Deadline: Jan. 31, 2019. HOLA Africa in collaboration with Blackbird Books, an imprint of Jacana Media, announces its call of submissions for Exhale, an upcoming queer African erotic short fiction anthology. The theme of Exhale is wrapped in the idea of a release, letting go, breathing out. An orgasm. The team wants compelling, well-crafted and imaginative stories that speak to [ … ]
Submit: Big Pond Rumours Literary Contest
Deadline: December 15. Big Pond Rumours is currently running its Magazine Content. The team is looking for quality writing and accepts poetry and prose submissions. You can submit up to 80 lines of poetry or a short fiction piece between 2,000 and 3,500 words. The team accepts multiple submissions. Format your submission as follows: poetry should be single-spaced while fiction [ … ]
Submit: Through the Eyes of African Women
Deadline: no deadline. Through the Eyes of African Women supports young women writers between the ages of 13-35. Submit your poetry, prose or any other form of fiction writing. The team accepts one-off submissions as well as applications to become a continuous contributor to its Medium publication: Unbound. If selected for a contributor position, the team will work with you [ … ]
Submit to the Annual Kalanithi Award
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2018. Now in its third year, the Kalanithi Award is accepting submissions of unpublished short stories, essays, and poems that address patients and providers facing chronic or life limiting illness. The contest, hosted by Stanford’s Palliative Care Section, awards three writers an honorarium and, subject to editorial review, publication in Pegasus Review. Submit less than 4,000 words [ … ]
adda – Call for Writers
Deadline: Nov. 30 adda, Commonwealth Writers’ online magazine, is looking to commission poetry for its 2019 publication. The paid commissioned writers go through a detailed editorial process to ensure the level of story quality adda offers its viewers. Please note that only writers from Commonwealth countries are eligible. The team seeks a broad range of poetry both in thematic and formal terms. It advises that you [ … ]
Submit: Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2018. Awarded annually to an African poet who has not yet published a collection of poetry, The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry gifts USD $1000 and book publication through the University of Nebraska Press to the winner of the prize. The Sillerman First Book Prize considers electronic submissions only. Hard copy submissions will be recycled unread. Submit your [ … ]
Submit: Cfwriterz Biannual Literary Award
Deadline: Nov. 20, 2018. Cfwriterz calls for fiction, poetry and nonfiction entries for its award, sponsored by SOBCA Academy. The theme for this edition is “Wings to fly” and the winner will receive ₦100,000. African writers of any background or residence are invited to send their work, written in English. The team prefers unpublished original work but is open to work that has been published [ … ]
Tor.com calls for Fantasy Contributors
Deadline: not available. The Tor.com blog seeks fantasy experts to contribute in-depth essays, commentary, and analysis of your favorite books, authors, and series. Send us your pitches to the team. Tor.com primarily seeks standalone articles and essays about fantasy fiction. The team will also consider articles about current, upcoming, and potential film and television adaptations of fantasy books and stories. This [ … ]
Barren Magazine seeks submissions for its third issue
Deadline: September 30, 2018 (11:59 EST). Barren Magazine accepts flash fiction, short fiction, poetry, photography, and essays about the complexities of the human condition. Limit writing submissions to six (6) pieces at a time. There is no word count limit, but pieces with more than 5,000 words (or 2+ pages for poetry) require a longer response time and are less likely [ … ]
Tin House is Accepting Unsolicited Submissions
Deadline: Oct. 15, 2018. Based in Portland, Oregon, Tin House publishes fiction, essays, and poetry. Tin House contributors have won major American literary awards, such as the O. Henry Prize. The magazine currently accepts submissions for its first three issues of 2019: Summer 2019 and Winter 2019: No theme, just quality fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to cool off with, in [ … ]
Sony’s $25,000 Alpha Female Program
Sony seeks five female creatives to kick off its Alpha Female program. The Fellows will receive the $25,000 grant, $5,000 in Sony gear, and mentorship.
Submit to Type/Cast Journal
Deadline: Oct. 8, 2018. The Type/Cast editorial collective announces a new call for submissions. It seeks fiction, poetry, and short nonfiction works. Xabiso Vili will guest edit this issue. Your work can touch on literally having to deal with physical spaces that are contested. Or, you can write about emotional or intellectual spaces, or any other space you may conceive. Email your previously [ … ]
Contest: the Emerging Writer’s Prize in Fiction
Deadline: Oct. 20, 2018. Submit to the Emerging Writer’s Prize in Fiction, a prize run by The Arkansas International. Send in your single prose work, not exceeding 7,500 words. The contest is open to writers who haven’t yet published a full-length book. However, it will accept writers with a book forthcoming before May 1, 2019 and those with chapbooks. The [ … ]
Submit to The Arkansas International
Deadline: rolling basis until April 1. The Arkansas International promotes established and emerging voices. It welcomes previously unpublished, unsolicited submissions of fiction, poetry, essays, comics, and translated works. And it only accepts electronic submissions, via Submittable. Note: the team does not accept submission fee until the cap is reached, excluding translations. But after they hit their cap, each submission after carries [ … ]
Submission Calls: MoonPark Review
Deadline: not available. MoonPark Review currently reads for Issue Six. MoonPark Review is an online literary journal devoted to publishing compelling, imaginative short prose. It publishes flash fiction, prose poems, and hybrid forms. Mary Lynn Reed & Lesley C. Weston edit the journal. They love cerebral and speculative works. They also love poetic micros, dark and twisty tales, and queer themes. [ … ]
Enter the N500,000 Union Bank Campus Writing Challenge
Deadline: Oct. 7, 2018 (12 midnight WAT). The Union Bank Campus Writing Challenge is an OkadaBooks initiative sponsored by Union Bank. The contest focuses on discovering young, raw and bold writing talents across Nigeria and giving them with the necessary support to hone their craft and become master storytellers. Therefore, this contest is strictly for undergraduates of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. To [ … ]
Call for Submission: Afroyoungadult
Deadline: Nov. 30. Afroyoungadult, published by the Goethe-Institut, will feature Young Adults (YA) stories. The Goethe-Institut invites aspiring African writers to submit short stories, 3,000 to 5,000 words in length, in Kiswahili, English or French. Selected authors will be published in an anthology and will participate in workshops in February 2019. The anthology that will be available in Kiswahili, English, and French, and [ … ]
The impepho press submissions call
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2018. The impepho press has opened the submission frame for collection of poetry and short stories to be published in 2019. The press is a Pan Africanist publishing house committed to the sincere telling of African and international stories. It accepts book-length manuscripts and collections, whether poetry or short stories. It wants submissions from people born on the African continent [ … ]
Art Resident at Art Omi: Writers
Deadline: Oct. 15 (11:59 p.m. EDT). Art Omi: Writers, formerly known as Ledig House, hosts authors and translators from around the world for residencies throughout the spring and fall. Residents select a residency of one week to two months. The residency involves ten writers, at a time, gathering to live and work in a rural setting overlooking the Catskill Mountains. Art Omi is [ … ]
The Manchester Fiction Prize
Deadline: Sept. 14, 2018, 5 p.m. (UK time). Open internationally, the Manchester Fiction Prize awards a £10,000 prize to the best short story submitted. Any writer, new or established, can apply as long as the writer is aged 16 and above. Cost of entry is £17.50 (sterling) per story submitted. To enter, you have to submit a short story of up to [ … ]