Posts by: Ex Libris

Narrative is now open for submissions to their 2015 30 Below Contest. The contest is open to all writers, poets, visual artists, photographers, performers, and filmmakers between eighteen and thirty years old. They are looking for the traditional and the innovative, the true and the imaginary, and looking to encourage and promote the best young authors and artists working today. The contest is open until November 15, 2015. Submission guidelines are available here, and can be sent here. Awards include: First Prize $1,500, Second Prize $750, Third Prize $300, and ten finalists who receive $100 each. Likewise… Read Article →

Dappled Things literary magazine is now open for submissions to the 2016 J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction. The winner will receive $500 and a prize of $250 will go to the runner-up. There is no reading fee. The winning stories will be announced in February, 2016 and published in Dappled Things, along with up to eight honorable mentions. Find details and submit on the Dappled Things website, submissions close November 27, 2015. From Dappled Things: “‘One foot in this world and one in the next’: that’s how J.F. Powers described the Midwestern priests he wrote about in his fiction. Having one foot in… Read Article →

Creative Nonfiction is now seeking multiple short and long-form stories. See their call for submissions below: Nov 16 Childhood (an issue of CNF) What’s on the line: $1,000 for best essay; $500 for runner-up; publication in CNF. What we’re looking for: True stories that explore the joys and struggles, the indignities and infinite possibilities of childhood. Maybe you lived Where the Wild Things Are or during the Wonder Years; maybe you’re a parent or a pediatrician; whatever your perspective, share your tale of kid-dom in all its messy, exhilarating, turbulent glory. View guidelines ›   Nov 16… Read Article →

The 2016 Saints and Sinners LGBT Literary Festival‘s Writing Contest’s Deadline has been extended to November 2, 2015. The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as way to reach the community with information about HIV/AIDS, particularly disseminating prevention messages via the writers, thinkers and spokes-people of the LGBT community while celebrating the literary arts. The Festival has grown into an internationally-recognized event that brings together a who’s who of LGBT publishers, writers and readers from throughout the United States and beyond. The Festival, held over 4 days each Spring, features… Read Article →