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Will You Submit in March 2026?
You’re looking for places to submit your writing? Will any of these work for the piece you’re ready to share? Click the links and find out.
The April 1 deadline is approaching to submit your humor poem to the 25th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, sponsored by Winning Writers, Duotrope, and Chill Subs. We’ll award prizes of $2,000, $500, $250, and 10 X $100. The 13 funniest poems will be published online. There’s no fee to enter.
Our thanks to newpages.com for sharing the contests below. They said, “Spread the word” and I’m happy to do so.
This is only a sampling. PLEASE click the links to learn more.
2026 ABLE MUSE CONTESTS :: SUBMIT NOW
Deadline: March 15 (Write Prize); March 31 (Book Award)
$25 entry; deadline: March 31, 2026. ENTER NOW – go to www.ablemusepress.com for details.
The Missouri Review’s 6th Annual Perkoff Prize Invites Entries
Deadline: March 15, 2026
Visit our website to learn more: missourireview.com/submissions/contests/perkoff-prize/.
National Baseball Poetry Festival Call for Submissions
Deadline: Noon, March 27, 2026
Submissions are free. For full submission guidelines, please visit baseballpoetryfest.org.
The Headlight Review’s Annual Poetry Chapbook Prize
Deadline: March 31
2026 New American Voices Award for Immigrant Writers
Deadline: March 31, 2026
website: www.fallforthebook.org/newamericanvoices
2026 Prime Number Magazine Awards
Deadline: March 31, 2026
Submit a poem of up to three pages or a short story of up to 5,300 words with a $15 entry fee by March 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines: press53.com/prime-number-magazine-awards.
New Short Story Contest – Cash Prizes and Publication!
Deadline: March 31, 2026
We offer three cash prizes ($500/ $250/ $150), and the top 25 submissions will be published in our Anthology. Word count 1,000-3,000 words. Due March 31, 2026. the-ping-anthology.com
Cloudbank 20 Poetry/Flash Fiction Contest—New Deadline
Deadline: March 31, 2026
For information about past issues, including winning poems in those journals, visit Cloudbank. Revive us with your fire.
The 2026 Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction
Deadline: April 1, 2026
Entry period: December 1, 2025–April 1, 2026. duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/orison-prizes-poetry-fiction-eyhfu
Glenville State University Appalachian Chapbook Contest – Call for Submissions
Deadline: April 30, 2026
The submission period is November 1, 2025 through April 30, 2026. $10 entry fee. Details are at: www.glenville.edu/community/lkrs-chapbook-contest.
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (no fee)
Deadline: April 1, 2026
This contest is recommended by Reedsy. Learn more and submit at winningwriters.com/werglenp26.
Flash in Bloom – Queer Flash Fiction
Deadline: May 1, 2026
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Topic: Unfinished Business: Loose Ends that Refuse to Stay Tied
Story Circle Network Members, your post on a blog (yours or another) or on Substack, Medium, or other online writing platform published between March 1, 2025, and February 22, 2026, is eligible for entry.
Due Date: February 22, 2026 (Firm Deadline)
Full contest details, eligibility information, and submission guidelines can be found here: https://www.storycircle.org/contest/the-story-circle-blog-contest/
A few opportunities listed on the Author’s Guild website.
Fiction Contests
Cai Emmons Fiction Award
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $5,000 + publication
Entry fee: $25
Deadline: January 15, 2026
Nonfiction Contests
Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers
Eligibility: Emerging, mid-career or established writers are all welcome to apply
Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $15
Deadline: January 15, 2026
Fund for Investigative Journalism Grant
Eligibility: Journalists with a letter of commitment from a publication for a specific story
Prize: up to $10,000
Deadline: January 26, 2026
Poetry Contests
Colorado Prize for Poetry
Eligibility: All poets
Prize: $2,500 + publication
Entry Fee: $28 online; $25 by mail
Deadline: January 14, 2026
Multi-Genre Contests
Mississippi Review Prize
Eligibility: All writers except current of former students or employees of the University of Southern Mississippi
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry Fee: $16 online
Deadline: January 1, 2026
Iowa Review Awards
Eligibility: All writers and poets
Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $20
Deadline: January 31, 2026 (must be submitted during the month of January)
Culled from the New Pages:
The Meadow Seeking Work for Summer 2026
Deadline: January 15, 2026
The Meadow is the literary arts journal of Truckee Meadows Community College.
Ritual, Healing, and World-Making
Deadline: January 15, 2026
The next issue of Rejoinder explores the theme of ritual, healing, and world-making.
Feels Blind Literary Seeks Work for Lucky Issue #13
Deadline: January 31, 2026
Based in Baltimore, Feels Blind Literary is amped for AWP 2026!
Palooka Seeks Chapbooks, Prose, Poetry, Artwork, Photography
Deadline: Year-round
Palooka is a global literary magazine of daring prose, art, photography, comics, and chapbooks drawn exclusively from unsolicited submissions.
JackLeg Press is Looking for the Next Great Thing
Deadline: Rolling
JackLeg Press seeks bold, vibrant, authentic writers. Is that you? We’d love to find out. We focus on poetry, short fiction collections, select novels & creative nonfiction. Query us today! jacklegpress.submittable.com/submit
And of course we’d love to have you submit to Writer Advice’s Flash Memoir Contest.
Deadline: March 2, 2o26
Sends us any true story that’s under 750 words. More details at the link above.
