Each month, the Ashland MFA Program receives calls for submissions and contest deadlines, which it publicizes in its monthly newsletter. Listed below are this month's calls for submissions.
The Muse-an International Journal of Poetry
(www.themuse.webs.com) is inviting submissions for June 2014 issue.
1. Send 1 to 5 poems and a brief bio-data.
2. The research papers/essays should be not less than 3000 words.
Profane Call for Submissions
Profane is seeking submissions! We're looking for poetry, CNF, and fiction. There are no strict guidelines regarding form or content. We're looking to be surprised by brave, weird, and/or personal work. This issue will be curated from a mix of open and solicited submissions, and will include work by both emerging and established authors.
We are currently accepting artwork, as well.
To get a better sense of what we're about and what we're looking for, you can visit our website at http://www.profanejournal.com/ and our submissions manager at https://profane.submittable.com/submit
You can also follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/profanejournal)
and like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profanelitjournal)
Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovered Objects welcomes writing and other creative productions about lost objects and images of material culture. We accept every literary genre and any electronically reproducible visual or audio medium.
For our fall 2014 online inaugural issue, we are still seeking short fiction and nonfiction work. Please review our submissions guidelines and submit your work at: www.pooryorickjournal.com.
Tahoma Literary Review is a new, print quarterly (with digital reader options available) that is dedicated not only to publishing the best new poetry and fiction, but also to paying our writers professional rates, promoting our contributors and helping their work find an audience. We publish a diverse selection of writers. All selections for publication come through the submission portal; we do not solicit writing from individual authors. We believe this ensures a fair and transparent selection process.
TLR offers professional payment by dedicating a substantial portion of our total income to support authors. Payment for fiction ranges from a minimum of $50 to $300. Payment for poetry and cover art is $25 to $50. The amount is determined by the revenues received from submission fees, print journal sales and contributions from sources such as donors and foundations. To ensure transparency, we publish an audited quarterly revenue statement to verify the funds received for each submission period.
In return for their fees, submitters also get access to our secure Endnotes area, featuring interviews, craft articles and much more. For guidelines, payment details, and editorial philosophy, please visit us at tahomaliteraryreview.com.
(www.themuse.webs.com) is inviting submissions for June 2014 issue.
1. Send 1 to 5 poems and a brief bio-data.
2. The research papers/essays should be not less than 3000 words.
Mason's Road
Mason’s Road: A Literary and Arts Journal is currently accepting submissions for our ninth issue. The theme for Issue #9 is “Truth,” and we are looking for unique and arresting takes on this topic.
All submissions will be given thorough consideration for publication. However, your work will also be considered for our Mason’s Road Literary Prize, which includes publication and a $500 award. For this issue, the award will go to the best entry we receive, as judged by Bill Roorbach, the award-winning author of Life Among Giants.
Our submissions period runs for three months: February 15 – May 15, 2014. Please look here for submission guidelines.
Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry
Deadline: May 15, 2014
$2000 plus publication for the winning manuscript. Details at www.lynxhousepress.org.
Winning Writers Contest
Deadline May 31: Our Sports Fiction & Essay Contest
The top story and top essay will each earn $1,000 and featuring on our home page. Ten honorable mentions will receive $100 each. All 12 winners will be published on our website.
Submit any work of prose on a theme related to sports, up to 6,000 words. Both published and unpublished submissions are welcome. The entry fee is $16. Submit as many entries as you like.
Jendi Reiter will judge, assisted by Ellen LaFleche. Read the past winning entries in our archives.
Submit online here.
The new literary magazine Tinderbox Poetry Journal is now open for submissions! We're looking for all forms of poetry--be it formal to experimental, free verse to hybrid voices, lyric and narrative, language and visual, and all else. We are also interested in critical pieces--in this, we mean essays or on craft, poetic issues, interviews, conversations, the like.
Tinderbox launches on June 21 and its first issues will include work by DA Powell, Ed Skoog, Amy Gerstler, Rachel Richardson, Farrah Field, Leslie Harrison, Jennifer Firestone, Kelli Russell Agodon, and Ray Gonzalez, among others.
Submissions accepted here:
https://tinderboxpoetryjournal.submittable.com/submit
Barking Sycamores Call for Submissions
Literature Today Call for Submissions
Literature Today, a new literary Journal, is inviting poems and short stories for its first issue.
http://literaturetodayjournal.webs.com/
Theme of our current issue is 'Man and Nature'. You can send us poems and short stories on :
1. Beauty of nature.
2. Destruction of nature by Man.
3. Natural hazards and Man.
4. Conflicts between Man and Nature.
5. Any other themes relating to nature.
Submission Deadline: July 10, 2014
Submission Guidelines:
1. Send not more than 4 poems.
2. Send not more thank 2 short stories.
3. Work submitted for publication must be original, previously
unpublished (both print and online), and not under consideration for
publication elsewhere.
4.Send all submissions to editorliteraturetoday@gmail.com
5. Please send a cover letter and a short Bio-data with your submission.
Mason’s Road: A Literary and Arts Journal is currently accepting submissions for our ninth issue. The theme for Issue #9 is “Truth,” and we are looking for unique and arresting takes on this topic.
All submissions will be given thorough consideration for publication. However, your work will also be considered for our Mason’s Road Literary Prize, which includes publication and a $500 award. For this issue, the award will go to the best entry we receive, as judged by Bill Roorbach, the award-winning author of Life Among Giants.
Our submissions period runs for three months: February 15 – May 15, 2014. Please look here for submission guidelines.
Deadline: May 15, 2014
$2000 plus publication for the winning manuscript. Details at www.lynxhousepress.org.
Deadline May 31: Our Sports Fiction & Essay Contest
The top story and top essay will each earn $1,000 and featuring on our home page. Ten honorable mentions will receive $100 each. All 12 winners will be published on our website.
Submit any work of prose on a theme related to sports, up to 6,000 words. Both published and unpublished submissions are welcome. The entry fee is $16. Submit as many entries as you like.
Jendi Reiter will judge, assisted by Ellen LaFleche. Read the past winning entries in our archives.
Submit online here.
TQ4 Prose Contest Now Open!
Deadline: May 27, 2014
Final Judge: EJ Levy
First Prize: $1,000
Please send us one, single, solitary piece of prose: any style or sensibility, 15 pages or less. Truly, we mean it: one piece of flash/micro/sudden fiction, one creative non-fiction piece or essay, one short story, one peculiar hybrid: we want it all, we want one at a time (your best), and we want 15 pages or less (if your best is a 100 word flash, that's what you should send).
You can read all about the final judge, EJ Levy, here.
For complete guidelines, please click here.
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Also for Tupelo Quarterly 4, we'd like to read your stories of teaching and learning moments in which the teacher is as implicated as the student, and there are some real stakes in the lessons. These may happen in or out of a classroom, formally or informally.
Creative nonfiction of any style is welcome: one paragraph or page, a few pages, up to ten - give us your art of transformational moments in education.
Send via Open Submissions in Submittable. We look forward to hearing your stories.
Deadline: May 27, 2014
Final Judge: EJ Levy
First Prize: $1,000
Please send us one, single, solitary piece of prose: any style or sensibility, 15 pages or less. Truly, we mean it: one piece of flash/micro/sudden fiction, one creative non-fiction piece or essay, one short story, one peculiar hybrid: we want it all, we want one at a time (your best), and we want 15 pages or less (if your best is a 100 word flash, that's what you should send).
You can read all about the final judge, EJ Levy, here.
For complete guidelines, please click here.
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Also for Tupelo Quarterly 4, we'd like to read your stories of teaching and learning moments in which the teacher is as implicated as the student, and there are some real stakes in the lessons. These may happen in or out of a classroom, formally or informally.
Creative nonfiction of any style is welcome: one paragraph or page, a few pages, up to ten - give us your art of transformational moments in education.
Send via Open Submissions in Submittable. We look forward to hearing your stories.
Tinderbox Poetry Journal Call for Submissions
Tinderbox launches on June 21 and its first issues will include work by DA Powell, Ed Skoog, Amy Gerstler, Rachel Richardson, Farrah Field, Leslie Harrison, Jennifer Firestone, Kelli Russell Agodon, and Ray Gonzalez, among others.
Submissions accepted here:
https://tinderboxpoetryjournal.submittable.com/submit
Barking Sycamores Call for Submissions
Barking Sycamores invites poems and artwork for Issue 2, Summer/Fall 2014. Our theme: “If Thine Eye Be Single”.We invite poems and artwork related to the ideas of focus, devotion, obsession, single-mindedness, and vision. Neurodivergent (autistic, ADHD, bipolar, synesthesia) artists and poets are encouraged to interpret this theme as broadly or as narrowly as desired. Artwork submitted may be considered for use as cover art. Please consult submission guidelines(http://barkingsycamores.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines/) before sending any work to us. Submission period: May 1 – June 30, 2014.
Winners of the Glenna Luschei African Poetry Prize will receive $5,000 and recognition at a ceremony in a major US city. There is no fee to nominate a collection. To be eligible for the prize, the collection must be:
This prize is made possible through the African Poetry Book Fund and the generosity of Glenna Luschei.
Prairie Schooner Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry
The Prairie Schooner literary journal is proud to announce that nominations are now open for the first annual Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry, awarded to collections published in 2013 by an African poet. The nomination period ends July 1. We appreciate your forwarding this e-mail to anyone in your organization wishing to nominate someone for African Poetry prize.
Winners of the Glenna Luschei African Poetry Prize will receive $5,000 and recognition at a ceremony in a major US city. There is no fee to nominate a collection. To be eligible for the prize, the collection must be:
- Submitted before July 1, 2014.
- A book of original poetry, in English, published during 2013, written by any African national, African resident, or poet of African parentage with roots from any country, living anywhere in the world.
- A standard edition of 48 pages or more in length.
- Original poetry, or poetry in translation.
- Published by a recognized press; self-published books are not eligible.
This prize is made possible through the African Poetry Book Fund and the generosity of Glenna Luschei.
Literature Today Call for Submissions
Literature Today, a new literary Journal, is inviting poems and short stories for its first issue.
http://literaturetodayjournal.webs.com/
Theme of our current issue is 'Man and Nature'. You can send us poems and short stories on :
1. Beauty of nature.
2. Destruction of nature by Man.
3. Natural hazards and Man.
4. Conflicts between Man and Nature.
5. Any other themes relating to nature.
Submission Deadline: July 10, 2014
Submission Guidelines:
1. Send not more than 4 poems.
2. Send not more thank 2 short stories.
3. Work submitted for publication must be original, previously
unpublished (both print and online), and not under consideration for
publication elsewhere.
4.Send all submissions to editorliteraturetoday@gmail.com
5. Please send a cover letter and a short Bio-data with your submission.
Prairie Schooner Creative Nonfiction Contest
We are now accepting submissions for our annual Prairie Schooner Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest. Have an essay you've been working on? You have until August 1st to send it our way!
This year's contest will be judged by Judith Ortiz Cofer, author of Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood, a hybrid work that combines essay, poetry, and personal remembrance, as well as many other books, including 2011's If I Could Fly.
The contest is open to all types of creative nonfiction essays. To submit, there is an entry fee of $18, which includes a subscription to Prairie Schooner. The author of the winning essay will receive a $250 prize and publication in our Spring 2015 issue. Submissions can be made through Submittable.
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award
The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award has launched its Call for Entries, presenting a fantastic opportunity for established and emerging writers to showcase their poetry and short fiction to an international audience.
Previous winners and finalists from the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award have gone on to achieve recognition around the world, having been selected from thousands of entries for publication. Last year, Poetry winner and award-winning novelist Sylvia Adams was selected for her piece Hands A Choice, and Jennifer Roe championed the Short Fiction category with Roses are Red.
Prizes include publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual for winners and finalists - a compelling anthology of new writing loved by audiences internationally; a selection of inspirational books from our competition partners; £500 prize money for each category winner and editorial coverage on the Aesthetica Blog.
Visit www.aestheticamagazine.com/creativewriting for more information and to register your entry today. Entry is £10 and the deadline to submit your work is 31 August 2014. One entry permits the submission of two works into any one category.
Fiction entries should be no more than 2,000 words each and poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines each. Both short fiction and poetry entries should be written in English. Submissions previously published elsewhere are accepted.
Looking for literary inspiration? CLICK HERE to pick up a copy of last year’s Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual.
We are now accepting submissions for our annual Prairie Schooner Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest. Have an essay you've been working on? You have until August 1st to send it our way!
This year's contest will be judged by Judith Ortiz Cofer, author of Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood, a hybrid work that combines essay, poetry, and personal remembrance, as well as many other books, including 2011's If I Could Fly.
The contest is open to all types of creative nonfiction essays. To submit, there is an entry fee of $18, which includes a subscription to Prairie Schooner. The author of the winning essay will receive a $250 prize and publication in our Spring 2015 issue. Submissions can be made through Submittable.
The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award has launched its Call for Entries, presenting a fantastic opportunity for established and emerging writers to showcase their poetry and short fiction to an international audience.
Previous winners and finalists from the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award have gone on to achieve recognition around the world, having been selected from thousands of entries for publication. Last year, Poetry winner and award-winning novelist Sylvia Adams was selected for her piece Hands A Choice, and Jennifer Roe championed the Short Fiction category with Roses are Red.
Prizes include publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual for winners and finalists - a compelling anthology of new writing loved by audiences internationally; a selection of inspirational books from our competition partners; £500 prize money for each category winner and editorial coverage on the Aesthetica Blog.
Visit www.aestheticamagazine.com/creativewriting for more information and to register your entry today. Entry is £10 and the deadline to submit your work is 31 August 2014. One entry permits the submission of two works into any one category.
Fiction entries should be no more than 2,000 words each and poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines each. Both short fiction and poetry entries should be written in English. Submissions previously published elsewhere are accepted.
Looking for literary inspiration? CLICK HERE to pick up a copy of last year’s Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual.
Gertrude Press Call for Submissions
Gertrude Press is a non-profit literary and arts organization promoting queer and allied authors and artists. Gertrude publishes two journals per year and two chapbooks—one for fiction and one for poetry. Since Gertrude first came out in 1999, more than 220 LGBTQA authors/artists have seen their work featured in its pages.
We welcome submissions for the journal from new and established writers and artists on a year-round basis. Submitters and their works need not be queer in nature to be considered for publication—we welcome writers and artists from all backgrounds!
Visit http://gertrudepress.org and submit your work today!
Profane is seeking submissions! We're looking for poetry, CNF, and fiction. There are no strict guidelines regarding form or content. We're looking to be surprised by brave, weird, and/or personal work. This issue will be curated from a mix of open and solicited submissions, and will include work by both emerging and established authors.
We are currently accepting artwork, as well.
To get a better sense of what we're about and what we're looking for, you can visit our website at http://www.profanejournal.com/ and our submissions manager at https://profane.submittable.com/submit
You can also follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/profanejournal)
and like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profanelitjournal)
Poor Yorick Call for Submissions
For our fall 2014 online inaugural issue, we are still seeking short fiction and nonfiction work. Please review our submissions guidelines and submit your work at: www.pooryorickjournal.com.
Tahoma Literary Review Call for Submissions
TLR offers professional payment by dedicating a substantial portion of our total income to support authors. Payment for fiction ranges from a minimum of $50 to $300. Payment for poetry and cover art is $25 to $50. The amount is determined by the revenues received from submission fees, print journal sales and contributions from sources such as donors and foundations. To ensure transparency, we publish an audited quarterly revenue statement to verify the funds received for each submission period.
In return for their fees, submitters also get access to our secure Endnotes area, featuring interviews, craft articles and much more. For guidelines, payment details, and editorial philosophy, please visit us at tahomaliteraryreview.com.