Most events are installed on their deadline date, unless there is a long submission window or unless it's a rolling submission.
P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
I want nuanced, thoughtful work where the essayist looks both inward and outward. I am particularly interested in well-researched, voice-driven writing.
We’re delighted to announce the brand new annual WestWord Prize in which all winning and shortlisted stories will be published in the online anthology edition of WestWord.
The Read at the Fringe Literary Contest is a special opportunity for aspiring writers to share their work with an audience in Eden Mills.
We want submissions that grab us and convey a unique perspective and honest insight into our world.
The Moth Short Story Prize is an international prize, open to anyone from anywhere in the world, as long as their story is original and previously unpublished.
The contest accepts self-published and hybrid-published books. One grand prize winner will receive $10,000
OutWrite is a celebration of LGBTQ literature; entries that explore aspects of LGBTQ culture or identity are encouraged.
The BLR Prizes award outstanding writing related to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body.
What we like: a carefully constructed plot; good character delineation; clever plot twists/poems that are thoughtfully constructed and carefully distilled.
Send us your poems and stories about refuge: where it was, where you expect to find it, what it’s like to get there, to live there, how it turns if you stay too long, and what it’s like to leave.
We are looking for pieces that honor your experience, honor your journey, imagine the absence of otherization, and/or aid in communal healing.
We’re steeped in grief -- the grief that is with us now, the grief that was with us long ago, and the grief that grows with us. Don’t be afraid to bring us broken, heavy stories. We can handle it.
Entries should be in the form of a short story, on any theme, and written in English.
Ev0king the Question: What is your favorite myth, folktale, or fairy tale featuring the moon, and why?
State secrets, family secrets, trade secrets, secret sins and secret loves, entrusted secrets, cosmic secrets, childhood secrets, dark secrets taken to the grave––any sort of secret at all.
How you to interpret this theme is entirely up to you. We simply invite you to venture into the realms of imagination and unravel the illusions that shroud (or illuminate?) reality.
For consideration in the 2023 Waco Cultural Arts Fest WordFest Anthology, poets may submit one poem using the theme of ‘moon’.
Redivider’s Summer ’23 Blurred Genre special edition explores the fluid boundaries between genres. We welcome all hybrid, genre-blurring and experimental work.
Essays, humor, satire, personal experience, and features on topics relating to women are our primary editorial focus.
We’re delighted to announce the brand new annual WestWord Prize in which all winning and shortlisted stories will be published in the online anthology edition of WestWord.