The deadline to submit proposals to DePaul’s LAS Graduate Student Conference has been extended to January 22! Find out more on the flyer above or online.
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The Summer Literary Seminars (SLS) are now open for submissions to their 2017 contests in fiction and poetry. The contests offer writers and opportunity to win full funding for SLS programs in Georgia and Kenya as well as publication in Fence Magazine. The entry fee is $17 and the deadline is February 28. Find out more and apply online.
The deadline for submissions and abstracts to the 25th annual Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language and Media (MCLLM) is at the end of this month, Friday, January 27! Hosted annually by Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL, MCLLM is seeking proposals for 15-minute paper from individuals and panels on humanities research – especially graduate student submissions. Interested students can submit 200-500 word proposals to mcllm@niu.edu. Please include name, institutional afiliation, email, and phone number of each author. Panel proposals should include a brief overview of the panel’s theme and purpose, along with a 200-500 word abstract for… Read Article →
Las Angeles-based ideas magazine Zócal Public Square is open for submissions for their 6th annual poetry prize . They are searching for a U.S. poet whose poem best evokes a connection to place. The winner will receive $500 and will be published by Zócal online. There is no registration fee and entrants can send up to three poems. The deadline is February 3. Find out more and submit online.
The Chicago Tribune is now accepting submissions to their 2017 Nelson Algren Literary Contest. They are accepting submission of 8,000 words with a limit of two stories per author. There is no entry fee. The winner will receive $3,500. The deadline is January 31. Submit online here. The Chicago Tribune’s Nelson Algren Literary Awards is a nationally recognized contest for original short fiction, named in honor of the Chicago literary great Nelson Algren. The contest has been held annually since 1981. The award has been presented to a number of distinguished authors, including Louise Erdrich… Read Article →
The Fourth Annual Interdisciplinary LAS Graduate Student Conference is happening this spring and the deadline to submit is fast approaching! The conference takes place March 3 on the Lincoln Park Campus and is an opportunity for graduate students from across the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences to showcase their work and interact with work from students across departments. Students may propose individual papers or poster presentations. Papers can be completed or in-progress, and this conference can be a good opportunity to workshop a paper to be submitted to another academic conference. Submit online here. Submissions are due January 15…. Read Article →
January 15 is the final day to submit fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction to Reunion: The Dallas Review! Reunion is seeking fresh, well crafted, professional quality work from across the nation to publish in their large format annual publication. Send in submissions online. Find further details below: Fiction: one story, up to 5,000 words Poetry: 3-5 poems. Longer poems will be considered, but shorter are preferable. Please submit as one document Creative nonfiction: up to 5,00 words Also accepting submissions of translations, drama, and the visual arts From the editors: For over two decades, Reunion: The Dallas… Read Article →
The microzine press Rinky Dink Press is looking for submissions of micropoetry! Rinky Dink Press is currently accepting submissions of 5-6 thematically related micropoems (between 25 and 40 words) for their Spring 2017series. The submission deadline is January 13, 2017. Send submissions of 5-6 micropoems in a single word document to rinkydinkpress@gmail.com. From the editors: Rinky Dink Press is on a mission to get poetry back into the hands (and pockets) of the people – each of our single author collections can fit in your pocket, but we never sacrifice craft, and despite the tiny format, we… Read Article →
Monthly online litmag, Bodega Magazine is launching their first writing contest, and the deadline is fast approaching! The contest is open for fiction and poetry. Winners will receive $250, publication, and a chance to participate in a Q&A with judges Jay Deshpane and Tracy O’Neill. The deadline is November 30th, submit here.
A reminder that the Columbia Journal is accepting submissions of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry for their 2016 Winter Contest until December 12. 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. 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 Gourevitch to… Read Article →
A friendly reminder that MENAGE literary journal is open for submissions. MENAGE will be searching for submissions weekly throughout December, so expect frequent reminders! From the editors: Submissions to MENAGE, a new online weekly, are open. Please send 3-5 poems to editor@menagemagazine.com. Attachments are preferred. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable. Please let us know if any pieces are accepted elsewhere. MENAGE aims to create a place for poems in translation and in conversation with each other. We publish original work and translations as well a the feature, “Pair of the Week,” which reprints two poems in… Read Article →
Submissions for the 2017 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival’s fiction contest will be closing at the end of the month on November 30. Find full submission details here, or see the the official call for submissions below: Hello Coordinators, Instructor, Directors, and Writers, The 2017 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival’s Fiction Contest will close on November 30, 2016. The winner of the Fiction Contest will receive the following: $1,500 Domestic airfare (up to $500) and French Quarter accommodations to attend the Festival Publication in Louisiana Literature Public reading at a literary panel in the… Read Article →