Deadline extended to July 31, 2021
Xu Xi is this year’s Adrift Short Story Contest Guest Judge. The winning story receives $500, ten copies of the issue in which their story appears, and a featured interview. Runner-ups receive $200, five copies, and a featured interview. All stories read for the contest are considered for publication, which means your likelihood of publication and placing in the contest is much higher. For our 2019 contest, we selected three stories to publish. Traci Brimhall heads up the Adrift Chapbook Contest this year! This contest winner will be awarded $500, a royalties contract, twenty copies of their chapbook, and an interview to be published alongside their chapbook. www.driftwoodpress.net
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Contest :: Driftwood’s 2021 Adrift Contests End This Week!
Deadline: July 15, 2021
The deadline is almost here! Xu Xi is this year’s Adrift Short Story Contest Guest Judge. The winning story receives $500, ten copies of the issue in which their story appears, and a featured interview. Runner-ups receive $200, five copies, and a featured interview. All stories read for the contest are considered for publication, which means your likelihood of publication and placing in the contest is much higher. For our 2019 contest, we selected three stories to publish. Traci Brimhall heads up the Adrift Chapbook Contest this year! This contest winner will be awarded $500, a royalties contract, twenty copies of their chapbook, and an interview to be published alongside their chapbook. www.driftwoodpress.net
Reunion Online 2021 Features
While you await the release of Reunion: The Dallas Review‘s 2021 issue, don’t forget about Reunion Online. There they feature a new piece from talented writers each month.
In May they featured Kevin Brown’s “A Good Story to Tell”; in April Teresa Sutton’s “Venus Wishing for More than a Half Shell”; and in both February and March they featured Ra’Niqua Lee’s “What Cures Us (Part One) and (Part Two).
If you haven’t done so already, grab a copy of Volume 10, 2020, too.
They will reopen to submissions on October 1. All submissions are considered for print publication as well as online publication.
The Fiddlehead YouTube Channel
Do you love being able to see writers reading their work? Did you know that literary magazine The Fiddlehead has its own YouTube channel where it uploads authors reading their work?
They do! There you can watch readings by acclaimed up-and-coming and established Canadian writers. Their last featured reading is of Lee Maracle who shared two of her poems “Belly Bulging” and “Old Tapes.” Swing by the channel to see more readings with Nicole Breit, Barbara Pelman, Margo Wheaton, Susan Musgrave, and more.
In other news, their 2021 Fiction Contest just opened to submissions last month. Deadline to enter is September 1. This year’s judge is Yasuko Thanh.
Contest :: Under 2 Weeks Left to Enter 2021 Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers
Deadline: July 15, 2021
The submission period for Nimrod’s Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers ends on July 15. The Ringold Awards offer prizes of $500 and publication for fiction and poetry. They are open only to writers with no more than two previous publication credits in their genre. For poetry, submit up to five pages; for fiction, one short story, 5,000 words maximum. The contest is open internationally. All finalists will also be published and paid at our normal rates. Manuscripts may be mailed or submitted online: nimrodjournal.submittable.com/submit. Each entry must be accompanied by a $12 entry fee. Email nimrod@utulsa.edu or visit artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/nimrod/ for complete rules.
Creative Nonfiction Updated Subscription Options
With the launch of the new website, Creative Nonfiction has moved the majority of its archived content online (that’s more than 27 years worth!). With this, they now offer more ways to subscribe and access the content from past issues of their journal, True Story, online exclusives, and their Sunday Short Reads.
For just $4/month or $39/year, you can become a Digital Subscriber and get access to new issues, the entire archive, and all web exclusives. You are able to access this digital content across all of your devices and subscription is setup for automatic renewals so you never miss out.
If you still love holding the printed page in your hands, you can become a Print & Digital Subscriber for $6/month or $59/year. You get everything digital subscribers get plus four issues a year mailed directly to your home.
Interested in purchasing merchandise or joining their online classes? Supporting Subscribers ($10/month or $99/year) get all the benefits of the first two subscription options plus a 10% discount on programs and merchandise. Oh…and did I mention priority registration for online courses as well as early access to events?
Speaking of their online courses, there are still a few slots available for their summer classes!
The final subscription option contains all the benefits of the previous subscriptions and adds on a charitable donation to Creative Nonfiction in the amount of $10/month ($120/year) and your name listed as a donor in the print magazine as well as online. The cost of this is $25/month or $249/year.
So if you aren’t subscribed to this powerhouse for creative nonfiction, join them today!
Lalitamba Changes its Names
Literary magazine Lalitamba has announced a name change. The journal was inspired by a devotional pilgrimage through India where they went village to village seeking to alleviate sorrows that come with poverty, illness, and loss of hope.
The original name came from a bhahan song “Lalitamba, Lalitamba” which means Divine Mother. The new name The GANGA REVIEW honors the sacred river that is an emanation of Divine Mother.
Back in March they announced their 2021 issue is at the printers and they were waiting on proofs which can take several weeks, so it will hopefully be on its way to subscribers soon if all goes well.
A fun fact. Did you know that for every issue purchased, a tree is planted?
Contest :: Puerto del Sol 2021 Poetry & Prose Contests Currently Open
Deadline: September 1, 2021
Two months remaining! Puerto del Sol is accepting entries to our annual contest in poetry and prose through September 1. Judges are Eileen Pollack in prose and Todd Dillard in poetry. Winners receive $500 and publication. $9 entry fee includes one-year subscription. All manuscripts entered will be considered for publication. See website for complete guidelines—puertodelsol.org.
Consequence Forum Monthly Features
Besides publishing the annual literary magazine Consequence in print, they also feature work on their website each month. On June 28, they released a new story by Cynthia Boorujy titled “Strange Teacups.” Besides reading the story, you can also listen to an audio recording. Also, don’t forget to check out the visual art series “I’m An Animal” by River LaMer for some stirring food for thought.
Consequence will open to submissions again on July 15! They are particularly interested in nonfiction and translations, but would love to receive any quality work centered on “the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical conflict.”
First-Liners Poetry Contest
The Society of Classical Poets is hosting the First-Liners Poetry Contest. Simply choose your favorite first line from another poem or other literature and go off in a completely different direction.
This is free to enter and the winner will receive $100. Only one poem per poet allowed. The judge is Cynthia Erlandson. The deadline is Sunday, July 18 at Midnight EST. Winners announced July 25.
If you aren’t familiar with the Society of Classical Poets, they hope to reestablish poetry as “one of the most widely appreciated forms of literature, communication, and entertainment.” They seek to support poets who apply classical techniques in modern poetry through publication and performance opportunities and awards.
They have their very own literary journal, too!
Free Lecture: How to Publish Your Writing in Literary Journals
The editors of Radar Poetry will be taking part in a one-hour Zoom lecture and Q&A session hosted by Authors Publish. They will be discussing what editors look for, how to organize your submission, and “insider tips” for getting your poems published in literary journals.
This will air live TODAY (June 30, 2021) at 2PM EST. You do need to register to attend. Don’t worry, it’s free. You also will get a a free recording of the full presentation.