Adanna Literary Journal is a women focused print publication. We are seeking essay, poetry, and creative nonfiction that speaks towards the experience of mothering in a time of crisis—caring for children, especially those with children in college returning from affected areas, those with younger children exposed to media and the anxiety of school shut-downs, as well as women who are caring for elderly relatives or those in the medical profession. To submit, please go to. The subject line should read “Special Issue” to distinguish this from our annual issue. Submit by May 15 to the inaugural issue of, an interfaith global journal based at Northeastern University in Boston.

Original poetry, prose, visual art, film, music, and translations welcome. Especially interested in work that deepens the inward life; envisions a more just, peaceful, sustainable world; and advances dialogue across differences. Submissions by global and historically underrepresented groups particularly encouraged. Submit up to 5 pieces; simultaneous submissions and previously published works welcome. Send documents in 12 point Times New Roman with a brief (3-5 line) contributor’s bio in third person to. Email Alexander Levering Kern, co-editor, with questions.

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Age is just a number, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have some opinions about it. If you’re over 60, we want your stories about how you’re spending the next third or more of your life. Are you enjoying an empty nest, or starting a second career, or maybe winding down a first one? Perhaps you are on the adventure of a lifetime (when not “sheltering at home”) or even exploring the world of Internet dating. Whatever it may be, share your post-age 60 stories with our readers! If we publish your piece, you will be paid $200 plus 10 free copies of the book. Writing guidelines and more info at.

Established in 2000, The Awakenings Review is an annual lit mag committed to publishing poetry, short story, nonfiction, photography, and art by writers, poets and artists who have a relationship with mental illness: either self, family member, or friend. Our striking hardcopy publication is one of the nation's leading journals of this genre. Creative endeavors and mental illness have long had a close association. The Awakenings Review publishes works derived from artists', writers’, and poets’ experiences with mental illness, though mental illness need not be the subject of your work.

Visit for submission guidelines. Jay Lit Review call for critiques, commentary, research, essays, and translations. Fields of interest: African (youth) literature and literacy; African (youth) culture and language studies; African language education; feminist/gender, post/decolonial, reader-response, linguistic, comparative, etc. Analysis; translation into/from African languages; related areas of study. Topics: African youths, youth culture and literature; reflections on teaching African languages; multilingualism in Africa, linguistics, related subjects.

Educators, academics and translators invited to showcase knowledge and skills in their professional field. Postgrad essays on a variety of African youth concerns will be considered. Double-blind peer review. Visit for more info│ Email. Journal of African Youth Literature issue 2 call for submissions of creative writing and artworks open now.

Poetry, fiction, visual stories, plays, essays. Artworks of all kinds, including front cover. Criteria: Must be created by, about and/or for African youths (15-35 years). ‘African’ definition is, generally, born-in-Africa and of African heritage. Includes the diaspora, and not related to race or colour. Our mission is ‘Preserving African Youth Identities’ through creative expression.

Visit for more info. See issue 1 at. Chestnut Review (“for stubborn artists”) invites submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and photography for our next issue.

We offer free submissions for poetry (3 poems), flash fiction (. The Red Wheelbarrow Review, formerly Red Savina Review (est. 2013), is open for submissions. The editors have a fresh focus in line with poet Rich Murphy’s concern that literature is in need of “prophetic voices now.” We seek poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction where word meets spirit in a commingling of the sacred and mundane. We have published writers such as Sharman Apt Russell, winner of the John Burroughs Medal; Rich Murphy, winner of the Gival Press Poetry Prize; Khanh Ha, winner of the Robert Watson Literary Prize; bestselling memoirist Gleah Powers; and many others. Submission guidelines at. Gold Man Review, a West Coast Journal, is currently looking for submissions in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for Issue 10.

We are open to all topics and themes and love writing that pushes boundaries. If your work is on the unusual side, then we’re probably the journal for you. If you’re interested in submitting to Gold Man Review, please see our website for full submission guidelines. Please also note that we only accept submissions from writers in Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, California, and Washington. John Updike once said, 'Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.' At Driftwood Press, we are actively searching for artists who care about doing it right, or better.

We are excited to receive your submissions and will diligently work to bring you the best in full poetry collections, novellas, graphic novels, short fiction, poetry, graphic narrative, photography, art, and interviews. We also offer our submitters a premium option to receive an acceptance or rejection letter within one week of submission; many authors are offered editorships and interviews. To polish your fiction, note our editing service, too. Transference is now accepting submissions of poems translated from—or inspired by—poetry originally written in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Latin and Classical Greek, with accompanying commentary. Submissions relating to the theme of vision/seeing are especially welcome.

For this issue we also welcome essays on the translation of poetry. Deadline: April 30. Read current and past issues online and submit at. Transference is peer-edited in a blind submission process. Published by the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University. Write to the editors at. Many parts of the world have shut down under the threats of COVID-19.

Schools are suspended, gatherings are discouraged. In this difficult period of time, BALLOONS Lit. Journal is seeking poetry, short stories, and artwork that brings warmth to our young readers.

Works may praise the medical officers, mourn for the deceased, encourage the infected, cheer up the children staying home, show support to educators, reflect love and humanity or anything that brings out positive energy, the energy everybody needs now. Visit for submission details. Stay healthy, stay happy!

Founded in July of 2019, is a creative resurgence of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s 1868 publication, The Revolution, which was the official newspaper of the National Women’s Suffrage Association. Like any good 19th century newspaper (or any good 21st century zine), we publish a range of styles—memoir, poetry, cultural criticism, interviews, and profiles featuring activists and grassroots organizations. Our focus is feminism in the broadest sense—in other words, we’re interested in “creative activism” that voices the marginalized and/or criticizes corrupt authority. Submit one piece of prose under 750 words, three poems, or 5 images to. Tolsun Books, an independent, non-profit press based in the Southwest, is now open for unsolicited submissions. We accept full-length and chapbook manuscripts made from parts: poetry, short-stories, essays, hybrids, translations, and things we couldn't have dreamed of.

We value new and experienced, diverse authors with high-energy voices. The submission fee of $15 will be waived on the 15th of each month to make sure we include all authors. Manuscripts submitted without the fee will be given the same consideration as paid submissions, but please consider paying the fee if you are able as these fees help us make and promote our books. The Blue Mountain Review launched from Athens, Georgia in 2015 with the mantra, “We’re all south of somewhere.” As a journal of culture the BMR strives to represent life through its stories. Stories are vital to our survival. Songs save the soul. Our goal is to preserve and promote lives told well through prose, poetry, music, and the visual arts.

Our editors read year-round with an eye out for work with homespun and international appeal. We’ve published work with Jericho Brown, Kelli Russell Agodon, Robert Pinsky, Rising Appalachia, Nahko, Michel Stone, Genesis Greykid, Cassandra King, Melissa Studdard, and A.E. This anthology seeks to offer a channel for people under 22 to talk to older people about their experiences and concerns. We are looking for short stories, poetry, essay, memoir, from people under 22 discussing what worries you? What angers you, or delights you?

In other words: what’s on your mind? Submit up to three poems, or one short story, essay, or memoir up to 5000-words.

Art and graphic stories are more than welcome, but the book will in black and white. Everyone under 22 is welcome. We are especially interested in voices from undeserved communities too often left out of the discussion.

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Readers should be aware of publishers who charge, rather than pay, an author for publication; publishers who do not pay for publication, even in copies; publishers who require a purchase before publication; and contests that charge high reading fees. The magazine recommends that you see the publication and submission guidelines before submitting a manuscript. ALLPOETRY.COM—Join the largest poetry community, more than 500,000 poets strong. From beginners to experts, get friendly encouragement and detailed critiques when you’re ready. No-fee contests, $50 cash prizes, active discussion forums, and join our annual anthology. Totally free with optional monthly memberships. For more information, visit:.ANTHOLOGY: RELATIONAL AGGRESSION IN FEMALES.

Seeking essays from women of all ages, races, and sexual orientations who have experienced bullying during their developmental years from other girls or who have been victims in their adulthood of aggressive, demeaning, or disempowering behavior from other women. The ideal essay will include observations about the emotional impact such experiences have had. Word limit: 1,000.

Visit to submit your essay. Click on the Submit link in the right-hand column. Type “Anthology” on the title line and include the title of the essay in the body of your submission. Deadline: June 1.BAOBAB PRESS WANTS MYTHS for the This Side of the Divide: New Myths of the American West anthology. Please send prose under 7,500 words, set west of the Continental Divide, that deepens our understanding of the West and its peoples while utilizing the possibilities inherent in the myth form. Submit at.THE CHRYSALIS PROJECT seeks poems for an anthology about caregiving for any form of dementia. Simultaneous submissions and previously published works accepted as long as the writer holds rights.

Submit up to 3 poems/5 pages of poetry. Deadline: September 30. For complete guidelines, visit.IN THE INTERESTS OF CONTINUING what proved to be a surprisingly provocative discussion at AWP Portland (2019), What Books Press invites submissions from writers over 60 contemplating issues of their own mortality, especially in relation to what we’re calling late-stage writing, for an anthology of the same. Go to the What Books website for more info:.RATTLE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS BY CHILDREN for our annual Young Poets Anthology—poets must be age 15 or younger. Deadline: November 15. Children, parents, or teachers may send up to 4 poems using our online submission manager.

Website:.WRITINGS ON DOMESTIC VERBAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE ANTHOLOGY. Seeking CNF/memoir from grown children, partners/spouses, ex-partners/ex-spouses, siblings. Deadline: August 31.

Cover letter and brief bio to editors Judith Skillman,; Barbara Molloy,; Linera Lucas,. ATMOSPHERE PRESS IS CURRENTLY SEEKING SUBMISSIONS of full-length book manuscripts in all genres—from poetry to fiction to memoir and beyond—with no reading fee. Atmosphere Press is an independent publisher dedicated to honesty, transparency, professionalism, kindness, and making your book awesome. Learn more at.FAW (FRIENDS OF AMERICAN WRITERS) seeks book submissions for its annual, 99-year-old literary awards in 2 categories: Literature for adults and literature for children and young adults. Publishers and/or authors are invited to submit books published in 2020.

Generous monetary prizes awarded. Guidelines: Authors must reside (or have resided) in the American Midwest. Books set in the region (even if the author is nonresident) also qualify. Fiction or creative nonfiction, please. No self-published or e-books, poetry, genres, or series books. Authors of more than 3 published books are ineligible. (If an author has multiple books published in 2020, all are eligible.) Books nominated for the award must be submitted to the FAW Awards Committees by December 10, but we appreciate entries ASAP.

No application forms! Please send 2 copies of each book and author info as early as possible to: Karen Pulver, Literature Awards Chair, 748 Western Ave., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137. Or Angela Gall, Young People’s Literature Awards Chair, 13325 S. Columbine Circle, Plainfield IL 60585.

For info on previous awards, please visit.HAVE A STORY TO TELL? Legacy Book Press is open for submissions, accepting book-length personal stories in nonfiction, autobiographical fiction, and/or poetry formats. Generous royalty splits. Tip: Follow submission guidelines exactly. For details, visit.NEW RIVERS PRESS. Experimental/short nonfiction call: Submit manuscripts of creative nonfiction, essays, experimental, mixed-genre, and multi-genre work between 70 and 120 pages in length, May 1–June 30, with $8 reading fee. Selected manuscripts receive publication contract and 25 author copies.

Submit online at.ROSE METAL PRESS 2020 OPEN READING PERIOD. From June 1 to 30, we’re seeking full-length hybrid genre manuscripts for consideration for publication in 2022 and beyond. We welcome submissions in all styles and on all subjects, and encourage an expansive interpretation of hybridity. For details, visit.THREE MILE HARBOR PRESS Harbor Press is accepting submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts for its annual poetry prize. Deadline: December 30. Reading fee: $25. Winner receives $500 and 25 copies.

The 2019 winner was Jordan Smith for Little Black Train. For complete guidelines, see.WTAW PRESS SEEKS UNPUBLISHED BOOKS of prose (novels, memoirs, collections of stories or essays, hybrids, etc.) We welcome submissions from writers of all backgrounds and encourage submissions by women, minorities, LGBTQ or nonbinary gender people, persons with disabilities, and other traditionally underrepresented groups. April 15–July 15. 2020 BURNSIDE REVIEW CHAPBOOK CONTEST Review Chapbook Contest. Judge: Lara Glenum. Winner receives $200 and 10 copies. Chapbooks are elegantly designed with letterpressed covers.

Runs March 15–June 30. Submit 18–24 pages of poetry. $15 entry fee. All submissions must be made through our submission manager:.WORDTECH COMMUNICATIONS LLC is holding a reading period for chapbook poetry manuscripts.

Dates: May 1–June 30 (e-mail submission). Recent authors: Arlene Biala, Judith Bowles, Judith Brice, Charles Brice, Lee Herrick, George Keithley, Kareem Tayyar, Lehua Taitano. Publication in 2021.

THE 2020 MAY & JUNE SEQUESTRUM THEMES are 1) “Family” & 2) “Place!” That’s 2 separate themes that will both close June 15! Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Payment + publication. Submit via our online submission system. Deadline: October 30. Full guidelines:.AJI MAGAZINE is calling for poetry, short fiction, literary nonfiction, reviews, photography, and graphic art from emerging and established writers and artists. Submissions open on May 1 and November 1 and close once the upcoming issue is filled.

Back issues are available at; e-mail queries can be sent to.CALLING WOMEN WRITERS! HerStry is seeking CNF submissions for our monthly theme essays. We accept submissions year-round from women of all ages, races, and sexual orientations. LGBTQ+ and women of color are especially encouraged to submit. All accepted stories receive payment. Deadlines are rolling and can be found at.CHANGES IN LIFE monthly online newsletter is seeking personal essays from women of all ages. New writers are encouraged to submit their work.

For further details and submission guidelines, please visit the website at:.THE COMPLEMENTARY THEMES for Pedestal Magazine’s June 2020 issue will be “a lament for the earth” and/or “a song of resilience.” Open for submissions May 11–31. Please visit the site to read current and archived content, see relevant details, and submit work:.CREAM CITY REVIEW is Milwaukee’s leading literary journal devoted to publishing memorable and energetic pieces that push the boundaries of writing. We want to read your best fiction, poetry, and nonfiction this year! Submit your work from August 1 to November 1. For full guidelines, please visit.CREATIVE NONFICTION MAGAZINE seeks unpublished work on any subject, in any style. Essays must be no longer than 4,000 words.

Deadline: May 18. Complete guidelines at.EVENING STREET REVIEW seeks previously unpublished work. Submit 3–6 poems or 1–2 prose pieces. Payment is 1 contributor’s copy. E-mail submissions are preferred as a single.docx or.rtf file.

Mail to: or Evening Street Press, 2881 Wright St., Sacramento, CA 95821. Website:.THE HALCYONE LITERARY QUARTERLY wants your best unpublished poetry, short stories, and art. Payment for featured writers. Publication awards for winning contest entries. New residency awards for artists and writers. Website:.HAWAII PACIFIC REVIEW seeks fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Based at Hawaii Pacific University, HPR charges no fees and reads submissions August through April.

Our work has been featured in the Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize anthology. Details and links to our submission manager can be found at.ICONOCLAST LITERARY MAGAZINE is a 28-year-old haven for serious fiction, inquisitive nonfiction, and accessible poetry. Buck the trends! Ditch the CV! You tell the tale, we’ll supply the dedicated readers.

Pays copies, discounts, fandom, and occasional honoraria. Now reading for #120 & beyond.

SASE for reply/return (no e-mail). Still $5 sample (2/$9), 6/$20 subscription. Address: ICONOCLAST, 1675 Amazon Rd., Mohegan Lake, NY.ITALIAN AMERICANA WANTS POEMS on any subject in any style by writers of Italian heritage on either side. Since 1977, we’ve published authors including Kim Addonizio, Clare Rossini, Ned Balbo, Sandra Gilbert, and Peter Covino.

Fiction and creative nonfiction also welcome. Deadline for summer 2020 has been extended to May 15. For full guidelines, visit.LITTLE PATUXENT REVIEW ( LPR) is seeking submissions of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art for its unthemed Winter 2021 issue. Submissions will be accepted from August 1 through October 24. LPR publishes diverse voices and aesthetics and encourages both emerging and established authors to submit. Review our guidelines at.THE MEDICAL LITERARY MESSENGER seeks thought-provoking poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art related to medicine, illness, and the body. Online submissions are free and accepted on a rolling basis.

Visit us at for more information. You can also follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.MOM EGG REVIEW seeks poetry, fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and hybrid works for our annual print issue. We publish work about mothers, mothering, and motherhood. Submissions open May 1 through July 15. For guidelines, please visit.PEN + BRUSH IN PRINT, the publishing arm of a nonprofit supporting the work of emerging and mid-career artists and writers, seeks poetry and short literary fiction by women and nonbinary authors.

No submission fee! We also accept novels and short-story collections: see our website for more information:.PERSIMMON TREE is an online magazine of the arts by women over 60. If you’re a part of this often overlooked age cohort, are a poet, a writer of fiction or nonfiction, or a visual artist, and want your work to be seen by as many as 10,000 readers and viewers, you will want to consider submitting it to Persimmon Tree. To see the latest issue and learn how to send us your story, article, poem or art pieces, go to and click on “submissions.”RHINO, AN AWARD-WINNING ANNUAL PRINT JOURNAL, is open for submissions of poetry, flash (500 words max), and translations from April 15–July 31 with no reading fee.

We invite traditional or experimental work reflecting passion, originality, artistic conviction, and a love affair with language. For 40+ years, RHINO has featured stunning, eclectic work, perfectly bound and visually splendid—“powerful poetry from beginning to end” (New Pages, 2018). All submissions considered for $500 Editors’ Prize. To buy our gorgeous new 2020 issue; to read RHINO Reviews, our online magazine of reviews of the most compelling new American poetry; and for submission guidelines:.SANGAM LITERARY MAGAZINE. Committed to excellence, Sangam, home to LA’s Poet Laureate and the Languages and Literature Department at Southern University, is looking for your best work for our fall 2020 issue. For submission guidelines, see:.

We are looking forward to you being part of this promising literary magazine.SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FROM WOMEN! OyeDrum is a soon-to-be launched feminist online magazine and community, encouraging the avant-garde and moody. We are a platform for all types of work and exploration in writing and art by women only. We are interested in fiction, nonfiction, essays, pitches, poetry, reviews, and hybrid. Send your submissions and questions to.STONE CANOE, the award-winning annual journal of art, writing, and ideas, is now reading submissions for its 2021 issue. The journal is open to work by poets, writers, and artists who are either current or former residents of upstate NY. When funds permit, prizes of $500 are also awarded to emerging writers and artists; awards are selected by our editors, from among works accepted for publication, and no entry is required.

For complete submission guidelines, visit or e-mail.STORM CELLAR, an independent journal of safety and danger with its roots in the Midwest, in print and e-book formats since 2011, seeks amazing new writing and art. BIPOC, women and NB, LGBTQIA+, disabled, neurodivergent, poor, and border-straddling voices encouraged. To submit:.TAHOMA LITERARY REVIEW is open May 1 through June 30 for submissions in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

We pay $55 for poetry & flash prose, $135 for longer work. Everything we accept comes from the open submission queue. Work from TLR has appeared in major anthologies. Guidelines:.TINT JOURNAL is calling for creative writing by non-native English writers. We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by English as a Foreign Language writers as well as profiles, interviews, reviews, and art. See for our submission guidelines and submit until June 11.

Follow us.TRUE STORY, A MONTHLY MINI-MAGAZINE from the editors of Creative Nonfiction, seeks unpublished works of longform narrative nonfiction between 5,000 and 10,000 words long, on any subject and in any style. Complete guidelines at.TWO HAWKS QUARTERLY is an online journal affiliated with Antioch University Los Angeles’s BA program in Creative Writing and is setting the bar for contemporary literature with bold and illuminating poetry, fiction, CNF, and quality experimental work. Write for us. Submissions accepted year-round. For guidelines, see.THE WESTCHESTER REVIEW, an annual print journal, seeks poetry, short fiction, graphic novels, nonfiction, and one-act plays for its upcoming issue by established and emerging authors wherever they reside. We continue to spotlight Westchester authors in a dedicated folio.

See website for guidelines:. 4TH ANNUAL TAOS WRITERS CONFERENCE in Taos, NM, July 24–26, 2020. Keynote speaker, Pam Houston (author of Deep Creek; Cowboys Are My Weakness). Invited faculty include William DeBuys, BK Loren, William Henderson, Allegra Huston, Santee Frazier, and many others, with workshops in every genre.

FMI: (575) 758-0081.17TH ANNUAL PALM BEACH POETRY FESTIVAL in Delray Beach, FL, January 18–23, 2021. Focus on your work with America’s most engaging and award-winning poets. Workshops with David Baker, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Traci Brimhall, Jericho Brown, Vievee Francis, Forrest Gander, Kevin Prufer, and Mary Ruefle.

Six days of workshops, readings, craft talks, panel discussion, social events, and so much more. Special Guest: Gregory Orr and the Parkington Sisters.

Poet At Large: Brian Turner. To find out more, visit. Apply to attend a workshop!JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S WRITING GUILD at our 43rd Annual Summer Conference, Your Vision/Your Voice, July 24–30, at Endicott College, Beverly, MA. Choose from 2 dozen workshops across all genres, critique and meet-the-agent sessions, and open readings. To register, visit:. Call (617) 792-7272 or e-mail.KENTUCKY WOMEN WRITERS CONFERENCE, September 17–20, in Lexington.

Workshops and craft talks in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction with Jami Attenberg, Mahogany Browne, Bridgett M. Davis, Erin Hozier, Amy Hempel, Mariama Lockington, Roxana Robinson, Evie Shockley, Darcey Steinke, and more. Scholarships available. Registration begins April 1. Phone: (859) 257-2874.MOUNT DIABLO WRITERS CONFERENCE, 1-day, Friday, June 12, in Concord, CA (SF Bay Area).

Panels on young adult and nonfiction writing; workshops on poetry and fiction. Keynote: Julia Flynn Siler. Presenters: Devi S. Laskar, Alison Luterman, Robert Aquinas McNally, Susan Cohen, John Hart, Robin Claire Barnes, Jill Hedgecock, and Dean Gloster. $85 includes lunch, workshops, resource and book tables, open mic.

Info:.REGISTRATION, FELLOW, AND SCHOLAR APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! Join award-winning poets and authors Kiese Laymon, Julianna Baggott, Ravi Howard, Caitlin Horrocks, and many more for a week (May 9–16) of writing workshops, seminars, consultations, beach bonfires, social events. This working writing vacation happens every year along the white sands and clear blue waters of FL Gulf Coast, celebrating writing, networking, craft, community. $4,000 IN AWARDS.

Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by June 30—Best Poetry: $1,000; Fiction: $1,000; Nonfiction: $1,000; Flash Fiction: $1,000. All winners are published in our anthology and online.

“The entry fee is reasonable, and I love the structure of NMW. It allows writers to submit all types of work, and the site is incredibly user-friendly.”—Arvilla Fee, recent submitter. Visit.$1,000 AND PUBLICATION in The Ocotillo Review for the winner of the Chester B. Himes Memorial Story Prize and the winner of the Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize. Charlotte Gullick will judge fiction.

Chip Dameron will judge poetry. $20 entry fee. Deadline: August 20.

$100 prize to runners-up. Website:.THE 2020 DIODE EDITIONS book and chapbook contests are open for submissions.

For full guidelines, please go to.2020 FIRST PRIZE WINNERS will be announced in late spring. Thanks to all who submitted work. The 2021 competition opens for entries on January 1, 2021. For details and year-round inspiration, go to.2020 NEW AMERICAN FICTION PRIZE. $1,500 award and book publication. Final judge: Nick White, author of Sweet and Low and How to Survive a Summer.

Deadline: June 15. Minimum length: 100 pages (no maximum). Reading fee: $25. Online submissions only, please. Complete guidelines:.THE 2020 ORISON CHAPBOOK PRIZE offers $300 and publication by Orison Books for a manuscript of 20–45 pages, in any genre (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or hybrid). Entry fee: $12. Submission period: April 1–July 1.

Judged by Orison Books founder and editor, Luke Hankins. Website:.2020 RIVER STYX INTERNATIONAL POETRY CONTEST awards $1,000 and publication for the best poem. Lee Ann Roripaugh will judge. $20 entry fee includes 1-year subscription to River Styx; $15 fee includes prize-winner issue only. Up to 3 poems per entry. May 3 deadline. Complete guidelines at.2020 TALKING WRITING PRIZE for multiple genres: $500 plus publication.

Topic: Ideaphoria. Do you have too many ideas?

Does that thrill you or cause spontaneous combustion? We want your essays, poems, or hybrid work stimulated by or about ideaphoria. Guest judge: Lesley Wheeler. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: June 15.

Website:.2021 MIAMI UNIVERSITY PRESS NOVELLA PRIZE: Winner receives $750, book publication, 10 copies, reading at Miami University (OH). Final judge: Keith Banner. Deadline: August 31. Manuscript length: 18–40K. Reading fee: $25.

Previous winners include: Garth Greenwell, Lee Upton, Clancy McGilligan, and Paul Skenazy. Questions:.2021 PRESS 53 AWARD FOR POETRY. $1,000 and 50 copies awarded to an unpublished 60- to 120-page collection of poems. Prizes awarded upon publication. Tom Lombardo, Press 53 Poetry Series Editor, will serve as judge. Deadline: midnight, July 31. Winner and finalists announced before November 1.

Reading fee: $30. Information at.2021 SATURDAY EVENING POST GREAT AMERICAN FICTION CONTEST. Winner receives $1,000 and publication in January/February 2021 issue of the Post; 5 runners-up receive $200 and publication online. Entries should represent the highest quality fiction, regardless of genre.

Deadline: July 1. For guidelines and more information, visit.14TH GIVAL PRESS NOVEL AWARD for best original previously unpublished literary novel in English, approximately 30,000 to 100,000 words. Prize: $3,000, copies; book publication in 2021. Reading fee: $50 per novel submitted. Deadline: May 30. Details, visit website:.

Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.17TH ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS SHORT STORY AWARD for best original previously unpublished literary stand-alone story in English, approximately 5,000 to 15,000 words.

Prize: $1,000; publication on website. Reading fee: $25 per story submitted.

Deadline: August 8. Details, visit website:.

Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.19TH ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS OSCAR WILDE AWARD for best previously unpublished poem in English that best relates GLBTQ life. Prize: $500; publication on website. Reading fee: $20 for up to 3 poems submitted, any form, style, length. Deadline: June 27 Details, visit website:. Address: Gival Press, P.O.

Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.22ND ANNUAL BLUE LYNX PRIZE, $2,000 plus publication is awarded for an unpublished, full-length volume of poems. Submit manuscripts and $28 reading fee to P.O.

Box 96, Spokane, WA 99210. The 2019 winner is Kirsten Kaschock for her manuscript Explain This Corpse. Former winners include Jim Daniels, Carolyne Wright, Robert Gregory, Suzanne Lummis, and Lue Lipsitz. Judges have included Yusef Komunyakaa, Melissa Kwasny, Christopher Buckley, Dara Wier, Dorianne Laux, and Robert Wrigley. Deadline: June 1.ANNUAL RATTLE POETRY PRIZE offers $10,000 for a single poem, plus a $2,000 Readers’ Choice Award. Entry fee of $25 includes a 1-year subscription to the magazine.

Deadline: July 15. Submit up to 4 unpublished poems per entry.

For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website:.ANTHOLOGY PUBLICATION & CASH AWARDS for poems in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While we hunker down in the face of the virus, we can allow ourselves to reflect and clean out some of the cobwebs that cling to us, and continue to be productive. Guidelines and submissions:.THE ARIZONA AUTHORS ASSOCIATION has opened its 2020 Literary Contest. Deadline is July 1. See our website for categories and entry form:.ATLANTA REVIEW 26TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE. Grand prize: $1,000.

Top 25 contestants published. Thirty merit winners, listed on honor roll, receive a free copy. Deadline: May 1. $15 for 5 poems, multiple separate submissions allowed.

Final judge announced at end of competition. Online submissions only:.BAUHAN PUBLISHING’S MAY SARTON NEW HAMPSHIRE POETRY PRIZE is open for submissions.

The prize is for a book-length collection of poems with the winner receiving $1,000 and book publication with our Spring 2021 titles. Entry fee: $30. Postmark/submission deadline: June 30. Judged by Nils Michal.

For submission guidelines:.BE PART OF A 150-YEAR LEGACY! California’s oldest literary journal is seeking original works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art for Reed Magazine. Each of our 4 contests awards $1,000 or more, and applicants receive a complimentary copy.

Submissions June 1–November 1. Let your voice be heard.

Website:.BELLEVUE LITERARY REVIEW’S ANNUAL PRIZES recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. $1,000 Fiction Prize (judge: Dan Chaon), $1,000 Nonfiction Prize (judge: Kay Redfield Jamison), $1,000 Poetry Prize (judge: Jen Bervin). Deadline: July 1. Entry fee: $20 ($30 includes subscription). Website:.BIANNUAL PRINT JOURNAL BLACK WARRIOR REVIEW seeks 2020 contest submissions. Winners will receive publication and cash prizes ($500 for flash and $1,000 for poetry, fiction, and CNF).

Judges: Mayukh Sen (nonfiction), Paul Tran (poetry), C Pam Zhang (flash), and Lucy Corin (fiction). Open until September 1. Complete information available at.THE BIRDY POETRY PRIZE, by Meadowlark Books. $1,000 cash prize, publication, and 50 copies. Submit 1 full-length poetry book manuscript (55–150 pages).

Entry fee: $25. Submissions open: September 1 to December 1. Learn more:.BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE WRITING CONTEST: $1,600 in cash prizes. Awards by category: $250 first place, $100 second place, $50 third place. Entry fee: $10/entry.

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