Sunspot Lit is looking for a short story, novel or novella excerpt, essay, artwork, graphic novel, or poem that combines excellence in craft with reader or audience appeal. Literary or genre works accepted. No restrictions on theme or category. Maximum…
Awarded in alternate years in poetry and prose for first books by California writers. The 2025 competition invites works of prose 30,000 – 50,000 words. All forms of narrative prose are welcome: fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, speculative, hybrid, and more.…
Driftwood Press’s Adrift Short Fiction & Poetry Chapbook Contests, in which every work submitted is considered for publication as winner or runner-up, is open! Our guest judges this year are Matthew Olzmann (poetry) & Kelly Link (fiction)! For our yearly…
Palooka is an international literary magazine. For over a decade we’ve featured new, up-and-coming, and established writers, artists, and photographers from around the world. We’re open to diverse forms and styles and are always seeking unique chapbooks, fiction, poetry, nonfiction,…
Magazine1 is open for submissions for its fourth issue! We want the strange and unexpected. If you have a piece that you’re having trouble placing somewhere else, or one that doesn’t feel like the rest of what you make, send…
The Beautiful Pause Prize is a yearly prize of $1,000 and the print publication of a full-length manuscript awarded to a writer of exceptional talent and heart. One runner-up will receive $500 and publication of a series of poems in…
Sand Hills Literary Magazine, in print since 1973, is now open for Issue 49. We are a national publication out of Augusta, Georgia accepting works from the United States. Both emerging and established writers and artists are encouraged to submit.…
South 85 lit journal is eager to read your fiction, flash, CNF, and poetry through March 10 for our spring/summer issue. We’re based in the Converse University low-res MFA program, under faculty editorship. Theme: Borders | Boundaries | Lines. One…
The Blue Mountain Review launched from Athens, Georgia in 2015 with the mantra, “We’re all south of somewhere.” As a journal of culture, the BMR strives to represent all life through its stories. Stories are vital to our survival. What…