2021 Events

Next week is already Christmas. The week after the end of December. Where has 2021 gone? Get caught up with the submission opportunities and craft advancement opportunities featured on NewPages this past week to help keep end your 2021 strong and start your 2022 equally as strong.

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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.

RCC MUSE Journal – Poetry and Prose Submissions Open

Deadline: December 15, 2021
MUSE is especially looking to publish work from under- or misrepresented groups, such as people of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+, present/formerly incarcerated people, and others from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Through Dec. 15: submit one short story or CNF 1500 words max; up to three poems. Mail to RCC MUSE, Riverside City College, 4800 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92506 or email muse@rcc.edu. If email, send as attachment with “Last Name – Genre – Title of Submission” in the subject line (e.g., Smith – Prose – “In Summer”). Please include contact information. See full submission guidelines at rcc.edu/muse.

Take The Fruit Religion Abuse Anthology Seeks Subs

Extended Deadline: December 31, 2021
Take The Fruit, Flood The Desert: A Religious Trauma Anthology is accepting submissions. Did you question church doctrine and the way leaders/family members used it to lead you? How did the threat of eternal damnation affect you? Did you experience self-loathing or an inability to make decisions? What messages did the church give you about your relationship to your body, sex, and boundaries? How have you healed and reclaimed your identity? Send up to 3 pieces of any genre (Google or Word docs) up to 2,500 words total to takethefruitanthology@gmail.com, with the subject “submission, Take The Fruit.” www.amandaekwriter.com/take-the-fruit-flood-the-desert

Sky Island Journal: Issue 19 (Winter 2022) Call for Submissions

Deadline: December 31, 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 90,000 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 19 before midnight on December 31st, at www.skyislandjournal.com. [Read more…] about Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: December 17, 2021

In case you missed the news, our weekly NewPages Newsletter has officially moved to Substack. Don’t forget to subscribe today so you get our next newsletter delivered straight to your inbox on Monday and our monthly eLitPak delivered to you on Wednesday. If you missed out on the submission opportunities, new titles, and craft advancement opportunities featured on NewPages this week, you’re in luck. They are rounded up here for you.

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.

RCC MUSE Journal – Poetry and Prose Submissions Open

Deadline: December 15, 2021
MUSE is especially looking to publish work from under- or misrepresented groups, such as people of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+, present/formerly incarcerated people, and others from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Through Dec. 15: submit one short story or CNF 1500 words max; up to three poems. Mail to RCC MUSE, Riverside City College, 4800 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92506 or email muse@rcc.edu. If email, send as attachment with “Last Name – Genre – Title of Submission” in the subject line (e.g., Smith – Prose – “In Summer”). Please include contact information. See full submission guidelines at rcc.edu/muse.

Take The Fruit Religion Abuse Anthology Seeks Subs

Extended Deadline: December 31, 2021
Take The Fruit, Flood The Desert: A Religious Trauma Anthology is accepting submissions. Did you question church doctrine and the way leaders/family members used it to lead you? How did the threat of eternal damnation affect you? Did you experience self-loathing or an inability to make decisions? What messages did the church give you about your relationship to your body, sex, and boundaries? How have you healed and reclaimed your identity? Send up to 3 pieces of any genre (Google or Word docs) up to 2,500 words total to takethefruitanthology@gmail.com, with the subject “submission, Take The Fruit.” www.amandaekwriter.com/take-the-fruit-flood-the-desert

Sky Island Journal: Issue 19 (Winter 2022) Call for Submissions

Deadline: December 31, 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 90,000 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 19 before midnight on December 31st, at www.skyislandjournal.com.

Blink-Ink. Bad Habits themed issue. Fiction. No fee. Deadline: January 15, 2022.

Molecule – a tiny lit mag. Spring 2022 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, drama/playwriting, screenplays/screenwriting, translations, reviews, interviews. No fee. Deadline: January 15, 2022.

Heron Tree: Call for Submissions

Deadline: January 15, 2022
Heron Tree is open for submissions through January 15, 2022. We will read submissions and make decisions on a rolling basis. Accepted poems will be published individually online (one poem a week beginning in February 2022) and then collected in Heron Tree volume 9, which will be available as a free downloadable ebook. This special issue will be devoted to found poetry. See our detailed submission guidelines at herontree.com/how/.

MudRoom. Spring 2022 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations. No fee. Payment: $15/accepted piece. Deadline: January 31, 2022.

Split Rock Review. Issue 18. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, reviews, interviews, audio. First 300 submissions each month are free. Deadline: January 31, 2022. [Read more…] about Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: December 10, 2021

Happy December! The year is nearly over with. Hopefully you have been able to keep up with your writing and submission goals. Take a look at the submission and craft advancement opportunities featured on NewPages this past week to help. Newsletter subscribers get an early peek, so subscribe today!

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.

RCC MUSE Journal – Poetry and Prose Submissions Open

Deadline: December 15, 2021
MUSE is especially looking to publish work from under- or misrepresented groups, such as people of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+, present/formerly incarcerated people, and others from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Through Dec. 15: submit one short story or CNF 1500 words max; up to three poems. Mail to RCC MUSE, Riverside City College, 4800 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92506 or email muse@rcc.edu. If email, send as attachment with “Last Name – Genre – Title of Submission” in the subject line (e.g., Smith – Prose – “In Summer”). Please include contact information. See full submission guidelines at rcc.edu/muse.

Take The Fruit Religion Abuse Anthology Seeks Subs

Extended Deadline: December 31, 2021
Take The Fruit, Flood The Desert: A Religious Trauma Anthology is accepting submissions. Did you question church doctrine and the way leaders/family members used it to lead you? How did the threat of eternal damnation affect you? Did you experience self-loathing or an inability to make decisions? What messages did the church give you about your relationship to your body, sex, and boundaries? How have you healed and reclaimed your identity? Send up to 3 pieces of any genre (Google or Word docs) up to 2,500 words total to takethefruitanthology@gmail.com, with the subject “submission, Take The Fruit.” www.amandaekwriter.com/take-the-fruit-flood-the-desert

Sky Island Journal: Issue 19 (Winter 2022) Call for Submissions

Deadline: December 31, 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 90,000 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 19 before midnight on December 31st, at www.skyislandjournal.com.

Girls Right the World. Issue 6. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, drama. No fee. Deadline: December 31, 2021. *Open to female-identifying writers ages 14-21.*

Jackie Bluu. letters i’ll never send anthology. Nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre. No fee. Deadline: December 31, 2021.

Vineyards Press. Heart of a Man Volume 2: Men & Work. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, cross-genre, narrative essay. No fee. Payment: $0.05/published word. Deadline: December 31, 2021. [Read more…] about Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: December 3, 2021

If you celebrate Thanksgiving in the US, we hope you had a wonderful and safe holiday. While you’re trying to recover from food comas while snagging the best Black Friday deals, don’t let your submissions goals waver. Check out the submission and craft enhancement opportunities featured on NewPages this past week. Oh, and don’t forget you can get a sneak peek at all of these opportunities by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. Subscribe today!

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.

Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: November 30, 2021.

RCC MUSE Journal – Poetry and Prose Submissions Open

Deadline: December 15, 2021
MUSE is especially looking to publish work from under- or misrepresented groups, such as people of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+, present/formerly incarcerated people, and others from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Through Dec. 15: submit one short story or CNF 1500 words max; up to three poems. Mail to RCC MUSE, Riverside City College, 4800 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92506 or email muse@rcc.edu. If email, send as attachment with “Last Name – Genre – Title of Submission” in the subject line (e.g., Smith – Prose – “In Summer”). Please include contact information. See full submission guidelines at rcc.edu/muse.

Take The Fruit Religion Abuse Anthology Seeks Subs

Extended Deadline: December 31, 2021
Take The Fruit, Flood The Desert: A Religious Trauma Anthology is accepting submissions. Did you question church doctrine and the way leaders/family members used it to lead you? How did the threat of eternal damnation affect you? Did you experience self-loathing or an inability to make decisions? What messages did the church give you about your relationship to your body, sex, and boundaries? How have you healed and reclaimed your identity? Send up to 3 pieces of any genre (Google or Word docs) up to 2,500 words total to takethefruitanthology@gmail.com, with the subject “submission, Take The Fruit.” www.amandaekwriter.com/take-the-fruit-flood-the-desert

Sky Island Journal: Issue 19 (Winter 2022) Call for Submissions

Deadline: December 31, 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 90,000 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 19 before midnight on December 31st, at www.skyislandjournal.com. [Read more…] about Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: November 26, 2021

Thanksgiving is next week. NewPages has you covered on where to submit while recovering from your gigantic meals. Check out the submission and craft enhancement opportunities featured on NewPages this week. Oh…and don’t forget newsletter subscribers get a sneak peek of the new ads first, so subscribe today!

Newsletter subscribers also get to see our eLitPak fliers every month first. Stay tuned throughout today and tomorrow on the blog to view them or just view a copy of the newsletter 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.

Abandon Journal Issue #3 (Abandon Time) Open For Submissions

Deadline: November 30, 2021
Issue #3 of Abandon Journal is open for submissions until 11/30/21. The theme is “Abandon Time” (interpret that as you wish). No fees for general subs. Accepting just about anything, as long as it is created with abandon, and we pay our contributors. See abandonjournal.com/submissions for full guidelines.

Calling ESL (Non-Native English) Writers for Prose and Poetry

Deadline: November 30, 2021
Tint Journal, the literary magazine for non-native English creative writing, publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by writers who compose their work in English as their second or foreign language. We are also open for visual art submissions. See our homepage for our submission guidelines at www.tintjournal.com/submit, and submit by November 30, 2021 to be considered for publication in our upcoming Spring ’22 issue. No fee! For year-round book review and interview submissions contact info@tintjournal.com. #showyourtint [Read more…] about Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: November 19, 2021

November will be half over with on Monday and there’s now only two weeks left until Thanksgiving in the US. Don’t let a feast-induced food coma let your writing and submitting goals waste away. As always, check out the submission and craft advancement opportunities featured on NewPages this past week.

Don’t forget newsletter subscribers get a sneak peek of the new ads first, so subscribe today! Oh, and if you do, you’ll get our monthly eLitPak delivered to your inbox next Wednesday, too. Don’t forget we also mailed out our Fall 2021 LitPak to colleges and universities. Interested in the calls, contests, events, books, and writing programs featured? View the digital version 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.

Parhelion. Winter 2022 Issue. Fiction nonfiction, poetry, reviews, interviews. $3 fee. Deadline: November 30, 2021.

Puerto del Sol. Writing on Water. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, drama, screenplays, translations. No fee. Deadline: December 1, 2021.

RCC MUSE Journal – Poetry and Prose Submissions Open

Deadline: December 15, 2021
MUSE is especially looking to publish work from under- or misrepresented groups, such as people of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+, present/formerly incarcerated people, and others from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Through Dec. 15: submit one short story or CNF 1500 words max; up to three poems. Mail to RCC MUSE, Riverside City College, 4800 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92506 or email muse@rcc.edu. If email, send as attachment with “Last Name – Genre – Title of Submission” in the subject line (e.g., Smith – Prose – “In Summer”). Please include contact information. See full submission guidelines at rcc.edu/muse.

Take The Fruit Religion Abuse Anthology Seeks Subs

Extended Deadline: December 31, 2021
Take The Fruit, Flood The Desert: A Religious Trauma Anthology is accepting submissions. Did you question church doctrine and the way leaders/family members used it to lead you? How did the threat of eternal damnation affect you? Did you experience self-loathing or an inability to make decisions? What messages did the church give you about your relationship to your body, sex, and boundaries? How have you healed and reclaimed your identity? Send up to 3 pieces of any genre (Google or Word docs) up to 2,500 words total to takethefruitanthology@gmail.com, with the subject “submission, Take The Fruit.” www.amandaekwriter.com/take-the-fruit-flood-the-desert

Sky Island Journal: Issue 19 (Winter 2022) Call for Submissions

Deadline: December 31, 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 90,000 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 19 before midnight on December 31st, at www.skyislandjournal.com. [Read more…] about Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: November 12, 2021

The first week of November is safely behind us. Cold weather, the dreaded “s” word, and short days are ahead. Grab a cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa and burrow in to finish off 2021 strong on the submissions side of things. Have social media? Tell NewPages about your success stories on it. We always love to hear writers success stories. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. You’ll even get deadline reminders from us.

Don’t forget newsletter subscribers get a sneak peek of the new ads first, so subscribe today! Oh, and if you do, you’ll get our monthly eLitPak delivered to your inbox mid-month, too. Speaking of eLitPaks…our November one is open to reservations if you have something you’d love to advertise. Contact us for more information on that.

Don’t forget we also mailed out our Fall 2021 LitPak to colleges and universities. Interested in the calls, contests, events, books, and writing programs featured? View the digital version 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.

Oyster River Pages Special Issue

Deadline: November 15, 2021
We think about it. We live in it. A world that both explores and hides the sensuality and sexuality hidden within us and what’s around us. We all have our stories, experiences, and thoughts on what it means to teeter the lines of sexuality in ourselves. Now through November 15, ORP’s special issue is seeking to accept poetry, fiction, and visual art that centers your experiences in love and life. Although we are looking to accept work from many creatives, we are looking to center the work of individuals who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled people.

Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: November 30, 2021.

University of Chicago Press. Phoenix Poets Open Reading Period. Poetry. No fee. Deadline: November 30, 2021.

Jelly Bucket. Issue 12 Indigenous Voices Section. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. $2 fee. Deadline: December 1, 2021.

Book of Matches. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translations. No fee. Deadline: December 8, 2021.

Walloon Writers Review. Edition 7. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography inspired by or about Northern Michigan or the Upper Peninsula. $6 fee. Deadline: December 15, 2021. [Read more…] about Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: November 5, 2021

Happy Halloween…a few days early. Welcome to the last round-up of submissions and craft advancement opportunities featured on NewPages for October. Grab your favorite candy and get writing and submitting to keep your submissions goals going strong. Don’t forget newsletter subscribers get a sneak peek of the new ads first, so subscribe today! Oh, and if you do, you’ll get our monthly eLitPak delivered to your inbox mid-month, too.

And with November hitting us on Monday, don’t forget to swing by our Big List of Writing Contests to see which have deadlines coming soon.

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.

Hole In The Head Review. Poetry, art, photography. $3 fee. Re-opens: November 15, 2021.

Blueline: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: November 30, 2021.

RCC MUSE Journal – Poetry and Prose Submissions Open

Deadline: December 15, 2021
MUSE is especially looking to publish work from under- or misrepresented groups, such as people of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+, present/formerly incarcerated people, and others from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Through Dec. 15: submit one short story or CNF 1500 words max; up to three poems. Mail to RCC MUSE, Riverside City College, 4800 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92506 or email muse@rcc.edu. If email, send as attachment with “Last Name – Genre – Title of Submission” in the subject line (e.g., Smith – Prose – “In Summer”). Please include contact information. See full submission guidelines at rcc.edu/muse.

Take The Fruit Religion Abuse Anthology Seeks Subs

Extended Deadline: December 31, 2021
Take The Fruit, Flood The Desert: A Religious Trauma Anthology is accepting submissions. Did you question church doctrine and the way leaders/family members used it to lead you? How did the threat of eternal damnation affect you? Did you experience self-loathing or an inability to make decisions? What messages did the church give you about your relationship to your body, sex, and boundaries? How have you healed and reclaimed your identity? Send up to 3 pieces of any genre (Google or Word docs) up to 2,500 words total to takethefruitanthology@gmail.com, with the subject “submission, Take The Fruit.” www.amandaekwriter.com/take-the-fruit-flood-the-desert

Girls Right the World. Issue 6. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, comics, cross-genre, drama. No fee. Deadline: December 31, 2021. *Open to female-identifying writers ages 14-21.* [Read more…] about Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: October 29, 2021

How is next week the final week of October already? The weather here is starting to make up its mind that summer is over and wants to be chilly and rainy. If you’re weather is similar, throw on your comfy sweater and get writing and editing to make your submissions goals happen. NewPages has you covered with the submission and craft advancement opportunities featured this week. Don’t forget newsletter subscribers get a sneak peek first, so subscribe today! Oh, and if you do, you’ll get our monthly eLitPak delivered to your inbox mid-month, too.

And with November around the corner, don’t forget to swing by our Big List of Writing Contests to see which have deadlines next month.

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.

Kings River Review. Fall 2021 Issue. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, photography, cross-genre, translations. No fee. Deadline: November 1, 2021. **Open to 2-year college students only!**

Abandon Journal Issue #3 (Abandon Time) Open For Submissions

Deadline: November 30, 2021
Issue #3 of Abandon Journal is open for submissions until 11/30/21. The theme is “Abandon Time” (interpret that as you wish). No fees for general subs. Accepting just about anything, as long as it is created with abandon, and we pay our contributors. See abandonjournal.com/submissions for full guidelines.

RCC MUSE Journal – Poetry and Prose Submissions Open

Deadline: December 15, 2021
MUSE is especially looking to publish work from under- or misrepresented groups, such as people of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+, present/formerly incarcerated people, and others from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Through Dec. 15: submit one short story or CNF 1500 words max; up to three poems. Mail to RCC MUSE, Riverside City College, 4800 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92506 or email muse@rcc.edu. If email, send as attachment with “Last Name – Genre – Title of Submission” in the subject line (e.g., Smith – Prose – “In Summer”). Please include contact information. See full submission guidelines at rcc.edu/muse. [Read more…] about Weekly Round-up of Calls & Contests :: October 22, 2021