OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS
Opportunities for Writers
June 30- August 15, 2024
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.
3 Cents Magazine
Deadline: July 31, 2024
https://www.3centsmagazine.com/submit/
32 Poems
Deadline: July 1-October 31, 2024
http://32poems.com/submission-guidelines/
Able Muse
Deadline: July 15
Website: https://ablemuse.com
addanomadd
Deadline: June 24
Website: https://addanomadd.com
After Happy Hour
https://www.afterhappyhourreview.com/Submissions2.html
Arc Poetry
Deadline: July 31 Entry Fee: $2 per poem for US submitters
https://arcpoetry.ca/resources/general-submissions/
Boiler Journal
Deadline: July 15
Website: https://theboilerjournal.com
Black Fox Literary Magazine
Deadline July 1-November 30, 2024
https://www.blackfoxlitmag.com/submit/
Chapter House Journal
Deadline: July 1
Website: https://chjournal.com
Chestnut Review
https://chestnutreview.com/submissions/
Club Plum
https://clubplumliteraryjournal.com/submit/
Concision Poetry
Deadline: July 15, 2024
https://www.concisionpoetry.com/submissions
Contrapuntos
Deadline: July 1
Website: https://digitusindie.com/submittable
Dawn Review
Deadline: July 5
Website: https://thedawnreview.com/submit
Deronda Review
Deadline: June 30
Website: https://derondareview.org
Driftwood Press Submission Opportunities
Open for submissions Entry Fee: $19.99 Cash prize: $300-$500
Website: https://driftwoodpress.submittable.com/submit
The Ekphrastic Review
https://www.ekphrastic.net/submit.html
Epiphany Submission Opportunities
Deadline: July 8
Entry Fee: $5 Cash prize: $75-$175
Website: https://epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
Foglifter
https://foglifterjournal.com/submit/
Fourteen Hills
Deadline: July 8
Entry Fee: $3 Cash prize: $20
Website: https://www.14hills.net/submit-general
Geist
Deadline: August 31
Entry Fee: Waived for BIPOC writers
Cash prize: $100-$1,000
Website: https://www.geist.com/submission/submit
The Gravity of the Thing
https://thegravityofthething.com/submit/
Grist
Deadline: August 15
Entry Fee: $4
Website: https://gristjournal.com/submit
Harpur Palate
https://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/submit/
Helix
Open for submissions
Website: https://helixmagazine.org/submit
Ink in Thirds
Deadline: July 31
Website: https://inkinthirds.org/submissions/
Juke Joint
Deadline: July 15
Website: https://www.jukejointmag.com/submit
Lakeshore Review
Deadline: July 31
Website: https://thelakeshorereview.submittable.com/submit
Maine Review
Deadline: July 31
Entry Fee: $3 Cash prize: $25-$50
Website: https://mainereview.submittable.com/submit
Meow Meow Pow Pow Lit
Deadline: July 1
Website: https://meowmeowpowpowlit.com
MER- Mom Egg Review
Deadline: July 15
Entry Fee: $3
Website: https://merliterary.com/submit
NELLE
Deadline: September 1
Entry Fee: $3
Website: https://uab.edu/cas/englishpublications/nelle/submit
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora
Deadline: October 15
Website: https://obsidianlit.org/how-to-submit
Other Journal
Deadline: July 31
Website: https://theotherjournal.com/submissions
Petigru Review
Deadline: August 15
Entry Fee: $3
Website: https://thepetigrureview.com/submit
Please See Me
Deadline: August 15
Website: https://pleaseseeme.com/submissions
Poetry International
https://poetryinternational.submittable.com/submit
Prime Number Magazine
Deadline: June 30
Website: https://press53.com/submissions-1
Radar
https://www.radarpoetry.com/guidelines
Rattle Poetry
Deadline: June 30
Website: https://rattle.submittable.com/submit
Regal House Publishing
Open for submissions Entry Fee: $5
Website: regalhousepublishing.com
Rhino
https://rhinopoetry.org/general-submissions
River Heron Review
https://www.riverheronreview.com/submit
Rust and Moth
https://rustandmoth.com/submissions/
Rockvale Review
https://rockvalereview.com/submissions/
Sheila-Na-Gig
https://sheilanagigblog.com/submissions/
Small Harbor Publishing
Deadline: June 30 Entry Fee: $15 (Fee is waived for BIPOC identifying writers)
Website: https://www.smallharborpublishing.com/hybrid-open-reading-period
Stone Poetry Quarterly
https://stonepoetryjournal.com/submission-guidelines/
Superpresent
https://superpresentmag.com/call/
Sundog Lit
https://sundoglit.com/submissions/
Thimble Literary Magazine
Deadline: June 30
Website: https://thimblelitmag.com/submissions
Think: A Journal of Poetry, Fiction, and Essays
Deadline: June 30
Website: https://thinkjournal.org/page5.html
TriQuarterly
https://www.triquarterly.org/submissions
Third Street Review
https://thirdstreetwriters.submittable.com/submit
Unleash Press
https://unleashpress.submittable.com/submit/200674/unleash-lit-submissions
Wayfarer Magazine
Deadline: July 1
Website: https://thewayfarer.submittable.com/submit
Open All Year
Prism International
https://prismmagazine.ca/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!
Denver Quarterly
https://denverquarterly.submittable.com/submit
Identity Theory
https://www.identitytheory.com/
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
Reedsy
Deadline: Year round
https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-contests/
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.
*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.
CONTESTS
American Poetry Review
Deadline: October 1
Entry Fee: $25 Cash prize: $3,000
Website: https://americanpoetryreview.submittable.com/submit
Autumn House Poetry Prize
Deadline: June 30
Entry Fee: $35 Cash prize: $1,000
Website: https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/poetry
Barrow Street Press Poetry Book Prize
Deadline: June 30
Entry Fee: $30
Cash prize: $1,500
Website: https://barrowstreet.org/press/submit/
Bellevue Literary Review
Deadline: July 1
Entry Fee: $20
Cash prize: $300-$1,000
Website: https://blreview.org/blr-prizes/
Cider Press Review Editors’ Prize Book Award
Deadline: July 1
Entry Fee: $27
Cash prize: $1,000
Website: https://ciderpressreview.submittable.com/submit/
Conduit: Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize 2024
Deadline: July 8
Entry Fee: $25
Cash prize: $1,500
Website: https://conduit.submittable.com/submit
Driftwood Press: TheAdrift Short Story Competition
Deadline: July 15
Entry Fee: $30
Cashprize: $200-$500
Website: https://driftwoodpress.submittable.com/submit
TheAdrift Chapbook Competition
Deadline: July 15
Entry Fee: $25
Cashprize: $350-$750
Website: https://driftwoodpress.submittable.com/submit
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Deadline: June 30
Entry Fee: $20 Cash prize: $15,000
Website: https://upress.submittable.com/submit
International Amy MacRae Award for Memoir
Deadline: June 30 Entry Fee: $25
Cash prize: $1,000
Website: https://www.amyaward.com
Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction
Deadline: June 30
Entry Fee: $25
Cash prize: $1,000
Website: https://universityofnorthtexaspress.submittable.com/submit
Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Awards
Deadline: June 30
Entry Fee: $20
Cash prize: $10,000-$100,000
Website: https://arts.cgu.edu/tufts-poetry-awards/
Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction
Deadline: July 15
Entry Fee: $25
Cash prize: $1,000
Website: https://regalhousepublishing.submittable.com/submit
The Moth Short Story International Prize
Deadline: June 30
Entry Fee: €15
Cash prize: €3,000
Website: https://www.themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=8227&page=26
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
June 30- August 15, 2024
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.
3 Cents Magazine
Deadline: July 31, 2024
https://www.3centsmagazine.com/submit/
32 Poems
Deadline: July 1-October 31, 2024
http://32poems.com/submission-guidelines/
Able Muse
Deadline: July 15
Website: https://ablemuse.com
addanomadd
Deadline: June 24
Website: https://addanomadd.com
After Happy Hour
https://www.afterhappyhourreview.com/Submissions2.html
Arc Poetry
Deadline: July 31 Entry Fee: $2 per poem for US submitters
https://arcpoetry.ca/resources/general-submissions/
Boiler Journal
Deadline: July 15
Website: https://theboilerjournal.com
Black Fox Literary Magazine
Deadline July 1-November 30, 2024
https://www.blackfoxlitmag.com/submit/
Chapter House Journal
Deadline: July 1
Website: https://chjournal.com
Chestnut Review
https://chestnutreview.com/submissions/
Club Plum
https://clubplumliteraryjournal.com/submit/
Concision Poetry
Deadline: July 15, 2024
https://www.concisionpoetry.com/submissions
Contrapuntos
Deadline: July 1
Website: https://digitusindie.com/submittable
Dawn Review
Deadline: July 5
Website: https://thedawnreview.com/submit
Deronda Review
Deadline: June 30
Website: https://derondareview.org
Driftwood Press Submission Opportunities
Open for submissions Entry Fee: $19.99 Cash prize: $300-$500
Website: https://driftwoodpress.submittable.com/submit
The Ekphrastic Review
https://www.ekphrastic.net/submit.html
Epiphany Submission Opportunities
Deadline: July 8
Entry Fee: $5 Cash prize: $75-$175
Website: https://epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
Foglifter
https://foglifterjournal.com/submit/
Fourteen Hills
Deadline: July 8
Entry Fee: $3 Cash prize: $20
Website: https://www.14hills.net/submit-general
Geist
Deadline: August 31
Entry Fee: Waived for BIPOC writers
Cash prize: $100-$1,000
Website: https://www.geist.com/submission/submit
The Gravity of the Thing
https://thegravityofthething.com/submit/
Grist
Deadline: August 15
Entry Fee: $4
Website: https://gristjournal.com/submit
Harpur Palate
https://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/submit/
Helix
Open for submissions
Website: https://helixmagazine.org/submit
Ink in Thirds
Deadline: July 31
Website: https://inkinthirds.org/submissions/
Juke Joint
Deadline: July 15
Website: https://www.jukejointmag.com/submit
Lakeshore Review
Deadline: July 31
Website: https://thelakeshorereview.submittable.com/submit
Maine Review
Deadline: July 31
Entry Fee: $3 Cash prize: $25-$50
Website: https://mainereview.submittable.com/submit
Meow Meow Pow Pow Lit
Deadline: July 1
Website: https://meowmeowpowpowlit.com
MER- Mom Egg Review
Deadline: July 15
Entry Fee: $3
Website: https://merliterary.com/submit
NELLE
Deadline: September 1
Entry Fee: $3
Website: https://uab.edu/cas/englishpublications/nelle/submit
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora
Deadline: October 15
Website: https://obsidianlit.org/how-to-submit
Other Journal
Deadline: July 31
Website: https://theotherjournal.com/submissions
Petigru Review
Deadline: August 15
Entry Fee: $3
Website: https://thepetigrureview.com/submit
Please See Me
Deadline: August 15
Website: https://pleaseseeme.com/submissions
Poetry International
https://poetryinternational.submittable.com/submit
Prime Number Magazine
Deadline: June 30
Website: https://press53.com/submissions-1
Radar
https://www.radarpoetry.com/guidelines
Rattle Poetry
Deadline: June 30
Website: https://rattle.submittable.com/submit
Regal House Publishing
Open for submissions Entry Fee: $5
Website: regalhousepublishing.com
Rhino
https://rhinopoetry.org/general-submissions
River Heron Review
https://www.riverheronreview.com/submit
Rust and Moth
https://rustandmoth.com/submissions/
Rockvale Review
https://rockvalereview.com/submissions/
Sheila-Na-Gig
https://sheilanagigblog.com/submissions/
Small Harbor Publishing
Deadline: June 30 Entry Fee: $15 (Fee is waived for BIPOC identifying writers)
Website: https://www.smallharborpublishing.com/hybrid-open-reading-period
Stone Poetry Quarterly
https://stonepoetryjournal.com/submission-guidelines/
Superpresent
https://superpresentmag.com/call/
Sundog Lit
https://sundoglit.com/submissions/
Thimble Literary Magazine
Deadline: June 30
Website: https://thimblelitmag.com/submissions
Think: A Journal of Poetry, Fiction, and Essays
Deadline: June 30
Website: https://thinkjournal.org/page5.html
TriQuarterly
https://www.triquarterly.org/submissions
Third Street Review
https://thirdstreetwriters.submittable.com/submit
Unleash Press
https://unleashpress.submittable.com/submit/200674/unleash-lit-submissions
Wayfarer Magazine
Deadline: July 1
Website: https://thewayfarer.submittable.com/submit
Open All Year
Prism International
https://prismmagazine.ca/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!
Denver Quarterly
https://denverquarterly.submittable.com/submit
Identity Theory
https://www.identitytheory.com/
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
Reedsy
Deadline: Year round
https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-contests/
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
- 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
CONTESTS
American Poetry Review
Deadline: October 1
Entry Fee: $25 Cash prize: $3,000
Website: https://americanpoetryreview.submittable.com/submit
Autumn House Poetry Prize
Deadline: June 30
Entry Fee: $35 Cash prize: $1,000
Website: https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/poetry
Barrow Street Press Poetry Book Prize
Deadline: June 30
Entry Fee: $30
Cash prize: $1,500
Website: https://barrowstreet.org/press/submit/
Bellevue Literary Review
Deadline: July 1
Entry Fee: $20
Cash prize: $300-$1,000
Website: https://blreview.org/blr-prizes/
Cider Press Review Editors’ Prize Book Award
Deadline: July 1
Entry Fee: $27
Cash prize: $1,000
Website: https://ciderpressreview.submittable.com/submit/
Conduit: Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize 2024
Deadline: July 8
Entry Fee: $25
Cash prize: $1,500
Website: https://conduit.submittable.com/submit
Driftwood Press: TheAdrift Short Story Competition
Deadline: July 15
Entry Fee: $30
Cashprize: $200-$500
Website: https://driftwoodpress.submittable.com/submit
TheAdrift Chapbook Competition
Deadline: July 15
Entry Fee: $25
Cashprize: $350-$750
Website: https://driftwoodpress.submittable.com/submit
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Deadline: June 30
Entry Fee: $20 Cash prize: $15,000
Website: https://upress.submittable.com/submit
International Amy MacRae Award for Memoir
Deadline: June 30 Entry Fee: $25
Cash prize: $1,000
Website: https://www.amyaward.com
Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction
Deadline: June 30
Entry Fee: $25
Cash prize: $1,000
Website: https://universityofnorthtexaspress.submittable.com/submit
Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Awards
Deadline: June 30
Entry Fee: $20
Cash prize: $10,000-$100,000
Website: https://arts.cgu.edu/tufts-poetry-awards/
Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction
Deadline: July 15
Entry Fee: $25
Cash prize: $1,000
Website: https://regalhousepublishing.submittable.com/submit
The Moth Short Story International Prize
Deadline: June 30
Entry Fee: €15
Cash prize: €3,000
Website: https://www.themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=8227&page=26
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