Rowan University’s graduate literary magazine, Glassworks is currently open for submissions for their spring and fall print issues until December 15. Glassworks publish nonfiction, fiction, poetry, hybrid pieces, craft essays, new media, and art both digitally and in print. Full submission details can be found online. Glassworks also accepts submissions year-round of flash fiction, prose poetry, and micro essays…Continue reading Glassworks Open for Submissions
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Santa Ana River Review Open for Submissions
The Santa Ana Review, the University of California, Riverside’s literary journal is open for submissions until November 15 (and reopens in spring from January 15-March 15). The Santa Ana River Review is accepting Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the visual arts and is open to established, emerging, and new writers. Find full submission details and submit…Continue reading Santa Ana River Review Open for Submissions
Gordian Review Call for Submissions
The Gordian Review is an online literary journal operated by and for English and creative writing students at the graduate level. They are currently seeking submissions of fiction, and nonfiction from graduate level students. Find full details on the flyer below. Submissions are due by October 31.
Indiana Review 2016 Fiction Prize
The Indiana Review is seeking submissions to their 2016 Fiction Prize. Story submissions up to 8,000 words in length are accepted from established and emerging writers. The contest winner will receive $1,000 and publication. Complete guidelines can be found here, and there is a $20 entry fee (which includes a year subscription to the journal). Submissions…Continue reading Indiana Review 2016 Fiction Prize
Black River Chapbook Competition
Black Lawrence Press is now accepting submissions for the fall period of the Black River Chapbook Competition. Twice each year Black Lawrence Press will run the Black River Chapbook Competition for an unpublished chapbook of poems or short fiction between 16-36 pages in length.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…Continue reading Black River Chapbook Competition
Open for Submissions: Glimmer Train’s New Writer Award
Literary magazine Glimmer Train is now accepting short story submissions for their New Writer Award. Full details below, submissions close on October 31. Open only to emerging writers whose fiction has not appeared in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000. he 1st-place winner will be published in Glimmer Train and will receive 10 copies of that…Continue reading Open for Submissions: Glimmer Train’s New Writer Award
New Contest from The Writer Magazine
The Writer is currently seeking submissions for two writing contests ideal for graduate students. The contest, “Our Darkest Hours” opens today September 15 and closes on November 15. Find full details below and find a full list of contests from The Writer on their website.
2016 New Writer Award from Sequestrum
Sequestrum, a journal of literature and art, is currently seeking submissions for their 2016 New Writer Award for fiction, non-fiction, and prose. The top prize will be $500 and submissions are due on October 15. Find out more on the flyer below, or on their submission page. More about Sequestrum: A sequestrum is a necrotic bone fragment, identifiable by…Continue reading 2016 New Writer Award from Sequestrum
Saints and Sinners Fiction Contest 2017
The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, a New Orleans lit festival geared toward the LGBT community, is now accepting submissions for their 2017 fiction contest. The deadline to submit is October 8 and there is a $20 entry fee. Find full details below or on their website. Grand Prize: $500 Complementary registration to 2017 Saints and Sinners ($150 Value) Publication in anthology New Fiction from…Continue reading Saints and Sinners Fiction Contest 2017
Submissions: 2016 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards
The Guild Literary Complex has extended its submission deadline for the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award to September 15. From Guild Literary Complex: Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) founded the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award twenty-two years ago. Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas and lived in Chicago for the rest of her life.…Continue reading Submissions: 2016 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards
Summer Publishing Opportunities and Events
As classes come to a close and summer break kicks-off, take a look at some of these summer chances to get published and literary events around the city. For creative writers, Prairie Schooner and Blue River are both accepting submissions this summer. Prairie Schooner’s annual summer nonfiction contest is open to all types of creative nonfiction essays up to 5,000…Continue reading Summer Publishing Opportunities and Events
A New Online Publishing Platform: Scroll
Scroll is a new online publishing platform designed by a group of Stanford students. They are currently looking for student writers to join their viral storytellers. Find out more about Scroll on their website, or on the flyer below. Applications are due June 6th.