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Are you a writer who is working on their next book? Or, are you a new writer, working on your debut manuscript? Consider applying for a Tin House writer’s residency as you finish your next project! Read below to learn about the residencies available for June – August 2025. (The information below has been copied from the Tin House website.) 2025 Summer Residencies ParentsJuneThis residency is intended to support writers with children 18 or younger. General ResidencyJulyThis residency is intended for any writer working on a full-length manuscript. First BookAugustThis residency is intended for debut… Read Article →

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is accepting applications for the 2025 Eudora Welty Research Fellowship. Offered in partnership with the Eudora Welty Foundation, this annual fellowship awards a $5,000 stipend to one graduate student to conduct research using the Eudora Welty Collection at MDAH for two weeks during the summer. Click here to find out more and to view the submission guidelines! The deadline for all applications is March 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm CST.

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 The Black List 2025 Unpublished Novel Award

TO: All Students in the MAE/MALP, MAWP, and MFA Programs FROM: Miles Harvey, Department Chair DATE: April 8, 2024 RE: 2024 Spring Quarter Partial Tuition Scholarship Awards The M.A. in English, M.A. in Literature and Publishing, M.A. in Writing and Publishing, and M.F.A. in Writing and Publishing programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize the outstanding academic achievement of students in the English department’s three graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for 2024 Spring graduate courses in English taken toward the MAE, MALP, MAWP, and MFA degrees…. Read Article →

Tin House Fall Residency Program (Portland, Oregon – Deadline March 29) The Tin House Resident will be housed in a 900 square ft. studio apartment next to the Tin House Workshop office in Northwest Portland. The apartment includes a full kitchen, bathroom, and a small living room/office with WiFi. There are several coffee shops, restaurants, and grocery stores within walking distance of the apartment and access to public transit. Parents ResidencySeptemberThis residency is open to writers with children 18 years of age or younger (as of March 1st, 2024). General ResidencyOctoberThis residency is intended for any… Read Article →

The Cut Call for Pitches The Cut (of the New Yorker) publishes stories that address our readers’ lives head-on, with generous wit, honesty, and power. We are in a dynamic conversation with women about the issues that matter to them most—politics, feminism, work, money, relationships, mental health, fashion, and issues relating to equality—and we’re always looking for ideas that add to that conversation. Our stories go through a collaborative and thorough editorial process, and writers are paid at competitive rates. What we’re looking for: Smart, generous, funny writing that engages with The Cut’s readers and finds a natural home on our… Read Article →

33 ⅓ Series Call for Proposals (Deadline March 29) Widely acclaimed by fans, musicians and scholars alike, the 33 ⅓ series dives deep into your favorite artists, albums and genres. In October 2003 we published our first ever batch of 33 ⅓ books, each one focusing on a popular LP. Since then we’ve covered many artists and albums, from Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures to Celine Dion’s Let’s Talk About Love, Duran Duran’s Rio to Kraftwerk’s Computer World, and Madvillain’s Madvillainy to Britney Spears’s Blackout. Each album covered in the series occupies such a specific place in music history, so each book-length treatment is different. Since… Read Article →

Short Story, Long Call for Submissions (Deadline March 31) Short stories, 2k-8k words long (with the 3,000-5,500 range being our real sweet spot). What are we looking for? Honestly, best indicator is to read a story or two we’ve already published. Second best indicator is to generally be familiar with Aaron’s taste and what he’s published on HAD, and Hobart before that. Every published story will be paired with original art, and I am paying both writer and artist $100. Submissions will be open until the end of March. Please only submit once per submission period.

december Call for Submissions & 2024 Curt Johnson Prose Awards(Deadline May 1) “december invites submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction (essays, memoirs, biography, literary journalism, social or cultural commentary or analysis), and visual art (print or digital). december magazine was founded in Iowa City in 1958 by a group of poets, writers, and artists who declared, “We are humanists…far more concerned with people than dogmatic critical or aesthetic attitudes.” december was a pioneer in the “little” magazine and small press movement, publishing cutting-edge fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and art.  december has a distinguished legacy of publishing the early work of little-known writers and artists, many of… Read Article →

Berkley | Penguin Random House Open Submission Program Call for Novels “Berkley launched its Open Submission Program in 2021 with the goal of creating a direct submission channel to editors in hopes of reaching more potential authors and sharing their works with the world. At Berkley, we strive to publish commercial fiction that reflects the world we live in and to bring readers stories that encompass a full range of backgrounds, experiences and unique perspectives.  Beginning March 18, 2024 at 9:00am ET, we will accept the first 1,000 submissions. We are looking for full-length adult novels in the… Read Article →

“ The Milkweed Fellowship is grounded in our belief that books have the potential to change the way we see the world, and that equity is essential to a vibrant, diverse, and empowered literary ecosystem. This paid, one- to two-year immersion program is designed to offer the tools, experience, and exposure necessary to pursue a career in book publishing. Intended to provide an alternative route to leadership in an industry where the prerequisite to an entry-level position is typically an unpaid internship, this learning-oriented position seeks to provide entry to those historically underrepresented among workers in book… Read Article →

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