Where to Submit Roundup: September 8, 2023

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

The first full week of September in Michigan has been dreary and rainy, hot and chilly. A great smorgasbord of weird weather that seems like it will keep going for awhile at least. If you’re weather is just as dismal, NewPages has the perfect excuse for you to stay indoors writing and editing with our first submission roundup for the first full week of September 2023.

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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.

Sunspot Lit. Short stories, nonfiction, graphic novel. $6.50 fee. Deadline: September 23, 2023.

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*

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.

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.

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.

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.

Woodcrest Magazine. Fiction Open Reading Period. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: Until filled.

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.

CAPTRs. Universe of Threats Writing Contest: Infrastructure Threats. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: September 30, 2023.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.