Where to Submit Round-up: April 1, 2022

Happy April! We are still awaiting nice weather to decide to show up and stay instead of snowing, freezing, and raining and going back and forth between cold and warmish temperatures in a single day. If you’re stuck in bad weather blues, too. Use this time to keep writing, editing, and submitting.

Check out the submission opportunities featured on NewPages this week and don’t forget that when you subscribe to our weekly newsletter you get first access. And if you missed our announcement, we are once again open to submissions of flash reviews. Please check out our updated guidelines and consider sending a review our way (no fee!).

Calls for Submissions

You can view all active calls for submissions by visiting our website. Plus, if you have a young writer in your house, don’t forget you can find publications for them to submit to in our Young Writers Guide.

Allium. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee. Deadline: April 1, 2022.

Clinch—A Martial Arts Literary Magazine. Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: April 1, 2022.

Kings River Review. Spring 2022 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, art, translations. No fee. Deadline: April 1, 2022. *2-year community college students only*

Blink-Ink. Rumors Issue. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: April 15, 2022

Book of Matches. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations. No fee. Deadline: April 15, 2022.

Chicken Soup for the Soul. Miracles and the Unexplainable anthology. Nonfiction. No fee. Payment: $200 + copies. Deadline: April 15, 2022.

Consequence. Translation Feature: A Focus on North & South Korea. Prose, poetry, art, translations. No fee. Deadline: April 15, 2022.

South 85. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee. Deadline: April 15, 2022.

Wising Up Press. The Power of Pause anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: April 15, 2022.

They Call Us. Battered Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre. No fee. Deadline: April 19, 2022.

Chicken Soup for the Soul. My Wonderful, Wacky Family anthology. Nonfiction. No fee. Payment: $200 + 10 copies. Deadline: April 30, 2022.

MudRoom. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations, reviews. No fee. Payment: $15. Deadline: April 30, 2022.

The Roadrunner Review. Issue 11. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cover art. No fee. Deadline: April 30, 2022. *Graduate & undergraduate students only*

Chicken Soup for the Soul. Magic of Christmas anthology. Nonfiction. No fee. Payment: $200 + copies. Deadline: May 1, 2022.

LIGHT. Issue 1. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, drama, screenplays, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: May 1, 2022.

riddlebird. Issue 1. Fiction, nonfiction, cross-genre. No fee. Deadline: May 9, 2022.

Thuya Poetry Review. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: May 15, 2022.

Waxing & Waning. The Blackout Edition. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. $10 fee. Deadline: May 25, 2022.

Oyster River Pages. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: May 31, 2022.

Parhelion. Summer 2022 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, interviews. $3 fee. Deadline: May 31, 2022.

Sunspot Lit. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, cross-genre, comics, reviews, translations, photography, art. Fees vary. Deadline: May 31, 2022.

Gold Man Review. Issue 12. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: June 2, 2022. *Residents of Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, California, and Washington only*

Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore. Nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: April 15 – June 15, 2022.

Periculum Press. Queer Pagan Fiction anthology. Fiction. No fee. Payment: $25-$75. Deadline: June 30, 2022.

Able Muse. Winter 2022/2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, translations, art. No fee. Deadline: July 15, 2022.

UReCA. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, drama, screenplays, interviews, videos, scientific works. No fee. Deadline: September 1, 2022. *Currently enrolled undergraduate students only*

50 Give or Take. Micro fiction. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.

Atmosphere Press. Book Manuscripts. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama, screenplays, translations, art. No fee. Deadline: Year-round. *Author funds book publication*

Awakenings Review. 2022 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography. No fee. Deadline: Year-round. *Must have personal connection to mental illness*

Chestnut Review. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee for shorter works, $5 fee for longer works. Payment: $120. Deadline: Year-round.

Divotlit. May 2022 Issue. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.

Driftwood Press. Fiction, poetry, visual arts, comics, novellas, full-length collections, comic collections. Fee varies. Paying market. Deadline: Year-round.

The MacGuffin. Work that Experiments with Form. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.

New Verse News. Current event poetry. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Nzuri. Spring 2022 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, interviews, audio, video, digital storytelling. No fee.

Palooka. Chapbook manuscripts, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, photography, graphic narratives, comic strips. $3 fee (magazine submissions); $8 fee (chapbook submissions). Payment: Copies. Deadline: Year-round.

Plant-Human Quarterly. Nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Storm Cellar. Spring 2022 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, translations. Limited free submissions each month. Payment: $10. Deadline: Rolling.

WhimsicalPoet. Spring 2022 Issue. Fiction, poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.

Writing Contests

You can find all active contest ads on our website. Like to plan your submissions calendar in advance? The Big List of Writing Contests lists a variety of book, magazine, and chapbook contests by their deadline date. Plus, if you have elementary to undergraduate aged writers in your life, don’t forget to go through our contests for young writers. The majority of those contests are free to enter.

Nimrod. Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry/Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction. Fiction, poetry. $20 fee (includes 1-year subscription). Prize per Category: $2,000 and publication. Deadline: April 1, 2022.

Orison Books. 2022 Orison Prizes. Fiction, poetry. $25 fee. Prize per Category: $1,500 and book publication. Judges: Rajiv Mohabir, Tania James. Deadline: April 1, 2022.

Winning Writers. 2022 Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. Poetry. No fee. Prize: $2,000 and publication. Judges: Jendi Reiter, Lauren Singer. Deadline: April 1, 2022.

Able Muse. 2022 Book Award. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Final Judge: Rachel Hadas. Extended Deadline: April 10, 2022.

First Pages Prize. 2022 Prize. Fiction, nonfiction. $20 fee (normal deadline); $35 fee (extended deadline). Prize: Cash awards totaling $6,000, tailored edit, and agent consultation. Deadline: April 10, 2022 (April 24 extended). *un-agented writers only*

Cave Wall. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: April 30, 2022 (postmark).

Winning Writers. 2022 Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest. Fiction, nonfiction. $20 fee. Prize per Category: $3,000. Judge: Mina Manchester. Deadline: April 30, 2022.

New Letters. Literary Awards. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $24 fee. Prize per Category: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 22, 2022.

Baltimore Review. Summer 2022 Contest – Micro Lit. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $8 fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Final Judge: Beth Ann Fennelly. Deadline: May 31, 2022.

Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. 2022 Poetry Chapbook Contest. $20 fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: May 1-31, 2022.

Winston-Salem Writers. Flying South 2022. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $15 fee (members), $25 fee (non-members). Prize per Category: $500 and publication + 1 category winner receives additional $500 WSW President’s Favorite Award. Deadline: May 31, 2022.

Raleigh Review. 2022 Dorianne Laux & Joseph Millar Prize. Poetry. $17 fee. Final Judges: Dorianne Laux and Joseph Millar. Deadline: June 1, 2022.

Lynx House Press. 2022 Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry. Poetry manuscripts. $28 fee. Prize: $2,000 and book publication. Deadline: June 15, 2022.

Swan Scythe Press. 2022 Poetry Chapbook Contest. $18 fee. Prize: $200, publication, & 25 copies. Deadline: June 15, 2022 (postmark).

Willow Springs Books. 2022 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. Fiction. $27.50 fee. Prize: $2,000 and book publication. Deadline: June 24, 2022.

Winning Writers. 2022 North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre. $70 fee. Prize: books in 7 categories can win up to $8,000 + additional benefits. Deadline: June 30, 2022.