Where to Submit Roundup: April 7, 2023
55 Submission Opportunities including calls for submissions, writing contests, and book prizes.
The first week of April is officially behind us… and also the first quarter of 2023 is done. So hard to believe. Don’t let your submission goals pass you by this year. Take a look at our Where to Submit Roundup for the first week of April 2023 to help keep your goals going strong. And take note that several contests extended their March 31 and April 1 deadlines!
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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.
Book of Matches. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations. No fee. Deadline: April 7, 2023.
About Place Journal. On Rivers themed issue. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, screenplays, cross-genre, comics, reviews, interviews, translations, audio, video, photography, art. No fee. Deadline: April 15, 2023.
Blink-Ink. Waiting for a Friend. Fiction, nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: April 15, 2023.
Consequence. Volume 15.2. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, translations, interviews. No fee. Paying market. Deadline: April 15, 2023.
Wholeness: A Wising Up Anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: April 15, 2023.
Cloudbank. General Submissions. Fiction, poetry. No fee (postal); $3 fee (electronic). Deadline: April 30, 2023.
Hamilton Stone Review. Spring 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: April 30, 2023 (or until filled).
Sunspot Lit. Novella-length fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, poetry. $25 fee. Deadline: April 30, 2023.
Anther. Fiction, poetry, art, photography, reviews, interviews, videos. No fee. Deadline: May 1, 2023.
LIGHT. Issue 2. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: May 1, 2023.
Kitchen Table Quarterly. Nonfiction, poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: May 3, 2023.
Nzuri. Spring 2023 issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, interviews, audio, video, digital storytelling. No fee. Deadline: May 10, 2023.
Speckled Trout Review. Spring 2023 Issue. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: May 10, 2023 (or until filled).
Minerva Rising. Issue 23 – Subversion. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, cross-genre. $15 fee. Deadline: May 15, 2023.
Sunspot Lit. Novelette-length fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic novel. $14 fee. Deadline: May 15, 2023.
Sunspot Lit. Supernova. Very long-form fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic novel. $10 fee. Deadline: May 31, 2023.
Gold Man Review. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: June 16, 2023. *West-coast based writers only.*
Sunspot Lit. Longform fiction, longform nonfiction, graphic novels, poetry. $8 fee. Deadline: June 16, 2023.
Sunspot Lit. Short stories, nonfiction, graphic novel. $6.50 fee. Deadline: June 23, 2023.
Sunspot Lit. Flash, poetry, graphic novel, art. $5 fee. Deadline: June 30, 2023.
Able Muse. Winter 2023/2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, translations, reviews, interviews. No fee. Deadline: July 15, 2023.
Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore. Creative nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: April 15 – June 15, 2023.
Kings River Review. Fall 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, art, translations. No fee. Deadline: October 15, 2023. *2-year community college students only*
Awakenings Review. 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.
Decolonial Passage. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.
Delve Books. Full-length nonfiction manuscripts. 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.
Plant-Human Quarterly. Nonfiction, poetry, translations. No fee. 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.
Fall for the Book. New American Voices Award for Immigrant Writers. Published books of fiction and nonfiction. $20 fee. Grand Prize: $5,000. Extended Deadline: April 7, 2023.
Able Muse Press. Book Award. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $,1000 and book publication. Final judge: David Yezzi. Extended Deadline: April 10, 2023, Midnight PST.
First Pages Prize 2023. Fiction, nonfiction. $20 fee ($35 for extended deadline). First Prize: $2,000/genre, tailored edit up to 100 pages, consultation with an agent. Deadline: March 1 to April 10, 2023 (April 24 extended). *Open to unagented writers only.*
Narratively. Inaugural Profile Prize. Nonfiction. $20 fee. Grand Prize: $3,000. Guest judges: Gay Talese, Lisa Lucas, Rebecca Traister. Deadline: April 14, 2023.
Cleaver. Form & Form-Breaking Poetry Contest. Poetry. $15 fee. First Prize: $500 and publication. Judge: Diane Seuss. Extended Deadline: April 15, 2023.
Passager. Poetry Contest for Writers Over 50. Poetry. $20 fee (includes 1-year subscription). Prize: $1,000, interview, and publication of multiple poems. Deadline: April 15, 2023.
University of Utah Press. Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Judge: Joan Naviyuk Kane. Deadline: April 15, 2023.
Barrow Street Press. 2023 Prose Book Contest. Nonfiction. $30 fee. Prize: $1,500 and book publication in 2024. Judge: Mary Cappello. Deadline: April 30, 2023.
Inlandia Institute. Hillary Gravendyk Prize. Poetry. $20 fee. Prize: Two prizes of $1,000, book publication, and 20 author copies. Judges: Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Megan Gravendyk Estrella. Deadline: April 30, 2023.
The Society of Classical Poets. Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition. Poetry. No fee. First Prize: $500. Deadline: April 30, 2023.
The Headlight Review. Anthony Grooms Prize in Short Fiction. Fiction. $12 fee. Prize: $250 and 25 free copies of their story. Extended Deadline: May 1, 2023.
The Sunlight Press. 2023 Spring Flash Fiction Contest. Fiction. No fee. Grand Prize: $750 and publication. Deadline: May 1, 2023.
Bass Clef Books. Inaugural George Drew Sophomore Chapbook Contest. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500, publication, and 12 author copies. Deadline: May 15, 2023.
New Letters. 2023 Literary Awards. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $24 fee. Prize/genre: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 22, 2023.
Autumn House Press. Full-length Prizes. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $30 fee. Prize/genre: $1,000 honorarium, $1,500 travel/publicity grant, and book publication. Judges: Toi Derricotte, Pam Houston, Jenny Boully. Deadline: May 31, 2023.
Baltimore Review. Summer Contest: 1,000 Words or Less. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $8 fee. Prize: $300/category and publication. Final judge: Kelly Weber. Deadline: May 31, 2023.
Sunspot Lit. Rigel 2023. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, graphic novel. $10 fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: May 31, 2023.
Grist. Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction Contest. Fiction. No fee. First Prize: $3,000 and publication. Judges: Paolo Bacigalupi, Nalo Hopkinson, Sam J. Miller. Deadline: June 13, 2023.
The MacGuffin. Poet Hunt 28. Poetry. $15 fee. Grand Prize: $500 and publication. Guest Judge: Barbara Crooker. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Swan Scythe Press. 2023 Chapbook Contest. Poetry. $18 fee. Prize: $200, chapbook publication, 25 author copies. Deadline: June 15, 2023.
Bellevue Literary Review. 2024 Literary Prizes. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $20 fee. First Prize/genre: $1,000 and publication. Judges: Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Edgar Gomez, Melissa Lozada-Oliva. Deadline: July 1, 2023.
Orison Books. 2023 Orison Chapbook Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, plays. $15 fee. Prize: $300 and publication. Judge: Luke Hankins. Deadline: July 1, 2023.
Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine. 2023 Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize. Poetry. $15 fee/3 poems. First Prize: $1,000, publication, and letterpress broadside. Final judge: Ellen Bass. Deadline: July 31, 2023.
