Deadline: November 20, 2020
Sand Hills, in print since 1973, is opening up submissions for our very first online exclusive! We are accepting flash fiction and essays up to 1000 words, poetry up to 32 lines, photography, and, for the first time ever, short animation and comics. We are open for submissions until November 20th. sandhillslitmag.com/submit/. We look forward to hearing from you.
Contest :: 2022 Miller Williams Poetry Prize Deadline is September 30
Deadline: Rolling Every year, the University of Arkansas Press accepts submissions for the Miller Williams Poetry Series and from the books selected awards the $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize in the following summer. For almost a quarter century … [Continue reading] about Contest :: 2022 Miller Williams Poetry Prize Deadline is September 30
NewPages Book Stand – September 2020
It's that time of month again: a new Book Stand is now up on the website. With the September update, you can find five featured titles, as well as a selection of new and forthcoming books to check out. In the forthcoming I'll Fly Away, Rudy … [Continue reading] about NewPages Book Stand – September 2020
Call :: Garfield Lake Review 2021 Submission Period Open!
Deadline: October 12, 2020 The Garfield Lake Review prides itself on accepting a wide selection of fiction, poetry, and visual arts from the Olivet College community and beyond. No fee, payment in copies. This year’s Garf is looking for submissions … [Continue reading] about Call :: Garfield Lake Review 2021 Submission Period Open!
Contest :: Interim’s 2020 Test Site Poetry Prize
Deadline: December 15, 2020 Submit your manuscript to Interim’s 3rd annual Test Site Poetry Contest! As our series title suggests, we’re looking for manuscripts that engage the perilous conditions of life in the 21st century, as they pertain to … [Continue reading] about Contest :: Interim’s 2020 Test Site Poetry Prize
Call :: Palooka Seeks Short Works for Magazine Publication & Chapbook-length Manuscripts
Palooka is an international literary magazine. For a decade we've featured up-and-coming, established, and brand-new writers, artists, and photographers from all around the world. We're open to diverse forms and styles and are always seeking unique … [Continue reading] about Call :: Palooka Seeks Short Works for Magazine Publication & Chapbook-length Manuscripts
New Kooser Gem
Guest Post by Guinotte Wise I see where the bookmark is in the closed pages of Ted Kooser’s Red Stilts and realize I’ve been reading faster than I meant to; it’s a new Kooser book and I like to savor the first read. It’s like a dish of something … [Continue reading] about New Kooser Gem
Call :: The American Journal of Poetry Volume 10, Winter/Spring 2021
Deadline: Rolling Now reading for Volume Ten, our Winter/Spring 2021 issue to be publishing in January 2021. Please visit us to read our previous volumes filled with poems from poets the world over, from the first-published to the most acclaimed in … [Continue reading] about Call :: The American Journal of Poetry Volume 10, Winter/Spring 2021
Avian Inspiration
Guest Post by Amber Thompson I discovered Graeme Gibson’s The Bedside Book of Birds while watching Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word is Power. The day after I watched the documentary, my husband and I rescued a pair of … [Continue reading] about Avian Inspiration
Event :: Willow Writers’ Fall 2020 Virtual Workshops
Registration Deadline: Rolling Willow Writers’ Workshops is going virtual this fall! We will offer workshops, providing writing prompts, craft discussions, and manuscript consultations. All levels are welcome. Writers' Workshops available on … [Continue reading] about Event :: Willow Writers’ Fall 2020 Virtual Workshops
Read It Again
Guest Post by Preksha Bothra "Never let anyone make you feel ordinary." There were a lot of oh-I-wanna-read-this-again moments in Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Nothing, literally nothing, in this book went the way I … [Continue reading] about Read It Again