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Stop by the NewPages Blog every Friday to find writing contests and calls for submissions from literary magazines, independent publishers, creative writing programs, and more, to help you figure out where to submit your work.

Contest :: The Hunger Press Seeks Chapbooks

Deadline: September 1, 2020
Don’t forget that The Hunger Journal has now expanded to include The Hunger Press, starting with their Tiny Fork Chapbook Series. They believe art and literature is eternally important, and want to use this opportunity to welcome new writers and readers into The Hunger community by producing well-designed, dynamic, hand-bound chapbooks. They will be accepting submissions from June 1–September 1. They welcome poetry, prose, and hybrid manuscripts of 15–40 pages. For more details on the Tiny Fork Chapbook Series and submission process, please go to www.thehungerjournal.com/tiny-fork-chapbooks.

Call :: Blue Mountain Review Seeks Work with Homespun & International Appeal

The Blue Mountain Review flierSubmissions accepted year-round.
The Blue Mountain Review launched from Athens, Georgia in 2015 with the mantra, “We’re all south of somewhere.” As a journal of culture the BMR strives to represent life through its stories. Stories are vital to survival. Songs save the soul. Their goal is to preserve and promote lives told well through prose, poetry, music, and the visual arts. The editors read year-round with an eye out for work with homespun and international appeal. They’ve published work by and interviews with Jericho Brown, Kelli Russell Agodon, Robert Pinsky, Rising Appalachia, Nahko, Michel Stone, Genesis Greykid, Cassandra King, Melissa Studdard, and A.E. Stallings. www.southerncollectiveexperience.com/submission-guidelines/

Call :: Club Plum Literary Journal Seeks Strong Voices

Deadline: Rolling
Submissions open for flash fiction of no more than 800 words and prose poems. Send powerful yet subtle pieces. Send strong voices. Send dreamy words that don’t gush. Skate on the edge of realities. Club Plum also seeks art: Please send one image only of pen-and-ink line art, watercolor, bold colors, experimental work, collage, impressionistic or abstract pieces. Tell the editor about your piece. The editor will pass on photography. See clubplumliteraryjournal.com for details. Volume 1 Issue 3 features work from William L. Alton, Ron Burch, Barry Jay Kaplan, James McAdams, Scott Ragland, Emelia Steenekemp, Jake Stimmel, Mary Buchinger, Jason Kahler, Natalie Eleanor Patterson, Katie Anderson, Ann-Marie Brown, Clara Choi, Tim Stuemke, and Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad.

Call :: Palooka Open to Lit Mag & Chapbook Submissions Year-round

Palooka is an international literary magazine. For a decade we’ve featured up-and-coming, established, and brand-new writers, artists, and photographers from all around the world. We’re open to diverse forms and styles and are always seeking unique chapbooks, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, artwork, photography, graphic narratives, and comic strips. Issue 11 featured work by Paul Luikart, Duke Stewart, Nils Blondon, Khalilah Okeke, Tim Chapman, Mark Halpern, Clark Merrefield, Leanne Hoppe, Donald Illich, and Malia Nahinu. Give us your best shot! Submissions open year-round. palookamag.com

Contest :: 2022 $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize

Deadline: Rolling
Every year, the University of Arkansas Press accepts submissions for the Miller Williams Poetry Series and from the books selected awards the $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize in the following summer. For almost a quarter century the press has made this series the cornerstone of its work as a publisher of some of the country’s best poetry. The series is edited by Patricia Smith. The deadline for the 2022 Prize is September 30, 2020. For more information visit uapress.com. The 2020 prize winner was Jayson Iwen’s Roze & Blud which was released in March 2020.

Call :: Second Revolution Literary Magazine Issue 2

Deadline: Rolling
We are currently seeking submissions for the second issue of Second Revolution. All forms of written and visual work are accepted, and poetry especially is encouraged; most submissions will be given personalized feedback. We seek to publish vivid work that is emotionally potent and history, socially, or culturally significant. Investigative blog articles are also encouraged. More details about the publication may be found www.secondrevolutionmag.com, and submissions may be emailed to [email protected].

Call :: The Petigru Review Open to Submissions through July 31

Deadline: July 31, 2020
Don’t forget The Petigru Review is looking for surprising stories, poems, essays, and first novel chapters for their annual online literary journal. They are especially interested in supporting diverse and emerging voices. Submissions close 7/31/20 or when they hit 500 submissions. www.thepetigrureview.com

Call :: Haunted Waters Press 2020 Reading Periods

Haunted Waters Press 2020 submission opportunities flierDeadline: August 31, 2020
Haunted Waters Press now seeking submissions for consideration in Tin Can Literary Review—our debut fiction anthology celebrating the works of new, emerging, and seasoned authors. We seek stories told in as little as 500 words and as many as 12,000. Selected works to be paid $250 per published story. Also seeking works of fiction, poetry, and flash for paid print publication in the 18th issue of From the Depths and in consideration for 2020 HWP Awards. Penny Fiction 2020 will showcase exceptionally short stories told in exactly 20 words—no more, no less. Details: www.hauntedwaterspress.com.

Call :: Blueline 2020 Reading Period Open

Deadline: November 30, 2020
BLUELINE: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks seeks poems, stories, and essays about the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, focusing on nature’s shaping influence. Submissions window open until November 30. Decisions mid-February. Payment in copies. Simultaneous submissions accepted if identified as such. Please notify if your submission is placed elsewhere. Electronic submissions encouraged, as Word files, to [email protected]. Please identify the genre in the subject line. Further information at bluelineadkmagazine.org.

Contest :: 2020 Barrow Street Book Prize

2020 Barrow Street Book Prize flierDeadline: June 30, 2020
Barrow Street is accepting submissions for the 2020 Book Prize Contest. This year’s contest judge is Pulitzer Prize finalist Dorianne Laux. Past winners include 2019 Simone Savannah collection Uses of My Body, chosen by contest judge Jericho Brown; Meg Day for Last Psalm at Sea Level; Page Hill Stazinger for Vestigial; and Ely Shipley for Boy with Flowers. Prize winner receives publication and $1500 cash prize. Online contest fee $28. Submit manuscripts online here: barrowstreet.org/press/submit/.

Contest :: Nickie’s Prize for Humor Writing

2020 Nickie's Prize for Humor WritingDeadline: Midnight (EST), August 1, 2020
Time to spill the family secrets. Submit your funny sister (or soul sister) story by midnight (EST) Aug. 1, for Nickie’s Prize for Humor Writing sponsored by the University of Dayton’s Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop. $300 cash prizes for up to 20 winners. Winning essays will be published online, with the possibility of being included in a future anthology. In the spirit of Erma Bombeck, the tone can be humorous, absurd, offbeat, quirky, or fun in a smart way. All previously unpublished essays no longer than 1,000 words will be considered. Submission fee: $25. Details: humorwriters.org/nickies-prize/.

Call :: Change Seven

Deadline: June 30, 2020
Change Seven is an online literary journal. We seek to publish the best available fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual art, book reviews, and more from both established and emerging talents. We most enjoy writing that comes from experience, is well-crafted, lyrical, distinctive, and accessible. Language is important. We like work that takes risks, that is morally unflinching, not for the sake of spectacle but for some daunting and tender rendering of truth. That is not to say we don’t also admire subtlety and quieter pieces of work. We love those, too. Humor as well. Just make it matter. changesevenmag.com

Call :: Xi Draconis Books Seeks Socially Engaged Work through July 31

July 31 is the deadline to submit manuscripts for consideration to Xi Draconis Books. They seek socially engaged, book-length works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for its 2020 and 2021 production years. They accept novels, short story and poetry collections, memoirs, essay collections, and cross-genre book-length works. Their mission is to publish works that examine social justice issues of all kinds. Head to xidraconis.org/submission-guidelines/ to submit.

Call :: About Place Journal Seeks Submissions through August 1

About Place Resistance, Resilience Call for SubmissionsDeadline: August 1, 2020
Each issue of About Place Journal, the arts publication of the Black Earth Institute, focuses on a specific theme. From 6/1 to 8/1 they’ll be accepting submissions for their Fall 2020 issue Works of Resistance, Resilience. Their mission: to have art address the causes of spirit, earth, and society; to protect the earth; and to build a more just and interconnected world. They publish prose, poetry, visual art, photography, video, and music which fit the current theme. More about this issue’s theme and their submission guidelines: aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/.

Update Your Submission Calendar – South 85 Journal

Update your calendars—South 85 Journal has announced they’ve changed their reading general reading periods. They’ll now be reading from February 1 to April 16, and August 1 to October 15, though this is subject to change in the future. For now, make note and get your subs ready for August.

Or, if you’ve already been polishing your poetry and flash fiction and are looking for somewhere to submit, submissions for the Julia Peterkin Poetry & Flash Fiction Contests are now open until August 1. Marlin Barton will judge the flash fiction submissions, and Denis Duhamel will judge the poetry.

Contest :: Final Month to Submit to RATTLE’s 2020 Poetry Prize

2020 RATTLE Poetry Prize flier
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July 15th is the deadline to submit to the 15th annual Rattle Poetry Prize which has grown to $15,000 for a single poem. Ten finalists also receive $200 and publication, and are eligible for the $5,000 Readers’ Choice Award. With an entry fee that is simply a one-year subscription to the magazine—and a runner-up Readers’ Choice Award to be chosen by the writers themselves—the Rattle Poetry Prize aims to be one of the most writer-friendly and popular poetry contests around. Visit www.rattle.com/prize for the complete guidelines and to read all of the past winners.

Contest :: 2020 Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize Deadline is August 15

The deadline for the Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize 2020 is August 15. This year’s Judges are Dorianne Laux and Joseph Millar. $1,000 for first place and a letterpress broadside, $500 for second, $250 for third. Top five published in Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine. Submit up to 3 original unpublished poems. $15 entry fee. For complete guidelines, see redwheelbarrow.submittable.com.

Call :: The Awakenings Review Open to Submissions Year-round

The Awakenings Review, established in 2000, is an annual lit mag committed to publishing poetry, short story, nonfiction, photography, and art by writers, poets and artists who have a relationship with mental illness: either self, family member, or friend. Their striking hardcopy publication is one of the nation’s leading journals of this genre. Creative endeavors and mental illness have long had a close association. The Awakenings Review publishes works derived from artists’, writers’, and poets’ experiences with mental illness, though mental illness need not be the subject of your work. Visit www.AwakeningsProject.org for submission guidelines.

Call :: The Absurdist Wants Your Weird Flash Fiction

Deadline: Tuesday, June 30th
The Absurdist Fiction Magazine is an online publication of strange and surreal fiction, featuring new work every Thursday. We are currently looking for short stories (750-1,250 words) as bizarre as they are engaging. Stories may be humorous, unsettling, hallucinatory or thoughtful, or just a little off-center. We really just want something weird. Check out previously published work to get a sense of what fits. If interested, please review the guidelines at absurdistmag.com/submissions and submit!

Contest :: 2020 Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers

2020 Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers posterDeadline: July 15, 2020
Submissions are open for Nimrod’s Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers. The Ringold Awards offer prizes of $500 and publication for fiction and poetry, and are open only to writers with no more than two previous publication credits in their genre. For poetry, submit up to five pages; for fiction, one short story, 5,000 words maximum. The contest is open internationally. All finalists will be published and paid at our normal rates. Manuscripts may be mailed or submitted online: nimrodjournal.submittable.com/submit.  Each entry must be accompanied by a $12 entry fee. Email [email protected] or visit nimrod.utulsa.edu for complete rules.

Call :: Light and Dark Issue 16

Deadline: July 15, 2020
Light and Dark is seeking your best short stories for our sixteenth online issue! We are particularly interested in stories that deal in some way with the dichotomous nature of existence. Please send us nothing longer than 3,000 words. All stories will be published on our website: www.lightanddarkmagazine.com. The author will also receive a token payment of $15. We look forward to reading your best work: lightanddark.submittable.com/submit.

Call :: Chestnut Review Seeks Work from Stubborn Artists Year-Round

CHESTNUT REVIEW (“for stubborn artists”) invites submissions year round of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and photography. We offer free submissions for poetry (3 poems), flash fiction (<1000 words), and art/photography (20 images); $5 submissions for fiction/nonfiction (<5k words), or 4-6 poems. Published artists receive $100 and a copy of the annual anthology of four issues (released each summer). Notification in <30 days or submission fee refunded. We appreciate stories in every genre we publish. All issues free online which illustrates what we have liked, but we are always ready to be surprised by the new! chestnutreview.com

Call :: Harvard College Children’s Stories’ New Anthology: COVID Edition

Deadline: June 15, 2020
Harvard College Children Stories is currently accepting submissions to compile an anthology to support kids during the Covid-19 pandemic. Please visit our website if you would like to support this project and learn more about submitting: harvardchildrensstories.com/anthology. Thank you so much!

Call :: Mizmor Poetry Anthology Call for Submissions on Spirituality

Deadline: August 15, 2020
Mizmor is an annual anthology considering high-quality poetry that expresses spiritual experiences with a strong emphasis on the relationship between the modern world and ancient wisdom. We favor true experiences with striking imagery, we do not accept devotional-religious poetry. No fee to submit. Included writers will receive one free copy.  Please visit the website for the complete guidelines: www.poeticapublishing.com.

Call :: Raise Money for Black Lives Matter

Into the Void Antifa Anthology flierDeadline: July 31, 2020
In solidarity with protesters fighting for justice and equality, award-winning litmag Into the Void is publishing, in paperback and eBook, poetry and prose anthology We Are Antifa: Expressions Against Fascism, Racism and Police Violence in the United States and Beyond. 100% of proceeds from sales will be donated to Black Lives Matter. Submit poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction which in some way concerns this topic. Payment is CA$15 per poem/flash and CA$30 per prose piece, plus a contributor copy. Over 50% of writers included in the anthology will be people of color. Submit: intothevoidmagazine.submittable.com/submit.

Call :: Red Rover Magazine Seeks Work for Issue 1

Red Rover Magazine is now accepting submissions for our premiere issue, currently projected for a January 2021 release date. Our mission is to inspire the improvement of mental health through the process of writing and creation. Please send us up to 6 poems, 2-5 pages of fiction, or up to 6 pieces of original artwork/photography to [email protected]. Submissions for the premiere issue will be accepted until October 31, 2020.

Contest :: Fiction Southeast Open to Story of the Month Submissions Year-round

Each month, the editors will select one short-short story (under 1,000 words). The winning story will grace the front page of the website for the entire month and will be listed on the Stories of the Month Page, as well as the Fiction Page. The reading fee will be $10, and the winner will receive $50. Submit here: fictionsoutheast.submittable.com/submit/163713/story-of-the-month. The first Story of the Month winner is now available! Read Serena Ferrari’s “Zp, Signed with Love.”

Call :: Blink Ink Seeks Home Cooking

Mom’s mac and cheese with cocktail wieners or a favorite meal you like to make. Tasty fare or a hard slog through a dismally over-done Sunday dinner. Dining delights dreamed of when there is little to hand. What else can we “cook up at home”, a plan, a scheme intertwined with adventure. Sure smells good, so tell us in fifty words or so what’s cooking be it real, imagined, or impossible. Submissions are open June 1st through July 15th. Send submissions in the body of an email to [email protected]. No poetry, bios, or attachments please. www.blink-ink.org/submissions/

Contest :: Black Warrior Review Open to 2020 Contest Submissions

Deadline: September 1, 2020
Biannual print journal Black Warrior Review seeks 2020 contest submissions. Winners will receive publication and cash prizes ($500 for flash and $1,000 for poetry, fiction, and CNF). Judges: Mayukh Sen (nonfiction), Paul Tran (poetry), C Pam Zhang (flash), and Lucy Corin (fiction). Open until 9/1. They have reduced their submission fee to $15 fiction/nonfiction/poetry. $6 flash. Complete information available at bwr.ua.edu.

Contest :: North Street Book Prize Deadline is June 30

Winning Writers North Street Book PrizeNow in its 6th year with a grand prize of $5,000, the North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books closes to entries on June 30. Top winner in each category will win $1,000. Co-sponsored by BookBaby and Carolyn Howard-Johnson. Categories: Mainstream/Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Creative Nonfiction & Memoir, Poetry, Children’s Picture Book, and Graphic Novel & Memoir. $12,500 in total cash prizes. Fee: $65 per book. Final judges: Jendi Reiter and Ellen LaFleche. Submit online or by mail. Winning Writers is one of the “101 Best Websites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest). Guidelines: winningwriters.com/north.

Contest :: 2020 Charlotte Mew Chapbook Contest

Headmistress Press logoDeadline: July 4, 2020
Headmistress Press, a lesbian-identified publisher of books by LBT poets, is proud to announce our sixth annual Charlotte Mew Chapbook Contest. Our judge for this year is Vi Khi Nao. Our first-prize winner will receive $300 plus 20 copies of the winning book. All entries will be considered for publication. We will be accepting submissions from May 4 to July 4, 2020 through Submittable and will announce a winner in the fall. Our reading fee is always on a sliding scale, with fee waived upon request. FOR MORE INFORMATION: headmistresspress.blogspot.com/2017/07/charlotte-mew-chapbook-contest.html. SUBMIT HERE: headmistresspress.submittable.com/submit.

Contest :: Hunger Press Tiny Fork Chapbook Series

Deadline: September 1, 2020
We’re thrilled to announce The Hunger Journal has now expanded to include The Hunger Press, starting with our Tiny Fork Chapbook Series. We believe art and literature is eternally important, and we want to use this opportunity to welcome new writers and readers into The Hunger community by producing well-designed, dynamic, hand-bound chapbooks. We will be accepting submissions from June 1–September 1. We welcome poetry, prose, and hybrid manuscripts of 15–40 pages. For more details on the Tiny Fork Chapbook Series and submission process, please go to www.thehungerjournal.com/tiny-fork-chapbooks.

Contest :: Orison 2020 Chapbook Prize Closes July 1

There is now under 1 month left to submit work to the 2020 Orison Chapbook Prize. Send submissions of 20–45 pages in any literary genre (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or hybrid) from April 1–July 1. Orison Books founder and editor Luke Hankins will judge. The winner will receive $300 and publication by Orison Books. Entry fee: $12. For complete guidelines, see www.orisonbooks.submittable.com.

Call :: Online Journal trampset is a Paying Market

trampset, an online literary journal of fiction (short stories, flash fiction, excerpts from longer works), poetry (no shape poems, please), and nonfiction (personal essays, micro-memoirs, culture and criticism, reviews), is seeking new submissions on a rolling basis. We want your best brain, your beating heart. Send that good human stuff our way. We are focusing on Black and queer writers for the month of June. We pay $25 per accepted piece. We have 50 free submissions a month through Submittable as well as Tip Jar and Quick Response options. Visit our submissions page: trampset.org/submissions-6e83932b0985.

Contest :: 2020 Orison Anthology Awards Open to Submissions

Mark August 1 in your submissions calendars. That’s the deadline to submit work to the 2020 Orison Anthology Awards. The 2020 Orison Anthology Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry offer $500 and publication by Orison Books in The Orison Anthology for a single work in each genre. Judges: Blair Hurley (fiction), E. J. Koh (nonfiction), and Joy Ladin (poetry). Entry fee: $15. Submission Period: May 1-August 1. Find complete details at www.orisonbooks.submittable.com.

Call :: Wordrunner eChapbooks Closes to Mini-Fiction Collections on June 30

Don’t forget June 30 is the deadline to submit mini-fiction collections between 5 and 15 stories to Wordrunner eChapbooks for their Fall 2020 series to be Reminder :: Wordrunner eChapbooks Closes to Mini-Fiction Collections on June 30published in August and December online and as epubs. Stories may be flash or longer, from 500 up to 5,000 words each. They’d like at least five stories, but no more than 15 (if flash fiction). They will also consider novel excerpts. No genre fiction, please. Stories by authors who receive Honorable Mentions will be considered for their 2021 themed anthology. See www.echapbook.com/submissions.html for detailed guidelines and Submittable link. Payment: $100 plus royalties. Submission fee: $6.

Call :: Driftwood Press Open to Submissions Year-round

Driftwood Press call for submissionsJohn 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. We also offer our submitters a premium option to receive an acceptance or rejection letter within one week of submission; many authors are offered editorships and interviews. To polish your fiction, note our editing service, too. www.driftwoodpress.net

Contest :: Crazyhorse’s 2020 Crazy Shorts! Contest

Deadline: July 31, 2020
From July 1st to July 31st, Crazyhorse will accept entries for our annual short-short fiction contest. Submit 3 short-shorts of up to 500 words each through our website: crazyhorse.cofc.edu. First place wins $1,000 and publication; 3 runners-up will be announced. All entries will be considered for publication; the $15 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Crazyhorse. For more information, visit: crazyhorse.cofc.edu/crazyshorts.

Contest :: 2020 Burnside Review Chapbook Contest

Deadline: June 30, 2020
2020 BURNSIDE REVIEW CHAPBOOK CONTEST. Judge: Lara Glenum. Winner receives $200 and 10 copies. Chapbooks are elegantly designed with letterpressed covers. Runs March 15–June 30. Submit 18–24 pages of poetry. $15 entry fee. All submissions must be made through our submission manager: www.burnsidereview.org.

Lynx House Press Extends Deadline of 2020 Blue Lynx Prize

2020 Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry banner for extensionExtended Deadline: June 30, 2020
Lynx House Press seeks submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts for the annual Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry. The winner will receive $2,000 and publication. Entries must be at least 48 pages in length. The fee for submitting is $28, and includes a copy of a book from our catalog. Previous judges include James Tate, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dorianne Laux, Dara Wier, Melissa Kwasny, and Robert Wrigley. lynxhousepress.submittable.com/submit

Contest :: Autumn House 2020 Poetry, Fiction & Nonfiction Contests

Autumn House Press logoDeadline: June 30, 2020
Autumn House Full-Length Contests for Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction are accepting submissions! Winners of each contest receive publication of their full-length manuscripts. Each winner also receives $2,500 ($1,000 advance against royalties and a $1,500 travel/publicity grant to promote the book). The submission period closes on June 30, 2020 (Eastern Time). To submit online, please visit our online submission manager. The judges for the 2020 full-length contests are Ilya Kaminsky (poetry), Dan Chaon (fiction), and Jaquira Díaz (nonfiction).

CANCELLED :: Tolsun Books’ Translation Chapbook Contest

Deadline: July 31, 2020
The Tolsun Books’ Translation Chapbook Contest, judged by Minna Zallman Proctor, will be held June 1st-July 31st, 2020. Submit a chapbook of about 25 pages of translated poetry, short stories, flash memoir, essays, or hybrids. We favor dynamic voices and non-traditional themes. Winner receives publication and 50 copies of their chapbook. See additional details at tolsunbooks.com/submissions.

**Update 6/29/20: Tolsun Books has decided to cancel this year’s chapbook contest.**

Call :: iō Literary Journal Volume 3

io Literary Journal Volume 3 call for submissions flierDeadline: June 30, 2020
iō Literary Journal was founded in 2018 with the aim of showcasing an array of artistic expression and creative writing pieces from individuals whose voices are underrepresented, and those who may not have traditional writing or artistic backgrounds. iō Literary Journal is back for Volume 3 and will be accepting submissions to its third print volume up until June 30, 2020. Submit at: ioliteraryjournal.submittable.com.

Call :: Molecule – a tiny lit mag Fall 2020 Issue

Deadline: July 15, 2020
Call for submissions for the Fall 2020 issue of Molecule – a tiny lit mag. Poetry, prose, nonfiction, plays, reviews, and interviews in 50 words or less (including titles and interview questions). Visual art work of tiny things like tea bags and toothpicks, or tiny paintings also wanted: no skyscrapers please! Strict word count. Don’t try and trick us we have small minds. Send submissions preferably in the body of the email or jpeg attachment for photos to [email protected], along with a 3rd person bio no more than 24 words (including name). moleculetinylitmag.art.blog

Contest :: The Conium Review 2020 Innovative Short Fiction Contest

The Conium Review 2020 Innovative Fiction Contest FlierDeadline: July 1, 2020
The Conium Review 2020 Innovative Short Fiction Contest is open for submissions. Winner receives $500, publication in the next print edition, five copies of the issue, and a copy of the judge’s latest book. This year’s judge is Emily Wortman-Wunder, author of Not a Thing to Comfort You (University of Iowa Press). July 1st deadline. $15 entry fee. Guidelines here: coniumreview.com/contests.

[CLOSED] Contest :: 2020 Sublingua Prize for Poetry

Deadline: July 1 2020
Send us your BEST FIVE pieces! Get your work in front of our judge, award-winning KHADIJAH QUEEN, author of six books, most recently, ANODYNE (Tin House, August 2020)!! Prize is open to writers who haven’t yet published a book-length collection or a chapbook. Submission fee: $15 for five pieces. Even if you’re not a winner or a finalist, you may still be published in our print issue and 2) you may be read by our judge. Past contributors include Rae Armantrout, Kiki Petrosino, Philip Metres, Kathy Fish, Andrea Rexilius, Eric Baus, J Michael Martinez and more.