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SUMMARY:P - The APR Honickman First Book Prize
DESCRIPTION:The prize of $3\,000\, with an introduction by the judge and distribution of the winning book by Copper Canyon Press through Consortium\, will be awarded in 2025 with publication of the book in the same year. The author will receive a standard book publishing contract\, with royalties paid in addition to the $3\,000 prize. This year’s final judge is poet Nicole Sealey. \nThe prize is open to poets who have not published a book-length collection of poems with a registered ISBN. Poems previously published in journals or limited-edition chapbooks may be included in the manuscript\, but the entire manuscript itself must not have been published as a book-length work. Translations are not eligible nor are works written by multiple authors. The editors of The American Poetry Review will screen manuscripts for the judge. APR complies with the CLMP Code of Ethics in the administration of this contest. The judge will select a manuscript in an anonymous review process and will not award the prize to any writer whose personal relationship to the judge poses a conflict of interest. \nTo be considered for the prize\, submit a manuscript of 48 pages or more\, single-spaced\, paginated\, with a table of contents and acknowledgments. \n• Manuscripts must be received by October 1\, 2024 The winning author and all other entrants will be notified by January 15\, 2025.\n• You may simultaneously submit your manuscript elsewhere\, but please notify us immediately if it is accepted for publication. Submission of more than one manuscript is permissible; each must be under separate cover with a fee\, a return postcard\, and a notification envelope.\n• The winning author will have time to revise the manuscript after acceptance\, but please send no revisions during the reading period.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-apr-honickman-first-book-prize/
LOCATION:The APR Honickman First Book Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to The Courtship of Winds. Theme: Election 2024
DESCRIPTION:Recognizing the importance of the upcoming presidential election\, the winter issue of The Courtship of Winds will be a special Election Issue and will be published before the election. We are once again looking at a desperately important election in the fall.  As a result we would be particularly interested in submissions for the next issue that touch in some way on the place we find ourselves in the U.S. trying to right a teetering democracy.  As our situation is not unique in the world\, writers and artists in other countries should feel free to submit work that speaks to the situations in their countries. Submissions should still be works of art\, as opposed to simple diatribe.  Other than that\, there are no narrow restrictions. \n\nThe Courtship of Winds publishes poetry\, fiction\, and essays. Please submit no more than six poems at a time. Please include a short\, third-person bio with your submission. Please use Submittable for all submissions. Simultaneous submissions are fine\, provided the author immediately withdraws any work accepted elsewhere. Please withdraw work only through Submittable\, indicating in the “reason” field if you are withdrawing part or all of your submission.  Courtship does not publish previously published work.  Authors retain all rights to their work. You should expect a response within six months. We regret that we cannot currently pay for accepted work. \n\n  \nPoetry\nSubmit up to 6 poems.  We are open to all subjects and styles. \nFiction\nWe are open to anything from very short fiction (aka “flash fiction\,” though we don’t love that term) to substantial short stories or excerpts from novels.  Length shouldn’t exceed 10\,000 words as a rule. \nNon-Fiction\nWe are interested in essays that offer insightful observations of social\, political or philosophical matters and which are written in an engaging\, accessible style.  Sharp\, concise literary analysis\, reportage\, and travel writing are also welcome. Length should generally not exceed 10\,000 words. \n\n  \nIt goes without saying that we are looking to publish the best work.  Some sense of the editorial philosophy behind Courtship can be gained by reading the “Editor’s Desk” page.  We are interested in publishing “unknowns\,” as well as well-established writers.  A writer who has published absolutely nothing will be read the same way as a prize-winning “name” writer.   Work that does something not seen before or\, more to the point\, makes us see differently — call it avant-garde\, experimental\, or what you like — is always welcome.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-frsubmissions-to-the-courtship-of-winds-theme-election-2024/
LOCATION:The Courtship of Winds
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SUMMARY:F - The Last Line Literary Journal Seeking Submissions Ending with the Line: "I didn't want to admit it\, but Lee was usually right."
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guideline\n \nFiction: All stories must end with the last line provided. The line cannot be altered in any way\, unless otherwise noted by the editors. The story should be between 300 and 5\,000 words (this is more like a guideline and not a hard-and-fast rule; going over or under the word count won’t get your story tossed from the slush pile).\n \nAlso\, we understand that writers may add our last line to a story that they are currently working on or have already completed\, and that’s cool. But please do not add our last line to a previously published story and submit it to us. We do not accept previously published stories\, even if they have been repurposed for our last lines. Also\, we do not accept simultaneous submissions. \nAll Stories: Writers should include a two- to three-sentence biography of themselves that we can use in the journal should your story be accepted. \nMultiple Submissions: We don’t mind if you want to submit multiple stories for the same issue. However\, it is unlikely we will use more than one of your stories in the same issue. \nSubmissions: We prefer you send manuscripts via email to submission (@) thelastlinejournal (dot) com. We accept stories in MS Word or Word Perfect format (we prefer attachments). Please do not send .pdf versions of your story. Make sure your name and contact information\, as well as your bio\, are part of the attachment. Stories also can be sent to The Last Line‘s post office box (PO Box 250382\, Plano\, TX\, 75025-0382). No manuscripts will be returned without an accompanying SASE with sufficient return postage. \nThe 2024 last line is: \nI didn’t want to admit it\, but Lee was usually right.\nDue date: October 1\, 2024 \nNotification: We don’t make decisions about submissions until after each issue closes. We typically send notices to everyone who submitted within three to four weeks after the issue’s deadline. You can also check the website’s home page for each issue’s production status. \n\n\n\n\nPayment: We pay on publication: $20.00 – $40.00 for fiction (all U.S. dollars). We also send you a copy of the issue in which your piece appears. You’ll receive your money and issue at the same time. \n(Note to our international writers: Postage cost for sending author copies overseas is becoming outrageous\, so we are reducing international author payment by the amount it would cost to send one author copy overseas. However\, if you would like to receive an electronic version of the issue [PDF] instead of a hard copy\, author payment will not be changed.)
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-last-line-literary-journal-seeking-sybmissions-ending-with-the-line-i-didnt-want-to-admit-it-but-lee-was-usually-right/
LOCATION:The Last Line Literary Journal
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SUMMARY:P - Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2024
DESCRIPTION:Submit poems on any theme\, up to 250 lines each. \nPrizes: \n\nTOM HOWARD PRIZE: $3\,500 for a poem in any style or genre\nMARGARET REID PRIZE: $3\,500 for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style\nThe top two winners will also receive two-year gift certificates from our co-sponsor\, Duotrope (a $100 value)\nHonorable Mentions: 10 awards of $300 each (any style)\nTop 12 entries published online\nEnter via Submittable\n\nLength limit: 250 lines maximum per poem. No restriction on age of author. Authors from all countries eligible except Syria\, Iran\, North Korea\, Crimea\, Russia\, and Belarus (due to US government restrictions). Final judge: Michal ‘MJ’ Jones\, assisted by Briana Grogan and Dare Williams. \nFirst time entering? We prepared this brief video to guide you. See also our short entry checklist\, then click the button below to submit. Read the winning entries from the 21st contest. The results of the 22nd contest will be announced on April 15\, 2025. Fee: $22 per submission (one submission may contain up to 3 poems). Enter as many submissions as you wish. \nYou may submit published or unpublished work. Each submission may contain up to three poems. You may make multiple submissions. Please omit your name from your entries. We prefer 12-point type or larger. Please avoid fancy\, hard-to-read fonts. No restriction on age of author. All countries eligible except Syria\, Iran\, North Korea\, Crimea\, Russia\, and Belarus (due to US government restrictions). \nFor the purpose of the Margaret Reid Prize\, a poem in a traditional style employs regular meter and/or rhyme\, or is written in a recognized poetic form. This includes traditional Western forms such as ballads\, sonnets\, and blank verse\, Asian forms such as tanka and haiku\, and other traditional forms. \nFirst time entering? We prepared this brief video to guide you. See also our short entry checklist. \nEntry fee: $22 for each submission of 1-3 poems.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-tom-howard-margaret-reid-poetry-contest/
LOCATION:Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Issue 7 of Moss Puppy Magazine. Theme: The Boneyard
DESCRIPTION:Call For Submissions: The Boneyard\n\n\nFor our seventh issue\, we are diving into the haunting and evocative theme of “The Boneyard.” We are seeking prose and poetry that evoke feelings of abandonment\, emptiness\, loneliness\, and the eerie ambiance of graveyards. We invite you to explore both literal and abstract takes on this theme\, drawing on images of skeletal structures\, the haunting silence of a graveyard\, or the decaying remnants of a junkyard filled with old cars. Consider the symbolism of dog bones or the raw essence of bones themselves. \n\nIssue 7: What We’re Looking For\n\n\nWe are particularly interested in pieces that delve into spooky\, ghostly\, and haunting elements\, including personal experiences with death. Explore the underground\, dirt\, vines\, and the creepy aspects of “the creaky bones of the house.” Themes can also include the decaying remains of an old house or the bones of a relationship\, depending on your unique execution. \nWe seek emotionally resonant pieces that linger with us long after we’ve experienced them\, much like a visit to a boneyard. Whether you choose stark\, skeletal imagery or more metaphorical explorations of decay and emptiness\, we encourage you to interpret the theme in your unique way. \nLet your creativity roam through the eerie silence of the boneyard. We can’t wait to see how you bring this theme to life through your words and art. \nSimultaneous Submissions: Encouraged – just withdraw via email if it’s accepted elsewhere!\n​ \n\nPoetry\n\n\nPreferred Formatting:​ \n12 point font \nTimes New Roman \ndouble-spaced \nSubmit up to three poems separately using the appropriate Google Form. \nPoems can appear within one document\, but should be submitted separately for organizational purposes. \n\n\nProse\n\n\nPreferred Formatting:​ \n12 point font \nTimes New Roman \ndouble-spaced \nindented \nSubmit up to 3\,000 words of prose using the appropriate Google Form. \nProse can appear within one document\, but should be submitted separately for organizational purposes.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-issue-7-of-moss-puppy-magazine-theme-the-boneyard/
LOCATION:Moss Puppy Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Dorothy Parker's Ashes Seeking Submissions on the Theme of: The Cops
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are restricted to women and gender non-conforming people.\nSubmit.\nPlease submit first-person essays* anytime before the deadline prior to publication date. Please be advised that we reserve the right to edit\, though all edits will be sent to writer before publication for approval. Please feel free to include a suggested title and art but we reserve the right to change the title and choose the art. We do consider previously published essays\, taking into consideration venue\, date\, etc. \nAlthough the essay holds the central role at DPA\, we are open to other genres\, including experimental\, poetry and flash non-fiction\, as long as there is a first-person point of view. \nAll rights are non-exclusive. We do not currently offer payment. We accept no responsibility for anything from libel to hurt feelings. As Anne Lamott says\, “You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them\, they should’ve behaved better.” \nPreferred length. 500 to 2000 words. \nPlease send submissions along with a short bio pasted directly into your email to: info@dorothyparkersashes.com We ask for this to avoid potentially malware-laden attachments. Unless your formatting is a specific design element of your piece\, format should be single space with no paragraph indentation and one extra space between paragraphs.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-dorothy-parkers-ashes-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-of-the-cops/
LOCATION:Dorothy Parker’s Ashes
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submisions to Potomac Review. Theme: The Other
DESCRIPTION:We welcome poetry\, short fiction\, essays\, and meditations the topic. Writers may interpret these themes in a myriad of ways. For inspiration\, we offer excerpts from our recent editor’s note “A Reconciliatory Approach” \n“The initial seed of inspiration brings with it restraint and empathy\, humility\, and gratitude for whomever is abroad\, and the decision to share does not include the decision to disqualify\, for the decision to share is by definition reconciliatory; the poet will never meet but even a small percentage of their readers. Like othering\, not seeing is also a choice. We are not the only ones who observe and perhaps even engage in forms of mimesis. Just as self implies other\, the seen implicates the unseen. Much can be seen and understood\, but there is an ever-vanishing horizon\, and the other\, and the unseen\, call into this future. Seeing and failure to see are literary matters\, and while our themed issues will be capacious enough to allow for each writer’s vision—transgressive\, disruptive\, queer\, representative of the animal turn in the Anthropocene—they will be defining enough to proscribe that vision into the form of a task\, an aesthetic task\, where literature is itself seen as a form of reconciliation that does not recognize otherness\, difference\, disfiguration\, or boundaries except as an also-I where the unseen is that aspect of artistic creation that is ahead of its time\, that reveals itself as what has not yet been seen. ” \n  \nGeneral Submission Guidelines:\nPlease send us only one submission at a time per reading period. Send your work via Submittable at PotomacReview.Submittable.com. \nWe try to respond within four to six months. \nWe happily read simultaneous submissions\, but ask that you let us know as soon as a work has found a new home. Please see guidelines below for withdrawing your work if another publication has accepted it. \nWe do not accept multiple submissions. We cannot accept submissions from individuals currently associated with Montgomery College. \nContributors will be compensated with two complimentary copies and a 40% discount for additional copies. \nThank you! We look forward to reading your work. \nPoetry\nPlease send us up to five poems per poetry submission. \nIf any of your poems have been accepted elsewhere\, please leave a note in your submission specifying which were selected for publication\, and we’ll consider the remaining poems. \nFiction\nWhile we don’t have specific word limits for fiction submissions\, we are\, like everyone else\, constrained by final page counts. The longer the work\, the more difficult it is to find room for it; we typically find it difficult to make room for works that run much longer than 7\,500 words. On the other hand\, we’ve never turned down something we loved. \nWe only ask that you withdraw your submission if it has been accepted elsewhere. And please\, only send us one submission at a time. Thank you. \nNonfiction\nThere are no specific word limits for nonfiction submissions\, though like everyone else\, we are constrained by page counts\, and the longer a piece of work\, the more difficult it is to find room for it. We typically find it difficult to make room for works that run much longer than 7\,500 words. However\, we’ve never not been able to publish something we love.\nPlease note that we do not publish academic essays; we’re interested solely in creative nonfiction.\nWe only ask that you send one submission at a time (no multiple submissions)\, and that you withdraw your submission if it has been accepted elsewhere.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submisions-to-potomac-review-theme-the-other/
LOCATION:Potomac Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Still Point Arts Quarterly Seeking Submissions on: The Self-Portrait
DESCRIPTION:The focus of our winter 2024 journal will be: \nTHE SELF-PORTRAIT \nIn its grandest sense\, a self-portrait may be presented as a painting\,\na collage\, a poem\, an essay\, a story . . . Who is the you that you know?\nHow do you express it? \nCall for Writers\nSubmission Deadline: October 1\, 2024\nSelected writers will have their work published in the\nwinter 2024 issue of Still Point Arts Quarterly\nINFORMATION AND SUBMISSION FORM \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Self-Portrait | Journal Submission | Winter 2024 \nIn its grandest sense\, a self-portrait may be presented as a painting\, a collage\, a poem\, an essay\, a story . . . Who is the you that you know? How do you express it? \n\nStill Point Arts Quarterly is accepting writing submissions (fiction\, creative non-fiction\, essays\, poetry; 5000 words maximum) on the theme The Self-Portrait. \nDATES AND DEADLINES \nOctober 1\, 2024 – Submissions Close (Deadline) \nNovember 15\, 2024 (or earlier) – Notification of Writers \nDecember 1\, 2024 – Still Point Arts Quarterly Winter Issue Released \nGENERAL GUIDELINES AND POLICIES \n\nPlease do not email or call us to ask about the review process or results. We will email you when we have made a decision regarding your submission.\nIf we decide to publish your work\, we will send a writing agreement for your review and signature. Typically we ask for one-time print and digital rights. You may republish your work at any time.\nPlease know that we typically receive well over 100 poetry submissions\, and we accept between 5 and 8. To keep things somewhat orderly\, we limit all writing submissions to one piece per person.\nWe do accept reprints.\nIf we have published your work previously\, we have no waiting period for submitting work again. We’ll gladly accept good writing whenever we receive it.\n\n  \n\n  \n\nCategories: Fiction/Nonfiction/Poetry\nFile types: .doc\, .docx\nNumber of Pieces: 1 piece
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-still-point-arts-quarterly-the-self-portrait/
LOCATION:Still Points Arts Quarterly
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Open Call to HerStry. Theme: Traveling Women
DESCRIPTION:Traveling Women\nPack up your suitcases\, we’re going on vacation! Tell us your travel stories\, whether across the ocean or in your own city. A woman out in the world is still something revolutionary. \n** HerStry is always happy to share stories anonymously—if your story is selected for publication\, simply let your editor know you would not like your name shared ** \nTHE RULES:\n\n\nAll stories must be true and about you. \n\n\nStories must follow the theme in some way\, interpretations can be wide. \n\n\nStories must stay between 500–3\,000 words. \n\n\nDocuments should be double spaced\, 12Pt font with 1 inch margins. \n\n\nSubmissions must be in .doc or .docx form—we do not accept PDFs. \n\n\nStories are read blind. Please DO NOT put any identifying material on your manuscript. Manuscripts that don’t follow this rule will be automatically disqualified without being read. We realize personal essays may contain your name; a first name is fine. \n\n\nPlease include a third person bio. Cover letters are fine\, but not necessary (we don’t read them\, we’re more interested in what you’ve written). \n\n\nPlease submit only once per theme. \n\n\nWe do not accept previously published stories. \n\n\nHerStry centers the experiences of women identifying persons. We’re looking for work from bigender/polygender persons\, cisgender women\, intergender persons/intersex persons\, nonbinary persons/gender non-conforming persons\, transgender women/transfeminine persons\, two spirit. In other words\, if you are a cis man\, please refrain from submitting. \n\n\n\nA few things we don’t want to see: \n\n\nTear down pieces \n\n\nRacist material or hate speech \n\n\nExplicitly sexual material (In other words\, please don’t send us porn) \n\n\nOverly violent material \n\n\nHerStry does not accept previously published pieces.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-open-call-to-herstry-theme-traveling-women/
LOCATION:HerStry
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Call for Submissions to Contemporary Verse 2 (CV2): The Birthday Issue
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to announce a call for submissions to our next themed issue: \nTHE BIRTHDAY ISSUE! \nIn 2025 CV2 Magazine will turn 50 (!!) years old\, and we’ll be celebrating with a whole year of special events and issues. We’re kicking things off with the Birthday Issue (coming out in January 2025)\, and we want your poems! \nDo you have lingering thoughts about the MTV show My Super Sweet Sixteen? Do you feel like the person who chose the birthstones for each month was probably born in April (whose stone is DIAMONDS)? Do you find it mildly offensive that Wikipedia refers to astrology as a pseudoscience? We want your poems about it! \nWe want to know if you were born in the Year of the Dragon or the Ox\, the Rooster or the Dog. We want poems that explore aging\, milestones\, parties\, presents. Astrology\, celebrations\, birth order\, cake. About giving or witnessing birth. About loving or hating being the centre of attention. \nFind out what the Hubble telescope saw the day you were born and turn it into a poem. Revisit the time you told someone it was your birthday\, but it wasn’t. Tell us about a time you felt reborn. \nSing us a song. Cry if you want to. Make it happy or sad\, funny or bittersweet. Blow out your candles and\, just this once\, tell us what you wished for. \n  \n General Submission Guidelines:\nAny submissions that do not follow correct guidelines or do not include full contact information will not be considered for publication and will not receive a reply. Please read the submission guidelines before sending us your work. \nLength of Submissions \n\nPoetry submissions: no more than 6 pages.\n\nWe strongly prefer that work be submitted in a Word doc\, not a pdf. \nWe prefer that you do not send us work for this themed issue that has also been submitted elsewhere.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-call-for-submissions-to-contemporary-verse-2-cv2-the-birthday-issue/
LOCATION:Contemporary Verse 2 (CV2)
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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