MENAGE a new online weekly literary journal is now open for submissions. MENAGE, launching late fall, will publish 2-4 poems in translation and in conversation with one another this week. Poets slated so far include Kim Sowol, Oscar Hahn, and Lorenzo Carlucci. Send submissions of 3-5 poems to editor@menagemagazine.com. Attachments are preferred. When submitting translations, please include the original.
Devil’s Lake, the graduate literary journal published by the MFA candidates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is accepting online entries for their annual Driftless Prize in Fiction and Poetry. Winners will receive $1,000 and publication in the Spring 2017 issue. The entry fee $15 and all entries are considered for publication. The deadline to submit is October 31st. Submissions are currently low, so students chances at winning are high! Entries should include two poems totaling five pages or fewer (for poetry) or stories that are no longer than 4,500 words (prose)> One entry is defined as one short story… Read Article →
The Columbia Journal is now accepting submissions of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry for their 2016 Winter Contest. The winners in each category will receive cash prizes of $500 and have their winning works published in the spring print edition of the journal. Deadline for submissions is December 12, 2016. Find full details and submit online. Columbia Journal was founded in 1977 and, in the years since, has published work from Nobel laureates and lesser-known writers, National Book-award winners and newcomers. Our archives include everyone from Raymond Carver to Lorrie Moore to Louise Gluck to Philip… Read Article →
Submissions are now open for contests from the 2017 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. The festival is accepting works of fiction (deadline November 30), poetry (deadline November 15), and one-act plays (deadline November 1) with prizes up to $1,500, publication, and airfare to the festival. Find full details on the call for submissions below: Hello Coordinators, Instructors, Directors, and Writers, We are excited to announce that the 2017 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival’s Writing Contests are now open for submissions! FICTION For our Fiction Contest the deadline is November 30, 2016. Entry Fee is $25. Grand Prize: $1,500 Domestic… Read Article →
The new literary journal, Indicia is open for submissions until October 31 for their 2nd issue. They are searching for previously unpublished works of poetry, flash fiction, and visual art. See the following message from the editors: Dear Writers & Artists, We invite you to submit to our young online journal indicia, an art, poetry, and fiction publication made with love above all else. Mostly we are drawn to the experimental, the understated, the othered & outcast, the childlike, and the bizarre. Check out our first issue, then if you think we’d like your work, send some to us for the… Read Article →
Rowan University’s graduate literary magazine, Glassworks is currently open for submissions for their spring and fall print issues until December 15. Glassworks publish nonfiction, fiction, poetry, hybrid pieces, craft essays, new media, and art both digitally and in print. Full submission details can be found online. Glassworks also accepts submissions year-round of flash fiction, prose poetry, and micro essays for their online edition Flash Glass.
The Santa Ana Review, the University of California, Riverside’s literary journal is open for submissions until November 15 (and reopens in spring from January 15-March 15). The Santa Ana River Review is accepting Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the visual arts and is open to established, emerging, and new writers. Find full submission details and submit online. Currently, they are also holding The Santa Ana River Review Dramatic Works Contest. They are searching for new, exciting, and challenging work in the world of performance writing. They are accepting ten-minute works (12 pages or less) of any medium (play,… Read Article →
The Gordian Review is an online literary journal operated by and for English and creative writing students at the graduate level. They are currently seeking submissions of fiction, and nonfiction from graduate level students. Find full details on the flyer below. Submissions are due by October 31.
The Indiana Review is seeking submissions to their 2016 Fiction Prize. Story submissions up to 8,000 words in length are accepted from established and emerging writers. The contest winner will receive $1,000 and publication. Complete guidelines can be found here, and there is a $20 entry fee (which includes a year subscription to the journal). Submissions are due October 31.
Black Lawrence Press is now accepting submissions for the fall period of the Black River Chapbook Competition. Twice each year Black Lawrence Press will run the Black River Chapbook Competition for an unpublished chapbook of poems or short fiction between 16-36 pages in length. The contest is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner will receive book publication, a $500 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Prizes are awarded on publication. There is a $15 entry fee and submissions close October 31. Find submissions details, previous winners, and judges panel online.
Literary magazine Glimmer Train is now accepting short story submissions for their New Writer Award. Full details below, submissions close on October 31. Open only to emerging writers whose fiction has not appeared in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000. he 1st-place winner will be published in Glimmer Train and will receive 10 copies of that issue. Second-and 3rd-place win $500/$300, respectively, or, if accepted for publication, $700. Winners and finalists will be announced in the January bulletin, and contacted directly the previous week. Most submissions run 1,500 – 6,000 words, but stories as long as… Read Article →
The Writer is currently seeking submissions for two writing contests ideal for graduate students. The contest, “Our Darkest Hours” opens today September 15 and closes on November 15. Find full details below and find a full list of contests from The Writer on their website.