Miami Book Fair is offering fellowships in Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction to support writers working to complete a book-length project within a year. The fellowships include a $41K stipend, mentorship with a nationally established author, and strong literacy community support in Miami. There is no application fee. Emerging writers can apply by April 30, 2020. For more info about the Emerging Writer Fellowships, visit MiamiBookFair.com.
In the interest of being more accessible during this time, Black Warrior Review is making Secret Boyfriend (the latest edition of their online magazine, Boyfriend Village) open to FREE submissions until Wednesday, March 25 at 11:59 pm. Boyfriend Village accepts fiction, poetry, nonfiction, hybrid, visual, and multimedia art, as well as sound collage, video, games, and more. The complete guidelines and call for submissions can be found here. All contributors to Boyfriend Village are paid. Established in 1974 by graduate students in the MFA program in creative writing, BWR is the oldest continuously run literary journal produced by graduate students in the… Read Article →
The Own Voices Chapbook Prize is now open for submissions! The Own Voices Chapbook Prize is an annual contest dedicated to the discovery of two timely chapbook length poetry collections from poets of color who are yet to publish a full length book. The winning collections will be published in a print run of 250 copies, and the poets will receive $500 and 25 author copies. Poet Aria Aber, author of Hard Damage, and winner of the 2018 Prairie Schooner Book Prize will Guest Judge. The winners will also get to work closely with Own Voices in-house designers to… Read Article →
Celebrate National Poetry Month in April by posting your favorite poems OR your own original poetry on social media. The DePaul English Department would love to hear your poems on resilience & fortitude. From 3/21-4/30, tag our social media (@DePaul_English on Twitter & Instagram) in your poetry post & we will re-post your content on our platforms!
Post, a queer run, independent literary journal featuring works by queer artists and writers, is currently accepting poetry! In honor of poetry month (upcoming in April), Post is seeking poetry focused on queer identity, relationships, experiences, and politics. Not just your love poems: submit your experiments, your musings, your polished worry stones, and your secrets shaped into song. Deadline for submission is March 15th, 2020. Please find details and instructions for submission on the Post website.
LiveWire, an online Literary Arts Journal from Southern California, is currently open for submissions for their Spring 2020 issue! LiveWire publishes work that reflects a diverse array of voices. They welcome work which is intersectional, intentional, and radical. Visit LiveWire’s submission page for more information. To submit work, writers should email LWJOURNAL@FULLCOLL.EDU & include the following: * Your full name * Preferred Gender Pronouns * Preferred email address and preferred contact phone number * Genre of your submission (poetry, CNF, fiction, art) * Submission(s) in a single PDF * A brief bio (maximum 150 words) about yourself which includes… Read Article →
TellUs, the literary magazine of the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) within the University Center for Writing-based Learning, is now open for submissions through May 1st! In the past, CMWR has published the works of multilingual and multicultural writers/artists in Global Voices, an online magazine. They would like to bring back this idea through their forthcoming multicultural and multilingual publication, Tellus. Tellus is an online magazine celebrating the many voices of our DePaul community by showcasing the creative artwork and writing of multilingual and multicultural students. CMWR acknowledges the definition of multilingual as anyone from a… Read Article →
The 2020 Spring English Conference, hosted by DePaul’s English department, is now open for submissions! Please see the attached flyer and full submissions guidelines for information on how to submit your writing: 2020 English Conference Full Submissions Guidelines 2020 Spring English Conference Call for Submissions
The Colorism Healing Writing Contest is now open for submissions! Colorism Healing is an international initiative that uses creative writing and community literacy to address the issue of colorism. The submission period for the 2020 CHWC is Saturday, February 1 – Sunday, March 15. All are eligible and welcome to submit original poems, essays, or stories that are relevant to the topic of colorism. Visit their website for more information. For questions or inquiries, contact writing@colorismhealing.com.
The Under Review is now open for submissions until May 1st! The Under Review is an online literary journal committed to publishing literary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction with a sports slant, nod, backdrop, or undercurrent. They welcome all interpretations of what qualifies as ‘sports’ writing and are very interested in non-traditional approaches. Submission Guidelines: All submissions can be sent via email to editors@underreviewlit.com. Prose submissions must be limited to 5,000 words Poetry submissions must be limited to five poems per poet Summer Issue Submission Deadline – May 1, 2020 at 11:59 pm CT Please visit UnderReviewLit.com for their first… Read Article →
The submission portal for the 2020 LAS graduate student symposium at DePaul is now open! The submission deadline is March 27th. This year’s topic is The Question of Trust: Problems and Opportunities for the Intellectually Curious and Actively Engaged: Over the past four years, the media outlets we trust, the scientific findings we ponder, and the social mores we subscribe to have increasingly become a matter of political ideology in public discourse. Institutional and social trust has eroded. Differences are emphasized, and similarities recede into the background. The consensus-building approach of solidarity movements to… Read Article →
DePaul’s own arts and literature magazine, Crook & Folly, is now accepting submissions for Edition 40! See the attached flyer for details.