Where to Submit Roundup: April 26, 2024

42 Submission Opportunities including calls for submissions, writing contests, and book prizes.

Welcome to the last weekly roundup of submission opportunities for April 2024. How is it May already next week? The weather has been crazy going back between hot and cold, so it makes it feel even less like it should be spring. I have been obsessed with “Deja Vu” by Tomorrow x Together and have been listening to it nonstop. Seems fitting that the weather is giving us fits of deja vu with winter. Of course, this happens just as my dwarf fruit cocktail trees finally got their very first blossoms in who knows how many years its been since we planted them.

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Calls for Submissions

Don’t forget to check out our Guide to Submission Opportunities where you can get more information about these calls for submissions. And if you have young writers from elementary to high school age, don’t forget to check out the Young Writers Guide.

Cloudbank. Issue 18. Flash fiction, poetry. $3 fee (free for postal submissions). Deadline: April 30, 2024.

Creative Cosmos. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: April 30, 2024.

Hamilton Stone Review. Issue 50. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: April 30, 2024.

The Pensieve. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: April 30, 2024

Heron Tree. Volume 11. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: May 1, 2024.

Bloodletter. Issue Three: Hysteria. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, interviews, reviews, translations, art. No fee. Deadline: May 7, 2024.

Magazine1. Issue 2. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, screenplays, translations, art, photography, audio, video. $5 fee. Deadline: May 31, 2024.

Oyster River Pages. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, translations, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: May 31, 2024.

Red Shoe Press. 2024 Oregon Poetry Calendar. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: May 31, 2024. * Must be a resident of Oregon to submit.*

Superpresent. Summer 2024 Issue: Zing! Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: June 1, 2024.

UReCA. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: June 1, 2024. *Undergraduate students only*

Gold Man Review. Issue 14. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: June 23, 2024.
*Open to writers residing in OR, AK, HI, CA, WA.*

Able Muse. Winter 2024/2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, translations, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: July 15, 2024.

antiphony. Issue 1. Poetry, interviews, reviews, audio. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Bass Clef Books. Poetry, cross-genre, translations. $12 fee. Payment: 12 copies, royalties. No deadline specified.

bioStories. Creative nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Blue Mountain Review. Prose, poetry, music, visual art. $5 fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Driftwood Press. Fiction, novellas, poetry collections, comics, graphic novels, art, photography, short comics, poetry. Fees vary. Paying market. Deadline: Year-round.

Jewish Fiction .net. Fiction, translations. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

New Verse News. Current events 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.

Writing Contests

If you’d like a little more information on several of the contests below, don’t forget to follow our Guide to Submission Opportunities throughout the week. Find even more contests in our vetted Big List of Writing Contests. NewPages also vets and curates a list of contests for elementary through high school aged writers in our Young Writers Guide.

Creative Writing NZ. The Creative Writing NZ Short Story Prize 2024. Fiction. $9 fee. Prize: $1,000, online publication, free online course. Deadline: April 30, 2024.

Friends of Falun Gong. 2024 Poetry Competition. Poetry. No fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: April 30, 2024.

Passager. Writers Over 50 Poetry Contest. Poetry. $20 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Extended Deadline: April 30, 2024.

Storm Cellar. Force Majeure Flash Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives. $6 fee (no-fee options available). $500 in prizes and publication. Deadline: April 30, 2024.

Sunspot Lit. Goldilocks Zone. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, graphic novels, drama, screenplay. $10 fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: April 30, 2024.

LIGHT. Issue 4. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, graphic narratives, art, photography. $10 fee. Prize/category: $500 and publication. Deadline: May 1, 2024.

Winning Writers. Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest. Fiction, nonfiction. $22 fee. Prize: $3,500/genre and online publication. Final judge: Mina Manchester. Deadline: May 1, 2024.

Leapfrog Press. Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize. Fiction. $35 fee. Prize: Cash advance and book publication. Deadline: May 5, 2024.

Bass Clef Books. George Drew Sophomore Poetry Contest. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500, chapbook publication, 12 copies. Judge: George Drew. Deadline: May 15, 2024.

Georgia Review. 2024 Loraine Wiliams Poetry Prize. Poetry. $30 fee (includes 1-year subscription). Prize: $1,500 honorarium and publication. Judge: Cole Swensen. Deadline: May 15, 2024.

Ghost Peach Press. 2024 Prize in Poetry. Poetry. $22 fee. Prize: $1,000, book publication, 10 author copies. Deadline: May 15, 2024.

Pittsburg State University. Cow Creek Chapbook Prize. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $1,000, chapbook publication, 25 author copies. Judge: Traci Brimhall. Deadline: May 15, 2024.

New Letters. Literary Awards. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narratives. $24 fee (includes 1-year subscription). Prize/genre: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 20, 2024

The Daphne Review Online Mentorship Program. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama, screenplays. No fee. 5-7 students selected (program cost waived for financial hardship). Deadline: May 25, 2024

Baltimore Review. Summer Contest. Flash fiction, flash creative nonfiction, prose poetry. $8 fee. Prize/category: $400 and publication. Final judge: Kathy Flann. Deadline: May 31, 2024.

Flying South. 2024 Writing Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $25 fee ($15 for members of Winston Salem Writers). First Prize/category: $400 and publication. Deadline: May 31, 2024.

The MacGuffin. Poet Hunt 29. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Guest judge: Michael Meyerhofer. Deadline: June 15, 2024.

Swan Scythe Press. Poetry Chapbook Contest. Poetry. $18 fee. Prize: $200, chapbook publication, 25 copies. Deadline: June 15, 2024.

Vine Leaves Press. International Voices in Creative Nonfiction Competition. Nonfiction. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication in 2026. Deadline: July 1, 2024.

Driftwood Press. The Adrift Chapbook Competition. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $750, publication, 20 author copies. Guest judge: Diane Seuss. Deadline: July 15, 2024.

Driftwood Press. The Adrift Short Story Competition. Fiction. $30 fee. Prize: $500, publication, 10 author copies. Guest judge: Dean Bakopoulos. Deadline: July 15, 2024.

Press 53. Award for Poetry. Poetry. $30 fee. Prize: $1,000 cash advance, publication, and 53 author copies. Judge: Tom Lombardo. Deadline: July 31, 2024.