Creative Writers Opportunities

Rough Cut Press is reading for our May issue. The theme is "RELEASE." Our graphic is attached. We are specifically interested in publishing emerging and established voices from the  LGBTQIA community. We accept poetry, fiction, and nonfiction under 650 words. The deadline for submission is April 27th;  we pay each contributing writer $25.00 per published piece.  There is no submission fee.  To submit, please visit: https://roughcutpress.com/submit/

Subject: Flash Contest Editors' Choice | Short Fiction Prize Closes in May | More!   $2,800 awarded for your short fictions         2021 Short Fiction Prize is OPEN   The 2021 CRAFT Short Fiction Prize is open through May 2 to unpublished short fiction up to 5,000 words. Guest judge Kirstin Valdez Quade will select three winning pieces for publication, with $2,800 awarded.   Learn More     Need a reminder to submit? Add us to your calendar with the button below: ...

From: Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature & Fine Arts <EditorInChief@gulfcoastmag.org> We will accept submissions for the Gulf Coast Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry until Friday, April 23 View this email in your browser 2021 Gulf Coast Prizes DEADLINE EXTENDED:  Friday, April 23 We have extended our contest deadline one additional week. The new deadline is April 23. Until then, we are accepting submissions for the Gulf Coast Prizes in Fiction, judged by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah ; Poetry, judged by Natalie Diaz ; and Nonfiction, judged by Kiese Laymon . The contest awards $1,500 and publication in Gulf Coast to the winner in each genre. Two honorable mentions in each genre are awarded $250. All entries are considered for publication and the ...

The Sassafras Award for Excellence in Environmental Writing is a newly-established award of $3,000 that extends the Ozark Society Foundation's history of publishing books that educate the public on conservation issues. Goals of the competition include: To recognize high-quality literary work with environmental, conservation, and/or nature-related themes To encourage innovative writing and new perspectives of nature and conservation To empower new voices and expressions of contemporary experiences with the natural world we inhabit The competition is open to literary work whose regional focus relates to areas in Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana where the Ozark Society operates. Submissions are encouraged from any author in any location whose writing reflects this regional link. Eligible genres for consideration include fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, dramatic writing, graphic novels, illustrated books, children's books, yo...

Hello lovely writers! Our shortest-form contest is now open for submissions until  May 1st! The Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms is judged by PRISM's editorial board. We're ready to sink our teeth into your flash fiction, micro-memoir, poetic hybrids and everything in between of  300 words  or less. Anything goes—as long as it's short! Entry fee: $15 PS—we offer free entries for self-identifying Black and Indigenous writers for all our contests. Black and Indigenous writers are invited to contact promotions@prismmagazine.ca by the deadline for to arrange a contest entry. We also have a number of free entries to offer to low-income writers, and we encourage writers for whom the contest entry fee is prohibitive to contact us at promotions@prismmagazine.ca to arrange contest entry. As always, ...