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May 2021 eLitPak :: Enter the 2021 Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction Contest!

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Our annual national short fiction contest features a first place $2,500 cash award; a second place cash prize of $750; and a third place cash prize of $500. The winners’ stories will be published in the Fall issue of Philadelphia Stories. We accept unpublished works of fiction up to 8,000 words. The deadline to submit is June 15, 2021.

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May 2021 eLitPak :: Upcoming Gival Press Contests

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Gival Press has the following contests for authors and poets which carry a cash prize and for which a reading fee is required: Oscar Wilde Award (deadline June 27); Short Story Award (deadline August 8); Poetry Award (deadline December 15). Visit our website for full details.

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May 2021 eLitPak :: Weber—The Contemporary West Call for Submissions

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Weber—The Contemporary West invites submissions in the genres of personal narrative, critical commentary, fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry that offer insight into the environment and culture of the contemporary western United States and beyond. We look for good writing that engages human nature, ecology and the environment.

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May 2021 eLitPak :: 2021 Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry Deadline June 15

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Lynx House Press seeks submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts for the annual Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry. The winner will receive $2,000 and publication. Entries must be at least 48 pages in length. The fee for submitting is $28, and includes a copy of a book from our catalog. Previous judges include James Tate, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dorianne Laux, Dara Wier, Melissa Kwasny, and Robert Wrigley.

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May 2021 eLitPak :: North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books

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Deadline: June 30, 2021
Winning Writers will award a grand prize of $5,000 in its seventh annual North Street Book Prize competition, and $13,750 in all. The top eight winners will enjoy additional benefits from our co-sponsors BookBaby and Carolyn Howard-Johnson. Submit self-published books in one of seven categories. All self-publishing platforms are welcome. $65 entry fee. Learn more at our website.

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Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: May 14, 2021

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May is half over with this week already…didn’t it just begin? Weather is slowly on the upturn…hopefully the frigid cold snaps are behind us. Get outside, take a walk, do some gardening, play with the kids or pets, and when all that activity tires you out, time to go back to writing.

Don’t forget that our weekly newsletter subscribers get a first peek of calls, contests, events, and writing programs before they are featured on the site. Not a subscriber? Sign up now & get NewPages site news and calls, contests, literary events, and writing programs delivered to your inbox weekly and the eLitPak monthly. Speaking of which, the May eLitPak was emailed to subscribers on May 12. You can also view an online archive of past newsletters here.

Call for Submissions Round-up

You can view all active calls for submissions by visiting our website. Plus, if you have a young writer in your house, don’t forget you can find publications for them to submit to in our Young Writers Guide.

The Hole in the Head Review. Poetry, video, art. $3 fee. Deadline: June 11, 2021.

Sky Island Journal: Issue 17 (Summer 2021) Call for Submissions

Deadline: June 30, 2021
Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access literary journal dedicated to publishing the finest poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. We publish accomplished, well-established authors—side by side—with fresh, emerging voices. We provide over 80,000 readers in 145 countries with a powerful, focused, advertising-free literary experience that transports them: one that challenges them intellectually and moves them emotionally. We publish quarterly, and our average response time is 9 days. Every submission receives a prompt, respectful response detailing what we appreciated. Enjoy our previous issues, and submit to our stunning Issue 17 before midnight on June 30th, at our website.

borrowed solace. Tamed-theme Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre. No fee. Deadline: June 30, 2021.

Wordrunner eChapbooks. Fall 2021 Mini-Fiction Collections. Fiction. $6 fee. Payment: $125 + royalties. Deadline: June 30, 2021. [Read more…] about Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: May 14, 2021

Call :: NOMADartx Review Seeks Fresh Voices Addressing Creativity & the Creative Process

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NOMADartx logoDeadline: Rolling
NOMADartx is an emerging global creative network dedicated to sharing and amplifying creative potential, regardless of genre. NOMADartx Review curates fresh voices that address creativity and creative process via visual art, fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, interviews, critiques, and reviews. Our “Industry Specials” column also provides a place for contemporary creatives to share wisdom (individual or collective) toward building success in their fields of practice. We currently consider work that addresses these themes in any way. More information can be found on Submittable.

Contest :: Autumn House Press Prizes in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction

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Autumn House Press logoDeadline: June 15, 2021
Autumn House Full-Length Prizes (Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction): Winners of each prize receive publication of their full-length manuscripts. Each winner also receives $2,500 ($1,000 honorarium and a $1,500 travel/publicity grant to promote the book). The submission period closes June 15 (Eastern Time). To submit online, please visit our online submission manager. The judges for the 2021 full-length prizes are Eileen Myles (poetry), Deesha Philyaw (fiction), and Steve Almond (nonfiction).

Call :: Deadline to Submit to Oyster River Pages Annual Issue is May 31!

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Oyster River Pages logoDeadline: May 31, 2021
Oyster River Pages is a literary and artistic collective seeking fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual arts that stretch creative and social boundaries. We believe in the power of art to connect people to their own and others’ humanity, something we see as especially important during these tumultuous times. Because of this, we seek to feature artists whose voices have been historically decentered or marginalized. Please see www.oysterriverpages.com for submission details.

Call :: Chestnut Review, for Stubborn Artists, Reading for Fall 2021 Issue

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Deadline: Year-round
Chestnut Review (“for stubborn artists”) invites submissions year round of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and photography. We offer free submissions for poetry (3 poems), flash fiction (<1000 words), and art/photography (20 images); $5 submissions for fiction/nonfiction (<5k words), or 4-6 poems. Published artists receive $100 and a copy of the annual anthology of four issues (released each summer). Notification in <30 days or submission fee refunded. We appreciate stories in every genre we publish. All issues free online which illustrates what we have liked, but we are always ready to be surprised by the new! Currently reading for our Autumn 2021 issue to be published in October. chestnutreview.com

Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: May 7, 2021

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The first week of May is almost behind us. How is the year nearly half over with already? Don’t let your submission goals fall by the wayside. Check out the submissions opportunities featured on NewPages this week.

Don’t forget that our weekly newsletter subscribers get a first peek of ads before they are featured on the site. Not a subscriber? Sign up now & get NewPages site news and calls, contests, literary events, and writing programs delivered to your inbox weekly and the eLitPak monthly. Speaking of which, the May eLitPak is set to be emailed May 12. You can also view an online archive of past newsletters here.

Call for Submissions Round-up

You can view all active calls for submissions by visiting our website. Plus, if you have a young writer in your house, don’t forget you can find publications for them to submit to in our Young Writers Guide.

Aji Magazine. Fall 2021 Issue. Theme celebrates constellations, observable patterns born of human imagination, vision, intuition, and reason. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, translations, reviews. No fee. Deadline: Until filled.

Sky Island Journal: Issue 17 (Summer 2021) Call for Submissions

Deadline: June 30, 2021
Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access literary journal dedicated to publishing the finest poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. We publish accomplished, well-established authors—side by side—with fresh, emerging voices. We provide over 80,000 readers in 145 countries with a powerful, focused, advertising-free literary experience that transports them: one that challenges them intellectually and moves them emotionally. We publish quarterly, and our average response time is 9 days. Every submission receives a prompt, respectful response detailing what we appreciated. Enjoy our previous issues, and submit to our stunning Issue 17 before midnight on June 30th, at our website.

Submit to ABLE MUSE: A Review of Poetry, Prose & Art

Deadline: July 15, 2021
Able Muse is now accepting submissions for our forthcoming issue, Winter 2021/2022. Submit poetry, fiction, essays, book reviews, art, and photography. Submission opens yearly January 1 and closes July 15. Read our guidelines and submit at at our website. [Read more…] about Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: May 7, 2021