Where to Submit Roundup: December 13, 2024

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

Happy Friday! December will be half over with already this weekend. This means there is only a few weeks remaining in 2024. How goes your submission goals? Hopefully you have been managing to stay on top of them. Grab a cup of cocoa and pull up a chair as NewPages has your back 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.

Apple in the Dark. Winter 2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction. No fee (tip jar available). Deadline: December 15, 2024.

Club Plum. January 2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, art. No fee. Deadline: December 25, 2024.

Girls Right the World. Issue 9. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: December 31, 2024. *Open to girls and young, gender-expansive writers and artists ages 14-21.*

Sky Island Journal. Issue 30. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations. $4.99 fee Deadline: December 31, 2024

Washington Writers’ Publishing House. American’s Future anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations. $5 fee. Payment: $25. Deadline: December 31, 2024.

Wising Up Press. Living Our Blessings: Aging, Mortality & Gratitude anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: December 31, 2024.

Blink-Ink. Issue #59: Bad Science. Fiction, art. No fee. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

ISSUED: stories of service. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, graphic narratives, photography. No fee. Deadline: January 15, 2025. *Must be active-duty military, veterans, or family of service members.*

Ploughshares. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations. $3.75 service fee; No-fee for current subscribers. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

Jelly Bucket. Issue 15 Special Section: Incarcerated Voices. Creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: January 20, 2025. *Submissions accepted from writers and artists who have been incarcerated, worked with incarcerated people, or who have had loved ones who have been incarcerated.*

Jokes Literary Review. Metamodern Submissions. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, interviews, art. No fee. Deadline: February 1, 2025.

Arkana. Special Issue. Hybrid works. No fee. Deadline: February 15, 2025 for fullest consideration.

Sand Hills Literary Magazine. Issue 49. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives, art, photography. $3 fee. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Kings River Review. Fall 2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, translations, art. No fee. Deadline: March 15, 2025. *Must be a 2-year college student.*

The Awakenings Review. Spring 2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: Year-round. *Must write from experience with mental illness in yourself, family, members, or friends.*

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

Feels Blind Literary. Issues 11 & 12. Fiction, nonfiction, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography. Fee & no fee options available. Deadline: Rolling.

Jewish Fiction (formerly Jewish Fiction .net). Winter & Spring Issues. Fiction, translation. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.

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.

Plant-Human Quarterly. 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.

Interim. Test Site Poetry Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. Two Prizes: $1,000 and book publication. Deadline: December 15, 2024.

Burnside Review Press. Book Contest. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000, book publication, and 10 copies. Deadline: December 31, 2024.

The Headlight Review. Annual Chapbook Prize in Poetry. Poetry. $18 fee. Prize: $500, book publication, 25 copies. Guest judge: Olatunde Osinaike. Deadline: December 31, 2024.

The Letter Review. Prize for Short Fiction, Poetry, Essay & Nonfiction, and Unpublished Books. $15-$25 fee. Prize Pool: $4,000. Deadline: December 31, 2024.

Press 53. Award for Short Fiction. Short story collections. $30 fee. Prize: $1,000 cash advance, book publication, and 53 copies. Judge: Claire V. Foxx. Deadline: December 31, 2024.

table//FEAST Literary Magazine. The Fifty & Up Writer Awards. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Prize: $50/genre and publication. Deadline: January 1, 2025. *Entrants must be age 50 or older.*

table//FEAST Literary Magazine. Nano & Micro Contest for Women Writers. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee (fee waiver available). Prize: $50/genre and publication. Deadline: January 1, 2025.

table//FEAST Literary Magazine. Translations Prizes in Poetry & Prose. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation. $10 fee (fee waiver available). Prize/category: $250. Deadline: January 1, 2025

Gemini Magazine. Poetry Open. Poetry. $10 fee. First Prize: $1,000 and online publication. Deadline: January 2, 2025.

Colorado Review. 2025 Colorado Prize for Poetry. Full-length poetry manuscript. $28 fee (includes 1-year subscription). Prize: $2,500 honorarium & book publication. Final judge: Craig Morgan Teicher. Deadline: January 14, 2025 (5-day grace period observed).

After Happy Hour. Food-themed Writing Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre. $10 fee. Prize: Percentage of fees and publication. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

Roanoke College. High School Fiction and Poetry Contest. Fiction, poetry. No fee. First Place: $100 and publication. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

swamp pink. swamp pink Prizes. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $20 fee. Prize/genre: $2,000 and publication. Deadline: January 31, 2025.

National Indie Excellence Awards. Published Books. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Comics, Graphic Novels. $75 fee. Prize: Cash awards & sponsorship prizes. Deadline: March 31, 2025. *Books must be independently or self-published to enter.*

Orison Books. 2025 Orison Prizes. Fiction, poetry. $25 fee. Prize/genre: $1,500 and book publication. Judges: Phillip B. Williams, Tessa Fontaine. Deadline: April 1, 2025.

Press Pause Press. 2025 Beautiful Pause Prize. Poetry collections. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and print publication. Deadline: May 1, 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.