Where to Submit Roundup: August 30, 2024
32 Submission Opportunities including calls for submissions, writing contests, and book prizes.
Severe thunderstorms, power outages, oh my! It’s been a week. Strong storms blew in and took out power lines, trees, lawn furniture, signs, flags, and who knows what else? When you have nothing to do, what better way to while away the hours than writing and editing? With September and Labor Day around the corner don’t miss out on the end-of-August opportunities!
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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.
Walloon Writers Review. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography. $6 fee. Deadline: August 30, 2024.
Alternating Current Press. Book-length nonfiction. $5.99 fee. Deadline: August 31, 2024.
Dulcet. Issue 1. Fiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: August 31, 2024.
South 85. Metamorphosis-themed issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee. Deadline: August 31, 2024.
Superpresent. Fall 2024 Issue: Road Trip. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama/playwriting, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
DuFrank Lit. Fiction, flash fiction. No fee. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Rockvale Review. Issue 13. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. $3 fee. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
Club Plum. Literary Horror Issue. Flash fiction, nonfiction, prose poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: October 1, 2024
Kings River Review. Fall 2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, translations, art. No fee. Deadline: October 15, 2024. *Must be a 2-year college student.*
Magazine1. Issue 3. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, screenplays, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee ($5 tip jar available). Payment: $40 bookstore gift card. Deadline: November 15, 20024.
Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: November 30, 2024.
Black Fox Literary Magazine. Winter 2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee (donation and expedited response options). Payment: $20. Deadline: November 30, 2024.
Apple in the Dark. Winter 2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction. No fee (tip jar available). Deadline: December 15, 2024.
The Awakenings Review. Spring 2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: Year-round. *Must write from experience with mental illness in yourself, family, members, or friends.*
Black Lawrence Press. Manuscript Consultations. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre. Fees vary. Deadline: Year-round.
Blue Mountain Review. Prose, poetry, music, visual art. $5 fee. Deadline: Year-round.
The Fictional Cafe. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.
New Verse News. Current events poetry. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.
NOMADartx Review. Theme: Perspective. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, interviews, reviews, translations, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.
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.
Wallstrait. Fiction. No fee. Payment: $25. Deadline: Rolling.
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.
Alternating Current Press. Spark Translation Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, cross-genre, translation. $18 fee. Prize: $1,000, book publication, digital medallion, certificate, and 30 gold medallion seals. Deadline: August 31, 2024.
Black Fox Literary Magazine. Summer 2024 Fox Tales Prize: Portraits of Failure. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $12 fee. Prize: $300 and publication. Deadline: August 31, 2024.
Gemini Magazine. Flash Fiction Prize. Fiction. $8 fee. First Prize: $1,000 and publication. Deadline: August 31, 2024.
Frontier Poetry. Debut Chapbook Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $2,000 and publication. Judge: Nancy Miller Gomez. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
Dzanc Books. Novel, Poetry, and Story Collection Prizes. Fiction, poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $5,000 (fiction), $2,500 (short story collection), $1,000 (poetry) and book publication.
RHINO Poetry. 2025 Founders’ Prize. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Judge: Cyrus Cassells. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
The Missouri Review. Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $25 fee. Prize/genre: $5,000, publication, and social media promotion. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
Permafrost. 2024 Permafrost Book Prize. Fiction. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Judge: Eowyn LeMay Ivey. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
Raven Chronicles. Inaugural Awards for Innovative Fiction & Nonfiction. Fiction, nonfiction. $10 fee. Prize: $1,000, book publication, and 50% of net revenues. Judges: Paul Hunter, Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor. Deadline: October 1, 2024.
Alternating Current Press. Futurist Debut Book Award. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, cross-genre. $18 fee. Prize: $1,000, book publication, digital medallion, certificate, and 30 gold medallion seals. Deadline: October 31, 2024.
Interim. Test Site Poetry Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. Two Prizes: $1,000 and book publication. Deadline: December 15, 2024.
