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SUMMARY:P - Hold Fast to Dreams Poetry Competition 2025 – Theme: Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Hold Fast to Dreams Poetry Competition 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLangston Hughes wrote\, \nHold fast to dreams\nFor if dreams die\nLife is a broken-winged bird\nThat cannot fly. \nEntries are now invited to the ‘Hold Fast to Dreams Poetry Competition 2025’. 10 shortlisted poems will appear in Drawn to the Light Press Issue 16 and the overall winner will receive a cash prize. Please send a single poem of no more than 40 lines (excluding the title) as an attachment to dreamspoetrycomp@gmail.com \nPlease ensure that your name is not included on the attached poem. \nName and contact details\, along with the title of your entry and the PayPal reference number for your entry should be included in the body of the email. \nPoems must be previously unpublished. \nThe competition closes on Sunday\, 7th September at midnight. \nPoems must be on the theme of ‘dreams’ and we look forward to your interpretations. The judge of the competition is editor Orla Fay. There is a €10 entry fee. \n10 shortlisted poems will be announced on Sunday 21st September. \nThe winning poems from 2024 can be read in the archived issue 13. Archive 8 – 15 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\nSingle poem entry\n\n\n€10.00
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-hold-fast-to-dreams-poetry-competition-2025-theme-dreams/
LOCATION:Hold Fast to Dreams Poetry Competition
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to Liars' League on the Theme of: Haunted & Hunted
DESCRIPTION:Spooky season is here\, so it’s time for tales of ghosts\, hunters & ghost-hunters\, stalkers & predators\, sinister treasure-hunts & haunted houses – take the theme & RUN with it! As ever\, we’re looking for unpublished short fiction of 800-2000 words\, & will consider flash fiction\, short stories & even novel extracts (so long as they can stand alone). Please see full guidelines here\, then send to liars@liarsleague.com\n  \nWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR\, IN SHORT:\n– New fiction\, i.e. unpublished (print/web/audio)\n– Stories which are on-theme\n– Anonymised (no name on the document)\n– Word count: STRICTLY 800-2000\n– Send to: liars@liarsleague.com \n\nStories must be \n1. Unpublished (in print or online)\, unbroadcast\, and not a prizewinner in any previous competition. \n2. Between 800-2000 words long. \n3. Submitted to liars@liarsleague.com by 11.59pm (UK time) of the deadline day for the theme in question. Deadlines and monthly themes can be found here. \n4. Submitted as an MS Word (.doc\, .docx) or .rtf document\, ideally with 1.5 or double spacing. NO PDFs PLEASE. \n5. Attached to an email which has the story title\, the month of the event and the theme in the subject header: e.g. Love Story\, February\, He & She. Please put your name at the bottom of your email but NOT on your story\, as we prefer to judge anonymously. \n6. A prose short story. This means no poetry\, no scripts\, no non-fiction. We’ll look at novel extracts\, but only if they work as stand-alone pieces. \n7. ON-THEME. This means that there should be a traceable link to the theme\, or that the theme should be invoked or interpreted as a central part of the story. Simply featuring a bar called “Duck & Dive” if that’s the theme is not enough; but make your main character a dodgy dealer in stolen goods\, and we’ll be interested. \nWriters must be \n1. Willing to have their name and the text of their story up on this site if they win. \n2. Willing to be paid for their work in kind. Unfortunately\, Liars’ League does not currently pay contributors in $ or £. However\, if your story is chosen\, you will benefit from the following: \n– Publication of your story on this site: it will also be considered for future print anthologies published by our partners Arachne Press \n– Free drinks all night (if you are able to attend the event). Teetotallers will be fed. \n– A reading of your work by a professional actor (CLICK HERE to see a blog post on what that’s like\, written by five-time winning author Mike Clarke) \n– An MP3 and a link to a YouTube video recording of the reading \n– SUBMITTING FROM ABROAD? If you *cannot* attend the event\, due to living abroad or some other obstacle\, we will send you a free book to thank you for your contribution\, as drinks are rather messy to post. You can choose your favourite title from our selection of four anthologies (one award-winning!)\, or any book by any of our authors. \nIMPORTANT: By submitting your work to Liars’ League you are giving us permission to add your email address to our mailing list – this means we can inform you of the winning stories and send updates\, links to our latest stories\, and competition and submission opportunities approximately monthly. If you want to be removed from our mailing list you can email us at any time with Unsubscribe in the subject line. We’ll never share your data with anyone else – promise. \nSubmission of your work also gives us permission to upload the text and an audio and video recording of your story (if successful) onto our website\, YouTube channel and podcast so that everyone can enjoy it. If this is an issue just email and we’re happy to discuss. \nAnd finally … \n1. Please submit no more than ONE story per theme. This is for reading-time reasons. \n2. Please don’t resubmit any story we have previously rejected unless we ask you to\, however much it has changed. \n3. Please don’t be discouraged. We really want to see your work – so send it in! For some further thoughts on what works for the League see this article by Liars’ League regular Niall Boyce
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-liars-league-on-the-theme-of-haunted-hunted/
LOCATION:Liars’ League
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SUMMARY:P - Frontier Poetry's 2025 Myths & Fables Prize. Theme: Myths & Fables
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Myths & Fables Prize\nIn our continued celebration of imagination\, storytelling\, and the power of archetype\, Frontier Poetry is thrilled to announce the Myths & Fables Prize. In her poem “Circe’s Power\,” Louise Glück invokes the voice of the sorceress: “I never turned anyone into a pig. / Some people are pigs; I make them / look like pigs.” With chilling clarity\, she peels back the veil of fantasy to reveal something deeply human—desire\, illusion\, transformation. These ancient tales\, passed down through firelight and ink\, still echo in our modern hearts. \nWe invite you to lend your voice to this lineage. The 2025 Myths & Fables Prize seeks poems that engage with mythological figures\, cultural lore\, personal legends\, and reimagined fairy tales. Whether you’re unearthing stories from your heritage\, wrestling with gods and monsters\, or crafting your own fable from the smoke of memory—send us work that is fearless\, lyrical\, and rich in poetic craft. \nWe welcome traditional retellings and radical departures. Invented myths\, fractured fairy tales\, elegies for forgotten heroes\, or whispered epics—let your poetry become the spell. \nFrontier Poetry warmly encourages submissions from poets of all identities\, cultural backgrounds\, and traditions. We are especially interested in work that explores underrepresented mythologies and stories not often given space in the Western literary canon. \nGuest judge Jennifer Chang will select the winners. The first-place winner will receive $3000 and publication. The second- and third-place winners will receive $300 and $200\, respectively\, along with publication. All finalists will be considered for paid publication in New Voices. \nLet the myths rise. \nFurther reading for inspiration can be found here: \n\nCirce’s Power by Louise Gluck\nFable for a Genome by Heather Green\nThe Uncursing of the Medusa by Ola Faleti\nRefusing Eurydice by Ladan Osman\nAt Ithaca by Hilda Doolittle (H.D)\nconjuring by Xiao Yue Shan\n\n  \nWhat Chang Is Looking For:\nI admire most the poems that invite me to feel and think something new. Startling\, yet precise language moves me. Whatever expands my imagination\, suddenly alters the weather (emotional\,  meteorological)\, stops time\, and/or brings me closer to a truth\, I welcome. I am open to and curious about all aesthetics. I love the sentence and I love the line and I love when the two are in collusion. Poems are composed of fragments\, and it is the poem that invokes what’s been left out or lost that can break me open in the best\, most devastating way. \nGuidelines:\n\nSubmissions are open to all poets\, regardless of publication history.\nSend us only your best\, polished work—unpublished poems only\, please.\nAs part of our dedication to the pursuit of a more inclusive publishing world\, we are offering a free submission window for poets from historically marginalized groups at the beginning of the contest until we reach our cap of fifty. NOTE: SUBMISSION CAP HAS BEEN MET.\nPlease do not include any identifying information in the body of your document.\nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, but please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere.\nWe ask for no more than three poems (five pages) per submission. Please submit all your poems in ONE document. We have no particular aesthetic or formal requirements and consider all styles of poetry.\nEach entry requires a submission fee of $20.\nMultiple submissions (of up to three poems apiece) are allowed\, but each requires a separate entry fee.\nPlease include a brief cover letter with your publication history and personal bio. Also include any content warnings in consideration of our reading staff.\nWork generated by AI will be automatically disqualified.\nSubmissions are open internationally\, to any poet writing primarily in English. Some code-switching/meshing is very welcome.\nPlease do not submit work if you have a close relationship with the guest judge.\nIf you have any questions\, please visit our FAQ page. If you don’t find the answer to your question\, email us: contact (at ) frontierpoetry (dot) com.\nThe deadline is September 7th\, 2025. We plan to announce winners and finalists in Fall 2025.\n\nEditorial Feedback Option:\nThis option costs $59 and will provide you with two pages of detailed and actionable feedback on your submission\, including suggestions for future submissions. The $149 option will provide you with three letters from three different editors. Our guest editors are paid a significant portion of the fee and all are astute and professional poets. Please allow eight to ten weeks after the contest closes to receive your feedback. \n  \nEntry fee: $20
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-frontier-poetrys-2025-myths-fables-prize-theme-myths-fables/
LOCATION:Frontier Poetry Myths & Fables Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:FN - The Masters Review Summer Short Story Award for New Writers
DESCRIPTION:The Summer Short Story Award for New Writers returns! Since 2016\, our Short Story Award has connected emerging writers with some of the industry’s top literary agents. Past winners include Nana Nkweti\, Nick Fuller Googins\, Sanjena Sathian\, and more\, several of whom earned representation from one of our partnered agents as a result of this contest. \nWe’re looking for spectacular stories—up to 6\,000 words\, fiction or creative nonfiction—that only you can tell. This year’s guest judge is Jennine Capó Crucet\, a recipient of the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize and author of Say Hello to My Little Friend and other works. Our contest runs from July 1 to September 7\, 2025\, and is open to any writer who has not published a novel or memoir with a major press. The first-place winner of this contest\, selected by our guest judge\, will receive a $3\,000 grand prize\, along with online publication. Second- and third-place finalists will receive $300 and $200 respectively\, along with online publication. \nHere’s what Jennine Capó Crucet is looking for: I’m so excited to be judging this contest\, and I think I’m looking for a story that’s charged with a similar excitement\, one that asserts itself from the very first paragraph\, doing so through a careful attention to language and to voice. And setting: I tend to fall in love with stories that have a strong sense of the world its characters inhabit. I also love stories that use humor to break my heart\, though please don’t consider humor a requirement for that: I’m hoping to find a story that’ll stand the test of time and be just as heartbreaking a hundred years from now. \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nThe first-place winner receives $3\,000\, online publication\, and agency review.\nThe second- and third-place finalists receive cash prizes ($300/$200)\, online publication\, and agency review.\nSubmissions of fiction or nonfiction must be under 6\,000 words.\nSubmitted work must be previously unpublished. This includes personal blogs\, social media accounts\, and other websites. Previously published work will be automatically disqualified.\nThe entry fee is $20.\nSimultaneous and multiple submissions are allowed\, though each submission requires a $20 entry fee.\nWriters from historically marginalized or underrepresented groups are invited to submit for free until we reach fifty submissions in this category. NOTE: SUBMISSION CAP HAS BEEN MET.\nIf your submission is accepted elsewhere\, please withdraw your submission on Submittable\, or contact us otherwise to let us know the piece is no longer available.\nWe do not require anonymous submissions for this contest\, but the guest judge will read the shortlist anonymously.\nThis contest is for emerging writers only. Writers with single-author book-length work published or under contract with a major press are ineligible. We are interested in providing a platform to new writers; authors with books published by indie presses are welcome to submit unpublished work\, as are self-published authors.\nInternational submissions are allowed\, provided the work is written primarily in English.\nNo translations\, please.\nAll submissions must be double-spaced with one-inch page margins and use 12pt Times New Roman or Garamond font.\nThe contest’s deadline is 11:59pm PDT on September 7\, 2025.\nAll entries are also considered for publication in New Voices.\nEvery submission will receive a response by the end of December 2025. The winners will be announced by the end of January 2026.\nAI-generated submissions will be automatically disqualified.\nFriends\, family\, and associates of the guest judge are not eligible for this award. Consider submitting to the winter contest instead!\n\n  \nEntry fee: $20\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fn-the-masters-review-summer-short-story-award-for-new-writers/
LOCATION:The Masters Review
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