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
Events
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F – The Bath Short Story Award
BathWe welcome stories of up to 2200 words on any subject or theme from anywhere in the world.
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N – Call for Submissions: New Literary Anthology on the Fibre Arts
Arsenal PulpWe are are currently seeking submissions for a yet-to-be-named literary essay anthology that examines our deep and complex relationship with the fibre arts
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FN – 2022 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V Short Forms
PRISM internationalSend us your flash fiction and nonfiction, your hybrid forms and experimental work. We want it all—as long as it’s short!
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F – #FlashFiction101 Competition. Theme: “Did you see that?”
FlashFiction101What story can you tell in 101 words?
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Recreation.gov Announces 2022 “Share Your Story” Writing Contest for Outdoor Adventurists
PR NewswireThe second annual contest seeks stories that touched hearts, inspired laughter, and created memorable experiences in the great outdoors for the chance to win high-valued prizes
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P – Vallum Chapbook Award
Vallum MagazineIdeal submissions are well-crafted, fresh and edgy. They deepen our understanding of what poetry is and can be.
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FN – Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
Winning WritersWe look for high-quality original writing that portrays under-represented perspectives with sensitivity, accuracy, and passion.
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PF – The First Line: “Thomas hadn’t expected to be alive when the town’s time capsule was opened.”
The First LineA chance for readers to see how many different directions we can take when we start from the same place.
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PFN – Halfway Down the Stairs, Theme: “Open and Shut”
Halfway Down the StairsHow you interpret the theme is up to you. We like stories that grab us from the beginning, make us think, and keep us enthralled, as well as essays and memoir with a strong voice and a unique point of view.
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N – The Sun Magazine’s Readers Write 2022 Call for Submissions: “Tools”
The Sun MagazineWriting style isn’t as important as thoughtfulness and sincerity.
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PF – Canadian Authors Association–Toronto Inaugural Poetry and Flash Fiction Contest
Canadian Authors Association - TorontoAll we ask is that you surprise and delight us!
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F – Fix’s Second Annual Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction Contest
Grist JournalStories must be set anytime between today and the year 2200, and show a path to a clean, green, and just future.
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PFN – Nat Brut Magazine: Blood & Water
Nat. Brut MagazineEnglish-speakers often say that “blood is thicker than water” when talking about the bond of biological families. And yet, for those who cannot survive by this adage, there is the echo of a longer proverb: “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” This hidden inversion, offering the possibility of […]
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PFN – Shooter Literary Magazine: “Out West”
Shooter Literary MagazineWe’re looking for stories, essays, memoir and poetry on anything to do with western places and westward migration.
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PF – Demos Rising Anthology: Historical and Modern Day Injustices and Breakthroughs
Fly on the Wall PressWe seek nuance, perspective and authenticity.
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P – As Above So Below. Issue 9: “Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary”
As Above So BelowAll life is interconnected; the microcosm reflects the macrocosm
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P – The 2022 Montreal International Poetry Prize
Montreal International Poetry PrizeThe Montreal Prize recognizes the craft, design, and aesthetics of the stand-alone poem. It emphasizes the space that poetry opens for insight, beauty, and wonder.
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P – Frontier Poetry 2022 Chapbook Contest
Frontier PoetrySend us work that is blister, that is color, that strikes hot the urge to live and be.
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PFN – just femme & dandy Magazine Seeks Submissions on the Theme: “SUSTAIN”
just femme & dandyHow can we use fashion to sustain us during this incredibly trying time?