Call for Submissions: Pangyrus Literary Magazine

Submissions Are Open! January 15, 2021 - April 15, 2021

Pangyrus publishes well-crafted, thought-provoking writing, comics and visual art in every genre online and in one to two print editions per year.

Some of the work we accept during this submission period will appear in our 10th print issue! As we discussed possible themes to mark this huge milestone, we kept gravitating to the environment, and the need (and opportunity) to restructure more sustainable systems for both democracy and the planet.

As a special section of Pangyrus 10, and of the website, then, we’ll be keeping an extra sharp eye out for your pieces that reimagine our relationship to place and history and ecosystem, that challenge our ideas, that offer both warnings–and solutions.

These could be essays, stories, poems, artwork, and comics that touch upon themes of environmental justice, climate change, environmental impact on communities, pollution, food, garbage, everyday life, energy — its value and cost, biodiversity, extinction, the future and the fate of our planet. We leave it up to your interpretation.

Along with general submissions — environmentally themed or not — we are interested in a few specific categories: Zest!; In Sickness and In Health; Field Notes; and Schooled – themed pieces in every genre. For full descriptions of these categories please visit this section of our Submittable page. We encourage you to read us at pangyrus.com to get a sense of what we’re looking for.

If you think our readers will find it entertaining and compelling, send it our way. We read every submission that we get with fresh eyes and open minds.

Please go to our Submittable page for details.

Writing Competition on Theme of "HIV/AIDS": A&U Magazine's 9th Annual Christopher Hewitt Award

A&U Magazine: Art & Understanding, is currently accepting entries for the ninth annual Christopher Hewitt Award. Named in honor of A&U’s first literary editor, the award showcases outstanding responses to the AIDS pandemic and the realities of individuals living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in the genres of fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction.

Prize: $75

Entry fee: None

Submission deadline: June 15, 2022

Judges: Winners will be selected by the following judges, by category.
Poetry: Philip F. Clark
Fiction: Raymond Luczak
Creative Nonfiction: Jay Vithalani
Drama: Bruce Ward Publication: Winners and named runners-up will be published in upcoming issues of A&U.

How to Submit: Email Word (.doc or .docx files) of your work to Managing Editor Chael Needle by emailing:

chaelneedle [at] mac [dot] com (Change [at] to @ and [dot] to . )

Please indicate in the subject line that your submission is for the Christopher Hewitt Award; include your name and genre in the subject line as well. Your name or any other personal identifying information should not appear on your manuscript. Multiple submissions are accepted, but please submit each separately.

Guidelines: All submissions must be HIV/AIDS-related and previously unpublished. All styles are welcomed. Writers may submit more than one work.

Fiction and creative nonfiction should be 1,200 words or fewer, double-spaced. Reasonable exceptions will be considered.

Drama may be an excerpt from a longer work or a ten-minute play (1,400-1,600 words, no more than ten pages, Dramatists Guild format). For drama excerpts, include, on a separate page, a synopsis and a full cast of characters.

We reserve the right to excerpt longer pieces for print, in consultation with the author; works in their entirety will be printed on the web.

Rights: We secure first North American serial rights and electronic archival rights (posting on the Web and in digital issues).

If any genre lacks a clear winner, fewer than four awards may be given. All entries will be considered for publication.

A&U: Art & Understanding, a national print and online magazine now in its 30th year, regularly features interviews with writers, artists, and advocates such as Sarah Schulman, Danez Smith, Rafael Campo, Rabih Alameddine, Cleve Jones, Tony Kushner, Spencer Reece, E. Lynn Harris, Gore Vidal, Maria Mejia, Athol Fugard, Sapphire, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Peter Staley, John Waters, Emanuel Xavier, Andrew Holleran, Mark S. King, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Chip Livingston, Janet Jackson, Anjelica Houston, Paul Lisicky, Robert Carr, Mondo Guerra, Victoria Noe, Michael Cunningham, Martin Duberman, Nancy Duncan, Mary Fisher, Aileen Getty, Mark Ruffalo, Alexandra Billings, Randy Boyd, Edmund White, Mary Bowman, and George Takei.

Call for Submissions: Months to Years

Our next call for submissions will be for the Summer 2022 issue. The call will open on January 15 and close on March 1.

We welcome previously unpublished nonfiction (including essay, memoir, journalism, and creative nonfiction) of up to 2,500 words that explore mortality, death, and dying-related topics. (Please note, WE DO NOT PUBLISH FICTION.) We also accept poetry as well as art and photography submissions. Please note that “unpublished” includes not published on personal websites, blogs, or any form of social media.

Months To Years now accepts submissions only via Submittable.

We publish new work to our website (New Work page) approximately once a week. Those works are then eventually compiled into the next digital issue of the magazine.

We seek personal stories with universal appeal. Tell us your story but make it fresh, compelling, unusual. We receive numerous submissions. The stories that stand out are the ones that tell us a story we think we know but then surprise us or delight us. Or make us laugh. Despite the seriousness of topic. Please read past issues before submitting your work to us.

More information on our website.

Writing Competition: Mayday March Madness Flash Fiction Contest

MAYDAY March Madness Flash Fiction Contest

Deadline: March 1, 2022

The MAYDAY March Madness Flash Fiction Contest is accepting submissions!

Entry is free.

First place winner will receive $100 and second place $50. The Final Four contenders will be published and receive prize boxes including books and other goodies from our co-sponsors, including New American Press, Milkweed Editions, Copper Canyon, the Colorado Review, Moon City Press, and others.

To participate, follow us on social media and send one flash fiction story (~100-500 words) by March 1.

The top 16 contenders will be selected by MAYDAY fiction editors and winners will be determined by vote on social media beginning March 14.

Writing Competition: Backbone Press Chapbook Competition

Backbone Press Chapbook Competition

Deadline: March 6, 2022

Entry Fee: $20.00

Award: $250, 20 copies of the chapbook, and a small honorarium for a reading or launch event

Backbone Press is accepting chapbook submissions for our 4th annual competition. Deadline is March 6, 2022. Poet Tyree Daye will judge. Previous winners and runner ups include: celeste doaks, Lindsay Young, Chloe Martinez, and Danielle P. Williams.

See website for full details.

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Navigations": A Place for Peace

 

Call for Submissions: Navigations - A Place for Peace

Deadline: March 10, 2022

Each issue of About Place Journal, the arts publication of the Black Earth Institute, focuses on a specific theme. From January 1st to March 10th we'll be accepting submissions for our Spring 2022 issue Navigations: A Place for Peace. Our mission: to have art address the causes of spirit, earth, and society; to protect the earth; and to build a more just and interconnected world. We publish prose, poetry, visual art, photography, video, and music which fit the current theme.

More about this issue's theme and our submission guidelines here.

Writing Residency: Mother's Milk Interantional Writer and Artist Residency

Mother's Milk International Writer and Artist Residency

Eligibility

Residents will be exceptional creative practitioners – including emerging, mid-career a​nd established artists - who desire time and space to work on their projects. Residencies will be awarded based on excellence and merit of project proposal, and the applicant’s interest in and ability to work independently. Residents cannot be currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program, must be at least 21 years old, and must reside on-site for the duration of the program. International applicants will need to show proof of English language skills and will be responsible for acquiring appropriate visas if accepted.

 

Nondiscrimination

 

Mother's Milk is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, sex, color, religion,creed, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or dis/ability.

 

Process

 

Applications are submitted through our application portal.

 

Each application requires:

• Applications

• A project proposal statement, not to exceed 500 words.

• A current CV.

• Samples of recent work - see CaFE for details.

• References: Contact information for two professional references that are familiar with your work and your potential to be a positive member of our small community of residents.

• Preferred residency dates (although not guaranteed)

• $25 application fee

Mother’s Milk can provide formal letters of invitation upon request.

 

The next application deadline is February 15, 2022 for August-October 2022 residencies. Jury notification will be mid-March 2022. We're happy to answer questions related to your projects and proposals.