Opportunities for Writers

OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS

Dear Writers,
Welcome to the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County’s “Writing Opps” list. You’ll find here a list of resources for young writers, followed by a selected directory of contests and literary magazines open for publication.

Best wishes and happy writing, Jamie Lyn

Literary Magazines Open for Submissions

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

Entry Fee: $5
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-interviews

Reedsy

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

SmokeLong Submissions Deadline: Year round

Entry Fee: None
Website: https://www.smokelong.com/guidelines/

Wildness - Accepting submissions for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction

Deadline: Year round
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://readwildness.com/submit

CONTESTS

AWP Award Series
February 28, 2023
https://awp.submittable.com/submit

Big Moose Prize
January 31
https://blacklawrencepress.com/submissions-and-contests/the-big-moose-prize/

Cleveland State University Poetry Center: Essays
Two nonfiction books will be selected for publication this year.
https://clevelandstateuniversitypoetrycenter.submittable.com/submit/241437/essay-open-reading-period-winter-2022-23

2023 Colorado Review Prize for Poetry
January 14, 2023
https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-prize-for-poetry/

“Courage to Write” Grants
The de Groot Foundation
February 12, 2023
http://degrootfoundation.org

The Georgia Review Prose Prizes
January 15
https://thegeorgiareview.com/the-georgia-review-prose-prize/

Grayson Books Chapman Contest
February 1, 2023
https://graysonbooks.submittable.com/submit

Iowa Review Awards (poetry and prose)
January 31, 2023
http://iowareview.org/rules

Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry
February 15, 2023
https://sarabandebooks.submittable.com/submit

Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction
February 15, 2023
https://sarabandebooks.submittable.com/submit

Masters Review Short Story Award for New Writers
February 1 2023
https://mastersreview.com/short-story-award-for-new-writers/

Milkweed Editions, Ballard Spar Prize for Poetry
https://milkweededitions.submittable.com/submit/154692/ballard-spahr-prize-for-poetry

PRISM Awards in Short Fiction, Illustrations, and Poetry
January 16, 2023
https://prisminternational.submittable.com/submit

Red Hen’s Press Women’s Prose Prize
March 1, 2023
https://redhen.org/awards/womens-prose-prize/

Sixfold Poetry and Short Story Awards
January 24, 2023
http://sixfold.org/

Slippery Elm Prizes in Poetry and Prose
February 1, 2023
https://slipperyelm.findlay.edu/submit/contest-guidelines/

Sustainable Arts Writing Awards
February 24, 2023
https://www.pw.org/writing_contests/writing_awards

swamp pink Writing Prizes in Poetry and Prose
January 31, 2023
https://crazyhorse.cofc.edu/

Tampa Review Prize for Poetry
https://tampareview.org/submissions/
January 31, 2023

Veterans Writing Award
February 15, 2023
http://press.syr.edu/veterans-writing-award

Yeats Poetry Prize
February 1, 2023
http://yeatssociety.nyc

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/

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