Contest

Our aim is to encourage as wide a range of writing as possible and the competition is open for any subject and any style.

The BLR Prizes award outstanding writing related to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body.

We read fiction and nonfiction and are happy to see collections inclusive of both.

How do your characters connect for mutual assistance, emotional support, understanding? Submit short stories and poems exploring the meaning of true connection and the nourishment it can supply.

50% of any profits will be donated to the Severn Hospice.

We provide a venue for writers of any background, at any point in their literary careers, at any age, to showcase their best writing.

We are looking for poetry that pushes language forward, for poets and poems that strive to place themselves at the edge of what language can do.

We encourage diverse writing from independent writers.

Our shared goal: to connect writers and readers by publishing exceptional writing.

Your story must be true, but the way you tell it is your chance to get creative. We are open to all styles of essay—from personal essay to lyric essay to hybrid essay, and beyond!

Please send us work that explores the theme of Magick.

Our mission from day one has been to support emerging writers. We want you to succeed. We want your words to be read.

The theme for the competition is Peace, entries will be judged by how well they reflect this theme.

Canada’s oldest non-governmental poetry contest.

SiWC offers writers in all genres — from beginners to experts — the opportunity to hone their craft.

Seeking an exploration of the writer’s relationship with the natural world. 

Poems may be submitted from any country & must be in English.

This is a competition where the prize truly reflects the skill required to encapsulate an entire story in just 500 words.

Previously published poems from journals, magazines, anthologies, newsletters, blogs, etc. are welcome.

Honoring Steve Kowit’s contributions to American Poetry