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SUMMARY:PFN - CHESTNUT REVIEW (“for stubborn artists”) Invites Submissions Year Round
DESCRIPTION:We appreciate stories in every genre we publish. All issues free online which illustrates what we have liked\, but we are always ready to be surprised by the new! \nGenre-specific Guidelines \n\nPoetry: Submit up to six poems (three for free submissions). Length and format are open. Poems should be single-spaced. Begin each poem on a new page\, and clearly indicate when a poem extends beyond one page. There are no absolute length limits\, but remember that the longer a poem\, the better it has to be. We strongly dislike submissions that consist of only one poem. \nFlash: Submit one piece of no more than 1000 words. We do accept micros\, and we publish both fiction and creative nonfiction. Please only send one piece at a time regardless of length. Flash submissions are free. \nProse: Submit one piece of between 1000 and 5000 words. Prose submissions can be works of fiction or nonfiction. We do not accept excerpts of longer works. \nWe never solicit written submissions—all come through Submittable. Please do not email us submissions; they will go unread. We occasionally solicit art submissions\, primarily from DeviantArt. \nStaff submissions. No past or present staff member of CHESTNUT REVIEW may have their work appear in the magazine. \nMinimum age. All those who submit work must be at least 18 years of age. \nUnpublished work only. We only accept unpublished work that has not appeared in any publicly-accessible form previously\, including online.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-chestnut-review-for-stubborn-artists-invites-submissions-year-round/
LOCATION:Chestnut Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Book of Matches
DESCRIPTION:Submissions are officially reopened. We welcome your best poems\, short fiction/nonfiction\, and translation. That is\, your most meaningful lies\, your real lives\, and the poetry of both. Please refrain from sending overtly political or Covid-centered work. All submissions due in by no later than December 8\, 2021. Book of Matches is currently an online flipbook and pdf formatted journal\, but will transition to print when feasible. Book of Matches nominates for both major and minor prizes.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-book-of-matches/
LOCATION:Book of Matches
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211206T220000
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SUMMARY:PN - Plants & Poetry Journal
DESCRIPTION:Call for poetry\, prose\, and the in-between: Wildlife of the Underworld\nEnds on December 6\, 2021 \ncalling all poets\, water protectors\, wildlife writers – for poetry\, prose\, creative nonfiction\, mixed media. \nWildlife of the Underworld Theme: Wildlife of the Underworld is a collection of poetry\, prose\, creative nonfiction\, and mixed media exploring aquatic plants and all their comrades. We will orbit through flowing rivers\, float on the highest waves\, and ride the tides of each water ecosystem. We will explore our deepest imaginations\, fears\, and ultimate realities. \n“What Am I? Ecology of water and dreams.” \n-Jai Hamid Bashir\, Poet \nSubmission Guidelines: Poems\, Prose\, Creative Nonfiction\, & Mixed media. Please do not submit more than 5 pieces. Do not submit any works that have been published before. Must be original work. All works must be inclusive\, anti-racist\, anti-sexist\, and non-discriminatory. \nSubmissions open until December 06 2021 \nPublication: Online publication will be posted on January 06 2022. \nWe are accepting work until December 06 2021. If you are unable to pay the fee\, please email us at plantsandpoetry.journal@gmail.com for an alternative submission process. Please contact us if you have any questions. \nTake care\, \nPlants & Poetry Journal \nfor every submission\, plants & poetry team will plant a tree or other vegetation in the oasis food forest in bella vista\, ar.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pn-plants-poetry-journal/
LOCATION:Through Submittable
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Mslexia: Women's Poetry Competition 2021
DESCRIPTION:Our competition is open to unpublished poems of any length. Your £10 entry fee allows you to submit up to three poems. \nPrizes\n1st: £2\,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250 \n Judge:\nPascale Petit\nUnpublished Poetry Prize for the best poem by a previously unpublished poet: £250. \nThe four winners\, plus sixteen additional finalists will have their poems published in the March issue of Mslexia. \nResults\nThe deadline for all entries is 23.59GMT\, 6 December 2021. \nThe winner and finalists will be announced on 1 March 2022. \nHow to Enter\nAdd the entry fee to your basket and proceed through the checkout. Once the order is completed you’ll be taken to an on-screen confirmation page. Click the ‘Enter Now’ button (you may need to scroll down on the page to see this) and you’ll be taken to the entry form. To submit at a later date\, please create a Mslexia account (or login to your Mslexia account) before or during the checkout process. \nVisit our Entry Instructions for a more comprehensive guide on how to enter\, and be sure to read our Rules before submitting.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-mslexia-womens-poetry-competition-2021/
LOCATION:Mslexia Magazine
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Poetry International: C.P. Cavafy Prize 2021
DESCRIPTION:EXTENDED TO DEC 15th.  Every year\, Poetry International gives a prize of $1\,000 and publication in Poetry International for a single poem. Editors of Poetry International will judge each submission. Submit up to 3 poems with a $15 entry fee. Each additional poem will require $3 extra. \nIn the “Title” box\, only provide the name of all poems (ex: “House” “Tree” “Car”) — this makes it easier for our Editorial Assistants to track your entries/poems. Feel free to use key words if your titles are long. \n\nOnly previously unpublished work is eligible for consideration.\nProvide your contact information (including email and phone) & titles of all poems submitted in the cover letter.\nNo identifying information should appear anywhere on the submission. Keep the submission simple and easy to read\, avoid unusual fonts. Please no illustrations.\nALL poems/entries are to be uploaded to Submittable within a single document (i.e. only ONE PDF\, .doc\, or .docx file is needed to submit “X” number of poems/entries\, per submission) – We prefer doc and docx files\n\nSimultaneous submission allowed: You may submit your poems simultaneously.  Please note whether or not any poems/entries are simultaneous submissions. \nPoems translated from other languages are eligible ONLY IF you wrote both the original poem and the translation.\nThe winner is announced on our website.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-poetry-international-c-p-cavafy-prize-2021/
LOCATION:Poetry International
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:Prose - Sexual Health & Reproductive Justice Stories
DESCRIPTION:An Open Call for Submissions \nThe deadline is December 1\, 2021.  \n“At Rebellious\, one of the things we do well is spotlight non-mainstream and marginalized sexual identities and underreported health topics. We are a small but mighty team\, so any opportunity we have to serve our amazing readers and writers is one we’re happy to jump on. \nThanks to a generous grant\, we’re reaching out to our community of badass storytellers and creators! Do you have an eye for inclusive\, judgement-free\, feminist-focused sexual health and reproductive justice stories? We want to hear from you (and pay you for your incredible work)! \nWe’re on the hunt for: \nTimely News Coverage\nProfiles of Impactful Community Work\nPersonal Essays\nSend your pitch and all inquiries to info@rebelliousmagazine.com with the subject line “Attn: Submission”.  \nThe deadline is December 1\, 2021.  \nAll funds are made possible by the Field Foundation.”
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/prose-sexual-health-reproductive-justice-stories/
LOCATION:Rebellious Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Five Points: James Dickey Prize
DESCRIPTION:Entry fee includes a one-year subscription. Each year we select a poet to receive The James Dickey Prize for Poetry. The award is named in honor of James Dickey\, who we are proud to say served on our Advisory Board. Dickey inspired and nurtured many poets\, and we offer the award in his spirit. The contest winner receives $1\,000\, and the winning poems are published in an issue of Five Points. \nEvery year\, submissions are accepted electronically September 1 through December 1. We do not accept manuscripts for consideration sent via the post office or special carrier. \nTO ENTER: \n\nSend three previously unpublished poems no more than fifty lines each.\nSimultaneously submitted manuscripts are accepted.\nEntry fee includes a one-year subscription.\nThe winner will receive $1000 and will be featured in an upcoming issue of Five Points.\nThe winner will be announced on the Five Points website in the spring of 2021.\n\n                            This contest is read blind. We only accept electronic submissions for this contest.                             
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-five-points-james-dickey-prize/
LOCATION:Five Points
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize
DESCRIPTION:1st Prize: $1\,500 and publication\nHonorable Mention: $500 and publication\nAll finalists published in Spring/Summer 2022 Awards issue. Finalists will be paid at regular contributor rates. \nGuidelines: \nSubmissions are open between October 1\, 2021\, and December 1\, 2021.  You may enter as many times as you like\, but each entry should include no more than three poems. Name and address on cover letter only. No identifying information on poems. $20 fee per entry includes copy of Awards issue. Each submission is carefully considered for publication. Please submit previously unpublished work only. Any size print run or online publication (including blogs and/or social networking) disqualify an entry.  \nAUTHOR NAME OR OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION SHOULD NOT APPEAR IN YOUR TITLE OR ANYWHERE ON YOUR UPLOADED OR HARD COPY DOCUMENT. ENTRIES THAT IDENTIFY THE SUBMITTER/AUTHOR IN ANY WAY WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED WITHOUT A REFUND. \ndecember accepts submissions online through Submittable.  \ndecember does not accept simultaneous submissions. We respond as quickly as possible (contest submissions may not be responded to until after the close of the contest when all submissions have been considered.)
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/jeff-marks-memorial-poetry-prize/
LOCATION:December
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - The Breakwater Fiction Contest
DESCRIPTION:Submissions: October 1\, 2021 – December 1\, 2021 \n\n\nPrize: $1000 and publication in our next forthcoming issue \n\n\nFee: $10 \n\n\n​ \nWe are seeking submissions for pieces that breathe freshness to the form. We are interested in previously unpublished prose ranging from 1\,000 – 4\,000 words\, each with a $10 entry fee. All entries will be considered for publication. We accept simultaneous submissions\, but please notify Breakwater if submission is accepted elsewhere.​ \n2022 FINALIST JUDGE: Chloe Aridjis \nWinner and Finalists will be published in Issue 31. \nPlease do not submit your work if you are associated with the MFA program at the University of Massachusetts\, Boston or the Finalist Judge.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-breakwater-fiction-contest/
LOCATION:Breakwater
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PNF - Puerto del Sol Seeks Writing on Water
DESCRIPTION:For over half a century\, Puerto del Sol has been dedicated to provide a forum for inventive and fresh prose\, poetry\, reviews\, criticism\, and artwork; and we strive to publish voices from emerging and established writers and artists. Most importantly\, we pride ourselves in not following a standardized aesthetic—instead\, we seek work that presents authenticity\, sincerity\, and respect. We recommend reading our most current issue or works from our online journal to get a sense of the content we have published recently. Thank you for your interest in our magazine\, and we look forward to reading your work. \nPuerto del Sol seeks work which engages with water in all its forms. Life and growth and blood and poison and drought and commodity. Snow and steam and tsunami. We want to read work as sharp and brittle as ice. We want stories\, essays\, and poems which drip from dew-soaked branches or crash like waterfalls. Show us something as vast as the sea or as small as a single droplet of acid rain. Send us your explorations of fluidity\, of the ways things shift and change\, and of things which cannot be held\, no matter how hard we try.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/puerto-del-sol-seeks-writing-on-water/
LOCATION:Through Submittable
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:The Fiddlehead - POETRY - Call for Submission
DESCRIPTION:The Fiddlehead‘s regular submission period via Submittable is currently open. Our reading periods are February 15 – April 30 and September 15 – November 30. We accept poetry\, fiction\, and creative nonfiction. Due to overwhelming submission volume\, once your work has been submitted\, we cannot process substitutions or modifications. Mailed submissions (in any category) are accepted and considered throughout the year. \nWe have three writing contests:  \n\nPoetry: opens September 1. Deadline December 1. Winning poem to be published in spring issue.\nCreative Nonfiction: opens March 1. Deadline June 1. Winning piece to be published in fall issue.\nShort Fiction: opens June 1. Deadline September 1. Winning story to be published in winter issue.\n\n*If a deadline falls on a weekend\, the deadline moves to the Monday. Deadlines are midnight Atlantic Time. Mailed submissions must be postmarked. \n* * * \nThe Fiddlehead is open to good writing in English or translations into English from all over the world and in a variety of styles\, including experimental genres. Our editors are always happy to see new unsolicited works in fiction\, including excerpts from novels\, creative nonfiction\, and poetry. We also publish reviews\, and occasionally other selected creative work such as excerpts from plays. Work is read on an ongoing basis; the acceptance rate is around 1-2% (we are\, however\, famous for our rejection notes!). Apart from our annual contest\, we have no deadlines for submissions. \nWe particularly welcome submissions from Indigenous writers\, writers of colour\, writers with disabilities\, LGBTQQIA+ writers\, and writers from other intersectional and under-represented communities. If you are comfortable identifying yourself as one or more of the above\, please feel free to mention this in your cover letter. \nThe Fiddlehead will not read work that is ableist\, misogynistic\, queer-phobic\, or racist. \nIf you are serious about submitting to The Fiddlehead\, you should read an issue or two to get a sense of the journal. Consider subscribing  or contact us to order sample back issues ($10-$15 plus postage). \nGeneral Guidelines for Unsolicited Submissions\n• Pay is $60 CAD per published page\, plus two complimentary copies of the issue with your work. Contributors may purchase additional copies of an issue at a discount. \n• The Fiddlehead buys first serials rights; copyright is retained by the author at all times\, and authors are free to resell the work\, though we do ask for a 90-day exclusive from our first publication of the work. \n• Writers may only submit once per calendar year per genre. (This does not include our contests). \n• Please wait for an editorial response before submitting again. We try our best to respond in a timely matter\, but due to volume of submissions\, a response may take 6 months or more. Please wait 6 months before querying. \n• We only consider unpublished work. Please do not submit work that has been previously published or accepted for publication\, including in anthologies\, chapbooks\, blogs\, Facebook pages\, or online journals. \n• For online submissions\, please submit one file containing your creative work (.doc\, .docx\, or .pdf). Log back in any time to check the status of your submission. \n• For hard copy\, mailed submissions\, all submissions should be typed/word-processed\, spell-checked\, and paginated. Please use white paper\, print on one side only\, and put your name on every page of your submission. \n• In Submittable\, please copy and paste your cover letter and biographical statement in the appropriate fields. \n• Tell us in your cover letter whether your submission is exclusive to The Fiddlehead or whether you have submitted it to other magazines simultaneously. If another magazine accepts your work for publication that you have also submitted to us\, then please advise us immediately.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/the-fiddlehead-call-for-submission/
LOCATION:Through Submittable
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - Green Linden Press: Wishing Jewel Prize
DESCRIPTION:The Wishing Jewel Prize honors an innovative manuscript that challenges expectations of genre\, form\, or mode while engaging the rich possibilities of lyrical expression. Named for an essay in Anne Carson’s innovative book Plainwater\, we look forward to work that questions the boundaries of what poems and books can be. \n\nContest awards $1000 and publication.\nAll finalists considered for publication.\nWe welcome simultaneous submissions\, multiple submissions\, co-authored manuscripts\, and manuscripts in translation.\nSend an unpublished manuscript (48 pages minimum) with identifying information removed.\nIf your work includes non-textual components\, these may be included in the manuscript (preferred\, if possible) or attached separately.\nInclude an acknowledgments page indicating any poems\, writings\, art\, etc. that has been previously published.\nInclude a brief biographical statement in the space below. If you are uploading more than one file\, please explain their relationship\, sequence\, etc. You may also describe your manuscript / project if you would like.\nThe reading fee is necessary because it helps fund the publication of our books. There are several options: (1) general reading fee\, (2) general reading fee and a discounted book—note: we are not offering this for international submitters—\, and (3) a discounted rate for students and those experiencing financial difficulty.\nGreen Linden Press intends to publish one or more manuscripts from this contest; however\, we reserve the right to publish no manuscripts if we feel that none fit our aesthetic.\nContest will judged by Christopher Nelson\, the editor of Green Linden Press\, in consultation (if necessary) with our advisory board of poets.\nA portion of the proceeds from this contest will support reforestation efforts.\nSubmitters to Green Linden Press agree to receive updates about future publications and submission opportunities. You can unsubscribe at any time.\nDirect comments or questions to Christopher Nelson\, editor: greenlindenpress at gmail dot com.\nDeadline: November 30. Contest results will be announced in March.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-green-linden-press-wishing-jewel-prize/
LOCATION:Green Linden Press
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Autumn House Press Rising Writer Prize
DESCRIPTION:Guidelines for the Rising Writer Prize\n\n\nMust be the author’s first full-length poetry collection (previous publications of chapbooks and full-length books in other genres are fine) \n\nThe winners will receive book publication\, $1\,000 honorarium\, and a $500 travel/publicity grant to promote their book\nAll finalists will be considered for publication\nSubmissions should be approximately 50-80 pages\nThe reading fee is $25 (We will waive the submission fee for those undergoing financial hardship or living with limited means. Please check out our FAQs page for more information)\nDo not include your name anywhere on the actual manuscript; if your name appears within the body of the text\, please omit it or black it out\nYou may include a brief bio in the “cover letter” section of Submittable\nDo not include an acknowledgments page in the manuscript\nFeel free to include a table of contents\nSimultaneous submissions are permitted\, but please let us know immediately if your book was accepted elsewhere\nFriends\, family members\, and former students of judges or Autumn House editors may not submit to the contest. Students do not include interactions at short-term residencies or fellowships\nFormer employees of Autumn House\, including interns\, may not submit to the contest\n\nNote: There is no longer an age restriction on this prize. \n\nCredit: Ladan Osman\nDonika Kelly is the author of THE RENUNCIATIONS (Graywolf 2021) and BESTIARY (Graywolf). BESTIARY is the winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize\, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry\, and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. The collection was also long-listed for the National Book Award\, and was a finalist for a Publishing Triangle Award and a Lambda Literary Award.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-autumn-house-press-rising-writer-prize/
LOCATION:Autumn House Press
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PNF - PRAIRIE FIRE: Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award\, Short Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction Contests
DESCRIPTION:Although our deadline is November 30 (postmarked)\, you may submit anytime. By entering the Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award Contest have a chance to win: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n$1\,250 in cash\nA one-week residency in the Leighton Artists’s Studios\, which includes a private studio in the woods\, a bedroom and a meal plan\nA jeweler-cast replica of poet Bliss Carman’s ring\nAn invitation to THIN AIR (produced by the Winnipeg International Writers Festival)\nDinner with the staff of Prairie Fire\nPublication in Prairie Fire magazine\nWith your contest submission you’ll receive a one-year subscription to Prairie Fire\, so if would like to start reading Prairie Fire as soon as possible\, you can send in your entry today!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEntries by email are accepted. Please email submission to prfire@prairiefire.ca and pay via PayPal or by phoning in a credit card immediately before or after submitting your entry. Info on payment below.  \nEntry Fee: $32 \n\n\n\n\nEntries by email are accepted. \n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pnf-prairie-fire-banff-centre-bliss-carman-poetry-award-short-fiction-and-creative-non-fiction-contests/
LOCATION:Prairie Fire: A Canadian Magazine of New Writing
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story 2021 Competition
DESCRIPTION:Hollywood has adapted countless movies and TV pilots from great short stories. Our judges are looking for stories with potential to be adapted for the screen. We’re looking for true and fictional short stories\, novellas less than 20\,000 words in length.  Submit your work for consideration today! \nPrize: Grand prize of $1\,000 USD\, entry to the ScreenCraft Writer Development Program\, personal introductions and phone calls with one or more top Hollywood literary managers\, complimentary badge for the 2022 ScreenCraft Virtual Summit\, and a lifetime subscription to Arc Studio Pro; second prize of $500 USD\, entry to the ScreenCraft Writer Development Program\, 50% off 2022 ScreenCraft Virtual Summit\, and a lifetime subscription to Arc Studio Pro; the top quarterfinalists will receive special mention on the announcement website\nDescription: This unique literary competition seeks short stories (not scripts) with cinematic adaptation potential. All writers at least 18 years of age are eligible\, although any writer who has earned more than $50\,000 USD from professional writing services for film or TV in the preceding year is not. Short stories or novellas longer than 20\,000 words will not be eligible.\nDetails: https://screencraft.org/shortstory/
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/screencraft-cinematic-short-story-2021-competition/
LOCATION:Screencraft
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PNF - Abandon Journal Issue #3. Theme "Abandon Time"
DESCRIPTION:Issue #3 of Abandon Journal is open for submissions until 11/30/21. The theme is “Abandon Time” (interpret that as you wish). No fees for general subs. Accepting just about anything\, as long as it is created with abandon\, and we pay our contributors. See abandonjournal.com/submissions for full guidelines. \nWe want to showcase writing and artwork that has been created with abandon. That term is free to be interpreted liberally\, but ideally it is the kind of work that takes risks\, created in a space wherein the artist doesn’t care what anyone else thinks or what everyone else is doing. This means that we’re open to so-called “genre fiction\,” from mystery to sci-fi to romance to fantasy to horror to whatever strikes your fancy. As long as the writing is powerful and abandons the preconceived notions of what is expected\, we want to read it \n\nFlash (fiction or nonfiction): max 1\,000 words each (1-3 pieces at a time\, please)\nShort story: max 7\,500 words\nLonger story: 7\,500-12\,000 words\nCreative nonfiction: max 8\,000 words\nPoetry: any length or form (please send no more than five poems at a time)\nAbandon Form: this is hybrid\, experimental\, and/or idiosyncratic work that doesn’t fit into conventional genres\, categories\, or forms\, and can be of any length\n\n.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pnf-abandon-journal-issue-3-theme-abandon-time/
LOCATION:Abandon Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:Fourth Genre - NONFICTION
DESCRIPTION:Here at Fourth Genre editorial we are thirsty for essays that give us something to drink besides mainstream ideologies and forms\, that showcase imagination and meaning-making capacities\, that embrace a love of a sentence’s shape. We believe good essays center the margin or marginalize the center\, or even better\, blow up the center-margin borders. We want essays that make the common uncommon—that are not about the things they pretend to be about. You know\, the essay about your shoelace that’s not really about your shoelace. We want to read more essays that reflect the intersections of race\, ethnicity\, culture\, class\, identity\, gender\, sexuality\, diasporas\, borderlands; and more essays that are cultural\, lyrical\, experimental\, personal\, environmental\, self-interrogative\, meditative\, and reflective\, as well as expository\, analytical\, exploratory\, or whimsical. We want to publish the best creative nonfiction essays\, understanding that notions of “best\,” of taste and genre\, are political and cultural.\n\n\nSubmission Guidelines \n\nGeneral Submissions: Accepted September 1 – November 30 only. Authors selected for publication paid with two (2) complimentary copies of the journal.\nPlease include an approximate word count. No need to include a bio.\nPlease be sure your name does not appear on the manuscript\, either on the front page or in the headers or footers.\n8\,000 word limit for general submissions.\nDuring the fall reading period\, we ask that you submit only one piece per author.\nSimultaneous submissions require immediate notification to Fourth Genre if accepted elsewhere.\n\nIMAGES & DERIVATIVE MATERIALS \n\nAlthough we love graphic and visual elements in essays\, we cannot print the inside pages in color. Any image in your essay must be effective in gray scale.\nAll images must be minimum 300 dpi at planned publication size.\nIt is the author/researcher’s obligation and responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright and/or other use restrictions prior to submitting materials to MSU Press for publication.\nCitations\, permissions\, and captions are required upon submission for all images\, including those derived from the internet.\nUse the Fourth Genre Permission Request Letter to obtain permission from image’s rightsholder.\nMSU Press cannot publish such materials until written clearance is obtained.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fourth-genre-nonfiction/
LOCATION:Through Journal’s own submission portal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211201
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SUMMARY:F - WOW! Women On Writing Fall 2021 Flash Fiction Contest
DESCRIPTION:WOW! hosts a (quarterly) writing contest every three months\, and has done so since 2006. The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity\, great writing\, and provide well-rewarded recognition to contestants. The WOW Flash Fiction Contest has awarded over $100\,000 in cash to writers since its inception. The contest is open globally; age is of no matter; and entries must be in English. We are open to all styles and genres of flash fiction\, although we do encourage you to take a close look at our guest judge for the season if you are serious about winning. Get creative\, and let’s have some fun! Remember\, we only allow for 300 entries\, so enter early to ensure your spot. We look forward to reading your work! \nWORD COUNT: Maximum: 750\, Minimum: 250 \nThe title is not to be counted in your word count. We use MS Word’s word count to determine the submitted entry’s word count. \nPROMPT: \nOPEN PROMPT! \nThat’s right\, this is your chance to shine\, and get creative. You can write about anything\, as long as it’s within the word count and fiction. If you’re feeling inspired\, write something new\, or dig out those stories you started way back when and tailor them to the word count. \nWe’re open to any style and genre. So\, get creative\, and most of all\, have fun. \nTop 10 stories are published in the WOW! Women On Writing e-zine\, and contestants are interviewed on WOW’s blog\, The Muffin. First Place: $400\, publication\, interview\, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate. Second Place: $300\, publication\, interview\, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate. Third Place: $200\, publication\, interview and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate. Seven Runners Up receive $25 Amazon Gift Cards\, publication and interview. Ten Honorable mentions receive $20 Amazon Gift Card
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-wow-women-on-writing-fall-2021-flash-fiction-contest/
LOCATION:WOW! Women On Writing
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - The Gregory ODonoghue International Poetry Competition
DESCRIPTION:€7 per poem or €30 for a batch of five. \nThe competition is open to original\, unpublished and unbroadcast poems in the English language of 40 lines or fewer. The poem can be on any subject\, in any style\, by a writer of any nationality\, living anywhere in the world. Translated work is not in the scope of this competition. Once entered\, no alterations can be made to the submission. Simultaneous submissions are accepted but please notify us immediately should your work be accepted elsewhere. \nDeadline: 30th November\, 2021 (midnight). Entries are accepted from 1st September. \nCost of entry: €7 per poem or €30 for a batch of five. If you would like to submit more than five poems\, please make more than one entry. \nAs the poem is judged anonymously\, the entrant’s name must not appear on poem pages.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-gregory-odonoghue-international-poetry-competition/
LOCATION:Munster Literature Centre
CATEGORIES:Contest
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211201
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SUMMARY:F - The Masters Review Novel Excerpt Contest
DESCRIPTION:Guest Judge:  Dan Chaon \nThe Masters Review is hosting its first Novel Excerpt Contest! We’re looking for excerpts that show off a sense of style\, with a clear grasp on craft: narrative\, character\, and plot. Choose wisely! Your excerpt can come from any point in your completed or in-progress novels\, but a synopsis should not be required for understanding the excerpt. Excerpts must be from previously unpublished novels; if your novel has been self-published\, it is ineligible for this contest. As always\, we have no limitations on genre\, though we are primarily interested in literary fiction. Dan Chaon will serve as our inaugural judge and select the finalists from a shortlist provided by The Masters Review’s editorial team. The winning excerpt will be awarded $3000 and online publication and an hour-long consultation with Halley Parry\, an agent at Drift(less) Literary. Second and third place excerpts will be awarded online publication and $300 and $200 respectively\, in addition to 1 page of feedback from a literary agent. \nGuidelines: \n\nWinner receives $3000\, publication and consultation with an agent\nSecond and third place prizes ($300 / $200\, publication and agent feedback)\nExcerpts under 6000 words\nExcerpts from unpublished novels only\nSimultaneous and multiple submissions allowed\nEmerging writers only (We are interested in offering a larger platform to new writers. Self-published writers and writers with story collections and novels with a small circulation (fewer than 5000 copies) are welcome to submit.)\nInternational English submissions allowed\n$20 entry fee\nDeadline: November 30th\, 2021\nPlease\, no identifying information on your excerpt\nAll excerpts are considered for publication\nA significant portion of the editorial letter fees go to our feedback editor\, according to the rates established by the EFA
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-masters-review-novel-excerpt-contest/
LOCATION:The Masters Review
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:FN - Narrative's Fall 2021 Story Contest
DESCRIPTION:OUR FALL CONTEST is open to all fiction and nonfiction writers. We’re looking for short shorts\, short stories\, essays\, memoirs\, photo essays\, graphic stories\, all forms of literary nonfiction\, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Entries must be previously unpublished\, no longer than 15\,000 words\, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner\, finalist\, or honorable mention in another contest.\nNarrative winners and finalists have gone on to win Whiting Awards\, the Pulitzer Prize\, the Pushcart Prize\, and the Atlantic prize\, and have appeared in collections such as The Best American Short Stories\, The Best American Nonrequired Reading\, and many others.\n\n\n\nAs always\, we are looking for works with a strong narrative drive\, with characters we can respond to\, and with effects of language\, situation\, and insight that are intense and total. We look for works that have the ambition of enlarging our view of ourselves and the world.\n\nWe welcome and look forward to reading your pages. \n\nAwards: First Prize is $2\,500\, Second Prize is $1\,000\, Third Prize is $500\, and up to ten finalists will receive $100 each. All entries will be considered for publication. \n\nSubmission Fee: There is a $27 fee for each entry. With your entry\, you’ll receive three months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage.\nAll contest entries are eligible for the $4\,000 Narrative Prize and for acceptance as a Story of the Week.\n\nTiming: The contest deadline is November 30\, 2021\, at midnight\, Pacific standard time.Judging: The contest will be judged by the editors of the magazine. Winners and finalists will be announced to the public by December 31\, 2021. All writers who enter will be notified by email of the judges’ decisions\, which will be final. The judges reserve the option to declare ties and to designate and award only as many winners and/or finalists as are appropriate to the quality of contest entries and of work represented in the magazine. \nSubmission Guidelines: Please read our Submission Guidelines for manuscript formatting and other information. \nOther Submission Categories: In addition to our contest\, please review our other Submission Categories for areas that may interest you. \n\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fn-narratives-fall-2021-story-contest/
LOCATION:Through Journal’s own submission portal
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:N - Speak For Ourselves Essay Competition - Educational Institution Students
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOTTAWA\, ON (September 27\, 2021): For Canadian students and young people who are frustrated that they don’t see themselves represented in the national discussion on issues of race\, culture and politics\, here is a great opportunity to finally be heard. \nIn Canada\, the dominant mainstream media narrative seems to offer a single\, simplistic\, politically-biased view to represent all people of colour on the most important political and cultural issues. But true diversity includes diversity of thought\, and in this respect\, minority communities are as diverse as any other communities in our country. \nTo help Canadian youth of different backgrounds create a national discussion that reflects the true diversity of opinions that we know is out there\, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute is launching the first ever Speak For Ourselves Essay Competition. \nThis competition will invite essays from Canadian students that push back against the prevailing narratives that are imposed upon or seek to marginalize diverse voices. The contest winner will receive a $1500 prize\, mentorship support\, and will have their essay featured in MLI’s Inside Policy magazine. As part of this contest\, MLI will also host a writing workshop\, mentorship roundtables\, and Instagram Live discussions for young Canadians. \n“A diversity of opinions from individuals with different backgrounds represents a strong measure of a successful democracy\,” said MLI Senior Fellow Jamil Jivani\, who also recorded a video message announcing the contest. “Young Canadians deserve to be heard\, especially those whose opinions are often left out of public debate.” \nThis essay competition is part of MLI’s Speak for Ourselves project\, which seeks to amplify the views of people of colour whose dissent from mainstream narratives might leave them without a platform for expressing their opinions. Launched in 2020\, Speak for Ourselves embodies the principle that all people are unique and entitled to think and speak for themselves without having ideas imposed onto them. \nAccording to MLI Munk Senior Fellow Shuvaloy Majumdar\, “supporting true diversity and inclusion is much more important than succumbing to the narrow ‘culture war’ debate being perpetuated in much of society.” \nThe contest is now open\, and essays can be submitted between now and November 29th at 11:59pm ET. Eligible participation is open to Canadian students aged 25 and younger. Essays can be anywhere between 750 and 1000 words in length. \nAs Jivani notes\, successful submissions will be those that provide “a unique and compelling argument or commentary on issues of race\, racism\, and diversity – the kind of argument you might not read in the opinion sections of Canada’s major papers or in a university classroom.” \nTo learn more about the essay contest\, a full list of rules\, requirements\, and key information can be found here. \nCommenting on the essay competition\, MLI Senior Fellow Kaveh Shahrooz says that it “presents an opportunity to reward a bright and talented young Canadian whose views and opinions deserve their time in the spotlight.” \nIn addition to the essay competition\, MLI will be hosting a digital writers’ workshop to discuss ideas and best practices for prospective participants. To register for the workshop\, click here. \nFurthermore\, media\, educational institutions\, and prospective participants are invited to contact: \nBrett Byers\nCommunications and Digital Media Manager \nhttps://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/speak-essay-competition-contest-rules/
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/speak-for-ourselves-essay-competition-educational-institution-students/
LOCATION:Macdonald-Laurier Institute\, Canada
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SUMMARY:P - Pedestal 89: Call For Submissions
DESCRIPTION:As editors of Pedestal Magazine\, we intend to support both established and burgeoning writers. We are committed to promoting artistic diversity and celebrating the voice of the individual. \nPedestal Magazine does not accept previously published work\, unless specifically requested; however\, we will accept simultaneous submissions\, if so noted. Please inform us immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere. We do not accept submissions by regular mail. Neither do we accept email submissions. We now accept all work through Submittable.com. Please do not submit more than once per reading cycle. \nCurrent and Upcoming Guidelines:\nFor Pedestal 89\, scheduled for publication in December 2021\, editors will be accepting submissions of poetry. No restrictions on theme\, style\, length\, or genre. Please submit up to five (5) poems and include all work in a single file.\nOpen for submissions: November 1 – November 28\nPayment: $50 per accepted poem. \nPedestal Magazine publishes reviews of full-length poetry collections (we are no longer able to review chapbooks). Most of our reviews are selected and handled in-house by staff reviewers; however\, if you are interested in submitting a title for possible review\, or would like to review a specific title\, please query at pedmagazine@carolina.rr.com. \nHow to Submit Your Writing:\nAs mentioned above\, Pedestal Magazine does not accept previously published material\, unless specifically requested. The editors ask for first rights to any piece selected. At the time of publication\, all rights revert back to the author/artist; however\, Pedestal Magazine retains the right to publish the piece(s) in any subsequent issue or anthology\, whether in print or online\, without additional payment. Should you decide to republish the piece elsewhere\, we ask that you cite Pedestal Magazine as a place of previous publication and provide Pedestal Magazine’s web address. \nStarting with Issue 84\, Pedestal Magazine increased payment for accepted work from $40 to $50 per poem. In addition\, pay rates have been increased for editors and reviewers. Also\, because the amount of submissions received has dramatically increased over the last few submission cycles\, we are encountering rising administrative costs\, including fees related to use of the Submittable and MailChimp platforms. For these reasons\, we have implemented a $3 processing fee for all submissions. \nWe do our best to respond to submissions in 4-6 weeks. Please do not query regarding status of a submission until at least 8 weeks have passed. All questions pertaining to submissions should be addressed to the editor at pedmagazine@carolina.rr.com.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-pedestal-89/
LOCATION:Pedestal Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Narrative's 30 Below Contest—2021
DESCRIPTION:With your entry\, you’ll receive three months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage\n.NARRATIVE INVITES all writers\, poets\, visual artists\, photographers\, performers\, and filmmakers between eighteen and thirty years old to send us their best work. We’re looking for the traditional and the innovative\, the true and the imaginary. We’re looking to encourage and promote the best young authors and artists working today.\n\n\n\nAwards: First Prize is $1\,500\, Second Prize is $750\, Third Prize is $300\, and ten finalists will receive $100 each. The prizewinners and finalists will be announced in Narrative.\nAll N30B entries are eligible for the $4\,000 Narrative Prize for 2021 and for acceptance as a Story of the Week or Poem of the Week.\n\nWe accept submissions in the following media:\n Works of prose and of poetry\, including short stories\, all poetic forms\, novel excerpts\, essays\, memoirs\, and excerpts from book-length nonfiction. Prose submissions must not exceed 15\,000 words. Each poetry submission may contain up to five poems. The poems should all be contained in a single file. All submissions should be double-spaced (excluding poetry\, which should be single-spaced)\, with 12-point type\, at least one-inch margins\, and sequentially numbered pages. Please provide your name\, address\, telephone number\, and email address at the top of the first page. Submit your document as a .doc\, .docx\, .pdf\, or .rtf file. You may enter as many times as you wish\, but we encourage you to be selective and to send your best work. All entries will be considered for publication.\n\nTiming: Entries will be accepted through November 19\, 2021\, at midnight\, Pacific standard time.\nEntry fee: There is a $26 fee for each entry. And with your entry\, you’ll receive three months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage.\nJudging: The contest will be judged by the editors of the magazine. Winners and finalists will be announced to the public by December 18\, 2021. All entrants will be notified by email of the judges’ decisions\, which will be final. The judges reserve the option to declare ties and to designate and award only as many winners and/or finalists as are appropriate to the quality of contest entries and of work represented in the magazine.\nEntries must be previously unpublished\, though we do accept works that have appeared in college publications. Entries cannot have been the winner\, finalist\, or honorable mention in another contest. We accept online entries only. We do accept simultaneous submissions\, but if your entry is accepted elsewhere\, please let us know as soon as possible (and accept our congratulations!).
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-narratives-30-below-contest-2021/
LOCATION:Through Journal’s own submission portal
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Penn Review: Call for Submissions
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\nWe accept submissions in the categories of Fiction\, Poetry\, Creative Nonfiction\, and Art. Individual submission guidelines for each category can be found on our General Submissions Form. Submissions that do not adhere to these guidlines will not be considered. Submissions that are not received through our Submittable platform will also not be considered. Please do not email us your submissions. \nSubmissions are always open to the general public\, there is no minimum age requirement or fee to submit. All submissions are read blind by our editorial team. For more information about the kind of work that we are looking for\, you can refer to this interview. \nSimultaneous Submissions\nWe accept simultaneous submissions\, but please specify them in your cover letter and notify us immediately if your submission is accepted by another magazine. \nMultiple Submissions\nPlease submit up to 5 poems\, 3 short stories or nonfiction pieces\, or 10 works of visual art at one time.  As a general rule\, fiction and nonfiction pieces should not exceed 2500 words in length.  In addition\, if you have received a rejection letter\, please wait a week before submitting again. \nReprints\nWe don’t accept work reprinted from other magazines.  Unfortunately\, this includes submissions that have been published on a personal website or blog. \nRights\nWe require First North American Serial Rights.  Following publication\, all rights revert to the author\, but we ask that The Penn Review is credited in subsequent reprints. In addition\, we reserve the right to edit submissions in accordance with the rules of our style guide. \nFor updates on reading periods and issue publications\, you can follow us on Facebook.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-penn-review-call-for-submissions/
LOCATION:The Penn Review
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Rolling Deadlines - Seeking Great Short Stories to be Read on Video
DESCRIPTION:Seeking Great Short Stories to be Read on Video\nDeadline: Rolling\n\n\n\n\nSomeShortStories.com is a new website featuring videos of our narrators reading short fiction aloud. We are seeking stories in the literary genre between 1\,500 – 8\,000 words. We’re looking for great stories that really delve into the characters’ thoughts and feelings\, and which don’t need an understanding of a certain genre’s tropes to be enjoyed. And since we want to promote Indie authors\, we want stories by authors who have books for sale on Amazon. \nSubmission guidelines at someshortstories.com.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/rolling-deadlines-seeking-great-short-stories-to-be-read-on-video-2/
LOCATION:Through Journal’s own submission portal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:N - Our 3rd Annual Personal Narrative Writing Contest - for High School Students
DESCRIPTION: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. Contest Dates: Oct. 13 to Nov. 17\, 2021\n\n\n\nBy The Learning Network\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen you think of The New York Times\, you probably think of front-page news\, but The Times also has a long tradition of publishing personal narratives\, and you can find new ones online nearly every day if you know where to look. \nIn fact\, over the years there have been columns dedicated to personal narratives on themes from love and family to life on campus\, how we relate to animals\, living with disabilities and navigating anxiety. \nFor this contest\, you are invited to write a personal narrative of your own about a meaningful life experience. \nWe’re not asking you to write to a particular theme or to use a specific structure or style\, but we are looking for short\, powerful stories about a particular moment or event in your life. We want to hear your story\, told in your unique voice\, and we hope you’ll experiment with style and form to tell a tale that matters to you\, in a way you enjoy telling it. \n\n\n\nTake a look at the full guidelines and related resources below.  And\, consider hanging this PDF one-page announcement on your class bulletin board.\n\n\n\nHere’s what you need to know:\n\nHow to Submit\nThe Rules\nResources for Teachers and Students\nFrequently Asked Questions\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Submit\nThis contest begins on Oct. 13\, 2021. \nStudents ages 11 to 19 anywhere in the world attending middle or high school can participate. Students ages 13 to 19 years old in the United States and the United Kingdom\, and students ages 16 to 19 years old anywhere else in the world\, can submit their own entries. Younger students can have an adult submit on their behalf. \nThe Rules\n\n\nYour narrative should be a short\, powerful\, true story about a meaningful experience from your own life. \n\n\nIt must be 600 words or fewer\, not including the title. \n\n\nYou must be a student ages 11 to 19 in middle school or high school anywhere in the world to participate. For students in the United States\, we consider middle school to begin in 6th grade. Students in lower grades cannot participate. For students outside the United States\, students must be 11 years old to have their work submitted to this contest. \n\n\nYour essay should be original for this contest\, meaning\, it should not already be published at the time of submission\, whether in a school newspaper\, for another contest or anywhere else. \n\n\nKeep in mind your audience. You’re writing for a family newspaper\, so\, for example\, no curse words\, please. \n\n\nSubmit only one entry per student. \n\n\nWhile many of our contests allow students to work in teams\, for this one you must work alone. \n\n\nAll entries must be submitted by Nov. 17\, 2021\, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific using the appropriate contest form above. \n\n\nPlease read through all the official eligibility and submission rules before submitting your narrative. If you have questions\, please see the Frequently Asked Questions section below. \n  \n\n\n\n\nResources for Teachers and Students\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA unit plan on personal narrative writing\, including writing prompts\, mentor texts\, lesson plans and reader ideas. \n\n\n\n\nAn on-demand introductory webinar with Learning Network staff on using writing prompts and mentor texts to prepare students for the contest. \n\n\nA live webinar on Oct. 7 with two guest experts — a New York Times editor who selects stirring personal stories for the popular Modern Love column\, and a high school English teacher who uses our narrative-writing unit and mentor texts from The Times to help her students write college essays with voice\, style and meaning. \n\n\nA lesson plan\, “From ‘Lives’ to ‘Modern Love’: Writing Personal Essays With Help From The New York Times\,” on everything from avoiding “zombie nouns” to writing “dangerous” college essays. \n\n\nThe seven winning essays from our 2020 contest and eight essays from our 2019 contest. \n\n\nThree annotated essays — “Pants on Fire\,” “Speechless” and “Cracks in the Pavement” — and video interviews with past student winners that illuminate the narrative writing process. \n\n\nA short video with advice from three or our past winners (embedded above). \n\n\nOur collection of 550 Writing Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing. \n\n\nOur contest rubric.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/our-3rd-annual-personal-narrative-writing-contest-for-high-school-students/
LOCATION:New York Times\, United States
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SUMMARY:P - Harpur Palate - Poetry
DESCRIPTION:The entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Harpur Palate. \nHarpur Palate accepts original\, previously unpublished poems in any style\, form\, or genre. We accept submissions of 1-5 poems per reading period–no more than 15 pages total. Please send no more than one poetry submission per reading period. We prefer poems with a strong lyric voice and sense of urgency. Simultaneous submissions are accepted as long as you withdraw your piece immediately should it be accepted elsewhere. \nAesthetic statement from Co-Editors Cole Depuy and Macaulay Glynn:  “We are looking for poems with fresh perspectives that surprise us\, poems that draw us in and make of us commiserators or co-conspirators. Our favorite poems have a strong lyric voice and a sense of urgency that drives the poem forward toward a conclusion that feels simultaneously inevitable and unexpected. That urgency can derive from the speaker’s audibly intense desire to communicate or a sense of play\, tracking the speaker’s ideas as they move associatively and intuitively from one to the next. We love poems that dive deeply into the speaker’s psychological response to a situation\, idea\, or what Richard Hugo calls the “triggering subject.” We love poems that dramatize the brain’s work of making meaning. Some contemporary poets we love include: Kim Addonizio\, Chen Chen\, Ross Gay\, Ada Limón\, Sharon Olds\, Kay Ryan\, sam sax\, Danez Smith\, Patricia Smith\, Tracy K. Smith.”
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/harpur-palate/
LOCATION:Harpur Palate Literary Journal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PF - Nixed Mate
DESCRIPTION:We are locked in with climate change. Should the seas rise as predicted\, our beloved navigational hazard in Boston Harbor will no longer exist except as an abandoned beacon\, the sea rolling over the bones of pirates and mutineers. \nWe are looking for work that addresses\, directly\, or indirectly\, climate change and humanity’s impact on the environment. We are not looking for solutions or predictions\, though they are welcome\, we are looking for work that reminds us that without our polluting devices we would not be who we are and how we must accept that responsibility in the best way we can. We must not be one of W.S. Merwin’s Last Ones \nThe ones that were left went away to live if it would let them.\nThey went as far as they could.\nThe lucky ones with their shadows.*\nWe are happy to have Hannah Larrabee join us as Guest Editor for this issue. Hannah’s Wonder Tissue won the Airlie Press Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for a Massachusetts Book Award. She has chapbooks out from Seven Kitchens Press and Nixes Mate. Hannah was selected by NASA to write poetry for the James Webb Space Telescope program\, and she’s a recipient of an Arctic Circle Residency. She’ll be sailing around Svalbard with artists and scientists in October. Hannah studied poetry with Charles Simic at The University of New Hampshire. (non-binary: she/they)  hannahlarrabee.com \nThe submission period for our Climate Change themed double issue Issue 21/22 · Fall/Winter 2021/22 runs August 15 – November 15. The issue will come out on or about January 1\, 2022. \nPlease submit no more than five poems\, or one short story (no more than 2000 words)\, or two short-short stories (less than 500 words is ideal)\, or one creative non-fiction piece (no more than 3000 words). We insist that you send multiple pieces in a single file\, and\, most important\, we insist that you start a new poem\, or piece on a new page. Please add a 50-word or less bio. We allow simultaneous submissions so long as you notify us if your work has been accepted elsewhere. \nIf you have not heard from us within a reasonable amount of time (2-3 months)\, a gentle query as to the status of your submission should suffice to get our attention. \nThough\, at this time\, we can not pay anything other than our undying gratitude and appreciation\, we ask for first North American serial rights only. Copyright reverts to the author upon publication. Acceptance will be for our quarterly online issues\, with consideration for the annual “best of” print edition. \n❡\nNixes Mate does NOT accept unsolicited manuscripts for its book series. Thank you.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/nixed-mate-fistion-poetry/
LOCATION:Through Journal’s own submission portal
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:Room’s 2021 Short Forms Contest
DESCRIPTION:Entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Room\, beginning with issue 45.1 (March 2022). \nFIRST PRIZE: $500 + possibility of publication in Room\nSECOND PRIZE: $500 + possibility of publication in Room \nHONOURABLE MENTION: $50 + publication on Room’s website \nDeadline: November 1\, 2021 \nEach entry can consist of one or two prose poems\, flash fictions\, or flash creative non-fiction works of up to 500 words. Authors are not required to clarify which genre(s) they are writing in\, as long as each work is 500 words or less. All submissions\, regardless of genre\, will be judged in a single category\, and two prizes of $500 will be awarded. Winning entries (1st place\, 2nd place) have the possibility of being published in upcoming issues of Room. \n2021 Judge: Michelle Good \nMichelle Good is a Cree writer and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. After working for Indigenous organizations for twenty-five years\, she obtained a law degree and advocated for residential school survivors for over fourteen years. Good earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia while still practising law and managing her own law firm. Her poems\, short stories\, and essays have been published in magazines and anthologies across Canada\, and her poetry was included on two lists of the best Canadian poetry in 2016 and 2017. Her first novel\, Five Little Indians won the HarperCollins/UBC Best New Fiction Prize\, the Amazon Canada First Novel Award\, and the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction. Michelle Good now lives and writes in the southern interior of British Columbia. \n  \nGenre: Poetry\, Flash Fiction\, Flash Nonfiction\nEntry Fee: $35 for Canadian entries plus $7 for each additional entry\, and $42 USD for entrants outside Canada plus $7 USD for each additional entry (includes a one-year subscription to Room)\nDeadline: November 15\, 2021\nPrize: Two first prizes of $500; honourable mention prize of $50; all prizes include publication on Room’s website\nDescription: Open to women (cisgender or transgender)\, transgender men\, Two-Spirit\, and nonbinary people. Each entry can consist of one or two prose poems\, flash fictions\, or flash creative nonfiction works of up to 500 words.\nDetails: http://roommagazine.com/contests#Short
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/rooms-2021-short-forms-contest-2/
LOCATION:Room Magazine\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Contest
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