Creative Writers Opportunities

Slippery Elm 's 2022 print issue is open for submissions, and we're looking for your work!  Prizes of $1000 will be awarded for poetry and prose, and all entries will be considered for publication.  Benjamin Busch will judge in poetry, and M. O. Walsh will judge in prose. Submit up to three poems or 5,000 words of prose via Submittable by February 1.  General (non-contest) entries are always free, but it's only $15 to enter the contest, and all entrants receive a copy of our 2022 issue.  Visit our website for past issues and online-exclusive content, and see our Submittable page for complete submission guidelines.  Check us out in Facebook and follow us on Twitter @SlipperyElmLJ for author bios and other updates. And if you'd rather not receive these occasional e-mails, just reply and let us know.  An "unsubscribe" in the subject or message body works. Thanks, and we hope you'll check us out and spread the word!

Submit your work by December 15 Deadline:   December 15, 2021 Let your creativity fall onto the page by entering our annual Fall Short Story Contest. We're accepting fictional submissions in any genre as long as they are no more than 2,000 words. Enter Now Get feedback from professionals. We can provide detailed feedback with our add-on critique service regardless of where your submission places in our contest. . The Writer 35 Braintree Hill Office Park, Suite 101 Braintree, MA 02184 United States This email was 

The 2022 Kim Bridgford Memorial Sonnet Contest Open to Submissions December 1st 2021 to January 15th 2022 There are two categories: Single Sonnet and Sonnet Crown. The writers of the winning poem(s) in each category each will be awarded a prize of $500 and invited to read the pieces at the May 2022 Poetry by the Sea Conference. We welcome traditional sonnets, as well as artful variations that push the boundaries of the form. This year's final judge is A. E. Stallings. Full Guidelines A. E. Stallings is a U.S.-born poet and translator residing in Greece. Her awards include a National Endowment for the Arts translation grant (2009), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2011), a United States Artists fellowship (2011), and a MacArthur Fello

Subject: SECOND CALL: THE 2022 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD SECOND 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) Did you know that the Hoffer Award has categories for E-BOOKS, CHAPBOOKS, and many more categories (see below), as well as categories for printed books older than two years old (i.e. LEGACY) for both fiction and nonfiction? We have a category for EVERY BOOK. Visit our website to read Hoffer Award success stories. All books accepted. … The Eric Hoffer Book Award recognizes excellence in independent publishing. Prizes awarded by genre, press, the Montaigne Medal, the da Vince Eye, the First Horizon Award, the Medal Provocateur (for poetry), and the Hoffer grand prize. (See submission guidelines below, in Writer's Market, or by visiting HofferAward.com.) A single registration qualifies you

Win a full scholarship to the KR Writers Workshops! SUBSCRIBE | THE JOURNAL | KR ONLINE | WORKSHOPS Accepting submissions through December 31st Submit your work to the fourth annual 2022 Short Nonfiction Contest . Maggie Nelson , the author of the national bestseller On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint (2021), the New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner The Argonauts (2015), and Bluets (2009; named by Bookforum as one of the top 10 best books of the past 20 years), will be the final judge. The contest is open to all writers who have not yet published a book of creative nonfiction. Submissions must be 3,000 words or fewer. Click here for full submission guidelines .