Where to Submit Roundup: March 22, 2024

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

While spring has sprung, Mother Nature didn’t get the memo and snow is in the forecast. Typical Michigan for you. Since she purred like a contented kitten to start, she has to make sure to roar like the proverbial lion with a thorn in its paw to end it. If you’re also faced with some sad weather this weekend, it’s the perfect excuse to stay indoors and right, edit, and submit. Let’s do our best to keep our submission goals strong. I still haven’t even started on mine this year.

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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.

Auroras & Blossoms. Theme: Auroras and/or Blossoms. Haiku, Senryu. No Fee (donations optional). Deadline: March 31, 2024.

DuFrank Lit. Issue 1. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: March 31, 2024.

Rockvale Review. Issue Twelve. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. $3 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2024.

Sand Hills Literary Magazine. 48th Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives, art, photography. $3 fee (Augusta University students can submit for free). Deadline: March 31, 2024. *Must be living in the US to submit.*

Sky Island Journal. Issue 28. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations. $4.99 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2024.

A Warm Mug of Cozy Anthology. Volume Two. Cozy mysteries. $5 fee. Payment: PDF copy + royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2024.

Club Plum. April 2024 Issue. Prose poems, flash fiction, flash nonfiction, lyric essays, art. No fee. Deadline: Apri 1, 2024.

Voyage of Verse. Inaugural Issue. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: April 14, 2024. *Open to students in grades 9-12.*

Blink-Ink. Issue #56 “Addicted to Love.” Fiction. No fee. Deadline: April 15, 2024.

Consequence. Spring 2024 Reading Period. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, graphic narratives, interviews, translations, art, photography. No fee. Paying market. Deadline: April 15, 2024.

Syncopation Literary Journal. Volume 3, Issue 2: Paris. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: April 16, 2024.

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

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

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.

#Ranger Magazine. Experimental fiction, poetry, cross-genre, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.

Adanna Literary Journal. Women in the News/Women on the News Feature. Nonfiction, comics, interviews, reviews. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Barrow Street Press. Poetry. $3 fee ($10 includes 1-year subscription). Deadline not 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.

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.

Plant-Human Quarterly. Poetry, essays. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Yearling. Poetry. No fee for 1 poem. 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/Institute for Immigration Research. New American Voices Award for Immigrant Writers. Fiction, nonfiction. $20 fee. Grand Prize: $5,000. Deadline: March 29, 2024.

Able Muse. Book Award. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Final Judge: Timothy Steele. Deadline: March 31, 2024.

Black Lawrence Press. The Hudson Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre. $28 fee. Prize: $1,000, publication, publicity support, author copies. Deadline: March 31, 2024.

Black Warrior Review. Flash Contest: Creature(s). Fiction, nonfiction. $10 fee. Prize: Cash award, online publication, free entry into summer contest. Deadline: March 31, 2024.

International Rubery book Award. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, photography. $70 USD fee. Prize: $2,760 (grand prize), $200 (category winner). Deadline: March 31, 2024.

Prime Number Magazine. 2024 Prime Number Magazine Awards. Fiction, poetry. $15 fee. First Prize: $1,000 and publication per genre. Judges: Maya J. Sorini, Dennis McFadden. Deadline: March 31, 2024.

Sand Hills Literary Magazine. Prizes in Poetry & Prose. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $12 fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: March 31, 2024. *Must be living in the US to submit.*

Sunspot Lit. Inception Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama, graphic narratives, screenplays, interviews, reviews, art, photography. $10 fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: March 31, 2024.

Switchback Books. 2024 Gatewood Prize. Full-length Poetry Collection. $20 fee ($25 includes a book from their catalog). Prize: Publication, marketing, promotion, 30 author copies. Judge: Emilia Phillips. Deadline: March 31, 2024.

Gemini Magazine. Short Story Prize. Fiction. $8 fee. First Prize: $1,000 and publication. Deadline: April 1, 2024.

Nimrod. Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction. Fiction. $20 fee ($23 fee online) includes 1-year subscription. First Prize: $2,000, publication, virtual awards ceremony readings. Deadline: April 1, 2024.

Nimrod. Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry. Poetry. $20 fee ($23 fee online) includes 1-year subscription. First Prize: $2,000, publication, virtual awards ceremony readings. Deadline: April 1, 2024.

Missouri Review. Perkoff Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $15 fee ($30 all access). Prize: $1,000/genre and publication. Extended Deadline: April 2, 2024. *For works engaging in health and medicine*

Orison Books. Orison Prizes. Fiction, poetry. $25 fee. Prize/genre: $1,500 and book publication. Judges: Ellen Bass, Kaveh Akbar. Deadline: April 4, 2024.

The Headlight Review. Anthony Grooms Prize in Short Fiction. Fiction. $10 fee. Prize: $250, publication, 25 copies of the story. Final judge: Gray Stewart. Deadline: April 15, 2024.

Lily Poetry Review Books. Paul Nemser Book Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $500 and book publication. Deadline: April 15, 2024.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.