Monday, June 27, 2022

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Myth, Invention, Legend, and Lore": The Santa Fe Literary Review

The Santa Fe Literary Review (SFLR) is published annually by the Santa Fe Community College. An in-print literary journal, SFLR features work by local, national, and international writers and artists. We use Submittable, an online submissions platform, for all submissions. From June 1 to November 1 each year, we invite submissions of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and visual art. In recent issues, we’ve proudly featured the work of such writers as Tommy Orange, Layli Long Soldier, Kirstin Valdez Quade, and Darryl Lorenzo Wellington.

SFLR aims to promote a diverse range of writers and artists, and to present a wide variety of stories, styles, and cultural perspectives. We’re especially committed to promoting voices that aren’t always empowered in the publishing world, so if you’re a writer of color, an Indigenous person, a non-native English speaker, a female, a person with a disability, a member of the LGBTQIAPK+ community, a trauma survivor, or anyone else frequently silenced or ignored by the modern media, please submit.

Our submissions period opens June 1, 2022, and closes November 1, 2022. This year’s suggested SFLR theme is “Myth: Invention, Legend, and Lore.” SFLR accept submissions of poetry, dramatic writing, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art. SFLR responds to all submitters by December 15. If you haven’t heard word by then, feel free to email sflr(at)sfcc.edu.

Submit your work for free through Submittable, but first, please review the SFLR guidelines for prose, poetry and visual art.

Call for Pitches: Mangoprism

Mangoprism welcomes pitches and submissions for all types of writing. We are looking for: 

  • personal essays
  • cultural criticism
  • long-form interviews with interesting people
  • short fiction
  • album, book, movie and product reviews
  • original reporting
  • radical political screeds
  • unexpected recipes
We pay at least 10 cents per word—a baseline that we intend to increase as more monthly supporters sign on. Mangoprism pieces generally span 1,000 to 3,000 words, but we bend in either direction in particular cases. The only true standard of publication is that reading your piece must be at least as enjoyable as eating a morsel of mango, the most succulent of fruits.

If you don’t know where to begin, see our pitch guide. Part of our mission is to publish unestablished writers, and we strongly encourage even those who don’t necessarily identify as a “writer” to reach out. We also hope that folks who do identify or work as a writer see Mangoprism as a place to experiment with different forms than those they are used to.

We are a small publication, and sometimes it takes a few weeks for us to review a pitch.
 
You can ensure we don’t miss your email by using the following format in your subject line:
PITCH: [brief description of your proposal]. If your pitch is time-sensitive, please note this in the subject line as well.
 
Please limit yourself to one pitch per email, and per month. We do reply to every reasonable inquiry, and we aim to provide thoughtful editorial support on every piece we publish.

Pitches and submissions should be sent to:
 
editors@mangoprism.com

Call for Submissions: the Meadowlark Review


Submissions to The Meadowlark Review are currently OPEN until August 15. 
 
To submit, email your piece and a short bio to:
 
meadowlarkreview@gmail.com
 
During our reading periods, we accept:
  • Short fiction and nonfiction between 10 and 5,000 words
  • Poetry
There is no submission fee. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, as long as you let us know and withdraw your work as soon as it is accepted elsewhere. We will accept submissions of multiple pieces as long as the combined word count is less than 5,000 words. Please send such submissions in one document and label them clearly.

Based in Laramie, Wyoming, we’re inspired by the American West, but we love work that pushes against the traditional Western narrative, as well as new perspectives, unexpected twists, and pieces that have absolutely nothing to do with the West. We are especially interested in hybrid works and works that break the mold and push the boundaries of today’s literature.

The Meadowlark Review welcomes submissions from writers of all identities, working anywhere in the world, and we especially seek to find and support work by writers who are often marginalized within literary spaces due to their race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, and/or other aspect(s) of identity.

Upon acceptance, we ask for first publication rights as well as the rights to feature your work for the lifetime of The Meadowlark Review. All rights revert to the author after publication. If your piece is reprinted elsewhere, please mention that it first appeared here (and also let us know—we’d love to help promote it!)

Call for Submissions from Community College Students: Kings River Review

Kings River Review Call for 2-Year College Student Submissions

Deadline: October 15, 2022

The Kings River Review publishes artwork, creative nonfiction, short fiction, and poetry of current 2-year community college students.

Submission Deadlines: October 15 for the fall issue and March 15 for the spring issue.

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.

Writing Competition: Cleaver Magazine's Summer Lightning '22 Flash Competition

Deadline: August 1, 2022 

Entry Fee: $20.00

Show us what strikes you and lights up your summer! Whether it’s fiction or nonfiction, we’re excited to see your compact and commanding work, up to 500 words. Judge: Meg Pokrass. 

Prizes: $500 first; $250 second; $200 third. Prizewinners will be published in Cleaver’s Winter Issue. Finalists may also receive a publication offer. For more info and guidelines, visit our website.

Writing Competition: The 2022 Heartland Review Press Chapbook Contest

The Heartland Review Press Announces 2022 Chapbook Contest

Deadline: August 1, 2022

Entry fee: $20.00

$500 Grand Prize + 15 copies awarded. Submit no more than 30 pages of the best work. THRP is not concerned with the poet who has the most publications; rather, we wish to award the best writing that contributes to the craft of poetry. ​

Each submitter will receive a copy of the winning manuscript. All entrants will be invited to record a reading of their work that will be published on THRP’s Facebook page. To meet the judge and review submission guidelines, go here.

Call for Submissions to Anthology: Actual Left

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Actual Left Seeks Fiction, Nonfiction Focusing on Social Justice

Deadline: Year-round

Actual Left Publications (formerly Xi Draconis Books) is seeking short stories, poems, and essays for the release of our first anthology. Submissions should focus on social justice issues. Our previous publications have dealt with apartheid in Israel, the need for political commitment in everyday life, the rise of Trump, the heinously unjust healthcare system in the United States, and the problems inherent in US criminal justice practices. So, if you feel you have a work that deals with capitalist hegemony, racism, climate change, misogyny, or any other social justice problem, consider submitting.

For more info, head here.

Call for Submissions: Global City Review

Global City Review Seeking Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry Submissions

Deadline: July 25, 2022

Global City Review is seeking submissions for its 25th issue: Do We Have a Future? Each issue is organized around a broad theme and includes stories, poems, memoirs, interviews, essays, and artwork.

More details here. Since 1993, Global City Review has published highly-acclaimed and award-winning writers alongside emerging writers, some of whom have since become celebrated bestselling authors. Writers have won The National Book Award, Guggenheim Fellowships, Pushcarts, an Edith Wharton Award, a PEN/Malamud Award, and Americas Poetry Festival’s Poet of the Year Award, among many other accolades.

Visit our website to learn more.

Monday, June 20, 2022

Writing Fellowship: Richard J. Margolis Award for Nonfiction Writers of Social-Justice Journalism

The winner of the annual Richard J. Margolis Award is announced in November, with the Blue Mountain Lake residency taking place in the following summer or fall. The award is a residency at Blue Mountain Lake.

Applications are accepted year-round but must be received by July 1 for consideration for the current-year award. Applications received after this date will be considered for the award in the following year.

Application Guidelines

Submit the following materials either as separate documents or combined into one or more documents as specified below:

A cover letter stating your interest in and qualifications for the award;

A project description of your current and anticipated work and what you will work on during your Blue Mountain residency;

A brief biographical note; and

Two to three samples of your work, published or unpublished, meeting the following criteria:

Nonfiction samples only (no fiction or poetry);

30 pages maximum; and

At least one sample being non-memoir material.

All materials may be emailed as PDF files (preferred!) to:

award@margolis.com 

Please name all files starting with your last name (e.g., Smith-cover letter+description.pdf, Smith-writing sample.pdf, etc.).

If submitting paper materials, mail them to the address below. Please note that we cannot return samples.

Richard J. Margolis Award
c/o Margolis & Bloom
100 William Street
Suite 220
Wellesley, MA 02481

Guidelines for Award Recipients

Recipients of the Margolis Award are asked to:

  • Note in their biography statement(s) both online and in print, as well as in any book acknowledgements, that they are a recipient of the Margolis Award;

  • Include a link to this website (https://MargolisAward.org) in all online biographies; and

  • Notify the Margolis Award Committee of any honors, publications and career milestones received/achieved after receiving the award so the bio statement on this website can be updated. This can be done by emailing hsm@margolis.com, by using the contact form on this website or by sending postal mail to the address below.

    More information here

 

Writing Competitions: New Millenium Awards

POETRY • FICTION • FLASH FICTION • NONFICTION

$4,000 IN AWARDS + PUBLICATION (in print and online)
 
Deadline: June 30, 2022

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


GUIDELINES
  • No restrictions on style or subject matter.
  • Entrant retains copyright ownership of work.
  • Multiple and simultaneous submissions welcome.
  • Previously published works accepted if: Print circulation was under 5,000, or the work was published online only.
  • Fiction (all types welcome) - 7,499 words or less
  • Nonfiction (all types welcome) - 7,499 words or less
  • Flash Fiction (aka: Short-Short Fiction) - 1,000 words or less
  • Poetry - each entry may include three poems, up to five pages total.
Anonymous Judging: Submission file should contain only the title and text of the story, essay, or poem(s). Cover letters are optional and may be uploaded separately.
For mail/postal submissions click here for instructions.
 
Submit your work (or postmark) by June 30, 2022.

ENTRY FEES AND MULTIPLE ENTRY SUPPORT

For any category or combination of categories:

1 Entry - $20
2 Entries - $35 (reg $40)
3 Entries - $45 (reg $60)
4 Entries - $60 (reg $80)
5 Entries - $80 (reg $100)


Note: Poetry may include up to three poems per Entry.
 
For more information and to submit, go here.

Call for Submissions: The Waiting Room Review

Prose Guidelines:
  • ​​Zero Reading Fee
  • Single author, original, previously unpublished writing between 3,000 and 8,000 words
  • Double-spaced, PDF
  • All genres considered except for work in translation
​ Poetry Prize/ Guidelines:
  • ​ Zero Reading Fee
  • Single author, original, previously unpublished writing. Up to six poems
  • Single-spaced, formatting/ stanzas clearly indicated, PDF
  • *All genres considered except for work in translation

Art/ Photography Guidelines:

  • ​ Zero Reading Fee
  • Original, previously unpublished. Up to 5 pieces.
  • Professionally captured. PDF, PNG, JPG

Submissions open year round.

More information here.

 

Writing Competitions: Reed Magazine

Awarding one of the richest purses among literary magazines—$1,000 for the winning story—the John Steinbeck Award for Fiction recognizes exceptional works of fiction. Aesthetically, we are open to most styles and approaches, including experimental and literary. All works should be stand-alone short stories, not chapters of a longer work. Please limit prose submissions to 5,000 words.

Please be sure to:

include your name, address, phone number, and email address within cover letter (exclude from works themselves)

format stories in double-spaced 12-point font

include word count (5,000-word limit)

number pages

provide a brief 50-word bio

make sure your Submittable profile is up-to-date

The contest reading fee is $20, which includes a free copy of the latest edition of Reed. (Please note that submitters with US addresses on file will receive print copies of the journal, whereas those with international addresses may receive digital copies.) Multiple submissions are accepted as separate entries. Contest submissions not selected for final judging may still be considered for publication in the journal and/or online.

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The Gabriele Rico Challenge for Nonfiction recognizes outstanding works of nonfiction, awarding $1,333 to the author of the winning entry. We are looking for creative nonfiction, such as personal essays or narratives, not scholarly papers or book reviews. All works should be stand-alone essays, not chapters of a longer work. We do not accept previously published work. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us if your work is selected for publication elsewhere. Please limit prose submissions to 5,000 words.

Please be sure to:

include your name, address, phone number, and email address within cover letter (exclude from works themselves)

format pieces in double-spaced 12-point font

include word count (5,000-word limit)

number pages

provide a brief 50-word bio

make sure your Submittable profile is up-to-date

The contest reading fee is $20, which includes a free copy of the latest edition of Reed. (Please note that submitters with US addresses on file will receive print copies of the journal, whereas those with international addresses may receive digital copies.) Multiple submissions are accepted as separate entries. Contest submissions not selected for final judging may still be considered for publication in the journal and/or online. 

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With an award of $1,000 for the winning poem, the Edwin Markham Prize honors outstanding works of poetry. Our taste is eclectic and celebrates the wonderful diversity of forms, styles, and levels of diction available to the contemporary poet. We do not accept previously published work. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately if your work is selected for publication elsewhere. Writers may submit up to five (5) poems per submission.

Please be sure to:

include your name, address, phone number, and email address within cover letter (exclude from works themselves)

format poems in 12-point font

submit up to five poems in a single document

number pages

provide a brief 50-word bio

make sure your Submittable profile is up-to-date

The contest reading fee is $20, which includes a free copy of the latest edition of Reed. (Please note that submitters with US addresses on file will receive print copies of the journal, whereas those with international addresses may receive digital copies.) Multiple submissions are accepted as separate entries. Contest submissions not selected for final judging may still be considered for publication in the journal and/or online.

Deadline for all three competitions: Nov. 1, 2022

Go here to submit.

Writing Competition: The Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers

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The Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers: $500 Prizes

Deadline: July 15, 2022

Submissions are open for Nimrod’s Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers. 

The Ringold Awards offer prizes of $500 and publication for fiction and poetry. They are open only to writers with no more than two previous publication credits in their genre

For poetry, submit up to five pages; for fiction, one short story, 5,000 words maximum. The contest is open internationally. All honorable mentions will also be published and paid at our normal rates.

Manuscripts may be mailed or submitted online.

Each entry must be accompanied by a $12 entry fee.

Writing Competition: Heartland Review Press 2022 Chapbook Contest

The Heartland Review Press Announces 2022 Chapbook Contest

Deadline: August 1, 2022

Entry Fee: $20.00

$500 Grand Prize + 15 copies awarded. Submit no more than 30 pages of the best work. THRP is not concerned with the poet who has the most publications; rather, we wish to award the best writing that contributes to the craft of poetry. ​Each submitter will receive a copy of the winning manuscript. All entrants will be invited to record a reading of their work that will be published on THRP’s Facebook page.

To meet the judge and review submission guidelines, go here.

Call for Submissions: Rabble Review

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RABBLE REVIEW - Leftist Arts & Letters - Summer 2022

Deadline: July 15, 2022

As a leftist platform, we’re interested in works that critically examine the capitalist societies we live in, or explore visions of post-capitalist possibility. We publish cool fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, hybrid forms, essays, criticism, and all types of visual art. Bold and interesting narratives. Poetry that uses the auditory, visual, and semantic dimensions of language. We want to recognize our struggles—but also our joys; tell us about your shitty boss, but also the feeling you get when you clock out, about the way the sunset looks some days, about an evening spent with friends, or about nothing all. 

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Writing Competition: Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award

Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award

The International Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation

Created in 1989, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation has its own Constitution, Officers and independent Board of Trustees.

Each year, The Foundation administers the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award. The competition is designed to motivate non-American novice writers under the age of 30, and offer them the recognition and encouragement that might lead to a successful career in television scriptwriting. Entrants are asked to create a completed half-hour to one-hour English-language television drama script. 

The award winner receives $2,500.

 The 2022 Competition opens April 20 and closes June 29 (at 12:00 noon ET). 

For more information and entry portal, go here.

Writing Grants for Diverse, Unpublished Writers: The Walter Dean Myers Grants

The Walter Dean Myers Grant program was established to provide grants of $2,000 each to promising diverse writers and illustrators who are currently unpublished. Since 2015, we have awarded 34 grants.

SUBMISSION WINDOW

We will start accepting applications for the 2022 Walter Grants at 12:01 AM EST on June 1, 2022. Our submission window will remain open until June 30, 2022. Applications must be in by 11:59 PM EST on June 30. You may submit an application below using our application form.

In 2022, we are offering community-specific grants in addition to our general Walter Grants. We are offering two Walter Grants to trans writers or illustrators, two Walter Grants to Muslim creators, and two Walter Grants to Native/Indigenous/First Nations writers or illustrators. To apply for these grants, you must select that you wish to be considered in your application.

ELIGIBILITY FOR GENERAL WALTER GRANT Applicants must identify as diverse, as per WNDB’s definition of diversity.

  • Applicants must be unpublished as illustrators and/or authors. This includes both trade publishing and self-publishing. If the applicant has a book deal for an as yet unpublished book, the applicant is considered published for purposes of this grant. Essays, short stories, and articles do not render an applicant ineligible.
  • Applicants who have books on submission to publishing houses are not eligible for the Walter Grant. Books on submission to procure an agent however will not render the applicant ineligible.
  • Applicant must be working toward a career as a children’s author and/or illustrator. This includes but is not limited to: Picture Books, Early Reader Books, Chapter Books, Middle Grade Books, Young Adult, Graphic Novels, Non-Fiction, Poetry.
  • Applicant must be a U.S. resident or a refugee living in the States. (Note for refugee applicants: receiving a grant might affect your income limitations and any government assistance you may receive. You may want to reach out to appropriate officials, like an immigration attorney, for advice.)
  • Applicant must be at least 18 years in age.

ELIGIBILITY FOR WALTER GRANT FOR NATIVE/INDIGENOUS CREATORS 

  • Applicant must meet all of the above qualifications as stated for our general Walter Grant AND
  • Applicant must be Native, Indigenous, and/or First Nations, including but not limited to Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians, and tribal citizens and members or recent descendants who are connected to their community.
  • You may belong to one or more of these communities and still decide to apply for a general Walter Grant. If you belong to more than one of these communities, you need to choose one of the grants to apply for and cannot apply to more than one.

ELIGIBILITY FOR WALTER GRANT FOR MUSLIM CREATORS 

  • Applicant must meet all of the above qualifications as stated for our general Walter Grant AND
  • Applicant must be Muslim.
  • You may belong to one or more of these communities and still decide to apply for a general Walter Grant. If you belong to more than one of these communities, you need to choose one of the grants to apply for and cannot apply to more than one.

ELIBILITY FOR WALTER GRANT FOR TRANS CREATORS 

  • Applicant must meet all of the above qualifications as stated for our general Walter Grant AND
  • Applicant must be a part of the trans community. The Walter Grant for trans creators is open to all trans writers and illustrators, including but not limited to people who are trans men, trans women, Two Spirit, third gender, nonbinary, genderqueer, bigender/pangender, genderfluid, and agender.
  • You may belong to one or more of these communities and still decide to apply for a general Walter Grant. If you belong to more than one of these communities, you need to choose one of the grants to apply for and cannot apply to more than one.
Link to complete guidelines and application form.

Writing Competition: Drue Heinz Literature Prize

The Drue Heinz Literature Prize recognizes and supports writers of short fiction and makes their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to authors who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals.

Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally known writers. Past judges have included Robert Penn Warren, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Rick Moody, and Joan Didion.

Winners receive a cash prize of $15,000, publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press, and support in the nation-wide promotion of their book.

Deadline: June 30, 2022

Full guidelines and submission link here.

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Queer Joy": Isele Magazine

Queer Joy:

“I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. I am going to write fire until it comes out of my ears, my eyes, my noseholes—everywhere. Until it’s every breath I breathe. I’m going to go out like a fucking meteor!” – Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light

Historically, the portrayal of queer people in film and literature left a lot to be desired. This is partly due to regulations such as the 1930 Hays Code (US) that barred studios from producing material showing “offenses” such as race mixing and LGBTQ+ people, among others. Such regulations meant that queer characters had to be coded and not explicitly confirmed as queer. In the Hays Code era, queer characters would often also be the villains who would then be killed off to serve as a loophole for satisfying the regulations. As such, queer characters rarely received happy endings. Similar “morality clauses” have existed and/or continue to exist around the world. Kenya, for example, prohibits material that portrays LGBTQ+ stories in a positive light—the country infamously banned the 2018 Kenyan film, Rafiki, for being a lesbian love story. The legacy of such regulations (and of queerphobia at large) lives on up to today, where queercoding and queerbaiting are both present extensively in media, and where queer joy is often not portrayed explicitly, if at all. And although progress has been made in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights through the years, same-sex relations and gender expression are still widely policed, and cisheteronormativity is violently enforced across the world.

In this quarterly issue, Isele Magazine seeks to center and celebrate queer joy in literature. We seek fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, visual art, and hybrid works that explore the freedom, euphoria, and serenity in the queer existence. We seek work that explores the joy in community, the happiness in being. Send us your fantasies; your stories of family, romance, and friendship; your depictions of queer liberation; and everything in-between. Writers, poets, photographers, and artists who are part of the LGBTQ+ community are welcome to submit. Queer people of color are especially encouraged to submit.

We accept simultaneous submissions but wish to be alerted if your work is published elsewhere.

We do not charge submission fees.

We will respond to every submission no later than two months from the date of submission. If you have not heard from us within two months, please feel free to send a query to:

 quarterly@iselemagazine.com 

Isele Magazine requests the first serial rights of your published piece. However, all rights will revert to you after publication. If your work is republished elsewhere, please indicate that it previously appeared in Isele Magazine.

We pay our contributors a modest token.

All accepted submissions are automatically considered for The Isele Prizes.

Deadline: 11:59 pm CST, June 30, 2022.

Submissions: Send your work to:

quarterly@iselemagazine.com.

The subject line should read: “Genre: Title of Work.”

Writing Competition: The Gabriele Rico Challenge for Nonfiction

The Gabriele Rico Challenge for Nonfiction recognizes outstanding works of nonfiction, awarding $1,333 to the author of the winning entry. We are looking for creative nonfiction, such as personal essays or narratives, not scholarly papers or book reviews. All works should be stand-alone essays, not chapters of a longer work. We do not accept previously published work. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us if your work is selected for publication elsewhere. Please limit prose submissions to 5,000 words.

Please be sure to:
  • include your name, address, phone number, and email address within cover letter (exclude from works themselves)
  • format pieces in double-spaced 12-point font
  • include word count (5,000-word limit)
  • number pages
  • provide a brief 50-word bio
  • make sure your Submittable profile is up-to-date
The contest reading fee is $20, which includes a free copy of the latest edition of Reed. (Please note that submitters with US addresses on file will receive print copies of the journal, whereas those with international addresses may receive digital copies.) Multiple submissions are accepted as separate entries. Contest submissions not selected for final judging may still be considered for publication in the journal and/or online.
 
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2022 
 
Submission portal here. 

Call for Submissions to Anthology on Theme of Menstruation: Alternative Field Notes

Alternative Field invites you to submit your poetry for consideration for publication in our bodies. period: a poetry anthology on menstruation. our bodies. period is an anthology highlighting the stories of those who have experienced menstruation.

We ask you…

How does your spirit respond to how your body responds to this world it creates of stain, fluctuation, and (mal)functions of ovulation? Who determines how you respond, how you navigate:move around finding yourself in a veneer of illness, diagnoses, treatments, discoveries, joys, and the eventual determination of what a uterus is “supposed to” do—through choice or otherwise.

In “The Poetry of Periods,” Gaby Garcia writes, “Why was the body made? How does it torture? People of all genders with uteri are reminded on a monthly, and sometimes entirely unpredictable, basis that our bodies contain a world of pain.

Poetry has always been about the body and has always sprung forth in particularly explosive ways from bodies that remain scrutinized and objectified on a public and personal scale. As blood stains our jeans and our bedsheets, menstruation can easily flower into an eerie metaphor: the internal plane of existence that we can suddenly see externally expressed. No wonder so many of us end up as writers.”

We invite you to write poetry in the many forms and structures we find poems. We invite you to share your thoughts, your pain, your gratitude, your journey, and/or your peace with and for your menses. We invite you to submit your work, no more than five pieces, for publication consideration. Do you have favorite tips, salves, and wisdom you’d like to share? We welcome them with your poetry.

Each day, an estimated 300 million people worldwide menstruate. Being able to manage menstruation safely, hygienically, with confidence, and with dignity is critical for their health, education, human rights, economic development, and overall gender equality. Before the COVID-19 pandemic started, more than 500 million menstruating people worldwide did not have what they needed to manage their menstruation.

Constant motion, preparing to bleed, bleeding, or going through the cycle of hormonal shifts, eggs releasing, always something and many times, nothing. With this comes a need for education, awareness, support, and acceptance. In conjunction with this call and the publication, we also plan to host a workshop and a mutual aid effort. Stay tuned.

Together, we can #EndPeriodStigma. May 28th Is Menstrual Hygiene Day

IMPORTANT INFO:

Deadline: Please submit up to 5 poems, with or without including tips, salves, and/or shared wisdom no later than June 21, 2022

Submit your work here.

Call for Submissions on Theme "They Call Us Eve": They Call Us

Feminist Literary Zine About Eve and Religion Submissions Open

Deadline: July 4, 2022

They Call Us (www.theycallus.com), a feminist magazine devoted to discussing everyday gender discrimination, is currently accepting free submissions of poetry, prose, art, and photography for our new edition, "They Call Us Eve." This edition will explore the roles women hold in religions from around the world. We accept analysis, retellings, and creative depictions of how you see these women emboldened in spiritual status. Let’s talk about what Eve started.

You can read submission guidelines and other information on our website. All rights belong to the writers/artists and the word count is 800 words.

Writing Competitions: Driftwood Press Adrift Chapbook & Short Story Contests

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Driftwood Press Adrift Chapbook & Short Story Contests

Deadline: July 15, 2022

Driftwood Press' Adrift Chapbook Contest and Adrift Short Story Contest return this year, featuring poetry guest judge Carl Phillips and fiction guest judge Allegra Hyde.

Winners receive $1,000 and $500, and runner-ups receive $200-400 depending on the genre. The deadline is July 15th! Check out past winners for sale on our website.

Monday, June 6, 2022

Writing Competition: 2022 LAR Literary Awards

2022 LAR Literary Awards

Judges:
Poetry: Joshua Rivkin
Short Fiction: Landon Houle
Flash Fiction: Thea Prieto
Creative Nonfiction: Chelsea Catherine

Complete Guidelines

Using the online submission system, submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each, a short story or essay of up to 2,500 words, or a piece of flash fiction of up to 1,000 words.

Prizes include a $1000 honorarium and publication via LAR Online and in the best-of annual print edition of the Los Angeles Review.

Submissions for each contest are accepted via Submittable only. 

Entry fee is $20 USD.

The next awards deadline is June 30, 2022.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately via Submittable if the work is accepted elsewhere.

Only previously unpublished writing will be considered. Entries are not considered for general inclusion in The Los Angeles Review.

In the cover letter field of each submission, include author’s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Do NOT include this information in the submitted work, only in the cover letter.

The winners will be selected in Fall 2022, announced via our website, and announced through a Red Hen Press press release.

Any questions or issues with awards submissions can be directed to:

production@losangelesreview.org 

This includes, but is not limited, accidentally leaving a name on award submissions—please send an email instead of automatically withdrawing the submission.

Writing Competition: 2022 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction

Willow Springs Books invites submissions for the 2022 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction starting Jan. 24, 2022 . The winner receives $2,000 plus publication.

Submission Deadline: June 24th, 2022

Open To: All United States authors, regardless of publication history.

Submission Guidelines:

To enter, please submit:

♦ A book-length manuscript. Manuscripts should be no less than 98 pages (with no maximum page count) and include at least 3 short stories. Manuscripts should be organized with page numbers and a table of contents. Stories may have been previously published in journals, anthologies, or limited edition volumes. However, selected story collections (stories previously published in books) will not be considered. Please do not send novels.

♦ A cover letter including your name, address, phone number, and email address, as well as a short bio.

A $27.50 reading fee paid through Submittable

♦ Entries must be submitted through Submittable

Fellowships: Maine Artist Fellowship

Deadline: June 16, 2022

Cash Prize: $5,000

E-mail address:

 
Website: 
 
A fellowship of up to $5,000 is given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, a creative nonfiction writer, or a writer working in a genre beyond these categories who has lived in the state of Maine for at least one year. The fellow is expected to reside in the state for the year of the fellowship. Writers enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible. Using only the online submission system, submit up to five poems of any length or no more than 20 pages of prose, an artist statement, and a résumé by June 16. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
 
Maine Arts Commission,
Maine Artist Fellowship
193 State Street, 25 State House Station,
Augusta, ME 04333
 
(207) 287-6719
Kerstin Gilg, Contact.

Call for Submissions to Anthology: Queer Pagan Fiction

Queer Pagan Fiction

Deadline: June 30, 2022

Anthology of queer pagan fiction accepting pieces of 2,500-7,500 words, that are previously unpublished.

Pays contributors $25-$75 per accepted piece. 

For full info and guidelines visit our website.

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Connection/Community": redrosethorns magazine

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redrosethorns magazine Seeks Writers and Artists for Magazine Submission

Deadline: June 30, 2022

redrosethorns annual magazine is seeking unpublished writing pieces and art based around our publication theme in any genre and any style.

This year's theme is “Connection/Community.” Inspired by the feminist conscious raising movement, we wanted to create a platform where folks could share their stories and we could showcase the actual diversity and realities we live in. Each year we select a theme and encourage others to share their interpretation of this through art or writings. Along with our submissions, our magazine will also feature interviews, quotes and fun facts about our theme. 

Call for Fiction Chapbook Submissions: Wordrunner eChapbooks

Wordrunner eChapbooks Seeks Mini-Fiction Collections

Deadline: June 30, 2022

Two fiction collections will be selected for our 2022 e-chapbook series, to be published in August and December, online and as epubs.

Submit your manuscript between May 1 and June 30. Stories may be flash or longer, from 500 up to 5,000 words each. We’d like three to five stories, or if flash fiction, a maximum of 15. Maximum word count: 20,000. We will also consider novel excerpts, if the collection can stand alone. No genre fiction (horror, fantasy, mystery).

See www.echapbook.com/submissions.html for detailed guidelines and Submittable link.

Authors are paid $125 plus royalties.

Submission fee: $8.00

Call for Submissions: Palooka

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Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography

Deadline: Year-round

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

Call for Submissions: Molecule

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Call for Submissions - Molecule: a tiny lit mag

Deadline: July 15, 2022

Submissions open from 6/1/22 to 7/15/22. Replies by: 8/15/22. Send your work for the Fall 2022 issue of Molecule - a tiny lit mag. Poetry, prose, nonfiction, plays, reviews, and interviews in 50 words or less (including titles). Visual art work of tiny things like tea bags and toothpicks, or tiny paintings also wanted. Strict word count. Don’t try and trick us we have small minds.

Send submissions (preferably in the body) via email, along with a 3rd person bio no more than 24 words (including name).

Call for Literary Nonfiction Submissions: Interim

Call for Literary Nonfiction submissions

Deadline: June 30, 2022

Interim invites submissions of literary nonfiction, including essays that reflect literary movements in America and around the world. We invite writers from all parts of the globe—the Americas, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe, New Zealand, Australia, etc.—especially women writers, to submit to this special issue. If you have perspective on the evolution of the Gurlesque (the vibrant movement of women reclaiming their bodies) or any other newly established literary movement, we are especially eager to hear from you.

We will consider original essays 1,500 to 5,000 words.

$4 submission fee. Upload to Interim’s Submittable.