Where to Submit Roundup: December 1, 2023

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

And time keeps marching on. Happy December! Mother Nature is having fun with us deciding to mix rain and snow together to create a big slushy mess for us in Michigan today. If you’re weather is just as messy, NewPages is here with our first weekly roundup of submission opportunities for December 2023. A perfect excuse to stay indoors and keep those submission goals you set for yourself going as strong as possible. As it is the first of the month, there are a host of new opportunities to enjoy.

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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.

Big Wing Review. Inaugural Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, art, photography, audio. No fee. Payment: $25. Deadline: December 1, 2023.

Jelly Bucket. Issue 14 General Submissions. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, art, photography. $2 fee. Deadline: December 1, 2023.

Kitchen Table Quarterly. Nonfiction, poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: December 1, 2023.

Superpresent. Winter 2024: Provocations/Instigations. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: December 1, 2023.

Sunspot Lit. Longform fiction, nonfiction, graphic novel, poetry. $8 fee. Deadline: December 2, 2023.

Jelly Bucket. Issue 14 Neurodivergent Special Section. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: December 15, 2023.

RCC Muse art + literary journal. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: December 15, 2023.

Rejoinder. The Archival is Political special issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, interviews, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: December 15, 2023.

Sunspot Lit. Flash fiction, poetry, graphic novel, art. $5 fee. Deadline: December 15, 2023.

Sunspot Lit. Short stories, nonfiction, graphic novel. $6.50 fee. Deadline: December 15, 2023.

Club Plum. January 2024 Issue. Flash fiction, flash nonfiction, lyric essays, prose poetry. No fee. Deadline: December 25, 2023.

Girls Right the World. Issue Eight. Poetry, prose, visual art. No fee. Deadline: December 30, 2023. *Open to girls and young, gender-expansive writers and artists, ages 14–21.*

Valley Voices. Spring 2024: The Southern Crossroads. Poetry, creative nonfiction, critical essays. No fee. Deadline: December 30, 2023.

Midnight Mind Magazine. Issue 7. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives, interviews, reviews, translations, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: December 31, 2023.

Sky Island Journal. Issue 27. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations. $4.99 fee. Deadline: December 31, 2023.

#Ranger Magazine. Experimental fiction, poetry, cross-genre, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: January 1, 2024.

Doubly Mad. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: January 1, 2024.

Jokes Review. Found Art, Collage, & Cut-up Method work. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, interviews, reviews, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: January 1, 2024.

Ploughshares. Regular Reading Period. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations. $3 fee (free for subscribers). Deadline: January 1, 2024.

table//FEAST Literary Magazine. Issue 3. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: January 3, 2024.

great weather for MEDIA. Annual Anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, dramas. No fee (Tip Jar Submissions available). Deadline: January 15, 2014.

Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, craft essays. $3 fee. Deadline: January 31, 2023.

Kings River Review. Spring 2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, art, translations. No fee. Deadline: March 15, 2024. *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.

Driftwood Press. Fiction, poetry, comics, art, photography, full-length poetry collections, novellas. Fee varies. Deadline: Year-round.

Emerald City. Fiction, cross-genre, graphic narratives. No fee. 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.

The Sucarnochee Review. Spring 2024 issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. 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.

The Writing Salon. 2023 Jane Underwood Poetry Prize. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500, online publication, featured reading invitation. Final judge: Craig Santos Perez. Deadline: December 1, 2023.

Writer Advice. 2023 Micro Fiction Contest. Fiction. $5 fee. Prize: $20+ per published piece. Deadline: December 2, 2023.

Interim. Test Site Poetry Prize. Unpublished poetry manuscripts. $25 fee. 2 Prizes of $1,000 and book publication awarded. Deadline: December 15, 2023.

The Twin Bill. Second Annual Baseball Lit Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $10 fee. Prize/genre: $100, engraved baseball trophy, and publication. Deadline: December 30, 2023.

Burnside Review Press. Book Contest. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000, book publication, 10 author copies. Deadline: December 31, 2023.

The Headlight Review. Poetry Chapbook Prize. Poetry. $18 fee. Prize: $500, book publication, 25 copies. Final judge: Valerie A. Smith. Deadline: December 31, 2023.

Press 53. 2024 Award for Short Fiction. Unpublished short story collection. $30 fee. Prize: $1,000 cash advance, publication, 53 author copies. Judge: Claire V. Foxx. Deadline: December 31, 2023.

Driftwood Press. In-House Contests. Short fiction, poetry. $25 fee for poetry, $30 fee for fiction. First Prize for Fiction: $400, publication, 5 copies of anthology. First Prize for Poetry: $300, publication, 5 copies of anthology. Deadline: January 15, 2024.

Stanford Libraries. 2024 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Fiction, nonfiction. $50 fee. Prize: $5,000/genre. Deadline: January 31, 2024. *Books must be published between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2023. Writers cannot have published 4 or more books.*

Colorado Review. 2024 Colorado Prize for Poetry. Poetry Collection. $25 fee (postal), $28 fee (online). Prize: $2,500 honorarium and book publication. Final Judge: Brenda Shaughnessy. Deadline: January 14, 2024 (plus 5-day grace period).

swamp pink. swamp pink Prizes. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $20 fee. Prize/genre: $2,000 and publication. Deadline: January 1-31, 2024.

After Happy Hour Review. After Happy Hour Contest Themed Animals. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre. $10 fee. Prize: Percentage of entry fees and publication. Deadline: February 15, 2024.

I-70 Review. Bill Hickok Humor Award. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Deadline: January 1 – February 28, 2024.

Orison Books. Orison Prizes. Fiction, poetry. $25 fee. Prize/genre: $1,500 and book publication. Judges: Ellen Bass, Kaveh Akbar. Deadline: April 4, 2024.