Calls for Submissions
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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),…
