Where to Submit Roundup: January 3, 2025

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

Happy January! Welcome to our first submissions roundup of 2025. If you need some help to find journals, presses, and more to submit your work to in the new year, NewPages has your back. Enjoy 37 opportunities including calls for submissions from literary magazines and writing and book contests.

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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. 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.*

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.

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

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.

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.

Burnside Review Press. Book Contest. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000, book publication, and 10 copies. Extended Deadline: January 12, 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).

Apple in the Dark. Flash Fiction Contest. Fiction. $6 fee. Prize: $150 and publication. Final Judge: Abby Frucht. Deadline: January 15, 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. Deadline: January 15, 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 15, 2025.

StoryBottle Co. Short Story Contest. Fiction. $15 fee. Prize: $1,000, publication in print and online, and copies. Deadline: January 15, 2025.

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.

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.

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

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.