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
Category: Contests
Call for Submissions: Eggtooth Editions Chapbook Contest
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.
Call for Submissions: Subito Press
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
Call for Submissions: Missouri Review
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
Call for Submissions: Glassworks Literary Magazine
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
Call for Submissions: Spokane Prize for Short Fiction
Deadline: June 30, 2019 Entry Fee: $28 Cash Prize: $2,000 E-mail address: willowspringsbooks@gmail.com Website: http://www.willowspringsbooks.org/submit A prize of $2,000 and publication by Willow Springs Books is given annually for a short story collection. Submit a manuscript of three or more stories totaling at least 98 pages with a $27.50 entry fee by June 30. Visit…Continue reading Call for Submissions: Spokane Prize for Short Fiction
Bill & Irene Beck Award
Dear Graduate Students: The English Department seeks nominations for the Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement. This award is named for a family whose support of our own Big Shoulders Books makes possible the publication of socially conscious literature by and about Chicagoans. In the spirit of this generosity, we would like to…Continue reading Bill & Irene Beck Award
Louder Than a Bomb University
Young Chicago Authors puts on the largest poetry slam festival in the world, Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB) during the months of February and March. Based on the success of LTAB, they have extended the competition and community to young adults ages 18-25 and created Louder Than a Bomb University (LTABU). The competition runs March…Continue reading Louder Than a Bomb University
Call for Submissions: Cagibi
Cagibi is a journal of poetry & prose that has garnered praise in its first year for its quarterly online issues, publishing emerging writers side by side with our literary heroes. Submissions are now being accepted for CAGIBI’s inaugural Macaron Prize. Winners of the 2019 Macaron Prize will receive $1,000 and publication in Cagibi’s inaugural…Continue reading Call for Submissions: Cagibi
Writers’ League Manuscript Conference
The Writers’ League of Texas is holding a manuscript contest, with the winners in 10 categories receiving a registration to the 2019 Agents & Editors Conference ($400 value) and a one-on-one consultation with the agent who selected their manuscript as the winner. The conference is June 28-30 in Austin, TX, and brings 20-25 agents and…Continue reading Writers’ League Manuscript Conference
Black River Chapbook Competition Call for Submissions
Twice each year Black Lawrence Press will run the Black River Chapbook Competition for an unpublished chapbook of poems or short fiction between 16-36 pages in length. The contest is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner will receive book publication, a $500 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Prizes are…Continue reading Black River Chapbook Competition Call for Submissions
The Coming Change Contest: Call For Submissions
Write a 2,000-word fictional short story using any nuance, definition, or understanding of the word “change.” Deadline: May 15th, 2018 Grand prize: $1,000 and publication in our magazine Word count: 2,000 words or less Other prizes: The second-place winner will receive $500 and publication on writermag.com; the third-place winner will receive $250 and publication on writermag.com as well.