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…
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…
The Housatonic Book Awards are now accepting submissions of all books published in 2024. Authors or agents are welcome to submit poetry, fiction, and nonfiction manuscripts for consideration in the HBAs. All manuscripts will be reviewed by a committee and…
The 2025 Best Spiritual Literature Awards in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction will award $500 and publication in Orison Books’ annual Best Spiritual Literature anthology for a single work in each genre. Judges: Yehoshua November (poetry), Athena Dixon (nonfiction), TBD (fiction).…
Poets in the Pines welcomes you to our debut anthology, Made from Midnight. We are a small collective of writers, poets, and editors seeking short prose and poetry for this upcoming collection. Themes like death, rebirth, aging, grief, transitional spaces,…
L’Esprit Literary Review seeks submissions for its short fiction contest, The Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose. The Prize will be awarded to the best work of prose–fiction, nonfiction, or hybrid work–under 5,000 words. There are no other requirements; we’ll…
Sunspot Lit is looking for the single short story, novel or novella excerpt, artwork, graphic novel, or poem that provides a noteworthy flare of creative energy. Literary and genre works accepted. No restrictions on theme or category. Maximum of 500…
Driftwood Press’s 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 are Matthew Olzmann (poetry) & Kelly Link (fiction)! For our yearly…
Baltimore Review Summer 2025 Contest – No theme! Flash fiction and CNF. Prose poems. One, two, or three works in a single submission, but no more than 1,000 words total. We want to wonder at how you abracadabra so few…
The 2025 Orison Chapbook Prize will award $300 and publication by Orison Books for a manuscript of 20–45 pages in any literary genre (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, or hybrid). Orison Books founder and editor Luke Hankins will judge. Submission period:…
Palooka is an international literary magazine. For over a decade we’ve featured new, up-and-coming, and established writers, artists, and photographers from around the world. We’re open to diverse forms and styles and are always seeking unique chapbooks, fiction, poetry, nonfiction,…
Gold Man Review, a West Coast Journal, is currently looking for submissions in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for Issue 15. We are open to all topics and themes and love writing that pushes boundaries. If your work is on the…
Bellevue Literary Review’s annual prizes recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. For each genre, first prize is $1,000 and honorable mention is $300. Winners will be published in the Spring 2026 issue of BLR.…
Magazine1 is open for submissions for its fourth issue! We want the strange and unexpected. If you have a piece that you’re having trouble placing somewhere else, or one that doesn’t feel like the rest of what you make, send…
Write a 500-word short story based on a random prompt (genre, item, phrase) chosen on Friday, June 27. Stories are due 48 hours later, at 11:59 pm CDT on Sunday, June 29. $2,200 in prizes, with $1,000 going to first…
Awarded in alternate years in poetry and prose for first books by California writers. The 2025 competition invites works of prose 30,000 – 50,000 words. All forms of narrative prose are welcome: fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, speculative, hybrid, and more.…