Stop by the NewPages Blog every Friday to find writing contests and calls for submissions from literary magazines, independent publishers, creative writing programs, and more, to help you figure out where to submit your work.
Carve Magazine has announced they are accepting submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for their 2022 Prose & Poetry Contest. Online submissions only ($17 fee). This year’s guest judges are Maurice Ruffin, Thirii My Kyaw Myint, and David J. Daniels.
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The newly launched ISSUED: Stories of Services is accepting submissions of stories by active-duty military, veterans, and family members in the form of poetry and flash prose. Appropriately, the deadline is Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2022. Editors hope for works that express the “spectrum of experiences within military life, including gender and sexuality, BIPOC voices, physical and mental health combat, enlisting and separating, family and relationships, and reintegration into society.” The publication also welcomes visual art in any genre. ISSUED is supported by the Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement at Arizona State University. For more information and submission guidelines, visit the publication’s website.
Cleaver online literary magazine has announced the winners of their 2022 Flash Contest. Winners, honorable mentions, and finalists will be published in Cleaver Issue No. 40, their 10th-anniversary issue.
Judge: Meg Pokrass
First Place: Sabrina Hicks
“When We Knew How to Get Lost”
Second Place: Janet Burroway
“The Tale of Molly Grimm”
Third Place: Dawn Miller
“The Egg”
HONORABLE MENTION
Laura Tanenbaum
Fannie H. Gray
Andrea Marcusa
Lisa Lanser-Rose
Andrew Stancek
Luke Tennis
Emily Hoover
James LaRowe
Paul Enea
Kris Willcox
Christina Simon
FINALISTS
Theo Greenblatt
Meredith McCarroll
Amanda Hadlock
Madeleine Barowsky
K Moore
Ron Tobey
Sarah Freligh
Nicholas Claro
Joe Artz
Lyn Chamberlin
Deadline: December 10, 2022
Pangyrus announces its first Fiction Contest. Calling all writers of short stories! The contest is an open theme and the judge is novelist Jennifer Haigh. Cash prizes and publication for the top three winners! Please see Pangyrus‘s Fiction Contest 2022 Submittable page or view flyer for more details.
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Deadline: December 31, 2022
The Tartt First Fiction Award from Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama is given annually to a collection of short stories written in English by an American citizen. Writers cannot have already published or be under contract to publish a fiction collection. Winner will receive $1000, plus standard royalty contract, which includes 60 copies of the book. Visit the Livingston Press website or view flyer to learn more.
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Happy Friday! The leaves in Michigan are venturing towards their peak colors while the temperatures keep dropping and the long-awaited rain finally shows up in time for the harvest. Time to air out your sweaters, grab a warm drink, and get to writing and editing, isn’t it? Our Where to Submit Round-up covers new and ongoing submission opportunities to help you out.
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Actual Left Publications (formerly Xi Draconis Books) is open to submissions of fiction and nonfiction on a year-round basis. All submissions can be made through their online submissions manager. There is no fee.
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New American Press is officially open to its 2023 New American Poetry Prize through January 15, 2023. This year’s final judge is Jamaica Baldwin, author of Bone Language which is forthcoming in 2023. The winner receives $1,500 and book publication.
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Happy October! Leaves are turning color and the weather is making up its mind that it does want to be more like fall. The dog days of summer are now long gone. With cooler weather, it’s a perfect time to work hard on writing, editing, and submitting. Our weekly Where to Submit Round-up is here to help you out.
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New online and NFT-based literary magazine Megacity Review has announced its inaugural writing contest offering up to $1,000 prize for a fiction or nonfiction story. Deadline to enter work is November 15.
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LIGHT has announced that it is accepting submissions for Issue 2 of LIGHT Journal, a biannual literary journal in public health. There is no fee to submit. Prize money will be give to the top three writers in each category. Enter by November 1, 2022.
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It’s the final day of September already. The year keeps marching forward leaving us no time to take a break it seems. Don’t miss out on all the September 30 and October 1 deadlines below in our Where to Submit Round-up! And with October literally around the corner, do check out our Big List of Writing Contests for those with October deadlines and beyond.
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Interlochen Arts Academy’s creative writing program is accepting applications for its Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competition. This is open to students in grades 8-11 during the 2022-23 school year and awards a full-tuition scholarship.
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The weather has decidedly taken a more fall-like turn with lows in the 30s and high in the 60s. A perfect time to start staying indoors to write, edit, and submit. Enjoy the Where to Submit Round-up for the week of September 23, 2022 for help keeping your submission goals going strong.
Since next week ends September, don’t forget about all the end of September and beginning of October deadlines!
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Conduit Books and Ephemera is open to submissions for their fifth annual Open Book Prize. The winner receives $1,500 and book publication. Any poet writing in English can enter regardless of previous publication record. Do check out their literary magazine Conduit for an idea of what they like. They do charge an entry fee. View their full ad in the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
Madville Publishing currently has two open calls for submissions, The Second Annual Arthur Smith Poetry Prize for a full length poetry collection closes September 30, and the Sticks & Bricks: Stories from the Wrong Side of Town Anthology closes November 30, 2022. Visit our site and view our flyer for more information.
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Deadline: October 1
The annual Permafrost Book Prize is open for submissions. Sponsored by Permafrost, the northernmost literary magazine in the U.S., the prize is awarded in alternate years in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. In 2022, the prize will be awarded for nonfiction. Judge: Joy Castro. The winner of the contest will receive $1,000 and publication by the University of Alaska Press. Visit our website or view our flyer to learn more.
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Submit published or unpublished poems to the 20th annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers and co-sponsored by Duotrope. We will award $3,000 for the best poem in any style and $3,000 for the best poem that rhymes or has a traditional style. The top 12 poems will be published online. Final judge: S. Mei Sheng Frazier. Deadline: September 30. Fee: $20 for 1-3 poems. View flyer to learn more.
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With more mild weather, it’s definitely a good time to take a blanket, a light sweater, a cup of coffee or tea and heat outside with your notebook and pen to write and edit. Or grab your laptop and get working on your submission goals.
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Continue reading “Where to Submit Round-up: September 16, 2022”It’s the first full week of September. Weather in Michigan can’t make up its mind if it wants to be fall or cling on to summer. This means its a great time to grab a cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa in the morning and get to writing, editing, and submitting while you can still catch a break and enjoy some great weather (hopefully) in the afternoon.
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Based at the University of Michigan – Flint, Qua was founded over 50 years ago. They are currently accepting submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual arts, and photography from writers and artists living in Michigan for the Fall 2022 issue. No fee to submit. See their ad in the NewPages Classifieds to learn more. Last month to submit!
Happy September! Is it time to think of cooler weather and all things pumpkin spice yet? Too soon? While you may be staying in denial that fall is just around the corner this month, stay on top of your submissions game with our first Where to Submit Round-up for September 2022. There are a ton of new opportunities added this week.
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The winner of the 2022 X. J. Kennedy Prize receives a $10,000 advance and publication by Texas Review Press. This year’s judge is Kimiko Hahn. Poets at any stage of their career are welcome to enter. Unpublished full-length collections need to be submitted by September 30. Stop by the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
The judge of the 2022 George Garrett Fiction Prize is Vi Khi Nao. The contest is open to any writer at any stage of their career. Submit work to Texas Review Press by September 30. Grand prize is $1,000 advance and publication. Learn more by stopping by their ad in the NewPages Classifieds.
Online literary magazine Plant-Human Quarterly reads submissions that explore the myriad ways writers manifest their relationship to the botanical world year-round. Past contributors include Ellen Bass, Forrest Gander, Kimiko Hahn, and Arthur Sze. Learn more about their submission guidelines and accepted genres by stopping by their ad in the NewPages Classifieds.
Carve Magazine recently announced the winners of the 2022 Raymond Carver Contest judged by Dariel Suarez:
FIRST PLACE: Brandon J. Choi for “To Love a Stranger is Certain Death”
SECOND PLACE: Candice May for “A Rugged Border”
THIRD PLACE: Megan Callahan for “Don’t Speak”
EDITORS CHOICE: Abby Provenzano for “Birdsong” and Ned Carter Miles for “–K”
Winners will be published in the Fall 2022 Issue, which is currently in production. The contest runs annually from April 1 — mid-May.
That’s right. There is now only one month left to enter Winning Writers’ Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. This is open to poems written in English. They can have been previously published. $20 fee to enter 1-3 poems for a chance to win $3,000. Deadline to enter is September 30.
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Did you know this week was the final full week of August? Next week (on Thursday to be exact) kicks of September. Time is flying. Weather is still going crazy. So while Mother Nature tries to make up her mind on if its summer, fall, or somewhere in between, NewPages has you covered so you can stay inside (or find a nice outdoors nook) to stay on top of your submission goals for 2022. There are a lot of August 31 deadlines, so don’t miss out!
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Continue reading “Where to Submit Round-up: August 25, 2022”Conduit Books and Ephemera is open to submissions for their fifth annual Open Book Prize. The winner receives $1,500 and book publication. Any poet writing in English can enter regardless of previous publication record. Do check out their literary magazine Conduit for an idea of what they like. They do charge an entry fee. View their full ad in the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
Literary magazine Whitefish Review is accepting entries of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for its Montana Prize for Humor. This year’s final judge is legendary funnyman and writer Garrison Keillor. Deadline to enter is September 30. The winner in each genre receives $500 and publication. There is an entry fee. View their ad in the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
Deadline: October 15, 2022
The fight for social justice, reproductive rights, and the environment has been ongoing and yet the moment calls for an urgent and sharp response. The artist is to illuminate darkness and make the world better. We need submissions of poetry, prose, and visual art that expresses resistance and collective democratic worldbuilding, worlds with justice as a reality. View flier or visit website to learn more.
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Sans. PRESS, a new indie publisher from Ireland, is looking for short stories for their newest anthology, INTO CHAOS. Open to all genres and writers, we want unexpected stories that show us new layers to reality! Free to submit and selected writers will be offered €150 for stories. View flier or Visit website to learn more.
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Deadline: September 30
Submit published or unpublished poems to the 20th annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers and co-sponsored by Duotrope. We will award $3,000 for the best poem in any style and $3,000 for the best poem that rhymes or has a traditional style. The top 12 poems will be published online. Final judge: S. Mei Sheng Frazier. Fee: $20 for 1-3 poems.
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While the back to school scramble makes it hard to find the time to devote yourself to writing, editing, and submitting, NewPages has you covered. Check out out weekly Where to Submit Round-up for third week in August to help you out in finding the perfect home for your work.
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Continue reading “Where to Submit Round-up: August 19, 2022”It seems like August just started and it’s already half over with next week. Don’t forget to check out all the August opportunities below on where to submit your work so you don’t miss out.
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Button Poetry’s 2022 Video Contest is open to submissions of brave poetry that crosses borders or effaces them completely through August 31. This year’s finalist judge is Sabrina Benaim, author of Depression & Other Magic Tricks. There is a fee to submit. Please see their full ad in the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
Woodcrest, the literary journal of Cabrini University, announces their reading period is now open through November 1 (or until their limit is reached). They aim to publish work that surprises and challenges the human experience and encourage writers to reach their past issues before submitting. There is no fee. See their full ad in the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
Happy August. Hopefully you were able to get some fun squeezed in before the end of summer and back to school rushes. To help you keep your submissions goals strong, don’t forget to check out our Where to Submit Round-up for the first full week of August 2022.
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Continue reading “Where to Submit Round-up: August 5, 2022”Qua Literary and Fine Arts Magazine, a student-run publication from the University of Michigan-Flint, is accepting submissions for its Fall 2022 issue. Writers need to reside in the state of Michigan to submit. Send work by October 2, 2022.
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Don’t forget September 30 is the deadline to enter the 2022 Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest from Winning Writers. This contest awards two top prizes: $3,000 for a poem in a traditional/rhyming style and $3,000 for a poem in any style. Work can be previously published. $8,000 awarded in total. Stop by the NewPages Classifieds to learn more.
It’s time to say goodbye to July this weekend. That also means there’s plenty of end-of-month deadlines you don’t want to miss out on. Oh, and plenty of beginning-of-month ones, too! To help keep your submission goals strong and not miss out on opportunities, jump into our weekly Where to Submit Round-up.
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Every year Black Lawrence Press awards The St. Lawrence Book Award to an unpublished first collection of poetry or prose. This award is open to any writer who has not published a full-length manuscript in any genre. The winner receives $1,000, book publication, and ten copies of the winning book. Deadline to enter is August 31, 2022. Find out more by stopping the NewPages Classifieds.
The mid-month deadline explosion has passed, but don’t forget about the deadlines coming at the end of this month! And since the weather has been getting unbearably hot and humid, it’s the perfect time to stay indoors with a cool drink to write and edit, isn’t it?
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In this issue you’ll find nuggets of contentment as authors share stories of disability and the connections they experience with those who travel this journey with them. A pioneer in its field, Kaleidoscope magazine publishes literature and artwork that creatively explore the experience of disability. Submit your best work to us today! Visit our website or view our flyer for more information.
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Rolling submission deadline.
Divot Poetry wants to read your poems for Issues 5 and 6. We value fresh imagery and startling ways to describe the human condition. See our submission guidelines for full information. We look forward to reading your poetry; you inspire us. View flyer or visit website to learn more.
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Deadline: August 31, 2022
The Off the Grid Poetry Prize recognizes the work of older poets, highlighting important contemporary voices in American poetry. Each year a winner is awarded $1,000 and publication. Contest runs through August 31, 2022. Garrett Hongo will judge. Find full guidelines here or view flyer for more information.
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Mid-month is always an important deadline for calls for submissions and writing contests. Check below to see where to submit your work and who has deadlines today and for the rest of the month and beyond.
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Continue reading “Where to Submit Round-up: July 15, 2022”Ready to get back into the submission game now that the holiday is over? NewPages has you covered with our Where to Submit Round-up. Take your time and peruse the submission opportunities below to find a home for your work.
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The 2022 Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize closes to entries on July 31! This year’s judge is Juan Felipe Herrera. The winner will receive $1,000, their poem printed on a letterpress broadside, and publication in Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine. Learn more about this year’s contest by stopping by their ad in the NewPages Classifieds.
Happy July! Take a break from writing and editing to get a cool drink and enjoy family, friends, and fireworks. When you’re ready to get back into the swing of things, check out our handy guide of where to submit your work for the week of July 1, 2022.
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