Black Lawrence Press is still accepting submissions of unpublished poetry or short story collections for the 2015 Hudson Prize. The contest winner will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. The submission deadline is March 31, 2015. Writers can submit their manuscripts here.
The DePaul English department’s sixth annual student-run spring conference will take place on Friday, May 8, 2015, in Arts & Letters Hall. DePaulians may submit their original works of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, literary analysis, pedagogical and literary theory, and publishing, professional, and teaching practices. The submission deadline is Monday, April 6, 2015. This year’s conference theme is Wonder, in honor of the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Submission Guidelines Submit 300- to 500-word abstracts OR complete papers (complete papers are preferred, but abstracts are fine, too) for up to two works total: ONE creative… Read Article →
Two Cities Review, a new literary magazine, is accepting submissions for its prose contest. The contest theme is Cities Gone Wrong. The winner in each category—fiction and nonfiction—will receive $250 and publication. The submission deadline is March 15, 2015. Writers can submit their entries for a $5 fee here. *** Catamaran Literary Reader is offering a $200 early bird registration discount for its second annual fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama summer writing conferences. The conference takes place August 12–16, 2015. Register by April 15 for the discounted ($1,050) price, which covers four nights’ lodging at the Robert Louis Stevenson campus on Pebble Beach; meals;… Read Article →
Saturday, February 28: The deadline for Highland Park Poetry’s 2015 Poetry Challenge. Highland Park Poetry is seeking poems in one of three categories: 1) food, 2) wonderland (in honor of the 150th publication anniversary of Alice in Wonderland), or 3) an etheree. Poets may submit one poem for free; additional poems incur a reading fee of $4 each. Sunday, March 1: The deadline to submit to the 2015–2016 edition of Highland Park journal East on Central. Tuesday, March 10: The deadline to submit to Chicago Poetry Press’s Journal of Modern Poetry (JOMP) 18. The theme is peace. Friday, March 20: The deadline to… Read Article →
Spry Literary Journal is open to submissions for its sixth issue. *** Ghost Town, the online literary journal of the MFA program at California State University, San Bernardino, is looking for “fearless and inventive” fiction, poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. The submission deadline is April 15, 2015. Writers can submit their work here. *** Bird’s Thumb, a new literary magazine dedicated to publishing emerging writers, invites submissions of stories, essays, and poetry. The next submission deadline is April 1, 2015. *** Walk with Us, a tribute anthology to The West Wing, is seeking submissions on the theme of… Read Article →
The submission deadline for the University of St. Thomas spring graduate student conference, Postcards from the Edge: Texts and Contexts, has been extended to March 16, 2015. See below for the call for proposals.
Tuscany Press is considering submissions of adult novels, young adult novels, and short stories for its Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction. The submission deadline is June 30, 2015. Writers may submit their work here.
The Vermont Studio Center (VSC) and Henry Luce Foundation are accepting applications for their Chinese Poetry and Translation Fellowships Program. The application deadline is April 1, 2015. In 2015, VSC will award 12 Chinese poets and literary translators with month-long joint residencies to create new work, both individually and in collaboration.
The North American Review is accepting submissions for its inaugural Torch Memorial Prize for Creative Nonfiction, which commemorates writer and teacher Rafael Torch. The submission deadline is April 1, 2015. Eula Biss will judge the contest. The winner will receive $500 and publication in North American Review.
New Letters is accepting entries for its annual literary awards. Writers can submit their work here for a $25/entry reading fee. New Letters will award the following prizes: $1,500 New Letters Prize for Poetry for the best group of three to six poems $1,500 Dorothy Cappon Prize for the best Essay $1,500 Alexander Cappon Prize for Fiction for the best short story The submission deadline is May 18, 2015.
The Southampton Review, Stony Brook Southampton’s semiannual literary magazine, is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and art. The submission deadline is May 1, 2015. See the flyer below for more information.
Crab Orchard Review, the literary journal of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is accepting submissions from graduate and undergraduate students for the Charles Johnson Fiction Award, the Rafael Torch Literary Nonfiction Award, and the Allison Joseph Poetry Award. The winner in each category will receive $1,000 and publication. There is a $5 entry fee. The submission deadline is this Friday (February 20, 2015). Submit to the 2015 COR Student Writing Awards here.