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by Ex Libris on September 15, 2016

Saints and Sinners Fiction Contest 2017

The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, a New Orleans lit festival geared toward the LGBT community, is now accepting submissions for their 2017 fiction contest. The deadline to submit is October 8 and there is a $20 entry fee. Find full details below or on their website. Grand Prize: $500 Complementary registration to 2017 Saints and Sinners ($150 Value) Publication in anthology New Fiction from the Festival (Bold Strokes Books) Invitation to read at Book Launch Party on March 25, 2017. Two runners-up will each receive $100 Top Finalists’ stories will also be included in New Fiction from the Festival Submissions should be between 4,000-7,000 words. Story should… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 8, 2016

Submissions: 2016 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards

The Guild Literary Complex has extended its submission deadline for the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award to September 15. From Guild Literary Complex: Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) founded the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award twenty-two years ago. Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas and lived in Chicago for the rest of her life. She was the author of more than twenty volumes of poetry and numerous other books. Her many awards and honors include Poet Laureate of Illinois, Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, American Academy of Arts and Letters award,… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on June 16, 2016

Summer Publishing Opportunities and Events

As classes come to a close and summer break kicks-off, take a look at some of these summer chances to get published and literary events around the city. For creative writers, Prairie Schooner and Blue River are both accepting submissions this summer. Prairie Schooner’s annual summer nonfiction contest is open to all types of creative nonfiction essays up to 5,000 words. The entry fee is $20 and includes a copy of the Spring 2017 issue of Prairie Schooner, in which the winning essay will appear. Submission details here. Ran by Creighton University’s MFA program, Blue River is accepting summer submissions for… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on June 1, 2016

A New Online Publishing Platform: Scroll

Scroll is a new online publishing platform designed by a group of Stanford students. They are currently looking for student writers to join their viral storytellers. Find out more about Scroll on their website, or on the flyer below. Applications are due June 6th. 

by Ex Libris on May 17, 2016

Glimmer Train’s New Writer Award

The deadline for Glimmer Train‘s New Writer Award is June 30th. The award is open only to emerging writers whose fiction has not appeared in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000. The 1st place winner will be published in Glimmer Train and will receive ten copies of that issue. 2nd and 3rd place will win $500/$300, respectively, or, if accepted for publication $700. Most submissions run 1,500-6,000 words, but stories as long as 12,000 words are accepted. Find full guidelines here.

by Ex Libris on May 17, 2016

Submit to Afterimage’s online project Inklight

Art and literary journal Afterimage is seeking works of ekphrasis for their online project “Inklight.” For the project, photographers submit original work, which is selected to be posted on the Afterimage web site. Writers then submit original creative writing inspired by one of the images on the web site (engaging in the process of ekphrasis). New “Inklight” features are posted regularly and archived indefinitely. Find full submission details here, or check out “Inklight”.

by Ex Libris on May 11, 2016

Call for Submissions: Hemingway Shorts

The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park has announced a new project which aims to promote new creative writing, and is designed with new writers in mind, the Hemingway Shorts. Submissions are due June 15, 2016. A winning submission will receive $500. Find full details here.

by Ex Libris on May 9, 2016

Black River Chapbook Competition

The deadline is approaching for the Black River Chapbook Competition from Black Lawrence Press. The biannual competition accepts unpublished chapbooks of poems or short fiction between 16 and 36 pages in length. The contest is open to new, emerging, and established writers. Winners receive publication, a $500 cash reward, and ten copies of the book. Spring entry closes May 31st, and entry reopens for the second period on September 1st. Full details and where to submit here.  

by Ex Libris on May 3, 2016

Luminarts Fellowship: Submissions Due Friday

Submissions for the Luminarts Fellowship for excellence in creative writing are due this Friday, May 6th. Writers submit two pages of stand-alone work or an excerpt in categories of poetry or prose and have the opportunity to win $5,000. Apply on their submissions page, or contact info@luminarts.org for more information.

by Ex Libris on May 3, 2016

Global Voices Call for Submissions

Do you speak (or write in) more than one language? Do you know someone who does? Then please see the Call for Submissions from Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research below. Official Call for Submissions The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) is now accepting submissions for the sixth Issue of its annual electronic magazine, Global Voices. The magazine seeks to showcase the work of DePau¹s multilingual and cultural communities. We accept a wide range of texts, audio, and visual works—in different languages. If you have something that you’ve written or produced and would like to share… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 15, 2016

Deadline Approaching: 2016 Mailer Poetry Fellowship

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.

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