OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS
Hello, patrons!
Hello Patrons!
The submission season is upon us. Many literary magazines open for submissions in the fall, and there are scores of contests and opportunities. Here is a sampling of excellent fellowships and contests, as well as a list of literary magazines accepting submissions in September and October. This year, I've also included a shoutout to Ohio's own Literary Cleveland, a terrific nonprofit literary arts organization that presents a free literary festival every year. Don't miss it.
Happy writing! Jamie Lyn
Literary Magazines Open for Submissions in September and October
Check deadlines to make sure you don’t miss out-- some of these litmags close for submission mid month, and some may not open up until later in the month. If you are looking for more opportunities remember to check out Duotrope, Submittable’s “Discover” feature, NewPages, and Poets and Writers.
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.
CONTESTS
I’ve curated the following list of reputable contests with upcoming deadlines. Remember to carefully review and follow the contest guidelines; too often, work is disqualified over mistakes in formatting (or leaving your name on the manuscript.) At the end of this section, I’ve included a few additional places where you can find more places to submit your work.
September-October Writing Contest & Fellowship ListThese are in alphabetical order, so please check deadlines. Good luck!
American Literary Review Literary Awards
Deadline: October 1Entry Fee: $15
Cash Prize: $1000 and publication
Website: www.americanliteraryreview.com
Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship
Deadline: October 15Entry Fee: None
Cash Prize: $66,500
Website: www.amylowell.org
Boulevard Nonfiction Contest for Emerging WritersDeadline: September 30, 2022
Entry Fee: $16
Cash Prize: $1,000
Website: http://boulevardmagazine.org
California State University in Fresno, Philip Levine Prize for PoetryDeadline: September 30
Entry Fee: $22
Cash Prize: $2000 and publication
Website: www.fresnostate.edu/levineprize
Cave Canem Foundation Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Edy Chapbook PrizeDeadline: September 15
Entry Fee: None
Cash Prize: $1000 and publication
Website: www.cavecanempoets.org/prizes
Coffee-House Poetry, Troubadour International Poetry PrizeDeadline: September 26, 2022
Entry Fee: $7
Cash Prize: $2,507
E-mail address: poems@coffeehousepoetry.org
Website: http://coffeehousepoetry.org/prizes
Copper Nickel, Jake Adam York PrizeDeadline: October 15
Entry Fee: $25 (includes subscription)
Cash Prize: $2000 and publication
Website: www.copper-nickel.org/bookprize
Diode Editions Full-Length Book ContestDeadline: September 30, 2022
Entry Fee: $20
Cash Prize: $1,500
Website: http://diodeeditions.com/full-length-contest
Dogwood Literary Awards
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $12
Application Deadline: 9/5/22
Website: https://dogwood.submittable.com/submit
Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Entry Fee: $25
Cash Prize: $5,000
E-mail address: michelle@dzancbooks.org
Website: http://dzancbooks.org
Fiction Collective Two, Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize
Deadline: November 1
Entry Fee: $25
Cash Prize: $15,000 and publication
Website: https://www.fc2.org/prizes/#doctorow
Finishing Line Press, New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition
Deadline: September 15, 2022
Entry Fee: $20
Cash Prize: $1,500
E-mail address: finishingbooks@aol.com
Website: http://finishinglinepress.com/submit
Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Entry Fee: $20
Cash Prize: $1,500
Website: http://theghoststory.com/tgs-fiction-award
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Writing Fellowships
Deadline: September 16, 2022
Cash Prize: $50,000
Website: http://gf.org/how-to-apply
Harvard University Radcliffe Institute Fellowships
Deadline: September 8, 2022
Cash Prize: $78,000
E-mail address: fellowships@radcliffe.harvard.edu
Website: http://radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fellowship
Lascaux Review Prize in Creative Nonfiction
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Entry Fee: $15
Cash Prize: $1,000
E-mail address: lascauxreview@gmail.com
Website: http://lascauxreview.com/contests
Mad Creek Books Journal/Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize
Deadline: October 10
Entry Fee: $23
Cash Prize: $2500 and publication
Website: www.thejournal.org/book-prizes/wheeler-prize
Missouri Review Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize
Deadline: October 1, 2022
Cash Prize: $5000
Entry Fee: $25
Website: https://www.missourireview.com/contests/jeffrey-e-smith-editors-prize/
The Moth Nature Writing Prize
Cash Prize: $1,089
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 9/15/22
Website: https://themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=8343&page=27
New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellowships
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Cash Prize: $75,000
Website: http://nypl.org/csw
PEN/Faulkner Foundation Award for Fiction
Deadline: October 31
Entry Fee: None
Cash Prize: $15,000
Website: www.penfaulkner.org
Red Hen Press, Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award
Deadline: October 31
Entry Fee: $25
Cash Prize: $3000 and publication
Website: www.redhen.org
Sixfold: Poetry and Short Story Awards
Deadline: October 24
Entry Fee: $5
Cash Prize: $1000
Website: www.sixfold.org
Tupelo Press, Sunken Garden Chapbook Poetry Prize
Deadline: October 31
Entry Fee: $25
Cash Prize: $1000
Website: https://www.tupelopress.org/sunken-garden-poetry-prize/
University of North Texas, Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry
Deadline: October 31
Entry Fee: $25
Cash Prize: $1000
Website: https://untpress.unt.edu/authors/vassar-miller-submissions/
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/
Entropy
https://entropymag.org/where-to-submit-september-october-and-november-2021/
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/
The Practicing Writer 2.0 (January)
https://erikadreifus.substack.com/p/the-practicing-writer-20-january-9e5
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
Hello Patrons!
The submission season is upon us. Many literary magazines open for submissions in the fall, and there are scores of contests and opportunities. Here is a sampling of excellent fellowships and contests, as well as a list of literary magazines accepting submissions in September and October. This year, I've also included a shoutout to Ohio's own Literary Cleveland, a terrific nonprofit literary arts organization that presents a free literary festival every year. Don't miss it.
Happy writing! Jamie Lyn
Literary Magazines Open for Submissions in September and October
Check deadlines to make sure you don’t miss out-- some of these litmags close for submission mid month, and some may not open up until later in the month. If you are looking for more opportunities remember to check out Duotrope, Submittable’s “Discover” feature, NewPages, and Poets and Writers.
- Agni
- American Poetry Review
- American Short Fiction
- Arts and Letters
- Beloit Fiction Journal
- Bellingham Review
- Cincinnati Review
- Five Points
- Georgia Review
- Gordon Square Review
- Granta
- Great Lakes Review
- Gulf Coast
- HerStry
- JuxtaProse
- Kenyon Review
- Lost Pilots Literary Magazine
- McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
- Meridian
- Mid-American Review
- Mississippi Review
- Nimrod International Journal
- The Missouri Review
- New England Review
- New Orleans Review
- New Plains Review
- The Journal
- PANK
- The Pinch
- Ploughshares
- Ponder Review
- Rappahannock Review
- Reed Magazine
- Puerto del Sol
- The Rumpus
- Shenandoah
- Split Lip Magazine
- Tahoma Review
- Triquarterly
- Whitefish Review
- Witness
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.
CONTESTS
I’ve curated the following list of reputable contests with upcoming deadlines. Remember to carefully review and follow the contest guidelines; too often, work is disqualified over mistakes in formatting (or leaving your name on the manuscript.) At the end of this section, I’ve included a few additional places where you can find more places to submit your work.
September-October Writing Contest & Fellowship ListThese are in alphabetical order, so please check deadlines. Good luck!
American Literary Review Literary Awards
Deadline: October 1Entry Fee: $15
Cash Prize: $1000 and publication
Website: www.americanliteraryreview.com
Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship
Deadline: October 15Entry Fee: None
Cash Prize: $66,500
Website: www.amylowell.org
Boulevard Nonfiction Contest for Emerging WritersDeadline: September 30, 2022
Entry Fee: $16
Cash Prize: $1,000
Website: http://boulevardmagazine.org
California State University in Fresno, Philip Levine Prize for PoetryDeadline: September 30
Entry Fee: $22
Cash Prize: $2000 and publication
Website: www.fresnostate.edu/levineprize
Cave Canem Foundation Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Edy Chapbook PrizeDeadline: September 15
Entry Fee: None
Cash Prize: $1000 and publication
Website: www.cavecanempoets.org/prizes
Coffee-House Poetry, Troubadour International Poetry PrizeDeadline: September 26, 2022
Entry Fee: $7
Cash Prize: $2,507
E-mail address: poems@coffeehousepoetry.org
Website: http://coffeehousepoetry.org/prizes
Copper Nickel, Jake Adam York PrizeDeadline: October 15
Entry Fee: $25 (includes subscription)
Cash Prize: $2000 and publication
Website: www.copper-nickel.org/bookprize
Diode Editions Full-Length Book ContestDeadline: September 30, 2022
Entry Fee: $20
Cash Prize: $1,500
Website: http://diodeeditions.com/full-length-contest
Dogwood Literary Awards
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $12
Application Deadline: 9/5/22
Website: https://dogwood.submittable.com/submit
Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Entry Fee: $25
Cash Prize: $5,000
E-mail address: michelle@dzancbooks.org
Website: http://dzancbooks.org
Fiction Collective Two, Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize
Deadline: November 1
Entry Fee: $25
Cash Prize: $15,000 and publication
Website: https://www.fc2.org/prizes/#doctorow
Finishing Line Press, New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition
Deadline: September 15, 2022
Entry Fee: $20
Cash Prize: $1,500
E-mail address: finishingbooks@aol.com
Website: http://finishinglinepress.com/submit
Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Entry Fee: $20
Cash Prize: $1,500
Website: http://theghoststory.com/tgs-fiction-award
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Writing Fellowships
Deadline: September 16, 2022
Cash Prize: $50,000
Website: http://gf.org/how-to-apply
Harvard University Radcliffe Institute Fellowships
Deadline: September 8, 2022
Cash Prize: $78,000
E-mail address: fellowships@radcliffe.harvard.edu
Website: http://radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fellowship
Lascaux Review Prize in Creative Nonfiction
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Entry Fee: $15
Cash Prize: $1,000
E-mail address: lascauxreview@gmail.com
Website: http://lascauxreview.com/contests
Mad Creek Books Journal/Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize
Deadline: October 10
Entry Fee: $23
Cash Prize: $2500 and publication
Website: www.thejournal.org/book-prizes/wheeler-prize
Missouri Review Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize
Deadline: October 1, 2022
Cash Prize: $5000
Entry Fee: $25
Website: https://www.missourireview.com/contests/jeffrey-e-smith-editors-prize/
The Moth Nature Writing Prize
Cash Prize: $1,089
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 9/15/22
Website: https://themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=8343&page=27
New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellowships
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Cash Prize: $75,000
Website: http://nypl.org/csw
PEN/Faulkner Foundation Award for Fiction
Deadline: October 31
Entry Fee: None
Cash Prize: $15,000
Website: www.penfaulkner.org
Red Hen Press, Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award
Deadline: October 31
Entry Fee: $25
Cash Prize: $3000 and publication
Website: www.redhen.org
Sixfold: Poetry and Short Story Awards
Deadline: October 24
Entry Fee: $5
Cash Prize: $1000
Website: www.sixfold.org
Tupelo Press, Sunken Garden Chapbook Poetry Prize
Deadline: October 31
Entry Fee: $25
Cash Prize: $1000
Website: https://www.tupelopress.org/sunken-garden-poetry-prize/
University of North Texas, Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry
Deadline: October 31
Entry Fee: $25
Cash Prize: $1000
Website: https://untpress.unt.edu/authors/vassar-miller-submissions/
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/
Entropy
https://entropymag.org/where-to-submit-september-october-and-november-2021/
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/
The Practicing Writer 2.0 (January)
https://erikadreifus.substack.com/p/the-practicing-writer-20-january-9e5
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