The Ghost Story – The Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition – January 31, 2026
Interested in flash fiction pieces of between 250 and 1,000 words
Entry fee: $15
Brink Literary Journal No. 12 – February 1, 2026
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Video Essay & Cinepoetry
The Masters Review Winter Short Story Award for New Writers– February 1, 2026
PEN Emerging Voices Fellowship – February 2, 2026
The Emerging Voices Fellowship provides a virtual five-month immersive mentorship program for early-career writers from communities that are traditionally underrepresented in the publishing world.
The Journal Call for Submissions – February 15, 2026
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Photo essays
Author interviews
Book reviews
2026 Harper’s Bazaar Short Story Competition – February 22, 2026
Submit an original story of up to 2,000 words to shortstory@harpersbazaar.co.uk on the theme of “The conversation”
Pinch Literary Awards in FICTION – February 28, 2026
Tulsa Review – March 1, 2026
Poetry
Short Prose
Visual Art
Brink Literary Journal Award for Hybrid Writing 2026 – March 1, 2026
The contest is open to all writers and artists who identify their work as hybrid or cross-genre in nature.
Entry fee: $25
Prize: $1,000
The Missouri Review’s 2026 Perkoff Prize – March 15, 2026
Fiction
Nonfiction Poetry
The Other Almanac Call for Submissions – March 20, 2026
Essays
Journalism
Art
2026 Four Way Books Levis Book Prize in Poetry – March 31, 2026
Awarding publication of a book-length collection, participation in a Four Way Books sponsored reading, and $1000.
Eligibility: Open to any poet writing in English regardless of publication history.
Submissions are accepted online only.
Solstice Literary Magazine – March 31, 2026
Fiction
Poetry
Nonfiction
North American Review Short Story Prize – April 1, 2026
Word count: 2,500 – 7,500 words
First Prize: $1,000
Finalists: $100 (upon publication)
2026 NOR Literary Prizes – April 15, 2026
Poetry
Nonfiction
Fiction
Desperate Literature’s 2026 Short Fiction Prize – April 19, 2026
Judged by Claire-Louise BENNETT, Ottessa MOSHFEGH, and Joanna WALSH
Redivider Call for Submissions – April 30, 2026
Fiction
Flash Fiction
Poetry
Memoir & personal essay
Cultural critique
Cover art
