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CAVEAT EMPTOR! Poets & Writers Magazine is unable to check all claims made by advertisers. Readers should be aware of publishers who charge, rather than pay, an author for publication; publishers who do not pay for publication, even in copies; publishers who require a purchase before publication; and contests that charge high reading fees. The magazine recommends that you see the publication and submission guidelines before submitting a manuscript.

CALLING ALL AFRICAN-THEMED POETRY, PROSE, & ART!  Pan Writers Caravan is currently seeking poetry, prose, & artwork of all genres for publication into African Literary Arts: One Contemporaneous Anthology Celebrating the Global Diaspora. Extended deadline: April 15; $5 fee per entry. Must be previously unpublished &/or anthologized work. Minimally $50 in compensation & international publicity for contributors; coeditors & curators Mbizo Chirasha & Anthony Ramstetter, Jr. (www.panwriterscaravan.wordpress.com). Submittable link with guidelines here: panwriterscaravan.submittable.com/submit.

WANT YOUR FICTION in COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2025? Read COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2024 to absorb the kinds of storytelling we publish: www.amzn.to/46E852S. Or read COOLEST’s founding editor Mark Wish’s widely acclaimed NECESSARY DEEDS (e.g., “irresistible and addictive...a necessary read”—Tim Johnston) to see how Wish himself renders engaging tension, sharp dialogue, and other hallmarks of COOLEST stories: www.amzn.to/45x0gvc. Then submit your own very best storytelling!

ADAPTIVE PRESS LLC is currently seeking submissions in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and especially romance with no submission fee. Adaptive Press is an independent publisher dedicated to bringing the world great stories through honesty, transparency, professionalism, and kindness. Learn more at www.adaptivepressllc.com.

ATMOSPHERE PRESS is currently seeking submissions of full-length book manuscripts in all genres—from poetry to fiction to memoir and beyond—with no reading fee. Atmosphere Press is an independent publisher dedicated to honesty, transparency, professionalism, kindness, and making your book awesome. Learn more at www.atmospherepress.com

CHESAPEAKE PRESS publishes fiction and nonfiction books for children about American democracy. We are looking for original fiction manuscripts and nonfiction book proposals related to civics education for readers in grades K–8. Submission information here: www.chesapeakepress.org/submissions.

TIGER BARK PRESS March BIPOC manuscript reading period. As part of Tiger Bark Press’s ongoing commitment to printing quality poetry by a diversity of voices, the press will hold an open reading period throughout the month of March 2024 for full-length book manuscripts by American poets who identify as Black, as Indigenous, or as People of Color. There is no entry fee for submission. Selected poets will be offered a standard publishing contract, with books scheduled for publication in late 2024 or early 2025. Submit a manuscript of 55–90 pages of original poetry in English during the month of March at www.stonecanoe.submittable.com. For all questions, e-mail tigerbarkeditors@gmail.com.

2024 TWO SYLVIAS PRESS Chapbook Prize is now open. Winner receives $500, publication by Two Sylvias Press, 20 copies of the winning book, & a depression glass trophy (circa 1930). Open to all poets and all entries considered for publication. Deadline: May 31. Judge: Oliver de la Paz. Guidelines: www.twosylviaspress.com/chapbook-prize.html.

BLUE LIGHT PRESS chapbook contest. Publication + 10 copies of your book. We like imagistic, inventive, emotionally honest poems that push the edge. Send 12- to 28-page manuscript, SASE, $10 contest fee to Blue Light Press, P.O. Box 150300, San Rafael, CA 94915 by June 30. For guidelines, e-mail: bluelightpress@aol.com. Website: www.bluelightpress.com.

GREEN LINDEN PRESS—named by Entropy Magazine as one of the best small presses—invites you to submit poetry chapbook manuscripts for our open reading period, now until March 21, 2024. One or more manuscripts will be selected for publication. Authors will receive 25 copies and publicity. For details see www.greenlindenpress.com/submit.

SWAN SCYTHE PRESS announces its 2024 poetry chapbook contest. Entry fee: $18. We are accepting submissions from March 1 to June 15 (postmark deadline). Winner receives $200 and 25 perfect-bound chapbooks. The 2023 winner is Gail Wronsky for Some Disenfranchised Evening. For full guidelines, visit www.swanscythepress.com and swanscythepress.submittable.com/submit.

 

THE 2024 SPRING THEMES at Sequestrum are 1. “Desire” and 2. “Humor!” Accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Standard pay rates and publication applies. Submit via our online submission system. E-mail: sequr.info@gmail.com. Full guidelines: www.sequestrum.org.

ABANDONED MINE is a poetry journal (triannually online, selected annual print) accepting submissions August 15 through May 15, 2024. We are seeking poems people will be inspired to re-read and share with family and friends. Please visit www.abandonedmine.org for examples, past issues, and complete guidelines.

AJI MAGAZINE is calling for poetry, short fiction, literary nonfiction, reviews, photography, and graphic art from emerging and established writers and artists. Submissions open on May 1 and November 1 and close once the upcoming issue is filled. Back issues are available at www.ajimagazine.com; e-mail queries can be sent to ajimagazine@gmail.com.

ARLIJO, AN ONLINE JOURNAL, is accepting submissions of poetry, short fiction (less than 10 pages), art/photography between March 25–April 25. Submit items as Word doc or RTF doc, with a short bio, contact info. No reading fee/no payment/all rights revert to authors after online publication. Submit to: arlijo@myyahoo.com.

THE AWAKENINGS REVIEW, published twice a year, is seeking submissions from writers and poets who have experience with mental illnesses, either in themselves, family members, or friends. Looking for submissions that inspire hope and embrace recovery. Please read our submission guidelines at www.awakeningsproject.org

THE BLUEBIRD WORD, an online literary journal for poetry and flash, seeks new writing from all experience levels. We publish frequently throughout the month and are open for submissions year-round. Send us your crisp flash (nonfiction and fiction) and poignant poetry. Full guidelines at www.thebluebirdword.com/submit.

CÆSURA REQUESTS SUBMISSIONS of poetry, fiction (sci-fi/non/flash), and all visual art forms, submission window March 1 to June 1. We need content for 2 unique volumes, print and online. No fees. Call will post by February 29. Scroll on www.pcsj.org/caesura to read the call/guidelines, view online editions, and order print editions.

CALLIOPE IS AN APP for interactive and illustrated stories. We’re looking for short stories and flash fiction of any type of genre-fiction (fantasy, crime, romance, sci-fi, you name it)! We take rolling submissions with rates of $0.05/word. For submission guidelines, or if you’re interested in downloading our app, please visit www.calliopeinteractive.com.

CONNECTICUT RIVER REVIEW, a national poetry journal, is accepting submissions from February 1 to April 15. Electronic submissions only. Send up to 3 original unpublished poems in a single document, no more than 1 poem per page, no more than 4 pages total. Submit here: www.connecticutriverreview.submittable.com/submit. Check our website for complete guidelines: www.ctpoetry.net/connecticut-river-review.html.

FOR PEDESTAL MAGAZINE 93.5, editors will be accepting submissions of poetry. No restrictions on theme, style, length, or genre. Please submit up to 5 poems and include all work in a single file. Open for submissions March 4–8. Website: www.thepedestalmagazine.com.

HAWAII PACIFIC REVIEW seeks fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Based at Hawaii Pacific University, HPR charges no fees and reads submissions from late summer to early spring. Our work has been featured in the Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize anthologies. Details can be found at www.hawaiipacificreview.org

MISTAKE HOUSE MAGAZINE invites submissions of fiction and poetry by students currently enrolled in graduate or undergraduate colleges and universities worldwide. We seek thoughtful work that speaks to the heart in a complex global context. Submission window: October 15, 2023 to March 20, 2024. Submission fee: $5. Guidelines at www.mistakehouse.org/submit.

POETRY YOUR POLITICS! Looking for ALL THE VOICES! No diatribes—a political genealogy. Let ambiguities, diversities, individuality ring. Seeking poems both personal and political. Across the Great Divide, editors Bob Holman/Steve Zeitlin, illuminate our common humanity across the political spectrum. Must use the line “I am from" a la George Ella Lyons at least once in the poem. 50-line max. Deadline: June 15. No submission fee. Send to: poetry@citylore.org.

RADICAL TEACHER seeks well-crafted, vivid poems, traditional to experimental, feminist, socialist, anti-racist, inclusive, focused on social justice and/or radical pedagogy. Send 2 to 4 poems to www.radicalteacher.library.pitt.edu/ojs/radicalteacher/about/submissions. Inquiries to pamela.annas@umb.edu.

RATTLE SEEKS POETRY submissions from musicians for the Fall 2024 issue: Poems may be any style or subject, but must be written by those who have performed music professionally. Deadline: April 15. Online submissions accepted. For more information, visit our website: www.rattle.com.

RHINO ACCEPTS GENERAL SUBMISSIONS through Submittable: March 1–June 30 or until monthly caps are reached. Our diverse group of editors looks for the best unpublished poems, translations, and short lyric prose pieces by national and international writers. We welcome all styles of writing, particularly that which is well-crafted, uses language lovingly and surprisingly, and feels daring or quietly powerful. Please send 3–5 poems or flash fiction/nonfiction pieces (500 words or fewer), totaling no more than 5 pages to www.rhinopoetry.submittable.com/submit

STONE CANOE, the award-winning annual journal of art, writing, and ideas, is now reading submissions for its 2024 issue. The journal is open to work by poets, writers, and artists who are either current or former residents of Upstate New York. For complete submission guidelines, visit www.stonecanoe.submittable.com/submit or e-mail stonecanoe@ymcacny.org.

SUBMISSIONS TO RIVER TEETH (narrative nonfiction) and Beautiful Things (micro-essays) are open January 1–April 1, 2024 & September 1–December 1, 2024. Read complete guidelines/connect at www.riverteethjournal.com, Instagram@riverteeth_, and Twitter @riverteeth. We encourage underrepresented voices to submit work, including but not limited to BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled writers.

TAHOMA LITERARY REVIEW pays writers! $55 for poetry & flash prose, $135 for longer pieces. Everything we accept comes from the open submission queue. We are reading poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submissions January 15 to March 31, 2024. Submission guidelines and our latest issue are at www.tahomaliteraryreview.com.

THIRD STREET REVIEW is an online literary journal for flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography. We are a paying market, and we welcome work from writers and artists from all cultural backgrounds and experience levels. For complete submission guidelines, please visit www.third-street-review.org/submissions. Looking forward to seeing your work! 

TINT JOURNAL, the literary magazine for non-native English creative writing, publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by writers who compose their work in English as their second or foreign language. See our homepage for our open calls and our guidelines, and submit via www.tintjournal.com/submit (no fee). #showyourtint. 

TWO HAWKS QUARTERLY is a digital journal affiliated with Antioch University Los Angeles’ BA program in creative writing and is setting the bar for contemporary literature with bold and illuminating poetry, fiction, CNF, art, and quality experimental work. Submissions accepted October 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. For guidelines, see www.twohawksquarterly.com

THE WRITER’S WORKSHOP REVIEW publishes the best in creative nonfiction, fiction, and interviews and pays for published stories. Send us narrative nonfiction, personal essays, short stories, short shorts, as well as travel, food and wine, and writing with a strong narrative element. Submissions: Kathleen Glassburn at glassburnkathleen03@gmail.com. For more, contact nick@thewritersworkshop.net. Websites: www.thewritersworkshop.net or www.thewritersworkshopreview.net.

 

CARNEGIE CENTER’S BOOKS IN PROGRESS Conference is May 30–June 1 in Lexington, KY, featuring keynote George Ella Lyon—writer, musician, storyteller, and social activist with Appalachian roots and a global reach. Virtual 1-on-1 pitches with literary agents are available. Early-bird registration deadline is April 15. Details at www.carnegiecenterlex.org.

COME TO BEAUTIFUL TAOS, NM to attend the Eighth Annual Taos Writers Conference July 19–21. Our keynote speaker, Allison Hedge Coke, author of 12 poetry collections, will be joined by 20 other faculty members offering workshops in every genre including poetry, fiction, memoir, and creative nonfiction. FMI: www.somostaos.org/taos-writers-conference/#about; call: (575) 758-0081.

JULY 11–14—MESA VERDE WRITERS CONFERENCE—Immerse yourself in wildness with award-winning writers in the mountain town of Mancos, CO, near Mesa Verde National Park. Faculty: Lisa C. Taylor, Mark Stevens, Anita Mumm, Alyse Knorr. Generative workshops, readings, & delicious local food included. Website: www.mesaverdewritersconference.org; e-mail: mesaverdewriters@gmail.com.

LIT CAMP’S SPRING CONFERENCE will take place June 2–7, at Whispertree retreat center in beautiful Mendocino County. Part writing retreat, part MFA masterclass, the spring retreat focuses on the craft of writing. This year’s faculty includes Pulitzer Prize winner and National Book Award and Booker Prize Finalist Paul Harding, American Book Award and Arab-American Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Laila Lalami, National Book Foundation 5 under 35 Honoree Lydia Kiesling, and LA Times Book Prize Finalist Janis Cooke Newman. The conference is limited to 23 attendees. Deadline for applying is March 15. Visit our website for more information: www.litcampwriters.org.

RAYMOND CARVER & TESS GALLAGHER Creative Writing Festival. Guests: Billy Collins, TC Boyle, Tess Gallagher, and Selected Shorts. Workshops, readings, film screenings, and more. Conference-style presentation proposals invited. Peninsula College, April 25–27, Port Angeles, WA. Discounted waterfront hotel rooms. Details on website: www.raymondCarverpodcast.pencol.edu. E-mail questions: mmills@pencol.edu.

 

$2,100 IN PRIZES. From March 1 to May 31, Flying South 2024, a publication of Winston Salem Writers, will be accepting entries for this year’s contest. There will be 3 categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. In each of the 3 categories the awards will be $400 for first place, $200 for second place, and $100 for third place. Finalists will be awarded publication in Flying South. For full details, please visit our website: www.wswriters.org/flying-south

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by June 30—Best Poetry: $1,000; Fiction: $1,000; Nonfiction: $1,000; Flash Fiction: $1,000. All winners are published in our anthology and online. “I love the freedom of these contests, where so many different genres and approaches to writing are welcomed! It’s wonderful to feel as though my stories have a home, a place to send them that’s as excited as I am about the various forms and approaches writing can take.”—E. M. Conoway, recent submitter. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org.

2024 AGHA SHAHID ALI POETRY MANUSCRIPT PRIZE. $1,000 award, publication with the University of Utah Press, and a reading with the Guest Writer’s Series. Deadline: April 15. Judge: TBA. Reading fee: $25. Open to new and established poets. Online submissions available. Guidelines are available at www.uofupress.com/ali-poetry-prize.php.

2024 NEW AMERICAN FICTION PRIZE. $1,500 and book publication. Deadline: June 15. Minimum length: 100 pages (no maximum). Final judge: Kalani Pickhart, author of I Will Die in a Foreign Land and recipient of the 2022 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. Reading fee: $25. Online submissions only, please. Complete guidelines: www.newamericanpress.com/2024-new-american-fiction-prize.

THE 2024 ORISON PRIZES in Poetry & Fiction offer $1,500 and publication by Orison Books for a full-length manuscript in each genre. Judges: Ellen Bass (poetry), Kaveh Akbar (fiction). Entry fee: $25. Entry period: December 1, 2023–April 1, 2024. For guidelines visit www.orisonbooks.com/submissions

2024 PRIME NUMBER MAGAZINE AWARDS for Poetry and Short Fiction. $1,000 first prize in each category plus publication. Two runners-up in each category also published. Reading fee: $15. Poetry judge: Maya J. Sorini; short fiction judge: Dennis McFadden. Open January through March 2024. Submit online through Submittable. Details at www.press53.com/prime-number-magazine-awards.

THE 2024 RIVER HERON POETRY PRIZE offers a $500 first prize and 2 finalist prizes of $100. We support our poets with publication, a Zoom reading, social media, and newsletter coverage. This year’s judge is 2023 winner Diane LeBlanc. Open: March 1–May 31. Entry fee: $15. Guidelines at www.riverheronreview.com.

21ST ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS SHORT STORY AWARD for best previously unpublished literary story in English (stand-alone, not from a novel), approximately 5,000 to 15,000 words. Prize: $1,000, publication on website. Reading fee: $25 per story submitted. Deadline: August 8. Details: www.givalpress.submittable.com or www.givalpress.com. Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

23ND ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS OSCAR WILDE AWARD for best previously unpublished poem in English that best relates GLBTQ life. Prize: $500, publication on website. Reading fee: $20 per 3 poems submitted, any form, style, length. Deadline: June 27. Details: www.givalpress.submittable.com or www.givalpress.com. Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

26TH ANNUAL BLUE LYNX PRIZE, $2,000 plus publication, is awarded for an unpublished, full-length volume of poems. Submit manuscripts and $28 reading fee to www.lynxhousepress.submittable.com or P.O. Box 96, Spokane, WA 99210. Former winners include Sara Moore Wagner, Jim Daniels, Flower Conroy, Heather Sellers, Kirsten Kaschock, Joe Wilkins, Carolyne Wright, Suzanne Lummis, and Lue Lipsitz. Judges have included Yusef Komunyakaa, Melissa Kwasny, James Tate, Christopher Buckley, Dara Wier, Dorianne Laux, and Robert Wrigley. Deadline: June 15.

THE 46TH NIMROD LITERARY AWARDS: The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry and the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction. First prizes of $2,000 and publication, and second prizes of $1,000 and publication. Finalists and selected semi-finalists will be published and paid $10/page. For poetry, submit 3–10 pages; for fiction, 1 short story, 7,500 words maximum. Each entry requires a $20 entry fee, which includes a 1-year subscription to Nimrod International Journal. Multiple entries accepted. Open internationally. Deadline: April 1. For complete guidelines: www.artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/nimrod

AFRICAN-THEMED FICTION, nonfiction, poetry, and art wanted for Kinsman Quarterly’s second annual African Diaspora Award. Prizes up to $1,000. Winners and finalists will be published in Kinsman Quarterly’s online journal, digital magazine, and annual anthology. Deadline: June 30. Submission fee: $20. Details here: www.kinsmanquarterly.org/african-diaspora-award-2024.

THE ANNUAL RATTLE POETRY PRIZE offers $15,000 for a single poem, plus a $5,000 Readers’ Choice Award. Entry fee of $30 includes a 1-year subscription to the magazine. Deadline: July 15. Submit up to 4 unpublished poems per entry. For guidelines and to read past winners, visit our website: www.rattle.com/prize.

BARRY SPACKS POETRY PRIZE. Gunpowder Press is accepting book-length manuscripts of 48–100 pages for the tenth annual Barry Spacks Poetry Prize, which honors Barry’s legacy of accessible yet challenging work. The prize is $1,000 + 20 author copies. Entry fee is $20. Full details at www.gunpowderpress.com.

BAUHAN PUBLISHING’S May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize is open! Now in its 14th year, the prize is for a book-length collection, $1,000, and book publication with Spring 2024 titles. Judge: Dorsey Craft. Entry fee: $30. Submission deadline: June 30. To submit: www.bauhanpublishing.submittable.com/submit.

BELLEVUE LITERARY REVIEW’S annual prizes recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. $1,000 Fiction Prize (judge: Wayétu Moore), $1,000 Nonfiction Prize (judge: Esmé Weijun Wang), $1,000 Poetry Prize (judge: Leila Mottley). We welcome submissions from March 1–July 1. Entry fee: $20. Website: www.blreview.org.

CANTOR PRIZE: $1,000, five $100 finalist prizes. Seventh year. Open to all Colorado poets, all styles, or any poet writing in English with a poem about Colorado. $10 fee per poem, 3 for $25. Starts: April 1. Deadline: August 31. Judge: Juan Morales. Feedback: $5 per poem. Info at: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds.

CIDER PRESS REVIEW EDITORS’ PRIZE for a book-length poetry collection in English. Prize: $1,000 and publication. All entrants will receive the winning book. Reading period: April 1–June 30. Reading fee: $27. Judges: CPR editors. Submit 48- to 80-page manuscript www.ciderpressreview.com/submit. Guidelines: www.ciderpressreview.com/bookaward.

CRAB CREEK REVIEW 2024 Poetry Prize. Judge: Kelli Russell Agodon. $500 plus publication. Submit up to 4 poems. $16 entry fee. All entries considered for publication. Winner & finalists will appear in Crab Creek Review. Deadline: May 15. Full guidelines at www.crabcreekreview.org.

DECEMBER MAGAZINE seeks submissions for our 2024 Curt Johnson Prose Awards in fiction and creative nonfiction. Prizes each genre—$1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention). All finalists will be listed in the 2024 Fall/Winter awards issue. $20 entry fee includes a copy of the awards issue. All submissions considered for publication. Submit 1 story or essay up to 8,000 words from March 1 to May 1. For complete guidelines and judge information visit our website: www.decembermag.org/2024-curt-johnson-prose-awards.

DZANC BOOKS seeks innovative novels, poetry collections, and story collections for its annual contests. Contest winners receive publication and advances: $5,000 for the Prize for Fiction, $2,500 for the Short Story Collection, and $1,000 for the Poetry Prize. $25 reading fee per submission. Contests close September 30. Details at www.dzancbooks.org.

ENTRIES BEING ACCEPTED for the 2024 Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival Poetry and Short Story Contest. $10 for 2 poems or 1 short story. $1,000 total awards. Award winners may read on stage or give permission for another author to read their winning works. Deadline: April 30, 2024. Entry form, fee, and 2 copies of works mailed to: 252 Twin Lakes Rd., Latrobe, PA 15650. Submit by e-mail at info@artsandheritage.com. Digital entry form available: www.artsandheritage.com/the-arts/literary-arts. Phone: (724) 834-7474.

THE ENTRY PERIOD for the 2024 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest is January 1–June 1, 2024. U.S. and international sonneteers compete for prizes totaling $3,500. Categories: Top Four, Regional (Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa), Youth, and Laureates’ Choice. $5 fee for 3 sonnets. Free for youth and undergraduate. Website: www.sonnetcontest.org; e-mail: entries@sonnetcontest.org

FIRST PAGES PRIZE invites you to enter your first 5 pages of a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction. Prizes in both fiction & creative nonfiction. Open to un-agented writers worldwide, the prize supports emerging writers with cash awards, developmental mentoring, & agent consultation. Opens March 2024! Visit www.firstpagesprize.com.

FISCHER PRIZE: $1,000, five $250 outstanding finalist prizes. 27th year. Open to all styles, all ages, all poets writing in English anywhere in the world. $10 fee per poem, 3 for $25. Start: April 1. Deadline: August 31. Judge: Juan Morales. Feedback $5 per poem. Info at: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds.

INLANDIA BOOKS. The Hillary Gravendyk Prize. Two annual prizes for a collection of poetry. Submit 48- to 100-page manuscript through Submittable February 1–April 30, 2024. $20 submission fee. One national and 1 regional winner each receive $1,000 plus 20 copies. Judged blind. Website: www.inlandiainstitute.org/books/the-hillary-gravendyk-prize.

THE MACGUFFIN’S POET HUNT 29 will be guest judged by Michael Meyerhofer. First prize will receive $500 and publication. Send up to 5 poems per $15 entry fee via Submittable, e-mail, or post. Entries accepted from April 1 to June 15. Fee includes 1 free issue. Full guidelines: www.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin.

MURIEL CRAFT BAILEY POETRY CONTEST (single poem): $1,350 in prizes. Judge: Charles Rafferty. Entries judged anonymously. **NEW GUIDELINES!** Poem length 60 lines maximum (includes stanza breaks). Maximum line length 70 characters. No previously published or AI-assisted poems. Complete rules at www.comstockreview.org/poetry-contest or on Submittable. To submit: April 1–July 15 via Submittable www.comstockreview.submittable.com/submit ($25 + fee for up to 5 poems) or mail entry plus check ($5 per poem) to: Comstock Review, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215.

NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD. Deadline: March 29. The $5,000 post-publication book prize from Fall for the Book and the IIR recognizes prose works that illuminate the complexity of the human experience as told by immigrants. Past winners: Rachel Heng, Sindya Bhanoo, Patricia Engel, Lysley Tenorio, Melissa Rivero, and Hernán Díaz. Website: www.fallforthebook.org/newamericanvoices.

NO FEE. GWENN A. NUSBAUM/WWBA SCHOLARSHIP—$1,800 for “emerging poet” age 25–35 years. Opens January 1. Deadline: April 1. Submit 10 poems. Finalist notified May 20. Panelists comprised of acclaimed poets Kwame Dawes and Dorianne Laux. Award ceremony June 2024 Zoom &/or at Whitman Birthplace Historic Site, Huntington, NY. Online applications only. Guidelines: www.waltwhitman.org/nusbaumscholarship.

NORTH STREET BOOK PRIZE. 10th year. Submit self-published and hybrid-published books. Grand prize of $10,000. Top winner in each category will win $1,000. Categories: Mainstream/Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Creative Nonfiction & Memoir, Poetry, Children’s Picture Book, Middle Grade, Graphic Novel & Memoir, and Art Book. $20,400 in total cash prizes. Fee: $79 per book. Submit by July 1. Final judges: Jendi Reiter and Ellen LaFleche. Submit online or by mail. Guidelines: www.winningwriters.com/northpw2403.

THE ORCHARD STREET PRESS announces its seventh annual Poetry Contest: $700 first prize, $500 second, $300 third. Prize-winning and other submitted poems will appear in Quiet Diamonds, our annual poetry journal, and select entrants will be invited to submit chapbooks for possible publication. In 2023, we published 8 chapbooks from entrants to the contest. Submit 4 previously unpublished, original poems, a cover letter, a SASE, and the $15 fee to: The Orchard Street Press; P.O. Box 280, Gates Mills, OH 44040. Entries can also be submitted via our website, www.orchpress.com, where entry details can also be found. Deadline: April 30. 

RICHARD-GABRIEL RUMMONDS POETRY PRIZE for book-length manuscripts (48–100 pages). Top prize: $2,000, publication/distribution, 10 author copies, color cover. Reading fee: $25. Enter May 1–August 31, 2024. Entrants must reside in the U.S. Judge: Rebecca Lindenberg. See our guidelines at www.exophidiapress.org. Submit through our Submittable account.

SALLY ALBISO POETRY BOOK AWARD—$2,500 and publication with Ingram distribution for winning 56- to 68-page poetry manuscript authored by a poet living in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, or Alaska). Entries via Submittable. Fee: $10. Deadline: May 19. Judge: Risa Denenberg. Winner announced in late July. This award honors MoonPath Press poet Sally Albiso who passed away in 2019. All entrants receive Sally Albiso’s collection Moonless Grief. For more details, go to www.moonpathpress.com or Submittable.com.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE WRITERS who applied for the de Groot Foundation’s 2024 COURAGE to WRITE grants. We are inspired by your projects, ideas, voices, and stories. COURAGE to WRITE grantees will be announced in early May 2024. For the latest updates, go to www.degrootfoundation.org.

THANK YOU TO ALL who applied for the de Groot Foundation’s 2024 LANDO grants. We are inspired by your projects exploring immigration, migration, and the refugee experience. LANDO grantees will be announced in early May 2024. For the latest updates, go to www.degrootfoundation.org.

TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID FICTION & Essay Contest. 32nd year. Prize for best short story: $3,500. Prize for best essay: $3,500. Total prizes: $10,000. Co-sponsor: Duotrope. Winning entries published online. Fee: $22. Limit: 6,000 words. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Final judge: Mina Manchester. Submit by May 1. Enter at www.winningwriters.com/storypw2403.

WERGLE FLOMP HUMOR POETRY CONTEST. No fee. 23rd year. Top prize: $2,000. Total prizes: $3,750. Co-sponsor: Duotrope. Winning entries published online. Submit 1 humor poem by April 1. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Enter at www.winningwriters.com/werglepw2403.

WHAT BOOKS PRESS is happy to announce the launch of a new prize, the Gronk Nicandro Prize for a first book by a California writer, awarded annually in alternating genres. Poetry manuscripts will be accepted during the month of June. For details, please see: www.whatbookspress.org.

WRITERS OVER 50. Passager Poetry Contest. Deadline: April 15. Reading fee: $20, includes 1-year subscription. $1,000, interview, and publication. Honorable mentions published. Submit 5 poems, 40-line max each, cover letter, bio, SASE/e-mail for results. Snail mail or Submittable. No previously published work. Passager, 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21208. Website: www.passagerbooks.com.

 

THE SPRING 2024 PRINT ISSUE of Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose will soon be available, featuring poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and craft essays. Copies may be purchased on our website at www.allium.colum.edu/purchase. You can also find us at Barnes and Noble and other select bookstores around the country. 

WORD DANCING INSTANT POETRY (Just add words!) volume 3 by Lawrence R. Berger. The Inaugural Books, ETC. Poetry Award 2022. The manuscript for this book was a finalist in the 2023 San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival’s awards book division. Check it out! Website: www.amazon.com/dp/8119228774.

 

CREATIVE WRITING RETREATS with Page Lambert: 17th annual “Literature & Landscape of the Horse” (Wyoming/May); 27th annual “River Writing Journey for Women” (Utah/September); 3rd annual “Writing in the Berkshires” (Massachusetts/October); Monthly “Moving Forward with Works-in-Progress” 1-day seminars (ongoing). Interested in Costa Rica 2025? Let Page know. Website: www.pagelambert.com.

MASS MOCA WRITING THROUGH ART Poetry Retreats: June 12–16; October 31–November 6, in the Berkshires. Generative poetry workshops in the galleries of MASS MoCA, the Clark Art Institute, Williams College Museum of Art. Poets explore how art opens memories, emotions, and the imagination while experimenting with new forms of creative expression. Emerging and experienced poets welcome. Website: www.janfreeman.net/workshops-readings; e-mail: janfreemanpoetry@gmail.com.

NURTURE YOUR CREATIVITY at the Hudson Valley Story Cottage, located on 16 wooded acres, 75 miles north of Manhattan. 1,000 square feet open floorplan, 1-bedroom cottage with full kitchen, writing nook and Wi-Fi. See www.thehudsonvalleystorycottage.com for more information or contact thehudsonvalleystorycottage@gmail.com

ORANBEGA RETREAT CENTER welcomes writers in all genres to our beautiful coastal Maine riverbank for a productive and restorative working holiday. You write, we feed your body and soul. Craft your own retreat with the help of an experienced retreat director; manuscript feedback available. Reasonable rates. Contact: www.oranbegacenter.com or jreece@oranbegacenter.com.

OUTRAGEOUS VOICES LESBIAN WRITER’S RETREAT, May 16–May 19, 2024. Inclusive of self-identified lesbian, bisexual women, trans, nonbinary, queer. Beginners to published authors. Enjoy quiet writing time, fun workshops, supportive readings, storytelling, and spoken word performances. And swimming! Reasonable cost/sliding scale includes lodging, meals, registration. Easy access to Atlanta airport. Website: www.outrageousvoices.com.

PORCHES WRITING RETREAT, an historic farmhouse overlooking the James River in Blue Ridge foothills. Spacious porches, comfortable, high-ceilinged rooms, high-speed Wi-Fi, well-equipped kitchen, also a private cottage. Find peace and inspiration. Availability by day, week, month. Open all year. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com. E-mail: trudyhale@gmail.com.

WRITE BY THE RIVER. Tucked in the foothills of Sequoia National Park, this quiet, comfortable house on the river is the perfect retreat. Gorgeous weather, off-season rates, just 3½ hours north of L.A. For images and details: www.sequoiavacationrentals.com/hidden-gem---4-ppl.html. When inquiring, use “Write by the River” as the subject line.

WRITER’S HOUSE, BRITTANY, FRANCE. 150 years old. Beamed ceilings, original floors, quiet, safe, antique furnishings and all modern conveniences: shower, electricity, dishwasher, washer-dryer, DVD, Wi-Fi; ¾ acre with flowers and fruit trees; facing river/canal. Gorgeous. Contact Mark at mgdonna@aol.com; phone: (510) 866-5496; (510) 290- 9497.  

 

DORLAND MOUNTAIN ARTS RESIDENCY is nestled in the hills overlooking beautiful Temecula Valley wine country of Southern CA. Five self-contained cottages each with workspace & porch—easily providing social distancing. Hiking trails/ponds/views—oak trees and quail. Peaceful, inspiring. Finish your project. Rolling applications/reserve now! E-mail: info@dorlandartscolony.org; website: www.dorlandartscolony.org; phone: (951) 302-3837.

EZRA RESIDENCIES! Solitary residency (summer), competitive, offered by Ezra: An Online Journal of Translation. Cottage in NH Lakes Region, quiet road, woods, mountain views. View on the Ezra site: www.ezratranslation.com.

LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT village of North Bennington, Prospect Street provides both tranquility and conviviality to writers of all genres at every stage of their writing life. The recently renovated Victorian has 12 bedrooms configured in 3 suites of 4 bedrooms, 8 with ensuite bath. Residents meet for a home-cooked dinner meal but are responsible for breakfast and lunch. One- and 2-week stays are available throughout the year. Submit a writing sample, letter of intent, your choice of dates. The Writers House is easy to get to and hard to leave. Consult www.prospectstreet.org for submission details, calendar, and pricing. Six Yellow Door Fellowships will be available for 2025, more info at www.slideroom.com. Any questions, reach out to Gary Clark at gclark@prospectstreet.org.

THE WILLA CATHER RESIDENCY was launched by the Willa Cather Foundation in 2023 during the author’s 150th birthday year, providing emergent writers a chance to live and work in the small prairie town of Red Cloud, NE. Our 2-week residency, October 13–27, offers time, space, and peace in Cather’s childhood hometown. Red Cloud is home to the Foundation’s National Willa Cather Center—an archive, museum, and study center—as well as Cather-related historic sites and the preserved 612-acre Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. Residents are provided a private furnished room, with kitchen access and Wi-Fi, a weekly grocery stipend, and a separate place to work. While eventually open to all artists, our second cohort will be a select group of writers. Applications open March 15 and close April 15. Learn more at www.willacather.org/residency

WRITE ON, DOOR COUNTY, WI, offers residencies and retreats located on the Door County peninsula surrounded by the waters of Lake Michigan and Green Bay. Often called the Cape Cod of the Midwest, you will be surrounded by nature, beaches, and a thriving artist community. Write On offers a comfortable 3-bedroom residence, writing center, and a 59-acre campus. Applications accepted January 1–April 1, 2024. For details visit www.writeondoorcounty.org.

 

ABLE AND EXPERIENCED EDITOR for poetry and prose. Respectful. Thorough. Prize-winning author in multiple genres. As a team, we can raise your work to the next level—poems, flash, short stories, novel, memoir, query, or application letter. Publication advice available. E-mail: dmgordon@comcast.net. Website: www.dmgordoneditorial.com.

ABLE AND WELL-KNOWN WRITER, TEACHER, EDITOR, (Scribner, Random House, Bantam, Dell, Oxford University Press, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Narrative, Harper’s, The Paris Review, Vanity Fair, The American Scholar, Esquire, GQ, Ploughshares) offers manuscript critique, editing, private tutorials on short stories, novels, and literary nonfiction. Authors edited include Rick Bass, T. C. Boyle, Jennifer Egan, Min Jin Lee, Anthony Marra, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Joyce Carol Oates, James Salter, Robert Stone, Morgan Talty, and many others. Contact: editor@tomjenks.com. Website: tomjenks.com

ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE SERVICES: Visit my website for budget-sensitive options. Marcia Trahan, memoirist (Mercy, Barrelhouse Books) and editor with 20 years’ experience, offers critique, copy editing, and help with queries and proposals. Specializing in memoir; also handles wide range of fiction. Traditional and indie authors welcome. Patient, supportive approach. E-mail: info@marciatrahan.com. Website: www.marciatrahan.com

ACCLAIMED POETRY EDITOR, former executive director of Alice James Books, 25+ years’ editing experience. Professional manuscript evaluation, comprehensive editing. Edits for various budgets. Workshops, tutorials, publishing, publicity advice. Author of We (Red Hen Press, 2025), Event Boundaries, Anxious Music (Four Way Books). Former SNU CW MFA faculty. Website: www.aprilossmann.com. E-mail: aprilossmann@hotmail.com

ACCOMPLISHED CREATIVE WRITING AND LEGAL CONSULTANT. Do you require writing or legal guidance? Pushcart-nominated writer, published in such prestigious magazines as Granta, and interdisciplinary law professor Gigi Tewari is scheduling new clients. Expertise: Editing fiction and nonfiction, contract review and drafting, school application support. Contact: gk2422@columbia.edu.

AFFORDABLE, POWERFUL, AND COMPREHENSIVE editorial services can give your manuscript an edge. Helga Schier, PhD, publishing executive, professional editor, and published author offers in-depth evaluation, line editing, revisions. Want to write a good book? Let me help you unlock the potential of your manuscript. Contact me at helga@withpenandpaper.com; website: www.withpenandpaper.com; phone: (310) 828-8421. 

ATTORNEY MANUSCRIPT REVIEW. Minimize costly lawsuits for defamation, breach of privacy, copyright infringement. Vermont attorney/author/editor reviews your fiction, nonfiction, or poetry manuscript, provides TrackChanges comments and a legal opinion memo, and holds 1 Zoom meeting with you to review options and strategies. Flat fee must be paid in advance. E-mail: hillattorneypllc@gmail.com.

AUTHOR, AUTHOR! Professional editor, literary midwife, award-winning author (Bantam, Avon, Scholastic, Berkley/Ace, others) offers extensive critiques, tutorials, revisions, support. Upgrade your writing skills; solve problems with plot, character development, pacing. Specialties include literary and mainstream fiction, mystery/thriller, juvenile/YA, general nonfiction, psychology, spirituality. Carol Gaskin. Phone: (941) 377-7640. E-mail: carol@editorialalchemy.com. Website: www.editorialalchemy.com

AWARD-WINNING FICTION WRITER, graduate of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, creative writing teacher of 35 years, provides personalized manuscript editing. I offer detailed editing, honest evaluation, and sensitive critique. I work with new and experienced writers, fiction and nonfiction. Contact Hugh Cook. E-mail: hughcook212@gmail.com. Website: hugh-cook.ca

BLOCKED? STRUGGLING? I’ll help you finish that project! Break through blocks with professional writing mentoring from published journalist, poet, playwright, researcher. Skilled editor, experienced teacher, compassionate coach. New genre? Creative transition? Unearthed manuscript? Personal dream?—I can help you write, edit, publish! Carol Burbank, MA, PhD. Free 30-minute consultation. E-mail: cburbank@storyweaving.com. Website: www.storyweaving.com

DON’T HAVE TIME FOR SUBMISSIONS? Need more time to write? In our 30th year! Leads, query letters, research, proofreading, targeting submissions, lots more. Accepting poetry, short stories, novels/memoirs. We love writers! You write, we submit! Join 60,000+ writers who subscribe to our free newsletter. Writer’s Relief, Inc. Call: (866) 405-3003. Website: www.writersrelief.com.

ELEVATE YOUR WRITING and pursue your goals in 2024. Get expert editorial services from former literary agent Mary Kole. Perfect for aspiring fiction and memoir writers, all experience levels, genres, and audiences. Mention P&W, get $49 off at www.marykole.com. Many free resources also available at www.goodstorycompany.com.

FREE SESSION WITH WRITER WELLNESS CONSULTANT and Mentor. Have writing begging to get on the page, revised, and moved on to publishing? Want to find out what’s in the way? Give yourself the gift of a free consultation and get started. Contact: Andrea R. Canaan, MSW, MFA. E-mail: andreacanaan@gmail.com; website: www.andreacanaan.blog.

JOSEPHINE CURRICULUM & WRITING offers 1-on-1 poetry mentoring services. Start where you are with www.josephinewriting.com.

PARIS PRESS FOUNDER, former director Jan Freeman provides coaching, manuscript consultations, and editing services to writers and poets. Together we’ll take you closer to a clear expression of your writing goals and map out a fresh revision to prepare for submissions. Works in progress, finished manuscripts, chapbooks, new and selected collections. Over 40 years of experience. “Jan’s ear and her perceptive questions and suggestions were right on the mark as I worked towards the completion of my memoir. I highly recommend her,” —Rose Styron, Beyond This Harbor (Knopf). E-mail: janfreemaneditorial@gmail.com; website: www.janfreeman.net/editing-services.

POETRY, POETRY MS. Expand your range, syntax, facility with language. Close editing, attention to big picture, phone or Skype conferences—U.S. or international. Experienced poet/teacher, award-winning author of 11 collections, 5 with Godine and Knopf. I founded and taught in the MFA and postgraduate conference at Vermont College. E-mail: rogerweingarten12@gmail.com. For further details, please visit website: www.rogerweingarten.com

PROOFREADER AND BIOGRAPHER FOR HIRE. Sean Mitchell is a former writer for the Houston Chronicle and Yahoo! Sports and former writing tutor at PVAMU. Contact him at (281) 309-2381 or at seanmitchellmedia@hotmail.com. Short biographies typically cost $250–$500 and an autobiography is negotiable. Proofreading rates are typically $600 for the first 50 pages and $200 for every additional 50 pages (or less if it doesn’t reach a multiple of 50) and $25 for most academic writings. He offers half off for every referral. Payment is half first, the other half after the work’s completed, conducted via the Cash App, Zelle, or Paypal.

RESPECTFUL, AFFORDABLE FEEDBACK in fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting, and poetry. Award-winning writer with over 15 years’ college teaching experience. From line edits to global revisions, character work to creative coaching, brainstorming to final draft, I’m here for what you need. MFA, PhD in CW. Initial consultations are free. Website: adamprinceauthor.com.

SELF-PUBLISHING REVIEW—Star-rated book reviews, editing, and Kindle promotions. The trusted name for independent authors since 2008. Website: www.selfpublishingreview.com.

WRITEBYNIGHT: Write better, right now. Book coaching, beta reading, workshops, query letters, agent pitch packages, & more. You want to publish; we’re here to help. All writers, all genres. Free consultation: david@writebynight.net. Mention P&W for $50 off your first project.

 

FOR OVER 50 SUMMERS, the Community of Writers has held weeklong summer writing workshops in the High Sierra. Poets and writers come to improve their craft with small workshops and individual conferences, craft lectures, panels, readings, and more. Poetry: June 17–23; Writers Workshops in fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction, July 8–15. Scholarships and financial aid available. Application deadlines: March 10. Website: www.communityofwriters.org.

GREATER PHILADELPHIA WORDSHOP STUDIO supports writers in the development of their individual voices and practice of their craft. Workshops in Center City and Delaware County, PA, following the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method. Writers of all ages, levels of experience, and genres welcome. Phone: (610) 853-0296. E-mail: ah@philawordshop.com. Website: www.philawordshop.com

INTO THE SPRINGS WRITERS’ WORKSHOP, August 2–4. A weekend of single interactive sessions with mystery, nonfiction author Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Crippen and Landru Publisher Jeffrey Marks and the Ohio Audiobook Narrators. The Mills Park Hotel in the unique village of Yellow Springs, OH. Registration ends July 25. Website: www.intothespringswritersworkshop.com.

KROUNA WRITING WORKSHOP: Write and learn in a UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Greece. Small-group workshopping and guided opportunities to explore. Two sessions. July 16–22 including photography and August 4–10 for experienced writers. Led by author Henriette Lazaridis with photographer Laura Kozlowski. Website: www.krounawritingworkshop.com.

LIVE FREE AND WRITE. August 11–16. Writing retreat in Sunapee, NH. Spend an inspiring week working on your memoir or poetry. Enjoy the refreshing New England summer with plentiful writing time, encouraging workshops, homemade meals, and time to relax. Scholarships available. Register early and save: www.stockton.edu/murphywriting.

POETRY AND ART IN ITALY! Workshop/retreat at La Romita School of Art. Prompts, lessons, and daily opportunities to make art. Mornings, we’ll visit nearby Umbrian hill towns and landmarks. Afternoons, we’ll write and/or try our hand at art journaling techniques. Poet Emily Ransdell and artist Melissa Grace Young welcome participants at all skill levels. Unforgettable! August 16–26. Info at: www.emilyransdell.com.

WRITING FROM NATURE goes to the Alps! May 27–June 2, 2024. Write on trails, draft words with Christine Woodside, author of Going Over the Mountain and Libertarians on the Prairie and editor-in-chief of the mountaineering journal Appalachia. May 27–29, Schwarzwaldalp mountain inn. May 30–31, Zermatt, 3-star hotel. June 1, Zurich, 3-star hotel. Website: www.alpinehikers.com/events/writers-workshop-christine-woodside.

WRITING FROM NATURE, where writers at all stages find words through walking/observing, returns to its roots at Rockywold-Deephaven Camps on Squam Lake, NH, June 13–16. Leader Christine Woodside is the author of Going Over the Mountain and editor-in-chief of the journal Appalachia. Sign up at www.chriswoodside.com/writing-workshops. Career-builder rates available.

YMCA WRITERS VOICE ONLINE in Syracuse, NY offers a wide range of online creative writing workshops and literary readings. Workshops and craft courses are available in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, and more—all taught by widely published writers who are serious both about craft and community. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced, publishing writer, we have programs that will keep you engaged and learning. For more information, visit www.ymcacny.org/dwc or e-mail dwcworkshops@ymcacny.org.