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ANTHOLOGY/CONTEST: LUCK—TallGrass Writers Guild/Outrider Press. Poetry: Max 32 lines with spaces; prose: Max 2,500 words. Prizes: $500 each category. Deadline extended: August 31 or until acceptance limit reached. Fees: 1–4 poems or partial group or each prose entry $19/$15 for TWG members. Multiple submissions welcome. Complete guidelines with entry form. Website: www.outriderpress.net. E-mail: tallgrassguild@sbcglobal.net.

CALLING ALL AFRICAN-THEMED POETRY, PROSE, & ART! Pan Writers Caravan is currently seeking poetry, prose, & artwork of all genres by Submittable for publication into African Literary Arts: One Contemporaneous Anthology Celebrating the Global Diaspora. This multi-genre collection, numbering tentatively 350–450 pages in length, will include prosodies of hybrid narratives & short story, memoirs & personal essays, poetry, artwork, and several other literary keepsakes, nuggets, and gemstones. Deadline: August 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 Must be previously unpublished &/or anthologized work.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. & published by Pan Writers Caravan (www.panwriterscaravan.wordpress.com). Submittable link with more information & full submission guidelines here: www.panwriterscaravan.submittable.com/submit.

ELEVATION PRESS OF COLORADO seeks submissions for Winter Anthology. Short stories and poetry set in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, or Utah. Entry deadline: September 1. Entry fee required. Winning submission receives $500. Top entries published in Winter Anthology and published writers receive copy. Visit website for rules: www.elevationpressbooks.wordpress.com.

WANT YOUR STORY PUBLISHED in a nationally distributed anthology whose first volume went to 3 printings & 2023 volume includes a previously uncollected story by Morgan Talty? If so, submit! Website: www.coolestamericanstories.com. And if you enjoy reading interesting stories, feel free to order a COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2023. Website: www.amzn.to/3VunhLD.

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. 

FAW (FRIENDS OF AMERICAN WRITERS) seeks book submissions for its annual 100-year-old literary awards in 2 categories: Literature for adults and literature for children and young adults. Publishers and/or authors are invited to submit books published in 2023. Generous monetary prizes awarded. Guidelines: Authors must reside (or have resided) in the American Midwest. Books set in the region (even if the author is non-resident) also qualify. Fiction or creative nonfiction, please. No self-published or e-books, poetry, genre, or series books. Authors of more than 3 published books are ineligible. (If an author has multiple books published in 2023, all are eligible.) Books nominated for the award must be submitted to the FAW Awards Committees by December 10, but we appreciate entries ASAP. No application forms! Please send 2 copies of each book and author info as early as possible to: Karen Pulver, Literature Awards Chair, 748 Western Ave., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137. E-mail: kspulver@gmail.com. For info on previous awards, please visit: www.fawchicago.org/awards.php.

IN THE MONTH OF JULY, Sarabande is open for the following submissions: Full-length essay manuscripts, full-length manuscripts from Kentucky-affiliated writers, and translation samples and proposals. Complete guidelines at www.sarabandebooks.org.

‘23 JULY AND AUGUST SEQUESTRUM THEMES are 1) “Place” and 2) “Family!” Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Themes close June 15! Payment + publication. Submit via our online submission system. Deadline: September 15. E-mail: sequr.info@gmail.com. Full guidelines: www.sequestrum.org.

ABANDONED MINE is a poetry journal (quarterly online, selected annual print) now accepting submissions for our second year. 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 submission guidelines.

THE ANNUAL FALL CRONE POWER Issue from Gyroscope Review poetry magazine opens July 1 for submissions through September 1. Seeking contemporary poetry by female-identifying poets over the age of 50. No-fee submissions accepted through Submittable. Back issues available free online. For guidelines visit www.gyroscopereview.com. Older women—we want your poetry! 

APPLE VALLEY REVIEW seeks flash/full-length fiction, CNF, poetry, and translations for Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall 2023). Previously published pieces have been selections/notables in Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, Best of the Net, Best of the Web, Wigleaf Top 50, and others. Website: www.applevalleyreview.com.

THE AWAKENINGS REVIEW is seeking submissions from writers and poets who have experience with mental illnesses, either in themselves, family members, or friends. We’re published twice a year. Prefer submissions about healing and recovery but not adverse to other forms. First peruse 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.

BLUELINE: A LITERARY MAGAZINE Dedicated to the Spirit of the Adirondacks seeks poems, stories, and nonfiction about the Adirondacks and regions similar in geography and spirit, focusing on nature’s shaping influence. Submission period July 1 through November 30. Decisions mid-February. Payment in copies. Please identify simultaneous submissions; notify immediately if your submission is placed elsewhere. Electronic submissions encouraged, as Word files, to blueline@potsdam.edu. Please identify the genre in the subject line. Website: www.bluelineadkmagazine.org.

THE BMP LITERARY QUARTERLY wants your best unpublished poetry, short stories, and art. Website: www.thehalcyone.submittable.com. Publication awards for winning entries. HerWords literary magazine for women and JanusWords for LGBT+. 

CALLIOPE IS A PUBLISHING APP dedicated to genre fiction—interactive, illustrated fiction. We’re looking for short stories and flash fiction in any type of genre (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.

COLLATERAL PUBLISHES LITERARY AND VISUAL ART concerned with the impact of violent conflict and military service beyond the combat zone. We read year-round, charge no fees, and publish each May and November. Submit through our website: www.collateraljournal.com.

CUTBANK IS MONTANA’S OLDEST literary magazine, celebrating 50 years in 2023. Run by the students of the University of Montana Creative Writing MFA program, we publish 2 annual print issues of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Submission fee: $5. Payment for writers featured in print. Guidelines are at www.cutbankonline.org/submit.

DARK ONUS LIT is an experimental literary magazine that puts out micro-issues of poetry, short stories, flash fiction, audio, and artwork. We are open year-round, read blindly, and do not charge reading fees. We’re intrigued by dark, experimental work. Website: www.darkonuslit.com/submit.

FRONT RANGE REVIEW is now accepting online submissions of literary short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction for its 24th annual issue. Our reading period is August 15–December 1. To see guidelines and submit, visit www.frontrange.edu/frontrangereview.

GIRLS RIGHT THE WORLD is a journal inviting female-identified writers and artists, ages 14–21, to submit work to girlsrighttheworld@gmail.com by December 31. Include a note mentioning your age and where you’re from. We ask to be first to publish your work in North America; after publication, rights return to you.

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.

LAMMERGEIER IS A TRIANNUAL online journal specializing in work at the intersection of beautiful and macabre. We accept fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid work. Three writers per issue receive a $25 honorarium and a featured writer interview. No reading fee. Visit www.lammergeier.org or www.twitter.com/lammergeiermag for details. Lammergeier: Literature with Marrow.

LITTLE PATUXENT REVIEW (LPR) is seeking submissions of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry for its un-themed Winter 2024 issue. Submissions will open and be accepted from August 1 through October 24. LPR publishes diverse voices and aesthetics and encourages both emerging and established authors to submit. Review our guidelines at www.littlepatuxentreview.org. 

THE MEDICAL LITERARY MESSENGER seeks thought-provoking poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art related to medicine, illness, and the body. Online submissions are free and accepted on a rolling basis. Visit us at www.med-lit.vcu.edu for more information or contact us at medlit@vcuhealth.org. 

NOMINEE: RANKED SIXTH among Top 25 Literary Magazines & Publications in 2022 (Feedspot). The RavensPerch Literary Magazine seeks submissions of well-groomed poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. For submission guidelines, visit us at www.theravensperch.com. 

PEDESTAL MAGAZINE will accept submissions of poetry for Issue 92+ in mid-September. No restrictions on theme, style, length, or genre. Please visit the website for details and to view current/archived work: www.thepedestalmagazine.com.

PENSIVE: A GLOBAL JOURNAL of Spirituality & the Arts, innovative online publication from Northeastern University, welcomes unpublished poetry, prose, visual art, translations. Visit www.pensivejournal.com; submit via Submittable February 1–May 15 or August 1–November 15. No fee. Historically underrepresented and international voices encouraged. Recent contributors include Baca, Bruchac, M. Collins, Chess, Cording, Espada, Glancy, Hoffman, Lea, Marchant, D.S. Martin, MEH, Metres, Piercy, Samaras, Sholl, and more.

PINYON INVITES HIGH-QUALITY submissions of poetry and short fiction from emerging and established writers. Reading period is August 1 to December 1. Send short bio, including e-mail address and SASE, to PINYON, Department of Languages, Literature, and Mass Communication, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Ave., Grand Junction, CO 81501-3122 or check our website at www.thepinyon.wordpress.com to submit electronically.

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.

SAN PEDRO RIVER REVIEW, print publication of poetry and b&w art. No reading fee. Submission window: July 1 to 31. More at www.bluehorsepress.com.

SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW invites no-fee submissions of CNF, fiction, poetry, and visual art. This year’s suggested theme is “Lovely, Dark, and Deep: Journeys Real and Imagined.” Word limit per prose submission is 2,000 words per submission period; poets may submit up to 5 poems per submission period. Submit via Submittable by November 1. Learn more at www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-literary-review.

SEEMS, A PRINT-ONLY PUBLICATION, since 1971, considers unpublished poems, literary fiction, and creative nonfiction (5K words max of prose) to seems@lakeland.edu or, with SASE, to Jodie Mortag, editor, Lakeland University, W3718 South Dr., Plymouth, WI 53073. Samples and submission guidelines at www.seemsmagazine.wixsite.com/seems.

SPECIAL ISSUE: DELTA POETRY REVIEW requests previously unpublished poems by new and emerging poets with a connection to the American South who have not yet published more than 1 full-length book of poetry. Poems related to the South preferred, not required. Submit 3–6 poems at www.deltapoetryreview.com/submissions.html. Deadline: September 20. 

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 

TAHOMA LITERARY REVIEW offers detailed critiques of your short stories or essays. Get experienced, professional, and useful commentary on your prose up to 6,000 words. Details and pricing: www.tahomaliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit.

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, 2022, through June 30, 2023. 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.

DO YOU HAVE STORY IDEAS? Do you want to get them published? The Pacific Northwest Writers Conference has the answers to these questions and more. September 21–24 at DoubleTree Hilton, Seattle, WA. Workshops, master classes, and pitching to agents and editors. For details go to www.pnwa.org.

GREAT LAKES WRITERS FESTIVAL, November 2 & 3, at Lakeland University near Sheboygan, WI. Featured writers: Marianne Leslie Chan and Clancy McGilligan. Readings, Q&As, craft workshops, and open mics. No admissions fee! For details and registration go to www.greatlakeswritersfestival.org.

JOIN US AT THE 25TH ANNUAL TAOS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL from Friday, October 13, through Saturday, October 14, in beautiful Taos, NM. Storytellers include headliner: Ray Christian, Moth contest winner, Two Worlds (a Native American storytelling group), and Cisco Guevara. Festival includes 4 events plus the main show. Call (575) 758-0081 FMI or www.somostaos.org/taos-storytelling-festival/#about.

LIT CAMP IS DEDICATED to supporting writers. Our fall conference (September 7–11) concentrates on the business of being a writer. Upcoming faculty for this September includes publisher and editor Cindy Spiegel, NY literary agent Reiko Davis, literary publicist Kimberly Burns, and NBCC VP Jane Ciabattari. The fall conference is held at Bell Valley Retreat Center in beautiful Mendocino County and is limited to 26 attendees. Visit our website for more information: www.litcampwriters.org.

$4,000 IN AWARDS. Enter New Millennium Writing Awards by July 31—Best Poetry: $1,000; Fiction: $1,000; Nonfiction: $1,000; Flash Fiction: $1,000. All winners are published in our anthology and online. “After seeing how many emerging writers New Millennium Writings has helped, I couldn’t help but want to be one of them. They really care about artists and give them a chance to share their talent with the world.”—J. S., recent submitter. Visit www.newmillenniumwritings.org.

THE 2023 BEST SPIRITUAL LITERATURE AWARDS in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction will award $500 and publication in the Best Spiritual Literature anthology (Orison Books) for a single work in each genre. Judges: Diamond Forde (poetry), Jacinda Townsend (fiction), Kazim Ali (nonfiction). Entry fee: $12. Submission period: May 1–August 1. Find complete details at www.orisonbooks.com/submissions. 

2023 OPEN COUNTRY CHAPBOOK CONTEST. Open to any poet. Please submit a chapbook of original poems, 20–30 pages. Submissions will be read blind. Deadline: October 1. The final 5 chapbooks will be forwarded to the contest judge, Steven Paul Alvarez. The winner will receive $500 and 10 author copies. To see our previous winners and submit, visit www.opencountrypress.org.

THE 2023 ORISON CHAPBOOK PRIZE will award $300 and publication by Orison Books for a manuscript of 20–45 pages in any literary genre (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, or hybrid). Orison Books founder and editor Luke Hankins will judge. Submission period: April 1–July 1. Entry fee: $15. For complete guidelines, see www.orisonbooks.com/submissions. 

2024 PRESS 53 AWARD for Poetry. $1,000, publication, and 53 copies awarded to an unpublished collection of poems. Prizes awarded upon publication. Tom Lombardo, Press 53 Poetry Series editor, will serve as judge. Deadline: Midnight, July 31. Winner and finalists announced before November 1. Reading fee: $30. Information at www.press53.com/award-for-poetry.

16TH ANNUAL LITTORAL PRESS POETRY PRIZE! First place: 50 letterpress-printed broadsides of the winning poem. Three honorable mentions: earlier broadsides. Judge: Jack Crimmins. Entry fee: $10 first poem; $5 each additional. Mail to 622 26th St., Richmond, CA 94804 by August 15. View complete guidelines and broadside examples at www.littoralpress.com.

20TH ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS SHORT STORY AWARD for best previously unpublished literary story in English (standalone, 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.

21ST GIVAL PRESS POETRY AWARD for best previously unpublished original poetry collection in English of approximately 45+ pages. Prize: $1,000 and book publication. Reading fee: $20 per collection. Deadline: December 15. Details: www.givalpress.submittable.com or www.givalpress.com. Address: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

25TH 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. 2022 winner, Sara Moore Wagner for Lady Wingshot. Recent winners include Flower Conroy, Heather Sellers, Kirsten Kaschock, Jim Daniels, Carolyne Wright, Joe Wilkins, Suzanne Lummis, and Lue Lipsitz. Judges have included Yusef Komunyakaa, Melissa Kwasny, James Tate, Christopher Buckley, Dara Wier, Dorianne Laux, and Robert Wrigley. Deadline extended to: July 15.

BAUHAN PUBLISHING’S MAY SARTON New Hampshire Poetry Prize Contest is open! Now in its 13th year, the prize is for a book-length collection, $1,000, and book publication with Spring 2023 titles. Judge: Brad Crenshaw. Entry fee: $30. Submission deadline: June 30. For submission guidelines: www.bauhanpublishing.com/may-sarton-prize or go to www.bauhanpublishing.submittable.com/submit.

BIRDY POETRY PRIZE, by Meadowlark Press. $1,000 cash prize, publication, and 50 copies. Submit 1 full-length poetry book manuscript (55–150 pages). Entry fee: $25. Submissions open: September 1 to December 1. Learn more: www.birdypoetryprize.com. 

CODHILL PRESS PAULINE UCHMANOWICZ POETRY AWARD: $1,000 plus 25 copies. Distribution by SUNY Press. Deadline: December 30. Submit book-length manuscript (48–72 pages), acknowledgements, table of contents, and cover page (name, address, phone, e-mail) to: www.codhillpoetryaward.submittable.com/submit. $30 entry fee. For complete guidelines: www.codhill.com.

COMSTOCK REVIEW JESSIE BRYCE NILES CHAPBOOK CONTEST: Top prize: $1,000 and 50 author’s copies. Entrants receive copy of winning chapbook, $30 fee. Manuscripts 25–34 pages accepted August 1–October 31. Check website for complete rules, which must be followed. Kathleen Bryce Niles-Overton, judge. Use Submittable (online fee extra) or mail. Comstock Review Chapbook Contest, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. Website: www.comstockreview.org; www.facebook.com/pages/Comstock-Review/186488898068352?ref=ts-219-.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2023 LANDO grant awardees: Molly O’Toole, Benjamin Mauk, Summer Awad, Vanessa Hua, Seth Berkman, and Lauren Markham. Sponsored in collaboration with the de Groot Foundation, the LANDO grants are for writers exploring immigration, migration, or the refugee experience. Meet the 2023 awardees and learn more at: www.degrootfoundation.org.

COWLES OPEN POETRY BOOK PRIZE. $2,000, publication/distribution of full-length poetry manuscript, 30 copies for author. Color cover, 48 to 100 pages, $25 reading fee. Deadline: November 1. Guidelines at www.semopress.com/events/cowles-prize. Submit through our Submittable account.

THE DE GROOT FOUNDATION has announced the 2023 Courage to Write and Writer of Note grant awardees. Congratulations to these dedicated and inspiring writers. To meet the 2023 awardees and learn about their work, go to www.degrootfoundation.org. Applications for the 2024 grants for writers program opens January 2024. 

EVENT MAGAZINE’S NONFICTION CONTEST: $3,000 in prizes, plus publication. Enter by October 15. We encourage writers from diverse backgrounds and experience levels to explore the creative nonfiction form and submit their work. 5,000-word limit. For full contest details, visit www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf.

FISCHER PRIZE: $1,000, five $250 finalist prizes. Open to all styles, all poets. Cantor Prize: $500, two $100 finalist prizes. Open to Colorado poets and any poet writing about Colorado. Winners and finalists eligible for monthly virtual reading series, Bardic Trails, $100 honorarium. Deadline: August 31 yearly. Info at: www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds.

THE FRANCINE RINGOLD AWARDS FOR NEW WRITERS. Prizes of $500 and publication for fiction and poetry from Nimrod International Journal. Open only to emerging writers with no more than 2 previous publication credits in their genre. For poetry, submit up to 5 pages; for fiction, 1 short story, 5,000 words maximum. Open internationally. Multiple entries accepted. Entry fee: $12, includes the spring issue of Nimrod. Deadline: July 15. For complete guidelines: nimrod@utulsa.edu or www.artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/nimrod. 

THE GRAYSON BOOKS POETRY PRIZE, open to all poets writing in English, is accepting submissions between June 1 and August 15. Submit 50–90 pages, including title page and contents. Electronic submissions only at www.graysonbooks.submittable.com/submit. No contact info on manuscript. Entry fee: $26. Winner will be awarded $1,000, publication, and 10 copies. Simultaneous submissions acceptable. Brad Davis will judge this year’s contest. Website: www.graysonbooks.com.

HEART POETRY AWARD: $500, publication in HEART 18. $10 covers 3 unpublished poems, reserves your copy of HEART 18. Entries considered for future publication. Visit website for featured writers, style, guidelines, judge bio. Deadline: Postmark August 31. Submit, pay online: www.nostalgiapress.com or mail: Nostalgia Press, 115 Randazzo Dr., Elloree, SC 29047.

I-70 REVIEW announces the winner of the Bill Hickok Humor Award for Poetry for 2023. Christopher Buckley chose Laurie Janes’s poem “What Physicists Say” to receive the prize of $1,000. Submissions for 2024 start on January 1 through February 28.

THE INAUGURAL WILLOW SPRINGS Magazine Surrealist Poetry Prize, $1,000 and publication in Willow Springs Magazine, is awarded for a surrealist poem. Christopher Howell will be the final judge. Submit up to 3 poems for a $15 entry fee. The deadline is September 1. Visit our website for guidelines: www.inside.ewu.edu/willowspringsmagazine/surreal-prize.

POETS WORKING full- or part-time for any K-12 school, public or private, are encouraged to submit a full-length manuscript for the Michael Dryden Poetry Prize. Publication, $500, and 20 author copies. Your poems need not focus on schools or teaching. Nan Cohen is the final judge. For details visit www.gunpowderpress.com.

“PRIME 53 POEM” SUMMER CHALLENGE. Free entry. Top 4 poems, selected by the editors of Press 53 and Prime Number Magazine, will be published in Issue 241 of Prime Number Magazine, September 1. Opens June 1, closes July 31. Poem must follow the “Prime 53 Poem” form explained at www.press53.com/prime-53-poem-summer-challenge. 

THE PRIME NUMBER MAGAZINE Flash Fiction Prize is open for entries June 1 to July 31. Open to writers around the world! Reading fee $11 US, 751-word limit. Top 3 stories awarded $251, $151, $53 respectively, plus publication. Enter online via Submittable. Get all information at www.press53.com/flash-fiction-contest. 

RED WHEELBARROW POETRY PRIZE 2023: Ellen Bass final judge. $1,000 for first place and a letterpress broadside, $500 for second, $250 for third. Top 5 published in Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine. Submit up to 3 original unpublished poems. $15 entry fee. Deadline: July 31. For complete guidelines, see http://redwheelbarrow.submittable.com  

RHINO WILL OPEN AUGUST 1–SEPTEMBER 30 for submissions for its annual Founders’ Prize Poetry Contest. Guest judge for the 2024 Founders’ Prize is Rodney Gomez. Founders info: The entry fee is $15 per submission of up to 5 poems; first prize of $500 and 2 runners-up prizes of $100 each. Winners will also be nominated for a Pushcart Prize. All submissions are also considered for publication in RHINO’s 2024 issue, and for our $500 Editors’ Prize. Upon publication: Accepted poets will receive 1 copy of the issue featuring their poem, and the opportunity to purchase additional copies at a discount ($7 + shipping). Accepted poems will be published on the RHINO website at least 1 year after print publication. More info at www.rhinopoetry.org.

RIVER TEETH LITERARY NONFICTION BOOK PRIZE (August 1–October 31): $1,000 and publication with University of New Mexico Press. Lacy M. Johnson will judge. Submissions to River Teeth (narrative nonfiction) and Beautiful Things (micro-essays) are open September 1–December 1. Read complete guidelines for all submissions at www.riverteethjournal.com.

SENECA REVIEW accepts submissions for the Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize. $2,000 prize, book publication, HWS reading. Judge: Wendy S. Walters. Lyric essay includes cross-genre and hybrid work. A group of related pieces or a single work. 48–120 pages. Submissions: June 1 to August 1. Website: www.hws.edu/offices/senecareview/bookprize.aspx.

TERRAIN.ORG, the award-winning online literary journal of place, climate, and justice, 14th Annual Contest in Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction. Judges—poetry: Ross Gay; nonfiction: Toni Jensen; fiction: Talia Laksmi Kolluri. All submissions considered for publication. $20/entry. $1,000 prize/genre, $200 for finalists. Deadline: September 4 (Labor Day). Submit and pay online. Full guidelines at www.terrain.org/contest.

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY PRESS—the Iron Horse Prize for a First Book of Collected Prose. Deadline: August 15. A prize of $1,000 and publication by Texas Tech University Press is given annually for a first book of collected prose. Manuscripts may be submitted between June 15 and August 15 with an entry fee of $15 (free day on July 15). Visit the website for complete guidelines. Cash prize: $1,000. Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction. Entry fee: $15. E-mail address: travis.snyder@ttu.edu. Website: www.ironhorsereview.com/ihlrbookprize.

TOM HOWARD/MARGARET REID POETRY CONTEST. 21st year. Top prize for a poem in any style: $3,000. Top prize for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style: $3,000. Total prizes: $9,000. Co-sponsor: Duotrope. Winning entries published online. Fee: $22 per submission of 1–3 poems. Length limit: 250 lines per poem. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Submit by September 30. Enter at: www.winningwriters.com/poetrypw2307.

WINNERS OF CHOEOFPLEIRN PRESS book contests include Amy Lerman’s poetry chapbook Orbital Debris (2022) and Jacquelyn Shah’s nonfiction book Limited Engagement (2023). Finalists include Fran Schumer’s poetry chapbook Weight (2022) and Henry Lansing Woodward’s nonfiction book Code Three (2023). See www.choeofpleirnpress.com for submission details.

DEBUT NOVEL BY WRITER JODI ANGEL. In Biggest Little Girl, 14-year-old Joey has run away from home, but at a truck stop just 30 miles from home she meets Jerry, who buys her a hamburger and offers her a job in Reno—making deliveries…This is a survival story. Paperback and e-book: Madville Publishing, www.madvillepublishing.com/product/biggest-little-girl.

MASS MOCA WRITING THROUGH ART POETRY RETREAT: October 12–15 in the Berkshires. Generative, immersive workshops in museum galleries explore exciting ways that art can open the imagination, allowing access to memories, emotions, and observations, 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.

PORCHES WRITING RETREAT, an historic farmhouse overlooking the James River in the 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 days, weeks, months. Open all year; 3 hours from D.C. Website: www.porcheswritingretreat.com. E-mail: trudyhale@gmail.com.

WRITE BY THE RIVER. Located in Three Rivers, CA, at the base of the Sequoia National Forest, this peaceful, private, comfortable retreat sits on the banks of the Kaweah River surrounded by mature oak and sycamore trees. 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.

THE INAUGURAL HELLER CREATIVE WRITER’S RESIDENCY in Colorado Springs is open for application. The Pueblo Revival-style guest house sits on 34 acres of pristine Colorado landscape and serves as tranquil workspace for a 1-week-long residency of writing, teaching, and readings. Featured writer to receive honorarium, room/board, and travel compensation. Visit: www.heller.uccs.edu/creativewriting. 

PROSPECT STREET WRITERS HOUSE, 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 en suite bath. The first floor is on grade and contains a bedroom that meets ADA accessibility requirements. All guests meet for a home-cooked evening meal; breakfast and lunch are up to the individual. A writer’s greatest resource being other writers, the congenial atmosphere at Prospect Street can be conducive to making lifelong friendships as well as professional contacts. One- and 2-week stays are available throughout the year. Consult www.prospectstreet.org for submission details, calendar, pricing, and fellowships. Any questions, reach out to Gary Clark at gclark@prospectstreet.org.

TRAVIS BOGARD ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM provides a working retreat for fellows whose work focuses on the performing arts: Playwriting, directing, scene design, or scholarly research and writing. Deadline for applications for 2023 fellowships: November 15. Early applications accepted. Sponsored by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House, Danville, CA. Website: www.eugeneoneill.org/artist-in-residence-program.

CREATIVE WRITING INSIGHTS is an MFA-level online + LIVE in-person creative writing program at a fraction of the cost. We help writers go from inconsistency, frustration, and confusion to clarity, confidence, and completion! Because great writing happens in great community! Includes: Dynamic craft sessions, coaching, editorial/feedback, publishing resources + bestselling author series (George Saunders, Elizabeth Gilbert, Cheryl Strayed, and many others). Now accepting new students at: www.albertflynndesilver.com/program. *Curriculum inspired by Albert’s popular book on writing from Sounds True, Writing as a Path to Awakening.

THE PERIPLUS FELLOWSHIP for Writers of Color is awarded each year to around 50 emerging writers of color whose work shows great promise. The Periplus Collective, which offers the fellowship, is made up of established writers volunteering their time to mentor fiction writers, poets, essayists, critics, and longform journalists. As a Periplus Fellow, you’ll talk with your mentor once a month, will have access to regular panels and talks about the life and business of being a writer, and will be part of a supportive community of emerging writers. Applying is free; applications for the 2024 fellowship year are due in October 2023. Learn more and apply at bit.ly/periplusfaq. You can e-mail us for more information at peripluscollective@gmail.com.

2023: TWO SYLVIAS’ WEEKLY MUSE has been called “the best new tool for poets!” Every Sunday, receive poetry prompts, writing exercises, submission opportunities, and #ProTips on publishing, and more to ignite your poetry writing and publishing journey. Plus, now enjoy free Zoom poetry classes and salons with Pulitzer Prize winner Diane Seuss & NY Times bestselling Author Maggie Smith with your paid-subscription. Don’t miss this chance to transform your poetry life! Become a paid-subscriber now: www.twosylviaspress.substack.com/subscribe.

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 18 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 AUTHOR OFFERS SENSITIVE, personalized coaching and editing. Recipient of Harold Vursell Award from the Academy of Arts and Letters, an O’Henry, a Pushcart, publications in the Best American Short Stories. 28 years’ teaching experience, Barnard College, MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte, private practice. E-mail: maxine.swann@gmail.com. Website: www.maxineswann.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 empowerment consultant. Do you require support with writing, empowerment, or career guidance? Pushcart-nominated writer, published in such prestigious magazines as Granta, and interdisciplinary law professor, Geeta Tewari is scheduling new clients. Expertise: Editing fiction and nonfiction, developing (law and creative writing) projects, application support (MFA, pre-law, etc.), empowerment. Contact: gk2422@columbia.edu.

ACCOMPLISHED EDITOR WYN COOPER works with writers of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and memoir. I help you revise and perfect your manuscript, and offer publishing advice. Sixty-five books I edited have been published in the last nine years; ten have won awards. Free consultation. See website for details: www.wyncooper.com. E-mail: wyncooper@gmail.com. 

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. 

AGENT QUERY & SUBMISSIONS EDITS: Looking for a literary agent? Or are you submitting and not hearing back? As a traditionally published author and former literary agent, I’ve helped many writers land agents and book deals. I can help you too. Website: www.virginialloyd.com. 

APPLYING TO MFA PROGRAMS? Writing a story or book? Award-winning author and editor (Penguin Random House, Cambridge University Press) offers mentoring, editing, and critique of fiction and nonfiction. I’ve won the Glimmer Train fiction open and many other fiction awards, and my debut novel was a Chicago Tribune “favorite book.” Students and clients have gone on to MFAs at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the Michener Center, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, the New School, the University of Montana, and others. Info and testimonials: www.carygroner.com.

ART OF THE NOVEL: I work with published and unpublished novelists in all phases of development, both privately and through UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, where I teach master-level courses in novel writing. An internationally acclaimed novelist, I seek to combine the best of an experienced editor and inspiring teacher, helping writers revise their manuscripts. For testimonials, visit www.robert-eversz.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. 

BIRDS & MUSES MENTORSHIP FOR WOMEN WRITERS. Realize your vision with a mentor as invested in your story & your growth as you are. Acclaimed novelist, memoirist, editor Kate Moses: Taking writers under her wing for 3 decades with startling insights, attentive generosity, command of craft, acute editorial skill. Website: www.birdsandmuses.com.

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. 

BOOK HELPLINE EDITING SERVICES. Friendly, personal, and affordable. We offer developmental editing, copy editing, proofreading, and coaching. We also offer support in subsequent steps toward publication. Ask for a no-obligation, free sample edit. Contact Judith (info@bookhelpline.com) or visit www.bookhelpline.com.

DON’T HAVE TIME FOR SUBMISSIONS? Need more time to write? In our 29th 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.

EDITOR BEHIND BARS! Brilliant editing. Stupidly cheap. $0.004/word. ($4 per thousand words.) Website: editorbehindbars.com.

EXPERIENCED WRITING COACH and developmental editor. I’m an acclaimed fiction writer (2 NYT notable books of the year, O. Henry Award, Pushcart Prize) and screenwriter (films screened at Sundance, TIFF, MoMA, in theaters all over the world, and on several streamers) who can help you with your own writing. I’ve taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Harvard, and Columbia, and worked in the publishing and film industries. I’m best with literary fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays of all genres. Let’s talk to see if it’s a good match. E-mail: writecoach22@gmail.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.

PARIS PRESS FOUNDER and former director Jan Freeman provides coaching, manuscript consultations and development, and editing services to writers and poets in all genres. We can map out a new project or tackle a fresh revision to prepare for submissions. Works in progress, finished manuscripts, chapbooks, new and selected collections. Forty years of experience. 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.

THE POWER OF STORY WRITING COURSE and Coaching. Writing coaching with Cameron Lee Cowan, M.A. MFA. Having difficulty writing your book? Know you have a story to tell but don’t know how? Work with me! I can help you! Website: www.cameronjournal.com/writing-coaching. 

PUBLISH YOUR NOVEL OR MEMOIRS. Former college writing instructor, with MFA in writing from the University of Virginia and 30 years’ experience, has helped hundreds of clients edit and publish their fiction and autobiographies. Specializes in enhancing style, word choice, word order, fluency. Will eliminate ambiguity, redundancies, inconsistencies, and anachronisms. Can also design book covers and help with query letters and author bios. Will edit a sample of your work for free. Website: www.theeditauthority.com.

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.

AUTHOR AND CERTIFIED DREAMWORK PROFESSIONAL Tzivia Gover offers a unique approach to writing through the Dreaming on the Page method. Because everybody dreams and everybody has a story to tell. Learn more about self-guided online workshops ($35 and up), coaching, and the Dreaming on the Page book at www.dreamingonthepage.com. Inquire: hello@tziviagover.com.

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 4–6. Spend a weekend in single, interactive sessions with publishing/marketing expert Jane Friedman and award-winning SF author Jason Sanford. Join us at the Mills Park Hotel in the unique village of Yellow Springs, OH. Registration ends July 25. Website: www.intothespringswritersworkshop.com.

LIVE FREE AND WRITE. August 13–18. Writing retreat in Sunapee, NH. Spend an inspiring week working on your poetry or memoir. Enjoy the refreshing New England summer with plentiful writing time, encouraging workshops, homemade meals, and time to relax. Learn more and register today: www.stockton.edu/murphywriting.

LOUNGE WRITERS is an online creative writing studio where writers of all levels and genres meet to connect, learn, and thrive as storytellers. Join our classes and workshops, led by award-winning and bestselling authors. E-mail: info@loungewriters.com. Website: www.loungewriters.com.