The deadline for Glimmer Train‘s New Writer Award is June 30th. The award is open only to emerging writers whose fiction has not appeared in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000. The 1st place winner will be published in Glimmer Train and will receive ten copies of that issue. 2nd and 3rd place will…Continue reading Glimmer Train’s New Writer Award
Category: Creative Writing
Submit to Afterimage’s online project Inklight
Art and literary journal Afterimage is seeking works of ekphrasis for their online project “Inklight.” For the project, photographers submit original work, which is selected to be posted on the Afterimage web site. Writers then submit original creative writing inspired by one of the images on the web site (engaging in the process of ekphrasis). New “Inklight” features…Continue reading Submit to Afterimage’s online project Inklight
Call for Submissions: Hemingway Shorts
The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park has announced a new project which aims to promote new creative writing, and is designed with new writers in mind, the Hemingway Shorts. Submissions are due June 15, 2016. A winning submission will receive $500. Find full details here.
Black River Chapbook Competition
The deadline is approaching for the Black River Chapbook Competition from Black Lawrence Press. The biannual competition accepts unpublished chapbooks of poems or short fiction between 16 and 36 pages in length. The contest is open to new, emerging, and established writers. Winners receive publication, a $500 cash reward, and ten copies of the book.…Continue reading Black River Chapbook Competition
Luminarts Fellowship: Submissions Due Friday
Submissions for the Luminarts Fellowship for excellence in creative writing are due this Friday, May 6th. Writers submit two pages of stand-alone work or an excerpt in categories of poetry or prose and have the opportunity to win $5,000. Apply on their submissions page, or contact info@luminarts.org for more information.
Global Voices Call for Submissions
Do you speak (or write in) more than one language? Do you know someone who does? Then please see the Call for Submissions from Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research below. Official Call for Submissions The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) is now accepting submissions for the sixth Issue of its annual electronic…Continue reading Global Voices Call for Submissions
Deadline Approaching: 2016 Mailer Poetry Fellowship
Applications are due on April 22 for the 2016 Mailer Poetry Fellowship. Hosted by The Norman Mailer Center and The Norman Mailer Writers Colony, the fellowship this year will take place July 9 to July 31 at the prestigious Pepperdine University campus in Malibu, California. To find out more, visit the fellowships website, and find full…Continue reading Deadline Approaching: 2016 Mailer Poetry Fellowship
Fictitious: Where Fiction Meets Improv
Fictitious: Where Fiction Meets Improv , a unique online literary journal and show hosted by iO, is seeking submissions. Fictitious is accepting rolling submissions for short pieces of comedic fiction. Once selected, authors will be invited to read their piece at a live show at iO Chicago that takes place every fourth Wednesday of the month. Performed pieces…Continue reading Fictitious: Where Fiction Meets Improv
Glimmer Train Very Short and Fiction Open Contest
Submissions are due April 30 for the Very Short Fiction Award and the Fiction Open contests from Glimmer Train. Very Short prizes include: 1st place $2,000 and publication, 2nd place $500, and 3rd place $300. Find guidelines here. Fiction Open prizes include: 1st place $3,000 and publication, 2nd place $1,000, and 3rd place $600. Find guidelines here.
“The Great Break” Writing Contest
Submissions are due on April 25 for The Writer‘s “The Great Break” contest. The 1st place prize includes $1,000 and publication in The Writer, 2nd place is $500 and online publication, and 3rd place is $250 and online publication. Entry fee is $25. Heidi Pitlor, editor of The Best American Short Stories and author of The Daylight…Continue reading “The Great Break” Writing Contest
2016 Bristol Short Story Prize
The 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize is open for submissions. The closing date for entries is 30th April 2016. Stories can be on any theme or subject and entry can be made online via the website or by post. Entries must be previously unpublished with a maximum length of 4,000 words. There is no minimum…Continue reading 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize