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/.
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Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: April 17, 2020
I sincerely hope you are finding some nice quiet time to do some writing. If you are, don’t forget to check out these opportunities for a chance to find a home for your work!
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).
April Submission Deadlines
Are you a translator? Consider submitting poetry translated from Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Latin, and Classical Greek to English. Transference especially would love poetry related to the theme of vision/seeing. There is no fee to submit. The deadline to send them poetry, commentary, and essays on the translation of poetry is April 30.
May Submission Deadlines
petrichor. Poetry, cross-genre, comics, audio, art. No fee. Extended deadline: May 1.
ADANNA. Special Issue. Poetry, nonfiction, photography, art. No fee. Deadline: May 15. Theme: Pieces must speak towards the experience of mothering during a time of crisis. [Read more…] about Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: April 17, 2020
Call :: Jay Lit Review Issue 1
Deadline: Rolling
Jay Lit Review call for critiques, commentary, research, essays, and translations. Fields of interest: African (youth) literature and literacy; African (youth) culture and language studies; African language education; feminist/gender, post/decolonial, reader-response, linguistic, comparative, etc. analysis; translation into/from African languages; related areas of study. Topics: African youths, youth culture and literature; reflections on teaching African languages; multilingualism in Africa, linguistics, related subjects. Educators, academics and translators invited to showcase knowledge and skills in their professional field. Postgrad essays on a variety of African youth concerns will be considered. Double-blind peer review. Visit africanyouthliterature.art.blog/the-jay-lit-review for more info. Email africanyouthliterature@gmail.com.
Call :: Journal of African Youth Literature Issue 2
Journal of African Youth Literature issue 2 call for submissions of creative writing and artworks open now. Poetry, fiction, visual stories, plays, essays. Artworks of all kinds, including front cover. Criteria: Must be created by, about and/or for African youths (15-35 years). ‘African’ definition is, generally, born-in-Africa and of African heritage. Includes the diaspora, and not related to race or colour. Our mission is ‘Preserving African Youth Identities’ through creative expression. Visit africanyouthliterature.art.blog for more info. Email africanyouthliterature@gmail.com. See issue 1 at bit.ly/2SxiOI8.
Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: April 3, 2020
Breathe deep, pull out that old manuscript about alien hamsters, and get to editing! Or…just write to relieve your mind. Or, better yet, dive into that pile of books that you’ve been meaning to read. If you do the latter, let NewPages know about it! We are currently accepting guest posts on what you’re reading. Learn more about this opportunity here.
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Calls for Submissions
Don’t forget you can keep up-to-date with all open calls for submissions at the NewPages website.
Do you know young writers or are a parent of one? Help them submit to these markets open to younger writers (from elementary to undergraduate ages).
April Submission Deadlines
BALLOONS Lit. Journal. COVID-19 Response. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, cross-genre, art, photography. No fee. Deadline: April 11. They seek work to bring warmth to their young readers.
Do you have any fun or heartwarming winter holiday stories? Chicken Soup for the Soul would like to read them. You can submit true poems and stories through April 30 on this theme. Writers are paid $200 and receive ten free copies of the book in which their work appears.
Fleas on the Dog. Issue 6. Fiction, poetry, plays, screenplays, nonfiction. No fee. Deadline: April 30.
Are you a translator? Consider submitting poetry translated from Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Latin, and Classical Greek to English. Transference especially would love poetry related to the theme of vision/seeing. There is no fee to submit. The deadline to send them poetry, commentary, and essays on the translation of poetry is April 30. [Read more…] about Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: April 3, 2020
Call :: Fleas on the Dog is Still Open for Issue 6
Reaching out takes many forms. We seek short fiction, poetry, plays, screenplays, and nonfiction for our upcoming Issue 6. You might be isolated but the world is at your keyboard—let’s connect. No, this isn’t a cheeky call like our previous ones. We don’t think that’s appropriate given the pandemic. But our enthusiasm and love of GOOD WRITING is unchanged and yes, we are still the crazy Dude Sextet. We want your junk and we want it now. See fleasonthedog.com for guidelines. Runs April 2-30.
Call :: BALLOONS Lit. Journal Seeks Work to Bring Warmth to Young Readers
Deadline: April 11, 2020
Many parts of the world have shut down under the threats of COVID-19. Schools are suspended, gatherings are discouraged. In this difficult period of time, BALLOONS Lit. Journal is seeking poetry, short stories, and artwork that brings warmth to our young readers. Works may praise the medical officers, mourn for the deceased, encourage the infected, cheer up the children staying home, show support to educators, reflect love and humanity or anything that brings out positive energy, the energy everybody needs now. Visit www.balloons-lit-journal.com for submission details. Stay healthy, stay happy!
Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: March 6, 2020
Welcome to the first week of March! How are your submission goals coming? If you opted to stay home from AWP in San Antonio this year, why not keep pursuing your submission goals? Check out current calls for general and contest submissions below.
Calls for Submissions
Don’t forget you can keep up-to-date with all open calls for submissions at the NewPages website. Do you know young writers or are a parent of one? Help them submit to these markets open to younger writers (from elementary to undergraduate ages).
March Submission Deadlines
March 20 is the deadline to submit poetry chapbook manuscripts to Green Linden Press for its open reading period. Chapbooks will be published in Fall 2020. They ask you read recent issues of their online literary magazine Under A Warm Green Linden for an idea of what excites them. They do charge a reading fee to help support their green mission.
Hamilton Stone Review. No. 42. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. No fee. Deadline: March 22. [Read more…] about Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: March 6, 2020
Call :: Fleas on the Dog Issue 6
We’re the site your teacher warned you about! The no frills brown bag in your face thumb your nose online psychotropolis for the literarily insane. Get committed today! The infamous dude sextet is bustlin’, hustlin’, itchin’, and twitchin’ for QUALITY short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and screenplays that smell ripe and kick ass for our hopefully offensive upcoming Issue 6. If we like what you submit we’ll be all over you; if we don’t we promise to be gentle, especially if it’s your first time. See our Guidelines for details: fleasonthedog.com. Submissions open March 1-April 30.
Call :: S/tick Angry/Mad Issue
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…
Weekly Roundup for Calls & Contests :: January 31, 2020
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.
January Submission Deadlines
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