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Calling all travel writers and photographers—aspiring, seasoned and anywhere in between! Nowhere Magazine has set the dates for 2020 contributions.    NAME: The Nowhere Emerging Travel Writers’ Prize WINDOW: 12 a.m. January 15, 2020, to 11:59 p.m. February 29, 2020 (EST) GENRES: Long-form fiction, short story, narrative nonfiction, essay, poetry PRIZE: US$500 + publication. Up to ten finalists also will be published. NOTES: Open only to writers who have never before been published. Multiple entries from a single author are welcome, but must be submitted individually. FEE: US$15 SUBMIT: https://nowheremag.com/contests/   NAME: The Nowhere Spring… Read Article →

The 2020 New Issues Poetry Prize is now open for submissions! See details below.   New Issues Poetry & Prose of Western Michigan University: the 2020 New Issues Poetry Prize Prize: $2,000 + publication –  Judge: Traci Brimhall   Guidelines: Eligibility: Poets writing in English who have not previously published or self-published a full-length collection (40+ pages) of poems. Please include a $25 reading fee. Checks should be made payable to New Issues Press. Postmark Deadline: December 31, 2019. The winning manuscript will be named in June 2020 and published in 2021. Submit a manuscript… Read Article →

Sonora Review is still open to contest and non-contest submissions for Issue 77 until November 15th! Sonora Review is run entirely by graduate students in the MFA program at the University of Arizona. They are among the oldest student-run literary journals in the country, and SR has been devoted since its founding in 1980 to offering a venue for exciting new and emerging authors, as well as prominent writers and artists. Guidelines: The call for submissions is two-fold (see their call page for more info). 1. Nonfiction and flash contest submissions on the theme of ENCOUNTER ($15 entry fee)… Read Article →

Boulevard is now open for general submissions and their fiction contest!   The deadline for the fiction contest, which includes a $1500 + publication, is December 31 at 11:59 p.m. CST, but don’t wait until Christmas to start writing. General submissions are open through May 1, 2020.      View Boulevard’s website for information on submission guidelines and more.

Nowhere Magazine, a literary travel-writing publication, is now open for submissions to their Fall contests! Founded in 2008, Nowhere awards two authors per year $1,000 each for their winning entry into their spring and fall writing contests. They publish long-form, resonant non-fiction, fiction, essays and poetry—no lists, no guides, no fluff—penned by a diverse cohort of writers. For some, Nowhere has introduced their first published piece; for others, they are a home for an outstanding reprint or an excerpt from a forthcoming book, or a way to share something traditional travel media simply doesn’t notice…. Read Article →

The Eggtooth Editions Chapbook Contest is accepting submissions from now until December 15. Please see the attached flyer for details. Feel free to contact eggtootheditions@gmail.com with questions; see http://eggtootheditions.org/ for complete guidelines.