CALL FOR SUBMISSION: WOMB ANTHOLOGY
POC United
INFO: The womb. From the Old English wamb. Referred to in science as the uterus. It is the inverted, pear-shaped organ that offers a space for the conception of offspring and is the home for that life to gestate. Throughout history, wombs have been extracted, cut into, sewn together, criminalized, politicized, legislated, and textualized. There are literal and figurative wombs, ones housed in our bodies, ones we wish were housed in our bodies, ones we don’t want, and, for all of us, the wombs from which we were born. For this second POC United anthology, we want them all.
We ask for fiction, essays, and poetry about the desire for a womb, the loss of a womb, the relationship to the mother’s womb, the metaphorical womb, phantom wombs, and any other womb-related ideas you might have. Interpret this theme as freely as you like, and submit so-called literary or genre work.
Please send fiction and non-fiction under 5,000 words and no more than three poems to pocunited@outlook.com as both an attachment and pasted in the body of the message by
DEADLINE: April 1, 2020
https://pocunited.com/submit/?fbclid=IwAR1jcQL_BaoHVsDxJpARZi9MBeJcL8zv9QOISY130Pr7vwi8iL5xVUijjHc
Call for Submissions: Community Power in Times of Crisis
Yes! Magazine
INFO: We are a world of nations dealing with imminent threat; we are individual people and families dealing with imminent threat. In this coronavirus pandemic, we are seeing in clear and visceral ways how our government, health care, and economic systems are failing us—and have been failing us for a long time.
Of course, the effects of climate change have been showing us this, too. But climate change catastrophes hit different countries with different meanness at different times, and it’s too easy to be lulled into a chronic, back-of-the-mind fear. The coronavirus has radically changed business-as-usual for everyone. It has terrified us out of our daily routines and small-scale thoughts.
Our world is experiencing its human interconnectedness—our responsibilities to each other, our government’s responsibilities to its people, our relationship with nature and science and industry. If you draw a line from the bat in the market in Wuhan to all of the human choices made since then, it’s astounding to see how intricately woven are our fates. That interconnectedness is visible in the computer simulations of virus vectors exponentially moving through our global population. Specifically, we see it in our social media feeds as strangers come together to raise funds to help laid off restaurant workers and as neighborhoods organize grocery deliveries for elders, and child care for parents with school-age children.
Yes, this has been a terrifying jolt. Yet communities are rising to the challenge with compassion and creativity, exercising important skills for an uncertain future. When the virus has run its course and we are left to deal with the aftermath, we will be wiser and more resilient. Many people will be transformed, more willing and better armed to help build a more just and sustainable world.
This is what our summer print magazine issue will focus on.
Send us your leads and pitches for reported stories on community initiatives or groups responding to the coronavirus pandemic with creative and compassionate solutions.
Reporters, what’s happening in communities near you? Tell us about the movements toward more just health care. The economic resilience of cooperatives. The compassionate response of mutual aid societies. The relevant preparation of the Transition Town movement. The power of local and regional governments and groups to step up when the federal government fails us.
We are looking for themes of solidarity, community activism, environmental stewardship, decolonization, racial equity, economic fairness, and well-being and caretaking.
This issue will:
Look forward. We will examine the ways in which this event is a rehearsal for other global disasters, including climate change. We will find the system changes and community responses that work not only in this coronavirus crisis but also will help create a better world.
Inspire. We will show how we gather strength through community and are empowered by the beautiful regional and local responses across the globe in all areas—transportation, entertainment, education, small business, public policy, health care, food security, faith. We will find the spiritual lessons that people might take from this unique moment.
Celebrate. We will spotlight the everyday heroes emerging in this crisis—groups, movements, individuals, and communities rising to the occasion and inspiring the rest of us. We will lift up the strategies and practical policies that are protecting our most vulnerable people and leading us toward just, sustainable, and compassionate practices for the future.
DEADLINE: April 3, 2020
https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2020/03/17/call-for-submissions-coronavirus/
2020 ELIZA SO FELLOWSHIP
Submittable
INFO: We’re delighted to announce Submittable’s 2020 Eliza So Fellowship, which will support one Native American writer’s book project with a month-long residency in Missoula, MT. Now in its fourth year, the Eliza So Fellowship is dedicated to serving underrepresented writers working to complete a full-length book manuscript.
This year’s fellowship is open to Native American writers at any stage in a book project, provided that 30 representative pages have been completed. No resume is required, and entry is free. We encourage you to consider applying and help us get the word out.
The 2020 Eliza So Fellowship will include lodging in Missoula, along with a $1,000 stipend for food and travel. Fellows will stay in a private house on the Clark Fork river trail, just blocks from downtown, grocery shopping, farmers markets, parks, restaurants, coffee shops, and more.
Final judge: Heather Cahoon
Cahoon received her MFA in Poetry from the University of Montana where she was the Richard Hugo Scholar. She has been awarded a Merriam Frontier Prize, a Potlatch Fund Native Arts grant, and a Montana Arts Council Artist Innovation Award for her writing, which has appeared in Hanging Loose, Lit Hub, Yellow Medicine Review, basalt, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Carve, and Cutthroat among others. Her first full-length collection of poems entitled Horsefly Dress, is forthcoming from the University of Arizona Press in fall of 2020. Heather is also a federal Indian policy scholar and Assistant Professor of Native American Studies at the University of Montana. She grew up on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana and is a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
Application and fellowship requirements:
1) You have a novel, collection of stories or poems, a memoir, or other prose work (fiction, nonfiction, or hybrid) in progress (30 pages minimum).
2) You are a Native American writer
3) You are available for a residency from July 18, 2020 – August 14, 2020
Fellows will be asked to give a public reading in Missoula and write a blog post of at least 1,000 words for Submittable during their residency.
If fellows are interested in doing a lunchtime presentation for staff at Submittable’s Missoula headquarters during their stay—on their book project, craft, or any literary topic that interests them—we would be delighted. However, a lunchtime presentation is not required.
DEADLINE: April 5, 2020
https://fellowship.submittable.com/submit
SUMMER WRITERS WEEK (AUGUST 1 - 7)
Hurston/Wright Foundation
INFO: For nearly 30 years, the Hurston/Wright Foundation has been a home for emerging Black writers. Offering diligent instruction, careful critique, and intensive writing, the writing workshops allow writers to sharpen their skills while in a community with fellow Black writers. Each workshop is led by an award-winning author who is also a talented teacher. If you’re looking for a nurturing environment where you can find your voice, develop your craft, and learn about the publishing industry, look no further.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON D.C.
Poetry Workshop led by Chet'la Sebree
Fiction Workshop led by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Non-Fiction Workshop led by Emily Bernard
APPLICATION FEE: $30
TUITION: $700
DEADLINE: April 6, 2020
https://www.hurstonwright.org/programs/summer-writers-week/
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
MudRoom
INFO: Submissions are free, and simultaneous submissions are encouraged. If your work is accepted elsewhere, we just ask that you let us know immediately through Submittable. We try to respond to all submissions within thirty days. Feel free to query after two months. We will not consider work with sexist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, or ableist content. Include a cover letter with a brief third-person bio on the first page of your submission.
POETRY GUIDELINES: MudRoom publishes poetry of all types. If you’d like your work reviewed, please submit 3-5 original, previously unpublished poems through Submittable. All poems should be included in a single .DOC/.DOCX or PDF file with one poem per page (eight pages maximum).
PROSE GUIDELINES: Mudroom publishes fiction, essays, and essays in translation. If you’d like your work considered, please submit a previously unpublished work no longer than 6,000 words in double spaced 12-point Times New Roman font.
DEADLINE: April 15, 2020
https://mudroommag.submittable.com/submit
Editorial Fellowship
Words Without Borders
INFO: Words Without Borders seeks applicants for its editorial fellowship. The WWB Editorial Fellowship program is designed to provide training for individuals looking to build a career around the publication and promotion of international literature. The editorial fellow will gain hands-on experience with all aspects of the publication of a digital literary magazine—from issue planning to online promotion. The fellow will become familiar with the special considerations and skills required for editing literature in translation and working within the context of a nonprofit organization.
This is a unique opportunity for an early-career publishing professional to be mentored by experienced editors while also making a contribution to one of the premier magazines for contemporary international literature.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reporting to the editor and working closely with editorial and communications teams, the fellow’s primary duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
—Participate in editorial meetings, generate ideas for future magazine content.
—Develop at least one issue or feature idea together with editor, identifying contributors and translators, and performing line edits.
—Prepare electronic galleys for monthly magazine.
—Proofread magazine and blog content.
—Propose, commission, and edit features for WWB Daily, the WWB blog.
—Prepare monthly contracts and maintain editorial schedule .
—Support archive projects, including cataloging and categorizing content from past WWB issues.
—Maintain a schedule of upcoming titles in translation for book reviews.
—Draft social media copy, select images, and schedule social media posts for issue and blog content.
—Update organizational contact database with issue and contributor information.
—Attend and help staff WWB’s literary events in NYC.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate will be highly organized, responsible, and able to work both without supervision and as part of a team. They will also be skilled at written and verbal communications and have knowledge of the international literary landscape.
—Bachelor’s degree; master’s degree a plus but not required.
—Demonstrated interest in international literature.
—Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
—Superior organizational skills, attention to detail, and initiative.
—Proficient with Microsoft Office or other word-processing programs.
—Ability to work both independently and collaboratively on a small, dynamic team.
—Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
—Fluent in English with knowledge of one or more foreign languages.
—Experience with multimedia content production (including slideshows, podcasts, video, and/or creating GIFS) a plus.
Editorial fellows will work from the WWB office in Brooklyn, NY, and require a commitment of sixteen hours per week for nine months, beginning in September.
The editorial fellow position pays $15 per hour.
DEADLINE: April 15, 2020
The Nimrod Literary Awards
INFO:
The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction &
The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry
First Prize: $2,000 and publication
Second Prize: $1,000 and publication
The winners will also be brought to Tulsa for the Awards Ceremony and Writing Conference in October. All finalists will be considered for publication.
Our final judges for 2020 are Kaveh Akbar and Joy Castro.
CONTEST RULES:
Poetry: 3-10 pages of poetry (one long poem or several short poems)
Fiction: 7,500 words maximum (one short story or a self-contained excerpt from a novel)
No previously published works or works accepted for publication elsewhere. Author’s name must not appear on the manuscript. Include a cover sheet containing titles, author’s name, full address, phone number, and email. Submitters do not have to be U.S. citizens, but must be living in the U.S. in October of 2020 to enter the contest.
Postal Submissions: “Contest Entry” should be clearly indicated on both the outer envelope and the cover sheet. Manuscripts should be stapled, if possible; if not, please bind with a heavy clip. Manuscripts will not be returned. Include SASE for results only. If no SASE is sent, no contest results will be sent; however, the results will be posted on Nimrod’s website.
Mail to:
Nimrod International Journal
Literary Contest–Fiction or Poetry (indicate the appropriate category)
The University of Tulsa
800 S. Tucker Dr.
Tulsa, OK 74104
Online Submissions: Work may be submitted online using our online submission manager system.
SUBMISSION FEE: $20
DEADLINE: April 15, 2020
https://artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/nimrod/nimrod-literary-awards/
2020 Gulf Coast Prize in fiction
INFO: Gulf Coast is now accepting entries for the 2020 Gulf Coast Prize in Fiction.
The judge for this year's contest is Daniel Peña.
PRIZE: The contest awards $1,500 and publication in Gulf Coast to the winner. Two honorable mentions will be awarded $250. All entries will be considered for publication, and the entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast.
SUBMISSION FEE: $23
DEADLINE: April 16, 2020
2020 Gulf Coast Prize in Nonfiction
INFO: Gulf Coast is now accepting entries for the 2020 Gulf Coast Prize in Nonfiction.
The 2020 Gulf Coast Prize in Nonfiction will be judged by Emma Copley Eisenberg
Only previously unpublished work will be considered.
Submit one essay (twenty-five, double-spaced pages max) in a single .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.
The contest will be judged blindly, so please do not include your cover letter, your name, or any contact information in the uploaded document.
PRIZE: The contest awards $1,500 and publication in Gulf Coast to the winner. Two honorable mentions will be awarded $250. All entries will be considered for publication, and the entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast.
SUBMISSION FEE: $23
DEADLINE: April 16, 2020
CALL FOR AUDIO SUBMISSIONS: POETRY & PROSE
Galleyway
INFO: Galleyway seeks audio submissions of poetry or prose. In addition to spotlighting monthly opportunities for writers of color, our mission is to champion diverse voices. That’s why we want to hear yours - literally! Share an audio recording of you reading your best poem or work of fiction (excerpt preferred) and we'll showcase it on our blog and social channels.
Submissions must include:
One mp3 file (no longer than three minutes)
Your headshot
Your bio
Your social media handles
Previously published work is fine! Submissions should be sent to camille@galleyway.com
DEADLINE: April 17, 2020
Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents
INFO: One talented writer who is the parent of at least one child under 10 years old will receive $1000 to further their writing career, a year of mentorship, and will be offered the opportunity to read their winning story at the Pen Parentis Literary Salon in New York City on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Their winning story will also be published in Dreamers Creative Writing Magazine (both online and in print) as well as included in the annual Dreamers Writing Anthology.
Submissions call for a new, never-published fiction story—any genre, on any subject—of up to 710 words, double-spaced in Times New Roman 12 point or similar font, with one inch margins.
SUBMISSION FEE: $20
DEADLINE: April 17, 2020
Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
American Literary Translators Association
INFO: The Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, which was inaugurated in 2009, recognizes the importance of Asian translation for international literature and promotes the translation of Asian works into English. Stryk was an internationally acclaimed translator of Japanese and Chinese Zen poetry, renowned Zen poet himself, and former professor of English at Northern Illinois University. Both translators and publishers are invited to submit titles.
Recent winners include Red Pine (2010), Charles Egan (2011), Lucas Klein (2013), Jonathan Chaves (2014), Eleanor Goodman (2015), Sawako Nakayasu (2016), Jennifer Feeley (2017), Bonnie Huie (2018), and Don Mee Choi (2012 & 2019).
To be eligible for the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, works must be:
book-length translations into English of either a) poetry or b) source texts from Zen Buddhism (which must not consist solely of commentaries)
translations from Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Sanskrit, Tamil, Thai, or Vietnamese into English
published in the previous calendar year
Submissions will be judged according to the literary significance of the original and the success of the translation in recreating the literary artistry of the original. While the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize is primarily intended to recognize the translation of contemporary works, re-translations or first-time translations of important older works will also be seriously considered.
DEADLINE: April 20, 2020
https://www.literarytranslators.org/awards/lucien-stryk-prize
NLS CURATORIAL/ART WRITING INTENSIVE
INFO: The Curatorial/Art Writing Intensive is a 5-month long mentorship program geared towards addressing the dearth of archival scholarship on the work of artists in Jamaica and the Caribbean by empowering young writers and curators with the tools to write these histories.
This program aims to develop diverse curatorial practices with a strong research and writing foundation equipping young curators to work on future projects at larger institutions and in their own intitiatives, thereby generating an archive on specific concerns and artists of focus.
For the program one young mentee will be selected per year to work with a professional curatorial mentor in the development of the mentee’s project addressing one or more of the following themes:
Gender: Ecology/Environment
Gender: Economy
Gender: Politics/Space
The program provides for mentees:
A work stipend of JMD $300,000
A separate publication and exhibition budget
Professional development from an experienced mentor
Access to Creative Sounds audio recording studio for podcast recording
Project space for the final project execution
Space for panel discussion
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
A curatorial or research statement of 700 - 1000 words. This should include ongoing research interests, planned areas of focus, as well as critical questions being investigated through the research.
An executive summary of 75 - 100 words.
A timeline for the project period. The timeline should detail checkpoints such as period of research, technical execution of outcomes such as publications (both podcast and written), panel discussions and curatorial interventions (exhibition or otherwise).
Curriculum Vitae (CV).
Work sample. Must include PDFs of 3 of your most recent writing samples, especially as related to area of research and/or 10 JPEG images (1200 pixels wide) with accompanying text (PDF format) of exhibitions applicant has worked on in the last 5 years.
Recommendations. Applicant must submit 2 signed letters of recommendation from someone who has worked with the applicant in their career, either in exhibitions, school and/or residencies. 7. Completed application form. 8. Copy of valid government-issued identification.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Clarity. Clarity of the ideas and critical questions expressed in the research statement
Relevance. How relevant is the applicant’s project to the outlined themes the program is designed to address.
Timeline. Well-estimated timeline with thoughtful attention to time for research and technical execution of outcomes.
Previous output of applicant
Strength of recommendations
NOTIFICATIONS: All applicants will be notified that their application has been received within 14 days of receipt. Accepted applicants will be notified 8 weeks from the close of deadline.
REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM
Daily Notebook. Mentee is expected to keep a daily notebook that should be logged into each workday. Notebooks will be provided by NLS. Daily entries may include documentation of thought process, process of inquiry, project notes, and concerns.
Meetings. Mentee is required to attend regular scheduled meetings with Mentor and periodical meetings with the NLS administrative staff. Mentee is expected to be punctual for all meetings and respectful of all set timelines.
Podcast Episode. Resident is expected to host one episode of the NLS IN podcast interviewing guest(s) working in their area of research. Exhibition. The work created in the residency should be available for a month-long curated exhibition at NLS following the residency where applicable.
Art Writing Blog. Monthly contribution to the NLS art writing blog informally documenting developments, challenges and emerging curatorial/research concerns.
Workspace. The program does not provide office space for the duration of the intensive, therefore applicants are required to have access to their own workspace, computer and working WiFi.
Time. Accepted applicants are expected to work independently from March to August, 2019 under the mentorship of a professional curator and writer with a time commitment of at least 15 hours per week.
Curatorial Intervention. Mentee is expected to present a curatorial intervention in the form of an exhibition or other format relevant to the Mentee’s project focus.
Artist Talk. Mentee is required to moderate one artist talk/panel discussion towards the end of the intensive during the time of the curatorial intervention.
Written Publications. Mentee is expected to publish one essay in the form of a catalogue or zine to accompany the curatorial intervention, as well as submit one relevant piece of writing for publishing in a major art publication.
DEADLINE: April 22, 2020
http://www.nlskingston.org/documents/NLS_Curatorial_2019.pdf
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Burning House Press
INFO: Burning House Press is excited to welcome upfromsumdirt as our APRIL 2020 guest editor! As of today upfromsumdirt will take over editorship of Burning House Press online for the full month of APRIL.
upfromsumdirt‘s theme for the month is ESCAPISM
“escapism” captures the meaning of something liberating, physically, in spirit, in heavy thought or deep imagination, or in the heart.
a personal desire or something unbeknownst that calls to you. practical or farcical.
a journey, personal or communal, with a definitive destination, real or imagined.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: All submissions should be sent as attachments to guesteditorbhp@gmail.com
Please state the theme and form of your submission in the subject of the email. For example: ESCAPISM/POETRY
Poetry and Fiction
For poetry submissions, submit no more than three of your best poems. Short stories should be limited to 1,500 words or (preferably) less. We encourage flash fiction submissions, no more than three at a time. Send these in as a .doc or .docx file, along with a short third-person bio, and (optional) photograph of yourself.
Art
Submit hi-res images of your works (drawings, paintings, illustrations, collages, photography, etc) with descriptions of the work (Title, Year, Medium, etc) in the body of the email. Files should be in .JPEG unless they are GIFs or videos, and should not exceed 2MB in size for each work. File names should correspond with the work titles. Video submissions can be uploaded onto Youtube or Vimeo for feature on our website. Send these submissions along with a short third-person bio, and (optional) photograph of yourself.
Virtual Reality/ 3D Artworks
For VR Submissions, please submit no more than three (3) individual artworks. For Tilt Brush works, please upload your artwork to Google Poly (https://poly.google.com/), and mark it as ‘public’ (‘remixable’ is at your own preference). A VR/3D artwork can also be submitted as a video export navigating through the artwork. If you prefer this method, please upload your finished video file to YouTube or Vimeo and provide a URL. With either format, please provide a 150 word artist’s statement.
Non-fiction
Non-fiction submissions (essays, reviews, commentary, interviews, etc) should be no more than 1, 500 words and sent as a .doc or .docx file along with your third-person bio/and optional photograph.
Submissions are open from 1st till 24TH APRIL – and will reopen again on 1st MAY 2020/for new theme/new editor/s.
BHP online is now in the capable hands of the amazing upfromsumdirt – friends, arsonistas, send our APRIL 2020 guest editor your magic!
DEADLINE: April 24, 2020
https://burninghousepress.com/2020/03/31/april-2020-guest-editor-is-upfromsumdirt-theme-escapism/
Emerging Writer Fellowships
Miami Book Fair
INFO: The Miami Book Fair at Miami Dade College is pleased to present the Emerging Writer Fellowship program. The program supports new literary voices that demonstrate exceptional talent and promise by providing writers working on a first book with time, space, and an intellectually and culturally rich artistic community.
The goal of the program is to actively support writers working to complete a book-length project within a year, and to help launch the literary careers of three fellows per year. The Emerging Writer Fellowships are designed to provide 12 months of uninterrupted time and studio space to write; mentorship with feedback from a nationally established author in their respective genre; professional experience such as arts administration, teaching creative writing, and other opportunities; $41,000 stipend, and strong literary community support in Miami, Florida.
Each Fellowship Includes:
$41,000 honorarium, to be divided as follows:
$5,000 initial lump sum to be paid to fellow one month before fellowship dates begin.
$36,000 = 12-monthly stipend of $3,000 to cover all living expenses (i.e. utilities, incidentals, transportation, groceries, etc.)
Mentorship with an established writer in your genre. Mentors arepart of the selection committee, and meet with fellow a minimum of 6 times (approximately every two months) during the 12-month fellowship. Fellows are expected to share progress and receive feedback on their manuscript-in-progress throughout the year.
Professional experience. Fellows have the option to gain valuable experience in the field and build their professional resume during the 12-month fellowship:
Creative Writing Workshops: Miami Book Fair offers community creative writing workshops in all genres throughout the year. Fellows have the opportunity to create and teach one workshop during the 12-month fellowship.
School Visits: Give presentations at local elementary, middle, or high schools to inspire and empower students.
Fellows may visit Miami Dade County Public School Title 1 schools and/or Miami Dade College classes to give presentations and/or readings.
Additional benefits:
Fellows may attend one community creative writing workshop per semester for free.
Fellows may attend one Miami Writers Institute workshop in the genre of their manuscript-in-progress. This includes one 15-minute manuscript consultation with that year’s MWI literary agent/editor.
Fellows are invited to attend any and all year-round Miami Book Fair events.
Studio space to work during your residency.
DEADLINE: April 30, 2020
https://www.miamibookfair.com/fellowships/
2020 CRAFT Short Fiction Prize
INFO: CRAFT Short Fiction Prize submissions are open to all writers.
International submissions are allowed
Short fiction only
Please submit work in English only
5,000 word count maximum
Guest judge Alexander Chee will choose three stories from a shortlist of fifteen.
PRIZE:
$2800 and a subscription to Journal of the Month
Runners-up: $500 and $300 award respectively for the second and third place finalists
SUBMISSION FEE: $20
DEADLINE: April 30, 2020
https://craft.submittable.com/submit/161681/craft-short-fiction-prize-judge-alexander-chee
2020 Beacon Street Prize - Fiction
Redivider Journal
INFO: Enter here for the 2020 Beacon Street Prize, fiction category. One winner will receive $1,000 and publication in Redivider 18.1 -- This year's fiction category features judge Stephen Graham Jones.
GUIDELINES
Length Restrictions: One story, up to 8,000 words
Multiple submissions: Entrants may submit as many times as they please, to as many categories as they please, but the entry fee must be paid separately for each entry.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If accepted for publication elsewhere, simply withdraw the piece promptly (for fiction/nonfiction using the withdraw feature on Submittable, for poetry using the notes feature on Submittable to tell us which poem(s) is unavailable).
Manuscript Specifications: Submissions must not contain the author’s name or any other identifying information. All entries must go through our online submission manager.
Eligibility: All are eligible except current and former Emerson College students, faculty, and staff. Additionally, our judges’ students, or those with a personal connection to any one judge, are asked not to submit to that judge’s category.
PRIZE:
$1,000 prize for fiction
$1,000 for nonfiction
$1,000 for poetry
SUBMISSION FEE: $10
DEADLINE: April 30, 2020
https://redivider.submittable.com/submit/161097/2020-beacon-street-prize-fiction
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: FICTION
FIYAH
INFO: FIYAH is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora. This definition is globally inclusive (Black anywhere in the world) and also applies to mixed/biracial and Afro-appended people regardless of gender identity or orientation.
We accept submissions of short fiction 2,000 – 7,000 words and novelettes up to 15,000 words.
We are looking for brave works of speculative short fiction by authors from the African continent and diaspora that reject regressive ideas of blackness, respectability politics, and stereotype. Please submit your bravest, blackest, most difficult to sell stories to us. We want to read them.We want stories that are well written, of high quality, and generally easy to read on a screen.
We are open to receiving stories around many themes, but we will immediately reject stories that feature any of the following:
Graphic depictions of rape or sexual assault
Needless brutalization of women and children
Depictions of brutalization or abuse of people with disabilities
Graphic abuse of animals
In addition:
We only consider unpublished work, and we do not consider reprints (work that has been published in another magazine or on your blog or other social media) or fan fiction.
We do not accept multiple submissions, so please wait until you have heard a response to a submission before submitting again.
We do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Please do not resubmit previously rejected stories in a new submission period. Resubmissions are by editorial solicitation only.
We are only accepting submission from authors from the African diaspora and the African continent because #BlackWritersMatter. This is an intersectional definition of Blackness, and we strongly encourage submissions from women, members of the LGBTQIA community, and members from other underrepresented communities within the African diaspora.
DEADLINE: April 30, 2020
https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
2020 Beacon Street Prize - Nonfiction
Redivider Journal
INFO: Enter here for the 2020 Beacon Street Prize, nonfiction category. One winner will receive $1,000 and publication in Redivider 18.1 -- This year's nonfiction category features judge Elisa Gabbert.
GUIDELINES:
Length Restrictions: One essay, up to 8,000 words
Multiple submissions: Entrants may submit as many times as they please, to as many categories as they please, but the entry fee must be paid separately for each entry.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If accepted for publication elsewhere, simply withdraw the piece promptly (for fiction/nonfiction using the withdraw feature on Submittable, for poetry using the notes feature on Submittable to tell us which poem(s) is unavailable).
Manuscript Specifications: Submissions must not contain the author’s name or any other identifying information. All entries must go through our online submission manager.
Eligibility: All are eligible except current and former Emerson College students, faculty, and staff. Additionally, our judges’ students, or those with a personal connection to any one judge, are asked not to submit to that judge’s category.
PRIZE:
$1,000 prize for fiction
$1,000 for nonfiction
$1,000 for poetry
SUBMISSION FEE: $10
DEADLINE: April 30, 2020
https://redivider.submittable.com/submit/161102/2020-beacon-street-prize-nonfiction
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Hispanecdotes
INFO: Hispanecdotes - a magazine providing a platform for Latino writers to share their stories, poetry, and personal essays - is excited to announce the theme of our very first print issue: Ascendencia to be published in October 2020! We are interested in essays, poems, and flash fiction up to 1500 words pertaining to the theme.
Limit for submissions: no more than 2 full prose and/or 3 poems.
DEADLINE: May 1, 2020
http://hispanecdotes.com/ascendenciasubmissions/
Literary Arts Touring GRANT
South Arts
INFO: The Literary Arts Touring grant program offers presenting organizations the opportunity to receive financial support to engage Southern writers (fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry) who reside outside of the presenter’s state. Support is awarded to literary projects that contain both a public reading and an educational component such as a writing workshop. The project can include a single engagement by a writer or multiple writers involved in an event (for example, writers series or festivals). The maximum request is 50% of the writers’ fees, up to a total grant of $2,500. Each writer is required to fully-participate in the reading and educational/outreach component.
Projects must take place between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021.
DEADLINE: May 1, 2020 by 11:59 PM ET
THE RESTLESS BOOKS PRIZE FOR NEW IMMIGRANT WRITING
INFO: The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing For will be awarded for an outstanding debut literary work by a first-generation immigrant. We’re looking for extraordinary unpublished submissions from emerging writers of sharp, culture-straddling writing that addresses identity in a global age. A distinguished panel of judges will select a winning manuscript to be published by Restless Books.
Fiction manuscripts must be complete. All submissions must be in English (translations welcome).
Candidates must be first-generation residents of their country. “First-generation” can refer either to people born in another country who relocated, or to residents of a country whose parents were born elsewhere.
Fiction candidates must not have previously published a book of fiction in English. Nonfiction candidates must not have previously published a book of nonfiction in English. We encourage applicants to look at the other titles Restless has published and previous contest winners to get a sense of our aesthetic.
Submitted manuscripts may be simultaneously under consideration for publication by other publishing houses. Once a manuscript has been selected as the winner of the Prize, Restless will contact the author and ask that the manuscript be withdrawn from consideration elsewhere. A publishing contract between the winning author and Restless Books must be signed before the winner is announced.
* Please note that while Restless Books welcomes all submissions for the Prize, we do not accept unsolicited manuscripts for our publishing program.
PRIZE: The winner will receive a $10,000 advance and publication by Restless Books in print and digital editions. We expect to work closely with the winner and provide editorial guidance.
DEADLINE: Extended to May 1, 2020
https://restlessbooks.org/prize-for-new-immigrant-writing
Creative Nonfiction Grant
Whiting Foundation
INFO: The Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant of $40,000 will be awarded to as many as eight writers in the process of completing a book-length work of deeply researched and imaginatively composed nonfiction for a general readership. It is intended for multiyear book projects requiring large amounts of deep and focused research, thinking, and writing at a crucial point mid-process, after significant work has been accomplished but when an extra infusion of support can make a difference in the ultimate shape and quality of the work.
Whiting welcomes applications for works of history, cultural or political reportage, biography, memoir, the sciences, philosophy, criticism, food or travel writing, graphic nonfiction, and personal essays, among other categories. Again, the work should be intended for a general, not academic, adult reader. Self-help titles and textbooks are not eligible. Examples of the wide range of previous grantees can be found here.
Projects must be under contract with a US publisher to be eligible. Contracts with self-publishing companies are not eligible. Applicants must be US citizens or residents. (In previous cycles, projects had to be under contract for two years at time of application; recognizing that many projects do not secure publishing contracts until they are nearly complete, we have removed that restriction.)
Writers must submit the following materials through the online application form.
The original proposal that led to the contract with a publisher
Three sample chapters, totaling no more than 50 pages (or 25,000 words total if your chapters are short)
A statement of progress and the requirements for completion of the book (including a projected budget)
A signed and dated contract (please note that to be eligible, books must be under contract with a US publisher – unfortunately, we can make no exceptions to this requirement)
A current resume
A list of grants, fellowships, or other funding received for the book
A letter of support from the book’s publisher or editor (due no later than May 18, 2020)
One additional letter of support (not to come from your agent, and due no later than May 18, 2020)
DEADLINE: May 4, 2020
https://www.whiting.org/writers/creative-nonfiction-grant/about
JEROME HILL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP
INFO: Jerome Hill Artist Fellowships support Minnesota or New York City-based artists, early in their careers, who generate and create bold, innovative and risk-taking new work that explores and/or challenges conventional artistic forms.
Fellows receive $50,000* over two consecutive years ($25,000 each year) to support self-determined activities for creation of new work, artistic development and/or professional artistic career development. Fellowship funds support grantees for taking creative risks, exploring new ideas, and pursuing professional and artistic activities.
Fellowships are offered in six fields: Dance, Media (including Film/Video and New Media), Literature, Music, Theater/Performance Art/Spoken Word, and Visual Arts. The Foundation expects to award a total of 60 Fellowships (ten per field).
Jerome Foundation recognizes that many artists today are working across disciplines. Though each applicant must apply in one of the six specified disciplines, there will be the opportunity to identify any additional disciplines in which the artist is working. Artists are invited in the application to share in their own words how they categorize their work.
Artists may apply either as an individual or as part of an ensemble/collective/collaborative—but not both. Artists may submit or be part of only one application: any individual named in more than one application will be ruled ineligible, and all applications in which that individual is named will be removed from consideration.
Fellows will be announced in 2021. Fellows must pursue their self-determined Fellowship activities between mid 2021–mid 2023. After this current cycle, the program will open again for application in 2022 with awards announced in 2023. This program is offered in alternating years.
DEADLINE: May 6, 2020