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SLAB is announcing a final call for fresh voices to publish in their literary magazine. SLAB is published annually by the English Department of Slippery Rock University, and they are currently seeking entrants for the Elizabeth R. Curry Poetry Contest. Kathy Fagan will be the judge for this year and the first-place winner will receive $600, publication in SLAB, and a limited edition, hand-bound chapbook of the winner’s poetry. There is a $10 reading fee and the deadline is December 1st. If you have any questions or would like a sample issue, please email  <slabstaff@gmail.com>

Fall 2018 Travel Writing Contest Read the general guidelines here. Award-winning literary travel magazine Nowhere is accepting submissions for our Fall 2018 Travel Writing Contest. Nowhere is looking for young, old, novice and veteran writers to send us stories that possess a powerful sense of place. Stories can be fiction, nonfiction, poetry or essay, but please indicate which genre at the top of your manuscript. Entries should be between eight hundred and five thousand words,  must be in English, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner in another contest. Previously published work is accepted, but again, please indicate… Read Article →

F(r)iction is now accepting submissions for their Winter Literary Contests! F(r)iction is accepting previously unpublished works of short fiction, flash fiction, and poetry. They accept submissions from writers located anywhere in the world, as long as the work is in English. Their editorial staff favors stories that celebrate the weird, take risks, and are driven by a strong, unique voice. To best understand their style, they strongly recommend buying an issue of F(r)iction at the TBL Store. Please visit the formatting guidelines page to properly format your work for submission. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify TBL immediately if your work is selected for publication elsewhere. They encourage writers to… Read Article →

Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers Deadline: October 31, 2018 1st place wins $2,500, publication in Glimmer Train and 10 copies. 2nd place wins $500, or if chosen for publication, $700. 3rd place wins $300, or if chosen for publication, $700. (All submissions are considered for publication.) ►Please note: This is Glimmer Train’s last New Writer contest of the year. The next—and final one—will be held in March/April 2019. Open only to emerging writers who haven’t had fiction appear in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000. (Previous online publication is fine.)… Read Article →

Brine Literary is currently seeking poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for its second issue. They are also looking for art/photography for our cover art contest! Brine Literary is an international journal of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. They are committed to showcasing the brightest voices of today, both established and emerging. The journal publishes both online and in print semi-annually (with our next issue coming out November/December 2018). Brine, in conjunction with The Pickling Poet, presents a unique publishing opportunity which allows our writers to reach a huge audience well beyond normal literary circles. In addition to their  free online journal, with each purchase from The Pickling Poet (both… Read Article →

The Crambo is accepting submissions! The Crambo welcomes submissions of poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, screenplays, cartoons, short graphic fiction, and visual art. Graduate students from any university are welcome to submit. All work must be original, previously unpublished, and in English. They do not accept simultaneous submissions. It is the author’s responsibility to retract their submission if their work is accepted by another publication. Please feel free to submit as many pieces as you wish. Please create separate submissions for different genres (poetry, fiction, art, etc.). The submission process: Read and accept Article Submission Agreement. Provide… Read Article →

The Sonora Review is pleased to announce that it is open to contest submissions for Issue 75: DESIRE until November 5th.    Sonora Review is run entirely by graduate students in the MFA program at the University of Arizona. They are among the oldest student-run literary journals in the country, and the SR has been devoted since its founding in 1980 to offering a venue for exciting new and emerging authors, as well as prominent southwestern writers and artists.   Guidelines: The theme is DESIRE. For a sense of what they are looking for, please see the contest submissions preview. Include a cover letter with a brief biography, your… Read Article →

#MeToo: Stories of Survival Deadline October 30th, 2018 The London Reader is issuing an open call for short stories, creative non-fiction, poetry, art, true stories, and all other creative writing from those who want to stand up and speak out against sexual harassment, assault, intimate partner violence, or any other unwanted sexual conduct. The #MeToo movement has begun to reveal just how many people have been affected by an often-ignored, but all-too-common, culture of sexual entitlement and violence. Survivors are increasingly standing up, telling their stories, and forcing the world to listen. This issue of the London Reader will… Read Article →

The fourteenth Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize is open for submissions. Anyone over the age of 18 who has not already published more than one full-length poetry collection may submit. The winner will receive a purse of $3000, and his or her collection will be published by Waywiser in the USA and the UK in the fall of 2019. The winner and the judge will give a reading at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. on the day the book is launched. Past judges include Richard Wilbur, Mark Strand, Mary Jo Salter, Rosanna Warren, Charles… Read Article →

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