Where to Submit Roundup: January 24, 2025
46 Submission Opportunities including calls for submissions, writing contests, and book prizes.
There is only one week remaining in January which means there are plenty of deadlines for January 31 and February 1 on the horizon! NewPages is here to help you out so you do not miss out on these opportunities and can keep your submission goals going in the right direction in 2025.
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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.
Blink-Ink. Issue #59: Bad Science. Fiction, art. No fee. Extended Deadline: January 31, 2025.
Girls Right the World. Poetry, prose, visual art. No fee. Extended Deadline: January 31, 2025. *Open to girls and gender-expansive writers and artists ages 14-21.*
Split Rock Review. Issue 21. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives, interviews, reviews, art, photography. First 100 Submissions Free. Expedited & tip jar submissions available. Deadline: January 31, 2025.
Jokes Literary Review. Metamodern Submissions. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, interviews, art. No fee. Deadline: February 1, 2025.
Hindsight Journal. Spring 2025 Issue. Creative nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: February 3, 2025.
Arkana. Special Issue. Hybrid works. No fee. Deadline: February 15, 2025 for fullest consideration.
Santa Clara Review. Spring 2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama/playwriting, screenplays/screenwriting, translations, art, photography. $2 fee. Deadline: February 15, 2025.
Thorn & Bloom. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives. No fee. Deadline: February 15, 2025.
Third Street Review. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. $3 fee. Payment: $25. Deadline: February 1-28, 2025.
Sand Hills Literary Magazine. Issue 49. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives, art, photography. $3 fee. Deadline: March 1, 2025.
About Place Journal. Careful/Care-full Collaboration. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, screenplays, interviews, reviews, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: March 10, 2025.
#Ranger. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry cross-genre, art, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: March 15, 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.*
Superpresent. Movement-themed Issue. fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: March 31, 2025.
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.
Kaleidoscope. Articles, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, book reviews, visual art. No fee. Payment: $10-$100. 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. Nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.
The Shade Chronicles Podcast. Horror fiction, science fiction. No fee. Deadline: Unspecified.
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.
Etchings Press. Chapbook Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre. $7 fee. Prize: $150 honorarium, publication, and 15 copies. Deadline: January 26, 2025.
Etchings Press. Novella Contest. Fiction. $12 fee. Prize: $300 honorarium, publication, and 15 copies. Deadline: January 26, 2025.
After Happy Hour. Food-themed Writing Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre. $10 fee. Prize: Percentage of fees and publication. Deadline: January 31, 2025.
Driftwood Press. In-House Short Story Contest. Fiction. $30 fee. Grand Prize: $400, publication, 5 copies of the issue in which their story appears, & interview opportunity. Extended Deadline: January 31, 2025.
Driftwood Press. In-House Poem Contest. Poetry. $25 fee. Grand Prize: $300, publication, 5 copies of the issue in which their story appears, & interview opportunity. Deadline: January 31, 2025.
Geneva Writers’ Group. Literary Prize 2025. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. 25 CHF fee. First Prize: 100 CHF plus 1 free workshop in 2025. Deadline: January 31, 2025 at 11:59PM CET.
swamp pink. swamp pink Prizes. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $20 fee. Prize/genre: $2,000 and publication. Deadline: January 31, 2025.
Roanoke College. High School Fiction and Poetry Contest. Fiction, poetry. No fee. First Place: $100 and publication. Deadline: February 10, 2025.
Blue Mesa Review. Spring Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. $15 fee. First Prize: $500/genre and publication. Judges: Sara Daniele Rivera, Fernando Flores, Jenn Shapland. Deadline: February 28, 2025.
Cloudbank 19 Contest. Fiction, poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $200 and publication. Deadline: February 28, 2025.
table//FEAST Literary Magazine. Nano & Micro Contest for Women Writers. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee (fee waiver available). Prize: $50/genre and publication. Deadline: March 1, 2025.
table//FEAST Literary Magazine. Translations Prizes in Poetry & Prose. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation. $10 fee (fee waiver available). Prize/category: $250. Deadline: March 1, 2025
Bardsy. 2025 Winter Anthology Contest. First chapters. $20 fee. Grand Prize: $1,000 and anthology publication. Deadline: March 3, 2025.
Black Fox Literary Magazine. Black Fox Prize: Rise or Ruin. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $12 fee. Prize: $325 and print publication. Deadline: March 30, 2025.
Glenville State University. Chapbook Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre. $10 fee. Prize: $200, publication, author copies, digital ebook file, invite to be a featured reader at the Little Kanawha Reading Series. Deadline: March 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.
Livingston Press. Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse. Fiction. No fee. Prize: $500, book publication, and copies. Deadline: May 25, 2025.
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