Ten Questions for Lawrence Burney
“Writing lends itself to filmmaking in terms of structuring a story, but I think filmmaking lends itself to more visually stimulating writing.” —Lawrence Burney, author of No Sense in Wishing
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Spring Story Contest
Narrative
Entry Fee:
$27
Deadline:
July 31, 2025
A prize of $2,500 is given annually for a work of flash fiction, a short story, a graphic story, an essay, a memoir, or an excerpt from a work of fiction or creative nonfiction. A second-place prize of $1,000 is also awarded. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit up to 15,000 words of prose with a $27 entry fee by July 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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Fall Story Contest
Narrative
Entry Fee:
$27
Deadline:
November 26, 2024
A prize of $2,500 and publication in Narrative is given annually for a short story, a short short story, an essay, a memoir, a photo essay, a short graphic narrative, or an excerpt from a longer work of prose. A second-place prize of $1,000 and publication in Narrative is also awarded. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit up to 15,000 words of prose with a $27 entry fee by November 26. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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Pushcart Prizes
Pushcart Press
Entry Fee:
$0
Deadline:
December 1, 2024
Publication in The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses is awarded annually for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction published by literary magazines or small presses during the current year. Editors may nominate up to six poems, short stories, novel chapters, or essays published, or scheduled to be published, in 2024; submit one copy of each work by December 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
A look at three new anthologies, including Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens & the Hands That Tend Them and Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology.
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Ten Questions for Stacy Jane Grover
“I had to learn through writing the book how to discipline my creativity so that I could write whenever and wherever I needed to.” —Stacy Jane Grover, author of Tar Hollow Trans
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
A look at three new anthologies, including How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Patience, and Skill and Ingenious Pleasures: An Anthology of Punk, Trash, and Camp in Twentieth-Century Poetry.
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The Essay as Experiment
The author of Mistaken for an Empire: A Memoir in Tongues explores how formal experimentation and play can help move a writing project forward.
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
A look at three new anthologies, including Between Paradise and Earth: Eve Poems and The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape.
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Ten Questions for Isaac Fitzgerald
“A reader who truly needs these stories might not come to them for weeks, months, or even years.” —Isaac Fitzgerald, author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
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