OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS
Dear Writers,
LITMAGS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
You can find more listings on any number of websites, such as Poets and Writers, DuoTrope, The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), Literary Cleveland and NewPages.com. Writers should always read a couple back issues of each magazine before sending in work to ensure that it’s a good fit for each specific publication. This isn’t an exhaustive list, but it is a curated place of litmags that are great to work with, open to emerging writers, and who have deadlines coming up. A few are also open year round. Most of these publications accept work in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction; some also accept artwork and hybrid forms.
Happy writing,
Jamie Lyn
American Short Fiction
February 15, 2024
https://americanshortfiction.org/
Copper Nickel
December 15, 2023; January 15 - March 1, 2024
https://copper-nickel.org
Cut Bank
February 1, 2023
http://www.cutbankonline.org/print-edition
Denver Quarterly
February 16, 2024
https://denverquarterly.submittable.com/submit
Colorado Review
August 1, 2023 - April 1, 2024
https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-review/#submission-guidelines
Copper Nickel
August 15- December 15, 2023
https://copper-nickel.org
Ploughshares
January 15, 2024
https://www.pshares.org/submit
Ponder Review
December 15, 2023 - March 15, 2024
https://www.muw.edu/ponderreview/submit/
Macmillan Publishers: 2024 First Crime Novel Competition
Deadline: December 15th
Entry Fee: N/A
Cash Prize: $10,000 advance
Website: https://us.macmillan.com/minotaurbooks/submit-manuscript/
Meridian
August 15, 2023-April 1, 2024
https://meridian.submittable.com
Northwest Review
August 15-May 15, 2024
https://nwreview.org/submissions/
Oakwood Seeks Submissions
Deadline: December 31st
Entry Fee: N/A
Cash Prize: Publication in Oakwood
Website: https://sdsuoakwood.com/submission-guidelines/
Permafrost
August 15, 2023-May 15, 2024
https://permafrostmag.uaf.edu/submit/
Split Lip Magazine
August 1- December 15, 2023
https://splitlipthemag.com/submit
Unleash Press: 2024 Book Prize
Deadline: December 15
Entry Fee: $35
Cash Prize: $1,000 advance
Website: https://unleashpress.submittable.com/submit/247727/2024-book-prize
Southern Humanities Review
January 15 - March 14, 2024
http://www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/submit.html
Split Lip Magazine
December 15, 2023
https://splitlipthemag.com/submit
Tampa Review
December 31, 2023
https://tampareview.submittable.com/submit
The Plentitudes
December 31, 2023
https://www.theplentitudes.com/submit
Open All Year
Hunger Mountain
https://hungermtn.org/submit/
Prism International
https://prismmagazine.ca/submit/
Auroras & Blossoms: Rolling Deadline
Launched in 2019, Auroras & Blossoms is dedicated to promoting positive, uplifting, and inspirational art; and giving artists (ages 13 and over) of all levels a platform where they can showcase their work and build their publishing credits.
We publish short stories, flash fiction, essays, six-word stories, photography, paintings, drawings, and poetry. One of our anthologies is entirely focused on 13-16 year-old creatives.
Link: https://abpositiveart.com/submit
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.
Litmags Open for Submissions
Please check each litmag’s website for specific submission guidelines, genres accepted, and associated submission fees (if applicable). Good luck, and happy writing!
Website: https://www.southerncollectiveexperience.com/the-blue-mountain-review/
DarkWinter Literary Magazine
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.darkwinterlit.com
Frontier Poetry - Submissions from New Voices
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.frontierpoetry.com/submit/
Memoir Project Open Submissions
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://thekeepthings.com/
Poetry Magazine Open Submissions
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/submit
Profiles of Writers Who Are Mothers
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://literarymama.com/submissions/submission-guidelines-profiles-and-interview
Reedsy
Deadline: Year round
https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-contests/
SmokeLong Submissions Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.smokelong.com/guideliness
Wildness - Accepting submissions for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://readwildness.com/submit
CONTESTS
Allen Ginsberg Poetry AwardsFebruary 1, 2024
https://www.poetrycenterpccc.com/awards
Autumn House Fiction PrizesFebruary 29, 2024
https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/
Birdy Poetry Prize, by Meadowlark PressDecember 1, 2023
http://birdypoetryprize.com
Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards
December 31, 2023
http://bcala.org/awards-and-news/literary-awards
Cabell First Novelist Award
December 30, 2023
http://firstnovelist.vcu.edu
Center for Book Arts Poetry Chapbook Contest
December 15, 2023
http://centerforbookarts.org/annual-chapbook-competition
Danahy Fiction Prize
December 31, 2023
http://tampareview.org
French-American Foundation Translation PrizeJanuary 12, 2024
https://frenchamerican.org/initiatives/translation-prize/
Friends of American Writers
December 10, 2023
http://fawchicago.org/awards.php
Gulf Coast, Barthelme Prize for Short ProseFebruary 11 - April 16, 2023
http://gulfcoastmag.org
Harold Morton Landon Translation AwardFebruary 15, 2024
https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/harold-morton-landon-translation-award
Hollis Summers Poetry PrizeDecember 31, 2023
http://ohioswallow.com/poetry_prize
James Dickey Prize for PoetryDecember 1, 2023
http://fivepoints.gsu.edu/james-dickey-prize-poetry
Laurence Goldstein Prize in PoetryDecember 31, 2023
http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr
Levis Reading PrizeJanuary 15, 2024
https://english.vcu.edu/about/national-literary-awards/levis-reading-prize/
Longleaf Press Book ContestDecember 15, 2023
https://longleafpress.org/longleaf-press-poetry-book-contest/
Midland Authors AwardsJanuary 30, 2024
https://midlandauthors.org/how-to-submit/
Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry AwardDecember 30, 2023
http://codhill.com/codhill-press-poetry-award-guide
Red Hen Press Women's Prose PrizeFebruary 29, 2024
https://redhen.org/awards/
Robert H. Winner Memorial AwardDecember 31, 2023
http://poetrysociety.org
Slippery Elm Prizes in Poetry and Prose
February 1, 2024
https://slipperyelm.findlay.edu/submit/contest-guidelines/
Story Foundation Prize
December 15, 2023
http://storymagazine.org
Tartt Fiction Award
December 31, 2023
http://livingstonpress.uwa.edu
The Masters Review Chapbook Open
December 17, 2023
http://mastersreview.com
Two Sylvias Press 2023 Wilder Series Poetry Book Prize
December 31, 2023
https://www.twosylviaspress.com/wilder-series-poetry-book-prize.html
Roanoke Review Eco Poetry Contest
December 31, 2023
http://www.roanokereview.org/submit
Raleigh Review Laux & Millar Poetry Prize
January 1 - June 1, 2024
https://www.raleighreview.org/submit.html
W.Y. Boyd Literary Award
December 31, 2023
http://ala.org/awardsgrants/wy-boyd-literary-award-excellence-military-fiction
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.
*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.
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
LITMAGS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
You can find more listings on any number of websites, such as Poets and Writers, DuoTrope, The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), Literary Cleveland and NewPages.com. Writers should always read a couple back issues of each magazine before sending in work to ensure that it’s a good fit for each specific publication. This isn’t an exhaustive list, but it is a curated place of litmags that are great to work with, open to emerging writers, and who have deadlines coming up. A few are also open year round. Most of these publications accept work in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction; some also accept artwork and hybrid forms.
Happy writing,
Jamie Lyn
American Short Fiction
February 15, 2024
https://americanshortfiction.org/
Copper Nickel
December 15, 2023; January 15 - March 1, 2024
https://copper-nickel.org
Cut Bank
February 1, 2023
http://www.cutbankonline.org/print-edition
Denver Quarterly
February 16, 2024
https://denverquarterly.submittable.com/submit
Colorado Review
August 1, 2023 - April 1, 2024
https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-review/#submission-guidelines
Copper Nickel
August 15- December 15, 2023
https://copper-nickel.org
Ploughshares
January 15, 2024
https://www.pshares.org/submit
Ponder Review
December 15, 2023 - March 15, 2024
https://www.muw.edu/ponderreview/submit/
Macmillan Publishers: 2024 First Crime Novel Competition
Deadline: December 15th
Entry Fee: N/A
Cash Prize: $10,000 advance
Website: https://us.macmillan.com/minotaurbooks/submit-manuscript/
Meridian
August 15, 2023-April 1, 2024
https://meridian.submittable.com
Northwest Review
August 15-May 15, 2024
https://nwreview.org/submissions/
Oakwood Seeks Submissions
Deadline: December 31st
Entry Fee: N/A
Cash Prize: Publication in Oakwood
Website: https://sdsuoakwood.com/submission-guidelines/
Permafrost
August 15, 2023-May 15, 2024
https://permafrostmag.uaf.edu/submit/
Split Lip Magazine
August 1- December 15, 2023
https://splitlipthemag.com/submit
Unleash Press: 2024 Book Prize
Deadline: December 15
Entry Fee: $35
Cash Prize: $1,000 advance
Website: https://unleashpress.submittable.com/submit/247727/2024-book-prize
Southern Humanities Review
January 15 - March 14, 2024
http://www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/submit.html
Split Lip Magazine
December 15, 2023
https://splitlipthemag.com/submit
Tampa Review
December 31, 2023
https://tampareview.submittable.com/submit
The Plentitudes
December 31, 2023
https://www.theplentitudes.com/submit
Open All Year
Hunger Mountain
https://hungermtn.org/submit/
Prism International
https://prismmagazine.ca/submit/
Auroras & Blossoms: Rolling Deadline
Launched in 2019, Auroras & Blossoms is dedicated to promoting positive, uplifting, and inspirational art; and giving artists (ages 13 and over) of all levels a platform where they can showcase their work and build their publishing credits.
We publish short stories, flash fiction, essays, six-word stories, photography, paintings, drawings, and poetry. One of our anthologies is entirely focused on 13-16 year-old creatives.
Link: https://abpositiveart.com/submit
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.
Litmags Open for Submissions
Please check each litmag’s website for specific submission guidelines, genres accepted, and associated submission fees (if applicable). Good luck, and happy writing!
- The Blue Mountain Review - Our Doors Are Open: call for submissions Deadline: Year Round
Website: https://www.southerncollectiveexperience.com/the-blue-mountain-review/
- Dark Onus Press
https://www.darkonuspress.com/submit
Denver Quarterly
https://denverquarterly.submittable.com/submit
Jokes Review
https://www.jokesliteraryreview.com/submit
Palooka
https://www.palookamag.com/submit.html
Plant Human Quarterly
https://otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissions
Ploughshares
https://www.pshares.org/submit
DarkWinter Literary Magazine
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.darkwinterlit.com
Frontier Poetry - Submissions from New Voices
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.frontierpoetry.com/submit/
Memoir Project Open Submissions
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://thekeepthings.com/
Poetry Magazine Open Submissions
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/submit
Profiles of Writers Who Are Mothers
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://literarymama.com/submissions/submission-guidelines-profiles-and-interview
Reedsy
Deadline: Year round
https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-contests/
SmokeLong Submissions Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.smokelong.com/guideliness
Wildness - Accepting submissions for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://readwildness.com/submit
CONTESTS
Allen Ginsberg Poetry AwardsFebruary 1, 2024
https://www.poetrycenterpccc.com/awards
Autumn House Fiction PrizesFebruary 29, 2024
https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/
Birdy Poetry Prize, by Meadowlark PressDecember 1, 2023
http://birdypoetryprize.com
Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards
December 31, 2023
http://bcala.org/awards-and-news/literary-awards
Cabell First Novelist Award
December 30, 2023
http://firstnovelist.vcu.edu
Center for Book Arts Poetry Chapbook Contest
December 15, 2023
http://centerforbookarts.org/annual-chapbook-competition
Danahy Fiction Prize
December 31, 2023
http://tampareview.org
French-American Foundation Translation PrizeJanuary 12, 2024
https://frenchamerican.org/initiatives/translation-prize/
Friends of American Writers
December 10, 2023
http://fawchicago.org/awards.php
Gulf Coast, Barthelme Prize for Short ProseFebruary 11 - April 16, 2023
http://gulfcoastmag.org
Harold Morton Landon Translation AwardFebruary 15, 2024
https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/harold-morton-landon-translation-award
Hollis Summers Poetry PrizeDecember 31, 2023
http://ohioswallow.com/poetry_prize
James Dickey Prize for PoetryDecember 1, 2023
http://fivepoints.gsu.edu/james-dickey-prize-poetry
Laurence Goldstein Prize in PoetryDecember 31, 2023
http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr
Levis Reading PrizeJanuary 15, 2024
https://english.vcu.edu/about/national-literary-awards/levis-reading-prize/
Longleaf Press Book ContestDecember 15, 2023
https://longleafpress.org/longleaf-press-poetry-book-contest/
Midland Authors AwardsJanuary 30, 2024
https://midlandauthors.org/how-to-submit/
Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry AwardDecember 30, 2023
http://codhill.com/codhill-press-poetry-award-guide
Red Hen Press Women's Prose PrizeFebruary 29, 2024
https://redhen.org/awards/
Robert H. Winner Memorial AwardDecember 31, 2023
http://poetrysociety.org
Slippery Elm Prizes in Poetry and Prose
February 1, 2024
https://slipperyelm.findlay.edu/submit/contest-guidelines/
Story Foundation Prize
December 15, 2023
http://storymagazine.org
Tartt Fiction Award
December 31, 2023
http://livingstonpress.uwa.edu
The Masters Review Chapbook Open
December 17, 2023
http://mastersreview.com
Two Sylvias Press 2023 Wilder Series Poetry Book Prize
December 31, 2023
https://www.twosylviaspress.com/wilder-series-poetry-book-prize.html
Roanoke Review Eco Poetry Contest
December 31, 2023
http://www.roanokereview.org/submit
Raleigh Review Laux & Millar Poetry Prize
January 1 - June 1, 2024
https://www.raleighreview.org/submit.html
W.Y. Boyd Literary Award
December 31, 2023
http://ala.org/awardsgrants/wy-boyd-literary-award-excellence-military-fiction
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
- Bookfox: Ranking of the Best 100 Literary Magazines
- Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
- Poets and Writers
- Published to Death
- NewPages
- Submittable*
*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
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