Writing Competition: ABA Journal Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction

ABA Journal / Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction

The ABA Journal, the flagship magazine of the American Bar Association (“ABA”), sponsors the annual ABA Journal / Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction (the “Contest”). The Official Rules of the Contest follow.

CONTEST DETAILS and ENTRY INFORMATION:

The ABA Journal will accept entries for the Contest through May 15, 2022. 

Entries must be original works of fiction of no more than 5,000 words that illuminate the role of the law and/or lawyers in modern society. 

The winner will receive a prize of $3,000. 

Entrants must be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents and 21 years or older by May 15, 2022. Winner is responsible for all taxes associated with receipt of the prize. As a condition of receiving the prize, winner must submit a completed IRS Form W-9.

Deadline for entries is 5 p.m. CDT May 15, 2022. The ABA Journal will accept only one entry by any individual author. Joint entries are not permitted. Entries must be submitted via email to:

 webmaster@abajournal.com 

Please attach your story as a .doc or .pdf file to your email with the subject line Ross Writing Contest Submission, and include your full name, mailing address, daytime phone number, and whether you are an ABA member. ABA membership is not necessary to win. ABA is not responsible for errors in transmission, computer errors, or similar problems.

Entries may be unpublished or published no earlier than December 1, 2021. Entries posted publicly on the internet, regardless of the forum or venue, will be considered published for the purposes of the Contest. The ABA Journal will be the sole judge of an entry’s eligibility.

 The author of any work submitted will retain copyright to his or her entry. However, by submitting a work for consideration in the contest, the winning author grants the American Bar Association and/or the ABA Journal a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to publish the work in its periodicals, books, anthologies, e-books, audiobooks or any other publication platform, whether print or digital or hereafter developed, without further compensation.

Contest entries will be judged by a panel selected by the editor and publisher of the ABA Journal and the winner confirmed by the ABA Journal Board of Editors. All decisions are final. Entries will be judged on creativity, plot exposition, legal insight and character development. The winner will be notified on or before June 30, 2022. Winner will be notified by email prior to any public announcement. If winner does not respond within five business days, or email is returned as undeliverable, winner forfeits all right to prize and an alternate winner will be chosen.

ABA officers, directors, staff members, members of the ABA Journal Board of Editors and their immediate household or family members, and freelance writers for the ABA Journal who have been paid for articles published after January 1, 2021, are not eligible to enter or win. 

More information here.

Call for Submissions: Granta

Granta is committed to championing new voices and is open to unsolicited submissions of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. We consider all submissions for both print and online publication.

We charge a fee of £3/$4 for prose submissions and £2/$3 for poetry submissions, equivalent to printing and postage. You can claim the costs of submission to Granta against any new subscription to the magazine.

During every opening period, we offer 300 free submissions to authors on low incomes. If you are a low-income writer and would like to apply for free entry, please read our guidelines for low-income entry below.

We are committed to offering a home to writing by those who are marginalised or underrepresented. We welcome submissions by writers of colour; writers who are working class or on low incomes; writers who are queer, transgender, non-binary and gender-nonconforming; writers with disabilities; as well as any writer who feels that they or their story are underrepresented.

Guidelines

We will be open for non-fiction, fiction, poetry and art and photography submissions during the following period:

18 November – 18 December 2021

 If you are waiting to hear back about a previous submission, please rest assured that we are still reading and you will receive a response as soon as possible.

Submissions can be made from 10 a.m. UK time on the opening day until midnight UK time on the closing day.

Please submit only one complete story or essay at a time, or one document of no more than four poems. Multiple submissions will not be read. Fiction, non-fiction and poetry will be considered for both our print and online editions, unless you specifically state otherwise in your cover letter.

We only publish original material, i.e. first-ever publication. We cannot run a piece that has already appeared on the web or elsewhere in print. We can, however, publish an original translation if the work has previously appeared in another language, but never before in English. We have no set maximum length or minimum length, though most of our submissions are between 3,000-6,000 words.

Please include a cover letter stating where your work has been published before, if relevant. Please do not submit book manuscripts, academic essays or reviews. Please only submit work written in English. Please use double-spacing.

If you are a low-income writer and would like to apply for free entry, please click through to this page for low-income entry guidelines.

Please note that we are not in a position to comment on your work. We receive a significant number of submissions every day, many of which may be unsuitable for Granta, however well written.

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions of Interest to Jewish Women: Lilith Magazine

We have moving the bulk of our submissions to an email-based system.

Please send nonfiction to submissions@lilith.org and poetry to poetry@lilith.org. Fiction can use the form on Submittable.

Please understand that we cannot respond as quickly as we used to in pre-Covid times, so if you haven't heard from us in two weeks, feel free to follow up. If you haven't heard from us in six weeks, consider it a gentle "no."

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Lilith Magazine welcomes submissions of high-quality, lively, original writing: reporting, analysis, opinion pieces, memoir, fiction and poetry with a feminist take on subjects of interest to Jewish women. Please do not send previously published work.

Here are some guidelines we hope will prove helpful.

LENGTH: Features usually run 2,000 words, news briefs 500 words or less. Fiction should be under 3,000 words. Back-page pieces run 800 words. For poetry, please submit no more than 5 poems.

IDENTIFICATION: Your name and contact information should appear on each page you send. Please also include a one- or two-sentence bio. If you don't include your name on the submission, we may not be able to get back to you!

PAYMENT: Writers and artists are paid for their work in Lilith, in print and on the blog.

SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSION: You must let us know If your submission is being sent to another publication simultaneously. And we ask that you please inform us immediately if a work you have asked Lilith to consider has been accepted elsewhere.

We’ll contact you by phone or email if your work has been accepted for publication. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@lilith.org. Thank you!

Writing Fellowship: The "Miss Sarah" Fellowship for Black Women Writers

Purpose: The “Miss Sarah” Fellowship for Black Women Writers aims to provide Black women writers a restful environment conducive to reflection and writing. It also offers uninterrupted time to plant the seed of an idea for a new writing project or to develop or complete a project underway.

For 2022 the Fellowship will focus on the genre of poetry.

What the fellowship entails: The selected writer will receive a seven-day residency in July 2022 and can choose whether to stay at Trillium Arts’ rural “Firefly Creek” apartment in Mars Hills, NC or at E. Patrick Johnson and Stephen Lewis’s “Montford Manor” residence near downtown Asheville, NC. Participants will receive a $700 stipend and transportation to and from Asheville, NC. Additional benefits will be custom tailored to the needs of the awardee.

Dates: The preferred dates for a “Miss Sarah” Fellowship in 2022 are July 10-17. However, the panel will consider other dates.

Who is eligible? Black women poets at any stage of their careers are invited to apply. There is no application fee.

Timeline: The Deadline to apply is Monday, December 20, 2021 at 11:59pm EST. The deadline is firm and the submission portal will be closed at the deadline. Applications will be reviewed by a panel and applicants will be notified by March 18, 2022.

COVID-19: Out of concern for maintaining a safe environment, Trillium Arts has implemented several policies. Awarded Fellows must provide proof of vaccination, AND, either a negative PCR test or negative rapid response Antigen test result within 48 hours prior to artist arrival on site.

For more information and to apply, go here.

Call for YA Submissions: Cast of Wonders

Cast of Wonders is a young adult short fiction market, open to stories up to 6,000 words in length. We’re dedicated to publishing fiction that reflects the entire spectrum of the human experience. We acknowledge the realities of unconscious bias and make our best effort to account for it during our review process. Read our full statement in support of lowering publishing’s barriers to entry for authors from historically underrepresented backgrounds in our full submission guidelines.

All submissions must be anonymous. Non-anonymous manuscripts will be rejected unread, and no permission granted to resubmit. Further detail is provided below.

One of our goals is to further the education of new writers of any age. These submission guidelines are lengthy and extensive. They aim to explain what we’re looking for, what we’ll do with your story, and where you can find further information. If they don’t answer your specific question, please query before submitting a manuscript.  

What We’re Looking For:

Stories that evoke a sense of wonder, have deep emotional resonance, and have something unreal about them. We aim for a 12-17 age range: that means sophisticated, non-condescending stories with wide appeal, and without gratuitous or explicit sex, violence or pervasive obscene language. Think Harry Potter or The Hunger Games.

• Stories are presented in audio format, which means our audience rarely skim past boring bits. We’re looking for fiction with strong pacing, well-defined characters, engaging dialogue, and clear action. We like a proper narrative structure and a prose style not laden with clichés and over-worn idioms. We like fiction that makes us think, but the main elements should be thrilling entertainment, adventure and emotional connection.

• We like all forms of fantasy — high, modern, urban, alternative history, etc. We’re less fond of the complex, intricate or cerebral forms of fantasy more common in novel markets; short stories rarely offer enough room to sufficiently develop.

• We like all forms of science fiction — far-future, near future, space opera, “hard” sci-fi — but it must be accessible to our target audience, meaning a minimum of technical jargon.

• Our horror offerings tend to be psychological, comedic, or situational — not visceral.

• We’re happy to read comedy, steampunk, age-appropriate paranormal romance, superheroes and many other genres. All that matters is adherence to our core concept and that critical spark of wonder.

Payment and Rights

Short version: we pay $.08/word for original fiction of any length (yes, including flash!). For reprints, we offer a $100 flat rate for Short Fiction, and a $20 flat rate for Flash Fiction. Cast of Wonders is a qualified market for the SFWA and the SCBWI. 

Read our full guidelines and submit your work here. 

Deadline: December 21, 2021

Call for Submissions on Caribbean Themes: Moko Magazine

Moko publishes short stories, poems, interviews, essays, reviews of books, art, photography, and other types of visual media. Academic articles requiring extensive bibliographic references should be submitted to other journals.

• We only accept online submissions.
  

• No multiple submissions. Please withdraw and resubmit if you wish to add to a submission.

• If submitting simultaneously, please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere by sending a note and/or withdrawing the particular poem/piece.

• Only submit, unless otherwise agreed beforehand, original and unpublished manuscripts. Work should not have appeared elsewhere – including your personal website, blog, or social media.

• Moko will retain the rights to your work for the first 90 days, after which rights revert to you and your work is archived on our site.

• If the work you publish with us is used in a collection, we would appreciate an acknowledgment as is customary.

• We aim to respond as quickly as possible but, as this is a labour of love for us, please expect a response within 3 – 6 months. (NOTE: Due to the covid-19 pandemic, our timelines may be delayed.)

Our goal is to publish the best possible work while encouraging Caribbean creators to continue to develop their craft by providing an outlet for that work to be seen. Please note that as we are currently an all-volunteer organization we cannot offer payment for pieces submitted to the magazine, though this is something we are working to change. All submissions should include a brief biography along with your contact information. 

For more information and to submit, go here.

Writing Competition: the tiny journal's (re)tell me a story fall flash fiction and poetry contest

 

re(tell) me a story fall flash fiction and poetry contest

Deadline: January 1, 2022

Submission fee: $3.00

What happens after Pinocchio becomes a real boy? This autumn, the tiny journal invites you to fall back on past great stories and poems that have inspired societies for centuries. Whether it’s an old fable, classic, parable, or fairy tale, any story can be reinvented. Our submissions are open from September 1st-January 1st.

The first place winner receives $50, and the runner-up will be published in issue v.

Any change could bring about a completely different small and mighty ending.

Writing Competition: Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize

 

Submit to the Inaugural Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize

Deadline: January 15, 2022

Entry fee: $25.00

Background: The contest is in honor of Emma Howell who was born in Portland, Oregon, and died in 2001, at the age of twenty. She left behind a single volume of poetry: Slim Night of Recognition. This prize is an effort to promote the publication of young poets, to honor Emma’s memory, as well as honor the time and effort her father, Christopher Howell, former Director of Willow Springs Books, has put into our press.

Prize: $2000 + manuscript publication.

Eligibility: Poets 35 years old and younger who have not yet published a book-length poetry manuscript.

Submit here.

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Alternatives": Open Door Magazine

All submissions for the theme section (poetry, short stories, articles, art, songs) are due by the 15th of each month - to be considered for the following issue that is sent the 1st of the following month. Feature / Events / Articles will be considered when there is an opening.

Our theme for JANUARY = ALTERNATIVES (submissions due December 15th) 

Monthly Theme Section = accepting poems, short stories (fiction and non-fiction), articles, art, songs for each theme section. We receive many submissions and cannot accept them all but will let you know if your submission was accepted. To be considered, please include the following:

- 1 email per theme 

- can submit multiple pieces per email 

- poems/songs (no word count), short stories/articles (500-5,000 words) in attached word doc

- Artwork in attached JPEG 

- Include Name, Country of Residence (or can note to opt-out), Social Media Links in email

Feature Entry = we only share select features per month - please send the below information and we will let you know the month you are selected for - it might be 1-6 months post entry. If you have a launch date or event date that you are trying to align with - please note that in the email subject.

- Bio - half-page

- Bio Photo as attached JPEG

- Book Covers as attached JPEG

- Preferred book link

- Social Media / Website / Blog links

- Selected featured works: artwork, poetry, songs, short story, excerpt from featured book

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

Writing Competition: 2022 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing

2022 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing

Deadline: January 31, 2022

Entry Fee: $50.00

Submissions are now being accepted for the 10th Saroyan Prize. The awards, co-sponsored by Stanford Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation, are “intended to encourage new or emerging writers and honor the Saroyan legacy of originality, vitality, and stylistic innovation.”

Two prizes of $5,000 each are given for works of fiction and nonfiction. Writers who have published four books or more are ineligible. Submit five copies of your work published between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, with a $50 entry fee by January 31, 2022. 

Visit our website for complete eligibility and submission details.

Writing Competition: 2022 Rattle Chapbook Prize

 

2022 Rattle Chapbook Prize

Deadline: January 15, 2021

The Annual Rattle Chapbook Prize offers three winners $5,000 for a chapbook (up to 36 pages), plus 500 author copies, and distribution to Rattle’s 8,000+ subscribers. 

Entry fee of $25 includes a 1-year subscription to the magazine. 

For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website.

Call for Submissions from Community College Students: RCC MUSE Journal

RCC MUSE Journal – Poetry and Prose Submissions Open

Deadline: December 15, 2021

MUSE is especially looking to publish work from under- or misrepresented groups, such as people of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+, present/formerly incarcerated people, and others from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Through Dec. 15: submit one short story or CNF 1500 words max; up to three poems.

Mail to:

RCC MUSE, Riverside City College

4800 Magnolia Avenue

Riverside, CA 92506

Or email:

museATrccDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

If email, send as attachment with “Last Name – Genre – Title of Submission” in the subject line (e.g., Smith – Prose – “In Summer”). Please include contact information. See full submission guidelines here.

Call for Submissions from Two-Year College Students: Kings River Review

Kings River Review Call for 2-Year College Student Submissions

Deadline: April 15, 2022

Beginning fall 2021, the Kings River Review will be publishing artwork, creative nonfiction, short fiction, and poetry of community college students.

Submission Requirements: up to 5 pieces of artwork and photography sent as .JPEG files; Creative Nonfiction and Fiction of up to 3,000 words; and up to 5 poems. Go to our website for full submission guidelines.

Questions? E-mail us:

kingsriverreviewATreedleycollegeDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

Call for Submissions: Palooka

Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography

Palooka is an international literary magazine. For a decade we've featured up-and-coming, established, and brand-new writers, artists, and photographers from all around the world. We're open to diverse forms and styles and are always seeking unique chapbooks, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, artwork, photography, graphic narratives, and comic strips.

Give us your best shot!

Submissions open year-round.

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Recovery": Bellevue Literary Review

Bellevue Literary Review Seeks Submissions About Recovery

Deadline: December 31, 2021

Bellevue Literary Review is seeking poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for a special issue devoted to Recovery, which has become more dimensional than ever as we grapple with the fallout from medical disasters, environmental catastrophe, economic devastation, and political upheaval. Are we capable of bouncing back from our isolation? Can we recuperate from our depression and disunity? How will our children grow up in the wake of such upheaval? Is true “recovery” even achievable? We all need to read these writings. Especially now.

Writing Competition: 20th Gival Press Poetry Award

The 20th Gival Press Poetry Award-2021

Deadline: December 15, 2021 (postmarked). This award is now given in odd years with publication in even years.

Our dates never change, if the date falls on a Sunday, then Monday becomes the default postmarked date, if you mail the entry. Please note that the judging begins after Dec. 15, 2021, with the announcement of the winner within 3-4 months. The winner will be published in 2022.

Prize:

The winner will receive $1,000.00 (USD) and his/her/their book of poetry will be published by Gival Press. The winning poet will receive 20 copies of the publication under a standard contract, with royalties to be paid. 

Guidelines:

Self-published works or works that have appeared as a complete book online are not qualified for this award. The manuscript as a whole shall not have been published before. However, include an acknowledgment sheet to indicate any previously published poems in the collection (poem/journal/date). It is the responsibility of the poet to secure the right to publish previously published poems should the submitted manuscript win the award. If the manuscript wins, the poet must make the manuscript available to Gival Press on a USB in Rich Text Format (RTF)—this refers to how one saves the document on one's computer.

Theme:

Completely open.

Eligible Poets:

Open to all, national and international poets.

Language:

English.

Forms or Style of Poetry:

Original work, not a translation of someone else's poetry. Open to any form or style; simply good poetry.

More information and submission link here.

Length of Manuscript:

At least 45+ typed pages of poetry, on one side only.

Submission:

Include a separate cover sheet with name, title of manuscript, address (street, city, state, electronic mail), and phone number. The poet's name should not appear on the pages of the ms. Include a short bio.

Please include which pronouns you use to refer to yourself. 

Always keep a copy of your manuscript; materials will not be returned and will be recycled if mailed to Gival Press after the judging.

Reading Fee: $20.00 (USD) by personal check or USA money order payable to. Please note that Gival Press can also accept the entry free by major credit card; however, we only take credit card information by phone (703.351.0079). Gival Press, LLC. International entrants must send a check drawn on a USA bank routed through a USA address, such as Bank of America; no international money orders are acceptable.

Or you can pay via https://givalpress.submittable.com 

Regular Mail to:

Robert L. Giron, Editor

Gival Press Poetry Award

Gival Press, LLC 

P.O. Box 3812

Arlington, VA 22203

Please be sure that your package is securely sealed if you regular mail the manuscript.

Notification of the Winner:

Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) for notification of the winner or visit our website where the winner and finalists will be announced. We try our best to announce the winner by mid spring. Unfortunately, it takes time to read and judge the entries and to contact the individuals involved.

Judging:

The manuscripts are judged anonymously. The winner for the previous award will be the judge for the following year. The decision of the judge will be final.

Call for Submissions: The Caribbean Writer

The Caribbean Writer is Open for Artwork and Creative Submissions

TCW is especially inviting artwork to grace the next cover and interior sections of Volume 36 under the 2021 theme: “Disruption, Disguise and Illuminations.” Increasingly, as history meets day to day experiences, epiphanies unfold. And as we self-interrogate the disruption motifs in many of these illuminations, the roots of prevailing disruptions emerge, complicated by disguise. We’re exploring the widest permutations.

Contributors may submit works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays or one act plays which explore the ideas resonating within the region and its diaspora. The Caribbean should be central to the work, or the work should reflect a Caribbean heritage, experience or perspective. Prospective authors should submit all creative works: drama, fiction and poetry manuscripts, through the online portal ONLY at:

www.thecaribbeanwriter.org/online-submission 

Submit Word files only (no PDFs) . Note that TCW no longer accepts hardcopy submissions.

Submit by December 31.

Call for Sumissions on Theme of "Wonder": Parabola

Deadline: Dec. 1, 2021

Articles and Translations

Parabola welcomes original essays and translations. We look for lively, penetrating material unencumbered by jargon or academic argument. We prefer well-researched, objective, and unsentimental pieces that are grounded in one or more religious or cultural tradition; articles that focus on dreams, visions, or other very personal experiences are unlikely to be accepted.

Send your submission to:

editorialATparabolaDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . )

 the email or physical address listed below, along with a brief autobiography (2-3 sentences). Emails should include the article attached as a .doc, .txt, or .rtf file.

All articles must be directly related to the theme of an upcoming issue.

Entries that do not follow submission guidelines cannot be considered.

Poetry

Poetry must be submitted as email attachments in the following file formats:

.doc (MS word),
.txt (standard text file) or
.rtf (formatted text file).

Submissions in other formats will not be considered.

Submissions are limited to a maximum of five (5) poems per author.
The file must be transmitted under the author’s last name, with all poems in a single file, separated by page breaks. Each page must have the author’s name on it.

Submissions should be sent by email to:

poetryATparabolaDOTorg (Change AT to @ and DOT to . ) 

Note: Parabola rarely accepts original fiction. 

Tangents

Parabola occasionally publishes extended reviews of books, movies, videos, performances, art exhibitions, and other current programs or events in a section called “Tangents.” These reviews are intended as a bridge between the theme-related front half of the magazine and the reviews in the back. Tangents should bear some connection to the theme of the issue, although it does not have to be as direct as an article.

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Call for Submissions of Theme of "The City": Black Coffee & Vinyl Presents

Black Coffee & Vinyl Presents (www.blackcoffeevinyl.com) is a multimedia art project that incorporates literature, visual art, and music around a theme. The first theme explored glaciers, ice, and the cultures connected to the world's ice. For the second of four installments of this project, we will explore the theme of "The City." 

We are seeking art, words, and sounds that explore, critique, celebrate and interrogate the urban landscape, culture and environment. The city, a place, should play a central role in the work and should be a central character or focus. We are seeking a diverse range of city representation from large cities to small, from real to imagined.

We will be selecting an equal representation among literature, art, and sound for publication, which will be released online at www.blackcoffeevinyl.com. Contributors each receive $50 for publication, made payable by PayPal. 

Please note that submissions should be provided in English. Please also note that contributors should submit in one category or genre only for consideration.

Nonfiction -- Not to exceed 2,000 words 
Poetry -- Not to exceed three poems 
Fiction -- Not to exceed 2,000 words 
Visual Art -- Up to 3 works (note: 1 or more works may be selected for publication)
Music & Soundscapes -- Up to 3 songs (note: 1 or more works may be selected for publication)

Previously published works must be available for publication in Black Coffee & Vinyl, and any necessary publication permissions must be arranged on the part of the artist. 

Submissions close on November 30, 2021.

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions to Anthology on Theme of "Another Dimension": Smoking Pen Press

Smoking Pen Press is pleased to announce a new Call for Submissions for another Read on the Run anthology. The theme is Another Dimension. We’re looking for stories about time travel, multiverse/parallel universes, or both.

Multiple submissions accepted. Simultaneous submissions permitted, but let us know immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere. Reprints are accepted as long as all rights have reverted back to you; identify your submission as a reprint when you send it in, let us know where/when it was published, and when rights reverted back to you.

Note: all selected stories (including reprints) will be edited before publication.

The Call for Submissions will be open from October 15-November 30, 2021. Stories must be between 1,200 and 7,000 words. Submissions should be polished, (ie, not first draft) in Word (.doc or .docx) format, and written in English. Send to:

sppATsmokingpenpressDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to . ) as an attachment.

Stories submitted before October 15 or after November 30 will not be considered. All stories submitted during the open Call will be acknowledged within three days of receipt, and we expect to notify authors of our decision by the end of February, 2022.

As with all previous Read on the Run titles, this title will be published in both digital and paperback form. US and Canada authors of stories that are selected will receive their choice of a one-time payment of $20 USD, or 2 copies of the paperback; non-US/Canada authors will receive their choice of a one-time payment of $20 USD, or one copy of the paperback.

Call for Submissions: Angel Rust

 

Angel Rust Seeking Submissions for Issue 6

Deadline: Rolling

Angel Rust is currently looking at fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art for their 6th issue. Angel Rust seeks to publish transgressive, experimental, and exciting work that comes from dark, messy, and fun perspectives. Issues are published every month.

No submission fees. Please see submissions guidelines at our website for more information.

Call for Submissions on Theme of Water: Puerto del Sol

Puerto del Sol Seeks Writing on Water

Deadline: December 1, 2021

Puerto del Sol seeks work which engages with water in all its forms. Life and growth and blood and poison and drought and commodity. Snow and steam and tsunami. We want to read work as sharp and brittle as ice. We want stories, essays, and poems which drip from dew-soaked branches or crash like waterfalls. Show us something as vast as the sea or as small as a single droplet of acid rain. Send us your explorations of fluidity, of the ways things shift and change, and of things which cannot be held, no matter how hard we try.

Call for Submissions on Theme of Baseball: The Twin Bill

The Twin Bill Seeks Baseball Essays, Fiction, Poetry and Art

Deadline: January 7, 2022

Submissions are open until January 7 for the Offseason Issue of The Twin Bill, an online baseball literary journal. We will publish January 31, Jackie Robinson, Nolan Ryan, and Ernie Banks' birthday. We would love pieces on those players. We also want submissions related to the offseason, anything around the game of baseball beyond playing. General baseball submissions are fine.

Creative nonfiction should be 600-1,000 words, fiction 1,000-3,000 words, up to five poems, and visual art.

Send submissions to:

 thetwinbill@gmail.com

If you are interested in illustrating, please let us know. There is no submission fee.

For more details, visit our website.

Call for Submissions from Graduate and Undergraduate Writers: Mistake House Magazine

Mistake House Magazine Seeks Submissions from Graduate & Undergraduate Writers

Deadline: March 15, 2022

Mistake House Magazine publishes fiction and poetry by students in graduate or undergraduate programs worldwide. We seek inventive work that speaks to the heart in a complex global context, including work expressive of documentary poetics.

Submission window: October 15, 2021 to March 15, 2022.

Submission fee $5. Submit your work here.

Writing Competition: 2022 Rattle Chapbook Prize

2022 Rattle Chapbook Prize

Deadline: January 15, 2021

The Annual Rattle Chapbook Prize offers three winners $5,000 for a chapbook (up to 36 pages), plus 500 author copies, and distribution to Rattle’s 8,000+ subscribers.

Entry fee of $25 includes a 1-year subscription to the magazine.

Deadline: January 15.

For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website.

Writing Competition: The Crazyhorse Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry

The Crazyhorse Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry

Deadline: January 31, 2022

From January 1st to January 31st, Crazyhorse will accept entries for prizes in fiction, nonfiction, & poetry.

Winners receive $2,000 and publication; all manuscripts entered will be considered for publication.

The $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription.

For more information and to see our judges, visit our website.

Call for Submissions: University of Chicago Press's Phoenix Poets Series

 

Phoenix Poets: Call for Book Submissions

Deadline: November 30, 2021

For nearly forty years, the University of Chicago Press’s Phoenix Poets series has published contemporary poets with a keen awareness of the history and possibilities of poetry. Under the new series editorship of Srikanth Reddy, Phoenix Poets has now established an open submission period for full-length manuscripts from emerging poets, published poets, and poets working in translation.

Manuscripts will be accepted for review between November 1 and November 30, 2021.

Visit our website for submission guidelines.

Writing Competition: 2021 WaterSedge Poetry Chapbook Contest

2021 WaterSedge Poetry Chapbook Contest

Deadline: December 31, 2021

Award: $500; publication of poetry chapbook in print and e-book formats; Amazon distribution; 25 free print copies.

Page count: 24 – 48 pages. Judge: Maryfrances Wagner, Missouri's Poet Laureate, co-editor of I-70 Review, and 2020 Missouri Individual Artist of the Year, serving on The Writers Place Board of Directors.

Contest ends: 12/31/2021

Entry fee: $20

Sponsored by Writer’s Relief, Inc.

Writing Competition: 2022 Colorado Prize for Poetry

 

2022 Colorado Prize for Poetry

Deadline: January 14, 2022

Entry Fee: $28.00 (online); $25.00 (mail)

$2,500 honorarium and book publication: Submit book-length collection of poems to the Colorado Prize for Poetry by January 14, 2022 (we will observe a 5-day grace period). $25 reading fee (add $3 to submit online) includes subscription to Colorado Review. Final judge is Gillian Conoley; friends and students (current or former) of the judge are not eligible to compete, nor are Colorado State University employees, students, or alumni.

Complete guidelines here.

Colorado Prize for Poetry

Center for Literary Publishing, 9105 Campus Delivery

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105.

Call for Submissions: Sky Island Journal

Sky Island Journal: Issue 19 (Winter 2022) Call for Submissions

Deadline: December 31, 2021

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 90,000 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 response detailing what we appreciated.

Enjoy our previous issues, and submit to our stunning Issue 19 before midnight on December 31st here.

Call for Submissions from Indigenous Voices: Jelly Bucket

 

Jelly Bucket seeks Indigenous Voices

Deadline: December 1, 2021

For issue 12's special section, we're looking for poetry, prose, and art from and about Native American cultures and communities, past and present. Jelly Bucket is the print annual of Bluegrass Writer Studio, the low-res MFA program at Eastern Kentucky University. Work from Jelly Bucket has been shortlisted in the Best American anthology series, and we nominate for The Pushcart Prize and PEN America Literary Awards. First-time and emerging authors have appeared alongside Eileen Casey, Ted Cooser, Stuart Dybek, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Sonja Livingston, Frank X. Walker, and Kevin Wilson.

Submit via Submittable by December 1st.

Writing Competition on Theme of "Reasons": Baltimore Review

 

Baltimore Review Winter Contest - Theme: "Reasons"

Deadline: November 30, 2021

Baltimore Review Winter Contest – Theme: “Reasons.” We want to understand why. We want reasons. We may not always like the reasons. We may not always understand the reasons. But we still want reasons. Interpret this any way you’d like. We do want to see the word reason or reasons (or explanation or rationale or justification—or some similar word) somewhere in the title or the work. All entries considered for publication.

$300 prize for each category (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction)

Entry Fee: $8.00

Final judge: Tara Lynn Masih

Deadline: November 30 

For more details, go here.

Call for Submissions: Whimsical Poet

WhimsicalPoet Seeks Poetry/Art/Flash Fiction for the Website and Winter Issue

Deadline: Rolling

WhimsicalPoet seeks all forms of poetry, art, and flash fiction that surprise, challenge, chill, endear, and evoke a strong emotional response from readers. We love word mavericks, independent thinkers, and creators who strive toward mastery and truth to expose threads of the human experience. Send up to 5 pieces in a Word or Google Doc to:

WhimsicalPoet.com@gmail.com   

or submit through Google Forms via the link on our submission page.

Art will be considered for the cover of our print journal and our website.

Published poetry and fiction will appear in our journal, and a smaller selection will also appear on our website. Please include a short bio.

Full details here.

Call for Submissions: Walloon Writers Review

Walloon Writers Review Call For Submissions for Upcoming Edition 7

Deadline: December 15, 2021

Walloon Writers Review announces a call for submissions for the upcoming 7th Edition. This regional literary magazine accepts short stories, poetry, essays, and other creative writing as well as nature photography that is inspired by or about northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula.

Submissions accepted now through December 15th, 2021 with expected print publication of Spring 2022.

Guidelines, suggested theme, and more information is available at our website. Copies of our current Edition 6 are available at independent bookstores in Michigan, bookshop.org, BarnesandNoble.com, or as a special digital release.