CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
You Don’t Look Like a Professor!
INFO: The narrowly defined stereotype of the college professor as a white, cisgendered male has real-life implications for teaching and learning in higher education. Systemic obstacles facing marginalized scholars in all areas of academia are well documented but the scholarship of teaching and learning has been slow to respond in productive, practical ways to the classroom challenges of teaching and learning when you “don’t look like a professor.” This new anthology will be the first book to build on and move beyond the abundant empirical research, anecdotal evidence, and lived experiences of discrimination in academia to offer specific, actionable strategies for effective teaching and learning—strategies which fully take into account embodied identity and unequal teaching contexts.
Submission Guidelines: I am seeking short (5,000 words or less including notes) snappy chapters that draw on evidence-based scholarship about effective teaching, the science of learning, and wisdom of practice to describe specific, actionable pedagogical practices and teaching techniques. Your chapter title should clearly indicate what strategy, teaching tool, or recommendation you are making. For example: “Formative Student Feedback as a Strategy for Navigating Student Preconceptions” or “Cultivating Pedagogical Gratitude Practices While Fighting for Academic Equity.” Clear, engaging, and jargon-free writing is a must! Please submit your proposed chapters as a Word document email attachment.
DEADLINE: June 1, 2020
CALL FOR PAPERS: WORDS BEATS & LIFE: THE GLOBAL JOURNAL OF HIP-HOP CULTURE, SPECIAL ISSUE ON SOUTH AFRICA
INFO: South Africa was one of the first countries in Africa to embrace hip hop culture. Since the 1980s, hip hop culture has grown and spread throughout South Africa, where multiple hip hop communities have emerged across the country to shape distinctly South African hip hop cultures. All of the hip hop elements have strong representation in SouthAfrica, which still has one of the largest hip hop scenes on the continent. South Africa offers a lot of diverse themes and topics for in depth discussion when it comes to hip hop. This issue will explore many of those topics, and seeks submissions that address topics like:
The history of SA hip hop
The role of gender & sexuality in South African hip hop music, breakdance, graffiti, and/or DJ culture
The role of race & ethnicity in South African hip hop culture
The role of NGOs and external donors
The role of mass media (radio stations, TV, publications, etc…)
The role of language in South African hip hop
Business and hip hop
The making of hip hop “moguls”
The relationship between hip hop and the entertainment industry
The relationship between hip hop & kwaito
The growth of hip hop as an industry
The influence of South African hip hop globally
The future of SA hip hop
The growth of hip hop community organizations & movements
The politics of street art and graffiti
This issue of the journal, like many of the journal’s other issues, accepts submissions from scholars, artists, activists, and cultural critics.
* Scholarly research papers should be a minimum of 3,000 words and a maximum of 8,000 words (includes endnotes and reference list). All submissions designated as scholarly require an abstract that should not exceed 150 words in length. All scholarly submissions should be accompanied by five key words.
* Critical essays, or essays that explore the various perspectives on debate, should be 1,500 – 3,000 words.
* Scholarly reviews of books, albums, or films related to the topic, should be 1,000 to 2,000 words.
* Poetry should include no more than 3 poems. You must create a separate submission for each poem.
* Original artwork submissions should be limited to 3 pieces. Artwork should be submitted as low-resolution .jpg or PDF files. Artwork must include the following information: title of piece, year created, media, dimensions (in inches), location of the piece.
* Interviews should be 1,500 to 3,000 words.
DEADLINE: June 1, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: AFROFUTURISM ISSUE
Speculative City
INFO: Every issue of Speculative City is defined by a distinct theme. We are excited to announce our Issue 9 theme will be Afrofuturism. Writer Stefani Cox and writer/visual artist Jacqueline Barnes will act as guest editors for this issue.
Definition of AFROFUTURISM:
literary works that use the frame of science fiction and fantasy to explore what Black futures could look like and to reimagine past and present experiences of the African diaspora
We are looking for afrofuturist fiction, poetry, and essays written by authors who are specifically of Black and/or African descent. And, as per usual, we seek provocative works that are centered within a cityscape. Writers published will be paid $20-$55 according to the category and length of their submission. We do not accept submissions exceeding 5500 words.
All submissions should be the original, unpublished work of the submitter.
We will accept simultaneous submissions, but please inform us if the submission has been accepted by another publication.
We do not accept multiple submissions for fiction or essays.
Please submit word (.doc, .docx) or rich text format (.rtf) files and format your submission according to our format guide.
Please send all inquiries to info @ speculativecity .com .
We try to respond to all submissions, but as a team of two, we may not always be able to.
Before submitting work, please also be familiar with our contract.
DEADLINE: June 1, 2020
http://www.speculativecity.com/submissions/
Works of Resistance, Resilience: Call for Submissions
About Place Journal
INFO: About Place Journal seeks submissions of creative non-fiction, poetry, fiction, hybrid work, video and artwork that explores the questions: How do we live and work towards a long-term dream for the continuation of our planet? How do we change our relationship to our earth; to each other to reflect social and economic equality?
We draw inspiration for this issue from a poem by the late Jayne Cortez, “There it is”:
“My friend / they don’t care /
They will try to exploit you /
absorb you confine you /
or kill you.”
The Covid-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to look deeply into the mirror of our daily lives that reveal issues: lack of essential worker protections, lack of affordable health care, record level unemployment/underemployment, homelessness, Iack of protection for people in the shelters and those in systems of containment: prisoners, immigrants and their children.
Thousands have died worldwide, and the losses to families and communities are unquantifiable. The pandemic continues to disrupt our notions of “normal” in every aspect of life while becoming a window of opportunity through which those in power are advancing agendas that suit the interests of the one percent in opposition to the needs of the larger culture. How do we as artists and activists reflect on these times as we witness the disenfranchisement of poor, middle and working class people; further closing of borders; the ongoing, yet new economic turmoil; the continual erosion of land protections; the lack of water rights; and so many additional issues that face us?
We ask you consider the principal of Aya – a fern, in the Adinkra language. Aya is the Akan symbol for endurance and resourcefulness. It comes to mind when I think of our cultural and collective inheritance. In times of profound trouble in the West, we often look at other cultures such as African and Native cultures for examples of endurance. Resistance as a form of empowerment in a time where the average citizen must do something to save ourselves.
We have a profound opportunity to renew and reimagine our essential cultures, including our multiple relationships: to our planet, to our spiritual sources, to our family, to our friends, to our beliefs. As artists, what does it mean to be resilient in this time? We look forward to thinking with you about how art explores new ways of engagement in these times.
Editor: Jacqueline Johnson
Assistant Editors: Ifeona H. Fulani & Vida James
SUBMISSION PERIOD: June 1 - August 1, 2020
https://aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/
LITERARY ARTS RESIDENCY PROGRAM
The Studios of Key West
INFO: The Studios offers a residency program for emerging and established artists and writers designed to encourage creative, intellectual and personal growth. The program grants nearly 35 artists each year the time and space to imagine new artistic work, engage in valuable dialogue and explore island connections.
The Studios’ residency program is community-based and built upon the hope that visiting artists will take inspiration from Key West’s rich artistic past and present, and will engage with — and be inspired by — the remarkable people and culture that surrounds them.
Key West’s official motto, “One Human Family” reflects our commitment to living together as caring, sharing neighbors dedicated to making our home as close to paradise as we can. To that end, we encourage artists of all races, nationalities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities to apply.
Residencies are almost a full month, and run from the 16th of the month through the 14th of the next.
ENTRY FEE: $40
DEADLINE: June 8, 2020
https://tskw.slideroom.com/#/Login
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Malasaña
INFO: Malasaña is an online arts magazine established in New England in 2019. We currently publish bi-annually. We are interested in writing that shows a love for language, experimentation, and craftsmanship. We want urgent & diverse voices, especially voices from historically-silenced peoples.
We accept fiction, poetry, translation, and visual art submissions.
For fiction, please submit up to 2,500 words. We will occasionally accept a longer piece if we really feel it fits with our intent.
For poetry, please submit three to five poems, all in a single document.
For art, all images should be 300 dpi.
Translations of poems and flash fiction are welcome. Translator should have written permission from original author.
Please include a brief bio in your submitted document.
All work should be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are fine―we ask that you let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere. Please include a short third-person bio in your cover letter.
SUBMISSION FEE: $2
DEADLINE: June 10, 2020
https://malasanamagazine.submittable.com/submit
Convening in the Ark: Black & Sacred Sites of Revelation
Root Work Journal
INFO: Root Work Journal, grounded within the Ark, imagines this time of quarantine as a route and portal to convene with the sacred postures of our ancestors: to comfort, to dream, to manifest.
We invite those of us who are conscious of our proximities to the ship to convene around rebellion, fugitivity, marronage, and other less apparent survival strategies that will sustain our spirits. We are hoping to gather pieces that help us re-member how we contend with the ongoing violence of the ship while also transitioning into new conceptual and physical worlds.
So with expediency, we seek to honor the ancestors' call to action: we invite you to convene with us in the Ark. We call for papers, poems, meditations and writings that guide us from societal collapse into new worlds. We invite you to think deeply and lovingly in responding to the following paradigms:
Abolition: Rebelling against the hopium of schooling:
How schooling seasons us to define optimism as “hoping against hope” that a mechanism built on the bones of our people will someday be our salvation
Resistance to schooling as a form or act of mental health
The necessity to reframe our depression and desires to end our lives as emanating from an underlying necessity to end the world in which we suffer
Teachers’ allegiance to schooling amidst societal collapse
Fugitivity: Detaching from the forces that keep us captive
Re-conceptualizing growth in a culture of neoliberalism: growth does not always or necessarily mean "up" (i.e. stock market, test scores, degrees obtained) or even “more”; growth can refer to vital pathways that are oriented down (i.e. roots into the earth, from the womb to birth)
Success in the plantation lessening one’s likelihood to leave it or recognize it as such
Marronage: Fugitive Movements from bondage and replications of alternative worldviews (Jamal-Wright, 2019)
How school achievement disintegrates Black communal connections
Intergenerational dialogues that explore the comingling of our love of learning with the project of schooling
The Sacredness of Black educational convenings
Who and what are necessary for the inevitable journey of the Ark (the vehicle) that transitions us from the ending of one world into a new one
Unknown, Unarchived and Uncaptured
We invite the community to offer reflections, works of art, and other testimonies about our Ark that speak beyond the suggested paradigms.
Curators for this special issue include: Cindy Bonaparte, Marcelo Clark, Sheryll Germany, Ernest Hardy, LeShawn Darnell Holcomb, Stephen Jamal Leeper, Leslie Poston, Tonesha Russell, Melanie Tervalon, Jas Wade, Deaidre White
For written entries, we ask that writers submit original pieces of work up to 10,000 words in length.
(we prefer original pieces, but we are open to hosting work from journals that allow for concurrent submissions)
DEADLINE: June 12, 2020
https://www.rootworkjournal.org/calls
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Tint Journal
INFO: Tint showcases the original work of writers for whom English is a second or non-native language. Short stories, essays, flash and poetry will only be accepted by writers who have learned or acquired the English language after being fluent in another language and within an open call for submissions. Reviews, interviews, and profiles focusing on ESL writers are welcome year-round by writers of all linguistic backgrounds. Art submissions are accepted within an open call for submissions only.
How can I submit my work?
We exclusively accept creative writing and art submissions which reach us within the period of an open call for submissions.
Interviews, reviews, profiles and essays on ESL writing are accepted year-round.Please name your document [Genre]_[Last Name]_[Title], e.g. Poetry_Miller_The Rose.
Provide your submission with a title page, indicating your name, first language, second language(s), nationality, category, title of your piece, contact information (e-mail), and day of submission. Put page numbers on all following pages.
All submissions should be sent to submissions@tintjournal.com. If this form of submission represents an obstacle to the writer, please contact the journal via info@tintjournal.com.
We prefer doc and docx files. In case your submissions requires special formatting, we also accept pdf files.
For length and content, read through the “Original creations by ESL writers” and the “Creations by writers of any kind” guidelines below.
Allow for a time period of up to 20 days between the end of a call and an answer.
What kind of submissions does Tint accept?
Please submit only previously unpublished pieces. If you have a previously published piece that fits our mission, please contact us via info@tintjournal.com.
Translations will not be accepted. It should be an original creation in English. However, the work can feature words or passages in the writer’s original language.
For creative prose submissions (fiction or nonfiction), please submit one piece (short story or essay) between 1,000 and 4,000 words.
For flash (fiction or nonfiction) submissions, please submit one piece. It should not exceed 800 words.
For poetry submissions, please submit one poem. If the poem has subsections, mark them clearly in your document. A poem should not exceed four C4, A4 or Letter pages in length.
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
DEADLINE: June 12, 2020
https://tintjournal.com/submit/submission-guidelines
NARRATIVE PRIZE
Narrative
INFO: The Narrative Prize is awarded annually for the best short story, novel excerpt, poem, one-act play, graphic story, or work of literary nonfiction published by a new or emerging writer in Narrative.
The prize is announced each September and is given to the best work published each year in Narrative by a new or emerging writer, as judged by the magazine’s editors. In some years, the prize may be divided between winners, when more than one work merits the award.
AWARD: $4,000
DEADLINE: June 15, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ISSUE FOUR
The Journal of Latina Critical Feminism
INFO: The journal is issuing a call for submissions in the three categories of scholarly articles, poems, and prose (fiction, nonfiction, and experimental) dealing with themes in Gloria Anzaldua’s thought, including nepantla, spirituality, heteronormativity, Latinx identity, patriarchy, colonialism, mestizaje, and writing as a form of resistance.
Those interested in submission guidelines and learning more about the journal should refer to the journal’s website, www.journallcf.org
Submissions outside of the thematic area of Anzaldua’s work will also be considered.
Fiction: Works should not exceed 1,500 words. We will also consider Flash Fiction pieces. Multiple submissions should not exceed 1,500 word count and should be submitted in one document.
Nonfiction: Works should not exceed 1,500 words. We will also consider Flash Nonfiction pieces. Multiple submissions should not exceed 1,500 word count and should be submitted in one document.
Scholarly Articles: Formal and academic articles that range between 5,000 to 8,000 word count.
The journal will provide a voice for the articulation of feminist and social justice concerns from a Latina perspective, broadly construed to include Latinas in the U.S., Latin America, and other countries. The journal will be an online, open access, peer-reviewed academic journal that considers narrative and poetic entries as legitimate forms of scholarly feminist analyses. We particularly welcome proposals for creating social orders in which both women and men can equally and autonomously promote a planetary ethic that expresses moral concern for all inhabitants of the earth community. Perhaps most of all, the journal will strive to exemplify the highest standards of intellectual and moral integrity and fairness. We believe that the true potential of feminism will never be realized unless these ideals are embraced and implemented.
SUBMISSION FEE: $3
DEADLINE: June 15, 2020
https://journallcf.submittable.com/submit
Sheltering Stories: NYC Teens Talk About COVID-19
City Dreams Press
INFO: New York City teens, we want to hear from you! Send us your personal essays, photography, and artwork in response to Covid-19. How is it affecting you? What are your thoughts, feelings, and observations? What do you see in your neighborhoods? How are you coping with sheltering in place?
City Dreams Press invites submissions from New York City teenagers age 12-18 for an upcoming e-book “Sheltering Stories: Teen Talk on COVID-19”.
GUIDELINES:
Personal essays: up to 1,500 words
Poetry: 3-5 poems
Photography or artwork: 3-5 images
DEADLINE: June 15, 2020
https://www.citydreamspress.com/
PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION FUND
PEN America
INFO: The PEN/Heim Translation Fund was established in the summer of 2003 by an endowed gift of $730,000 from Michael Henry Heim and Pricilla Heim, in response to the dismayingly low number of literary translations currently appearing in English. Its purpose is to promote the publication and reception of translated international literature in English. As of 2015, each grant recipient receives a copy of The Man Between: Michael Henry Heim and a Life in Translation, generously provided by Open Letter Books.
Thanks to the generosity of Michael Henry Heim and Pricilla Heim’s endowment, PEN America has awarded grants to almost 200 winning projects. From 2009, the Fund’s annual contribution for grant awards has been augmented by support from Amazon. The Fund has been uniquely successful in finding publishers for major international works, encouraging younger translators to enter the field, and introducing English-speaking readers to new and exciting voices. All other criteria being equal, preference is given to translators at the beginning of their career, and to works by underrepresented writers working in underrepresented languages.
Over the 16 years of its existence, the Fund has given grants of $2,000–$4,000 to nearly 200 translations from over 35 languages, including Armenian, Basque, Estonian, Farsi, Finland-Swedish, Lithuanian and Mongolian, as well as French, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic. Among the 108 projects awarded grants in the Fund’s first 13 years of operation (2004–2016), 91 (nearly 70 percent) have thus far been published or are forthcoming from a publisher. Many of those books found their publishers as a result of being awarded a grant by the Fund. In addition to being excerpted and favorably reviewed in a host of magazines including The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Granta, The Paris Review, Words Without Borders, The Literary Review, Mandorla, and many others, about 20 percent of the published PEN/Heim Translation Fund projects have won or been shortlisted for major literary awards.
ELIGIBILITY:
The PEN/Heim Translation Fund provides grants to support the translation of book-length works of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or drama that have not previously appeared in English in print or have appeared only in an outdated or otherwise flawed translation.
Works should be translations-in-progress, as the grant aims to provide support for completion.
There are no restrictions on the nationality or citizenship of the translator, but the works must be translated into English.
The Fund seeks to encourage translators to undertake projects they might not otherwise have had the means to attempt.
Works with multiple translators, literary criticism, and scholarly or technical texts do not qualify.
Translators who have previously been awarded grants by the Fund are ineligible to reapply for three years after the year in which they receive a grant.
Please note that projects that have been previously submitted and have not received a grant are unlikely to be reconsidered in a subsequent year.
Projects may have up to two translators.
Translators may only submit one project per year.
DEADLINE: Extended to June 15, 2020
https://pen.org/pen-heim-grants/?mc_cid=2843f611d3&mc_eid=d562c31e56
FICTION with INGRID ROJAS CONTRERAS
ZYZZYVA
INFO: As we all adhere to social distancing and sheltering in place in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, ZYZZYVA will continue to offer our Writer's Workshops, in a slightly altered format. These three-hour courses will be conducted over Zoom's conferencing service, and will be limited to five students. Courses will include a craft discussion from the instructor, as well as traditional workshop-style group discussion of the attendees’ submitted work. Following the Workshop, attendees will also be sent a page of feedback on the submitted work from the instructor.
Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her first novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree (Doubleday) is an Indie Next selection, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and a New York Times editor's choice. Her essays and short stories have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Buzzfeed, Nylon, and Guernica, among others. Rojas Contreras has received numerous awards and fellowships from Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, VONA, Hedgebrook, The Camargo Foundation, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture. She is the book columnist for KQED, the Bay Area's NPR affiliate. She teaches writing at the University of San Francisco, and works with immigrant high school students as part of a San Francisco Arts Commission initiative bringing writers into public schools.
Submission Guidelines: Please submit a fiction manuscript (short story, flash, or novel excerpt) of no more than 2,500 words (roughly 10 pages double-spaced). Make sure it is a manuscript you wish to discuss in the Workshop itself.
APPLICATION FEE: $15. Accepted applicants will be informed by July 10th. If accepted, the fee to attend is $150.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline: June 19, 2020
Fiction Workshop: July 18, 2020
https://zyzzyva.submittable.com/submit/154774/fiction-with-ingrid-rojas-contreras
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SHORT FICTION & LITERARY REVIEWS / ESSAYS
Bengaluru Review
INFO: Bengaluru Review is an online monthly publication. We welcome unsolicited submissions of poetry, prose, art, and book reviews, not necessarily that order. We request you to read our submission guidelines intently before submitting them.
Short-fiction
Age, theme, and genre are no barriers.
Please submit only up to 2 pieces of work (1-2) per submission. Short-story (fiction) and flash fiction are both allowed.
The word limit for short-fiction is 5,000 words and flash fiction is 1,000 words. There are no minimum word limit.
Please send in your entries in a single document attached in either of the following formats ONLY: .doc, .docx.
We suggest that submissions be formatted with 12 pt. Times New Roman or Garamond type.
Simultaneous submission is allowed. We request you to immediately notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Please submit only once per reading period. You can submit again in the next reading period.
Multiple submissions are considered if they pertain to different categories (poetry, fiction, etc.).
Blank e-mails with no body will not be read. Please add a cover letter into the body of the email that includes your first and last name, email address, the title of your work(s), and a brief bio (strictly under 100 words or less).
Please include an author photograph in a high-resolution landscape mode. You can attach up to 2-3 pictures. Please note that the minimum dimensions of a photo should be at least 800 x 420 pixels (W x H).
We undergo a "blind" submission process. Personal information should not appear anywhere in the attached document(s).
Literary Reviews and Essays
Age, theme, genre are no barriers.
Please submit up to 2 pieces of work (1-2) per submission.
The maximum word limit is 3000 words. Reviews exceeding the word limit may also be considered if adjudged exceptional.
Please send in your review attached in either of the following formats ONLY: .doc, .docx.
We suggest that submissions be formatted with 12 pt. Times New Roman or Garamond type.
Simultaneous submission is allowed. We request you to immediately notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Please submit only once per reading period. You can submit again in the next reading period.
Multiple submissions are considered if they pertain to different categories (poetry, fiction, etc.).
Blank e-mails with no body will not be read. Please add a cover letter into the body of the email that includes your first and last name, email address, the title of your work(s), and a brief bio (strictly under 100 words or less).
Please include an author photograph in a high-resolution landscape mode. You can attach up to 2-3 pictures. Please note that the minimum dimensions of a photo should be at least 800 x 420 pixels (W x H).
We undergo a "blind" submission process. Personal information should not appear anywhere in the attached document(s).
READING PERIOD: June 20 - July 5, 2020
https://bengalurureview.com/page/submission-guidelines
Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award
Sisters in Crime
INFO: The Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award is an annual grant of $2,000 for an emerging writer of color.
This grant is intended to support the recipient in crime fiction writing and career development activities. The grantee may choose to use the grant for activities that include workshops, seminars, conferences, and retreats, online courses, and research activities required for completion of the work.
An unpublished writer is preferred, however publication of several pieces of short fiction and/or up to two self-published or traditionally published books will not disqualify an applicant.
You can read the complete press release here.
Requirements For Application
An unpublished work of crime fiction. This may be a short story or first chapter(s) of a manuscript in-progress, 2,500 to 5,000 words.
A resume or biographical statement.
A cover letter that gives a sense of the applicant as an emerging writer in the genre and briefly states how the grant money would be used. No prior writing or publishing experience is required, but the applicant should include any relevant studies or experience.
DEADLINE: Extended to June 22, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Speculative Fiction/Horror Issue
midnight & indigo
INFO: We are looking for previously unpublished, character-driven, speculative short stories written by Black women writers.
Speculative fiction is a broad genre encompassing fiction with certain elements that do not exist in the real world, often in the context of supernatural, futuristic or other imaginative themes. This includes, but is not limited to, science fiction, fantasy, superhero fiction, horror, utopian and dystopian fiction, fairytale fantasy, and supernatural fiction.
Stories must meet our minimum 1,400 word count requirement. Please include the word count at the top of your submission.
All submissions will be considered for publication in our Speculative fiction special issue, scheduled to be published in October 2020 (online and/or print).
We offer $75 for Short Stories accepted for publication in our literary journal (eBook, print, and/or audiobook) and $50 for Short Stories accepted for publication on midnightandindigo.com.
DEADLINE: June 28, 2020
Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women
INFO: Named in honour of Zeenat Haroon Rashid (21 Jan 1928 - 8 April 2017), a founding member of the Womens National Guard at the time of Independence, a prize of Rs 100,000 (1 Lakh) is awarded annually through a competition for writing in English on the theme of Women and Pakistan.
The competition is open to all women of Pakistani nationality or Pakistani heritage (with CNIC or NICOP) aged 18 and above and entries must be original, previously unpublished works of no more than 3000 words. The genre will alternate each year between short-story fiction and non-fiction. The entry should address any aspect of Women and Pakistan and the judges will look for a piece of writing with a strong, personal voice.
The Competition is open to all women over the age of 18 of Pakistani nationality or Pakistani heritage with a valid CNIC, NICOP or Pakistani passport. The competition is open to both professional and unpublished writers. No family member, relative or close associate of Zeenat Haroon Rashid may enter. No previous competition winner may enter for two years subsequent to her win. A submission that has been long listed for the ZHR Prize in any year may not be re-submitted in a subsequent year.
The theme of the competition is WOMEN AND PAKISTAN but your submission should have its own original TITLE. The genre for 2020 is NON-FICTION. Entries should be prose writing in the form of memoir, biography, or narrative or polemical essay. No short stories are permissible this year. Entries must be in English and be no more than 3000 words in length.
The submission must be the individual and original work of a sole author which has not previously been broadcast or published, in print or online. The submitted work may not be a winning or shortlisted work in any other competition or a translation or re-working of a previously published piece by the author or another author’s work. By submitting an entry you are confirming that the work is your own. Any evidence to the contrary will result in immediate disqualification and a permanent ban on the offending author for future competitions.
DEADLINE: June 30, 2020
https://www.zhrwritingprize.com/how-to-enter
Autumn House Fiction Contest
INFO: For the 2020 contest, the Autumn House staff serves as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Dan Chaon. The winner receives publication of a full-length manuscript and $2,500. The submission period opens January 1, 2020, and closes June 30, 2020 (Eastern Time).
The winners will receive book publication, $1,000 advance against royalties, and a $1,500 travel/publicity grant to promote their book.
All finalists will be considered for publication
Fiction submissions should be approximately 200-300 double-spaced pages (50,000- 75,000 words)
The reading fee for the Fiction Contest is $30
All fiction sub-genres (short stories, short-shorts, novellas, or novels) or any combination of sub-genres are eligible
Submission should be previously unpublished
Please don’t include your name anywhere on the actual MS
Include a brief bio in the “cover letter” section of Submittable
Feel free to include a TOC and acknowledgments page
Simultaneous submissions permitted
DEADLINE: June 30, 2020
https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/fiction/
Autumn House Nonfiction Contest
INFO: For the 2020 contest, the Autumn House staff serves as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Jaquira Díaz. The winner receives publication of a full-length manuscript and $2,500. The submission period opens January 1, 2020, and closes June 30, 2020 (Eastern Time).
The winners will receive book publication, $1,000 advance against royalties, and a $1,500 travel/publicity grant to promote their book
All finalists will be considered for publication
Nonfiction submissions should be approximately 200-300 double-spaced pages (50,000-75,000 words)
The reading fee for the Nonfiction Contest is $30
All nonfiction subjects (including personal essays, memoirs, travel writing, historical narratives, nature writing) or any combination of subjects are eligible
Submission should be previously unpublished
Please don’t include your name anywhere on the actual MS
Include a brief bio in the “cover letter” section of Submittable
Feel free to include a TOC and acknowledgments page
Simultaneous submissions permitted
DEADLINE: June 30, 2020
https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/fiction/
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SUMMER 2020 PRINT ISSUE
Serendipity Literary Magazine
INFO: We are particularly interested in work that grapples with the intersections of race, gender, disability, and sexuality in our current socio-political climate. LGBTQ BIPOC are strongly encouraged to submit. Please do not submit if you do not identify as BIPOC.
Serendipity is a literary journal specializing in poetry, prose, and art that engages with issues of race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, and intersecting identities. We seek work that explores, celebrates, and interrogates all aspects of our identities; and work that delights and beguiles our readerly sensibilities. Formerly an online journal, we are now publishing an annual print publication featuring fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Our goal is to publish exciting work that amplifies marginalized voices, particularly that of same-gender loving BIPOC.
GUIDELINES:
Writers: We accept prose submissions under 5,000 words and no more than three (3) poems, in either .doc or .docx format. Please use 12pt font, 1-inch margins, and number your pages. Include your last name, genre, title of work, and email in the header.
Artists: Please submit up to six images in separate files.
All work must be previously unpublished. This includes blogs and other online publications.
Cover letters are optional.
Please include a current bio of no more than 100 words written in third person.
We accept simultaneous submissions. Please notify us immediately if work you submitted has been accepted elsewhere.
Contributors will receive one free copy of the print journal and $15 as payment remitted via PayPal.
DEADLINE: June 30, 2020
http://serendipitylitmag.org/submit/
CALL FOR CHAPBOOK SUBMISSIONS
Paper Monster Press
INFO: Paper Monster Press, a bilingual publishing and a quarterly no-garage indie transgenre zine, is seeking chapbook submissions.
Send 13-30 pages of poetry, micro/flash fiction, essays in Filipino or English to papermonsterpress@gmail.com
DEADLINE: June 30, 2020
https://www.facebook.com/papermonsterpress/photos/a.191879894184936/3183062301733332/?type=3&theater
CALL FOR CHILDREN’S BOOK Manuscripts
Paper Monster Press
INFO: Paper Monster Press, a bilingual publishing and a quarterly no-garage indie transgenre zine, is seeking children’s book manuscripts
Send manuscripts in Filipino or English to papermonsterpress@gmail.com
DEADLINE: June 30, 2020
https://www.facebook.com/papermonsterpress/photos/a.191879894184936/3213391822033713/?type=3&theater
WALTER GRANT
We Need Diverse Books
INFO: The Walter Grants provide financial support to promising diverse writers who are currently unpublished.
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must identify as diverse (defined below).
Applicants must be unpublished as illustrators and/or authors. This includes both trade publishing and self-publishing. If the applicant has a book deal for an as yet unpublished book, the applicant is considered published for purposes of this grant. Essays, short stories, and articles do not render an applicant ineligible.
Applicant must be working toward a career as a children’s author and/or illustrator. This includes but is not limited to: Picture Books, Early Reader Books, Chapter Books, Middle Grade Books, Young Adult, Graphic Novels, Non-Fiction, Poetry.
Applicant must be a U.S, resident or a refugee living in the States. (Note for refugee applicants: receiving a grant might affect your income limitations and any government assistance you may receive. You may want to reach out to appropriate officials, like an immigration attorney, for advice.)
Applicant must be at least 18 years in age.
WHAT IS MEANT BY DIVERSE?
Applicants must identify as one or more of the following:
Person of color
Native American
LGBTQIA+
Person with a disability
Marginalized religious or cultural minority
Please note:
The applicant themselves must be diverse. Being married to, a parent of, or a sibling of a diverse person, or being someone who has grown up with diverse people, will not qualify an otherwise ineligible applicant.
Work submitted for consideration of the Walter Grant must not be work currently on submission. If the work being considered for the Walter Grant subsequently goes on submission, applicant is required to notify the Walter Grant committee.
DEADLINE: June 30, 2020
https://diversebooks.org/our-programs/walter-grant/submission-guidelines/
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Variety Pack
INFO: For the rest of the month of June we will be only seeking to publish Black LGBTQIA+ voices for our special issue: Black Voices of Pride
Check out the info from our special issues pages:
At Variety Pack we know we can do more as a journal and we want to do more. In an effort to show solidarity with the amazing Black voices in the LGTBQIA+ Community. For the rest of June we will be taking submissions exclusively from Black LGBTQIA+ creatives. Joining us on our team for this special issue, will be our guest editor Dior J. Stephens!
We are taking submissions in all categories; flash fiction, short fiction, poetry, cnf/essays, visual art/mixed media.
Also for this special issue we will be adding a donations button to our website, where the proceeds will go to paying our contributors and guest editor as well!
Please submit to the following email: varietypackblmpride@gmail.com.
Please be sure to refer to our submission guidelines below: but remember the emails to send to don’t apply to this, please send to the one listed above^^^
Also along with the guidelines provided below, please put in your subject line: Name: Genre – “Title” (For ex: Gerry: Flash Fiction – “Something, Something, Something”)
DEADLINE: June 30, 2020
https://varietypack.net/submissions-2/
RESIDENCY
Vermont Studio Center
INFO: Each month, VSC welcomes over 50 artists and writers from across the country around the world to our historic campus in northern Vermont.
All of our residencies include:
A private room in modest, shared housing
24-hour access to a private studio space in one of our 6 medium-specific studio buildings
3 communal meals per day (plus fresh fruit, coffee/tea/cold beverages, and cereal available around the clock)
Most residents stay with us for 1 month, so our sessions adhere to a 4-week calendar; however, residencies can be scheduled in 2-week increments ranging from 2 to 12 weeks if a shorter or longer stay better suits your needs.
FELLOWSHIPS FOR WRITERS INCLUDE:
Henry David Thoreau Fellowship
One (1) fellowship for a poet whose creative work directly engages environmental issues and embodies the life, work, and spirit of Henry David Thoreau.
ELIGIBILITY NOTE: To be considered, please include a brief statement (250 words or less) that describes how your poetry engages environmental issues and embodies the life, work, and spirit of Henry David Thoreau.
VSC/Cave Canem Fellowship
One (1) 4-week fellowship for a Cave Canem Fellow. Includes $1,000 stipend. The $25 application fee is waived for eligible applicants.
ELIGIBILITY NOTE: Please indicate in the application when you were a Cave Canem Fellow.
VSC/Kundiman Fellowship
One (1) 4-week fellowship for a Kundiman Fellow. Includes $1,000 stipend. The $25 application fee is waived for eligible applicants.
ELIGIBILITY NOTE: Please indicate in the application when you were a Kundiman Fellow.
DEADLINE: Extended to June 30, 2020
vermontstudiocenter.org/residencies
Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean
Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival
INFO: The BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean will be awarded to the best fictive short story by a writer from the Caribbean.
Stories must be original fiction. Word count: 1,200 words or less.
PRIZES AND PUBLICATION:
A $500 US cash prize
BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean
Winning writer will receive an official profile on the BCLF website
The winning story will be published in the leading e-newspaper for Caribbean culture and affairs, New York Carib News
Honorable mentions will also be awarded to entrants whose work demonstrates promise
DEADLINE: July 1, 2020
https://www.bklyncbeanlitfest.com/eligibility-submission-guidelines-caribbean-nationals
Elizabeth Nunez Caribbean-American Writer's Prize
Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival
INFO: This prize will be given to the best short story by an unpublished writer of Caribbean heritage or of Caribbean descent in the North American diaspora. Writers’ fiction must not have appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circulation of 5,000 or more.
Stories must be original fiction. Word count: 1,200 words or less.
PRIZES AND PUBLICATION:
A $500 US cash prize
The BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Caribbean-American Writers Award
Winning writer will receive official profile on the BCLF website
The winning story will be published in the leading e-newspaper for Caribbean culture and affairs, New York Carib News
Annual Membership to the The Center for Fiction
Honorable mentions will also be awarded to entrants whose work demonstrates promise
DEADLINE: July 1, 2020
https://www.bklyncbeanlitfest.com/eligibility-submission-guidelines-3
Latinx Lit Celebration guest edited by Ruben Quesada
[PANK]
INFO: We will be publishing poetry, prose, non/traditional, and media by Latinx writers to raise awareness of the breadth of their experiences and talents. If you identify as Latinx and would like your work to be considered for publication, please submit by July 1 using the following guidelines:
For poetry:
Up to 3 poems
Include all poems in a single file
Begin each new poem on a new page
For prose:
Up to 3,000 words of fiction or non-fiction
For Non/Traditional or Media:
Use MP3 or MP4 only, with a file size under 60MB.
DEADLINE: July 1, 2020
Call for Work: To Speak as a Flower: A Folio of Performance Writing
Anomaly
INFO: Anomaly invites previously unpublished submissions of poems, prose, playwriting, video, art, and hybrid genres of work that might fall under a broad rubric of performance writing. We embrace this term’s wide scope, encompassing everything from Don Mee Choi’s turn to playwriting conventions in “Hardly Opera” (from which we draw our title) and jayy dodd’s scene in Anomaly‘s issue 26 folio Radical : Avant Garde Poets of Color, to Tatsumi Hijikata’s dance notations and Duriel Harris’ musical scores as poems.
We are interested in work that uses performance as one of its tools, work which is made possible by a relationship to performance — even if that performance never happens, or imagines impossible commitments. What forms might such composition take if it followed Etel Adnan’s provocation that “memory and theatre work in similar ways,” or if it pursued a stage “more open to different ways of moving” (as Hilton Als has characterized Adrienne Kennedy’s work)? We are committed to promoting the work of marginalized and underrepresented artists, including by Black, Indigenous, and other artists of color, as well as, disabled, neurodivergent, women, queer, trans, and gender nonconforming artists — and we wonder whether this form might be especially useful for these artists!
DEADLINE: July 1, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: People of Color Destroy Lovecraft
The Were-Traveler
INFO: Lovecraft wrote some hella scary monsters, on that most horror scholars agree, but he was terribly racist. I would like to see for this issue, POC characters that turn Lovecraft's racism and monsters on his/their heads. My preference for this issue is to have the majority of stories written by writers of color, if not all. Queer writers of color are especially encouraged to submit.
Flash/shorts (750-1500 words. No more, no less) for $10 per piece original, previously unpublished. Microfics (350-749 words) will pay at a $5 per story rate for original, previously unpublished stories.
Reprints will be accepted on this one. BUT will pay at a $5 rate for flash/shorts (750-1500 words) and $3 for microfics (350-749 words). You must identify your story as a reprint on the cover page of the manuscript and provide the market and date (mo/yr) where it was last published.
Please follow instructions on the Guidelines page and include your name, PayPal email, and word count (total, not approximate) on the first page of your story document.
DEADLINE: July 1, 2020
https://the-were-traveler.weebly.com/submissions-call.html
CALL FOR AUDIO SUBMISSIONS: HEARD/WORD
Galleyway
INFO: HEARD/WORD is Galleyway's new audio series highlighting compelling voices in poetry and prose. We invite you to share recordings of original poems and short fiction. Selected work will be showcased on our blog and social media platforms. Submissions should include:
MP3 recording of you reading your poetry (no longer than 3 minutes) or short fiction (no longer than 5 minutes)
Text version of the piece
A headshot
A brief bio
Social media handles and link to website
Please send submissions to camille@galleyway.com
DEADLINE: Ongoing
https://galleyway.com/blog/2020/3/31/call-for-audio-submissions
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Litehouse
INFO: Litehouse welcomes all ardent second-language English writers and poets to unfold their creativity, forge new words, and explore their linguistic self in an emotional and personally meaningful way.
– All submissions should be in English and include title, name, nationality, and a small bio (1-2 sentences) or your social media.
– For fiction/non-fiction, stories shouldn’t exceed 2000 words.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
https://tothelitehouse.com/submit/
Call for Submissions: Write for CRWNMAG!
CRWN
INFO: We're on a mission to be the most beautiful and honest representation of Black women in the history of modern print. To that end, we're working with the best writers in the world to tell OUR story. If you're an exceptional writer with style and a point of view, we want to hear from you!
Please review our writing guidelines below before submitting your pitch HERE.
GUIDELINES
We are currently accepting pitches (200-250 words) for our digital platform in the following categories:
Watch: Film, TV, Internet
Listen: Podcasts, Music, Playlists
Art: Exhibits, Museums, Interviews
Business: Roundups, Features, Advice
Beauty: Product Reviews, Beauty News, Roundups, How-Tos, Photo Essays
Hair: How-Tos, Roundups, Product News, Photo Essays
Style: Street Style, Fashion Editorials
Travel: City Guides, Photo Essays
Books: Book Reviews, Roundups, Author Features/Interviews
Food: Recipes, Restaurant Reviews
Thought: “Hot Takes,” Personal Essays, Op-Eds
Family: Marriage, Relationships, Sex, Babies
Health: Wellness, Fitness, Spirituality
DEADLINE: Ongoing
https://www.crwnmag.com/blog/write
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee
INFO: The Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee is launching Shalom/Salaam Publishing, and looking for written work (short stories, poetry, etc) and imagery (paintings, photos, illustrations, collage, etc) that transcends boundaries, brings people together, and inspires faith in humanity.
The Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee (MJSC) is a grassroots organization guided by the Muslim and Jewish values of Peace שָׁלוֹם سلام, Learning علم יֶדַע, and Charity زكاة צדקה, to build meaningful relationships between all faiths, and to stand against hate through shared values and social action
DEADLINE: Ongoing
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdku-rxQnpN8yB6vqnoRuDwKPnsxeOlThH6aWjts1f31Wabew/viewform
'Awake' Zine Submission
Lucky Jefferson
INFO: Lucky Jefferson's new digital zine Awake seeks to amplify the experiences and perspectives of Black and African American writers in American society. This digital zine will highlight poems, essays, and art from writers of color and the different opportunities and challenges of cultural assimilation in America, establishing identity and preserving culture, and the concept of double-consciousness.
Upon acceptance, submissions will be included on our website and publicized on social media.
GUIDELINES:
- Send no more than three poems in a submission. Poems should be submitted in a single file, with poems separated by titles or page breaks.
- If sharing an essay, include an essay with no more than 1500 words.
- Send no more than three pieces of art. Artwork that offers social commentary on the Black experience is highly preferred (We love comics and collage pieces!).
- Include a cover page highlighting the poet’s name, email address, biography, and mailing address. Biographical statements should be two to three sentences or 50-75 words.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
https://luckyjefferson.submittable.com/submit/167135/lucky-jefferson-awake-zine-submission