The MFA in Creative Writing program at Florida Atlantic University offers concentrations in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Core faculty include Ayşe Papatya Bucak, Andrew Furman, Becka Mara McKay, Susan Mitchell, Kate Schmitt, and Jason Schwartz.
Students have the opportunity to work with online literary magazine Swamp Ape Review (which reopens to submissions on April 1). Learn more…
Besides hosting monthly weekend workshops and retreats, online literary magazine is open to submissions year-round. There is no fee to submit. Learn more…
The Tiger Moth Review is open to submissions on the themes of nature, culture, the environment, and ecology for Issue 4. Deadline to submit is May 2020. They do not charge a submission fee. Learn more…
Online literary magazine S/tick provides a place for women, women-identified, and feminists of all stripes to share their grief, anger, and joy. S/tick is open to submissions of feminist writing and art for its “Angry/Mad” issue. There is no fee. Deadline is March 31. Learn more…
Storm Cellar is currently accepting submissions of writing and art for its Summer 2020 issue. Women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, poor, neurodivergent, border-straddling, and other under-represented voices especially encouraged to submit.
They accept submissions on a rolling basis with free submissions starting at the beginning of the month. They also offer expedited and tip jar submission options.
Besides looking for submissions for their summer issue, they are also accepting all things flash for their FORCE MAJEURE Flash Contest. Pieces should be under 1,000 words and can contain fiction, nonfiction, marks, images, or any combination thereof.
Deadline to enter is April 30. $5 fee for 1 piece of flash or $12 for 3. Winner receives publication and $300.
Today is the last day of January! How have your submissions goals gone so far? Want to get some submissions in before midnight? There’s still a bit of time to send work in for contests and journals with January 31 deadlines. Plus, don’t forget with February looming, some of these opportunities will be ending at the beginning of the month.
Barrow Street. 4×2 Project. Poetry. $3 Fee. Deadline: January 31. Restrictions: Cannot have published a chapbook or full-length poetry book.
Closes January 31! Annual literary magazine Girls Right the World accepts submissions from female-identifying writer between the ages of 14 and 21. They seek poetry, prose, short stories, lyric essays, and visual art. There is no fee to to submit.
Global City Review. Issue 24. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Interviews, Art. No Fee. Deadline: January 31.
Closes January 31! Haunted Waters Press is seeking stories of exactly 20 words for Penny Fiction, a regular feature of literary magazine From the Depths. There is no fee to submit.
Qommunicate Publishing. Hashtag Queer Volume 4. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Scripts. No Fee. Deadline: January 31.
Timeworn Literary Journal. Historical Fiction. No Fee. Deadline: January 31.
Zizzle Literary. 2020 Special Edition. Fiction, Flash Fiction. $3 Fee. Pay: $100/Flash; $250/Short Stories. Deadline: January 31. Restrictions: Stories must be suitable for teens and adults. [Read more…] about Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: January 31, 2020
StoryQuarterly is accepting submissions to its 8th annual Fiction Contest through March 28, 2020. $15 fee. Winner will be published in Issue 53. This year’s judge is Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You. Learn more…
Literary magazine Puerto del Sol is accepting submissions to its annual writing contests through April 1, 2020. This year’s judges are Rodney Gomez and Vi Khi Nao. Winners receive $500 and publication. $9 fee includes a one-year subscription. Learn more…
Killer Nashville is the premier forum for all literature incorporating mystery, thriller, suspense, or true crime. They are accepting submissions to their annual awards for both published and unpublished works. Winners will be announced at the 2020 writers’ conference on August 22. Learn more…
The Florida Loquat Festival is seeking a page of poetry and prose for its annual writing contests. Work must have loquats as the subject or central theme. There is no fee to submit. Deadline to enter is March 6, 2020. Winner receives $100 and publication. Learn more…
Literary and artistic collective Oyster River Pages is open to submissions for their next annual issue! They believe in the power of art to connect people to their own and others’ humanity. ORP likes to feature artists and writers whose voices have been historically de-centered and marginalized.
Submissions open through May 31, 2020. There is no fee to submit.