CURA: A Literature Magazine of Art and Action is currently accepting submissions for their 2015-2016 issue dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement and the voices, art, and action of racial justice. CURA is open to poetry submissions and prose submissions at a maximum of 6,000 words. Their reading period closes on March 15. Further details…Continue reading CURA Magazine and the Literature of Black Lives Matter
Category: Creative Writing
indicia a New Online Journal of Literature
indicia is a new online biannual literature journal seeking submissions for their first publication. Currently indicia is seeking unpublished works of poetry, flash fiction, and visual art. Submissions include up to 6 poems of not more than 10 pages total, up to 3 flash fiction stories of not more than 750 words each, or up to 5 high-quality…Continue reading indicia a New Online Journal of Literature
The Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Writing Program and 2016 Writing Contest
The Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing (MVICW) will be hosting their annual workshop and residency program on July 10-16 & 17. The program costs $1,500 to attend including cost of room and board. MVICW does offer multiple need and merit based scholarships for the program; find details here. MVICW is also holding a writing contest this…Continue reading The Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Writing Program and 2016 Writing Contest
riverSedge Open for Submissions
riverSedge art and literature journal is now open for 2016 submissions. Submissions are due March 1, and can be submitted here. Guidelines are as follows: $5 submission fee 3 prizes of $300 for poetry, prose, and art Multiple submissions welcome Previously unpublished work only Simultaneous submissions welcome Submissions in English or Spanish welcome From the editors: “riverSedge…Continue reading riverSedge Open for Submissions
Glimmer Train New Writers Contest
Glimmer Train is currently accepting submissions for this season’s Short Story Award for New Writers! The contest is held three times a year, winter submissions close on February 29 (stay tuned for Spring and Fall dates). The reading fee is $18 per submission, and the grand prize includes $2,500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories. Find out…Continue reading Glimmer Train New Writers Contest
Submit to Crook & Folly!
DePaul’s annual art and literature magazine is now open for submissions. Visit Crook & Folly online, or see the guidelines below to submit. All submissions due March 1st.
Minerva Rising Literary Journal Open for Submissions
The Minverva Rising Literary Journal, a journal dedicated to publishing creative works by women, is now open for submissions for their journal publication. The theme for this years submission cycle is ‘sisterhood,’ and submissions close on February 1. Visit them online to submit and find out more.
Writing Contest and Workshop Program in Cork, Ireland
The deadline to submit contest entries for the University of New Orleans Writing Workshop in Cork, Ireland is this Sunday, January 31st. See the flyer below for further details, or visit their website here.
Submit Now! Crazy Horse Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
Literary magazine Crazyhorse is now accepting submissions for their context in ficiton, nonfiction, and poetry writing! Winners receive $2,000 and publication in Crazyhorse. All entries will be considered for publication, and more than one manuscript may be entered. Their is a $20 entry fee which includes a one-year subscription to Crazyhorse. Submissions are due Sunday, January 31st! Send…Continue reading Submit Now! Crazy Horse Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
Illinois State University’s Word’s Worth Conference
Illinois State University’s English Studies Program has announced a call for proposals for their 2016 graduate student Word’s Worth Conference: Hum(Animals). The conference encourages a broad ranges of proposals specifically in the field of English Literature, but they also encourage creative writing submissions! Word’s Worth is configured as an early graduate student conference, so first…Continue reading Illinois State University’s Word’s Worth Conference
The Big Moose Prize from Black Lawrence Press
The final deadline for Black Lawrence Press’s annual prize for unpublished novels, The Big Moose Prize, is fast apporaching. The prize is open to new and emerging as well as established writers. The contest winner will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. The entry period closes on January…Continue reading The Big Moose Prize from Black Lawrence Press
2016 Raynes Poetry Prize from Jewish Currents
Magazine Jewish Currents: Activist Politics and Art, is accepting submissions for the 2016 Raynes Poetry Competition. Poets can submit up to three poems related to this years theme “Urge.” The first prize is $1,000, with two runners-up receiving $180. The submission fee is $18 which includes a 1-year subscription to the magazine. Submissions are due…Continue reading 2016 Raynes Poetry Prize from Jewish Currents