Where to Submit Round-up: November 18, 2022
Thanksgiving is just around the corner in the US. If you get a long weekend to write, edit, and submit, NewPages is here to help with our Where to Submit Round-up for the week of November 18, 2022.
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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.
Feels Blind Literary. Issue 8. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, art, photography. $3 fee (free submission Mondays). Deadline: November 21, 2022.
Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks. 2022 reading period. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: November 30, 2022.
Tint Journal. Spring 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: November 30, 2022. *Writers must be non-native English speakers writing in English.*
Book of Matches. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: December 1, 2022.
Decolonial Passage. Issue 2: Food, Power, Powerlessness. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: December 1, 2022.
Sunspot Lit. Short stories, short nonfiction, graphic novels. $6.50 fee. Deadline: December 1, 2022.
The Unmooring. Nonfiction, liturgy, prayer, art, photography, translations. $3 fee (waived if financial hardship). Payment: $50 stipend. Deadline: December 1, 2022. *Women & female-identifying writers/artists only*
MUSE Literary Journal. Spring 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: December 15, 2022.
Kitchen Table Quarterly. Winter Issue. Nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: December 10, 2022.
Rejoinder. Art and Ritual as Queer Becoming issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, interviews. No fee. Guest Editor: Dr. Jocelyn E. Marshall (Emerson College). Deadline: December 15, 2022.
Celebrations of Healing. Nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: December 20, 2022.
Valley Voices. Spring 2023 Issue: Goodbye-themed work. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: December 30, 2022.
Girls Right the World. Issue 7. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, art. No fee. Deadline: December 31, 2022. *Must be female-identifying writer between the ages of 14 & 21.*
iō Literary Journal. Second open-access e-book. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, reviews. $3 fee. Deadline: December 31, 2022.
Club Plum. January 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, cross-genre. No fee. Deadline: January 1, 2023.
great weather for MEDIA. 2023 Anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama/playwriting. No fee (Tip Jar submissions available). Deadline: January 15, 2023.
Applause. Issue 33: The (In)Evitable Ending. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, cross-genre. $3 fee. Deadline: February 14, 2023.
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, craft essays, hybrid work. $3 fee. Deadline: March 15, 2023.
Kings River Review. Spring 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, art, translations. No fee. Deadline: March 15, 2023. *2-year community college students only*
Sand Hills Literary Magazine. 47th Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics. $3 fee (no fee for Augusta University Students). Deadline: March 20, 2023.
Aji Magazine. Spring 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, translations, reviews, interviews. No fee. Deadline: Rolling (until filled).
Atmosphere Press. Book Manuscripts. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama, screenplays, translations, art. No fee. Deadline: Year-round. *Author funds book publication*
Awakenings Review. Biannual Issues. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography. No fee. Deadline: Year-round. *Must have personal connection to mental illness*
Blue Mountain Review. Prose, poetry, music, visual art. $5 fee. Deadline: Year-round.
Driftwood Press. Poetry, short stories, comics, visual art, novellas, poetry collections, comic collections, graphic novel manuscripts. Fee varies. Deadline: Year-round.
The MacGuffin. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.
New Verse News. Current event poetry. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.
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.
Third Street Review. Inaugural Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. $3 fee. Deadline: Rolling.
WhimsicalPoet. January 2023 Issue. Poetry, art, flash fiction. 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.
Willow Springs Books. 2023 Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $2,000 and publication. Deadline: November 18, 2022. *Must be 35 years old or younger to enter.*
Interlochen Arts Academy. 2023 Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competition. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, screenplays, experimental/unclassifiable writing. No fee. Extended Deadline: November 20, 2022. *Must be in grades 8-11 for 2022-23 school year.*
Baltimore Review. Winter Contest. Flash fiction, flash creative nonfiction, prose poetry. $8 fee. Prize per Category: $300 and publication. Final Judge: Destiny O. Birdsong. Deadline: November 30, 2022.
Green Linden Press. Wishing Jewel Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Deadline: November 30, 2022.
Philadelphia Stories. 2023 Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry. Poetry. $5 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication in Spring 2023 issue. Deadline: November 30, 2022.
The Writing Salon. 6th Annual Jane Underwood Prize. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500, online publication, and featured reading invitation. Final judge: Sharan Strange. Deadline: December 1, 2022.
Interim Poetics. 2022 Test Site Poetry Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Deadline: December 15, 2022.
MUSE Literary Journal. Holden Vaughn Spangler Award. Poetry. $5 fee. Prize: $200 and publication in the Spring 2023 issue. Deadline: December 15, 2022.
Writer’s Relief Inc. 2022 WaterSedge Poetry Chapbook Contest. Poetry. $20 fee. Prize: $500, publication, Amazon distribution, 25 free print copies. Judge: Luisa A. Igloria. Deadline: December 16, 2022.
Press 53. Award for Short Fiction. Short Story Collections. $30 fee. Prize: $1,000 cash advance, book publication, 50 author copies. Judge: Claire V. Foxx. Deadline: December 31, 2022.
table//FEAST Literary Magazine. The Blossom Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Prize: $200 for prose, $200 for poetry. Deadline: January 1, 2023. *BIPOC writers only.*
Ethos Literacy. 4th annual Flash Fiction Contest. Fiction. $12 fee. Grand Prize: $200 and e-magazine publication. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
New American Press. 2023 New American Poetry Prize. Poetry, cross-genre. $25 fee. Prize: $1,500 and book publication. Final Judge: Jamaica Baldwin. Deadline: January 15, 2023.
I-70 Review. 2023 Bill Hickok Humor Award for Poetry. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Deadline: January 1 – February 28, 2023.
