Where to Submit Roundup: May 9, 2025

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

The first full week of May is nearly over. The weather still can’t make up its mind if it wants to be warm or cold, but they we have warmer weather on the way for the weekend. If you have lovely weather forecast, pack up your laptop, head outdoors, and let NewPages help you with your submission goals while you soak up the sunshine (make sure to wear sunscreen!).

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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.

Heron Tree. Found poetry. No fee. Deadline: May 15, 2025.

Light Magazine. Issue 5. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, graphic narratives, art, photography. No fee general submissions. Extended Deadline: May 15, 2025.

Thorn & Bloom. Issue 02: Breaking the Cycle. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, comics, graphic narratives. No fee. Deadline: May 15, 2025.

Magazine1. Issue 4. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, screenplays, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee ($5 tip jar option available). Payment: $40 Bookstore Gift Card. Deadline: May 24, 2025.

Black Fox Literary Magazine. Summer 2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: May 31, 2025.

Megacity Review. Volume 2. Fiction, nonfiction, art, photography. $10 fee. Payment: Selected contributors can be awarded up to $1,000. Extended Deadline: May 31, 2025.

The Pensieve. Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry. No Fee. Deadline: May 31, 2025. **Seeking work from emerging writers.**

Red Shoe Press. 2026 Oregon Poetry Contest: The Water Around Us. Poetry. No Fee. Deadline: May 31, 2025. *Open to residents of Oregon.*

Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. AMPLIFY — An Anthology by Black Poets, Indigenous Poets, and Other Poets of Color. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: May 31, 2025.

Superpresent. Discomfort-themed Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: June 1, 2025.

Poets in the Pines. Made from Midnight anthology. Fiction, poetry, cross-genre. No fee. Deadline: June 6, 2025.

Gold Man Review. Issue 15. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: June 15, 2025. *Must reside in Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, California, and Washington.*

Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore. Open Submission Period. Nonfiction, interviews, reviews. No fee. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Philly Poetry Chapbook Review. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

#Ranger. Issue 11. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry cross-genre, art, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: July 15, 2025.

DuFrank Lit. Fiction. No fee. Submissions reopen July 1. Deadline: September 30, 2025.

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

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

The Capra Review. Fiction, nonfiction, cross-genre, art, photography, video. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Changing Skies. Creative nonfiction, poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.

Decolonial Passage. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.

Driftwood Press. Fiction, poetry, comics, visual art, novellas, poetry collections, comic collections, graphic novels. Fees vary. Paying market. Deadline: Year-round.

Fahmidan Journal. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Payment: $15. Deadline: Year-round.

Feels Blind Literary. Fiction, nonfiction, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography. $3 fee (free submissions on Monday). Deadline: Rolling.

Hindsight Journal. Art, photography, creative nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.

Jewish Fiction (formerly Jewish Fiction .net). 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.

Philly Poetry Chapbook Review. Poetry book/chapbook excerpts, interviews, reviews. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Pictura Journal. August 2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art. No fee (tip jar option). Payment: $5. Deadline: Rolling.

Stone Circle Review. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.

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.

Ashland Poetry Press. 2025 Richard Snyder Memorial Book Prize. Poetry. $27 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Extended Deadline: May 15, 2025.

Pittsburg State University. 2025 Cow Creek Chapbook Prize. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $1,000, publication, 25 author copies. Judge: Rebecca Gayle Howell. Deadline: May 15, 2025.

Ploughshares. Emerging Writers Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $30 fee includes 1-year subscription (free for current subscribers). Prize/genre: $2,000, publication, and conversation with Aevitas Creative Management. Judges: R. O. Kwon, Joshua Bennett, Elisa Gabbert. Deadline: May 15, 2025.

Press Pause Press. 2025 Beautiful Pause Prize. Poetry collections. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and print publication. Extended Deadline: May 15, 2025.

Santa Clara Review. Flash Takes Flight. Fiction, nonfiction. $10 fee. Prize: $200 and publication. Extended Deadline: May 16, 2025.

New Letters. Conger Beasley Jr. Award. Nonfiction. $24 fee. Prize: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 19, 2025.

New Letters. Patricia Cleary Miller Award. Poetry. $24 fee. Prize: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 19, 2025.

New Letters. Robert Day Award. Fiction. $24 fee. Prize: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 19, 2025.

Livingston Press. Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse. Fiction. No fee. Prize: $500, book publication, and copies. Deadline: May 25, 2025.

Baltimore Review. Summer Contest. Flash fiction, flash nonfiction, prose poetry. $8 fee. Prize/category: $400 and publication. Judge: Pamela Painter. Deadline: May 31, 2025.

Sunspot Lit. Solar Flare Contest. Fiction, poetry, graphic novel, art. $5 fee. Prize: $100 and publication. Deadline: May 31, 2025.

What Book Press. Gronk Nicandro First Book Prize. Fiction, nonfiction. $25 fee. Prize: $500, publication, and 50 copies. Deadline: May 31, 2025.

Black Fox Literary Magazine. Spring Fox Tales Prize: Mixed Messages. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $12 fee. Prize: $325 and print publication. Deadline: June 1, 2025.

Salamander. 2025 Fiction Contest. Fiction. $20 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Judge: Helen Phillips. Deadline: June 1, 2025.

L’Esprit Literary Review. 2025 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose. Fiction, nonfiction, cross-genre. $10 fee (standard submission); $15 fee (expedited response). Grand Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: June 8, 2025.

The MacGuffin. Poet Hunt 30. Poetry. $15 fee. Grand Prize: $500 and publication. Guest Judge: Darrel Alejandro Holnes. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

The Tusculum Review. 2025 Fiction Chapbook Prize. Fiction. $20 fee. Prize: $1,500 and publication. Judge: Jaime Cortez. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Burnside Review Press. Burnside Review Chapbook Contest. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $200, chapbook publication, 10 author copies. Deadline: June 30, 2025.

Bellevue Literary Review. The Felice Buckvar Prize. Nonfiction. $20 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Judge: Nicole Chung. Deadline: July 1, 2025.

Bellevue Literary Review. The Goldenberg Prize. Fiction. $20 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Judge: Joan Silber. Deadline: July 1, 2025.

Bellevue Literary Review. The John & Eileen Allman Prize. Poetry. $20 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Judge: Joan Silber. Deadline: July 1, 2025.

Orison Books. 2025 Orison Chapbook Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama. $15 fee. Prize: $300 and chapbook publication. Deadline: July 1, 2025.

Driftwood Press. Adrift Chapbook Contest. Poetry. $25 fee. First Prize: $750, publication, 20 author copies. Judge: Matthew Olzmann. Deadline: July 15, 2025.

Driftwood Press. Adrift Short Story Contest. Fiction. $30 fee. First Prize: $500, publication, 5 anthology copies. Judge: Kelly Link. Deadline: July 15, 2025.

Swan Scythe Press. 2025 Poetry Chapbook Contest. Poetry. $18 fee. Prize: $200, publication, and 25 author copies. Deadline: June 15, 2025.

Jerboa Lit. 500 Flash Fiction Contest. Fiction. $25 fee. First Prize: $1,000. Deadline: June 27 – 29, 2025.

Western Connecticut State University MFA. 2025 Housatonic Book Awards. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $25 fee + processing. Prize: $1,000 honorarium & $500 travel stipend. Deadline: July 18, 2025.

Orison Books. 2025 Best Spiritual Literature Awards. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $12 fee. Prize/genre: $500 and publication. Judges: Yehoshua November, Athena Dixon. Deadline: August 1, 2025.

Last Syllable. Book Awards in Poetry & Prose. Published full-length & chapbook-length books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000, travel expenses, and headlining feature in the PLNU MA in Writing program’s Visiting Writer Series. Deadline: September 1, 2025.

Willow Springs Books. Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. Fiction. Entry fee. Prize: $2,000 and publication. Deadline: October 1, 2025.