P – Speckled Trout Review
Speckled Trout ReviewCall for submissions: Fall 2021 (3.2) Childhood memories (print issue)Submission window opens September 1, closing November 1.
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P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
Ninth Letter – Call for Submission – Theme “RETURN”
Through SubmittableNinth Letter will be accepting submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for a special online edition with the theme of "Return"
$3.00
Sunspot Literary Journal – WRITING A NEW WORLD
Through Journal's own submission portalWe welcome prose from flash fiction and poetry to stories and essays, including scripts and screenplays, up to 49,000 words.
The Briar Cliff Review Annual Contests
Through SubmittableWe are looking for quality poetry, fiction, nonfiction and Siouxland essays.
$20
James Hurst Poetry Prize
North American ReviewWe are especially interested in work that addresses contemporary North American concerns and issues, particularly with the environment, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and class.
$23
Reed Magazine’s Gabriele Rico Challenge for Nonfiction
Through SubmittableThe Gabriele Rico Challenge for Nonfiction recognizes outstanding works of creative nonfiction.
$20
Reed Magazine’s Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry
Through Submittablethe Edwin Markham Prize honors outstanding works of poetry. Our taste is eclectic and celebrates the wonderful diversity of forms, styles, and levels of diction available to the contemporary poet.
$20
North American Review: Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize
Through SubmittableThis award is intended to recognize the finest speculative fiction, which can include, but is not limited to, work influenced by the postmodern science-fiction of Kurt Vonnegut.
$23
PNF – Cutthroat Journal Contests
CutthroatWe are dedicating this issue to the climate crisis.
The Foster Poetry Prize 2021
Through SubmittableParticipating poets can be any age, but must not have published a full-length book of poetry.
$26
The Malahat Review’s OPEN SEASON AWARDS
Through SubmittableThe Malahat Review invites entries for its annual Open Season Awards in: poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction.
$35
F – Dorothy and Wedel Nilsen Literary Prize for a First Novel – 2021
Through SubmittablePreviously unpublished novels, novellas, and collections of closely linked short stories may be submitted for the competition.
$25
Room’s 2021 Short Forms Contest
Room Magazine , CanadaEach entry can consist of one or two prose poems, flash fictions, or flash creative non-fiction works of up to 500 words.
$35
PF – Nixed Mate
Through Journal's own submission portalWe are looking for work that addresses, directly, or indirectly, climate change and humanity’s impact on the environment.
P – Harpur Palate – Poetry
Harpur Palate Literary JournalHarpur Palate accepts original, previously unpublished poems in any style, form, or genre.
$18
N – Our 3rd Annual Personal Narrative Writing Contest – for High School Students
New York Times , United StatesWe invite middle and high school students ages 11-19 to tell a short story about a meaningful life experience in 600 words or fewer.
F – Rolling Deadlines – Seeking Great Short Stories to be Read on Video
Through Journal's own submission portalSomeShortStories.com will feature a new short story each day read by one of our talented cast members on-camera as a “video audiobook”
PFN – The Penn Review: Call for Submissions
The Penn ReviewWe are currently accepting submissions for our Fall Reading Period.
PF – Narrative’s 30 Below Contest—2021
Through Journal's own submission portalWe’re looking for the traditional and the innovative, the true and the imaginary.
$26
P – Pedestal 89: Call For Submissions
Pedestal MagazineNo restrictions on theme, style, length, or genre.
$3