Where to Submit Round-up: March 2022 Week 2

While March is still having an identity crisis with the weather, hopefully you are finding time to enjoy the good things coming with winter slowly saying goodbye while also balancing out your submission goals. NewPages is here to help you with our weekly round-up of where to submit. If you missed last week’s round-up, find it here.

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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.

Mistake House Magazine. Fiction, poetry. $5 fee. Deadline: March 15, 2022. *undergraduate & graduate writers only*

Qua Literary and Fine Arts Magazine. Winter 2022 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, translations, interviews. Deadline: March 18, 2022. *Michigan writers only*

Brick Street Poetry Inc. The Polaris Trilogy 3 anthology. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: March 30, 2022. *Residents of South American and Australia/Oceania only*

Barrow Street. Poetry. $3 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2022.

Fleas on the Dog. Issue 11. Fiction, nonfiction, plays, poetry. No fee. Deadline: March 31, 2022.

Sky Island Journal. Issue 20, Spring 2022. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations. $4.99 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2022.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Colorado Review. 2022 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction. Fiction. $15 fee (postal), $17 fee (online). Prize: $2,500 honorarium and publication in Fall/Winter issue. Final Judge: Ramona Ausubel. Deadline: March 14, 2022 (+ 5-day grace period).

Able Muse. 2022 Write Prize. Fiction, poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500 each and publication. Final Judges: Aaron Poochigian, Dennis Must. Deadline: March 15, 2022.

Missouri Review. 2022 Perkoff Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $15 fee (includes 1-year digital subscription), $30 fee (includes 1-year digital subscription & digital access to past 10 years of digital issues). Prize: $1,000 and publication. Deadline: March 15, 2022.

Able Muse. 2022 Book Award. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Final Judge: Rachel Hadas. Deadline: March 31, 2022.

BreakBread Magazine. Villena-Aldama Art & Writing Contests. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, drama. No fee. Prize: $250 and publication. Deadline: March 31, 2022.

Fall for the Book/Institute for Immigration Research. 2022 New American Voices Award. Fiction, nonfiction. $20 fee. Prize: $5,000. Deadline: March 31, 2022. *Immigrant writers only*

Prime Number Magazine. 2022 Magazine Awards. Fiction, poetry. $15 fee. Prize per Category: $1,000, publication, and Pushcart Prize nomination. Judges: Faith Shearin, Jubal Tiner. Deadline: March 31, 2022.

Sunspot Lit. 2022 Geminga Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. $5 fee. Prize: $250. Deadline: March 31, 2022.

Texas Review Press. Clay Reynolds Novella Prize. Fiction. $20 fee. Prize: $500 advance, chapbook publication, standard royalty contract, 20 copies. Judge: Renee Gladman. Deadline: March 31, 2022.

Texas Review Press. Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize. Poetry. $20 fee. $500 advance, chapbook publication, standard royalty contract, 20 copies. Judge: Taylor Johnson. Deadline: March 31, 2022.

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.

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*

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.

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.

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

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