Where to Submit Roundup: September 27, 2024

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

Happy Friday! Welcome to the last roundup of submission opportunities for September 2024. It’s been a long, crazy week hasn’t it? Hopefully you are all staying safe and sound this week. If you have plans to stay indoors and write, edit, and submit, we are here to help! There are many opportunities with September 30 and October 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.

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.

Sky Island Journal. Issue 29. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations. $4.99 fee. Deadline: September 30, 2024.

Club Plum. Literary Horror Issue. Flash fiction, nonfiction, prose poetry, art. No fee. Deadline: October 1, 2024

Qua. Fall 2024 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: October 9, 2024. *Must live in Michigan.*

Blink-Ink. Issue 58: UFO. Fiction, art. No fee. Deadline: October 15, 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.*

Santa Clara Review. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama, screenplays, translations, art, photography. $2 fee. Deadline: October 15, 2024.

Hamilton Stone Review. Issue #51. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: October 1 – 31, 2024 (or until filled).

Interim. Commemoration & Celebration of Las Vegas. Nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations, art. $5 fee. Deadline: November 5, 2024.

Libre. Writing and art about mental health. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narratives, art, photography, video. $2. Deadline: November 11, 2024.

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, 2024.

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.

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.*

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.

Yearling. Poetry. No fee for 1 poem; $10 for up to 3 poems. 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.

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. Deadline: September 30, 2024.

The Letter Review. Prize for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, & Books. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, interviews, reviews. No fee for 1 entry, $5 for additional entries. Prize: $4,000 divided among 12 winners. Deadline: September 30, 2024.

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.

Winning Writers. Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. Poetry. $22 fee. Prizes: $3,500 and online publication for a poem in any style and $3,500 and online publication for a poem that rhymes or is in a traditional style. Final judge: Michal ‘MJ’ Jones. Deadline: October 1, 2024.

Vita Poetica Journal. Writing & Art contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. $10 fee. Prize/genre: $100 and print publication. Deadline: October 15, 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.

Cloudbank. Vern Rutsala Book Prize. Full-length flash fiction, poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000, book publication, 50 author copies. Deadline: October 31, 2024.

December Magazine. 2025 Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize. Poetry. $20 fee (includes copy of prize issue). Prizes: $1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention). Guest judge: Maggie Smith. Deadline: November 1, 2024.

CAPTRS. AI Writing Contest. Nonfiction. No fee. First Prize: $5,000 and online publication. Deadline: November 9, 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.

Interim. Test Site Poetry Prize. Poetry. $25 fee. Two Prizes: $1,000 and book publication. Deadline: December 15, 2024.

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).

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.*