Call for Submissions: WhimsicalPoet

WhimsicalPoet Seeks Poetry/Art/Flash Fiction for the January 2023 Issue

Deadline: Rolling

WhimsicalPoet seeks all forms of poetry, art, and flash fiction that surprises, challenges, chills, endears, and evokes 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: table//FEAST Literary Magazine

table//FEAST Literary Magazine Now Seeking Subs for Issue 2

Deadline: October 31, 2022; 11:59 p.m. Central Time

table//FEAST Literary Magazine seeks unpublished work from new, emerging voices and established writers.  

We pay per poem, translation, prose piece, and art piece. 

We do not charge fees. 

We do not have a specific theme. With payout categories, we make a percentile matched donation and send the funds to a nonprofit tied to food or nourishment in some form. Shake or stir us. Defy what is palatable. Shock us with the essence of your work & technique. All are welcome to the table.  

Submission guidelines and link here.

Call for Submissions on Theme of "Twilight Zone": Borrowed Solace

Welcome all Fans of the Twilight Zone!

Deadline: October 31, 2022

Welcome all fans of the twilight zone! We are looking for themed submissions for our fall 2022 journal. We accept nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art, and comics.

Visit our website for more details on the theme and the submissions manager at borrowedsolace.com.

Submissions close Oct. 31, 2022.

Call for Submissions: Pensive: A Global Journal of Sprituality & the Arts

 

Pensive Seeks Submissions of Spiritual Writing and Visual Art

Deadline: November 15, 2022

Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality & the Arts, innovative online publication from Northeastern University, welcomes unpublished poetry, prose, visual art, translations. 

Visit www.pensivejournal.com; submit via Submittable February 1-May 15 or August 1-November 15. 

No fee. 

Historically underrepresented and international voices encouraged. Recent contributors include Baca, Bruchac, M. Collins, Chess, Cording, Espada, Glancy, Hoffman, Lea, Marchant, D.S. Martin, MEH, Metres, Piercy, Samaras, Sholl, and more. Spring issue is opened-themed, with special section on spiritual responses to current events & voices from "inside” and “outside" (e.g. incarcerated, homeless, refugee communities, and their allies).

Call for Submissions: Sunspot Literary Journal

Sunspot Literary Journal offers an Editor's Prize of $10 for each digital edition and an Editor's Prize of $35 for the annual print edition. Artwork selected for a digital or print cover will be paid $20. Visit SunspotLit.com to download digital editions for free.

We welcome prose from flash fiction and poetry to stories and essays, including scripts and screenplays, up to 49,000 words. Genre categories are accepted along with literary works. Poetry can be up to 1,250 lines. Translations welcome. Please note the word count in your cover letter.

Please take careful note of the submission deadlines. Although the journal is open year-round, the forms that allow submission of longer works close earlier in each open call segment. Submit early to avoid missing a deadline.

One piece per submission (except flash, poetry, or art). Use the correct form according to the length of your prose and poetry. Works longer than allowed by the form you select will be declined unread.

The Fast Flux options offer a one-week turnaround for short prose and art. Poets and longform prose receive a two-week turnaround, with most responses being sent within one week.

All submissions must be unpublished (except on a personal blog). Simultaneous submissions welcome. Submit as many times as you like. 

More information and Submittable link here.

Writing Fellowships: The Shearing Fellowship

The Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute hosts residential fellowships every academic year. Visiting fellows join a community of writers and scholars in a thriving literary scene in Las Vegas and on the campus of UNLV; they are supported by individuals and groups that share the commitment to bringing writers and the literary imagination into the heart of public life. 

 Shearing Fellowship

Applications close at 11:59pm PT on November 1, 2022. 

For emerging and distinguished writers who have published at least one book with a trade or literary press, this fellowship includes: 

• compensation of $20,000 paid over a four-month period;

• a semester-long letter of appointment;

• eligibility for optional health coverage;

• office space in the BMI offices on the campus of UNLV;

• housing (fellows cover some utilities) in a unique and vibrant arts complex in the bustling district of downtown Las Vegas—home to The Writer’s Block, our city’s beloved independent bookstore; and

• recognition at BMI as a “Shearing Fellow.”

While there are no formal teaching requirements, this is a “working fellowship” located in Las Vegas. BMI’s visiting fellows will maintain an in-office presence of 10 hours a week, along with 10 hours of service to the community. In addition to the primary goal of furthering one’s own writing during their term in Las Vegas, visiting fellows are expected to engage in a substantial way with BMI’s community, in ways that connect to their interests and skills. Upon acceptance into the program, each fellow will craft a plan in partnership with BMI. Here are some examples of activities a visiting fellow might pursue: 

• Offer readings, craft talks, and other public presentations to the readers and writers of UNLV and Southern Nevada.

• Curate an event or program.

• Contribute original work (i.e. a work of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry) to one of BMI’s publications.

• Provide support to one of BMI’s publications (e.g. judge contests or consult on editorial processes).

More information and application link here.
 

Writing Competition: Carve Magazine's Prose & Poetry Contest

2022 prose & poetry CONTEST GUIDELINES

Dates & Prizes

• Submission Dates: October 1 - November 15.

• Prizes: $1000 each for one winner in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

• Winners announced February 1, 2023 and published online in Spring 2023. 

• Honorable mentions and semi-finalists will be listed online for up to 6 months.

• All work submitted will be considered for non-contest publication; we will notify author if selected.

  Entry Fee & Eligibility

• Entry Fees: $17 for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

• One poem, essay, or short story per entry. No limit to number of entries.

• Story, essay, or poem must be previously unpublished (including online).

• 10,000 maximum word count for fiction and nonfiction; 2,000 maximum for poetry.

• We accept entries from anywhere in the world, but the work must be in English.

• No genre works (romance, horror, sci-fi, etc.); literary prose and poetry only.

• Winners of the past two Raymond Carver and Prose & Poetry contests are ineligible.

• There are no refunds on entry fees for any reason.

Submission Instructions

• No cover page or author info in document. All identifying information in Submittable is concealed for the contest.

• No mailed submissions accepted for this contest.

SUBMIT NOW

Submit online via Submittable. (Available midnight EDT October 1.)

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