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Ritual, Healing, and World-Making

The next issue of Rejoinder explores the theme of ritual, healing, and world-making. How do we mark transitions, generate transformational visions, and model alternate ways of being in a world imploding around us? How do we find joy while surrounded…

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National Baseball Poetry Festival Call for Submissions

The National Baseball Poetry Festival invites submissions of poems that deal with any aspect of the gamesmanship, nature, and atmosphere of Baseball and/or Softball, for example: opening day, ballpark food, childhood memories, first pitch, athletic heroes, uniforms, ball parks, Little…

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Call For Submissions From Girls Worldwide

Girls Right the World is a literary journal inviting girls and young, gender-expansive writers and artists, ages 14–21, to submit work for consideration for the tenth annual issue. We believe girls’ voices transform the world for the better. We accept…

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2026 National Indie Excellence© Awards

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…

IN-HOUSE FICTION & POETRY CONTESTS OPEN. SHORT STORIES & SINGLE POEMS SELECTED TO BE PUBLISHED IN OUR ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY. CASH PRIZES UP TO $400. DRIFTWOOD PRESS.

In-House Contests Deadline Incoming! Paying Market!

Driftwood Press’ In-House Short Fiction & Poetry Contests, in which every work submitted is considered for publication as winner or runner-up, is here! For our yearly print anthology, we are looking for poems, short stories, comics, and visual art that…

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The 2026 Orison Prizes in Poetry & 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.…

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ISSUED: stories of service: Call for Submissions

ISSUED, a journal of veteran and military-affiliated creative writing at Arizona State University, is looking for poetry and flash prose by active-duty military, veterans, and family members that expresses the spectrum of experiences within military life—e.g. gender and sexuality, BIPOC…

Burnside Review Press Book Contest

Manuscripts of 50-100 pages of poetry will be accepted until December 31, 2025 for the Burnside Review Press Book Contest. Rick Barot will judge. The winning book will be published by Burnside Review Press in 2027. The author will receive…

Roanoke College High School Fiction and Poetry Contest

For the Roanoke College High School Fiction and Poetry Contest, send one story up to 5,000 words, and/or up to three poems. First Place: $100, Second Place: $50, Third Place: $25. Include your name, address, phone number, high school, and…

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Our Doors are Open

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…

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The New Verse News Seeks Current Events Poetry

Since 2005, The New Verse News has covered the news of the day with poems on issues, large and small, international and local. It relies on the submission of poems (especially those of a politically progressive bent) by writers from…