Calling all travel writers and photographers—aspiring, seasoned and anywhere in between! Nowhere Magazine has set the dates for 2020 contributions.    NAME: The Nowhere Emerging Travel Writers’ Prize WINDOW: 12 a.m. January 15, 2020, to 11:59 p.m. February 29, 2020 (EST) GENRES: Long-form fiction, short story, narrative nonfiction, essay, poetry PRIZE: US$500 + publication. Up…Continue reading Call for Submissions: Nowhere Magazine Prizes and Open Call

The 2020 New Issues Poetry Prize is now open for submissions! See details below.   New Issues Poetry & Prose of Western Michigan University: the 2020 New Issues Poetry Prize Prize: $2,000 + publication –  Judge: Traci Brimhall   Guidelines: Eligibility: Poets writing in English who have not previously published or self-published a full-length collection…Continue reading Call for Submissions: New Issues

Sonora Review is still open to contest and non-contest submissions for Issue 77 until November 15th! Sonora Review is run entirely by graduate students in the MFA program at the University of Arizona. They are among the oldest student-run literary journals in the country, and SR has been devoted since its founding in 1980 to offering a…Continue reading Call for Submissions: Sonora Review

Boulevard is now open for general submissions and their fiction contest!   The deadline for the fiction contest, which includes a $1500 + publication, is December 31 at 11:59 p.m. CST, but don’t wait until Christmas to start writing. General submissions are open through May 1, 2020.      View Boulevard’s website for information on submission guidelines and more.

Nowhere Magazine, a literary travel-writing publication, is now open for submissions to their Fall contests! Founded in 2008, Nowhere awards two authors per year $1,000 each for their winning entry into their spring and fall writing contests. They publish long-form, resonant non-fiction, fiction, essays and poetry—no lists, no guides, no fluff—penned by a diverse cohort…Continue reading Call for Submissions: Nowhere Mag

The Eggtooth Editions Chapbook Contest is accepting submissions from now until December 15. Please see the attached flyer for details. Feel free to contact eggtootheditions@gmail.com with questions; see http://eggtootheditions.org/ for complete guidelines.

Ready your pens and keyboards—it’s submission season!   Subito Press, a small non-profit publishing company established by the University of Colorado Boulder’s creative writing department, is currently holding a contest for book-length works of poetry or prose and are in their last push for submissions. They hope to encourage MFA students to submit their work.…Continue reading Call for Submissions: Subito Press

The 29th Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize competition is now open for submissions in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. First-place winners in each category receive $5000, feature publication in the spring issue, and are honored at a gala reading and reception in Columbia, Missouri. Contest finalists are often published in the magazine also, or, in the…Continue reading Call for Submissions: Missouri Review

Glassworks is accepting submissions through December 15, 2019!   Glassworks, the literary magazine of Rowan University’s Master of Arts in Writing graduate program, publishes nonfiction, fiction, poetry, hybrid pieces, and artwork both digitally and in print. They are currently reading for spring and fall 2020 print issues. They also publish flash fiction, prose poetry, and micro essays monthly…Continue reading Call for Submissions: Glassworks Literary Magazine