September 2022 Top Picks: Opportunities for Writers
The September 2022 edition of "Writing Life Essentials" is a monthly hand-curated list of contests, grants, scholarships, submissions calls, and awards. We try to prioritize opportunities that are at least one of the following: local, free to apply, and/or committed to celebrating and supporting writers from historically marginalized communities. We do the research, so you have more time for what matters: the writing. Or, deciding which cozy read to kick autumn off with. That’s important, too.
Contests & Awards
Stories Out of School Flash Fiction Contest | Academy for Teachers
Fee: $0; Award: $1,000; Deadline: September 1st
A prize of $1,000 and publication in A Public Space will be given annually for a work of flash fiction about teachers and school, in which the protagonist or narrator is a K–12 teacher. Using only the online submission system, submit a short story of six to 749 words by September 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
First Book Award | Academy of American Poets
Fee: $35; Award: $5,000; Deadline: September 1st
A prize of $5,000, publication by Graywolf Press, and a six-week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Umbria, Italy, is given annually for a poetry collection by a poet who has not published a book of poems in a standard edition. The winning book will also be distributed to over 5,000 members of the Academy of American Poets. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 100 pages with a $35 entry fee by September 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Translation Awards | American-Scandinavian Foundation
Fee: $0; Award: $2,500; Deadline: September 1st
A prize of $2,500 and publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review is given annually for an English translation of a work of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction written in a Nordic language (Danish, Faroese, Finnish, Greenlandic, Icelandic, Norwegian, Sami, or Swedish). A prize of $2,000 and publication is also awarded to a translator whose literary translations from a Nordic language have not previously been published. Translations of works by 20th- and 21st-century Nordic authors that have not been published in English are eligible. Submit up to 25 pages of poetry or 50 pages of prose, a copy of the original work, and a curriculum vitae by September 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Fee: $12; Award: $1,000; Deadline: September 5th
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Dogwood are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Submit up to three poems totaling no more than 10 pages or up to 22 pages of prose with a $12 entry fee by September 5. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition | Finishing Line Press
Fee: $20; Award: $1,500; Deadline: September 15th
A prize of $1,500 and publication by Finishing Line Press is given annually for a poetry chapbook by a writer who identifies as a woman and has not yet published a full-length collection. Leah Huete de Maines will judge. Submit a manuscript of 16 to 30 pages with a $20 entry fee by September 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Nature Writing Prize | The Moth
Fee: $15; Award: $1,089; Deadline: September 15th
A prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,089) and publication in the Moth is given annually for a poem, story, or essay that features “an exploration of the writer’s relationship with the natural world.” The winner also receives a weeklong stay at the Circle of Misse artist’s retreat in Missé, France. Max Porter will judge. Submit a poem or a work of prose of up to 4,000 words with an entry fee of €15 (approximately $16) by September 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition | Finishing Line Press
Fee: $20; Award: $1,500; Deadline: September 15th
A prize of $1,500 and publication by Finishing Line Press is given annually for a poetry chapbook by a writer who identifies as a woman and has not yet published a full-length collection. Leah Huete de Maines will judge. Submit a manuscript of 16 to 30 pages with a $20 entry fee by September 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Troubadour International Poetry Prize | Coffee-House Poetry
Fee: $7; Award: $2,507; Deadline: September 26th
A prize of £2,000 (approximately $2,507) is given annually for a single poem. A second-place prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,254) is also given. Both winners receive publication on the Coffee-House Poetry website and an invitation to read alongside the contest judges at a celebration on December 5. Joshua Bennett and Victoria Kennefick will judge. E-mail any number of poems of up to 45 lines each and submit a $7 entry fee per poem via PayPal by September 26. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry | University of Mississippi
Fee: $0; Award: $3,000; Deadline: September 30th
A prize of $3,000 is given annually for a single poem that evokes the American South. The winner will also receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Oxford, Mississippi, for the awards ceremony in March 2023. Susan Kinsolving will judge. Submit one poem of up to three pages by September 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Iowa Short Fiction Award | University of Iowa Press
Fee: $0; Award: Publication; Deadline: September 30th
Two prizes of publication by University of Iowa Press are given annually for first collections of short fiction. Submit a manuscript of at least 150 pages by September 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction | University of Mississippi
Fee: $0; Award: $12,500; Deadline: September 30th
A prize of $12,500 is given annually for a novel published during the calendar year that asks readers “to engage with or reflect on the complexities of the American South.” The winner will also receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Oxford, Mississippi, for the awards ceremony in March 2023. Submit traditionally published titles or advanced reader copies for books to be published in October, November, or December 2022, by September 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Prize in Creative Nonfiction | Lascaux Review
Fee: $15; Award: $1,000; Deadline: September 30th
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for an essay. The winner and finalists will also be published on the Lascaux Review website and in the journal’s print annual. Previously published and unpublished essays are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit an essay of up to 10,000 words with a $15 entry fee by September 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Patricia Dobler Poetry Award | Carlow University
Fee: $20; Award: $1,000; Deadline: September 30th
A prize valued at $2,000 is given annually to a woman poet over 40 who has not published a book in any genre. The winner receives $1,000, publication in Voices From the Attic, and travel and lodging to give a reading with the contest judge at Carlow University. E-mail two poems of up to 75 lines each and submit a $20 entry fee by September 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Poetry Book Contest | Diode Editions
Fee: $20; Award: $1,500; Deadline: September 30th
A prize of $1,500, publication by Diode Editions, and 20 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. The winner will also have select poems from their book published in Diode Poetry Journal. Hybrid words, prose poetry, translations, and collaborative works are eligible. Submit a manuscript of 55 to 100 pages with an entry fee of $20 by September 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Vivian Shipley Poetry Award | Connecticut Poetry Society
Fee: $15; Award: $1,000; Deadline: September 30th
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Connecticut River Review will be given annually for a poem. Charles Rafferty will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three poems of no more than 80 lines each with a $15 entry fee by September 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest | Winning Writers
Fee: $20; Award: $3,000; Deadline: September 30th
Two prizes of $3,000 each, two-year gift certificates for membership to the literary database Duotrope, and publication on the Winning Writers website are given annually for a poem in any style and a poem that either rhymes or is written in a traditional style. Soma Mei Sheng Frazier and Michal “MJ” Jones will judge. Submit any number of poems of up to 250 lines each with a $20 entry fee for each submission of up to three poems by September 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Supernatural Fiction Award | Ghost Story
Fee: $20; Award: $1,500; Deadline: September 30th
A prize of $1,500, publication on the Ghost Story website and in the Ghost Story print anthology series, 21st Century Ghost Stories, is given twice yearly for a short story with a supernatural or magic realism theme. The editors will judge. Submit a story of 1,500 to 10,000 words with a $20 entry fee by September 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Literary Awards | American Literary Review
Fee: $15; Award: $1,000; Deadline: October 1st
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in American Literary Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three poems of any length, a story of up to 8,000 words, or an essay of up to 4,000 words with a $15 entry fee by October 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry | African Poetry Book Fund
Fee: $0; Award: $1,000; Deadline: October 1st
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of poetry by an African poet published in the previous year. Writers who were born in Africa, who are a national or a resident of an African country, or whose parents are African are eligible. Gabeba Baderoon will judge. Submit four copies (or unbound proofs) of a poetry collection of at least 48 pages published in 2021 by October 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Steve Kowit Poetry Prize | San Diego Entertainment & Arts Guild
Fee: $15; Award: $1,000; Deadline: October 15th
A prize of $1,000 and publication in San Diego Poetry Annual is given annually for a single poem. The winner will also receive an invitation to read at an award ceremony in April 2023. Using only the online submission system, submit a poem of any length with a $15 entry fee by October 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Fabulist Fiction Chapbook/Novelette Contest | Omnidawn Publishing
Fee: $18; Award: $1,000; Deadline: October 17th
A prize of $1,000, publication by Omnidawn Publishing, and 100 author copies is given annually for a work of fabulist fiction. Michelle Ruiz Keil will judge. Submit a manuscript of one or more stories or a novelette totaling 7,500 to 17,500 words with an $18 entry fee ($20 to receive a fiction title from the Omnidawn catalogue) by October 17. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Harvard Review Chapbook Prize | Harvard Review
Fee: $20 (fee waivers available); Award: $500 & publication; Deadline: October 13th - November 13th
This October Harvard Review will launch the inaugural Harvard Review Chapbook Prize. This year’s prize will be given in fiction for a work of novella length (15,000 to 30,000 words). In subsequent years, the prize will be awarded in nonfiction (2024) and poetry (2025). The judge for the 2023 prize is Lily King, award-winning author of five novels, including Writers & Lovers (2020) and Euphoria (2014), which won the Kirkus Award and the New England Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Award. Her most recent book, Five Tuesdays in Winter (2021), is a collection of short stories. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Fellowships, Grants & More
Radcliffe Institute Fellowships | Harvard University
Fee: $0; Award: $78,000; Deadline: September 8th
Fellowships of $78,000 each, office space at the Radcliffe Institute, and access to the libraries at Harvard University are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers to allow them to pursue creative projects. Fellows, who are expected to reside in Boston during the fellowship period, which lasts from September through May, also receive $5,000 to cover project expenses. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Fee: $30; Deadline: September 10th
MacDowell is currently accepting applications for the Spring Summer 2023 residency season (March - August 2023). Our next application deadline is September 10, 2022 at 11:59 P.M. ET. MacDowell's mission is to nurture the arts by offering creative individuals an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination. We encourage applications from artists representing the widest possible range of perspectives and demographics, and who are investigating an unlimited array of inquiries and concerns. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
The Hodder Fellowship | Princeton
Fee: $0; Award: $88,000; Deadline: September 13th
The Hodder Fellowship will be given to artists and writers of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during the academic year. Potential Hodder Fellows are composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, writers, translators, or other kinds of artists or humanists who have “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts”; they are selected more “for promise than for performance.” Given the strength of the applicant pool, most successful Fellows have published a first book or have similar achievements in their own fields; the Hodder is designed to provide Fellows with the “studious leisure” to undertake significant new work. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Writing Fellowships | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Fee: $0; Award: $50,000; Deadline: September 16th
Fellowships of approximately $50,000 each are awarded annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on the basis of “exceptional creative ability.” Citizens and permanent residents of the United States and Canada with a “significant and appropriate record” of publication are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a career summary, a list of publications, contact information for up to four references, and a three-page project proposal by September 16. Upon request of the foundation, submit up to three published books by November 18. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Organizations | Mass Cultural Council
Fee: $0; Award: $5,000-$75,000; Deadline: September 28th
Mass Cultural Council’s Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Organizations offers unrestricted grants ranging from $5,000-$75,000 to Massachusetts cultural organizations, collectives, and businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Cullman Center Fellowships | New York Public Library
Fee: $0; Award: $75,000; Deadline: September 30th
Fifteen fellowships are given annually to artists, academics, and creative writers, including poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators, whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the New York Public Library. The fellows each receive $75,000, an office at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library’s main branch in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, and full access to the library’s collections from September 2023 through May 2024. Fellows will be required to work on their projects at the Cullman Center for the duration of the fellowship. Writers currently enrolled in a graduate degree-granting program are ineligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a writing sample of up to 4,500 words, a project proposal of no more than 1,500 words, a curriculum vitae, and three reference letters by September 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
John Lewis Writing Grants | Georgia Writers
Fee: $0; Award: $500; Deadline: October 1st
Three grants of $500 each will be given annually in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to “elevate, encourage, and inspire the voices of Black writers in Georgia.” Grantees will also receive a scholarship to attend the Red Clay Writers Conference and an invitation to present a reading, talk, or combination of both as part of a future Georgia Writers program event. African American writers who have been residents of Georgia for at least one year, or who are full-time students at a Georgia college or university at the time of application and on the date of the award, and who have published no more than one book are eligible to apply. Submit a poetry or prose writing sample of up to 10 pages and an essay of at least 500 words discussing your work and goals as a writer by October 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship
Fee: $0; Award: $66,500; Deadline: October 15th
An award of approximately $66,500 is given annually to a U.S. poet for a year of travel and study outside of North America. Submit either two copies of up to 40 pages of poetry or two copies of a published book with two copies of up to 20 pages of additional poetry by October 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Alumni Award Scholarships | Iceland Writers Retreat
Fee: $0; Award: See below; Deadline: October 31st
Held for the first time in April 2014, the Iceland Writers Retreat is an event comprised of a series of small-group writing workshops and cultural tours designed to introduce participants to Iceland’s rich literary heritage. Faculty in 2023 include Tommy Orange, Helen Oyeyemi, Carol Leonnig, Kiley Reid, and more. Entrants can apply for either full or partial funding. Full funding covers one participant fee, four nights accommodation at the Retreat hotel (Foss Hotel Reykjavik), and round-trip flights to Iceland. Partial funding covers the participant fee only, and neither accommodation nor round trip flights. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Individuals | Mass Cultural Council
Fee: $0; Award: $5,000; Deadline: November 1st
Mass Cultural Council’s Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Individuals offers unrestricted grants of $5,000 to creatives and gig workers to support recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and set a path for growth. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Work Experience
Boston, MA
Fabulist is a new cafe that will nourish community, creativity and authenticity in the Seaport. Located in GrubStreet's newly opened Center for Creative Writing and next door to Porter Square Books, Fabulist is looking for an entrepreneurial General Manager to join our team as we launch this exciting new establishment. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Development Coordinator for Operations | GrubStreet
Boston, MA
The Development Coordinator for Operations is responsible for critical tasks, including processing donations, coordinating gift acknowledgements, database maintenance, and serving on the GrubStreet website team. This is a full-time permanent position, with occasional evening work required for donor events. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Lead Teacher - Publications, Publications Manager | Telling Room
Portland, ME
The Lead Teacher - Publications is a seasoned teacher with experience designing, planning, and implementing high quality literary arts programming. This is someone with excellent communication and project management skills who is comfortable working independently as well as in a team setting. The Publications Manager supports all efforts to empower Telling Room authors and extend the reach of their books to new and existing audiences through outreach and events, and sales and distribution. The Publications Manager interacts with all staff and contractors associated with Telling Room publications; coordinates with vendors; and assists the Publishing Director with the creation, strategy, operation, and administration of publications. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Assistant to the Publishers | Boston Review
Cambridge, MA
Boston Review is seeking applicants to the full-time, Cambridge–based position of Assistant to the Publishers. Reporting to the Editor-in-Chief and the Digital Director, the Assistant to the Publishers is responsible for supporting the Editor-in-Chief’s fundraising efforts with foundations, including drafting grant proposals and reports; serving as a personalized point of contact for donors and BR members; assisting with the execution of donation drives, membership drives, and product sales; managing the member database; and more. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Managing Editor | Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices
Boston, MA
Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices is seeking applicants to the part-time position of Managing Editor. The Managing Editor handles the registration, scheduling, and transactional logistics of AWP and other large conferences/events; manages daily social media posts in multiple channels and a bi-monthly email newsletter; organizes three annual issues; manages a publication schedule and keeps editors on deadline; manages contributor contracts; manages the administration, promotion, and advertising for our annual Writing Contests; assists with our reading series, an annual benefit, and other events; and performs other administrative duties as needed. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Grant Application Reviewers | The Poetry Foundation
Remote
The Poetry Foundation is seeking Grant Application Reviewers for its new grantmaking program, which launches August 31. Reviewers need to be available to review 25 to 30 applications (approximately 30 to 35 total hours of work) over a period of three weeks from late October to early November 2022, or from mid-March to early April 2023. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Submissions
Fee: $0; Deadline: opening September 1st
ZYZZYVA is a San Francisco literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art by the best writers, poets, translators, and artists working on the West Coast—and beyond. Since the magazine’s inception over thirty years ago, each issue offers the thrill of discovering new voices, and the satisfaction of reading new works by award-winning and established authors. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to Solstice Literary Magazine
Fee: $3; Deadline: opening September 1st
Solstice Literary Magazine welcomes experimental or traditional pieces of fiction, nonfiction or poetry, graphic lit, and also photography. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to Frontier Poetry
Fee: $0; Award: $50 per poem, up to $150; Deadline: September 15th
Submissions for Frontier Poetry’s New Voices poetry category are open year round to any new and emerging poet who has not published more than one full-length collection of poetry. View complete submission guidelines here.
Fee: $0; Deadline: October 15th
Consequence addresses the human consequences and realities of war and geopolitical violence through literature and art, offering intellectual and emotional access to the experiences of combatants, victims, and witnesses. We provide the public with works and voices from around the world to promote a clearer and more nuanced understanding of what’s at stake in choosing to wage war or engage in conflict. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora
Fee: $0; Deadline: October 15th
Obsidian supports—through publication and critical inquiry—the contemporary poetry, fiction, drama/performance, visual and media art of Africans globally. View complete submission guidelines here.
Fee: $0; Deadline: October 31st
The Adroit Journal is looking for work that’s bizarre, authentic, subtle, outrageous, indefinable, raw, paradoxical. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to Cream City Review
Fee: $0; Deadline: November 1st
We are devoted to publishing memorable and energetic fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. We also feature reviews of contemporary literature and criticism, as well as author interviews, artwork, and comics. CCR seeks to publish not only a broad range of writings, but a broad range of writers with diverse backgrounds as well. Both beginning and well-established writers are welcome. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to West Trade Review
Fee: $0; Deadline: December 15th
West Trade Review strives to put forth the best contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction (memoir/personal essays) and publishes a mix of established and up and coming writers. We are committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and want to hear from underrepresented voices of all types. View complete submission guidelines here.
Fee: $3; Deadline: January 15th
Ploughshares has published quality literature since 1971. Our award-winning literary journal is published four times a year; our lively literary blog publishes new writing daily. Since 1989, we have been based at Emerson College in downtown Boston. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to The Decadent Review
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
The Decadent Review is seeking spectacularly written texts of any length on the subject of Dmitri Shostakovich and his music. They’re looking for: Criticism (cultural, literary), reviews (recordings, books, poetry, art), essays (aesthetics, linguistics, meta, history), musical ekphrasis of compositions (poetic, euphonious, discordant). They value: Erudition, cynicism, sarcasm, classicism, brutality, humor, and existential despair. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to World Wildlife Love Letter
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
World Wildlife Magazine invites submissions of short, uplifting personal essays about nature’s impact on a writer. Length: 100-300 words. Pay: $1.25/word for accepted pieces. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to The Boston Review
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
The Boston Review welcomes nonfiction and book review submissions on a wide range of subjects, from politics, philosophy, and economics to science, law, gender, sexuality, and race. View complete submission guidelines here.
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
The WebSalh0n for Poetry and Poetry related writing and media. Accepting poetry, essays, reviews, and audio recordings.Send submissions w/short bio to: [email protected]. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to Lily Poetry Review
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
Lily Poetry Review is currently accepting general submissions of poetry, art and flash fiction for the review, chapbook and full-length poetry books. Please go to the Submittable for full details. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to The Los Angeles Review
Fee: $3; Deadline: Rolling
The Los Angeles Review is open for submissions year-round. All submissions will be considered for LAR Online and for the new best-of print edition to be released yearly in the Spring. View complete submission guidelines here.
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
Contributors can submit fiction, non-fiction, poetry or visual artwork that portrays experiences from their lives, or activities and happenings in the world around them. We encourage you to share your work in any form as long as each mode represents a topical theme relatable to life, human nature, human condition, human concerns, human growth and achievements, etc. Whatever your story is, you are welcome to share it with us. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to Capsule Stories
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
Capsule Stories is a print literary magazine published once every season. Our first issue was published on March 1, 2019, and we accept submissions year-round. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to Rollick Magazine
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
Rollick’s mandate is to attract cutting-edge, quality content that inspires real engagement. We will consider any pitch that expresses unique and original thought. You can send in short stories, essays, poetry, memoirs, confessionals, experimental fiction, and anything else in between. View complete submission guidelines here.
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
The Puritan seeks submissions all year round, from anywhere in the world. Regular submissions to the magazine are free of charge and should fall under one of four categories: fiction, essays, poetry, and reviews. Unless we are soliciting your work, all submissions must be previously unpublished (this includes self-publishing, publishing on blogs, and in chapbook format). View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to The 365 Collection | Lucky Jefferson
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
Lucky Jefferson happily accepts unsolicited submissions of poetry year-round into its 365 Collection, a 100% digital collection of poetry and other literature. Upon acceptance, submissions will be included on our website and social media account(s). View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to Embark Literary Journal
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
Embark accepts submissions from all over the world and have no geographical constraints. However, all submissions must be written in English (or translated into English from another language, in which case both the author and the translator must be credited). They do NOT accept submissions of memoirs or other nonfiction works. Only the openings of novels (works of fiction 50,000 words or longer) will be considered. View complete submission guidelines here.
Fee: $0; Award: $200 per accepted story; Deadline: Rolling
Voyage YA simply aims to publish good work and provide a space for new and established voices. To get an idea of what they publish, please read their archives. General submissions are open year-round and there is no fee to submit to their general categories. New work is published weekly. View complete submission guidelines here.
Submissions to So to Speak Blog
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
The So to Speak Blog is unique in that it opens itself up to multiple forms of storytelling. Hybrid works, reviews, interviews, and visual art are welcomed submissions. View complete submission guidelines here.
Fee: $0; Award: $100-$2,000; Deadline: Rolling
The Sun publishes personal essays, fiction, and poetry. Personal stories that touch on political and cultural issues are welcome. They encourage submissions from writers of color. View more submission guidelines here.
Submissions to Boston Accent Lit
Fee: $0; Deadline: Rolling
Submissions to Boston Accent Lit are always open on a rolling basis. They accept works in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art. Issues are published six times per year online. View complete submission guidelines here.
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