubt: poems illuminating faith.

Submissions will remain open until February 2, 2021, but may close early should the anthology fill.

We are seeking poems that explore faith rather than tell. We seek poems that demonstrate a new and fresh understanding of faith. Poems that rise above religion and redefine spirituality. Poets from any spiritual tradition are welcome. Nontheists and Freethinkers are encouraged to submit. Historically marginalized voices are especially welcome. We are not looking for poems that proselytize.

Please see our webpage for complete guidelines.

Call for Horror Submissions: Club Plum Literary Journal

Club Plum Literary Journal Seeks Literary Horror for October Issue

Deadline: October 1, 2020

Submissions open for creepy and dark flash fiction, prose poetry, and art for the October 16th issue of Club Plum. Blood and monsters are welcome as long as you write them well, as are things felt but not seen. Fear in the silent spaces. Not quite sure if it is horror? Send it along. Staunchly non-horror pieces are welcome for this issue as well, but send sappy elsewhere. Send sad. Send strange. Send beauty that is destined to doom.

See our website for submission requirements.

Writing Competition: $5000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize

$5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, edited by Patricia Smith

Deadline: September 30, 2020

Every year, the University of Arkansas Press accepts submissions for the Miller Williams Poetry Series and from the books selected awards the $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize in the following summer. For almost a quarter century the press has made this series the cornerstone of its work as a publisher of some of the country’s best poetry. The series is edited by Patricia Smith.

The deadline for the 2022 Prize is September 30, 2020.

For more information visit our website.

Poem Published in Anthology: Art in the Time of COVID-19

Very pleased to share that my poem, "Post-COVID Summer," has been published in the anthology, Art in the Time of COVID-19 (San Fedele Press). It's a beautiful ebook, and I'm honored to share the space with some very fine authors.

The book is available for purchase on Amazon, and a portion of the sales will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.

Call for Submissions to Audio Anthology: Untold Tales

Dear Authors,

Our company, Melissa Del Toro International, creates audio products, specifically books, novels, and short stories and makes them available through website links and podcasts.

We are currently soliciting short stories and works of fiction from authors who write in Science Fiction.

Specifically, we are looking for new or unpublished works, particularly from new authors, for inclusion in our next audio anthology series, that is tentatively entitled, UNTOLD TALES. If you are interested in submitting your work, please download our detailed Call for Submissions by clicking on the button on our website. It is a direct download, no opt-in or email address required.

Good luck! We hope to be able to choose your story for the podcast!

Be well,
Jeff

Writing Competitions: The Julia Peterkin Prizes in Poetry and Flash Fiction

The Julia Peterkin Poetry Contest:

South 85 Journal seeks submissions of previously unpublished poems of 50 lines or fewer for for the annual Julia Peterkin Poetry Contest from June 1 to August 1 each year. The winning selection will receive $500 and publication in the December issue of South 85 Journal. Contest finalists will also be named and their work published alongside the winning selection. Submissions are read blind by an outside judge.

• Submissions are open June 1 – August 1.

• Entry Fee: $12.00

• Submit up to three unpublished poems of 50 lines or fewer.

• All submissions will be read blind. Please do not include personal information on your manuscript or file. Submissions that include identifying information will not be considered.

• The winning poem will be awarded a cash prize of $500. Four semi-finalists will be chosen for publication in South 85 Journal.

• Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please withdraw your entry if your poem is accepted elsewhere. Partial withdrawals are allowed.

• Multiple contest submissions will be considered as long as a separate submission fee is paid for each contest entry.

• Work may be submitted in both categories as long as the submission fee is paid for each contest entry.

• All winners must be over 18 years old and reside in the U.S. in order to claim cash prize.

• Please use 12 point, standard font. We suggest Times New Roman.

• We consider only previously unpublished work.

• Current and former staff members are not eligible for participation. Current Converse College students and Converse MFA alum are not eligible for participation.

• Results will be announced in October.

South 85 Journal does not publish work which has been previously published either in print or online. We acquire exclusive first-time Internet rights only. All other rights revert to the author at publication. Works are also archived online. We ask that whenever an author reprints the work that first appeared in our pages, South 85 Journal be given acknowledgment for the specific work(s) involved. Only the main contest winner will receive a prize.


The Julia Peterkin Flash Fiction Contest:

South 85 Journal accepts submissions of previously unpublished flash fiction pieces of 850 words or fewer for the Julia Peterkin Flash Fiction Contest between June 1 and August 1. The winning selection will be awarded $500 and publication in the December issue of South 85 Journal. Contest finalists will also be selected and published alongside the winning selection. Submissions are read blind by an outside judge. 

•  Submissions are accepted from June 1 – August 1.

• Entry Fee: $12.00 

• Previously unpublished fiction of 850 words or fewer are eligible for this contest. We are especially interested in stories that demonstrate a strong voice and/or a sense of place, but we consider all quality writing.

• All submissions will be read blind. Please do not include personal information on your manuscript or file. Submissions that include identifying information will not be considered.

• We will select one winner to receive a cash prize of $500.

• Four semi-finalists will be chosen for publication in South 85 Journal

• All winning entries will be published in the Fall / Winter issue of South 85 Journal.

• Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please withdraw your entry if your piece is accepted elsewhere.

• Multiple contest submissions will be considered as long as a separate submission fee is paid for each contest entry.

• Work may be submitted in both categories as long as the submission fee is paid for each contest entry.

• All winners must be over 18 years old and reside in the U.S. in order to claim their cash prize.

• Please use double-spacing and a 12 point, standard font. We suggest Times New Roman. We consider only previously unpublished work.

• Current and former staff members are not eligible for participation.Current Converse College students and Converse College MFA alum are not eligible for participation.

• Results will be announced in October.

South 85 Journal does not publish work which has been previously published either in print or online. We acquire exclusive first-time Internet rights only. All other rights revert to the author at publication. Works are also archived online. We ask that whenever an author reprints the work that first appeared in our pages, South 85 Journal be given acknowledgment for the specific work(s) involved. Only the main contest winner will receive a prize. 

Submit your work here.

Writing Competition: Quarterly West Chapbook Competition

As with the last two years, we’re sticking to an open-genre model. Send us poetry, short-fiction, non-fiction, or any combination or hybridization therein. No restrictions as to subject matter or form apply, although we urge you to look at our About Us statement for the type of writing that we favor.

Please keep your submission to 18-52 pp.

The winning writer will receive $500, publication, and 20 copies. Quarterly West will publish a runner-up, as well as 1-2 editors’ picks. All published authors will receive 20 copies of their chapbook.

As judging is anonymous, any manuscripts with identifying marks (including an acknowledgements section) will be discarded.

The submission fee is $20, which will include the receipt of a Quarterly West chapbook from the inventory.

The deadline is August 1, 2020. 

Submit your work here.

About Our 2020 Chapbook Judge

Elena Passarello’s essays have recently appeared in National Geographic, Paris Review, and Best American Science and Nature Writing. She is the author of two award-winning collections, Let Me Clear My Throat and Animals Strike Curious Poses, the latter of which was translated into four languages. In 2019, Outside named Elena one of “25 Essential Women Authors Writing About the Wild.” A 2015 recipient of the Whiting Award in nonfiction, she teaches in the MFA program at Oregon State University, and can be heard weekly on the radio in the PRX arts and culture show LiveWire!

Call for Submissions: Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts

Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts

Deadline: November 15; submissions reviewed and accepted on rolling basis

New online publication based at Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service (CSDS) at Northeastern University in Boston. Seeking work that deepens the inward life; expresses range of religious/spiritual/humanist experiences and perspectives; envisions a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world; advances dialogue across difference; and challenges structural oppression in all its forms.

Seeking work for feature section on Black Lives Matter. Send unpublished poetry, prose, visual art, and translations. Especially interested in work from international and historically unrepresented communities.

No fee; currently non-paying.

Submit 3-5 pieces via email to:

pensivejournalATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Questions? Contact Alexander Levering Kern, co-editor or visit our website.

Call for Submissions: level:deepsouth

level:deepsouth—for Generation X

Submissions accepted year-round.

level:deepsouth is an online anthology created in 2020 with the goal of documenting Generation X in the Deep South during the 1970s, '80s, and '90s by collecting works of creative nonfiction (personal essays, memoirs, and reviews) about our lives back then and since then.

Submissions guidelines can be found on the website.

Call for Submissions: The Courtship of Winds

The Courtship of Winds Call for Submissions

Deadline: October 1, 2020

Recognizing the importance of the upcoming presidential election, the winter issue of The Courtship of Winds will be a special Election issue and will be published before the election. We are looking for submissions that in any way address some aspect of our current political situation. Submissions should still be works of art, as opposed to simple diatribe. Other than that, there are no narrow restrictions.

Submissions for the Election issue are open until October 1.

Call for Submissions: Tin Can Literary Review

Haunted Waters Press Seeks Fiction for Paid Print Publication

Haunted Waters Press now seeking submissions for consideration in Tin Can Literary Review—our debut fiction anthology celebrating the works of new, emerging, and seasoned authors.

We seek stories told in as little as 500 words and as many as 12,000.

Selected works to be paid $250 per published story.

Deadline: August 31, 2020. Details here.

Writing Competition: Blue Earth Review

Blue Earth Review is open to submissions for our Summer 2020 Contest. Submit flash fiction: up to 2 flash pieces, 750-word maximum each; flash creative nonfiction: up to 2 flash pieces, 750-word maximum each; poetry: 1-3 poems.

Deadline to enter is August 15, 2020.

Entry fee: $5.00.

Winners receive $500 and publication. Additional finalists may also be published. For these and general submissions, go here.

Writing Competition: The Robert Watson Literary Prizes for Fiction and Poetry

Robert Watson Literary Prize

The reading period for the Robert Watson Literary Prizes is July 15 to September 15.


Winners of the Fiction and Poetry Prizes will each receive a $1000 cash award and publication in The Greensboro Review.

Special Note on Entry Fees: We love our readers! Please subscribe (or purchase a one-year gift subscription) via UNC Press, our publishing partner. Then, go to Submittable to submit to the contest for free. You will need an active subscription to be eligible to receive the award and prize money.

Contest Guidelines:

• Entries must be previously unpublished. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know immediately via Submittable if your work is accepted elsewhere. Please submit only once per genre during each submission period. 
• Length restrictions: Please include no more than 7,500 words or 25 typed, double-spaced pages for fiction. Each story counts as one entry. Poetry entries can include any number of poems up to 10 pages, but we recommend 5 to 7 poems per submission. (Please note that we rarely publish individual poems longer than 2 pages.)
•  Please include your name, mailing address, email, and phone number in your cover letter and on the first page of your manuscript. Fiction submissions should also include word count and page numbers.
• Entry is free for new or current subscribers; writers must be active subscribers to be eligible for the prize money. Please visit our website to purchase your subscription ($14) via UNC Press, then visit Submittable to submit your work.
•  All manuscripts meeting the above requirements and submitted by September 15 will be considered for the award as well as for publication in The Greensboro Review.
•  Winning manuscripts will appear in print in the Spring issue of The Greensboro Review and may be featured online.
•  All manuscripts not accepted for publication by The Greensboro Review will be released to the authors by December 31. Entries must be submitted via Submittable; no email submissions are accepted.

Writing Competition: The Masters Review Summer Short Story Award for New Writers

The Summer Short Story Award for New Writers runs from July 1st to August 30th. The winning story will be awarded $3000 and publication online. Second and third place stories will be awarded publication and $300 and $200 respectively.

All winners and honorable mentions will receive agency review by: Nat Sobel from Sobel Weber, Victoria Cappello from The Bent Agency, Andrea Morrison from Writers House, Sarah Fuentes from Fletcher & Company, Heather Schroder from Compass Talent, and Siohban McBride from Carnicelli Literary Management. We want you to succeed, and we want your writing to be read. It’s been our mission to support emerging writers since day one.

Guidelines:

Winner receives $3000, publication, and agency review

Second and third place prizes ($300 / $200, publication, and agency review)

Stories under 6000 words

Previously unpublished stories only

Simultaneous and multiple submissions allowed

Emerging writers only (We are interested in offering a larger platform to new writers. Self-published writers and writers with story collections and novels with a low circulation are welcome to submit.)

International English submissions allowed

$20 entry fee

Deadline: August 30, 2020

Please, no identifying information on your story

All stories are considered for publication

If requesting an editorial letter, please indicate on your cover letter if the submissions is fiction or creative nonfiction.

For more information and to enter, please visit our website.

Call for Flash Essays on Theme of "Way Seeking Mind": The Dewdrop

Ends on July 31, 2020

Some schools of Zen Buddhism like to assign 'Way Seeking Mind' talks, an opportunity for students to reflect on their lives' journeys and the various influences, people and events that have brought them to where they are today.

The Dewdrop invites writers to submit a flash essay of no more than 300 words along these same lines. The essay might reflect a longer journey or a pivotal moment in your life, and we encourage you to be as creative as you can with the draft.

You could consider the following questions in relation to your life/spiritual trajectory:

What have been the main sources of your spiritual inspiration? Which people in your life have had the strongest influence and how? Can you identify a pivotal moment that was a true game changer? Has there been a special book that rocked your world? An event that completely changed your perspective?

We are generally able to reply to submissions within 90 days. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please do let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere.

We cannot pay for published work at this time. Submit here.

Call for Submissions: High Desert Journal

We accept poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoirs, books reviews, essays, interviews and visual arts. You may submit up to three poems; a maximum of 5,000 words of fiction or nonfiction; up to 3,000 words of interview, memoir, and essays, and up to 10 slides or digital images of artwork.

Submissions are only accepted via our electronic submission manager, Submittable. 

Deadline: Aug. 1, 2020

Writing Competition: Robots & Their Dogs by Flying Ketchup Press

Tales from Time, Space & Robot Dogs is a search for the best Sci-Fi short stories that take place in weird wild new worlds. Is your story full of surprises, twists, mysterious creatures, technological wonder, and new things we've never thought of? Then welcome home to Flying Ketchup Press.

Deadline: July 31, 2020

Submit today!

Genres we are looking for: sci-fi, fiction, fantasy, hybrid, other...This is about finding great writers, not about making limitations on your creativity.

One winner of our monthly story contests will receive publication online on our website! At the end of each contest period (Generally August and January), we will select the best 10 short stories overall to be published in print!

Finalists will be featured in softcover and ebook including a page about each author – and a link to your author page on our website. The final collection for the year will be available for purchase online.

Guidelines for each Entry: Include your author bio (and any website or author page link) in the letter portion of your submission along with a 50-word summary of your story. All work must be original and submitted by the author. If your short story is selected for another publication elsewhere, please let us know by email and we will remove your entry. No name or other identifying info must be included in your submission manuscript text so that your work is read by our judges anonymously.

Rating: This book will be a selection of stories for adults. Strong Language is okay when used in context. Our books do appeal to teens which authors should keep in mind. We call it 14+

Formatting your submission: Double Spaced, 12-point font with one-inch margins, and page numbers.

How do we decide which stories we select for the contest? Short Stories will be evaluated on how they fit the theme as well as creativity, voice, & craftsmanship. We are looking for deeply developed characters who have great dialog, paired with vivid settings, in a plot with hard choices and smart action.

Length: Looking for over 1,500 words and no longer than 8,000 words per story, but we are flexible.

How many stories can I submit? You may submit one story per entry. Submit as many times as you like.

How long is your process? It takes up to a year to publish a full collection of short stories in book form to include time for authors to work with our editors, and for the process of graphic design, illustrations, book cover, and layout.

Call for Submissions: The Petigru Review

The Petigru Review is a literary magazine in the South, but we’re not stuck to any antiquated idea about what that might mean. We are especially interested in diverse and emerging voices. What we want most is good, honest work, no matter where it comes from. Please send your poems, stories, essays and novel chapters our way.

Submissions open April 1 and close July 31 in the following areas:

Short Stories (up to 5000 words; or 3 flash pieces up to 1000 words)

Novel Chapters (up to 5000 words)

Nonfiction (up to 5000 words; or 3 flash essays up to 1000 words)

Poetry (up to 3 poems per document)

Cover-art

We are also interested in essays on the writing life and/or critical essays to include on the TPR blog.

We can’t wait to read your work! Submit here.

The Editors, Vivian Bikulege and Ferguson Williams

Writing Competition for Unclassifiable Work: Arts & Letters

Our 5th annual Unclassifiable contest is open May 1st to July 31st.

Challenged by Diaghilev to astonish him (“Etonnez-moi!”), Cocteau responded with an “unclassifiable” ballet: music by Satie, sets and costumes by Picasso, book by himself. The year: 1910. In this age of branding and marketing, can such “unclassifiable” works survive? What is gained—or lost—when boundaries are blurred?

This contest is for unclassifiable works: works that blur, bend, blend, erase, or obliterate genre and other labels. Works of up to 5000 words considered. Judged by Michael Martone.

All submissions must be sent through Submittable and will be read blind, so please do not include your name or identifying material anywhere on the manuscript.

The entry fee is $10, and the winner will receive $500.

Only send us work that has not been previously published elsewhere.

Call for Poetry 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.

Writing Competition on Theme of Cataclsym: Ambit Magazine's Annual Poetry Competition

We are currently open for submissions to our Annual Poetry Competition judged by Fred D'Aguiar and the theme is Cataclysm.

Winners receive £500, £250 or £100 and will be published in the October issue of Ambit and winners and runners up will read at our launch.

Entry fee is £6 per poem.

More information here.

Writing Competition: 2020 Talking Writing Prize

2020 TALKING WRITING PRIZE for multiple genres: $500 plus publication.

Topic: “Creativity on Fire.” Do you have too many ideas? Are you fired up to save the world—while writing three novels—or just overwhelmed? We want essays, poems, or hybrid work about ideaphoria.

Guest judge: Lesley Wheeler.

Entry fee: $15.

Deadline: August 15. 

Website.

Writing Competitions: 2020 New Millennium Writing Awards

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by July 31—

Best Poetry: $1,000

Fiction: $1,000

Nonfiction: $1,000
 
Flash Fiction: $1,000

Entry Fee: $20.00

All winners are published in our anthology and online. “NMW’s words of encouragement have sent me digging through the archives of past work, and forward into the mystery of works that have yet to completely discover themselves.”—Andrea Turner, recent submitter. Visit our website for more information and to submit.

Call for Submissions: The Santa Fe Literary Review

THE SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW invites mailed submissions of CNF, fiction, poetry, dramatic writing, and cross-genre material. 2020 theme is “Tapestry: Culture, Diversity, and Common Ground.”

Mail typed, double-spaced submissions of 2,000 words or less (all genres) + SASE to:

SFLR
6401 Richards Ave.
Santa Fe, NM 87508

by November 1. Visit our website for more information.

Call for Submissions to Anthologies: Wising Up Press/Universal Table

WISING UP PRESS/UNIVERSAL TABLE: Wising Up Anthologies.

Calls for submissions:

Goodness. Deadline: August 15.

Flip Sides: Truth, Fair Play & Other Myths We Live By and Spot Cleaning Our Dirty Laundry. Deadline: September 15.

Fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, and poetry. Guidelines here.

Call for Submissions: Storm Cellar

Call for Submissions: Storm Cellar

Deadline: Rolling

Storm Cellar, a journal of safety and danger, seeks amazing, adventurous new writing, art, and photography. Indigenous, Black, POC, gender nonconforming, women, LGBTQIA+, disabled, neurodivergent, fat, poor, and border-straddling authors encouraged. Midwest connections a plus. Specific, strong, and strange voices welcome: surprise us!

Full guidelines here.

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions from Young Female-identified Writers and Artists: Girls Right The World

Girls Right the World Issue 5

Deadline: December 31, 2020

Girls Right the World is a literary journal inviting young, female-identified writers and artists, ages 14–21, to submit work for consideration for the fifth annual issue. We believe girls’ voices transform the world for the better. We accept poetry, prose, and visual art of any style or theme. We ask to be the first to publish your work in North America; after publication, the rights return to you.

Send your best work, in English or English translation, to:

girlsrighttheworldATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

by December 31, 2020. Please include a note mentioning your age, where you’re from, and a bit about your submission.

Writing Competition: 2020 Orison Anthology Awards

The 2020 Orison Anthology Awards

Deadline: August 1, 2020

The 2020 Orison Anthology Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry offer $500 and publication by Orison Books in The Orison Anthology for a single work in each genre. Judges: Blair Hurley (fiction), E. J. Koh (nonfiction), and Joy Ladin (poetry).

Entry fee: $15.

Submission Period: May 1-August 1. Find complete details here.

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.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!