Calls for Submissions

Take a look at the latest publishing opportunities currently available to writers from the many literary magazines and presses that are members of CLMP. Before submitting your work, be sure to check the publisher’s website for any updates.

 
EastOver Anthology of Rural Stories: Writers of Color, Vol 2 submitted by EastOver Press

EastOver Press is accepting previously published short stories for a forthcoming anthology. The stories should have been published in 2021 or 2022. The anthology will focus on BIPOC writers who…

Expires:December 15, 2023
21st Gival Press Poetry Award submitted by Gival Press, LLC

The 21st Gival Press Poetry Award-2023 Deadline: December 15, 2023 (postmarked). This award is now given in odd years with publication in even years. Our dates never change, if the…

Expires:December 15, 2023
2024 Unleash Press Book Prize submitted by Unleash Press

$1,000 advance and an optional/standard contract from Unleash Press for one winning manuscript. Finalists will be considered for publication. Novels, poetry collections, short story collections, and creative nonfiction manuscripts are…

Expires:December 15, 2023
Kenneth Johnston Nonfiction Book Award submitted by Choeofpleirn Press

Choeofpleirn Press seeks submissions of nonfiction book manuscripts to our annual Kenneth Johnston Nonfiction Book Award. This year’s judge is Jacquelyn Shah, whose book, Limited Engagement: A Way of Living,…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Reclaiming Mni Sota Indigenous Writers Grant submitted by History Through Fiction

If you’re a writer who’s an enrolled member of a tribal community within Minnesota, then you’re eligible for the Reclaiming Mni Sota Indigenous Writers Grant. In conjunction with his forthcoming…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Query letter for book-length feminist progressive manuscripts submitted by Fuente Fountain Books

We’re a new small independent press based in Portland, Oregon. We are thrilled that our first title was a finalist for the prestigious 2023 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation.…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Seeking Non-Fiction Human Ecology Titles submitted by Middle Creek Publishing & Audio

Middle Creek Publishing is actively seeking non-fiction Human Ecology manuscripts. We are deeply interested in works that unravel the intricate tapestry of relationships between individuals and their natural or constructed…

Expires:December 31, 2023
Seeking Poetry on The Body's Experience of Religion submitted by Flipped Mitten Press

We’re seeking poems on The Body’s Experience of Religion for an upcoming print anthology. In what ways do we experience religion, or the loss of religion, in our bodies? We…

Expires:January 1, 2024
2024 Colorado Prize for Poetry submitted by Colorado Review

The Colorado Prize for Poetry is a book manuscript contest established in 1995. Each year’s prizewinner receives a $2,500 honorarium and publication of his or her book by the Center…

Expires:January 14, 2024
Big Moose Prize submitted by Black Lawrence Press

Each year Black Lawrence Press will award The Big Moose Prize for an unpublished novel. The prize is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner of this contest…

Expires:January 31, 2024
The 2024 Big Moose Prize submitted by Black Lawrence Press

Each year Black Lawrence Press will award The Big Moose Prize for an unpublished novel. The prize is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner of this contest…

Expires:January 31, 2024
2024 Autumn House Press Fiction Prize submitted by Autumn House Press

For the 2024 contest, the Autumn House staff as well as select outsider readers serve as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Kristen Arnett. The winner receives publication of their…

Expires:February 29, 2024
The TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series: Kentucky submitted by Texas Review Press

The TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series highlights a first full-length collection by emerging authors from each state in the southern U.S. Submissions open each year on December 1 and close on March 1.…

Expires:March 1, 2024
Trio Award for a First or Second Book of Poetry submitted by Trio House Press

The Trio Award for First or Second Book is only open to poets with fewer than two books published. The 2024 judge is Jessica Q. Stark. The Trio Award for…

Expires:March 15, 2024
Louise Bogan Award submitted by Trio House Press

The Louise Bogan Award for Artistic Merit and Excellence is open to ALL poets, regardless of publication history. The 2024 judge is Oliver de la Paz. Poetry manuscripts must be…

Expires:March 15, 2024
Jonathan Holden Poetry Chapbook Contest submitted by Choeofpleirn Press

This chapbook contest exists for those poets who have not yet published a full-length collection of poems. To enter, send 25 to 40 pages of poetry to [email protected] saved as…

Expires:April 28, 2024
2024 Autumn House Press Nonfiction Prize submitted by Autumn House Press

For the 2024 contest, the Autumn House staff as well as select outsider readers serve as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Clifford Thompson. The winner receives publication of…

Expires:April 30, 2024
Aurora Polaris Award in Creative Nonfiction submitted by Trio House Press

The Aurora Polaris Creative Nonfiction Award is open to ALL authors, regardless of publication history. Manuscripts must be 45,000 – 80,000 words of creative nonfiction (memoir, essay collections, or other)…

Expires:May 15, 2024
2024 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize submitted by Autumn House Press

For the 2024 contest, the Autumn House staff as well as select outsider readers serve as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Kazim Ali. The winner receives publication of their full-length…

Expires:June 30, 2024
History Through Fiction is re-open for full-length manuscript submissions submitted by History Through Fiction

History Through Fiction, our traditional imprint, and HTF Publishing, our hybrid imprint, are interested in publishing high quality fiction rooted in historical research. We are looking for stories about real…

Expires:August 31, 2024
Hobby Horse Press Seeks Novellas, Short Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry submitted by Hobby Horse Press

Hobby Horse Press accepts original, novella-length submissions of literary writing that can fit in your pocket. We are not persnickety about page count! We consider novella-length to be about 80…

Expires:July 31, 2026
Book Manuscripts! submitted by Assure Press

Guidelines for Assure Press Manuscripts and Iris Literary Journal Assure Press connects authors and artists with the world through inspirational and enlightening poetry, non-fiction, motivational, and educational literature that is…

Expires:December 31, 2120
The Mad Duck Coalition Wants You! submitted by The Mad Duck Coalition

The Mad Duck Coalition has simple quackteria: if you have something written up that’s academic, radical, or revolutionary (or just a little too unconventional/niche for the regular agent/publisher to take on),…

Expires:September 4, 2122