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CONTEST GUIDELINES  Emerging writers are welcome in ALL categories, but this category is exclusively open to writers whose fiction has not appeared, nor is scheduled to appear, in any print publication with a circulation over 5000. (Entries must not have appeared in any print publication.) Most entries run from 800 – 4000 words, but any lengths up to 12,000 words are welcome. PRIZES 1st place wins $2500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 10 copies. 2nd place wins $500, or, if chosen for publication, $700 and 10 copies. 3rd place wins $300, or, if chosen… Read Article →

The deadline for submissions to the 2018 John R. Milton Writers’ Conference at the University of South Dakota has been extended to June 1, 2018.  Additional information about speakers and registration is available at: www.usd.edu/miltonconference.   This year’s conference theme is “This Lonely Frontier: Exploring Boundaries of Space, Identity, and Genre,” and confirmed keynote and featured speakers include Percival Everett, Ellen Forney, Karen Salyer McElmurray, and Erika Wurth.

Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts, is currently accepting submissions for the annual Gulf Coast Prize contests!  There are three all-star final judges, including Chen Chen (Poetry), Joshua Ferris (Fiction), and Lacy M. Johnson (Nonfiction). The contest awards publication and $1,500 each to the best poem, essay, and short story, as well as $250 to two honorable mentions in each genre. The winners will appear in the Fall/Winter issue. All contest submissions will also be considered for paid online exclusives on GC Online. The reading fee of $23 includes a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast and is used to support… Read Article →

This anthology seeks to bring together the magic of the Tarot, photography and poetry. They are looking for 78 poets to create original poems in response to a Tarot card they are assigned. If you decide to participate in the project, you will be assigned a Tarot card, and you will craft a poem in response to this card: however you’d like to interpret it, or your relationship with it. The only restriction on your poem is that it must be no longer than 20 lines. After all poems are submitted, our collaborating photographer, Katrin Albert … Read Article →

In each biannual issue, SER publishes poetry, literary fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, interviews, and art. They aim to present emerging writers on the same stage as established authors—they seek quality work for their quality publication. The best way to determine what they looking for is to read what they’ve been publishing.General submission guidelines follow; further instructions pertinent to each genre can be found by following the links below. SER is currently accepting fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and book review submissions. They try to respond to submissions within 2-4 months, but due to our production schedule a response may take up to 6… Read Article →

 2018 Contest: The Future Each year, three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Sonora Review are awarded to a short story, an essay, and a poem or group of poems. Submit to the contest/Issue 74: The Future. You may submit up to 6,000 words of fiction, an essay of up to 5,000 words, or four to eight pages of poetry, with a $15 entry fee through Submittable. Multiple submissions are allowed. The contest will be open for submission from January 16th to March 15th. All entries are considered for publication in our themed issue, The… Read Article →

Founded in late 2017, Before After/Godwink is very young, and burgeoning. The journal accepts all literary genres, hybrid, experimental, and think pieces. They accept art and photography; film and other forms of multimedia are of interest as well. BA/G can be found at bagliterary.com and on most social media sites: @bagliterary