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Ready your pens and keyboards—it’s submission season!   Subito Press, a small non-profit publishing company established by the University of Colorado Boulder’s creative writing department, is currently holding a contest for book-length works of poetry or prose and are in their last push for submissions. They hope to encourage MFA students to submit their work.   The contest is taking submissions until October 1st for a reading fee of $25 per submission.   Works can be submitted through this link: https://subitopress.submittable.com/submit   This year’s judges are two faculty members from the creative writing department at CU—Marcia… Read Article →

The 29th Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize competition is now open for submissions in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. First-place winners in each category receive $5000, feature publication in the spring issue, and are honored at a gala reading and reception in Columbia, Missouri. Contest finalists are often published in the magazine also, or, in the case of poetry, as part of Missouri Review‘s Poem of the Week online feature. All entrants are considered for publication.   This opportunity is open to writers at all levels. Missouri Review prides themselves on focusing on the quality of the… Read Article →

Glassworks is accepting submissions through December 15, 2019!   Glassworks, the literary magazine of Rowan University’s Master of Arts in Writing graduate program, publishes nonfiction, fiction, poetry, hybrid pieces, and artwork both digitally and in print. They are currently reading for spring and fall 2020 print issues. They also publish flash fiction, prose poetry, and micro essays monthly in their online edition Flash Glass. Submissions for Flash Glass are accepted on a year-round, rolling basis.   More information about the magazine, sample issues, and the submission manager can be found at www.rowanglassworks.org.

Twice each year Black Lawrence Press will run the Black River Chapbook Competition for an unpublished chapbook of poems or short fiction between 16-36 pages in length. The contest is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner will receive book publication, a $500 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Prizes are awarded on publication. Spring Entry Period: April 1 – May 31 Fall Entry Period: September 1 – October 31 Visit the chapbook competition website for more information.

SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR THE DESPERATE LITERATURE SHORT FICTION PRIZE Awarded for fiction under 2000 words. First Prize: – €1000 – A week’s residency at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation – A consultation with a US Literary Agent from Foundry Literary + Media Runners-up Prizes: – €250 (two prizes available) All Winners: – Publication in 3:AM, Structo Magazine, and A Women’s Thing – Participation in The Desperate Literature Prize Salon (a Salon, no less), at Desperate Literature, Madrid – Participation in The Desperate Literature Prize Salon, at Shakespeare and Company, Paris (TBC) – Participation in the Rizoma Film Festival (TBC)* All Shortlisted… Read Article →