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American Short Fiction. Fiction. $15. 5/1/12

 

Anhinga Press. Poetry. $25. 2/15 - 5/1 (annual) [book]

 

Crucible. Poetry, Fiction. No Fee. 5/1 (annual)

 

Fugue. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $15. 1/1 - 5/1 (annual)

 

Leapfrog Press. Fiction. $30. 1/15 - 5/1 (annual) [book]

 

Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. Short Story. $15. 5/1 (annual)

 

The Malahat Review. Poetry. $25 CAD. $30 USD, $35 USD International. 5/1/12

 

The Malahat Review. Fiction. $25 CAD. $30 USD, $35 USD International. 5/1/13

 

North Carolina Literary Review. Poetry. $15. 2/15 - 5/1 (annual postmark)

 

Ruminate. Poetry. $15. 5/1 (annual)

 

Sonora Review. Short Fiction, Essay. $15. 5/1/12

 

The Southwest Review. Fiction. $25. 5/1 (annual postmark)

 

Sow's Ear Poetry Review. Poetry. $27. 3/1 - 5/1 (annual postmark) [chap]

 

Wick Poetry Center. Poetry. $25. 2/1 - 5/1 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Willow Springs Editions. Short Fiction. $25. 5/1/12 [book]

 

Zone 3. Poetry. $20. 5/1/12 [book]

 

Crab Orchard Review. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $20. 3/1 - 5/2 (annual postmark)

 

Wild Violet. Poetry, Fiction. $5. 5/4/12

 

Adventum. Nonfiction. $15. 5/15/12

 

Blue Collar Review. Poetry. $15. 5/15 (annual)

 

Dancing Poetry Contest. Poetry. $5. 5/15 (annual postmark)

 

Empirical. Poetry, Short Story. $12 [poem]; $35 [short story]. 5/15/12

 

Gertrude Press. Poetry, Fiction. $15. 8/1 - 5/15 (annual) [chap]

 

Lost Horse Press. Poetry. $25. 5/15 (annual) [book]

 

Lynx House Press. Poetry. $25. 1/15 - 5/15 (annual postmark) [book]

 

New American Press. Fiction. $20 5/15 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Slapering Hol Press. Poetry. $15. 2/15 - 5/15 (annual postmark) [chap]

 

subTerrain. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $25. 5/15 (annual)

 

Tupelo Press. Poetry. $28. 1/1 - 5/15/12 (extended postmark) [book]

 

New Letters. Poetry, Fiction, Essay. $15. 5/18 (annual postmark)

 

WORK. Interview, Memoir. $15. 5/18/12

 

Work Stew. Nonfiction. No Fee. 5/21/12

 

Creative Nonfiction. Southern Sin. Essays. $20. 5/28/12

 

The New Quarterly. Fiction. $40. 5/28/12 (postmark)

 

Baltimore Review. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $10. 5/30/12

The Baltimore Review

Online submission deadline: May 30, 2012

The theme for The Baltimore Review’s summer contest is Heat. It’s a night in a cheap motel, a barefoot walk on hot sand, an hour in the interrogation room. It’s nuclear fusion or the Senate floor. It’s jalapeno and habanero peppers. It’s the cops. So set your keyboard ablaze and submit your hot fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction online in our Contest category. Three winners will be selected from among all entries. Prizes are $300, $200, and $100. Entry fee is $10. Deadline is May 30, 2012. Visit us at www.baltimorereview.org.

 

Gival Press. Fiction. $50. 5/30 (annual) [book]

 

Redivider. Poetry, Fiction. $15. 2/15 - 5/30/12

 

Pecan Grove Press. Shorty Story Collection. $15. 5/30/12 [book]

 

All Nation Press. Poetry. $20. 5/31 (annual) [chap]

 

The Antigonish Review. Fiction. $25 (Canada), $30 (US), $40 (international). 5/31 (annual postmark)

 

The Backwaters Press. Poetry. $25. 5/31/12 [book]

The Backwaters Prize

Online submission deadline: May 31, 2012

In 2012, the Backwaters Press revives the Backwaters Prize. Entry fee of $25. Our judge for the 2012 prize will be David Clewell. The submission period begins April 1, 2012 and concludes May 31, 2012. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically. A link for the electronic submissions will be available on the press website April 1, 2012. We adhere to the CLMP code of ethics for administering a literary contest. The prize is a $1,000.00 cash prize plus publication of your manuscript plus some beautiful object commemorating your achievement. The recipient will be announced in September 2012.

 

Black Lawrence Press. Poetry, Fiction. $15. 5/31 (annual) [chap]

 

Calyx. Poetry. $15. 3/1 - 5/31 (annual postmark)

 

Connecticut Poetry Society. Poetry. $15. 4/1 - 5/31/12

 

Crab Creek Review. Poetry. $10. 5/1 - 5/31/12

 

Elixir Press. Fiction. $40. 5/31/12 (postmark) [book]

 

Field Magazine. Poetry. $25. 5/1 - 5/31 (annual) [book]

 

Glimmer Train. Fiction. $15. 5/1 - 5/31 (annual)

Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers: Deadline May 31. Results announced July 31. Open to writers whose fiction hasn’t appeared in a print publication with a circulation >5000. First place: $1500 and publication in Glimmer Train. In a year's time we pay writers over $47,000, nearly a third of that going to new writers. In the current Best American Short Stories, of the top "100 distinguished short stories," six appeared in Glimmer Train, second only to the New Yorker. Of the six, two were those authors' first stories accepted for publication. Submit online: www.glimmertrain.org.

 

Killer Nashville. Fiction. $35. 5/31/12 (postmark) [book]

 

Main Street Rag. Poetry. $17. 5/31/12 [chap]

 

Mixer Publishing. Fiction. $12. 6/26/11 - 5/31/12

Mixer Publishing. $1,000 prize. Stephen Graham Jones, guest judge. Entry fee $12; free 1 year subscription to website on entry. What will win? The best mix of (1) sex and satire, (2) violence and satire, (3) sex, violence, and satire, or (4) a really compelling piece that focuses on one of our main themes (i.e., sex, violence, or satire). Submission deadline is May 31st. To submit or read more details, go to mixerpublishing.com/?page_id=259

 

New England Poetry Club. Poetry. $10. 4/1 - 5/31 (annual)

 

Pearl. Short Story. $10. 4/1 - 5/31 (annual postmark)

 

River Styx. Poetry. $20. 5/31 (annual postmark)

 

University of Georgia Press. Short Fiction. $25. 4/1 - 5/31 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Vocabula Review. Prose. No Fee. 6/1 - 5/31 (annual)

 

WOW! Women On Writing. Flash Fiction. $10. 5/31 (annual)

 

June Deadline

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Boston Review. Poetry. $20. 6/1 (annual postmark)

 

Boulevard. Poetry. $15. 6/1 (annual)

 

Burning Bush Publications. Poetry. $12. 6/1 (annual)

 

Indiana Review. Prose Poem, Short-Short. $20 (US), $22 (Canada), $27 (International). 6/1 (annual postmark)

 

The Journal. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $15. 4/1 - 6/1/12

 

The Laurel Review. Fiction. $10. 2/1 - 6/1 (annual)

 

Mid-American Review. Prose Poetry, Short Shorts. 6/1 (annual)

 

Midwest Writing Center. Poetry. $15. 6/1/12

 

Swan Scythe Press. Poetry. $16. 6/1/12 (postmark) [chap]

 

Switchback Books. Poetry. $15. 3/1 - 6/1 (annual) [book]

 

Tiferet. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $20. 1/1 - 6/1/12

Now accepting submissions for the TIFERET: A Journal of Spiritual Literature 2012 Writing Contest. $1200 in prizes and publication for best story, poem, and essay. Two honorable mentions will also receive publication. Limit 1 story or essay of 20 pages, six poems. TIFERET publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, and art. We look for high-quality creative work that expresses spiritual/human/life experiences and/or promotes tolerance. Our mission is to help raise individual and global consciousness, and we publish writing from a variety of religious and spiritual traditions. Electronic submissions only. See guidelines and submit at tiferet.submishmash.com/submit. June 1, 2012 deadline.

 

Tony Hillerman Writers Conference/St. Martin's Press. Fiction. No Fee. 6/1 (annual) [book]

 

Wordgathering. Poetry. No Fee. 6/1 (annual)

 

WORK. Fiction. $15. 6/1/12

 

The MacGuffin. Poetry. $15. 4/1 - 6/4/12 (postmark)

It’s not too late to enter The MacGuffin’s 17th National Poet Hunt Contest judged by Dorianne Laux! The author of the winning poem will receive $500. Two honorable mentions will be awarded as well. All entrants receive one free copy of the Winter 2013 issue of The MacGuffin. Please send up to five poems, an index card with your contact information and poem titles, and a check or money order for $15 (made out to Schoolcraft College) to: The MacGuffin • Schoolcraft College • 18600 Haggerty Rd. • Livonia, MI 48152. More info at www.macguffin.org. Postmark deadline: June 4.

 

Press Americana/Review Americana. Prose. $25. 6/5/12 [book]

 

The Bitter Oleander. Poetry. $10. 6/15 (annual postmark)

 

EYELANDS. Short Story. 10€. 3/1/ - 6/15/12

 

Grey Sparrow. Flash Fiction. $5. 1/7 - 6/15/12

 

LAKE. Nonfiction. $20. 6/15/12

 

Room Magazine. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $30 (Canada), $42 CAD (US/International). 6/15/12

 

Salamander. Fiction. $15. 5/15 - 6/15/12

 

Southern Poetry Review. Poetry, $15. 3/1 - 6/15 (annual postmark)

 

Split Oak Press. Poetry, Flash Fiction. $15. 6/15/12 [chap]

 

Texas Review Press. Poetry. $20. 6/15 (annual) [chap]

 

University of Akron Press. Poetry. $25. 5/1-6/15 (annual) [book]

 

New Millennium Writings. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $17. 6/17/12

 

The New Guard. Poetry, Fiction. $15. 3/1 - 6/18/12

 

In The Snake. Fiction. $10.75. 4/15 - 6/20/12

 

Skipping Stones. Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Interviews, Drama. $3. 6/20 (annual postmark) [*for writers ages 7-17*]

 

Toasted Cheese. Nonfiction. No Fee. 6/21+/- (annual)

 

Gival Press. Poetry. $5. 6/27 (annual)

 

ABZ Press. Poetry. $30. 5/1 - 6/30/12 [book]

 

Accents Publishing. Poetry. $10. 2/1 - 6/30/12 [chap]

 

The American Poetry Journal. Poetry. $16 (US), $19 (international). 6/30 (annual)

 

Anabiosis Press. Poetry. $12. 6/30 (annual) [chap]

 

The Antigonish Review. Poetry. $25 (Canada), $30 (US), $40 (international). 6/30 (annual postmark)

 

Autumn House Press. Poetry, Fiction. $30. 6/30 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Barrow Street Press. Poetry. $25. 6/30 (annual) [book]

 

Burnside Review. Poetry. $16. 3/15 - 6/30 (annual) [chap]

2012 BURNSIDE REVIEW Poetry Chapbook Contest. Runs March 15–June 30th. Judge: Emily Kendal Frey. Winner receives $200 and 25 copies. Submit up to 18-24 pages of poetry either electronically or through post. Complete details at www.burnsidereview.org or with a SASE to: Burnside Review, P.O. Box 1782, Portland, OR 97207.

 

Carve Magazine. Short Story. $15 [postal]; $17 [electronic]. 5/1 - 6/30/12

Carve Magazine’s 13th annual Raymond Carver Short Story Contest offers 5 prizes totaling $2750, publication in the Fall 2012 issue, and the opportunity to be read by the Rees Literary Agency. This year’s guest judge is Bridget Boland, author of the forthcoming debut novel The Doula. Contest is open May 1-June 30, 2012. Entry fee is $17 online / $15 mailed. The contest is open to the U.S. and international, but stories must be in English. Past winners have hailed from all parts of the US, UK, Canada, and New Zealand. Visit www.carvezine.com/raymond-carver-contest/

 

Dream Horse Press. Poetry. $15. 6/30 (annual postmark) [chap]

 

Finishing Line Press. Poetry. $15. 6/30 (annual postmark) [chap]

 

Glimmer Train. Fiction. $18. 6/1 - 6/30 (annual)

 

Hunger Mountain. Short Fiction. $20. June 30 (annual postmark)

 

Literal Latte. Short Short. $10. 6/30 (annual)

 

The Nation. Essay. No Fee. 5/15 - 6/30 (annual)

 

the new renaissance. Poetry, Fiction. $11.50 (subscribers), $16.50 (non-subscribers). 1/2 - 6/30 (annual)

 

Omnidawn. Poetry. $25. 5/1 - 6/30 (annual) [book]

 

Parlor Press/Free Verse Editions. Poetry. $25. 5/1 - 6/30/12 (postmark) [book]

 

Pearl. Poetry. $20. 5/1 - 6/30 (annual) [book]

 

Red Hen Press. Short Fiction. $20. 6/30 (annual)

 

Teachers & Writers Collaborative. Essay. $20. 6/30 (annual)

 

University of North Texas Press. Fiction. $25. 6/30 (annual) [book]

 

University of Pittsburgh Press. Short Fiction. No Fee. 5/1 - 6/30 (annual postmark) [book]

 

July Deadline

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Bellevue Literary Review. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $15. 7/1 (annual)

 

Comstock Review. Poetry. $25. 7/1 (annual postmark)

 

Emergency Press. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. Fee TBA. 7/1 (annual) [book]

 

Kentucky Women Writers Conference. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $10 [poetry]; $15 [prose]. 7/1/12 (postmark)

 

Matrix Magazine/POP Montreal. Poetry, Short Fiction. $25 CAD. 7/1/12

 

Wordstock. Short Fiction. $30. 7/1/12

 

This Magazine. Poetry, Fiction, Graphic Narrative. $20. 7/2 (annual postmark)

 

Crab Orchard Review. Poetry. $25. 5/15 - 7/7/12 (postmark) [book]

 

Bard College. Fiction. No Fee. 7/15 (annual)

 

Literal Latte. Poetry. $10. 7/15 (annual)

 

Monkey Puzzle. Flash Fiction. $10. 7/15/12 (postmark)

 

Rosebud. Poetry. $10. 7/15/12

 

Stone Canoe. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Visual Art. No Fee. 7/15/12

 

Texas Review Press. Poetry. $20. 7/15 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Vallum. Poetry. $20. 7/15/12 (postmark)

 

Wasafiri. Poetry, Fiction, Life Writing. £6. 7/27/12

 

The Adirondack Review. Fiction. $10. 7/31 (annual)

 

Bright Hill Press. Poetry. $25. 7/31 (annual) [chap]

 

The Cincinnati Review. Poetry, Prose. $15. 6/1 - 7/31 (annual postmark)

 

Creative Nonfiction. Essay. $20. 7/31/12

Creative Nonfiction "Southern Sin" Contest.

$5,000 for Best Essay.

Deadline: July 31, 2012.

Creative Nonfiction seeks essays that capture the South in all its steamy sinfulness—whether deadly or just something to make your mama blush. Essays can channel William Faulkner or Flannery O'Connor, Alice Walker or Rick Bragg; they can be serious, humorous, or somewhere in between, but all essays must tell true stories, and must incorporate both sin and the South in some way. Issue will be launched at the Oxford Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference in March 2013. Guidelines at: www.creativenonfiction.org

 

Glimmer Train. Very Short Fiction. $15. 7/1 - 7/31 (annual)

 

Midwest Writing Center. Poetry. $15. 5/1 - 7/31 (annual postmark) [chap]

 

Munster Literature Center. Short Stories. $20. 7/31 (annual)

 

A Room of Her Own. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $15. 7/31 (annual)

 

White Pine Press. Poetry. No Fee. 7/1/12 - 7/31/12 [book]

 

August Deadline

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Fiction Fix. Cover Letter, Biography. No Fee. 8/1 (annual deadline)

 

The Malahat Review. Nonfiction. $35 CAD, $40 USD, $45 USD for International. 8/1 (annual postmark)

 

Poetica. Poetry. $15. 5/1 - 8/1 [chap]

 

RATTLE. Poetry. $18. 8/1 (annual postmark)

 

Ruminate. Visual Art. $15. 8/1 (annual)

 

Terrain.org. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $10. 1/15 - 8/1 (annual)

 

Gival Press. Short Story. $25. 8/8 (annual postmark)

 

The Aurorean. Undergraduate/Graduate Haiku. No Fee. 8/15 (annual)

 

Pavement Saw Press. Poetry. $20. 6/1 - 8/15 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Smartish Pace. Poetry. $5. 8/15 (annual)

 

Subito Press/University of Colorado. Poetry, Fiction. $20. 6/1 - 8/15 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. Poetry. $20. 4/15 - 8/15 (annual postmark)

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Poetry Contest.

A single entry is 2-4 unpublished poems of any theme with combined length of up to 400 lines. Prize: $1,000, public reading, VIP Festival pass ($500 value) at 27th annual Festival (March 20-24, 2013), and publication. Judge: Ava Leavell Hayman. Deadline: August 15, 2012. $20 entry fee. Poetry Contest, 938 Lafayette Street, Suite 514, New Orleans, LA 70113. Guidelines and online submission: www.tennessewilliams.net/contests.

 

Memoir. Poetry, Prose, Graphic Memoir, Photography. No Fee. 5/1 - 8/16/12

 

Black Lawrence Press. Poetry, Fiction. $25. 8/31 (annual) [book]

 

Bona Fide Books. Poetry. $20. 6/1 - 8/31 (annual) [book]

 

Dream Horse Press. Poetry. $25. 8/31 (annual) [book]

 

Gemini Magazine. Flash Fiction. $4. 8/31 (annual)

 

Glimmer Train. Short Story. $15. 8/1 - 8/31 (annual)

 

Graywolf Press. Nonfiction. No Fee. 8/1 - 8/31/12 [book]

 

Gulf Coast. Prose Poetry, Short Story, Micro-Essay. $15 (postal), $18 (online). 8/31 (annual)

 

Off the Grid Press. Poetry. $25. 8/31 (annual) [book] [*for poets over 60*]

 

Red Hen Press. Poetry. $25. 8/31 (annual)

 

A Room of Her Own. Poetry. $20. 8/31 (annual)

 

Snake Nation Press. Poetry, Novella, Short Stories. $25. 8/31 (annual)

 

WOW! Women On Writing. Flash Fiction. $10. 8/31 (annual)

 

September Deadline

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Black Warrior Review. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $15. 9/1 (annual)

 

Encircle Publications. Poetry. $15. 9/1 (annual) [chap]

 

Naugatuck River Review. Narrative Poetry. $20. 9/1 (annual)

 

Other Voices. Nonfiction. $25. 9/1 (annual)

 

Shakespeare & Co/de Groot Foundation. Novella. 50€. 9/1/12

 

University of Notre Dame Creative Writing Program. Poetry. $15. 5/1 - 9/1/12 [book]

 

3-Day Novel Contest. Fiction. $50. 9/1 - 9/3/12 [book]

 

Bloodroot. Poetry. $15. 9/15 (annual)

 

Farmingdale State College. Poetry. $25. 9/15 (annual postmark)

 

The Greensboro Review. Poetry, Fiction. $14. 9/15 (annual postmark)

 

Literal Latte. Essay. $10. 9/15 (annual)

 

Robert Frost Foundation. Poetry. $10. 3/1 - 9/15 (annual)

 

Texas Review Press. Fiction. $20. 9/15 (annual) [book]

 

Toasted Cheese. Fiction. No Fee. 9/23/12

 

Birmingham-Southern College. Novel. $30. 9/30 (annual) [book]

 

California State University. Poetry. $25. 9/30 (annual) [book]

 

The Chariton Review. Short Fiction. $20. 9/30 (annual)

 

The Comstock Review. Poetry. $25. 8/1/13 - 9/30/13 (postmark) [chap]

 

Glimmer Train. Fiction. $18. 9/1 - 9/30 (annual)

 

Lee & Low Books. Children's Picture Book. No Fee. 5/1 - 9/30 (annual) [book]

 

The New Criterion. Poetry. $25. 9/30 (annual)

 

New Issues Poetry & Prose. Poetry. $20. 9/30 (annual) [book]

 

Ohio State University Press/The Journal. Poetry. $25. 9/1 - 9/30 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Poetry Quarterly. Poetry. $10. 9/30/12

 

Red Hen Press/Los Angeles Review. Poetry. $20. 9/30 (annual)

 

The Review of English Studies. Essay. No Fee. 9/30 (annual)

 

The Southwest Review. Poetry. $5. 9/30 (annual postmark)

 

Standing Rock Cultural Arts. Poetry. $8. 7/1 - 9/30 (annual postmark) [chap]

 

University of Iowa Press. Short Fiction. No Fee. 8/1 - 9/30 (annual) [book]

 

University of Massachusetts Press. $25. Poetry, Fiction. 8/1 - 9/30 (annual) [book]

 

University of Wisconsin Press. Poetry. $25. 9/1 - 9/30 (annual) [book]

 

Utah State University Press. Poetry. $25. 9/30/12 (postmark) [book]

 

October Deadline

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Alice James Books. Poetry. $28. 10/1 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Alligator Juniper. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $15. 8/15 - 10/1 (annual postmark)

 

American Literary Review. Poetry, Fiction, Essay. $15. 6/1 - 10/1 (annual)

 

Boston Review. Short Story. $20. 10/1 (annual postmark)

 

Caketrain. Poetry. $15. 10/1 (annual) [chap]

 

CityLit. Poetry. $20. 10/1 (annual) [chap]

 

Journal of Renga & Renku. Renku. No Fee. 10/1 (annual)

 

Miami University Press. Novella. $25. 8/1 - 10/1 (annual postmark) [book]

 

The Missouri Review. Poetry, Fiction, Essay. $20. 10/1 (annual)

 

Other Voices. Poetry. $25. 10/1 (annual)

 

Pleiades. Poetry. $20. 10/1 (annual) [book]

 

Prole. Fiction, Nonfiction. £4. 10/1/12

 

RHINO. Poetry. $10. 6/1 - 10/1 (annual postmark)

 

Southeast Missouri State University Press. Poetry. $15. 10/1 (annual) [chap]

Copperdome Poetry Chapbook Award

Winner receives $300, 25 copies. Send 20 to 32 pages and cover sheet with title and author info. $15 fee includes copy of winning chapbook. Deadline Oct. 1, 2012. Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650 One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. More at www6.semo.edu/universitypress

 

Southeast Missouri State University Press. Short Story, Flash Fiction. $15. 10/1 (annual)

Mighty River Short Story Contest

Deadline: Oct. 1, 2012. $500, publication in Big Muddy. Best short story. $15 fee includes copy of Big Muddy with winning story. MRSS Contest, Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650 One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. www6.semo.edu/universitypress/mrss

Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest

Deadline: Oct. 1, 2012. $300, publication in Big Muddy. Best short-short story, 500 words or less. $10 fee includes copy of Big Muddy with winning story. Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest, Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650 One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. www6.semo.edu/universitypress/hearne

 

Southern Indiana Review. Fiction. $20. 10/1 (annual)

 

CUTTHROAT. Poetry, Fiction. $15. 7/15 - 10/10 (annual)

 

Indiana Review. Fiction. $15. 10/15 (annual postmark)

 

Longwood University/Briery Creek Press. 10-Minute Play. No Fee. 9/15 - 10/15 (annual)

 

Ruminate. Short Story. $15. 10/15 (annual)

 

Silverfish Review Press. Poetry. $20. 10/15 (annual) [book]

 

So to Speak. Poetry, Nonfiction. $15. 10/15 (annual)

 

Sunken Garden Poetry & Music Festival. Poetry. 7/15 - 10/15. $25. (annual) [chap]

 

Texas Review Press. Novella. $20. 10/15 (annual) [book]

 

Women Poets at Barnard College. Poetry. $20. 8/1 - 10/15/12 [book]

 

The American Poetry Review. Poetry. $25. 8/1 - 10/31 (annual) [book]

 

Black Lawrence Press. Poetry, Short Stories. $15. 10/31 (annual) [chap]

 

Elixir Press. Poetry. $30. 8/1 - 10/31 (annual) [book]

 

Glimmer Train. Family Stories. $15. 10/1 - 10/31 (annual)

 

Glimmer Train. Short Stories. No Fee. 10/1 - 10/31 (annual)

 

Inkwell. Short Fiction. $15. 8/1 - 10/31 (annual)

 

The Ledge. Poetry. $18. 10/31 (annual postmark) [chap]

 

the new renaissance. Fiction. $11.50 (subscribers), $16.50 (non-subscribers). 9/1 - 10/31 (annual)

 

North American Review. Poetry. $25. 10/31 (annual postmark)

 

Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Poetry. $25. 10/31 (annual) [book]

 

Persea Books. Poetry. $25. 9/1 - 10/31 (annual postmark)

 

Tebot Bach. Poetry. $25. 10/31 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Truman State University Press. Poetry. $25. 10/31 (annual) [book]

 

University of Arkansas Press. Poetry. $25. 9/1 - 10/31 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Wick Poetry Center. Poetry. $15. 8/31 - 10/31 (annual postmark) [chap]

[*Ohio poets only*]

 

November Deadline

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Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $10. 9/15 - 11/1 (annual) [book]

 

The Briar Cliff Review. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $20. 11/1 (annual)

 

Brick Road Poetry Press. Poetry. $25. 8/1 - 11/1 (annual) [book]

 

Coal Hill Review. Poetry Chapbook. $20. 8/1 - 11/1 (annual) [chap]

 

Fiction Collective 2. Innovative Fiction. $25. 8/15 - 11/1 (annual) [book]

 

The Malahat Review. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $35 CAD, $40 USD, $45 USD International. 11/1 (annual postmark)

 

New Rivers Press. Poetry, Prose. $20. 9/15 - 11/1 (annual) [book]

 

Reed Magazine. Poetry, Short Stories. $15. 11/1 (annual)

 

Smartish Pace. Poetry. $5. 11/1 (annual)

 

Southeast Missouri State University Press. Novel. $25. 11/1 (annual postmark)

Nilsen Prize for a First Novel

Winner receives $1,000, publication, distribution. Authors must not have previously published a full-length fiction book. Postmark by November 1, 2012; $25 fee. Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650 One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Full guidelines at www6.semo.edu/universitypress/nilsennovel.htm

 

Sow's Ear Poetry Review. Poetry. $27. 9/1 - 11/1 (annual postmark)

 

Split This Rock Poetry Festival. Poetry of Provocation & Witness. $20. 11/1 (annual postmark)

 

Sycamore Review. Nonfiction. $15. 11/1/12

 

The Tampa Review. Fiction. $15. 11/1 (annual)

 

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Lit Fest. One-Act Play. $25. 11/1 (annual)

 

Benu Press. Nonfiction. $15. 11/11 (annual) [book]

 

Broad River Review. Poetry, Fiction. Fee TBA. 8/1 - 11/15/12

 

Compass Rose. Poetry [even years], Flash Fiction [odd years]. $5. 8/1 - 11/15 (annual)

 

Harpur Palate. Poetry. $15. 9/1 - 11/15 (annual postmark)

 

Hollins University. Poetry. No Fee. 11/15 (annual)

 

Measure/The Formalist. Sonnet. $3. 11/15 (annual)

 

Nightboat Books. Poetry. $25. 9/1 - 11/15 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Perugia Press. Poetry. $25. 8/1 - 11/15 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Lit Fest. Fiction. $25. 11/15 (annual postmark)

 

University of North Texas Press. Poetry. $25. 11/15 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Yale University Press. Poetry. $20. 10/1 - 11/15 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Yemassee. Short Fiction. $10. 11/15 (annual)

 

Crab Orchard Review/Southern Illinois University Press. Poetry. $25. 10/1 - 11/16 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Bacopa. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $11. 9/1 - 11/30 (annual)

 

Bear Star Press. Poetry. $20. 9/1 - 11/30 (annual) [book]

 

BOA Editions. Poetry. $25. 8/1 - 11/30 (annual) [book]

 

Cider Press Review. Poetry. $25. 9/1 - 11/30 (annual) [book]

 

Concrete Wolf. Poetry. $20. 11/30 (annual) [chap]

 

Fish Publishing. Short Story. $26. 8/1 - 11/30 (annual)

 

Glimmer Train. Short Story. $15. 11/1 - 11/30 (annual)

 

Hackney Literary Awards. Poetry ($15), Fiction ($20). 11/30 (annual)

 

The Kenyon Review. High School Poetry. No Fee. 11/1 - 11/30 (annual)

 

New Issues Poetry & Prose. Poetry. $15. 11/30 (annual) [book]

 

Poems & Plays. Poetry, Drama. $15. 10/1 - 11/30 (annual) [chap]

 

Prairie Fire. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $32. 11/30 (annual)

 

PRISM International. Nonfiction. $28. 11/30 (annual postmark)

 

A River & Sound Review. Poetry, Fiction. $10. 8/1 - 11/30 (annual)

 

SLAB. Poetry. $10. 11/30 (annual)

 

White Pine Press. Poetry. $20. 7/1 - 11/30 (annual) [book]

 

WOW! Women On Writing. Flash Fiction. $10. 11/30 (annual)

 

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Academy of American Poets. Poetry. $25. 9/15 - 12/1/11 [book]

 

Alice James Books. Poetry. $25 [postal]; $28 [online]. 12/1 (annual) [book]

 

Alligator Juniper. Photography. $20. 8/15 - 12/1 (annual)

 

Blue Earth Review. Flash Fiction ($5), Cover Photo (No Fee). 9/1 - 12/1 (annual)

 

The Center for Book Arts. Poetry Chapbook. $25. 12/1 (annual) [chap]

 

The Fiddlehead. Poetry, Fiction. $30 [Canada], $36 [US/international]. 12/1 (annual postmark)

 

Five Points. Poetry. $20. 9/1 - 12/1 (annual postmark)

 

Quarter After Eight. Short Prose. $15. 12/1 (annual)

 

Rose Metal Press. Flash Fiction, Nonfiction. $10. 11/1 - 12/1 (annual) [chap]

 

Sarabande Books. Undergraduate Poetry. No Fee. 10/1 - 12/1 (annual)

 

Slipstream. Poetry. $20. 12/1 (annual) [chap]

 

Waywiser Press. Poetry. $25 [postal], $27 [online]. 12/1 (annual) [book]

 

Hunger Mountain. Poetry. $20. 12/10 (annual postmark)

 

Anderbo. Poetry. $10. 12/15 (annual)

 

Gival Press. Poetry. $20. 12/15 (annual) [book]

 

Toasted Cheese Fiction. No Fee. 12/21 +/- (annual)

 

Poetry Society of America. Poetry. $12. 10/1 - 12/22 (annual postmark) [chap]

 

The Adirondack Review. Poetry. $5. 12/31 (annual)

 

All Nation Press. Nonfiction. $20. 12/31 (annual) [chap]

 

Basalt. Poetry. $10. 10/1 - 12/31 (annual postmark)

 

Bateau Press. Poetry Chapbook. $12. 9/15 - 12/31 (annual postmark) [chap]

 

Bayou. Poetry, Fiction. $10 [poetry]; $15 [fiction]. 10/1 - 12/31 (annual postmark)

 

Blue Mesa Review. Poetry, Fiction. $17. 12/31 (annual)

 

Boulevard. Fiction. $15. 12/31 (annual postmark)

 

Burnside Review, Fiction. $15. 9/15 - 12/31 (annual postmark) [chap]

 

Cream City Review. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $15. 12/31 (annual)

 

Dzanc Books. Short Story Collection. $20. 12/31 (annual) [book]

 

Freefall. Poetry. Fiction. $20. 12/31 (annual)

 

Glimmer Train. Fiction. $18. 12/1 - 12/31 (annual)

 

Livingston Press. Fiction. $15. 12/31 (annual postmark)

 

Moment. Short Fiction. $15. 12/31 (annual postmark)

 

Omnidawn. Poetry. $25. 11/1 - 12/31/12 [book]

 

Pavement Saw Press. Poetry. $18 [postal]; $21 [electronic]. 12/31 (annual postmark) [chap]

 

River Styx. Micro-fiction. $20. 12/31 (annual)

 

The Tampa Review. Poetry. $25. 12/31 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Tupelo Press. Poetry. $28. 9/1 - 12/31 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Wings Press. Poetry. $15. 10/1/12 - 12/31/12 [chap]

 

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Transitions Abroad. Travel Narrative. No Fee. 7/15 - 1/5 (annual)

 

Colorado Review. Poetry. $25. 1/14 (annual) [book]

 

Asheville Poetry Review. Poetry. $20. 1/15 (annual postmark)

 

BkMK Press. Poetry, Fiction. $25. 1/15 (annual) [book]

 

Crazyhorse. Poetry, Fiction. $16. 1/15 (annual)

 

Literal Latte. Fiction. $10. 1/15 (annual)

 

Third Coast. Poetry, Fiction. $16. 1/15 (annual postmark)

 

The Connecticut Poetry Society. Poetry. $10. 12/1 - 1/30 (annual postmark)

 

The Adirondack Review. Photography. $5. 1/31 (annual)

 

Black Lawrence Press. Fiction. $25. 1/31 (annual) [book]

 

Chattahoochee Review. Nonfiction. 10/1 - 1/31 (annual postmark)

 

Glimmer Train. Very Short Fiction. $15. 1/1 - 1/31 (annual)

 

The Iowa Review. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $20. 1/1 - 1/31 (annual postmark)

 

Literal Latte. Food Poetry. $15. 1/31 (annual)

 

Main Street Rag. Poetry. $22. 1/31 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Ohio State University Press. Short Fiction. $20. 1/1 - 1/31 (annual) [book]

 

A Room of Her Own. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $15. 1/31 (annual)

 

University of New Orleans. Poetry, Prose. $28. 1/31 (annual)

 

February Deadline

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Arc. Poetry. $32 CAD. 2/1 (annual postmark)

 

Columbia. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $14. 2/1 (annual)

 

The Madison Review. Poetry, Fiction. $10. 12/1 - 2/1 (annual)

 

Malahat Review. Long Poem. $35 CAD, $40 USD, $45 USD International. 2/1/13

 

Malahat Review. Novella. $35 CAD, $40 USD, $45 USD International. 2/1/14

 

Able Muse. Poetry, Flash Fiction. $15. 2/15 (annual)

 

The Aurorean. Undergraduate/Graduate Haiku. No Fee. 2/15 (annual)

 

Converse College Creative Writing Program. Poetry. $15. 2/15 (annual)

 

CSU Poetry Center. Poetry. $25. 11/1 - 2/15 (annual) [book]

 

National Poetry Series. Poetry. $30. 1/1 - 2/15 (annual) [book]

 

Finishing Line Press. Poetry Chapbook. $15. 2/15 (annual)

 

Sarabande Books. Poetry, Short Fiction. $25. 1/1 - 2/15 (annual) [book]

 

Transitions Abroad. Essay. No Fee. 4/1 - 2/15 (annual)

 

Fence Books. Poetry. $28. 2/1 - 2/28 (annual) [book]

 

Fourth Genre. Essay. $15. 1/5 - 2/28 (annual postmark)

 

Glimmer Train. Short Story. $15. 2/1 - 2/28 (annual)

 

The Kenyon Review. Short Fiction. No Fee. 2/1 - 2/28 (annual)

 

The Ledge. Fiction. $12. 2/28 (annual)

 

WOW! Women On Writing. Flash Fiction. $10. 2/28 (annual)

 

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42 Miles Press. Poetry. $25. 3/1 (annual) [book]

 

Ahsahta Press. Poetry. $25. 1/1 - 3/1 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Atlanta Review. Poetry. $5. 3/1 (annual postmark)

 

Common Ground Review. Poetry. $15. 3/1 (annual)

 

Plan B Press. Poetry. $15. 3/1 (annual) [chap]

 

St. Petersburg Review. Poetry. $20. 3/1 (annual postmark)

 

Stonybrook Southampton. Short Fiction. No Fee. 3/1 (annual postmark)

 

University of Iowa School of Social Work. Poetry. No Fee. 3/1/13

The University of Iowa School of Social Work, announces the first annual National Poetry Contest for Social Workers. Social work students, faculty, or alumnus from an accredited social work program may participate. The deadline for submission is March 1, 2013. There is no cost to enter the contest. One submission per social worker is allowed. The top three submissions will be awarded cash prizes and all submissions will be published in a chapbook. For more information or to submit a poem online, go to www.uiowa.edu/~socialwk/creativewriting/

 

Wilkes University. Fiction. $25. 3/1 (annual) [book]

 

Modern Haiku. Haiku. No Fee. 3/13 (annual)

 

Bellday Books. Poetry. $25. 3/15 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Bellingham Review. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $20. 3/15 (annual postmark)

 

Carolina Wren Press. Poetry. $20. 1/1 - 3/15/13 (postmark) [book]

 

Carolina Wren Press. Fiction, Nonfiction. $20. 1/1 - 3/15/14 (postmark) [book]

 

The Claremont Review. Poetry, Fiction. $20. 3/15 (annual)

 

Gulf Coast. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $23. 3/15 (annual postmark)

 

The Pinch. Poetry, Fiction. $20. 3/15 (annual deadline)

 

Prairie Schooner. Poetry, Fiction. $25. 1/15 - 3/15 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Puerto del Sol. Poetry, Fiction, $15. 3/15 (annual)

 

Sarah Lawrence Language Exchange. Poetry. $25. 3/15 (annual)

 

Slope Editions. Poetry. $20. 3/15 (annual) [book]

 

So To Speak. Short Fiction. $15. 3/15 (annual)

 

Tusculum Review. Poetry, Fiction. $15. 3/15 (annual postmark)

 

Willow Springs. Fiction. $15. 3/15 (annual)

 

Arts & Letters. Poetry, Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction. $15. 3/18 (annual postmark)

 

Fish Publishing. Flash Fiction. €14 [online]; €16 [postal]. 3/20  (annual)

 

Toasted Cheese. Fiction. No Fee. 3/24/13

 

The New Quarterly. Personal Essay. $40. 3/28 (annual postmark)

 

Diagram. Poetry, Prose. $17. 3/30/12 [chap]

 

Diagram. Innovative Fiction. $15. 3/30/12

 

Fish Publishing. Poetry. €14 [online]; €16 [postal]. 3/30 (annual)

 

Able Muse. Poetry. $25. 3/31 (annual) [book]

 

Black Lawrence Press. Poetry, Fiction. $25. 3/31 (annual) [book]

 

Elixir Press. Poetry. $25. 1/1 - 3/31 (annual) [book]

 

Four Way Books. Poetry. $25. 1/1 - 3/31 (annual) [book]

 

Gemini Magazine. Fiction. $4. 3/31 (annual postmark)

 

Glimmer Train. Fiction. $18. 3/1 - 3/31 (annual)

 

Midwest Writing Center. Poetry. $10. 1/1 - 3/31 (annual)

 

Press 53. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Novella. $15, $25 (novella). 3/31 (annual)

 

Shenandoah. Short Short Story. No Fee. 3/1 - 3/31 (annual postmark)

 

University of Utah Press. Poetry. $25. 2/1 - 3/31/12 (postmark) [book]

 

Word Works. High School Poetry. No Fee. 1/1 - 3/31 (annual)

 

Writercorner Press. Poetry. $5. 10/1 - 3/31 (annual postmark)

 

Yemassee Journal. Poetry. $10. 3/31 (annual)

 

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Grain Magazine. Poetry, Short Fiction. $35 CAD, $35 USD. 4/1 (annual postmark)

 

PCCC Poetry Center. Poetry. $18. 4/1 (annual postmark)

 

Carlow University Creative Writing Program. Poetry. $20. 4/2/12 (postmark)

 

Ploughshares. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $20. 2/1 - 4/1 (annual)

 

Saturnalia. Poetry. $25. 3/1 - 4/1 (annual postmark) [book]

 

Solstice. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $15. 4/5 (annual)

 

Event. Nonfiction. $34.95. 4/15 (annual postmark)

 

Harpur Palate. Fiction. $15. 1/1 - 4/15 (annual)

 

Spoon River Poetry Review. Poetry. $20. 4/15 (annual)

 

Copper Nickel. Poetry, Fiction. $15. 2/21 - 4/21/12

 

The Ashland Poetry Press. Poetry. $25. 4/30 (annual) [book]

 

Canadian Writer's Journal. Short Fiction. $5. 4/30 (annual postmark)

 

Cave Canem. Poetry. $15. 3/15 - 4/30 (annual) [book]

 

Cloudbank. Poetry, Prose. $15. 4/30/12

 

Glimmer Train. Family Stories. $15. 4/1 - 4/30 (annual)

 

The Ledge. Poetry. $10. 4/30 (annual)

 

Longleaf Press. Poetry. $20. 4/30/12 (postmark) [chap]

 

Marsh Hawk Press. Poetry. $20. 4/30 (annual) [book]

 

Nimrod. Poetry, Fiction. $20. 1/1 - 4/30 (annual postmark)

 

Sacramento Poetry Center. Poetry. $20. 1/1 - 4/30/12 (postmark)

 

Tebot Bach. Poetry. $15. 4/30/12 [chap]

 

University of Iowa Press. Poetry. $20. 4/1 - 4/30 (annual postmark) [book]

 

University of Pittsburgh Press. Poetry. $25. 3/1 - 4/30 (annual postmark) [book]

 

WORK. Essay. $15. 4/30/12

 

Writecorner Press. Fiction. $15. 10/1 - 4/30 (annual postmark)

 

The Writer. Short Story. $10. 4/30 (annual)

 

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Milkweed Editions. Fiction, Children's Literature. No Fee. [book]

 

Zone 3. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $10