Creative Writers Opportunities

Thin Air invites all writers, emerging and established alike, to submit to our Spring 2022 issue. We accept fiction and creative nonfiction up to 3,000 words, up to five poems, and up to five pieces of visual art. Our editors are also interested in pieces that defy categorization. Regardless of form, we want material that feels fresh. The pieces we accept tend to surprise us and remind us why we fell in love with reading in the first place.  We continually strive to publish authentic work from a multiplicity of perspectives.     We publish and circulate our journal annually. Alongside our print journal, we also offer the opportunity for publication through our online Web Features with no submission fee, as well as a submission fee-less day on the 15th of every month for submissions from Black and Indigenous writers of color.    We are also excited to announce the second annual The Bird in Your Hands Prize : a contest that centers a...

  . Hello, hello, Submissions are now open for the 2021 Breakout! Writers Prize for undergraduate and graduate prose and poetry writers. The prize consists of $1000 cash (each) for two prose writers and two poets, publication in the Fall/Winter 2021 issue of  Epiphany , a year-long membership to The Authors Guild, and a year-long mentorship with editor-in-chief Rachel Lyon. This year's contest will be judged by Nadia Owusu, Shane McCrae, and Rachel Lyon. Submissions close on November 1st at midnight. All applicants will receive a complimentary digital subscription to Epiphany. Candidates must have been enrolled in an accredited university, at least part-time, for the academic years 2020 or 2021. The prize is open to both graduate and undergraduate students. Students need not be enrolled in MFA programs or creative writing programs. Visit  Epiphany  for more information: https://epiphanyzine.com/features/2021/9/15/submissions-...

https://bombmagazine.org/articles/fellowships-and-residencies-fall-2021/?utm_source=BOMB+Magazine+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=5f634db6b0-Weekend_Reads_5_18_2018_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d45e7f673a-5f634db6b0-281769&mc_cid=5f634db6b0&mc_eid=16e7af68ee

Subject: FINAL WEEK To Enter The Early Bird Special! 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Call for Entries - Over $10,000 in Monetary prizes, 80+ categories   Early Bird Discount! Call for Entries: 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. If you would like to receive greater recognition, monetary prizes, aw   Early Bird Discount! Call for Entries: 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. If you would like to receive greater recognition, monetary prizes, awards and exposure for your books, here is an opportunity not to miss. Enter the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards . Calling all indie book authors and publishers - including small presses, mid-size independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors who have a book written in English released in 2020, 2021 or 2022 or with a 2020, 2021 or 2022 copyright date to en...

FIRST CALL:  THE 2022 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD SMALL PRESSES  * ACADEMIC PRESSES  * MICRO PRESSES  *  SELF-PUBLISHERS — $2,500 GRAND PRIZE — LOW ENTRANCE FEE: discount $60 early registration postmarked by 12/14 ($70 after) Register early for savings. New or old, we want to read your book. … Each year, independent publishers release extraordinary books to little or no recognition. The Eric Hoffer Book Award recognizes excellence in publishing. A SINGLE REGISTRATION gives you SEVEN WAYS TO WIN by genre, press, the Montaigne Medal, the da Vince Eye, the First Horizon Award, the Medal Provocateur (for poetry), and the Hoffer grand prize. There is a category for every book. (See submission guidelines below or check our listing in Writer's Market or visit https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hofferaward.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Caljoseph%40siu.edu%7C1ce605b1a88644f6def308d973b44392%7Cd57a98e7744d43f9bc9108de...