March 31, 2023 Submission Roundup

55+ Submission Opportunities including calls for submissions, writing contests, and book prizes.

It’s officially the last of March in 2023. With the end of a month and the start of a new one, that means old opportunities are gone and fresh ones have arrived. There are tons of March 31 deadlines below, so let’s dive into our weekly roundup of submission opportunities before it’s too late.

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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.

Barrow Street. Poetry. $3 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Club Plum. April 2023 Issue. Prose poetry, flash fiction, flash nonfiction, lyric essays, dreamy art. No fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Long Hauler Publishing. Long COVID Anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Rockvale Review. Issue 10. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Sky Island Journal. Issue 24. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations. $4.99 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Split Rock Review. Issue 20. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, reviews, interviews. 200 free submissions available. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Sunspot Lit. Flash, poetry, graphic novel, art. $5 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Sunspot Lit. Short stories, nonfiction, graphic novel. $6.50 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Clinch—A Martial Arts Literary Magazine. Issue 3. No fee. Payment: $15. Deadline: April 1, 2023.

Book of Matches. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations. No fee. Deadline: April 7, 2023.

About Place Journal. On Rivers themed issue. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, screenplays, cross-genre, comics, reviews, interviews, translations, audio, video, photography, art. No fee. Deadline: April 15, 2023.

Blink-Ink. Waiting for a Friend. Fiction, nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: April 15, 2023.

Consequence. Volume 15.2. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, translations, interviews. No fee. Paying market. Deadline: April 15, 2023.

Wholeness: A Wising Up Anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: April 15, 2023.

Cloudbank. General Submissions. Fiction, poetry. No fee (postal); $3 fee (electronic). Deadline: April 30, 2023.

Anther. Fiction, poetry, art, photography, reviews, interviews, videos. No fee. Deadline: May 1, 2023.

LIGHT. Issue 2. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: May 1, 2023.

Nzuri. Spring 2023 issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, interviews, audio, video, digital storytelling. No fee. Deadline: May 10, 2023.

Speckled Trout Review. Spring 2023 Issue. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: May 10, 2023 (or until filled).

Minerva Rising. Issue 23 – Subversion. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, cross-genre. $15 fee. Deadline: May 15, 2023.

Gold Man Review. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: June 16, 2023. *West-coast based writers only.*

Able Muse. Winter 2023/2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, translations, reviews, interviews. No fee. Deadline: July 15, 2023.

Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore. Creative nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: April 15 – June 15, 2023.

Kings River Review. Fall 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, art, translations. No fee. Deadline: October 15, 2023. *2-year community college students only*

Awakenings Review. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography. No fee. Deadline: Year-round. *Must have personal connection to mental illness*

Blue Mountain Review. Prose, poetry, music, visual art. $5 fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Decolonial Passage. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Delve Books. Full-length nonfiction manuscripts. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.

New Verse News. Current event 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.

Plant-Human Quarterly. Nonfiction, poetry, translations. 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.

Able Muse Press. Book Award. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $,1000 and book publication. Final judge: David Yezzi. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Cleaver. Form & Form-Breaking Poetry Contest. Poetry. $15 fee. First Prize: $500 and publication. Judge: Diane Seuss. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Fall for the Book. New American Voices Award for Immigrant Writers. Published books of fiction and nonfiction. $20 fee. Grand Prize: $5,000. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Gemini Magazine. 14th annual Short Story Contest. Fiction. $8 fee. First Prize: $1,000 and publication. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Nervous Ghost Press. Book Prizes for Poetry & Prose. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays. No fee. Prize: $1,000, book publication, author copies, California reading tour. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Prime Number Magazine. 2023 Awards. Fiction, poetry. $15 fee. First Prize/genre: $1,000 and publication. Judges: Felicia Mitchell, Dennis McFadden. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Sand Hills Literary Magazine. National Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre. $12 fee. Prize: $250/category. Judges: Latria Graham, Ashley Jones. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

Sunspot Lit. Geminga 2023. Tiny fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, graphic novels. $10 fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: March 31, 2023.

The Headlight Review. Anthony Grooms Prize in Short Fiction. Fiction. $12 fee. Prize: $250 and 25 free copies of their story. Deadline: April 1, 2023.

Nimrod. 2023 Literary Awards. Fiction, poetry, $20 fee (postal), $23 fee (online). First Prize: $1,000 and publication per genre. Deadline: April 1, 2023.

Orison Books. 2023 Orison Prizes. Fiction, poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,500 and book publication per genre. Judges: Pádraig Ó Tuama & David Heska Wanbli Weiden. Deadline: April 1, 2023.

The Missouri Review. 2023 Perkoff Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Fee varies. Prize: $1,000 and publication per genre. Extended Deadline: April 2, 2023.

First Pages Prize 2023. Fiction, nonfiction. $20 fee ($35 for extended deadline). First Prize: $2,000/genre, tailored edit up to 100 pages, consultation with an agent. Deadline: March 1 to April 10, 2023 (April 24 extended). *Open to unagented writers only.*

Narratively. Inaugural Profile Prize. Nonfiction. $20 fee. Grand Prize: $3,000. Guest judges: Gay Talese, Lisa Lucas, Rebecca Traister. Deadline: April 14, 2023.

University of Utah Press. Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Judge: Joan Naviyuk Kane. Deadline: April 15, 2023.

Barrow Street Press. 2023 Prose Book Contest. Nonfiction. $30 fee. Prize: $1,500 and book publication in 2024. Judge: Mary Cappello. Deadline: April 30, 2023.

Inlandia Institute. Hillary Gravendyk Prize. Poetry. $20 fee. Prize: Two prizes of $1,000, book publication, and 20 author copies. Judges: Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Megan Gravendyk Estrella. Deadline: April 30, 2023.

The Society of Classical Poets. Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition. Poetry. No fee. First Prize: $500. Deadline: April 30, 2023.

The Sunlight Press. 2023 Spring Flash Fiction Contest. Fiction. No fee. Grand Prize: $750 and publication. Deadline: May 1, 2023.

Bass Clef Books. Inaugural George Drew Sophomore Chapbook Contest. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500, publication, and 12 author copies. Deadline: May 15, 2023.

New Letters. 2023 Literary Awards. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $24 fee. Prize/genre: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 22, 2023.

Autumn House Press. Full-length Prizes. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $30 fee. Prize/genre: $1,000 honorarium, $1,500 travel/publicity grant, and book publication. Judges: Toi Derricotte, Pam Houston, Jenny Boully. Deadline: May 31, 2023.

Baltimore Review. Summer Contest: 1,000 Words or Less. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $8 fee. Prize: $300/category and publication. Final judge: Kelly Weber. Deadline: May 31, 2023.

Grist. Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction Contest. Fiction. No fee. First Prize: $3,000 and publication. Judges: Paolo Bacigalupi, Nalo Hopkinson, Sam J. Miller. Deadline: June 13, 2023.

The MacGuffin. Poet Hunt 28. Poetry. $15 fee. Grand Prize: $500 and publication. Guest Judge: Barbara Crooker. Deadline: June 15, 2023.