Posts by: Ex Libris

Manzano Mountain Review seeks submissions Manzano Mountain Review is an online literary journal based in New Mexico seeking submissions for its second issue. We like writing that is honest, gritty, vulnerable. Give us plot, but not too much. We want characters like us—complicated, flawed, human. Discomfort us. Provoke awe. Melt our brains. The theme for Issue No. 2 is “Summer Haunts/ Hauntings.”  Aesthetically, the two editors, Justin Bendell and Kristian Macaron, value writing that crosses boundaries, treads unfamiliar ground, but also work that is rooted in place. Readers will find examples of this in our issues. Justin… Read Article →

Announcing the 2018 Hillary Gravendyk Prize, Sponsored by the Inlandia Institute One National and one Regional Winner will each be awarded $1000 and book publication, and additional books may be chosen for publication by the editors. The Hillary Gravendyk Prize is an open poetry book competition for all writers regardless of the number of previously published poetry collections. The manuscript page limit is 48 – 100 pages, and the press invites all styles and forms of poetry. Only electronic submissions accepted via Inlandia’s Submittable portal. Entries must be received online by April 30, 2018 at… Read Article →

Established in 2011 with the aim of supporting outstanding poets from the upper Midwest and bringing their work to a national stage, the Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry awards $10,000 and publication by Milkweed Editions to a poet residing in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin. Selected from a small number of finalists by an independent judge, the prizewinning poet will also receive a standard royalty contract, national distribution, and a comprehensive marketing and publicity campaign. In addition, finalists will be invited to read at their annual National Poetry Month Party on April 26,… Read Article →

Valentine’s Poetry Write a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word. Your love poem can be fictional or non-fictional. It can be funny or it can be serious. Cash prize. Deadline tomorrow! Feb 14th 5-7-5 Valentine Write a poem for a Valentine. It should only have three lines. The first line has 5 syllables. The second line has 7 syllables. The third line has 5 syllables again. Write about anything that will warm the heart (or not) of that special someone. Cash prize to the winner. Deadline in 3 days! Feb 16th Rhyming Poem… Read Article →

The Breakout 8 Writers Prize (Deadline: February 15) The Breakout 8 Writers Prize is a new award for student writers. Eight winners will recieve: -Publication in the Epiphany Breakout 8 Special Issue -A year-long mentorship with Epiphany Editor-in-Chief  and National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree Tracy O’Neill -a $250 cash prize -a featured interview published on the Epiphany website and in the Authors Guild Bulletin -a short manuscript review + more All students (undergraduate and graduate) enrolled for the Fall 2017-Spring 2018 academic year are eligible to apply, with a submission of either fiction,… Read Article →

The 2018 Poetry Prize IR is accepting submissions through March 31st, 2018. The  Indiana Review would love to receive poems from colleagues and students within your program. Indiana Review is committed to publishing the highest quality work in a wide aesthetic by emerging and established writers. Work published in IR has been recognized by the Pushcart Prize, the Best American series, the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, and several other prestigious venues. This year, the Prize is judged by Gabrielle Calvocoressi. They accept original work from both established and emerging writers, so long as the work is previously unpublished. The winner… Read Article →