59 Submission Opportunities including calls for submissions, writing contests, and book prizes.
April will be half over with next week. We are still waiting for gentle spring showers to help the flowers grow, instead we had snow and wintry mixes. A great excuse to curl up with a book and a blanket…or perhaps your laptop to keep working on those submission goals. NewPages is here to help you meet them with our weekly roundup of submission opportunities.
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Calls for Submissions
Don’t forget to check out our Guide to Submission Opportunities where you can get more information about these calls for submissions. And if you have young writers from elementary to high school age, don’t forget to check out the Young Writers Guide.
Blink-Ink. Issue 60: Seeds. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: April 15, 2025.
Kerouac Project Writers Residency. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays. $50 fee. Selected writers stay free with utilities covered and receive $600 stipend for food and supplies. Application Deadline: April 28, 2025.
From the Desk of Amy Suto. Writing Pitch: Your Poem on Creative Courage. Poetry. No fee. Payment: $500. Deadline: April 30, 2025. *Please note that you are to send a pitch, not the poem itself.*
The Hamilton Stone Review. Issue #52. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: April 30, 2025 (issue may close early if it fills).
Konsume Media. Konsume Magazine Relaunch. Nonfiction, journalism, interviews. No fee. Deadline: April 30, 2025.
Light Magazine. Issue 5. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, graphic narratives, art, photography. No fee general submissions. Deadline: May 1, 2025.
Megacity Review. Volume 2. Fiction, nonfiction, art, photography. $10 fee. Payment: Selected contributors can be awarded up to $1,000. Deadline: May 1, 2025.
Oyster River Pages. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, translations, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: May 1, 2025.
RABBLE REVIEW. Issue 9. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, graphic narratives, reviews, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: May 4, 2025.
Heron Tree. Found poetry. No fee. Deadline: May 15, 2025.
Magazine1. Issue 4. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, screenplays, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee ($5 tip jar option available). Payment: $40 Bookstore Gift Card. Deadline: May 24, 2025.
Black Fox Literary Magazine. Summer 2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: May 31, 2025.
Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. AMPLIFY — An Anthology by Black Poets, Indigenous Poets, and Other Poets of Color. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: May 31, 2025.
Red Shoe Press. 2026 Oregon Poetry Contest: The Water Around Us. Poetry. No Fee. Deadline: May 31, 2025. *Open to residents of Oregon.*
Superpresent. Movement-themed Issue. fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: June 1, 2025.
Gold Man Review. Issue 15. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: June 15, 2025. *Must reside in Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, California, and Washington.*
Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore. Open Submission Period. Nonfiction, interviews, reviews. No fee. Deadline: June 15, 2025.
#Ranger. Issue 11. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry cross-genre, art, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: July 15, 2025.
DuFrank Lit. Fiction. No fee. Submissions reopen July 1. Deadline: September 30, 2025.
Kings River Review. Fall 2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, translations, art. No fee. Deadline: October 15, 2025. *Must be a 2-year college student.*
Blue Mountain Review. Prose, poetry, music, visual art. $5 fee. Deadline: Year-round.
The Capra Review. Fiction, nonfiction, cross-genre, art, photography, video. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.
Changing Skies. Creative nonfiction, poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.
Decolonial Passage. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.
Driftwood Press. Fiction, poetry, comics, visual art, novellas, poetry collections, comic collections, graphic novels. Fees vary. Paying market. Deadline: Year-round.
Fahmidan Journal. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Payment: $15. Deadline: Year-round.
Feels Blind Literary. Fiction, nonfiction, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography. $3 fee (free submissions on Monday). Deadline: Rolling.
Hindsight Journal. Art, photography, creative nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.
Jewish Fiction (formerly Jewish Fiction .net). Fiction, translation. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.
Kaleidoscope. Articles, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, book reviews, visual art. No fee. Payment: $10-$100. Deadline: Year-round.
New Verse News. Current events poetry. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.
Palooka. Chapbook manuscripts, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, photography, graphic narratives, comic strips. $3 fee (magazine submissions); $8 fee (chapbook submissions). Payment: Copies. Deadline: Year-round.
Philly Poetry Chapbook Review. Poetry book/chapbook excerpts, interviews, reviews. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.
Writing Contests
If you’d like a little more information on several of the contests below, don’t forget to follow our Guide to Submission Opportunities throughout the week. Find even more contests in our vetted Big List of Writing Contests. NewPages also vets and curates a list of contests for elementary through high school aged writers in our Young Writers Guide.
Epiphany. Breakout! Prize. Poetry, prose. Prize/genre: $1,000, publication, 1-year subscription to Epiphany. Deadline: April 15, 2025. *Open to college and graduate students only.*
The Missouri Review. 5th Annual Perkoff Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $15 fee (includes 1-year digital subscription). Prize/genre: $1,000 and publication. Extended Deadline: April 15, 2025.
Passager. Poetry Contest. Poetry. $20 fee. Prize: $1,000, interview, publication of multiple poems. Deadline: April 30, 2025.
Sunspot Lit. Goldilocks Zone. Shorty story, novel or novella excerpt, essay, art, graphic novel, poetry. Entry fee: $5. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: April 30, 2025.
Ashland Poetry Press. 2025 Richard Snyder Memorial Book Prize. Poetry. $27 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Deadline: May 1, 2025.
Light Magazine. Issue 5. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, graphic narratives, art, photography. $5 fee. First Prize/category: $500 and publication. Deadline: May 1, 2025.
Press Pause Press. 2025 Beautiful Pause Prize. Poetry collections. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and print publication. Deadline: May 1, 2025.
Willow Springs Books. Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $2,000 and book publication. Extended Deadline: May 1, 2025.
Winning Writers. Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest. Fiction, nonfiction. $25 fee. Grand Prize/genre: $3,500 and online publication. Deadline: May 1, 2025.
Santa Clara Review. Flash Takes Flight. Fiction, nonfiction. $10 fee. Prize: $200 and publication. Deadline: May 2, 2025.
Ploughshares. Emerging Writers Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $30 fee includes 1-year subscription (free for current subscribers). Prize/genre: $2,000, publication, and conversation with Aevitas Creative Management. Judges: R. O. Kwon, Joshua Bennett, Elisa Gabbert. Deadline: May 15, 2025.
New Letters. Conger Beasley Jr. Award. Nonfiction. $24 fee. Prize: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 20, 2025.
New Letters. Patricia Cleary Miller Award. Poetry. $24 fee. Prize: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 20, 2025.
New Letters. Robert Day Award. Fiction. $24 fee. Prize: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 20, 2025.
Livingston Press. Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse. Fiction. No fee. Prize: $500, book publication, and copies. Deadline: May 25, 2025.
Baltimore Review. Summer Contest. Flash fiction, flash nonfiction, prose poetry. $8 fee. Prize/category: $400 and publication. Judge: Pamela Painter. Deadline: May 31, 2025.
What Book Press. Gronk Nicandro First Book Prize. Fiction, nonfiction. $25 fee. Prize: $500, publication, and 50 copies. Deadline: May 31, 2025.
Black Fox Literary Magazine. Spring Fox Tales Prize: Mixed Messages. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $12 fee. Prize: $325 and print publication. Deadline: June 1, 2025.
L’Esprit Literary Review. 2025 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose. Fiction, nonfiction, cross-genre. $10 fee (standard submission); $15 fee (expedited response). Grand Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: June 8, 2025.
Bellevue Literary Review. The Felice Buckvar Prize. Nonfiction. $20 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Judge: Nicole Chung. Deadline: July 1, 2025.
Bellevue Literary Review. The Goldenberg Prize. Fiction. $20 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Judge: Joan Silber. Deadline: July 1, 2025.
Bellevue Literary Review. The John & Eileen Allman Prize. Poetry. $20 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Judge: Joan Silber. Deadline: July 1, 2025.
Orison Books. 2025 Orison Chapbook Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama. $15 fee. Prize: $300 and chapbook publication. Deadline: July 1, 2025.
Driftwood Press. Adrift Chapbook Contest. Poetry. $25 fee. First Prize: $750, publication, 20 author copies. Judge: Matthew Olzmann. Deadline: July 15, 2025.
Driftwood Press. Adrift Short Story Contest. Fiction. $30 fee. First Prize: $500, publication, 5 anthology copies. Judge: Kelly Link. Deadline: July 15, 2025.
Western Connecticut State University MFA. 2025 Housatonic Book Awards. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $25 fee + processing. Prize/genre: $1,000 honorarium & $500 travel stipend. Deadline: July 18, 2025.
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