Where to Submit Round-up :: December 23, 2023
The weather outside is truly frightful across the country as winter storms sweep the nation. We hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season. Hopefully you can stay inside safe and sound and work on ending 2022 by hitting the submission goals you set for yourself in January. NewPages is here to help with our Where to Submit Round-up for the week of December 23, 2022.
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Calls for Submissions
You can view all active calls for submissions by visiting our website. Plus, if you have a young writer in your house, don’t forget you can find publications for them to submit to in our Young Writers Guide.
Valley Voices. Spring 2023 Issue: Goodbye-themed work. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: December 30, 2022.
Artemis Journal. 2023 Issue: Transformative Nature. Poetry. Fee & no fee options. Deadline: December 31, 2022.
Girls Right the World. Issue 7. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, art. No fee. Deadline: December 31, 2022. *Must be female-identifying writer between the ages of 14 & 21.*
iō Literary Journal. Second open-access e-book. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, reviews. $3 fee. Deadline: December 31, 2022.
Jelly Bucket. Non-binary & Trans Writers Special Section. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, plays, screenplays. No fee. Deadline: December 31, 2022.
Sky Island Journal. Issue 23. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translation. fee. Deadline: December 31, 2022.
Club Plum. January 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, cross-genre. No fee. Deadline: January 1, 2023.
Rejoinder. Textual-Sexual-Spiritual: Art and Ritual as Queer Becoming. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. No fee. Extended Deadline: January 5, 2023.
Blink-Ink. Issue 51: Yard Sale. Fiction, nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
great weather for MEDIA. 2023 Anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama/playwriting. No fee (Tip Jar submissions available). Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Heron Tree. Found Poetry. fee. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Applause. Issue 33: The (In)Evitable Ending. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, cross-genre. $3 fee. Deadline: February 14, 2023.
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, craft essays, hybrid work. $3 fee. Deadline: March 15, 2023.
Kings River Review. Spring 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, art, translations. No fee. Deadline: March 15, 2023. *2-year community college students only*
Sand Hills Literary Magazine. 47th Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics. $3 fee (no fee for Augusta University Students). Deadline: March 20, 2023.
Aji Magazine. Spring 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, translations, reviews, interviews. No fee. Deadline: Rolling (until filled).
Atmosphere Press. Book Manuscripts. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama, screenplays, translations, art. No fee. Deadline: Year-round. *Author funds book publication*
Awakenings Review. Biannual Issues. 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.
Driftwood Press. Poetry, short stories, comics, visual art, novellas, poetry collections, comic collections, graphic novel manuscripts. Fee varies. Deadline: Year-round.
Emerald City. Issue 4. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.
L’Esprit Literary Review. Issue 2. Fiction, nonfiction, translations, reviews. No fee (tip jar available). Payment: $10. Deadline: Rolling.
NOMADartx Review. Technology theme. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, drama, screenplays, translations, reviews, interviews. 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.
Third Street Review. Inaugural Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. $3 fee. Deadline: Rolling.
WhimsicalPoet. January 2023 Issue. Poetry, art, flash fiction. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.
Writing Contests
You can find all active contest ads on our website. Like to plan your submissions calendar in advance? The Big List of Writing Contests lists a variety of book, magazine, and chapbook contests by their deadline date. Plus, if you have elementary to undergraduate aged writers in your life, don’t forget to go through our contests for young writers. The majority of those contests are free to enter.
Burnside Review Press. Book Contest. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000, publication, 10 author copies. Judge: Jaswinder Bolina. Deadline: December 31, 2022.
Press 53. Award for Short Fiction. Short Story Collections. $30 fee. Prize: $1,000 cash advance, book publication, 50 author copies. Judge: Claire V. Foxx. Deadline: December 31, 2022.
table//FEAST Literary Magazine. The Blossom Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Prize: $200 for prose, $200 for poetry. Deadline: January 1, 2023. *BIPOC writers only.*
DISQUIET International Literary Program. 2023 DISQUIET Literary Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $15 fee. Grand Prize: Full scholarship, accommodations, & travel stipend to attend 2023 event. Deadline: January 2, 2023.
Gemini Magazine. 2023 Poetry Prize. Poetry. $9 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Deadline: January 3, 2023.
Colorado Review. 2023 Colorado Prize for Poetry. Poetry. $25 or $28 fee. Prize: $2,500 honorarium and book publication. Final Judge: Felicia Zamora. Deadline: January 14, 2023 (+5-day grace period).
Ethos Literacy. 4th annual Flash Fiction Contest. Fiction. $12 fee. Grand Prize: $200 and e-magazine publication. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Grand View University. 2023 Diverse Voices Book Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Prize: Book publication, 200 copies, and more. Deadline: January 15, 2023. *Open to people of color from the United States.*
Interim Poetics. 2022 Test Site Poetry Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Extended Deadline: January 15, 2022.
New American Press. 2023 New American Poetry Prize. Poetry, cross-genre. $25 fee. Prize: $1,500 and book publication. Final Judge: Jamaica Baldwin. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
swamp pink. swamp pink Prizes. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $20 fee. Prize: $2,000 and publication per genre. Judges: Jamil Jan Kochai, Melissa Faliveno, Matthew Olzmann. Deadline: January 1-31, 2023.
The de Groot Foundation. LANDO grants, Courage to Write grants, Writer of Note grants. $22 fee. Ten $7,000 grants awarded and up to ten $1,500 grants awarded. Deadline: February 15, 2023.
I-70 Review. 2023 Bill Hickok Humor Award for Poetry. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Deadline: January 1 – February 28, 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.
