Where to Submit Roundup: November 22, 2024
41 Submission Opportunities including calls for submissions, writing contests, and book prizes.
Thanksgiving is already next week. If you’ll be super busy then, take a break to keep your submission goals strong this weekend with the help of the NewPages 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.
Black Fox Literary Magazine. Winter 2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee (donation and expedited response options). Payment: $20. Deadline: November 30, 2024.
Black Lawrence Press. November open reading period. Full-length & chapbook-length fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre manuscripts; anthology proposals. $14 fee. Deadline: November 30, 2024.
Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: November 30, 2024.
Dulcet Literary Magazine. Dusk & Dawn themed issue. Fiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: November 30, 2024.
Third Street Review. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. $3 fee. Payment: $25. Deadline: November 1-30, 2024.
Superpresent. Winter Issue: Secrets & Mysteries. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives, translations, art, photography, audio, video. No fee. Deadline: December 1, 2024.
Apple in the Dark. Winter 2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction. No fee (tip jar available). Deadline: December 15, 2024.
Club Plum. January 2025 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, art. No fee. Deadline: December 25, 2024.
Wising Up Press. Living Our Blessings: Aging, Mortality & Gratitude anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: December 31, 2024.
Girls Right the World. Issue 9. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: December 31, 2024. *Open to girls and young, gender-expansive writers and artists ages 14-21.*
Sky Island Journal. Issue 30. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations. $4.99 fee Deadline: December 31, 2024
Washington Writers’ Publishing House. American’s Future anthology. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations. $5 fee. Payment: $25. Deadline: December 31, 2024.
ISSUED: stories of service. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, graphic narratives, photography. No fee. Deadline: January 15, 2025. *Must be active-duty military, veterans, or family of service members.*
Ploughshares. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations. $3.75 service fee; No-fee for current subscribers. Deadline: January 15, 2025.
Jokes Literary Review. Metamodern Submissions. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, interviews, art. No fee. Deadline: February 1, 2025.
Kings River Review. Fall 2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, translations, art. No fee. Deadline: March 15, 2025. *Must be a 2-year college student.*
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.*
Blue Mountain Review. Prose, poetry, music, visual art. $5 fee. Deadline: Year-round.
Jewish Fiction (formerly Jewish Fiction .net). Winter & Spring Issues. Fiction, translation. No fee. Deadline: Rolling.
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. Nonfiction, poetry. 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.
Baltimore Review. Winter Contest. Flash fiction, flash creative nonfiction, prose poetry. $8 fee. Prize: $400/category and publication. Final Judge: Francine Witte. Deadline: November 30, 2024.
Haiku Crush. 2024 Haiku Search. Haiku. $9 fee. First Prize: $150 and anthology publication. Judges: Reid FitzGerald, Tatiana Roberts, Steve FitzGerald. Deadline: November 30, 2024.
Black Fox Literary Magazine. Black Fox Prize: Fragments of Time. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $12 fee. Prize: $325 and publication in Winter 2025 issue. Deadline: December 1, 2024.
Philadelphia Stories. National Fiction Contest. Short stories. $20 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Judge: Stephanie Feldman. Deadline: December 1, 2024.
The Writing Salon. 2024 Jane Underwood Poetry Prize. Poetry. $15 fee. Prize: $500 and online publication. Final judge: Brian Teare. Deadline: December 1, 2024
L’Esprit Literary Review. Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Nonfiction. Nonfiction. $10 fee ($15 expedited response option). Prize: $500 and print publication. Judge: Michael Nath. Deadline: December 2, 2024.
Interim. Test Site Poetry Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. Two Prizes: $1,000 and book publication. Deadline: December 15, 2024.
The Headlight Review. Annual Chapbook Prize in Poetry. Poetry. $18 fee. Prize: $500, book publication, 25 copies. Guest judge: Olatunde Osinaike. Deadline: December 31, 2024.
Press 53. Award for Short Fiction. Short story collections. $30 fee. Prize: $1,000 cash advance, book publication, and 53 copies. Judge: Claire V. Foxx. Deadline: December 31, 2024.
table//FEAST Literary Magazine. The Fifty & Up Writer Awards. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Prize: $50/genre and publication. Deadline: January 1, 2025. *Entrants must be age 50 or older.*
table//FEAST Literary Magazine. Nano & Micro Contest for Women Writers. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee (fee waiver available). Prize: $50/genre and publication. Deadline: January 1, 2025.
table//FEAST Literary Magazine. Translations Prizes in Poetry & Prose. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation. $10 fee (fee waiver available). Prize/category: $250. Deadline: January 1, 2025
Colorado Review. 2025 Colorado Prize for Poetry. Full-length poetry manuscript. $28 fee (includes 1-year subscription). Prize: $2,500 honorarium & book publication. Final judge: Craig Morgan Teicher. Deadline: January 14, 2025 (5-day grace period observed).
After Happy Hour. Food-themed Writing Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre. $10 fee. Prize: Percentage of fees and publication. Deadline: January 31, 2025.
National Indie Excellence Awards. Published Books. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Comics, Graphic Novels. $75 fee. Prize: Cash awards & sponsorship prizes. Deadline: March 31, 2025. *Books must be independently or self-published to enter.*
Press Pause Press. 2025 Beautiful Pause Prize. Poetry collections. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000 and print publication. Deadline: May 1, 2025.
New Letters. Conger Beasley Jr. Award. Nonfiction. $24 fee. Prize: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 20, 2025.
New Letters. Patricia Cleary Miller Award. Poetry. $24 fee. Prize: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 20, 2025.
New Letters. Robert Day Award. Fiction. $24 fee. Prize: $2,500 and publication. Deadline: May 20, 2025.
