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 →
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 →
Join us at The Dead Zoo film and reading on Tuesday, October 22, from 6:30 – 7:30, at DePaul’s Cortelyou Commons (2324 N. Fremont Street), for DePaul’s Sustainability Month! A 20-minute film based on Prof. Chris Green’s sonnet crown The Dead Zoo (poems from the perspective of endangered or extinct animals, plants, and places) will play silently while other poets help him read the sonnets. This will be followed by a conversation with Environmental Science Prof. Liam Heneghan about poetry, climate change, and mass extinction. The poets who will read include cin salach, Tony Trigilio, Josh Corey, Mike Puican, John McCarthy, and Patty… 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.
Click here to view the winter quarter list [update 10/11]: http://www.english-exlibris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10-11-24_WQ2025-Course-Descriptions_Grad.pdf (Course descriptions can always be found under the “Courses” tab in the header of this website.)
SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellowship 2025 [The information below has been copied from the SmokeLong submissions portal.] Deadline: December 15, 10:59 PM CST About: Submission Page: https://smokelong.submittable.com/Submit
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 →
(The information below has been copied from Pen America’s website.) Deadline: October 5, 2024, 10:59 PM CST The Emerging Voices Workshop in Los Angeles serves early-career writers from communities underrepresented in the publishing world. An outgrowth of the long-running Emerging Voices Fellowship, this in-person craft intensive shares the goal of demystifying publishing, cultivating literary community, and diversifying the publishing and entertainment industries. The week-long workshop, offered twice annually, provides 15 writers the opportunity to develop a manuscript-in-progress with peers and expert instructors. Mornings are dedicated to guided poetry, fiction, and nonfiction workshops. Afternoons offer access to visiting… 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
Join us Wednesday, October 2nd, at 6PM (in Levan 100) as the English Department and Department of Modern Languages cohost “Place and Displacement in the Craft of Fiction,” with authors and professors Miles Harvey and Gazmend Kapllani!