Writing Competition on Theme of "Lawyers in Modern Society": American Bar Association Ross Writing Contest

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, 2023. 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, 2023. 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, 2023. 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Entries may be unpublished, or published no earlier than December 1, 2022. Entries posted publicly on the internet, regardless of the forum or venue, will be considered published for the purposes of the Contest, as would be any entry published in a print publication or literary journal of any kind. 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 July 5, 2023. 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, 2022, are not eligible to enter or win.

More information here.

Call for Submissions: Heimat Review

Genre Guidelines

• Poetry: 1-5 poems

• Fiction: 1-3 pieces of fiction of no more than 3000 words each

• Creative Nonfiction: 1-3 pieces of creative nonfiction of no more than 3000 words each

• ​Drama: 1-3 ten-minute plays and/or 1 one-act play. These should be stage or radio plays, not teleplays or screenplays.

• Visual Art: 1-5 high-res photos or images of originally-created artwork

Submission Guidelines

We publish poetry, prose (flash fiction, short stories, and creative nonfiction), drama, photography and art quarterly. Please read through the general and specific genre submission guidelines before you submit. We also recommend that you read through Issue 1 to get a sense of what we like and have recently published. Contact us via Twitter or email with any questions.

Submissions are currently open for Issue 2: Winter through Dec 15.

Email your submissions to:

heimatreview@gmail.com 

with the subject line: [Your Name] – Genre.
Genres include “Poetry,” “Fiction,” “Creative Nonfiction,” “Visual Art,” and “Drama.” 

Example: Amanda Gorman - Poetry

Visit our website for more information.

Writing Competition: Interim Poetics: The Test Site Poetry Prize

Interim Poetics: The Test Site Poetry Prize 

Deadline: December 15, 2022

Please submit manuscripts through Submittable with a $25 reading fee. 

Interim will choose two winning books for the series—one title publicized as the winner of The Test Site Poetry Series and the other as the Betsy Joiner Flanagan Award in Poetry. Both winners will receive $1,000 and their books will be published by the University of Nevada Press. 

Call for Submissions: Sand Hills Literary Magazine

 

Sand Hills Literary Magazine Open for General Submissions

Deadline: March 20, 2023

Sand Hills Literary Magazine, in print since 1973, is now open for general submissions. We are a national publication, only accepting works from the United States. Emerging and established writers and artists are encouraged to submit. We are accepting art, poetry, and prose for our 47th issue.

The deadline for submissions is March 20, 2023.

We look forward to reviewing your work. Visit our website for more information.

Call for Submissions: The Meadow

We are also a 100% free journal. Issues are free on campus and distributed freely around the Reno area. If we accept your work for publication, payment is two free copies.

Between Aug. 15 and Jan. 15 of each year, we accept poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and cover artwork.

All submissions must be uploaded through our submission manager system.

Submission Guidelines

We welcome submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and cover artwork. Your name may not appear anywhere on the pieces submitted, as we review all submissions without names,

All submissions must be accompanied by contact information (name, address, telephone and email) and a brief (less than 50 words) biography; include the title(s) of each piece submitted.

We do not accept previously published work, but we will consider simultaneous submissions and expect to be notified immediately of acceptance elsewhere.

We will accept up to five poems, photos or art pieces, or one work of prose (fiction or nonfiction) from each author or artist. Prose may not exceed 5,000 words.

More information here.

Call for Poetry Submissions: Sho Poetry Journal

Deadline: Dec. 31, 2022

Shō welcomes submissions of previously unpublished poetry. Please review our guidelines below before submitting.

Please do not send work that has previously appeared in a print journal, online journal, or on social media or a personal website.

We are working on getting on Submittable. Until then, please send poems the old-fashioned way, via the US Postal Service. We attempt to respond to submissions within three months or less.

Send submissions to:

Shō Poetry Journal
P.O. Box 4410
Chino Valley, AZ 86323

Note: You must enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) for a reply. Manuscripts will be returned only if specified and if sufficient postage is included. Submissions that do not contain an SASE will not be considered.

Guidelines

• Submit up to five poems at a time. Please do not submit additional work until you’ve heard back from us regarding a previous submission.

• Your cover letter should provide your contact information (including an email address), the titles you are submitting, and a short bio (written in third person), for our contributors’ notes. No cutesy bios, please.

• Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as you specify this in your cover letter and notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.

More information here.

Call for Submissions: Armstrong Literary

Armstrong Literary is currently open for submissions! We accept fiction, creative non-fiction, translation, poetry, hybrid, and visual art submissions.

Armstrong Literary‘s submission period for the Spring 2023 issue will run from October 15th, 2022, until December 15th, 2022. We are interested in work that push boundaries –– on an emotional level as well as a linguistic one –– poems, stories, translations, and fragments that scatter, ground, croon, and devastate.

In keeping with the cross-genre nature of our journal, Armstrong Literary is now accepting submissions in a new genre for our Spring 2023 issue: Visual Art!

For prose submissions, submit one (1) short story or one (1) self-contained novel excerpt or creative non-fiction piece of no more than 5,000 words in one single file in doc., rtf, or .pdf format.

For poetry submissions, submit up to three (3) poems totaling no more than six (6) pages in one single file in doc., rtf, or .pdf format. We may choose to publish one or all of the poems.

For hybrid submissions, submit work that redefine the meaning of literature, pieces that transcend genres and mediums, texts that aren’t afraid to experiment and break the rules. Think: a creative non-fiction piece where each word is separated by a hyphen, videopoetry, visual poetry, spoken word, interpretative dance performance of a short story, the melding of literature and music, etc. For video or audio recordings, submit work totaling no more than 5 minutes. For everything else, submit work totaling no more than 6 pages.

In the submission email subject line please include: Title, genre (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid, art, or translation), and word count. In the body include an author bio.

We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know if your piece is accepted elsewhere. We’re seeking first-time rights, but all of the rights revert back to the author upon publication. Should your piece be picked up again we ask that you acknowledge that we published it first.

We do not accept previously published material (this includes personal blogs, social media accounts, and websites).

With the exception of Art, current Queens College MFA students are not allowed to submit Armstrong Literary in any category. We will automatically pass on your submission.

We also like to note that we welcome work in all languages. However, if a majority of your piece is not written in English, please include a translation of the non-English portion(s) of the piece. This is an accessibility consideration for the editors, and not an attempt to privilege the English language.

More information here.

Submit your work and inquiries to:

armstrongliterary@gmail.com

Thank you for your interest in Armstrong Literary. We’re excited to read your work!