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Spring 2021 Contests and Markets

By B. Lynn Goodwin

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Following the same procedure I used in the last issue, I’ll be adding to this list fairly often. If you discover a contest we should include, please use the Contact box to let me know.

If you have questions about Writer Advice’s Flash FICTION Contest, please let me know. If you have a contest you’d like to ad, please share the title, deadline, and URL, by clicking on Contact.

 

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April

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest  –Deadline: April 30, 2021 –Substantial prize awarded

https://winningwriters.com/our-contests/tom-howard-john-h-reid-fiction-essay-contest

 

Bio Stories – no deadline given

https://biostories.com/submissions/

 

Huffington Post Personals

https://www.huffpost.com/section/huffpost-personal

Great place for personal essays, though you may have to join the site

 

Quarter After Eight

https://www.huffpost.com/section/huffpost-personal

Run by Ohio University

 

The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/style/how-to-submit-modern-love-essays.html

The popular Modern Love feature accepts submissions of 1,500 to 1,700 words  at modernlove@nytimes.com. 

 

CLMP

https://www.clmp.org/programs-opportunities/calls-for-submissions/

Huge list going through August

May

 

 

The Raymond Carver Short Story Contest

Deadline: 15 May 2021
More details here

 

Bacopa Literary Review
Deadline: 31 May 2021
More details here

 

Year Round Submissions:

https://trishhopkinson.com/category/call-for-submissions/year-round-calls/?fbclid=IwAR2w2ieThR7-GYuPP5DDTGNvoYRa1Q3emBoPXcqtVZxOxHM1otRGTFlj5Ok

 

Creative Nonfiction – Ongoing Deadline

https://www.creativenonfiction.org/submissions

 

Slate  Magazine – Ongoing deadline

https://slate.com/pitch

 

Additional Personal Essay Sites 

https://thewritelife.com/personal-essay/

 

June

Found in the Winning Writers Newsletter: 

The CRAFT First Chapters Contest is open through June 30, 2021 to the first 5,000* words of unpublished book-length adult literary fiction! Great chance to move your manuscript towards publication. Deadline is June 30, 2021.

 

Shared courtesy of Comps and Calls

18th Jun ‘We are looking for short stories up to 6,000 words, flash fiction, or poetry in the Science Fiction/Science Fantasy genres. If you aren’t sure whether it fits, submit it anyway. The worst that happens is we let you know it doesn’t fit what we’re looking for! And we don’t bite!’ CONTRIBUTOR COPY/COPIES, PAYING (SUBJECT TO FUNDRAISER/FUNDING) https://hawksbarrow.com/submissions-call/

21st Jun Theme: Nature. ‘For our print magazine, we accept short fiction, flash/micro fiction, nonfiction (memoir, literary journalism, travel narratives, etc), and original artwork (photographs, illustrations, paintings, etc) based on the designated monthly theme.’ https://www.litromagazine.com/litro-magazine-is-one-of-the-best-places-places-to-submit-writing/#print(Cathy’s note: you can also submit to the online or podcast versions of Litro.)

25th Jun Writing and more on the theme of Dream Journal. https://holyflea.wordpress.com/submit1/

30th Jun Poetry and more. https://www.thimblelitmag.com/submissions/

30th Jun Neurodivergent writers: poetry, fiction and more. PAYING https://thefatcoyote.com/blog/submission-guidelines/

 

Three opportunities found in a California Writers Club newsletter, https://www.trivalleywriters.org

  • Lascaux Review
  • Prize in Flash Fiction
  • Deadline: June 30, 2021

 
Lascaux Review awards a prize of $1,000 plus publication for a work of flash fiction. Submit up to three stories of no more than 1,000 words each with a $15 entry fee. See the website for details.
 

  • Bauhan Publishing
  • May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize
  • Deadline: June 30, 2021

 
Bauhan Publishing awards a prize of $1,000 plus publication and 50 author copies for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with a $30 entry fee. See the website for details.
 

  • Winning Writers
  • North Street Book Prize
  • Deadline: June 30, 2021

 
Winning Writers awards a grand prize of $5,000 and seven additional prizes of $1,000 each, plus other prizes, for self-published books of poetry, fiction, genre fiction, creative nonfiction, children’s literature, graphic narrative, and art books. Submit a book of up to 200,000 words with a $65 entry fee. See the website for details.

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