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Hello, I am writing again on behalf of Philadelphia Stories magazine to remind you that the deadline is growing closer for our annual Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction contest , open to all US writers (a connection with Philadelphia is not a requirement). We do hope that you can share the details of this contest with your students. The deadline is June 15 th , 2022. Prizes include:  First place: $2,500 cash award and an awards dinner in Philadelphia. Second place : $750 cash prize. Third place: $500 cash prize. All winning stories will be published in the Fall issue of Philadelphia Stories. Contest Guidelines: Deadline: June 15, 2022 Previously unpublished works of fiction, up to 8,000 words. Please note, "published" includes any work published in print or online, including online magazines, blogs, public social media sites, etc. Multiple submissions are acceptable. ...

  The Poet's Billow is accepting submissions for two prizes: the Bermuda Triangle Award and Pangaea Prize .   The winners and finalists of previous awards range from those publishing for the first time to those with multiple books and who contribute to McSweeney's and the New Yorker. In the past we have hosted readings at AWP to which we invite all our contributors. We also nominate for the Pushcart Prize, the Best New Poets anthology, and have had contributors as finalists for Best of the Net.   The Bermuda Triangle Prize awards three poems, by up to three different authors, $50 per poem based on the year's theme. The poems will be published and displayed in the Poet's Billow Literary Art Gallery . Finalists will be considered for publication. Deadline April 30 .   Current Theme: Beginning   We are open to interpretations on the theme: person beginning, spiritual awakening...

  . The Oversound Chapbook Contest, judged by Sawako Nakayasu, closes this Friday, 4/30. $1000 and 25 copies to winner. $18 to enter. View this email in your browser The Oversound Chapbook Prize closes this Friday, 4/30!  Judge: Sawako Nakayasu $1000 and 25 copies to winner. $18 to enter. Domestic subscription to  Oversound  included. March 1-April 30, 2022 Manuscript length: 15-30 pages. For a manuscript outside this range, please contact us prior to sending. Submit Here Judge's Bio: Sawako Nakayasu  is an artist working with language, performance, and translation – separately and in various combinations. She has lived mostly in the US and Japan, briefly in France and China, and translates from Japanese. Her b...

The Under Review  is an online literary journal committed to publishing literary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction with a sports slant, nod, backdrop, or undercurrent. We welcome all interpretations of what qualifies as 'sports' writing and are very interested in non-traditional approaches.  Submission Guidelines: All submissions can be sent via  Submittable Prose submissions must be limited to 3,000 words Poetry submissions must be limited to three poems per poet Summer Issue Submission Deadline -  May 1, 2022 at 11:59 pm CT Please visit  UnderReviewLit.com  for our issues, blog posts, podcast episodes, and more!  Thank you so much and I hope you're having a great spring semester! Sincerely, Terry Horstman Executive Editor the Under Review

.        Open submission call for A Body You Talk To: An Anthology of Contemporary Disability, a collection of works by Disabled writers and poets     ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Call for Submissions Sundress Publications announces an open submission call for  A Body You Talk To: An Anthology of Contemporary Disability, a collection of works by Disabled writers and poets that pushes defiantly against what it means to be Disabled today . The last two years have been an especially challenging time to be Disabled as isolation, illness, and stress are at an all-time high—three things that already disproportionately impact those of us who are disabled. Yet we remain a sexy, vibrant, hilarious, and brilliant community. Disabled friends, have you looked at yourself lately? Stunning! And this is what we seek to reflect in our upcom...

. Enter your short story in the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‍Australian Book Review Now open The 2022 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize  ‍ Prize money: $...