Where to Submit Roundup: September 29, 2023

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

Welcome to the last weekly roundup of submission opportunities for September 2023. Autumn is officially hear. We had cooler weather and light rain most of the week. But Mother Nature is letting us know she’s not ready to let go of summer and we’re supposed to be sunny and near 80 this weekend. If you’ll be experiencing a lovely weather weekend, grab your laptop and head outside to enjoy it while keeping your submission goals strong.

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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.

Rockvale Review. Issue Eleven. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee. Deadline: September 30, 2023.

Sunspot Lit. Flash, poetry, graphic novel, art. $5 fee. Deadline: September 30, 2023.

Cherry Tree. Issue 10. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. $3 fee. Payment: $20. Deadline: October 1, 2023.

Clinch — A Martial Arts Literary Magazine. Issue IV. fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre. No fee. Paying market. Deadline: October 1, 2023.

Club Plum. Literary Horror Issue. Fiction, nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: October 1, 2023.

little somethings press. Issue 6. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: October 1, 2023.

Garfield Lake Review. 2023 Issue: Humanity. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, drama/playwriting, translations, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: October 6, 2023.

Santa Clara Review. Fall 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama, screenplays, translations, art, photography. No fee.

Blink-Ink. Issue #54: Family. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: October 15, 2023.

Interim. When Atoms Reassemble. Nonfiction. $4 fee. Extended Deadline: October 15, 2023.

Kings River Review. Fall 2023 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, art, translations. No fee. Deadline: October 15, 2023. *2-year community college students only*

IvyZen. University Admissions Scholarship Program. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, drama, screenplays, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: October 20, 2023. *For rising high school seniors.*

Qua. Fall 2023. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: November 1, 2023. *Must be a Michigan resident in order to submit.*

Magazine1. Inaugural Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, translations. $5 fee. Payment: $40 credit to Bookstore1Sarasota. Deadline: November 4, 2023.

Speckled Trout Review. Issue 5.2: For the Ages. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: November 5, 2023.

Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: November 15, 2023.

Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: November 30, 2023.

RCC Muse art + literary journal. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: December 15, 2023.

Girls Right the World. Issue Eight. Poetry, prose, visual art. No fee. Deadline: December 30, 2023. *Open to girls and young, gender-expansive writers and artists, ages 14–21.*

Valley Voices. Spring 2024: The Southern Crossroads. Poetry, creative nonfiction, critical essays. No fee. Deadline: December 30, 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.

Emerald City. Fiction, cross-genre, graphic narratives. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Grailing Press. Grailing Magazine. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, translations. No fee. Deadline: Year-round.

Interim. Poetry and the Moving Image. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, video. $4 fee. Deadline: Until filled.

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.

The Sucarnochee Review. Spring 2024 issue. Fiction, 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.

Sunspot Lit. Goldilocks Zone 2023. Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, graphic novel. $10 fee. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: September 30, 2023.

Winning Writers. Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. Poetry. $22 fee. Top Prize: $3,000 (rhyming/traditional poem), $3,000 (any style poem). Final Judge: Michal ‘MJ’ Jones. Deadline: September 30, 2023.

The Missouri Review. Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize. Fiction, poetry, nonfiction. $25 or $30 fee. Prize/genre: $5,000, publication, and promotion. Deadline: October 1, 2023.

Does It Have Pockets. (One Hand in My) Pocket Flash Fiction Contest. Fiction. $10 fee. Grand Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: October 15, 2023. $25 fee. Deadline: October 5, 2023.

University of Dayton. Hotel Room of One’s Own: The Erma Bombeck | Anna Lefler Humorist-in-Residence Program. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, graphic narratives, screenplays. Deadline: October 5, 2023.

CAPTRs. Universe of Threats Writing Contest: Infrastructure Threats. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: October 15, 2023.

New Letters. Editor’s Choice Award. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, graphic narratives. $20 fee. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Deadline: October 16, 2023.

Strange Days Books. Eyelands Book Awards 2023. Unpublished & published books of fiction, poems, memoir, children’s books, graphic novels, & more. Fee: $35 (€30). Published Grand Prize: 5-day holiday in Athens + handmade ceramic. Unpublished Grand Prize: Translation into Greek and publication from Strange Days Books. Judges: P.H.C. Marchesi, Andriana Minou, Gregory Papadoyiannis, Katherine Wiseman. Deadline: October 20, 2023.

Cloudbank Books. Vern Rutsala Book Contest. Poetry. $25 fee. Prize: $1,000, book publication, 50 copies. Deadline: October 31, 2023.

LIGHT Magazine. Issue 3: Reimagining Healing & Transformation with Cancer. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, graphic narratives, art, photography. No fee. Prize/genre: $500/$375/$125. Deadline: November 1, 2023.

Interim. Test Site Poetry Prize. Unpublished poetry manuscripts. $25 fee. 2 Prizes of $1,000 and book publication awarded. Deadline: December 15, 2023.