Where to Submit Roundup: February 2, 2024
48 Submission Opportunities including calls for submissions, writing contests, and book prizes.
Happy Friday and happy February. The temperature yo-yo is back in full swing. There comes a time when you just want Mother Nature to make up her mind and stick with one…hopefully NOT the arctic cold, but she is a very fickle woman. Grab a cup of something warm like coffee, unless you are like me and have to forgo all acidic foods and beverages for the foreseeable future, and get ready to dive into our first weekly roundup of submission opportunities for February 2024…perhaps after a walk if your weather isn’t awful.
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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.
The de Groot Foundation. LANDO Grants for Writers. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplay, graphic novel. $22 Application fee. Payment: Three $7,000 grants, three $1,500 grants. Deadline: February 5, 2024. *Open to writers exploring issues of and solutions to the challenges of migration, immigration, or the refugee experience.*
Big Wing Review. Theme: Relationships. Essays, prose, flash fiction, poetry, spoken word, visual art. No fee. Deadline: February 7, 2024.
Santa Clara Review. Spring 2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama, screenplays, translations, art, photography. $2 fee (no fee options available). Deadline: February 15, 2024.
RABBLE REVIEW. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, interviews, reviews, translations, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: February 23, 2024.
ISSUED: stories of service. Issue 2. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, screenplays, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: February 29, 2024. *Active-duty military, veterans, and family members*
Third Street Review. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. $3 fee. Paying market. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Wordrunner eChapbooks. Spring 2024 anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee. Paying market. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Cool Beans Lit. Spring 2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, interviews, reviews, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
Superpresent. Survival-themed Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, interviews, reviews, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
Feels Blind Literary. Special 10th Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, art, photography. $3 fee (no-fee Mondays). Deadline: March 15, 2024.
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*
Steam Ticket Literary Journal. Volume 27. Short stories, poetry, nonfiction, black and white artwork. No fee. Deadline: March 15, 2024.
Wising Up Press. Out of Line—Who Defines? Halfs, Steps, In-Laws & Belonging anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: March 15, 2024.
Mistake House Magazine. Fiction, poetry, cross-genre, photography. $5 fee. Deadline: March 20, 2024. *Must be enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate program to submit.*
Auroras & Blossoms. Theme: Auroras and/or Blossoms. Haiku, Senryu. No Fee (donations optional). Deadline: March 31, 2024.
DuFrank Lit. Issue 1. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: March 31, 2024.
Rockvale Review. Issue Twelve. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. $3 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2024.
A Warm Mug of Cozy Anthology. Volume Two. Cozy mysteries. $5 fee. Payment: PDF copy + royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2024.
Consequence. Spring 2024 Reading Period. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, graphic narratives, interviews, translations, art, photography. No fee. Paying market. Deadline: April 15, 2024.
Heron Tree. Volume 11. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: May 1, 2024.
Oyster River Pages. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, translations, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: May 31, 2024.
UReCA. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: June 1, 2024. *Undergraduate students only*
Gold Man Review. Issue 14. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: June 23, 2024.
*Open to writers residing in OR, AK, HI, CA, WA.*
Able Muse. Winter 2024/2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, translations, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: July 15, 2024.
#Ranger Magazine. Experimental fiction, poetry, cross-genre, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.
Adanna Literary Journal. Women in the News/Women on the News Feature. Nonfiction, comics, interviews, reviews. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.
Awakenings Review. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography. No fee. Deadline: Year-round. *Must have personal connection to mental illness*
Barrow Street Press. Poetry. $3 fee ($10 includes 1-year subscription). Deadline not specified.
Blue Mountain Review. Prose, poetry, music, visual art. $5 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.
Plant-Human Quarterly. Poetry, essays. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.
Works Progress. Fiction. 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.
CAPTRs. Universe of Threats Natural Disaster Writing Contest. Fiction. No fee. Grand Prize: $5,000 and online publication. Extended Deadline: February 7, 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.
Roanoke College. High School Fiction and Poetry Contest. Fiction, poetry. No fee. First Prize: $100 and publication in Roanoke Review. Extended Deadline: February 15, 2024.
New American Press. 2024 New American Poetry Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,500 honorarium and book publication. Final Judge: Nikki Wallschlaeger. Deadline: February 16, 2024.
I-70 Review. Bill Hickok Humor Award. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Deadline: January 1 – February 28, 2024.
Blue Mesa Review. Writing Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500/genre and publication. Judges: Sarah Gerard, Jennifer Givhan, Shayla Lawson. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Cloudbank. Issue 18 Writing Contest. Flash fiction, poetry. $15 fee. Prize/genre: $200 and publication. Deadline: February 29, 2024.
Tennessee Williams Museum in Key West. 2024 Tennessee Williams Contests. Poetry, short stories. $10 fee. First Place: $300. Deadline: March 10, 2024.
Able Muse. Write Prize. Fiction, poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500/genre and publication. Final Judges: Hailey Leithauser, Nina Schuyler. Deadline: March 15, 2024.
Backbone Press. 6th Annual Chapbook Contest. Poetry. $20 fee. Prize: $250, publication, 20 author copies, and $250 travel stipend. Final Judge: Allison Joseph. Deadline: March 15, 2024.
Fall for the Book/Institute for Immigration Research. New American Voices Award for Immigrant Writers. Fiction, nonfiction. $20 fee. Grand Prize: $5,000. Deadline: March 29, 2024.
Able Muse. Book Award. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Final Judge: Timothy Steele. Deadline: March 31, 2024.
Prime Number Magazine. 2024 Prime Number Magazine Awards. Fiction, poetry. $15 fee. First Prize: $1,000 and publication per genre. Judges: Maya J. Sorini, Dennis McFadden. Deadline: March 31, 2024.
Switchback Books. 2024 Gatewood Prize. Full-length Poetry Collection. $20 fee ($25 includes a book from their catalog). Prize: Publication, marketing, promotion, 30 author copies. Judge: Emilia Phillips. Deadline: March 31, 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.