Driftwood Press is happy to share a plethora of submission opportunities for writers and artists! Our Adrift Short Fiction & Poetry Chapbook Contests, in which every work submitted is considered for publication as winner or runner-up, is open! Our guest judges this year…
We are thrilled to announce an additional category of our contest this year, Flash In Bloom, seeking flash fiction and creative nonfiction by BIPOC, queer, and trans writers. We encourage submissions on multicultural and queer fantasies, futurisms, and liberations. The winner…
Gold Man Review, a West Coast Journal, is currently looking for submissions in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for Issue 16. We are open to all topics and themes and love writing that pushes boundaries. If your work is on the…
Rise with the sun on Midsummer’s Day, wash your face with dew, fill a bowl from a spring, and you may scry your beloved. At Midsummer, the veil between the worlds is thin and magic is afoot. If you only…
Write where Jack Kerouac wrote The Dharma Bums. The Kerouac Project residency of Orlando, FL offers the house to yourself, $600 grocery stipend, utilities paid. Finish your project in seven weeks. Six time slots available per year. We accept: Fiction,…
The 2026 Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction offer $1,500 and publication by Orison Books for a full-length manuscript in each genre. Judges: Leila Chatti (poetry) and Margot Livesey (fiction). Entry fee: $25. Entry period: December 1, 2025–April 1, 2026.…
Glenville State University is calling for submissions for its annual chapbook contest. We are accepting 15-25 pages of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or hybrid works that explore Appalachian culture in any of its diverse forms. The winning entry will receive a…
The 2026 National Indie Excellence© Awards (NIEA) are open to all English language printed books currently for sale including self-published authors, small to midsize independent publishers, and university presses. Now in our twentieth year, NIEA is a proud champion of…
Welcome to Flash Takes Flight! We are excited to announce our second annual flash fiction and flash creative nonfiction contest for the chance to win cash prizes as well as publication in the Santa Clara Review! The first prize winner…
Oyster River Pages is open for submissions of short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art, January 27-May 15, 2026. We look for language and stories and images that move us out of ourselves and into other spaces, and are…
The Capra Review is seeking work for its Spring 2026 issue. If your stories, essays, or photographs carry secrets, obsessions, or quiet risks, don’t keep them hidden. We seek work that lingers, that makes readers lean in, that unfolds in…
The Kings River Review publishes artwork, creative nonfiction, short fiction, and poetry of current 2-year community college students. Submission Deadlines: March 15 for the spring issue and October 15 for the fall issue. Submission requirements: up to 5 pieces of…
ALOCASIA is an online literary journal of queer creative writing about plants, nature, and horticulture. Based in the United States, we publish writing from both established and emerging writers around the world in all genres. We publish traditional work, as…
Steller’s Weekly, the online journal of Mountain Jay Books, is open year‑round to emerging fiction writers. Send your unpublished short stories under 5,000 words for publication consideration and a chance to appear in the annual Stories with Altitude anthology.
7th Annual Short Short Story Contest to Support Literacy Initiatives hosted by Ethos Literacy, a nonprofit that provides free literacy and skill tutoring to teens and adults. Word Limit: 100. Topic Choices: Chicken(s), Detour, Purple, Something Lost. Judging criteria published…
SPANK the CARP. Funny name, serious literature. We’re looking for flash fiction, short stories, CNF, and poetry, including shape poetry. If your work is thought-provoking, sophisticated, yet not pretentious or obscure, we’re interested. We’re also accepting images and photos that…
The PING Anthology Short Story Contest is now open for submissions! PING stands for Personal Inter-Consciousness Nuance Gauge. Our short story contest is around the theme of a futuristic app (called PING) that can tell you in real time how many people are…
A prize of $500 will be awarded for one poem or flash fiction (up to 1000 words) appearing in Cloudbank 20. All contest submissions will be considered for publication. The $15 entry fee includes a two-issue subscription to the journal.…
Able Muse’s writing contests are now open! WRITE PRIZE (poetry & fiction): $500 each + publication. Final Judges: Catherine Tufariello (poetry), Tobias Carroll (fiction); $15 entry; deadline: March 15, 2026.BOOK AWARD (poetry): $1000 + book publication. Final Judge: Annie Finch;…
Each issue of About Place Journal, the arts publication of the Black Earth Institute, focuses on a specific theme. From January 1st to March 10th, we’ll be accepting submissions for our Spring 2026 issue The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power,…
The Missouri Review is pleased to announce that the 6th annual Perkoff Prize is now open. Winners in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction receive $1,000 and publication in the Winter 2026 issue, plus social media promotion. All entries are considered for…
Palooka is a global literary magazine of daring prose, art, photography, comics, and chapbooks drawn exclusively from unsolicited submissions. We champion underdog voices, read anonymously, and only publish what we love. Bold voices. Brave stories. palookamag.com
The Blue Mountain Review launched from Athens, Georgia in 2015 with the mantra, “We’re all south of somewhere.” As a journal of culture, the BMR strives to represent all life through its stories. Stories are vital to our survival. What…
During the month of April, Decolonial Passage will be open to all genres as we invite submissions on the theme of ecology. Send us your poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction in which we see human beings interacting with their…
Sterncastle Magazine is dedicated to showcasing compelling short fiction and original artwork in a thoughtfully curated, quarterly publication. Each issue is built around a unifying theme, offering writers and artists a shared point of departure while allowing for a wide…
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Prime Number Magazine are given annually for a poem and a short story. Two runners-up in each category receive $250 each and publication. Using only the online submission system, submit a poem…
Announcing a new mini-contest from Jerboa Lit! On Friday, February 27, we’ll pull a random prompt from our Video Hat that includes a genre and a character. You’ll have the weekend (until 11:59 pm CT on Sunday, March 1) to…
JackLeg Press seeks bold, vibrant, authentic writers. Is that you? We’d love to find out. We focus on poetry, short fiction collections, select novels & creative nonfiction. Query us today! jacklegpress.submittable.com/submit
$20 ENTRY FEE. Submissions open Tuesday, Feb 3, 2026. Deadline Tuesday March 3, 2026. The 6th Annual Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize is awarded for an outstanding first chapter of an unpublished novel. First prize is $1,000; 2nd is…
Sand Hills Literary Magazine, established in 1973, is a national literary magazine based in Augusta, Georgia. We are now accepting submissions for our annual prose and poetry contest judged by the Sand Hills editorial team. Entries are $12, which goes…
Sand Hills Literary Magazine, in print since 1973, is now open for its 50th anniversary issue! We are a national publication based in Augusta, Georgia, accepting prose, poetry, and art from emerging and established writers and artists in the United States. …
One week responses are finally here! For the months of February & August, we accept one week response submissions for fiction. For our yearly print anthology, we are looking for poems, short stories, comics, and visual art that will wow our readers, accepted…
The 2026 New American Voices Award is a $5,000 post-publication book prize from Fall for the Book and the Institute for Immigration Research, which recognizes prose works that illuminate the complexity of the human experience as told by immigrants. Two…
Ready to be discovered? Submit your fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to the Emerging Writers’ Contest between February 1 and March 31 for the chance to see your work in print. Winners receive $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, and a conversation with…
Jewish Fiction, a prestigious literary journal, invites submissions for its 2026 issues. Jewish Fiction (formerly Jewish Fiction .net) is the only English-language journal, either print or online, devoted exclusively to publishing Jewish fiction. We showcase the finest contemporary Jewish-themed writing…
For our spring 2026 anthology, we welcome fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, poetry or prose-poems on the theme of “Endings.” Submit your best work—a short story, personal narrative, novel or memoir excerpt (up to 5,000 words), three flash fictions (500-1000 words…
Driftwood Press announces deadline extension for its annual In-House Short Fiction and Poetry contests!
Qua Literary and Fine Arts Magazine is a student-run publication of the University of Michigan-Flint. Founded over 50 years ago, we invite submissions of Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Visual Arts, Photography, etc. from anyone living in the state of Michigan.…