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OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS
● After Happy Hour Online Contest
 Deadline: Rolling
 Entry fee: $1.50
 Cash prize: $100
 Website: After Happy Hour

 ● After Happy Hour Print Contest: Food
 Deadline: Jan 31
 Entry fee: $20
 Cash prize: $1,000
 Website: After Happy Hour

 ● ArcManorBooks’ Mike Resnick Memorial Award
 Deadline: Feb 1
 Entry fee: N/A
 Cash prize: $250
 Website: Arc Manor

 ● AWPAwardSeries
 Deadline: February 28
 Entry fee: N/A
 Cash prize: $2,500– $5,500
 Website: AWP Award Series

 ● Colorado Prize for Poetry
 Deadline: January 14
 Entry fee: $25-28
 Cash prize: $2,500
 Website: Colorado Review

 ● Edinburgh Short Story Prizes
 Deadline: February 28
 Entry fee: $11
Cash prize: £3,000
 Website: Scottish Arts Trust

  ● Rattle Chapbook Prize
 Deadline: Jan 15
 Entry fee: $25
 Cash prize: $5,000
 Website: Rattle

 ● SejongWriting Competition
 Deadline: Feb 28
 Entry fee: N/A
 Cash prize: $1,000
 Website: The Sejong Cultural Society

 ● Single Poem Contest
 Deadline: March 1
 Entry fee: $5
 Cash prize: $200
 Website: Bicoastal Review

 ● Storyshare’s Story of the Year
 Deadline: Jan 13
 Entry fee: N/A
 Cash prize: $15,000
 Website: Storyshare

 ● Story Unlikely
 Deadline: March 1
Entry fee: N/A
 Cash prize: $1,500
 Website: Story Unlikely

 ● VCULevis Reading Prize
 Deadline: January 15
 Entry fee: N/A
 Prize: Honorarium and Richmond visit
 Website: Virginia Commonwealth University

 ● William Matthews Poetry Prize
 Deadline: Jan 15
 Entry fee: $1.50
 Cash prize: $100
 Website: Asheville Poetry Review

 ● Writer Anthology Writing Contest
 Deadline: January 10
 Entry Fee: N/A
 Cash prize: $1,000
 Website: The Writer Anthology Writing Contest

Litmags Open for Submission
Deadlines vary- please check the website to confirm the reading period for each publication.

2 River View
Website: 2 River View
 
45th Parallel
Website: 45th Parallel

Aaduna Magazine
Website: Aaduna Magazine

Birdy Magazine
Website: Birdy Magazine

Black Fox Literary Magazine
Website: Black Fox Literary Magazine

The Café Review
Website: The Café Review

The Champagne Room
Website: The Champagne Room

Chestnut Review
Website: Chestnut Review

Cutbank
Website: Cutbank

Defenestration Magazine
Website: Defenestration Magazine

Delta Poetry Review
Website: Delta Poetry Review

Dishsoap Quarterly
Website: Dishsoap Magazine

Ekphrastic Review
Website: Ekphrastic Review

Equatorial Magazine
Website: Equatorial Magazine

F(r)iction Magazine
Website: F(r)iction Magazine

Five on the Fifth
Website: Five on the Fifth

Folio Literary Journal
Website: Folio 

Gemini Magazine
Website: Gemini Magazine

GulfCoast
Website: Gulf Coast

Hanging Loose Press
Website: Hanging Loose Press

The Lyric Magazine
Website: The Lyric Magazine

Marrow Magazine
Website: Marrow Magazine

National Poetry Review
Website: National Poetry Review

Nelligan Review
Website: Nelligan Review 

Ninth Letter
Website: Ninth Letter 

Plant Human Quarterly
Website: Plant Human Quarterly

Permafrost
Website: Permafrost

Raleigh Review
Website: Raleigh Review

Stillhouse Press
Website: Stillhouse Press

Strange Horizons
Website: Strange Horizons

Stone Poetry Quarterly
Website: Stone Poetry Quarterly

The/t3mz/Review
Website: The/t3mz/Review

TulsaReview
Website: Tulsa Review

Tupelo Quarterly
Website: Tupelo Quarterly

Union Spring
Website: Union Spring 

yalobusha Review
Website: yalobusha Review

Open All Year
These literary magazines are open for submissions at this time; however, always check the website to confirm before submitting. “Rolling deadline” can mean the litmag accepts submissions year round, that it caps submissions and closes once capacity is full; or that the deadline shifts.
 
The Awakenings Review
Free submissions
Website: https://awakeningsproject.org/

The Blue Mountain Review
Website: https://bluemountainreview.submittable.com/submit?utm_source=newpages&utm_medium=clas sified&utm_campaign=2022_cfs&utm_content=blue_mountain_review

Conduit Poetry
Submission Fee: $3
Website: https://www.conduit.org/submit

DarkWinter Literary Magazine
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.darkwinterlit.com

Denver Quarterly
https://denverquarterly.submittable.com/submit

Down River Road: a journal
Website: https://downriverroad.org/guidelines/

Driftwood Press Submissions: Rolling Deadline
Year-round submissions accepted www.driftwoodpress.net
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.


Frontier Poetry - Submissions from New Voices
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.frontierpoetry.com/submit/

Helix
Website: https://helixmagazine.org/submit 

Identity Theory
https://www.identitytheory.com/ 

Isele Magazine
Website: https://iselemagazine.com/

Memoir Project Open Submissions
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://thekeepthings.com/

Palooka
https://www.palookamag.com/submit.html
 
Plant Human Quarterly
https://otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissions
 
Ploughshares
https://www.pshares.org/submit

Poetry Magazine Open Submissions
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/submit

Reedsy
Deadline: Year round
https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-contests/

Regal House Publishing
Entry Fee: $5
Website: regalhousepublishing.com

SmokeLong Quarterly
Cash Prize: $100
Website: https://www.smokelong.com/

Vast Chasm
Cash Prize: $50
Website: https://vastliterarypress.org/

The Westchester Review
Website: https://thewestchesterreview.submittable.com/submit

Wildness - Accepting submissions for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://readwildness.com/submit

Wingless Dreamer
https://www.winglessdreamer.com/contests

Additional Resources
You can find more opportunities for writers on the websites listed below. Remember, whenever a contest charges an entry fee, make sure that you vet them and confirm that they are legit. A great resource for researching writing contests is the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: www.clmp.org.

  • Almond Press
https://dystopianstories.com/list-creative-writing-journals-accepting-submissions/

  • Bookfox: Ranking of the Best 100 Literary Magazines
https://thejohnfox.com/2021/08/ranking-of-the-100-best-literary-magazines/

  • Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
www.clmp.org

  • Poets and Writers
https://www.pw.org/

  • Published to Death
https://publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/p/calls-for-submissions.html

  • NewPages
https://www.newpages.com/

  • Submittable*
https://discover.submittable.com/
*Please note that this website no longer focuses on literary submissions, contests, and publishing. Be very, very wary of any “opportunity” that charges an entry fee in excess of $25, and double-check the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: www.clmp.org website to make sure high-cost “opportunities” are legitimate contests.

  • The Practicing Writer
https://erikadreifus.substack.com/

CONTESTS
Please approach contests with jurisprudence and due diligence. The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County encourages writers to independently vet each contest’s guidelines, confirm the legitimacy of the contest before submitting. You can review contests by checking professional websites and publications for writers, such as CLMP.org, Poets and Writers Magazine, or The Writer’s Chronicle.

Driftwood Press
Rolling Deadline Entry Fee: $19.99 Cash prize: $300-$500
Website: https://driftwoodpress.submittable.com/submit

Fractured Lit Flash & Micro 
Rolling Deadline 
Cash Prize: $50 - $75 
Website: https://fracturedlit.com/submit/ 

wORKSHOPS & RESIDENCIES
The Kenyon Review Summer Workshops
Rolling admissions, but early applications accepted.
Workshops in Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Translation, and Spiritual Writing. https://kenyonreview.org/writers
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