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We’ve been keeping you up-to-date on opportunities and events throughout the quarter—but it helps to see these all in one place! In case you need it, here’s a recap of all the fellowships, contests, and more with upcoming deadlines between now and early January (and a few with later deadlines, to help you plan ahead). Each item in the list below will have a hyperlink to its original post, where you can view more info and access application links. Fellowships, Workshops, and Residencies “Writing Between the Vines” Retreats for Writers (Available this February at four… Read Article →

Happy Monday! Here are some upcoming calls for submissions between the end of the month and early next year, as well as info on two fall poetry workshops over Zoom. Below this list is a description of “Writing Between the Vines,” a 2025 writers’ retreat at four California vineyards. (The information below has been copied from each journal’s website.) 1. Kitchen Table Quarterly Deadline: October 31, 2024 About: Kitchen Table Quarterly is a journal preoccupied with history—true history. Each of us holds the histories of what came before: mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and on and on and on. We… Read Article →

Read below for submission details for Frontier Poetry’s upcoming 2024 Portrait Prize! Submissions close December 15, 2024, and the winners will be selected and published in early to mid-spring of 2025. (The information below has been copied from Frontier Poetry’s information page.) Maybe you’ve seen her. We don’t know her real name—we just know her as “The Mona Lisa.” How often do we really think about the “Girl with a Pearl Earring” outside of the confines of Vermeer’s iconic painting? Choose your favorite portrait, from photographs and paintings to that excellent selfie you took on… Read Article →

Several literary journals are interested in your work! Below are a few publications with upcoming submission deadlines between mid-October and the end of the year. (You may have seen some of these in an earlier post, but a few more have been newly added.) Entries closest to the top of the list are the most time-sensitive. (The information below has been copied from each journal’s website.) Deadline: October 16, 2024 About: Submission Guidelines: Submission Page: https://uncharted.submittable.com/submit/b18c7bf9-9d16-4929-91f6-16b605ab37b7/horror-challenge-500-awarded-judged-by-uncharted-editors 2. Catamaran Literary Reader Special Issue: Gardens Deadline: October 16, 2AM CST About: Submission Page/Guidelines: click here! 3. Thin… Read Article →

Several literary journals are interested in your work! Below are a few publications with upcoming submission deadlines between mid-October and the end of the year. Entries closest to the top of the list are the most time-sensitive. (The information below has been copied from each journal’s website.) Deadline: October 16, 2AM CST About: Submission Page/Guidelines: click here! 2. Thin Air Magazine Submit your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and writing that defies genre classification to Thin Air Magazine by October 20th to be considered for Issue 31 (print issue). This year’s theme is Metamorphosis!: art that ponders the metamorphoses we see in… Read Article →

From literary magazines to opportunities for publishing and industry recognition, check out these upcoming contests for writers! (Entries closest to the top of the list are the most time-sensitive.) Information below is copied from each competition’s webpage. 2. Cinematic Prose Writing Competition 3. Narrative Magazine Fall 2024 Story Contest 4. Black Fox Literary Magazine 5. Disquiet International Literary Program Prize 6. The Black List 2025 Unpublished Novel Award

Catamaran accepts fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art. Themes they are especially interested in are science and nature writing, creativity and the artistic process, personal journey and travel, and innovation; any setting is fine, but the West Coast is of particular interest. There is an $8 reading fee for general submissions. You can submit to Catamaran at any time of the year! They would like to consider your submission for two consecutive quarterly issues of the magazine after you submit, so please allow up to six months for a decision. For special, time-sensitive calls for submission, see… Read Article →

The Missouri Review‘s 34th Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize is accepting submissions through Tuesday, October 1! One winner from each genre (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) will receive a $5,000 cash prize, as well as publication and promotion. Winners will be announced in early 2025. There is a $4 reading fee for each genre. Click here to open the online submissions form! Contest guidelines and eligibility details can be found below: Guidelines Eligibility Submit Questions? E-mail contest_question@moreview.com

Glassworks publishes nonfiction, fiction, poetry, hybrid pieces, and artwork, both digitally and in print. They are currently reading until December 15, 2024 for their 2025 print issue. Glassworks also publishes flash fiction, prose poetry, and micro essays (under 750 words each) every month in their online edition, Flash Glass. Submissions for Flash Glass are also accepted through December 15, 2024, and occasionally reopen throughout the year. More information about Glassworks and Flash Glass, sample issues, submission guidelines, and a link to submit via Submittable can be found at www.rowanglassworks.org. Glassworks is the literary magazine of Rowan… Read Article →

Submit your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and writing that defies genre classification to Thin Air Magazine by October 20th to be considered for Issue 31 (print issue). This year’s theme is Metamorphosis!: art that ponders the metamorphoses we see in creation, in destruction, in reflection, in meditation, in stagnation, in art itself. Submit your pieces that engage with this theme via the Thin Air Magazine Submittable page.  Thin Air Magazine is an MFA-run literary journal based out of Northern Arizona University. See Thin Air‘s submission guidelines below: We charge a $3.00 submission fee for our print… Read Article →

There are only two more weeks to submit your best work to our 2024 contests for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.Three prizes of $1,500 each and publication in New Ohio Review will be awarded for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay.Submit a story or essay of up to 20 pages or a poem or group of poems of up to 6 pages or a with a $22 entry fee, which includes a subscription to New Ohio Review, by April 15th.All entries are considered for publication.This year’s judges are Naomi Shihab Nye for poetry, Lily… Read Article →

The Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes have again partnered on an exciting grant opportunity that may be of interest to your students. See below a brief summary of this initiative, and please feel free to circulate amongst your department or forward to any colleague not included here that you deem fit. The Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes Emerging Critics Program supports individuals in the early stages of their career in film and media criticism. Ahead of the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival (May 3-9, 2024), two recipients will be selected and awarded the… Read Article →

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