Creative Writers Opportunities

Scribes Valley Publishing is accepting submissions for our 21st annual short story writing contest. All finalists are published in an annual contest anthology, both print and electronic versions. Monetary prizes for top 3 finalists are based on contest participation – the more entries we receive, the bigger the prize amounts. In addition, all finalists receive a copy of the finished anthology. Thrill us…amaze us…entertain us…TELL US A STORY! Deadline:  November 30, 2023    Winners announced around January 30, 2024 Word limit:  5,000 Entry Fee:  $8.00 US Complete submission guidelines and rules on our website: scribesvalley.com .

Subject:  Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship in Writing & Publishing: APPLY NOW   The Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship in Writing & Publishing  offers an emerging writer time to work toward a first or second book and professional experience teaching creative writing and engaging in publishing and community-oriented literary work in collaboration with the CSU Poetry Center and English Department. The current application cycle is only open to writers who have been residents of Ohio for at least two consecutive years, for any period before the fellowship's start in August 2024. The salary is $50K per year with health insurance and benefits. The application deadline is January 15, 2024. More on the particulars can be found here .    The CSU Poetry Center  is an independen...

The Fall, 2023 Black River Chapbook Competition Twice each year Black Lawrence Press will run the Black River Chapbook Competition for an unpublished chapbook of poems or prose between 16-36 pages in length. The contest is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner will receive book publication, a $500 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Prizes are awarded on publication.   Our chapbooks are perfect-bound, feature striking cover designs, each receive an ISBN, and are distributed nationally through Small Press Distribution, as well as on our website and at amazon.com. We treat our chapbooks just like our full-length titles in terms of aesthetics, production, publicity, and editorial love and care Deadline: October 31 Information: https://blacklawrencepress.submittable.com/submit Black Lawrence Press Submission Manager During our June and November open reading periods, we acc...

Flapper Press Poetry Café Now Accepting Submissions 2023 Autumn "Poetry in a Snapshot" Contest As easy as 1-2-3 to submit: 1. Explore your world. Take an interesting original photo. 2. Write a poem inspired by your photo. 3. Send both your photo and poem to: info@flapperpress.com 4. Subject Line for Your Submission: YOUR NAME—2023 Autumn Poetry/Photo Contest & Date Example : Sally Brown—Autumn Poetry/Photo Contest 10.15.23 Deadline: November 15, 2023 Please read & follow all of the Submission Requirements for the best chance to be selected. $25 for each selection.   You have questions? We have answers! Question: May I use any form of poetry? Answer: Rhyming or non-rhyming, your choice of form. Question: Should I send a separate .jpg image, do I embed the...

­ TWO WEEKS REMAIN:  2023 CRAFT Flash Prose Prize Guest Judge: Kathy Fish $3,600 Awarded ­ Flash prose is a versatile, dynamic form of storytelling with an energy all its own. At CRAFT , we love the way flash prose can entertain and inspire, engage and provoke. For the 2023 Flash Prose Prize, we're seeking your best flash work, whether fiction or nonfiction. Guest Judge Kathy Fish is known the world over for her incredible facility with flash, and here's what she'd like to see from you: Here's what Kathy would love to see: I am so excited and honored to judge this contest! My favorite flash are the ones that are emotionally evocative and boldly, interestingly executed. I love a bit of innovation and experimentati...

from Quarter After Eight, the graduate-student produced literary journal coming up on its 30th year at Ohio University.    Our annual Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest, with a prize of $1008.15 plus publication, is currently open for submissions through November 15, 2023. We would be so grateful if you could help spread the word by forwarding this email to your graduate students and other members of your writing communities. Submissions consist of up to 3 pieces of 500 or less words, with a submission fee of $15. Writers may submit via this link: https://bit.ly/demott23 . The winner, runners up, and finalists will be invited to read at QAE's offsite AWP reading. 

Please share this call for submission with your students and any other artists you know. The University of Kentucky's New Limestone Review  has opened submissions for its Fall 2023 digital issue. We are accepting submissions for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and digital art. All entries must be submitted via Submittable ( https://thenewlimestonereview.submittable.com/submit ) by November 1, 2023. *NLR is an online literary journal run by graduate students in the University of Kentucky's MFA in Creative Writing.* New Limestone Review Department of English                                                                   University of Kentucky 1249 Patterson Office Tower Lexington KY 40506