PRISM International invites submissions for its upcoming EARTHKEEPER issue 64.3, edited by Ayda Niknami and Zahra Mayeesha.
Submissions close March 1st
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We are open for our very first poetry prize and can't wait to read through subs and find poetry that sings to us. Thank you so much to those who have submitted so far!😍
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✏️ Short Story Prize for Black and African Writers📖
@afritondo are now accepting submissions for the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2026. The theme of this year's prize is "Transition."
The prize is open to all writers of Black or African heritage. Submissions are free to make and must be between 3,000 and 5,000 words in English. The overall winner will receive $1,000 and four finalists will receive $100 each.
Deadline: 24 December 2025
Search 'Afritondo Short Story Prize' or follow the link below to learn more:🔗
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Submissions for Tolka Issue Eleven close at midnight on Thursday 6 November. We publish all kinds of non-fiction – essays, memoir, reportage, autofiction and the things that fall in between.
Our next challenge, A House Divided, is open from November 1 to November 15, 2025! Write about how we hold onto home, even when home can’t (or won’t) hold onto us. First place receives $1,000 publication!
Learn more: glossyplanetmag.com/challeng…
To celebrate our fourth run of the Love & Eros Prize, we’ve invited our guest judge, 신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin, to share her expertise on writing about love, weaving mythos into poems, and sharing cultural experiences through literature!
Register here: palettepoetry.submittable.co…
❗😈 One week left to unleash your monsters! 😈❗
Send us writing that responds to what you doomscroll through. Show us what “monsters of our own making” means to you.
Deadline: October 15, 2025, 11:59 PM Pacific
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New deadlines, new contests, and new opportunities for your work to find its audience!
Here is a roundup of ten submission opportunities with deadlines in October or November, including The Brooklyn Review, Camas, Oxford Poetry, and more.
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You still have one month to submit your most captivating novel excerpts! We’re looking for excerpts that can stand alone, with strong casts of characters, exciting settings, and unforgettable narrative arcs.
See what Guest Judge @FullerGo is looking for: mastersreview.com/novel-exce…
West Trade Review's fiction contest opens January 15th. Grand prize is $1000 and publication in the spring 2026 print edition. The contest will be judged by Lucy Ives, author of "Life Is Everywhere: A Novel," published by Graywolf Press.
See link below:
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Deadline for Scholarship app: Dec 15. If you identify as underserved due to your circumstances & would like to apply for a full scholarship for our Creative Writing Workshop, please follow link in profile and learn more. Only a few days remain to apply! Link in profile.