The Raleigh Review has been publishing as an independent nonprofit for 10 years. They are currently open to submissions of fiction and poetry for their Fall 2020 issue. Submission deadline is March 31. They do charge a small fee. Learn more…
Orson’s Review has a New Website
Biannual online literary magazine Orson’s Review has a new website. It was formerly included on the website of parent company Orson’s Publishing, but has now branched off on its own.
The new site has a nice, minimalist design to highlight the work published.
All the archives have moved as well so you can read issues one through three on the new site. Plus, you can read interviews with contributors. Don’t forget to subscribe to receive notifications when Issue 4 is released soon.
Contest :: Fourth Genre Steinberg Essay Contest 2020
Fourth Genre: Explorations of Nonfiction seeks submissions to its annual Steinberg Essay Contest. $20 fee; $1,000 prize and publication awarded to winner. This year’s judge is former editor Laura Julier. Deadline to enter is March 15, 2020. Learn more…
Contest :: Lost in the Library
Online literary magazine Brilliant Flash Fiction is accepting entries to its Lost in the Library writing contest. Deadline to submit fiction on this theme is May 30. There is no fee to submit. Learn more…
Contest :: Bellingham Review 2020 Literary Awards
Literary magazine Bellingham Review is open to fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for its annual awards. Deadline to enter work is March 15. $20-$30 fee; $1,000 first prize per genre. Learn more…
Call :: Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop Anthology
The Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop is accepting essays taking a “contemporary look at silences around class and caste systems that divide us.” The anthology will be co-edited by a collective of award-winning incarcerated writers.
Submissions for the anthology are open through April 3, 2020. There is no fee to submit. The anthology will be published by Coffee House Press. Learn more…
Call :: Tolsun Books 2020 Open Reading Period
Independent publisher Tolsun Books is open to unsolicited manuscripts made from parts through May 31. These can be either full-length or chapbook-length. Poetry, short stories, essays, hybrids, translations, and more. $15 fee. Free submissions accepted on the 15th of every month. Learn more…
Contest :: $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize
University of Arkansas Press is accepting poetry manuscripts for its Miller Williams Poetry Series edited by Patricia Smith. Work is accepted on a rolling basis. Titles selected for publication will be considered for the annual $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. Deadline to submit for the next prize is September 30. There is a $28 fee. Learn more…
Call :: The Blue Mountain Review
Literary magazine The Blue Mountain Review launched in 2015 with the mantra “we’re all south of somewhere.” They are open to submissions with “homespun and international appeal” year-round and seek to preserve and promote “lives told well.” They do charge a $5 submission fee. Learn more…
Call :: Mistake House Magazine Open to Submissions through March 15
Literary magazine Mistake House is open to submissions through March 15! They seek poetry and fiction from students currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs worldwide. $3 fee. They will be at AWP 2020 if you want to drop by their booth. Learn more…
Contest :: The Southern Collective Experience Launches Women of Resilience Chapbook Contest
The Southern Collective Experience, home of quarterly literary magazine The Blue Mountain Review, launched a “women only” poetry chapbook contest this past November.
The Women of Resilience Chapbook Contest’s goal is “to highlight not only the struggle, but a way to the light” as “time and again, women have shown tremendous resilience while overcoming hardship, be it personal, marital, financial, parental, medical, addiction, and personal self worth. In fact, the caverns women navigate to ‘find the light’ are often deep, and brutal.”
The deadline to enter the contest is March 31 with winners announced on April 15. First prize is $200 and chapbook publication. The winner will be interviewed in the Summer 2020 issue of The Blue Mountain Review. There is a $25 fee.
The judge of this year’s contest is Melissa Studdard, author of four books including I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast and Six Weeks to Yehidah.