There are more markets than contests here, including some that will let you voice your opinion in OpEds. You’re guaranteed publication with the last opportunity on the page. Why not give something here a try and let us know how it goes. We’d really like to know.
Do you write for or represent a publication seeking submissions? We’d be happy to share their contact information and hopefully bring them more business. Please send the name and URL of the publication through the Contact Box on the home page.
Interested in reviewing my book? (A writer has to try. 🙄) The Kindle is available on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Disrupted-B-Lynn-Goodwin-ebook/dp/B0CTKPM735/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1704748401&sr=8-1, and if you want me to reimburse you for the $5.07 I can do it as soon as your review goes up. Or I can send you the PDF if you prefer. I’m interested in knowing what you think.
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A Few December Deadlines
These are from The Writer’s College and other sites
FFF Competition Twenty-Five
Deadline: 23 December 2024
More details here
Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing Award
Deadline: 31 December 2024
More details here
Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition
Deadline: 31 December 2024
More details here
The Letter Review Prize For Short Fiction, Poetry, Essays & Nonfiction, and Unpublished Books
Deadline: 31 December 2024
More details here
Orca. Genre: Literary fiction. Payment: $50 for short stories, $25 for flash fiction. Deadline: December 15, 2024. Submit early in the month to avoid submission fees.
A Public Space. Genre: Fiction, essays, poetry, as well as graphic and hybrid work. Payment: Honorarium. Deadline: December 15, 2024.
Utter Speculation Novella Series. Genre: Speculative fiction novellas explaining or exposing the root of a real life supernatural mystery, urban legend or folklore. Payment: Royalty split. Deadline: December 16, 2024.
The Ex-Puritan. Genres: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Payment: $100 per nonfiction piece, $50 fiction, $15 per poem. Deadline: December 25, 2024.
The New York Times: Modern Love. Genre: Essay on modern love. Payment: Not Specified. Deadline: December 31, 2024.
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Calls for Submissions Found on New Pages:
Dulcet Literary Magazine’s New Call for Submissions
Deadline: November 30, 2024
https://www.dulcetlitmag.com/submit
LIVING OUR BLESSINGS: Aging, Mortality & Gratitude, Wising Up Anthology
Deadline: December 31, 2024
Submit to: livingourblessings@universaltable.org. Full Guidelines: universaltable.org/wisingup.html
Plant-Human Quarterly Seeks Poems and Essays for Upcoming Issues
Deadline: Year-round
Guidelines: https://otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissions
Deadline: Year-round
Submit at bluemountainreview.submittable.com/submit
Superpresent Winter Issue on the theme Secrets & Mysteries
Deadline: December 1, 2024
Submit at uagreymatter@gmail.com
Call for Submissions: Jewish Fiction
Deadline: Year-round
Submissions page at bit.ly/47MDwtV
Exploration and Recovery: Mental Illness and The Awakenings Review
Deadline: Year-round
Guidelines: www.AwakeningsProject.org
Eclectic Journal Seeking Poems—Make Our Readers Forget Themselves
Deadline: Year-round
Submissions: workhorsewriters.submittable.com
Contests:
Gunpowder Press. Alta California Chapbook Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 11/11
New Letters. Editor’s Choice Award. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Cross-Genre. Entry Fee. 11/13
Autumn House Press. Rising Writer Contest. Fiction. Entry Fee. 11/15
Curious Curls Publishing. Fiction Contest. Fiction. Entry Fee. 11/15
LitMag. Emily Dickinson Poetry Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 11/15
MAYDAY Magazine. MAYDAY Prizes in Fiction, Poetry, & Nonfiction. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 11/15
New Ohio Review. NORward Prize for Poetry. Poetry. Entry Fee. 11/15
Nightboat Books. Nightboat Poetry Prize. Poetry Entry Fee. 11/15
Perugia Press. Perugia Press Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 11/15
The Story Prize. Book Award. Fiction. Entry fee. 11/15
Room. Short Forms Contest. Nonfiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 11/15
Terrain.org. Sowell Emerging Writers Prize. Nonfiction, Poetry, Fiction (genres rotate). Entry Fee. 11/15
Found in October:
The Letter Review Prize
https://letterreview.com/information/
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Writer’s Digest Short Story Competition:
https://www.writersdigest.com/writers-digest-competitions/short-short-story-competition
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2024 Anthology Contest: Compelling Hooks
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Reader’s Digest Contributor Submissions
https://www.rd.com/contributorsubmissions/
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Writing Battle
https://writingbattle.com/rules
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American Short Fiction
https://americanshortfiction.org/submityourwork/
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Reedsy Prompts
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/faq/
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Reader Views
https://www.readerviews.com/write-for-us/
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Chicken Soup for the Soul
https://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/possible-book-topics/
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The Sun Magazine
https://thesunmagazine.submittable.com/submit
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New York Times (Guest Essays)
https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014809107-New-York-Times-Opinion-Guest-Essays
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Los Angeles Times Submissions
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Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2018/02/14/submit-an-op-ed-to-the-chicago-tribune/
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Houston Chronicle
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Thanks to New Pages for this extensive listing:
(Note: The deadlines are old, but if you’re curious, click on the link and see what the site is currently seeking.)
Anthology. Poetry Competition. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Black Lawrence Press. Black River Chapbook Competition. Poetry, Prose. Entry Fee. 10/31
The Bedford Competition. Fiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Carlow University Creative Writing Program. Patricia Dobler Poetry Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Cloudbank Books. Vern Rutsala Poetry Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
The Comstock Review. Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Elixir Press. Annual Poetry Awards. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Haiku Poets of Northern California. San Francisco International Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka Contest. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Headmistress Press. Sappho’s Prize in Poetry. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Kinsman Avenue Publishing. Native Voices Award. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama, Art. No Fee. 10/31
Letter Review. Prize for Art, Prize for Books, Prize for Nonfiction, Prize for Poetry, Prize for Short Fiction. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Minerva Rising. Memoir Contest. Entry Fee. 10/31
North Carolina Literary Review. Doris Betts Fiction Prize. Fiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
Persea Books. Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Pithead Chapel. Larry Brown Short Story Award. Fiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
Raleigh Review. Flash Fiction Prize. Fiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
Red Hen Press. Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
River Teeth. Literary Nonfiction Book Contest. Nonfiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
Tofu Ink. Visionary Arts Poetry Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Tucson Festival of Books. Literary Awards Competition. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Tupelo Press. Helena Whitehill Book Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Uncharted Magazine. Novel Excerpt Prize. Fiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
University of North Texas Press. Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Witness.Witness Literary Awards. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
WOW! Women on Writing. Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest. Nonfiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
