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Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: October 9, 2020

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Doing more reading than writing? NewPages is always seeking short reviews about an books, literary magazines, or even a particular poem or story that has touched you recently for our blog! Still doing lot of writing? Check out these submission opportunities to find a home for your work.

Calls for Submissions

View all calls for submissions in our online Classifieds. Have a young writer? Check out our Young Writers Guide to Publications to help them find a market for their work, too.

November Submission Deadlines

The Pinch Literary Journal seeks poetry written in or regarding Variety Englishes for a featured highlight in its Spring 2021 Issue (41.1). Poems in Singlish, Konglish, Spanglish, AAVE, and other English-derived emerging linguistic forms will be considered for publication. No submission fee, accepted pieces will be awarded $150 for publication. Deadline November 15th, 2020. For inquiries, visit www.pinchjournal.com/glish or contact editor@pinchjournal.com.

Sou’wester is now reading fiction and creative nonfiction for our annual print issue, forthcoming in spring 2021. We are committed to investing in and encouraging the words/stories/voices of all writers, prioritizing those belonging to marginalized communities. We want to read stories from writers belonging to the black diaspora, indigenous communities, Asian communities, Latin(x) communities, neurodivergent communities, those with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+. We seek fiction that allows us to transcend the everyday, haunts our dreams, and feels fresh. We’re looking for work that will move, stun, and awe our readers. Submission is free through Submittable. Deadline: November 15.

Waymark Literary Magazine is an online and physical literary magazine dedicated to publishing the works of an individual’s waymark; their footpath in life. Anyone can submit as long as they have a story to tell. We are looking for nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and art submissions to be published in our biannual publication. Deadline: November 20. [Read more…] about Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: October 9, 2020

Call :: Club Plum Seeks Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, Hybrid Works, & Art for Volume 2 Issue 1

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Deadline: December 31, 2020
Please send your beauties and uglies to Club Plum for Volume 2, Issue 1, dropping January 15, 2021. Send your pain. Send your fury. Send your strange. Unsure if prose poem or flash fiction? Send it our way. See www.clubplumliteraryjournal.com for guidelines.

Contest :: Carve Magazine 2020 Prose & Poetry Contest

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Flier for Carve Magazine's Prose & Poetry Contest 2020Deadline: November 15
Carve Magazine‘s Prose & Poetry Contest is open October 1 – November 15. Accepting submissions from all over the world, but work must be in English. Max 10,000 words for fiction and nonfiction; 2,000 words for poetry. Prizes: $1,000 each for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. All 3 winners published online in Spring 2021. Entry fee $17 online only. Guest judges are Shruti Swamy for fiction; Kendra Allen for nonfiction; and Roy G. Guzmán for poetry. www.carvezine.com/prose-poetry-contest/

Call :: Chestnut Review – Home to Stubborn Writers

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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! Now reading for the Spring 2021 issue due out in April. chestnutreview.com

Contest :: Acacia Fiction Prize! $1,200 & Publication

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Kallisto Gaia Press logoDeadline: December 31, 2020
The Acacia Fiction Prize winner is awarded $1,200, twenty author copies, plus publication and promotion by Kallisto Gaia Press for a collection of Short Stories, Flash Fiction, Novellas, or any combination of fiction totaling between 40K and 75K words. Richard Z. Santos (Trust Me, 2020) will judge. Runner up receives $100. Entry fee is $25. All entrants receive a copy of the winning collection! Deadline: December 31, 2020. Sponsored by Duotrope. More info at kallistogaiapress.submittable.com/submit.

Contest :: Zizzle Literary Flash Contest Judged by David Galef & Karen Heuler

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Deadline: March 15, 2021
First Prize: $1,000. Second Prize: $500. Three finalists: $150 each. Entry Fee: $5 only. Do you write stories that appeal to both kids and adults? Every week during our submission period, we’ll post one-sentence dialogue writing prompts on our social media platforms. Choose a dialogue prompt that inspires you and write a story that includes the prompt. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: zizzlelit.com/contest/. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER at zizzlelit.com/sign-up/ for updates and free audio editions.

Call :: Oyster River Pages Special Black Voices Issue

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Deadline: December 1, 2020
Art is a fundamental aspect of being human—not exclusive to any group of people, place, or privilege. However, current events have highlighted the extent to which Black voices have been silenced in numerous sectors of public life and creative fields. In this issue, we want to highlight Black artists exclusively, and be a platform for Black voices, unfiltered and unrestrained by parameters of theme. This is not a call to confess your struggles, your fight, or to defend your identity. This is a call for the art that sits within you. For the ink that bleeds your pages. www.oysterriverpages.com

Call :: Leaping Clear Editorial Opening

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Leaping Clear, www.leapingclear.org, is looking for an editor to join the volunteer editorial team. We’re all practicing artists with dedicated meditative/contemplative practices and welcome someone who shares these activities. Social media experience and good communication skills are essential. For details on stipend and work specifics, please contact editor@leapingclear.org, with Editor, NewPages in subject line.

 

Contest :: The Missouri Review Extends 30th Annual Editor’s Prize Deadline

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Missouri Review Editors' Prize Deadline Extension bannerWinners in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction receive a $5,000 cash prize, publication, promotion, and a virtual event to be determined. Submit one piece of fiction or nonfiction up to 8,500 words or up to 10 pages of poems. Regular entry fee: $25. All-Access entry fee: $30. Each entrant receives a one-year digital subscription to the Missouri Review (normal price $24) and the forthcoming digital short story anthology Strange Encounters, forthcoming from Missouri Review Books. (normal price $8.95). All-Access entrants receive full access to our ten-year digital archive. All entries considered for publication. Deadline extended to October 15. www.missourireview.com

Call :: Archer Publishing Seeks Sports-themed Poetry for Young Adult Anthology

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Deadline: November 1, 2020
We have so many wonderful sports-themed young adult novels and short stories, but our industry is missing a collection of contemporary poetry for our student-athletes that represents their lives in this current climate. Archer Publishing seeks identity-inclusive/affirming poems for this anthology addressing contemporary sports-themed topics that are of high interest to high school students and relevant to their lives. Editor: Sarah J. Donovan, Oklahoma State University. Email submissions to yasportspoems@gmail.com. Submission deadline is November 1, 2020 with decisions made by January 1, 2021. Anticipated publication date is December 2021 or January 2022. See the website for more information about the project.

Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: October 2, 2020

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Happy October! It’s the month of changing colors, cold nights and mornings, Halloween, and so much more. Keep your submissions goals strong by checking out these opportunities posted to and featured on NewPages this past week.

Calls for Submissions

View all calls for submissions in our online Classifieds. Have a young writer? Check out our Young Writers Guide to Publications to help them find a market for their work, too.

October Submission Deadlines

OyeDrum Magazine. Sex Issue. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, cross-genre, comics, audio, video, photography, art. No fee. Deadline: October 9.

Rathalla Review. Fall 2020 Issue. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography, art. No fee. Deadline: October 16.

November Submission Deadlines

Archer Publishing. Sports-themed Young Adult Poetry Anthology. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: November 1.

The Pinch Literary Journal seeks poetry written in or regarding Variety Englishes for a featured highlight in its Spring 2021 Issue (41.1). Poems in Singlish, Konglish, Spanglish, AAVE, and other English-derived emerging linguistic forms will be considered for publication. No submission fee, accepted pieces will be awarded $150 for publication. Deadline November 15th, 2020. For inquiries, visit www.pinchjournal.com/glish or contact editor@pinchjournal.com. [Read more…] about Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: October 2, 2020