Applications are due on April 22 for the 2016 Mailer Poetry Fellowship. Hosted by The Norman Mailer Center and The Norman Mailer Writers Colony, the fellowship this year will take place July 9 to July 31 at the prestigious Pepperdine University campus in Malibu, California. To find out more, visit the fellowships website, and find full applications here.
Fictitious: Where Fiction Meets Improv , a unique online literary journal and show hosted by iO, is seeking submissions. Fictitious is accepting rolling submissions for short pieces of comedic fiction. Once selected, authors will be invited to read their piece at a live show at iO Chicago that takes place every fourth Wednesday of the month. Performed pieces can only be 1-3 pages, but longer stories will be considered for the online journal. At the show, selected authors will read their work and a group of iO improvisers will then improvise within their literary world. There is no submission… Read Article →
Submissions are due April 30 for the Very Short Fiction Award and the Fiction Open contests from Glimmer Train. Very Short prizes include: 1st place $2,000 and publication, 2nd place $500, and 3rd place $300. Find guidelines here. Fiction Open prizes include: 1st place $3,000 and publication, 2nd place $1,000, and 3rd place $600. Find guidelines here.
Submissions are due on April 25 for The Writer‘s “The Great Break” contest. The 1st place prize includes $1,000 and publication in The Writer, 2nd place is $500 and online publication, and 3rd place is $250 and online publication. Entry fee is $25. Heidi Pitlor, editor of The Best American Short Stories and author of The Daylight Marriage will be judging entries. Find full details and stories here.
The 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize is open for submissions. The closing date for entries is 30th April 2016. Stories can be on any theme or subject and entry can be made online via the website or by post. Entries must be previously unpublished with a maximum length of 4,000 words. There is no minimum length. There is an entry fee of £8 per story. 20 stories will be shortlisted for the first prize and published in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 9. 1st Prize is £1,000, 2nd Prize £700, 3rd Prize £400. 17… Read Article →
Sarabande Books has released the schedule of dates for their 2016 writing contests and submission sessions. The first two contests are for short fiction and poetry, both of which close April 30. The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction will be guest judged by Stacey D’Erasmo and is open to previously unpublished short stories, novellas, or short novels. The Kathy A. Morton Prize in Poetry will be guest judged by Dean Young and is open to manuscripts that may have individual poems which have been published previously in magazines, chapbooks of less than 48 pages, or anthologies, but the collection as a whole must be… Read Article →
This is a final reminder for students to submit to DePaul’s seventh annual Spring English Conference. The conference takes place on Friday, April 29th and submissions are due this Friday, April 1st. Find out more on the flyer below, see full submission requirements here, and send submissions to englishconference.dpu@gmail.com. Find out more about keynote speaker Brian T. Edwards here, or check out his new book After the American Century.
Gulf Coast is currently accepting submissions to their writing contest! 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 Gulf Coast 29.1, due out in Fall 2016, and all entries will be considered for paid publication on their website as Online Exclusives. The $23 reading fee includes a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast. Find out guidelines here, and send submissions online here.
The 2016 Hudson Prize is open for submissions until April 10th. Each year Black Lawrence Press awards the Hudson Prize for an unpublished collection of poems or short stories. The prize is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Find out more and submit online.
The Center for Interfaith Relations is now accepting submissions for the Thomas Merton Prize in Poetry of the Sacred. Poems will be evaluated upon literary excellence, authenticity, and spiritual tenor. There will be three honorable mention award winners who will receive $100 and publication in Parabola Magazine. The grand prize winner receives $500, publication, and a chance to read the winner on stage at the 2016 Festival of Faiths. Poems are due March 31st. Find out more and submit here.
Below is a call for submissions for DePaul’s 7th annual Spring English Conference. Here is a .pdf or .docx of submission guidelines. Submissions are due April 1st. Call for Submissions – Academic and Creative Work 7th Annual Spring English Conference Hosted by Students of the Department of English Organizers: Anastasia Sasewich (MAWP) and Jordan Weber (MAE) Friday, April 29, 2016 • Arts & Letters Hall 2315 N. Kenmore Ave The DePaul English Department invites you to participate in our seventh annual student-run conference. The Spring English Conference (SPEC) will be held on the afternoon of Friday, April… Read Article →
Palaver, the interdisciplinary journal of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, is now open for both academic and creative submissions. Find out more on the flyer below.