Columbia: A Journal of Literature & Art is accepting original work in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for its annual writing competition. One winner in each category will receive a $500 cash prize and publication in Issue 53, due out this spring. The submission deadline is December 1, 2014. The entry fee is $15. Enter the competition here.
Books on a Whim in Evanston is always seeking humorous submissions. See below. Are you a funny writer? Do you know funny writers? Books on a Whim holds writing contests for Grade A Papers publications. E-mail info@booksonawhim.com to stay informed about upcoming projects.
The 30 Below Contest is open to all young writers, poets, visual artists, photographers, performers, and filmmakers between eighteen and thirty years old. Deadline: Saturday, November 15, at midnight, PST. First Prize: $1,500 Second Prize: $750 Third Prize: $300 Ten finalists receive $100 each 30 Below Contest entrants may submit their work here.
The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival‘s annual fiction contest is accepting submissions through 5 p.m. CST on November 16, 2014. For more information, view the contest guidelines and FAQ.
The Conium Review’s Flash Fiction Contest is currently seeking submissions. The submission deadline is December 15, 2014. This year’s judge is Ashley Farmer, author of Beside Myself (Tiny Hardcore Press) and Farm Town (Rust Belt Bindery). The winning writer receives $300, a copy of the judge’s latest book, online publication, and publication as a limited-run broadside or micro-chap for distribution at the 2015 AWP Conference.
Memoryhouse Magazine Memoryhouse Magazine, the University of Chicago’s quarterly student-run publication, welcomes submissions of poetry, prose, comics, visual art, and experimental media submissions on a rolling basis. The magazine reviews submissions as a whole twice per quarter.
Carbon Culture Review Carbon Culture Review welcomes submissions of previously unpublished fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, translations, photography, and visual art connected with modern technology. A journal “at the intersection of new literature, art, technology and contemporary culture,” CCR is distributed in bookstores throughout the United States annually by Media Solutions. CCR will also showcase a digital online issue with original monthly content updates on the web. Learn more and view submission guidelines here.
A notice from Glimmer Train. New Writer Award: First place wins $1,500 and publication in Issue 96. This category is open only to emerging writers whose fiction has not appeared in any print publication with a circulation of more than 5,000. (Seven of the last eight first place New Writer winners have been those authors’ first print publications.) Second- and third-place winners receive $500/$300, respectively, or, if accepted for publication, $700. Winners and finalists will be announced in the February 1 bulletin, and contacted directly the previous week. Most submissions run 1,500–6,000 words, but can be as… Read Article →
Bird’s Thumb welcomes submissions of stories, essays, and poetry by December 1, 2014. To quote the website, “Bird’s Thumb is dedicated to discovering and publishing the emerging writer. As an evolving journal, we’re open to many styles and we’re interested in diverse voices.” Check out the submission guidelines and submit work via Submittable.
Here’s a message from Crook & Folly‘s new editors in chief, Eric Houghton and Lucina Schell. Crook & Folly is seeking students interested in joining the 2014 editorial team in the following areas: Fiction editor, readers Poetry editor, readers Creative nonfiction editor, readers Dramatic literature editor, readers Micro prose (new!) editor, readers Copy editors Promotional staff Interested students should send a brief (200 words) letter describing their experience and interest to crookandfolly@gmail.com by Friday, November 7. We are currently scheduling interviews for the weeks of 11/3 and 11/10. Come be a part of Chicago’s literary community!… Read Article →
The Word’s Worth Committee at Illinois State University seeks paper proposals from graduate students for the ISU Word’s Worth Conference. The 2015 conference theme is transgressions. The conference will take place on Friday, April 17, 2015. Students may submit their proposals through this online form by Thursday, January 15, 2015. For more information, check out the official call for proposals.
Creative Nonfiction is seeking submissions for two new anthologies from In Fact Books; a special issue of CNF; and the Exploring the Boundaries section of the magazine. January 20 Exploring the Boundaries (section of the magazine) What to send: Ambitious writing that pushes against the conventional boundaries of the genre, plays with style and form, and makes its own rules. February 9 Beyond Crazy (a book) What to send: Original stories that address —either directly or obliquely—the trials of living with mental illness. March 9 Becoming a Teacher (another book) What to send: Stories by and/or about elementary… Read Article →