Authortunities #31 Oct. 21—Nov. 18
S&T Fiction Selections! ➕ Amazon Link Bios Caput?!? 😪 ➕ FREE Space and Time #3 from Spring 1968 〓 read in all 50 US states and 36 countries!
Good morning Authortunists! This particular newsletter happens to go very well with your morning coffee or tea. Just keep a pad and pen handy so you can jot down your plans to be published.
But first, a favor. I need your insight! As someone that only wears black, I don’t have a good sense of color combos. Which of these cover combinations do you like best? Please do me a favor and vote here 🔗 https://forms.gle/ZdgYotZ1qnEZnMzp9
I’m also pleased to announce the Space and Time fiction acceptances! This was our busiest open reads yet, I think, with more than double the submissions. Huge thanks to all our First Readers for managing the slush, for Ken Hueler for managing the First Readers and our Fiction Editor Gerard Houarner for managing everything else.
Our fiction selections S&T’s #145 Fall issue are:
“Shopping with Ida” by Peter J Carter
“Auto-Prophet” by Sonny Zae
“First Date” by Laura Kester Duerrwaechter
“Devouring Sin at Serenity Pines Cemetery” by Alicia Hilton
“Gulaplast” by Maxwell I. Gold
“Echoes in the Deep” by Darren Lipman
“Two for One” by Christine H. Chen
Congratulations to everyone who was accepted, and thank you to everyone who sent in.
🚀As always, there is a new free issue of Space and Time magazine up on Amazon. This week’s free issue is true vintage — #3 from Spring 1968.
The Space and Time magazine will be free from Sunday, October 22, 2023, 12:00 AM PDT to Thursday, October 26, 2023, 11:59 PM PDT. Reviews and shares always appreciated. Find it here 🔗https://amzn.to/3Sc4N35
If you want for free reading, Annie Neugebauer is offering free copies of “White Paint” [Cemetery Dance Issue #78] to voting members of relevant award organizations. Details: 🔗https://annieneugebauer.com/2023/10/10/white-paint/
Over on my blog I’m celebrating 13 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN with Black Cat Awareness Month. October 27th is National Black Cat Day in the UK.
🔗 https://angelaysmith.com/category/13-days-of-halloween/
Dancing in the Shadows: A Tribute to Anne Rice edited by Elaine Pascale and Rebecca Rowland [from Yuriko Publishing] will be free on Kindle from Wednesday, October 25, 2023 to Sunday, October 29, 2023. If you download the book and read to the end, money is earned for the Animal Rescue of New Orleans.
Authortunities Reader Laura D. asked me to share this inspiring article she read on Simon Armitage: Poet laureate on 'life-changing' visit to the Arctic. I enjoyed reading it. Hope you do as well. 🔗https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67098028
Less inspiring, it seems that Amazon no longer allows authors to publish links in their Author Central bios. Annoying, since most of us would like to connect to our newsletters and webpages. I’ve reached out to Amazon and will share any response I get next week.
Ever wonder where I gather the information for my calendar? I have some great sources and they all deserve credit. My awesome assistant Lenoff and I keep an eye on them all week looking for new opportunities. If you’d like to browse them yourself, I keep a list at 🔗https://angelaysmith.com/subscribe/
And that’s it from me this week. Enjoy this week’s authortunities and go write something that matters.
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In this entire calendar share you will find:
19 newly opened submissions 🟢
107 submission deadlines 🔴
2 events for authors ⭐
9 reprint markets ♻️
10 award 🏆
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🔴OCT 21 · Flash Fiction Online is accepting speculative (science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and horror) and literary fiction submissions. Payment: $80. Opens on October 1, 2023.
🔗 https://flashfictiononline.com/subsfaq/
🔴 OCT 22 · Astrolabe closes to fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography/art for $50 USD flat rate with free submissions on October 22. 🔗https://www.astrolabe.ooo/submissions
🟢 OCT 23 · Mythaxis Magazine, a publication that opens for a week towards the end of October, offers payment of €0.01 per word with a €20 minimum for speculative fiction of 1,000-5,000 words. The submission period is from October 23rd to 30th. Please submit your work during this reading period.
🔗 https://mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.html
🟢 OCT 23 · Mythaxis opens for submissions from October 23rd-30th for fiction from 1,000-5,000 words for €0.01 per word, with a €20 minimum.
🔗https://mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.html
🔴 OCT 23 · ARIZONA ARTIST OPPORTUNITY GRANT is in search of artists. Deadline October 23, 2023. Artist Opportunity Grants support Arizona artists as they take advantage of specific, unique opportunities that have the potential to significantly impact their professional growth. Grant funds may be used for any of the following (this list is not comprehensive): Equipment purchases, materials, or services needed to fulfill/engage in the opportunity, Rental fees, including equipment, instruments, facility (including short-term space and studio rentals), etc., which support the artistic opportunity Preparation, freight, and/or shipping costs, Costs associated with documentation of the opportunity, Travel necessary to engage in the opportunity (see Funding Restrictions for more information), Registration fees, and Professional fees which support the artistic opportunity. Limit between $500 and $1,500.
🔗https://azarts.gov/grant/artist-opportunity/
🔴 OCT 25 · Painted Hearts Publishing is open for submissions, including a call for holiday/winter-themed LGBTQ+ romance of 15,000-20,000 words. The submission deadline is October 25, 2023, with a payment of $75.
🔗 https://www.paintedheartspublishing.com/submissions
🔴 OCT 26 · Riddlebird is accepting submissions until October 26, 2023. They are interested in literary fiction and personal essays with a word count between 650 and 5,000 words. Check their current and past issues to get an idea of their preferences. They favor writers such as George Saunders, Souvankham Thammavongsa, and E.C. Osondu. It's important to note that riddlebird will not publish work that is demeaning, racist, homophobic, or xenophobic. For detailed submission guidelines, visit 🔗https://www.riddlebird.com/submission-guidelines
🔴 OCT 27 · Black Ocean is open exclusively to BIPOC writers for full-length poetry manuscripts. Payment details: Royalties? Submit by October 27, 2023.
🔗 https://www.blackocean.org/submit
🔴 OCT 27 · Rough Cut Press is open for written works up to 650 words from members of the LGBTQ+ community. They have monthly themed calls and are currently reading submissions on the 'Tender' theme, with a payment of $25. The deadline is October 27, 2023.
🔗 https://roughcutpress.com/submit/
🔴 OCT 27 · Every Day Fiction is seeking flash fiction on the theme of November. Length: 1000 words max. Payment: $3. The deadline is October 27, 2023.
🔗 https://everydayfiction.submittable.com/submit
🔴 OCT 27 · Rattle Magazine’s “Poets Respond” challenge calls for poems inspired by “ a news story or public event from the previous week, and has been written in the time since.” Selected poems will appear as the Sunday poem at Rattle.com which appear to over 10,000 people via RSS feed and daily email service. Poets will receive $100 and a complimentary subscription to the print magazine. The deadline for each week is Friday at midnight PST.
🔗https://rattle.submittable.com/submit
⭐ OCT 28 · Writing the Occult: Vampires A day exploring the world of vampires and writing vampire fiction, featuring talks, panels, workshops and more! Organized by Alex Davis. Saturday 28th October, 1pm-9pm (UK time). Ticket Price: £45/$52 (until 26 October).
🔗 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-the-occult-vampires-tickets
🔴 OCT 30 · Embrace the Silence Anthology is open to Australian and New Zealand authors who identify as neurodivergent. Genre: Apocalyptic stories featuring neurodivergent characters. Payment: $20-$50. The deadline is October 30, 2023.
🔗 https://deadsetpress.com/submissions/
🔴 OCT 30 · Mythaxis is accepting speculative fiction submissions with a payment of $20. The deadline is October 30, 2023. 🔗 https://mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.html
🔴 OCT 30 · Agbowo, a publication that exclusively publishes work by African origin writers, is open for submissions in various categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, interviews/reviews, and art/photography. They offer a range of payments, including $25-50 for poetry, $50 for one-act plays, $60 for fiction and nonfiction, and $35 for art. Additionally, there is an editor’s prize for poetry, offering $100. Please submit only one piece per reading period. The deadline for the current reading period is October 30, 2023.
🔗https://agbowo.org/submissions/
🔴♻️ OCT 31 · Short Story on Substack is closed for short stories from 6- 10,000 words in any genre. Payment is $100 + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Selected story to be announced on the 15th. Reprints welcome. 🔗https://shortstory.substack.com/about?nthPub=601
🔴 OCT 31 · MetaStellar closes their flash speculative fiction submission window on October 31, 2023. This is a paying opportunity, and they're looking for your best enthralling, imaginative, or bone-chilling original fiction stories, as long as they're 1,200 words or fewer. They also welcome unpaid submissions and pitches all year round — in the form of reviews, essays, excerpts, and reprints. Payment: $0.08/word.
🔴 OCT 31 · Brick, a well-regarded Canadian literary journal, is currently open for literary nonfiction submissions. They prefer pieces ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 words and accept submissions during the month of October. Brick encourages writers of underrepresented identities to submit their literary non-fiction. Payment: $65-$720.
🔗 https://brickmag.com/submissions/
🔴 OCT 31 · Cutleaf is also open for nonfiction submissions of 1,500-6,000 words with a payment range of $100-$400. The submission deadline is October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://eastoverpresscutleafjournal.submittable.com/submit
🔴 OCT 31 · New York Times: Modern Love, a nonfiction column in the New York Times, accepts honest personal essays about contemporary relationships. They welcome essays on various aspects of love, and submissions are open from September through December. Writers are paid, and they encourage work from historically underrepresented writers, as well as those outside the US. Details can be found here.
🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/article/how-to-submit-a-modern-love-essay.html
🔴 OCT 31 · The Paris Review is open for poetry and poetry translation submissions during October. Their Submittable portal will close when the cap is reached, but they will continue to accept mailed submissions through October. Payment varies.
🔗 https://www.theparisreview.org/about/submissions
🔴🏆 OCT 31 · The Edgar® Awards, sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America, honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater. Submissions close for books published in September. Books must be submitted during the month of publication. In addition, the book MUST arrive to the judges within 30 days of sending the submission form to the national office.
🔗https://mysterywriters.org/edgars/edgar-submission-information/
🔴 OCT 31 · Engen Books and Kit Sora Photography have teamed up to offer the “Flash Fiction Photography Contest” which calls for ekphrastic flash prose pieces of 250 words or less inspired by the photography of Kit Sora. Payment is 10 cents a word. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/43edtd7j
🔴 OCT 31 · Diet Milk Magazine, a “biannual literary magazine devoted to Gothic” closes for submissions of “ micro and flash fiction for its December series, IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER” for $3 per micro fiction and $2 per flash fiction. “Twenty-five works will be chosen to be posted from December 1st through Christmas to our website and boosted on twitter.”
🔗https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/diet-milk-magazine-rv29z
🔴 OCT 31 · Silver Blade Magazine [Silver Pen Writers Association] closes for Flash (250 to 1,000 words), Short Stories (1,000 to 7,500 words) Novellas (7,500 to 20,000 words) and poetry for a flat fee of $15 for novellas, $3 for flash fiction, $8 for short stories, and $8 for single poems.
🔗https://www.silverblade.net/submissions-2/
🔴 OCT 31 · Rattle Magazine’s Ekphrastic Poetry challenge calls for poems inspired by a visual art prompt posted on their site. Poets have until the end of the month to write. Two winners will receive online publication and $100 each.
🔗https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
🔴 OCT 31 · Ofic is open for short fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, and art submissions. Various genres accepted. Payment: Small honorarium. Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗🔗https://www.oficmag.com/submit
🔴 OCT 31 · Black Lawrence Press is seeking books of poetry, prose (fiction or nonfiction), and hybrid texts of poetry and prose from immigrants living in the U.S. Payment includes a travel stipend of $500. Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://blacklawrencepress.com/submissions-and-contests/immigrant-writing-series/
🔴 OCT 31 · Cutleaf is also open for nonfiction submissions of 1,500-6,000 words with a payment range of $100-$400. The submission deadline is October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://eastoverpresscutleafjournal.submittable.com/submit
🔴 OCT 31 · The Paris Review is open for poetry and poetry translation submissions during October. Their Submittable portal will close when the cap is reached, but they will continue to accept mailed submissions through October. Payment varies.
🔗 https://www.theparisreview.org/about/submissions
🔴 OCT 31 · Engen Books invites Canadian writers to submit short fiction (under 7000 words) focused on cryptids. Payment: $0.01 CAD per word to an upper limit of 7,000 words. Deadline: October 31, 2023. 🔗 https://www.engenbooks.com/short-story-calls
🔴 OCT 31 · Diet Milk is accepting gothic micro/flash fiction for their 'In The Bleak Midwinter' theme. Payment: $3 for micro fiction, $5 for flash fiction. Submission period runs from October 1–31. 🔗 https://www.dietmilkmag.com/submit
🔴 OCT 31 · Bath Magg is seeking poetry submissions with a payment of £20. The deadline is October 31, 2023. 🔗 https://www.bathmagg.com/submissions/
🔴 OCT 31 · JMS Books is looking for LGBT romance stories based on favorite tropes. Length: 12,000 words or higher. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗https://www.jms-books.com/2021-submissions-calls-lgbtq-romance-stories-ezp-36.html
🔴 OCT 31 · Silver Blade is open for science fiction, slipstream, classic and modern fantasy submissions, including short fiction, flash fiction, novellas, and poetry. Payment varies by category. Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://www.silverblade.net/submissions-2/
🔴 OCT 31 · MetaStellar is seeking science fiction, fantasy, or horror flash fiction with a maximum word count of 1000 words. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: October 31, 2023. 🔗 https://www.metastellar.com/write-for-us/flash-fiction-story-submission/
🔴 OCT 31 · How2Conquer is open for nonfiction book submissions with payment in royalties. Deadline: October 31, 2023. 🔗 https://www.how2conquer.com/submit
🔴 OCT 31 · Hub City Press is seeking new and extraordinary voices from the American South in literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. Payment is through royalties. Don't miss the October 31, 2023 deadline!
🔗 https://hubcity.submittable.com/submit
🔴 OCT 31 · Dragon Soul Press is looking for Christmas stories in all genres for "A Winter Promise." Happily Ever After is not required. Payment will be through royalties. Submit your Christmas-themed tale by October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://dragonsoulpress.com/anthologies/
🔴 OCT 31 · Orison Books is open to submissions of novels, short story or flash fiction collections, novellas, personal or lyric essays, and memoirs. They offer a small advance and royalties. The deadline is October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/orison-books-open-reading-period-I1jr7
🔴 OCT 31 · Kissing Dynamite is seeking poetry microchap manuscripts and offers a payment of $50. Submit your work by October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://www.kissingdynamitepoetry.com/microchap-submission-guidelines.html
🔴 OCT 31 · FIYAH is open to speculative fiction, art, and poetry submissions about the African Diaspora. They offer payments ranging from $50 to $300. Check out their submission guidelines and submit your work by October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
🔴 OCT 31 · The Temz Review welcomes prose (fiction and creative non-fiction) submissions up to 10,000 words. They offer a payment of $20. Submit your work by October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://www.thetemzreview.com/submissions.html
🔴 OCT 31 · Crimson Quill Quarterly is seeking sword & sorcery, dark fantasy, and grimdark subgenres of fantasy fiction up to 10,000 words. They offer a payment of $25. Submit your dark fantasy tale by October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://crimsonquillquarterly.com/#what-we-want
🔴 OCT 31 · Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast is open to flash fiction submissions and offers a minimum payment of $3. They also accept reprints. Submit your flash fiction by October 31, 2023. 🔗 http://www.manawaker.com/ffp-submissions/
🔴 OCT 31 · Infrarrealista is interested in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, reviews, and interviews, with a preference for writers from Texas, especially central Texas. They offer a payment of 15 cents/word up to 300 words and 5 cents/word after that. Submit your work by October 31, 2023. 🔗 https://infrarrealistas.org/submission/
🔴 OCT 31 · Open Minds Quarterly is seeking writing and art from individuals with lived experience of mental health challenges, mental illness, madness, and neurodiversity. They offer a payment of $25 CAD. Submit your work by October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://openmindsquarterly.submittable.com/submit
🔴 OCT 31 · Dragon Soul Press: Dragons & Heroes is in search of all dragon stories with a male main character. All genres are accepted. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://dragonsoulpress.com/anthologies/
🔴 OCT 31 · Hearth Stories publishes speculative fiction and poetry exploring themes of connection, family, relationships, and the natural world. Stories often fall into fantasy, science fiction, or magical realism. Payment: 1¢ per word for accepted stories (with a minimum of $20 regardless of length). Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://hearthstories.org/submissions.html
🔴 OCT 31 · New Writing Scotland is open to writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. They accept all forms of writing. Payment: £25 per published page. Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nwssubs/
🔴 OCT 31 · Nonbinary Review seeks poetry, fiction, essays, and art on the theme "Lies for Children." Payment: 1 cent per word for prose, and a flat fee of $10 for poetry. Deadline: October 31, 2023. Closes when the cap is reached, so submit early.
🔗 https://nonbinaryreview.submittable.com/submit/202881/nbr-27-shared-worlds
🔴 OCT 31 · Brick is open for nonfiction submissions. Payment: $55–685, depending on the length of accepted work, plus two copies of the issue the work appears in and a one-year subscription to the magazine. Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://brickmag.com/about/#submissions
🔴 OCT 31 · From the Yonder seeks horror stories based on regional/cultural legends or tall-tales from any location or culture in the world. Payment: $5. Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://warmonkeypublications.com/submissions
🔴 OCT 31 · Nightlight (Podcast) is in search of horror flash fiction (750–1,500 words). Restrictions: At least one of your birth parents must be Black. Payment: 5 cents per word. Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://nightlightpod.com/submissions/
🔴 OCT 31 · khōréō welcomes speculative stories, essays, and art from writers who identify as immigrants or members of diaspora communities. Genres include fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and more with a speculative element. Payment: 8 cents/word for fiction, $100 for nonfiction, and $40–300 for art. Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://www.khoreomag.com/submissions/
🔴 OCT 31 · Nine Arches is open for poetry collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: October 31, 2023. 🔗 https://www.ninearchespress.com/submissions.html
🔴 OCT 31 · Hub City Press seeks literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and regional nonfiction with a focus on new voices from the American South. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: October 31, 2023. Note: Submit nonfiction only.
🔗 https://hubcity.submittable.com/submit
🔴 OCT 31 · Harbor Review is looking for poetry and art. Payment: $10. Deadline: October 31, 2023. 🔗 https://www.harbor-review.com/submit
🔴 OCT 31 · Haven Speculative is open for speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: 1 cent/word for fiction and $5–$10 for poetry. Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://www.havenspec.com/submit/
🔴 OCT 31 · The Rumpus is accepting essays that emphasize marginalized voices and unique perspectives. Payment: $300 divided among all contributors. Deadline: October 31, 2023.
🔗 https://therumpus.submittable.com/submit
🔴 OCT 31 · The Worcester Review is seeking fiction. Payment: $20. Deadline: October 31, 2023. (No submission fee for BIPOC writers)
🔗 https://www.theworcesterreview.org/submit
🔴 OCT 31 · Split Lip Magazine closes tip jar submissions for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, art, interviews/reviews, and mini-reviews. Payment is $75 per author for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, and art, $50 for interviews/reviews, and $25 for mini-reviews.
🔗https://splitlipthemag.com/submit
🔴 OCT 31 · The T4T Project is a zine by and for trans writers and artists of color. They feature 20 creators per issue with a rolling deadline.
🔗 https://t4tproject.carrd.co/
🔴 OCT 31 · diaCRITICS, with a mission to represent Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diasporic literature, art, and culture, currently has a special call for the theme 'Southeast Asia Now.' They are seeking English translations of Southeast Asian writing, including short fiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, interviews, profiles, and hybrid work about contemporary Southeast Asia. Payment for this themed issue is $75 per prose piece or interview and $50 per poem. The deadline is October 31.
🔗 https://dvan.org/diacritics/submit/
🔴 OCT 31 · River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Contest is open to all writers. They are offering a prize of $1,000 along with a publication opportunity. The entry fee is $27, and the deadline for submissions is October 31, 2023. For more details and to submit your work, visit the link: 🔗http://www.riverteethjournal.com/contests
🔴 OCT 31 · Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award is open to all writers and offers a prize of $3,000 along with publication. The entry fee is $25, and the deadline is October 31, 2023. 🔗https://redhen.org/awards/benjamin-saltman-poetry-award/
🔴 OCT 31 · Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry seeks female poets who have yet to publish a full-length book of poems. The prize includes $1,000, publication, and a residency opportunity. The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2023. 🔗https://www.perseabooks.com/lexi-rudnitsky-prize-award/
🔴 OCT 31 · THE LETTER REVIEW PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION is accepting submissions with a $20 entry fee. The deadline is October 31, 2023. Three winners will be published and share a total prize pool of $1,000 USD. Twenty writers will be longlisted. All entries will be considered for publication and submission to the Pushcart Prize and other anthologies. There are no genre or theme restrictions, and the word limit is 5,000 words. Open to writers worldwide. 🔗https://letterreview.com/information/
🔴 OCT 31 (may close early if full) · The Hamilton Stone Review is open for prose submissions for the Fall 2023 Issue #49 from October 3, 2023, through October 31, 2023 (please note it may close early if the issue fills). Fiction and nonfiction submissions should be emailed as attachments to Dorian Gossy at HSRproseDEG@gmail.com. For more details, visit
🔗 www.hamiltonstone.org/hsr.html#submissions
🔴 OCT 31 · THE LETTER REVIEW PRIZE FOR NONFICTION is open for submissions with a $20 entry fee. The deadline is October 31, 2023. Three winners will be published and share a total prize pool of $1,000 USD. Twenty writers will be longlisted. All entries will be considered for publication and submission to the Pushcart Prize and other anthologies. This contest is open to writers worldwide and accepts various forms of nonfiction, including memoir, journalism, interviews, essay, creative nonfiction, and more. The word limit is 5,000 words. 🔗https://letterreview.com/information/
NOVEMBER
🔴 NOV 1 · The Bad Day Book-Wedding, Vacation, Work, Sports Edition Edition calls for fiction and poetry for $40-75 until November 1. 🔗https://thebaddaybook.com/faq/
🏆 🔴 NOV 1 · Lit/South Awards are open to current or former residents of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia. These awards offer a prize of $1,000 plus publication, with an entry fee of $10. The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2023, and the genre is multi-genre. For complete guidelines, visit 🔗https://www.charlottelit.org/press/awards/
🏆 🔴 NOV 1 · The Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence welcomes all writers. This prize offers $1,000 plus publication and has an entry fee of $20. Submissions must be made by November 1, 2023, and the genre is multi-genre. For more information, visit
🔗http://puritan-magazine.com/submit-austin-clarke-prize/
🔴 NOV 1 · The First Line is open for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction using a provided first line. Payment: $25–$50 for fiction, $5–$10 for poetry, and $25 for nonfiction. Deadline: November 1, 2023.
🔗 http://www.thefirstline.com/submission.htm
🔴 NOV 1 · Leaders Igniting Generational Healing and Transformation (LIGHT) is currently open for submissions for the third issue of LIGHT Magazine. This annual literary magazine in public health aims to connect, create, and curate content by and for the public. If you have a unique perspective on reimagining healing and transformation with cancer, whether through art, letters, stories, or poetry, we invite you to share your experiences. No entry fee is required, and prize money will be awarded to the top three contestants in each category (1st: $500, 2nd: $375, 3rd: $125). The submission deadline is November 1, 2023, at 11:59 PM CST. Learn more and submit your work via Submittable at 🔗https://www.light4ph.org/
🏆 🔴 NOV 1 · Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest: Calling all U.S. writers, here's your chance to shine! Enter the Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest for a shot at the $1,500 prize and the opportunity to be published. The entry fee is $25, and the deadline for fiction submissions is November 1, 2023. Don't miss this opportunity to showcase your unique literary creations. For more information and to submit your work, visit 🔗http://www.fc2.org/prizes.html
🏆 🔴 NOV 1 · Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize: U.S. writers with a minimum of three published fiction books, this is for you! The Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize offers a grand prize of $15,000 and the chance to get your work published. To enter, there is a $25 submission fee, and the fiction submission deadline is November 1, 2023. Take this opportunity to share your innovative stories with the world. Learn more and submit your work at 🔗http://www.fc2.org/prizes.html
🏆 🔴 NOV 1 · John Steinbeck Award is open to all writers. This competition offers a prize of $1,000 with an entry fee of $20. The submission deadline is November 1, 2023, and the genre is fiction. For detailed information, visit 🔗https://www.reedmag.org/john-steinbeck-award-for-fiction
🏆🔴 NOV 3 · F(r)iction Short Story Contest is available to all writers. This contest offers a prize of $1,000. The submission deadline is November 3, 2023, and the genre is fiction. To learn more, please visit 🔗https://frictionlit.org/contests/
🏆🔴 NOV 30 · The Quill Prose Award is open to queer writers. This award includes a prize of $1,000 and publication. There is an entry fee of $10, and the submission deadline is November 30, 2023. The genre for this competition is fiction. For additional details, please check
🔗https://redhen.org/awards/quill-prose-award/
🏆🔴 NOV 1 · The Gabriele Rico Creative Nonfiction Challenge welcomes all writers to participate. The prize for this challenge is $1,333, and the entry fee is $20. Submissions must be non-fiction and can be submitted until November 1, 2023. For complete guidelines, visit
🔗https://www.reedmag.org/gabriele-rico-challenge-for-nonfict
🏆🔴 NOV 1 · The Edwin Markham Prize is open to all poets. This competition offers a prize of $1,000 with an entry fee of $20. The submission deadline is November 1, 2023, and the genre is poetry. For detailed information, visit
🔗https://www.reedmag.org/edwin-markham-prize-for-poetry
🔴 NOV 1 · Kelp Journal accepts fiction, nonfiction, and poetry with oceanic themes. Payment: $35. Deadline: November 1, 2023. 🔗 https://www.kelpjournal.com/about
🔴 NOV 1 · The Iowa Review is seeking nonfiction. Payment: $0.08 per word for prose ($100 minimum). Deadline: November 1, 2023. No fee for snail mail submissions, $4 fee for online submissions. 🔗 https://iowareview.org/content/writers-guidelines
🔴 NOV 1 · Adroit Journal is open for fiction, poetry, and art. Payment: $50. Deadline: November 1, 2023. Note: Open to high school students and up.
🔗 https://theadroitjournal.org/about/submissions/
🔴 NOV 1 · Cutleaf is accepting fiction, nonfiction prose, and poetry. Payment: $100–$400 for published nonfiction prose, $50–$200 for published poetry, and $100–$400 for published fiction. Deadline: Opens November 1, 2023. Note: Submission window closes when their cap is reached. 🔗 https://cutleafjournal.com/submit/
🔴 NOV 1 · Thema seeks fiction, poetry, and art on the theme "The Missing Piece of the Puzzle." Payment: $10–$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Deadline: November 1, 2023. Accepts reprints.
🔗 http://themaliterarysociety.com/submissions.html
🔴 NOV 1 · Olit is looking for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid, artwork, and photography, with a strong preference for Orlando-based writers or submissions about Orlando and surrounding areas. Payment: $10. Deadline: November 1, 2023.
🔗 https://www.olitmag.com/submit
🔴 NOV 1 · Foglifter is seeking queer and trans writing in various forms. Payment: $25. Deadline: November 1, 2023. 🔗 https://foglifterjournal.com/submit/
🔴 NOV 1 · Foglifter, a journal for LGBTQ+ contributors, accepts fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, hybrid works, and drama. They are especially interested in cross-genre, intersectional, marginal, and transgressive work. The deadline is November 1, 2023.
🔗https://foglifterjournal.com/submit/
🔴 NOV 1 · The Blue Route accepts fiction and creative nonfiction from current undergraduate writers. Payment: $25. Deadline: November 1, 2023.
🔗 https://widenerblueroute.org/submission-guidelines/
🔴 NOV 1 · Last Girls Club is open for feminist horror short stories and poems on specified themes. Payment: Varies. Deadline: November 1, 2023.
🔗 https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/last-girls-club-lImp7
🔴 NOV 1 · Heathens and Heroes seeks sword and sorcery/heroic fantasy stories (5,000–10,000 words). Payment: Royalties. Deadline: November 1, 2023.
🔗 https://threeravenspublishing.com/heathens-and-heros/
🔴 NOV 1 · Insurgent [Lost Boys Press] seeks “ stories about rebels, insurgents and insurrectionists set in a secondary world” of 2000 – 9000 words for $40 flat rate until November 1. 🔗https://www.lostboyspress.com/insurgent
🔴NOV 1 · The First Line closes for fiction and poetry submissions that begin with the first line: “It was the farthest north they had ever been.” for “ $25.00 - $50.00 for fiction, $10.00 for poetry, and $25.00 for nonfiction” in USD. There is also a submission call for their sister publication, The Last Line. 🔗http://www.thefirstline.com/submission.htm
🟢 NOV 1 · Split Lip Magazine opens free submissions for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, art, interviews/reviews, and mini-reviews until November 30 or free cap is reached. Payment is $75 per author for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, and art, $50 for interviews/reviews, and $25 for mini-reviews. 🔗https://splitlipthemag.com/submit
🟢 NOV 1 · Air and Nothingness Press opens for submissions on any genre revolving around the theme “Resource Scarcity.” Preferred genres are: hopepunk (losing a resource leads to something unforeseen and positive), solarpunk (a pollution laden resource leads to a better solution), fantasy (the last dragon). Paying $0.08/word if published. 🔗http://aanpress.com/submissions.html
🟢 NOV 1 · Apparition Lit’s Reality Show Madness Flash Fiction Prompt opens for submissions of speculative flash fiction (under 1k words) prompted by “Do your worst month (Canada’s Worst Handyman, America’s Ugliest House, Nailed It)” until the 14th. Payment is $30 USD.🔗https://apparitionlit.com/submissions/
🟢 NOV 1 · Songs of Eretz Poetry Review seeks winter solstice poems for their winter issue for “a semi-professional rate of seven dollars per poem.”
🔗http://www.songsoferetz.com/p/poetry-and-artwork-guidelines.html
🟢 NOV 1 · Rattle Magazine’s Ekphrastic Poetry challenge calls for poems inspired by a visual art prompt posted on their site. Poets have until the end of the month to write. Two winners will receive online publication and $100 each. 🔗https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/
🟢 NOV 1 · Flame Tree Fiction Newsletter calls for monthly themed submissions from newsletter subscribers only (free to subscribe) up to 1k words for $0.08 per word USD for original fiction. 🔗https://www.flametreepress.com/submissions/
🟢♻️ NOV 1 · Flash Fiction Online calls for speculative fiction flash from 500-1k words for $80 USD flat rate until November 21 or “unless we reach our submission cap of 425 stories”. 🔗https://ffo.submittable.com/submit
🟢 NOV 1 · evOke is open to "art and music" themed submissions of artwork, poetry, short fiction, essays, interviews, lifestyle and reviews on things "Pagan, polytheist, and witchy" until the 15th of the month. Also interested in video and audio content. Payment is $5. 🔗https://ev0kepublication.com/contributors/
🟢♻️ NOV 1 · The Other Stories Podcast calls for 2,000 word speculative fiction on the theme of “Infestation” for a $15 GBP flat rate until November 11. 🔗https://theotherstories.net/submissions/
🟢 NOV 1 · The Forge Literary Magazine calls for fiction and nonfiction under 3,000 words including flash and micro fiction for $75 flat rate until the free submissions quota is full. “If there is no free link, we’ve hit our quota.” 🔗https://forgelitmag.com/submit/
🟢♻️ NOV 1 · Showcase: Object & Idea seeks flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. A poem and a prose piece are selected for each monthly issue, and the authors answer questions about the meaning behind their work. Payment is $50. Reprints accepted. 🔗https://theshowcase.submittable.com/submit
🟢 NOV 1 · Submissions open for the DBS Press call for 1500-5000 word stories at .05 cents a word for “Issue 4: The Brides of Dracula.” Simultaneous submissions accepted. Closing Dec. 31. Cover art is also sought. 🔗https://www.dbspress.com/submissions
🟢 NOV 1 · Black Lawrence Press seeks innovative, electrifying manuscripts in various categories, such as novel, novella, short story collection, poetry, biography & cultural studies, translation from German, and creative nonfiction. The deadline for submissions is November 30. They do request submitters to select one Black Lawrence Press publication at a discounted price ($14, including shipping for print editions). Proceeds from the open reading period will go directly back into supporting the activities of the press. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mtfutcv9
🟢♻️ NOV 1 · Short Story on Substack is open for short stories from 6-10,000 words in any genre. Payment is $100 + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Selected story to be announced on the 15th. Reprints welcome.🔗https://shortstory.substack.com/about?nthPub=601
🟢♻️ NOV 1 · Poetry on Substack is open for poems with “a rhyme scheme or a rhythm scheme” (no blank or free verse) in any genre. Payment is $10 + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Winners announced every Sunday. Reprints welcome. 🔗https://poetica.substack.com/about
🔴 NOV 1 · The African Poetry Book Fund Awards have two open poetry awards: the Evaristo Prize for African Poetry. These awards are for poets born in Africa, nationals of African countries, or those with African parentage who haven't yet published a full-length poetry book. They accept poems in English and offer a prize of £1,500. They accept poems in English and offer a prize of £1,500. 🔗https://africanpoetrybf.unl.edu/
🟢 NOV 1-2 · Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores is open for new work, reprints, poetry (up to 40 lines) and prose from 1,000 words and up. Payment is .08 per word for new fiction, .02 per word for reprints, .02-.08 for new fact based work, .01-.04 for reprinted fact based work, $1 per line for original poetry, .50 per line for reprinted poetry. No simultaneous or multiple submissions. 🔗https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/submissions/
🔴 NOV 3 · Rattle Magazine’s “Poets Respond” challenge calls for poems inspired by “ a news story or public event from the previous week, and has been written in the time since.” Selected poems will appear as the Sunday poem at Rattle.com which appear to over 10,000 people via RSS feed and daily email service. Poets will receive $100 and a complimentary subscription to the print magazine. The deadline for each week is Friday at midnight PST.
🔗https://rattle.submittable.com/submit
⭐ NOV 3-5 · H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Mobile, AL has been a Portland institution for over two decades but this year it will also take place in Mobile, Alabama. This is the first H.P Lovecraft Film Festival event to be held in this location with 3 days of new & classic movies, guests, panels, and fun at the historic Saenger Theatre, Mobile, AL.
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