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Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: May 22, 2020
Hopefully you are staying safe and healthy. It is crazy to see these storms, floods, and utter chaos descending on some parts of the country, including our home state of Michigan.
If you missed out on the opportunities posted to the NewPages site this week, you can dive into them all below. Don’t forget that we are still open to submissions of reviews between 125-300 words for our What Are You Reading series. Check out recent flash reviews here. View the guidelines and learn how to submit here.
Calls for Submissions
You can keep up-to-date with all open calls for submissions at the NewPages website. Have children at home? Get them writing, too! Our Young Writers Guide lists markets open to younger writers from elementary to undergraduate ages.
May Submission Deadlines
There is now just a wee bit over a week left to submit to online literary magazine Oyster River Pages. Read through their first three issues for a taste of what they like before sending your own work for consideration. They are looking for fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual arts that “stretch creative and social boundaries.” Deadline to submit is May 31; there is no fee. They also have a special section for fiction by emerging writers.
June Submission Deadlines
Washington Writers’ Publishing House. This is What America Looks Like anthology. Fiction, poetry. $5 fee. Deadline: June 1. Restrictions: Writers must be from or have close ties to DC, Maryland, or Virginia.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. Minerva Rising has decided that their 20th issue will be dedicated to this anniversary. They want short stories, essays, interviews, and poetry about the valiant women who won the right to vote. They’d also like work examining how women are dealing with the current political climate and the way in which women’s lives and choices impact our history. Deadline to submit is June 15.
Wordrunner eChapbooks is seeking stories for its Fall 2020 e-chapboks series. These collections will be published in August and December. Stories can be flash or longer (500-5,000 words). They would like a minimum of five stories and up to a maximum of fifteen. They will also consider novel excerpts. $6 submissions fee. They pay writers $100 and royalties. Deadline to submit work for consideration is June 30. [Read more…] about Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: May 22, 2020
Call :: About Place Journal Works of Resistance, Resilience
Deadline: August 1, 2020
Each issue of About Place Journal, the arts publication of the Black Earth Institute, focuses on a specific theme. From 6/1 to 8/1 we’ll be accepting submissions for our Fall 2020 issue Works of Resistance, Resilience. Our mission: to have art address the causes of spirit, earth, and society; to protect the earth; and to build a more just and interconnected world. We publish prose, poetry, visual art, photography, video, and music which fit the current theme. More about this issue’s theme and our submission guidelines: aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/.
Reminder :: Xi Draconis Books Seeks Socially Engaged Manuscripts
Don’t forget that Xi Draconis Books is open to socially engaged, book-length works for publication in 2020 and 2021. They accept novels, short story and poetry collections, memoirs, essay collections, and cross-genre works. Their mission is to publish works examining social justice issues of all kinds. Head to xidraconis.org/submission-guidelines/ to submit. Check out a recent title from their catalog—it’s free. There is no fee to submit. Deadline: July 31.
Call :: ode to Queer
Deadline: September 1, 2020
ode to Queer is an unabashedly queer literary and artistic journal looking for art from LGBTQIA+ artists that is experimental, fringe, and vulnerable. Our journal exists to create a queer cannon that centers and celebrates marginalized and rural voices without hiding behind diluted language or imagery to appease cis-hetero-centered viewership. We don’t wish to bottleneck the creativity of our artists, which is why we welcome all forms of visual and written art that are conscious of our guidelines. Visit odetoqueer.com/submissions for more details and to see what we’re about!
Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: May 15, 2020
While things are not back to normal at all, time seems to keep on parading by faster than it should. Or maybe that is just me? It doesn’t seem possible that May is already half over with today. Before you know it June will be here and the year will be half over with. Didn’t it just start?
Try to find some time to write and consider submitting to these calls and contests.
Calls for Submissions
You can keep up-to-date with all open calls for submissions at the NewPages website. Have children at home? Get them writing, too! Our Young Writers Guide lists markets open to younger writers from elementary to undergraduate ages.
May Submission Deadlines
Take a gander at the first three issues of online literary magazine Oyster River Pages and then consider submitting work to their next annual issue. They seek fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual arts that “stretch creative and social boundaries.” Deadline to submit is May 31. There is no fee to submit. They also have a special section for fiction by emerging writers. [Read more…] about Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: May 15, 2020
Call :: Minerva Rising Seeks Submission for Women’s Suffrage Themed-issue
Deadline: June 15, 2020
Our 20th issue will be dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. We’re looking for short stories, essays, interviews, reviews, and poetry about the valiant women who won the right to vote. We also welcome work that examines how women are dealing with the current political climate and the way in which women’s lives and choices impact our history. minervarising.com
Call :: The Keeping Room Online Women’s Magazine from Minerva Rising
Deadline: Rolling
Minerva Rising is now accepting submissions for its online women’s magazine, The Keeping Room. We want to publish your short stories, essays, free writing, poetry, and photo essays related to Women’s Wisdom, Lessons Learned, Self-care, Bodies, Relationships, and Community. Writers selected for publication will be paid $25 via PayPal. minervarising.com
Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: May 8, 2020
It’s May. Sunshine is becoming more frequent, weather is gradually warming up in the Midwest…although Michigan is predicting a chance of snow for this weekend. Crazy weather to go with crazy times. If weather is nice where you are, take a pen and notebook and sit outside in some sunshine and keep up on your writing and submission goals.
Calls for Submissions
You can keep up-to-date with all open calls for submissions at the NewPages website. Have children at home? Get them writing, too! Our Young Writers Guide lists markets open to younger writers from elementary to undergraduate ages.
May Submission Deadlines
The Roadrunner Review. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography, art. No fee. Deadline: May 11. Restrictions: Seeking student writers.
Take a gander at the first three issues of online literary magazine Oyster River Pages and then consider submitting work to their next annual issue. They seek fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual arts that “stretch creative and social boundaries.” Deadline to submit is May 31. There is no fee to submit. They also have a special section for fiction by emerging writers. [Read more…] about Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: May 8, 2020
Call :: Split Rock Review Issue 15
Deadline: June 30
Split Rock Review is an independent, online publication run by volunteers who love literature, art, and the wilderness. We seek submissions of poetry, short fiction and nonfiction, comics, hybrids, photography, and visual art for Issue 15 (Fall 2020). We are looking for work that explores place, environment, and the relationship between humans and the natural world. First 300 submissions are FREE during the month of May. Expedited submission option is available. Simultaneous submissions are OK. We encourage you to read past issues to see if we’re a good home for your work. More information at splitrockreview.org. Submit at splitrockreview.submittable.com/submit.
Call :: trampset Now Paying for Quality Work
Deadline: Rolling
trampset, an online literary journal of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, is seeking new submissions on a rolling basis. We want your best brain, your beating heart. Send that good human stuff our way. We pay $25 per accepted piece. We have 50 free submissions a month through Submittable as well as Tip Jar and Quick Response options. Visit our submissions page: trampset.org/submissions-6e83932b0985.