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P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
This 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.
We are dedicating this issue to the climate crisis.
Participating poets can be any age, but must not have published a full-length book of poetry.
The Malahat Review invites entries for its annual Open Season Awards in: poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction.
Previously unpublished novels, novellas, and collections of closely linked short stories may be submitted for the competition.
Each entry can consist of one or two prose poems, flash fictions, or flash creative non-fiction works of up to 500 words.
We are looking for work that addresses, directly, or indirectly, climate change and humanity’s impact on the environment.
Harpur Palate accepts original, previously unpublished poems in any style, form, or genre.
We invite middle and high school students ages 11-19 to tell a short story about a meaningful life experience in 600 words or fewer.
SomeShortStories.com will feature a new short story each day read by one of our talented cast members on-camera as a “video audiobook”
We are currently accepting submissions for our Fall Reading Period.
We’re looking for the traditional and the innovative, the true and the imaginary.
No restrictions on theme, style, length, or genre.
The contest is open to Canadian citizens aged 25 and younger who are enrolled in or are attending an accredited secondary or post-secondary institution in 2021 or 2022.
We look for works that have the ambition of enlarging our view of ourselves and the world.
We’re looking for excerpts that show off a sense of style, with a clear grasp on craft.
Poems can be on any subject, in any style, by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world.
The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, great writing, and provide well-rewarded recognition to contestants.
Fourth Genre is a literary journal devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in creative nonfiction. We showcase works that are lyrical, self-interrogative, meditative, and reflective, as well as expository, analytical, exploratory, or whimsical.
We want to showcase writing and artwork that has been created with abandon.