Where to Submit Roundup: March 3, 2023
Happy March…or is it? Seems like the weather wants to really dive into March Madness this year. While the month has come in like a lamb, it’s going to be roaring soon here with yet another winter snowstorm coming in this afternoon and a rain/snowstorm possibly coming in on Monday. If mother nature is being very fickle in your neck of the woods, too, spend time indoors writing, editing, and submitting. NewPages is here to help with our weekly roundup of submission 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.
Qua Literary & Fine Arts Magazine. Winter 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: March 5, 2023. *Must live in the state of Michigan to submit.*
Woodcrest Magazine. Special Section. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, drama. No fee. Deadline: March 10, 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*
Sunspot Lit. Longform fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic novel. $8 fee. Deadline: March 15, 2023.
Walloon Writers Review. 2023 Issue. Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photography. $6.50. Deadline: March 15, 2023.
Green Linden Press. Chapbook Open Reading Period. Poetry. $15 fee. Deadline: March 20, 2023.
Mistake House Magazine. Fiction, poetry. $5 fee. Deadline: March 20, 2023. *Must be a graduate or undergraduate student to submit.*
Sand Hills Literary Magazine. 47th Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics. $3 fee (no fee for Augusta University Students). Deadline: March 20, 2023.
Third Street Review. Inaugural Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. $3 fee. Deadline: March 24, 2023.
Club Plum. April 2023 Issue. Prose poetry, flash fiction, flash nonfiction, lyric essays, dreamy art. No fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Long Hauler Publishing. Long COVID Anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Rockvale Review. Issue 10. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Sky Island Journal. Issue 24. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations. $4.99 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Split Rock Review. Issue 20. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, reviews, interviews. 200 free submissions available. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Sunspot Lit. Flash, poetry, graphic novel, art. $5 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Sunspot Lit. Short stories, nonfiction, graphic novel. $6.50 fee. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Clinch—A Martial Arts Literary Magazine. Issue 3. No fee. Payment: $15. Deadline: April 1, 2023.
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.
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.
Anther. Fiction, poetry, art, photography, reviews, interviews, videos. No fee. Deadline: May 1, 2023.
Nzuri. Spring 2023 issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, interviews, audio, video, digital storytelling. No fee. Deadline: May 10, 2023.
Able Muse. Winter 2023/2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, translations, reviews, interviews. No fee. Deadline: July 15, 2023.
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.
Driftwood Press. Poetry, short stories, comics, visual art, novellas, poetry collections, comic collections, graphic novel manuscripts. Fee varies. Deadline: Year-round.
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.
Tennessee Williams Museum in Key West. 2023 Tennessee Williams Contests. Poetry, short story. $10 fee. First Prize: $200. Deadline: March 11, 2023.
Able Muse. Write Prize. Fiction, poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500 and publication per genre. Final judges: Chelsea Rathburn, Terese Svoboda. Deadline: March 15, 2023.
Cloudbank. Issue 17 Writing Contest. Fiction, poetry. $15 fee. Extended Deadline: March 15, 2023.
Massachusetts Poetry Festival. First Poem Contest. Poetry. $10 fee (free options for students and those with economic hardships). First Prize: $250, online publication, invitation to read at the 2023 festival. Deadline: March 15, 2023.
The Missouri Review. 2023 Perkoff Prize. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Fee varies. Prize: $1,000 and publication per genre. Deadline: March 15, 2023.
The Poetry Box. Poetry Chapbook Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. First Prize: $500 and publication. Judge: Andrea Hollander. Deadline: March 15, 2023.
Able Muse Press. Book Award. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $,1000 and book publication. Final judge: David Yezzi. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Cleaver. Form & Form-Breaking Poetry Contest. Poetry. $15 fee. First Prize: $500 and publication. Judge: Diane Seuss. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Fall for the Book. New American Voices Award for Immigrant Writers. Published books of fiction and nonfiction. $20 fee. Grand Prize: $5,000. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Gemini Magazine. 14th annual Short Story Contest. Fiction. $8 fee. First Prize: $1,000 and publication. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Prime Number Magazine. 2023 Awards. Fiction, poetry. $15 fee. First Prize/genre: $1,000 and publication. Judges: Felicia Mitchell, Dennis McFadden. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Sand Hills Literary Magazine. National Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre. $12 fee. Prize: $250/category. Judges: Latria Graham, Ashley Jones. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
Sunspot Lit. Geminga 2023. Tiny fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, graphic novels. $10 fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: March 31, 2023.
The Headlight Review. Anthony Grooms Prize in Short Fiction. Fiction. $12 fee. Prize: $250 and 25 free copies of their story. Deadline: April 1, 2023.
Nimrod. 2023 Literary Awards. Fiction, poetry, $20 fee (postal), $23 fee (online). First Prize: $1,000 and publication per genre. Deadline: April 1, 2023.
Orison Books. 2023 Orison Prizes. Fiction, poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,500 and book publication per genre. Judges: Pádraig Ó Tuama & David Heska Wanbli Weiden. Deadline: April 1, 2023.
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.*
Barrow Street Press. 2023 Prose Book Contest. Nonfiction. $30 fee. Prize: $1,500 and book publication in 2024. Judge: Mary Cappello. Deadline: April 15, 2023.
Bass Clef Books. Inaugural George Drew Sophomore Chapbook Contest. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500, publication, and 12 author copies. Deadline: May 15, 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.
