CALL FOR SUBMISSION: A Notebook of Lullabies
Asian American Writers’ Workshop / The Transpacific Literary Project
INFO: In traditions around the world, the lullaby is a liminal space between waking and sleep, consciousness and dream, between the living world and the underworld. In this way, the lullaby is a kind of path that one journeys down when crossing between those worlds. It is the calming voice in your ear as you step closer into the void, the soothing hand that strokes your back as you float into some dark unknown. The lullaby bears this twoness: comfort and death.
In this time of Covid-19, when loss and mortality are daily fixtures of a global consciousness, the twoness of the lullaby feels especially poignant.
The Transpacific Literary Project is calling for writing and translations that swirl around in lullabies. Possible projects might include translating a traditional lullaby into another form, creating a contemporary lullaby, or analyzing an existing lullaby. We are also interested in writing that embodies the liminal space of the lullaby, that offers comfort in the most morbid way, that sweetly sings of death’s door, that consoles as much as it disturbs.
Recordings and voices are highly encouraged as accompaniments to submissions.
All contributors, writers and translators, will be paid.
Submissions are accepted in any language spoken in Southeast Asia and East Asia.
The Transpacific Literary Project (TLP) is an arm of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop (AAWW) that holds a space for writing and translation from East and Southeast Asia, published on AAWW’s online magazine The Margins. Organized around themed collections of work called notebooks, the project draws connections between emerging and established voices across this expansive region in ways that may reorient reader relationships to languages and literatures, and bring out surprising discussions of representation and relationality, constraint and hierarchy, resistance and refusal to settle within established frames.
DEADLINE: December 1, 2020
https://aaww.submittable.com/submit/176173/lullabies
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: AFRO-LATINX ANTHOLOGY
Alan Pelaez
INFO: Editor Alan Pelaez Lopez invites contributions to a multi-genre anthology (Title TBA) of contemporary queer and trans Afro-Latinx writers on memory, care, and futurity published by a notable University Press with a slated publication date of 2021.
This collection of writings will serve as a living archive of contemporary literature by queer and trans Afro-Latinx writers. By “Afro-Latinx,” we mean writers who are Black of Latin American and Caribbean descent. This anthology aims to push the boundaries of how we think, accept, deny, or play with the concept of “Latinx.” The final project will not be a survey of recent literature but a gesture towards an Afro-Latinx aesthetic informed by differently Black experiences. Latin America and the Caribbean, as landscapes, as imagined communities, and as diasporic analytics are continually shapeshifting. Black people in, of, and from Latin America, the Caribbean, and their diasporas are at the heart of this shapeshifting, but the literature of Afro-Latinx writers is— similarly to Black people across the continent— policed, surveilled, and organized by non-Black entities. This anthology seeks to open, nuance and challenge narratives made about us without us. The anthology is not an explanation of what it means to be a queer and/or trans Black person of Latin American and/or Caribbean descent, but a dialogue of how we work with, through, and against memory, care, and futures.
The anthology seeks to answer:
How do queer and/or trans Black writers from Latin America, the Caribbean and their diaspora(s) address memory? How do queer and trans embodiments help us understand and/or question the past, the present, and construct a Black queer and trans future?
How does Blackness remember geographies we are no longer inhabiting, those we never inhabited, and those we may never know?
What are the textures of caring, being cared for, and accepting care as Black queer and/or trans people?
What are the uses of care, love, intimacy, and kinship in queer and/or trans Black spaces?
And, how do our genders, sexualities, sexual performances, and rejections of all three serve as worldbuilding embodiments for the future?
Mediums:
Creative non-fiction (15 pages max)
Fiction (15 pages max)
Poetry (Send 3-5 poems, no more than 7 pages)
Comics (15 pages max—you can send text submission if it’s not inked yet, or send a full first draft)
Plays and choreopoems (15 pages max)
Performance essays / documentation (20 pages max including images—you must have permission to use all images submitted.)
What we are looking for from contributors:
We are looking for new work (or pieces that have not appeared in a full-length collection that you have retained the rights to) that address memory, care and futures. All work must be submitted in English and you must be open to working with an editor. Pieces that utilize other languages are welcome as long as the piece is primarily in English. This anthology will not publish work that considers Blackness as a monolithic experience. All published writings will receive a modest honorarium.
Submissions:
Please include your name, contact info, and a 50-word bio.
DEADLINE: December 1, 2020
http://www.alanpelaez.com/afro-latinx-anthology/
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Honey Literary
INFO: Honey Literary’s first issue will debut in Winter 2020/2021. We publish two issues each year, one in winter, and one in summer. Our first reading period opens September 1st and closes December 1st.
To share your work, please email the respective genre editor and upload your .docx/.pdf files. Include a brief bio with a few sentences about why your work is a good fit for us with our mission statement in mind.
Please send us your work only once per submission period. Simultaneous submissions are cool as long as you promptly notify us if the work is accepted elsewhere.
Honey Literary accepts and encourages simultaneous submissions, but please let us know immediately if a piece is accepted elsewhere. Submit no more than once per submissions period. We only accept unpublished work. Honey Literary retains first publication rights, and upon publication, rights revert back to the author. Please credit Honey Literary as the first publisher if the piece appears elsewhere after publication, which includes, but isn’t limited to other journals, anthologies, chapbooks, and full-length books.
Poetry: Send us three to five unpublished pieces at a time. We’ve got big appetites, so more is more. We want the poems that were too weird for workshop. Give us work that is eclectic and absurd and demands to be read aloud. Send us your jigsaw edges and remixes.
Email submissions to Editor Rita Mookerjee: poetry@honeyliterary.com
Sex, Kink, and the Erotic: Locker room talk is dead; Honey Literary is here for body-positive, kink-friendly content centered around respect and consent. Ideal submissions include but are not limited to confessions, toy/gear reviews, etiquette guides, dirty little secrets, burlesque show recommendations, odes to sideboob, fav strip club snacks, dating app wins (or fails), shibari shoots, erotic vignettes, recaps from the weekend, and that porno script you saved on your old desktop. Honey Literary loves and supports sex workers as well as their art/writing! Show us what’s inside your bedside drawer.
Email submissions to Editor Rita Mookerjee: sex@honeyliterary.com
Essays: Send us essays that use the personal to explore facets of our current world. From natural history, science, politics, international events, food, culture, and art, we want to see how the personal and public intersect in your work.We’re seeking essays that are elastic, capacious, experimental and exploratory. We welcome memoir, nonfiction, research, lyric meditations, and hybrid work about what stirs your curiosity, what raises your hackles. We especially invite emerging writers and student writers to submit their work.
(750-1000 words)
Email submissions to Editor Avni Vyas: essays@honeyliterary.com
Hybrid: Do you have work that blurs, defies, or redefines genre? We welcome excerpts and stand alones that may include, but are not limited to: documentary poetics, notes, mappings, marginalia, lists, altars/shrines, collections, audiovisual pieces, prose poetry, letters, invented forms, collaborations, and scholarly projects that are slightly or largely out of touch with institutions. Send enough work to contextualize your project with respect for our time. For example: a bouquet–not the entire meadow.
Email submissions to Editor Claire Meuschke: hybrid@honeyliterary.com
Comics: We’re looking for eccentric, experimental, excessive, confessional, instructional, genre-nasty comics pieces (10 pages or less) in any form. Single-panel pieces, excerpts from zines, comics stories without words, comics without pictures, one-offs, doodles, interesting trash, and everything in between. We are particularly open to submissions from members of the LGBTQIAAP+ community.
Email submissions to Editor Jessica Q. Stark: comics@honeyliterary.com
Animals: Kingdom: Animalia. Familiars. Daemons. Protectors. Companions. Predators. Prey. This is a space to submit art & writing about animals real or imagined, pre-historic or future, spineless or silky, friend or foe. Share the work you do with animals; show us the bioluminescent creatures in your lagoon; describe the dreams where your lost pets come to visit you. Highlight conservation work in your habitats. Profile the service animal of the year. Recount the folk tales that made you scared of drain serpents. Tell us about the anteater in the forest, the sandhill cranes in the parking lot, the carabao in the rice field, the angler in the deep. We want your venom, oily feathers, plush fur, mythical beasts, and whale songs.
Please submit a maximum of 3 artworks, 3-5 pages for poems, and 10-15 pages for longer pieces.
Email submissions to Editor Christina Giarrusso: animals@honeyliterary.com
Interviews: Honey Literary seeks to conduct interviews that showcase the boundlessness of art and innovation, tapping into the creative’s soul and teasing out the hows and whys of their passions. We want to facilitate interviews that go beyond the typical, robotic back and forth between two parties, but rather a natural, gradual unfurling between people who cherish expression and creation. Whether you’re a singer, writer, visual artist, or culinary chef, Honey Literary wants to know what moves you, what keeps you up at night, who’s in your artistic lineage, and of course, all about your craft.
Email submissions to Editor Zakiya Cowan: interviews@honeyliterary.com
Reviews: Honey Literary is seeking reviews on recently released books, along with art mediums that aren’t typically at the forefront of conversations. From novels, novellas, short story collections, and poetry collections, to graphic novels filled with queer and magical themes (think non-binary werewolves and time travel) and hybrid books, we want to engage with all forms and genres. We’re also seeking a wide variety of reviews, so think about that fashion line that makes their clothing from plastic bottles, or that brand of panties whose goal is to eliminate product waste among people who have periods. Or maybe you want to engage with films and tv shows from independent studios, directed, written, and/or starring BIPOC, queer, and disabled individuals. Or what about restaurants that feature traditional recipes from across an ocean? Reviews are boundless, and whether it’s an in-depth analysis or short and sweet praise, we want to hear it all!
Email submissions to Editor Trinity Jones: reviews@honeyliterary.com
Valentines: Tell us about that one friend you didn’t know you were in love with until you came out. Share the sticky note love letters you’ll never end up giving your roommate’s girlfriend. Or what about those love songs you wrote to your favorite artists? Honey Literary wants your Valentines: your phone notes, email drafts, letters in a box, corner-of-the-page-too-distracted-by-lust-to-pay-attention doodles, and descriptions of the outfits you love but will never wear. Or what about your thoughts on the perfect perfume for that special someone, your late-night car conversations, your platonic epics, your [self-insert] fanfiction, your realizations of being pursued or secretly admired, your sheets of loose leaf stuffed into drawers, your quarantine love stories, or your Tinder conversations with strangers that you’ll never speak to again? Think about those missed connections: the person you ran into three times at the grocery store whose name you didn’t catch. Is your valentine a top 10 list? Is it taped on a bus stop, in the refrain of a pop song, at the bottom of a bowl, or framed at an altar? Give us your cutesy, your sexy, your sultry, and your badass expressions of love and life.
Email submissions to Editor Maria Clara Melo: valentines@honeyliterary.com
DEADLINE: December 1, 2020
https://honeyliterary.com/submit/
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: “Composite Dreams” ISSUE
Oyster River Pages
INFO: Oyster River Pages publishes fine fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and visual art online. . Please see the general guidelines below for each genre. (Work that is unfinished, unproofed, or noncompliant with the guidelines gives our editors existential angst.) Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please contact us immediately if your work is picked up elsewhere. We request first serial rights, after which all rights revert to the author or artist. For this special issue only, we will accept previously published work, provided you have the rights to republish it and you provide the original publication in which it appeared.
“Composite Dreams” is the first of an ongoing series of Oyster River Pages’ efforts into implementing inclusion and diversity deeper into our mission as a magazine. The intention of this collection is to publish Black voices only, to be a space exclusively for and filled by Black writers and artists. We kindly ask that if you do not fit this category, to wait until our annual issue to submit your work. Please include a 60-word bio with your submission. To stay in touch with the latest happenings at ORP, subscribe to our mailing list below.
Fiction: Please submit one story up to 4,000 words in .docx format. All work should be double-spaced, and at least font size eleven.
Creative Non-Fiction: Please submit creative nonfiction pieces that are no longer than 4,000 words in .docx format. All work should be double-spaced and at least font size eleven.
Poetry: Please submit up to three poems in .docx format. Each poem should start on its own page. Otherwise, the spacing of the submission will remain as is in publication to preserve the integrity of the poem.
Visual Art: Please submit photography or other visual arts that are saved at 300 dpi or greater. We reserve the right to crop or edit submissions in order to fit in print or on our webpage.
DEADLINE: December 1, 2020
https://www.oysterriverpages.com/submit
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2021 Citizen Literary Fellowship
Graywolf Press
INFO: Graywolf Press seeks to increase access to publishing by offering a paid, ten-month Citizen Literary Fellowship.
The Citizen Literary Fellowship is a paid, comprehensive ten-month fellowship designed to support a person who is interested in learning more about the publishing industry through an introductory, hands-on experience. Through substantial project-based work in the editorial and marketing/publicity departments, the fellow will gain a broad base in publishing and be prepared to launch or further a career in the field. We are flexible regarding the educational background of the candidate, but this position is not intended for those attending school full time.
This fellowship is grounded in our belief that while diversity in the books and authors we publish is vital, it is equally important that the people publishing these books reflect that diversity. As a result, the Fellowship is intended to attract candidates who otherwise would not have access to publishing, and to therefore increase the diversity and inclusivity of the industry. Throughout the year, the fellow will receive active coaching and encouragement from the whole Graywolf team. Our hope is that this fellowship will serve as a doorway to a successful career in publishing or a related literary field.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fellowship, which has been traditionally based in our Minneapolis office, will now be a remote opportunity. This is a part-time (24 hours per week), non-exempt ten-month position with a start date in February 2020. Compensation includes $25,000 (paid twice monthly as regular wages), paid time off, and health and dental insurance.
Key Responsibilities
The fellow will work closely with senior staff in both the editorial and the marketing/publicity departments as they follow new and forthcoming books through every stage of the publication cycle. In addition to attending virtual events and participating in remote meetings as a member of the staff, the fellow will also have an active role in Graywolf’s outreach efforts. When appropriate, we will tailor activities to align with a fellow’s particular interests and skills.
Key editorial responsibilities may include:
Reading and writing reports on manuscripts under consideration.
Working with our editors to provide feedback to authors on manuscripts that are in development.
Soliciting endorsements and drafting catalog copy for forthcoming books.
Reading print and online magazines to discover emerging writers.
Researching other publishers’ titles to find market comparisons for Graywolf books.
Attending literary events and reporting on new and interesting writers.
Key marketing responsibilities may include:
Researching and contacting new sales, media, and advertising outlets, including those that reach diverse communities.
Assisting with author events and tour publicity/promotion.
Assisting with the development of backlist marketing.
Assisting with creation, production, and distribution of seasonal Graywolf catalogs.
Assisting with the Graywolf website, as needed.
Preferred Attributes and Experience
We are looking for a motivated, creative, and enthusiastic candidate with the following attributes:
Strong interest in book publishing, contemporary literature, and the literary community.
A commitment to increasing diversity in and access to literature, and experience working with diverse and minority communities.
Prior experience that will help the candidate participate in the publishing process. Relevant experience is not exclusive to publishing or academia.
Strong writing skills.
Ability to work both independently and cooperatively with a small staff.
Ability to take the initiative in proposing and identifying additional tasks and projects.
Tell us if you have any special—non-required—additional skills, such as design experience or familiarity with databases and/or web sites.
DEADLINE: December 4, 2020
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "Somewhere We Are Human: An Anthology on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings"
Migrant Anthology
INFO: "Somewhere We Are Human: An Anthology on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings", edited by award winning author of The Distance Between Us, Reyna Grande, and acclaimed poet and author of Nostalgia & Borders, Sonia Guiñansaca. We are seeking bold personal non-fiction essays and poems from migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and displaced people with experience in the United States. We are especially interested in essays and poems from those in the midwest and Border towns. We are centering and giving priority to essays and poems from Indigenous migrants, Black migrants, Asian Pacific Islanders, and Arab communities.
During this time of political unrest, how do we shift the nation’s collective imagination about migrants towards one rooted in humanity and justice? What stories about ourselves and communities need to be told during these times of border militarization, mass detention, and draconian anti-immigrant legislation?
The anthology will be published by HarperCollins in English and Spanish. Contributors will be compensated (a min. of $800)
GUIDELINES:
All attachments should be saved as a Microsoft Word document (.docx)
For Non-Fiction Essays no more than 2,000 words
Poems should be no more than 6 pages in length (1-3 poems)
Written work should be finished pieces (no drafts)
Essays and poems should primarily be written in English.
All submissions should be unpublished pieces
Please number your pages in the order it should be read
One anthology submission per person
Short cover letter describing your interest in participating in this anthology (2-3 paragraphs)
A cover letter, short bio, and written work must be included in order to be considered
Please make no inquiries about the status of your submission. Only those selected will be contacted through email by the end of December
Guiding Questions:
We are seeking bold personal essays, and poems from migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and those deported from across the United States. These are just guiding questions and themes. We understand the topic of migration is broad so we are looking for pieces that touch upon these but not limited to these. There is no monolithic migrant story, we want to hear YOUR STORY, and YOUR EXPERIENCE.
We believe that we existed before the migration. That we had childhoods, and memories of our loved ones and a place we may have called “home”. Tell us those stories. What are stories before migration that you wished were written about.
We believe that our migration story is complicated, nuanced, layered, and intersectional. Scholars and politicians skip over the hard decision and journey of migrating or that many of us were displaced from our home country because of climate change, political turmoil, war, economic inequity-leaving us with no other choice but to “migrate”. Mainstream stories often leave out how some of our family members are detained in the process of coming to the U.S. They fast forward to us as “hard workers” and “taxpayers” and take away our childhoods, teenage years, and coming of age moments. Tell us those stories of our growing up in the United States. As a teenager what was it like to grow up in a mixed status family? What was dating like? If you are queer, how did you understand your queerness in relationship to your migration? What was it like before DACA? What are some stories of growing up undocumented that you wished you could have read? If you came to the U.S later on (after your formative years), what did you learn about yourself? What did you wish people knew about growing up in the South? Tell us these stories. Stories that disrupt the mainstream tokenizing, stories outside the “good” vs “bad immigrant”. Essays and poems that decenter whiteness, and assimilation.
We believe that our migrant communities deserve justice and a world without borders and detention centers. We believe that joy, healing, and freedom of expression is crucial to our existence. We want to read poems and essays touching on this. We want to read about where you are now in life? Tell us about the world you envision. What are some things you have reflected on about your migrant story? What are you un-learning? What is some advice and words you wished you were given about being migrant when you were younger? What are the messages you want recently “arrived” migrants to hear? What do you want to tell yourself 20 years from now? For artists, how has your art played a role in your healing and growth?
PLEASE NOTE: We are not looking for scholarly/academic papers. We will not consider submissions by non-migrant people. We are looking for contributors that are undocumented or formerly undocumented.
DEADLINE: December 5, 2020 at 11pm PT
https://www.migrantanthology.com/
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Literature ResidencY
Cove Park
INFO: In 2021 Cove Park will award a minimum of four funded Literature Residencies of between two to six weeks each to take place during its summer programme (seven residencies were awarded in the equivalent programme in 2020).
Cove Park’s summer residency programme provides artists with the time and support required to focus exclusively upon their own practice. The emphasis is upon research, experimentation and the development of new work. The writers will be part of a changing group of national and international residents specialising in a wide variety of art forms. All of the artists are invited to take part in a series of informal studio presentations, readings, talks, screenings and dinners organised by Cove Park throughout the summer programme. After completion of their residency, writers may also have the opportunity to return to Cove Park to contribute to HandsOn, a public programme of educational and participatory workshops and events.
We invite applications in three categories:
UK-based writers of any genre, who have published at least one book-length publication (or the equivalent thereof, e.g. spoken word or drama).
Emerging writers of any genre based in Scotland. Emerging writers need not have published a book-length publication but must demonstrate exceptional promise.
Literary translator of any language into English, based in the UK. Translators need not have published a book-length translation but demonstrate their work and commitment to literary translation.
The above residencies will take place during May to September 2021. Within this period, residency dates are negotiable.
FEES: These residencies are funded and each artist participating in this programme will receive a fee of £425 per week.*
DEADLINE: December 7, 2020
https://covepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LITERATURE-Guidelines-2021.pdf
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: JANUARY ISSUE
Liminal Transit Review
INFO: We accept work about themes including but not limited to immigration, diaspora, displacement, decolonization, borders, as well as the intersections of these themes with literature, movement, and transit– interpreted as broadly as possible! We want your work about geography, about place and identity, about the connections between literature and identity and place. We want your work about transit and movement– and how that exists in and shapes how we see borders and diaspora and displacement. We love experimental work, and abstract work, and theoretical work. If you have any questions about whether your work fits our themes, go ahead and send it to us, and we’ll let you know.
We accept fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and cross genre work in English. Send us up to five poems or 3000 words of prose (multiple pieces of prose totaling this word count is allowed), or up to ten pages of cross genre work. We also accept flash fiction and flash creative nonfiction. Poetry has no formatting guidelines except font (Garamond or Comic Sans, please!), but please double space your prose in 12-point Garamond or Comic Sans. Cross genre work has no formatting guidelines. All submissions must be submitted as PDF files or Word documents. Please include trigger warnings and content warnings as and when required. Please only submit once per issue unless specifically requested, in only one genre. We do not accept works in translation at the moment.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed but please email us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
DEADLINE: December 10, 2020
https://liminaltransitreview.com/submit/
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Brooklyn Nonfiction Prize
Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival
INFO: The Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival is pleased to announce the call for submissions for the 2020 Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize.
The Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize, a cash award of $500, will be awarded to the best Brooklyn-focused non-fiction essay which is set in Brooklyn and is about Brooklyn and/or Brooklyn people/characters.
We are seeking compelling Brooklyn stories from writers with a broad range of backgrounds and ages who can render Brooklyn's rich soul and intangible qualities through the writer's actual experiences in Brooklyn.
From the collection of selected Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize submissions, five authors will be selected to read from their work and discuss their Brooklyn stories with the audience at our December 2020 event.
The exact date/time and venue will be announced later.
These stories and several other submitted stories will be published on the Brooklyn Film and Arts Festival website and made available to the public.
ENTRY FEE: $0
DEADLINE: December 10, 2020
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Scholastic Ages 0-8 Open Submission Call
Scholastic
INFO: Are you a BIPOC kidlit creator? Scholastic’s 0-8 group wants to hear from you!
Scholastic recognizes the critical need for more stories by creators who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as people of color. It is important for our readers to be able to see themselves reflected in the stories they read. Just as important is that readers feel represented by the creators behind those books. Though we accept submissions primarily from literary agents, in the interest of making a greater effort to reach underrepresented voices we are now accepting unagented submissions that meet the criteria stated below. We would love to receive submissions or sample work from unagented authors, illustrators, and author-illustrators who identify as BIPOC.
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must identify as one or more of the following:
Person of color
Indigenous / Native American / Pacific Islander
Please note: The applicant themselves must identify as one (or more) of the above. Being married to, a parent of, or a sibling of a BIPOC person, or being someone who has grown up with BIPOC people, will not qualify an otherwise ineligible applicant.
Applicants must be 18 years or older in order to submit.
WHO WE ARE / WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
The Scholastic 0-8 team consists of the following illustrated formats and imprints:
Cartwheel Books (Board / Novelty Books)
Aimed at readers from birth to age 5, our Cartwheel imprint consists of cloth, board, and novelty stories. At Cartwheel, our motto is to sing, read, and play everyday through books! Recent Cartwheel titles include: Teeny Tiny Ghost by Rachel Matson and Joey Chou, Hello, Friend / Hola, Amigo by 123 Andrés and Sara Palacios, Future Engineer by Lori Alexander and Allison Black, Dream Big by Joyce Wan, and Mama Loves Her Little Llama by Sandra Magsamen.
A typical board/novelty book is about 5 to 16 spreads or 10 to 32 pages and averages around 250 words or less. Topics we like to publish include but are not limited to: love, social and emotional growth, wonder, family, community, early childhood milestone moments, early science topics, curiosity, new skills, humor, rhythm & repetition, twists on classic songs and rhymes, identity, and getting along.
Orchard Books/Scholastic Press (Picture Books)
Our Orchard Books and Scholastic Press picture book imprints publish picture book stories for readers ages 3 - 8. Recent Orchard titles include All Because You Matter by Tami Charles and Bryan Collier, No Fuzzball! by Isabella Kung, and Be You! by Peter H. Reynolds. Recent Scholastic Press picture book titles include Binny’s Diwali by Thrity Umrigar and Nidhi Chanani, Eric by Shaun Tan, and Rita and Ralph’s Rotten Day by Carmen Agra Deedy and Pete Oswald.
A typical picture book is usually 32 or 40 pages and typically 750 words or less, excluding backmatter. We are actively looking for fiction and nonfiction picture book narratives that cover the full range of a picture book reader’s interests.
Acorn (Early Readers)
Acorn early reader books are all parts of series, but each book contains multiple, self-contained stories rather than one long story line. The short story format gives kids the sense of accomplishment they need to build their reading confidence! There are two page-counts to choose from -- a 48p format (600 words max) and a 64p format (1,000 words max). All Acorn books have a Grade 1 Reading Level (spanning Guided Reading Levels E-K). This line is aimed at 4- to 7-year olds, and it is the step before our Branches early chapter book line. All Acorn books have full-color interiors. For examples in the marketplace, check out the 48p Hello, Hedgehog! series and the 64p Mister Shivers series.
We're open to all genres, but we encourage you to visit scholastic.com/kids/books/acorn to see which genres we have covered. For instance, we are not looking to add another unicorn-themed series to our line-up since we already have a series called Unicorn and Yeti.
Please include the following materials in your submission: a brief series overview, a manuscript (3-5 short stories), brief synopses for 2 additional books in the series, one color art sample of the main characters. (Note: Please only include artwork if you are an illustrator as well as an author.)
Branches (Early Chapter Books)
Branches early chapter books are all parts of series. They are aimed at 5- to 8-year olds and have a Grade 2 Reading Level (spanning Guided Reading Levels L-O). There are two formats -- 80p full-color series (2,500 words max); 96p black-and-white series (6,000 words max). Chapters all have cliff-hanger endings, and plots are engaging & move at a fast pace. For examples in the marketplace, check out the 80p Owl Diaries series and the 96p New York Times-bestselling series Dragon Masters.
We're open to all genres, but we encourage you to visit scholastic.com/branches to see which genres we have covered. For instance, we are not looking to add another dragon-themed fantasy-adventure series to our 96p line-up since we already have a 96p series called Dragon Masters.
Please include the following materials in your submission: a brief series overview, a manuscript (or at least 3 sample chapters), brief synopses for 3 additional books in the series, one color art sample of the main characters. (Notes: Please only include artwork if you are an illustrator as well as an author. Please send one black-and-white sample in addition to your color sample if you're pitching the 96p Branches format).
DEADLINE: December 15, 2020
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: DALIT WRITERS
Bombay Review
INFO: Bombay Review seeks to support new Dalit writing in English via a fully funded and paid special issue of the magazine.
They are looking to publish the following:
Fiction (Min 2,500 words)
Essays (Min 2,000 words)
Poetry (Min 3)
Reviews (Open)
Art (for cover, illustration)
PAYMENT: $10 – $15 per contributor (Conditions Apply)
DEADLINE: December 15, 2020
https://thebombayreview.com/new-dalit-writing/
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Periplus Mentorship Program
Periplus
INFO: We’re happy you’ve found us. For this one-year mentorship program, we’re looking for mentees who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color, are in the United States, and are at least 18 years old, and whose writing shows great promise. To apply, you’ll need to submit five to twenty pages’ worth of writing, a short bio, and a basic description of your goals as a writer for the year ahead, along with answering some basic questions about yourself and what you’re looking for in a mentor. If you’ve got a writing sample ready, filling out the application shouldn’t take much time.
In choosing mentees, we will look at formal credentials such as academic background, awards, and publishing histories, which you can tell us about in your bio. But we also know that some writers might not have access to these traditional credentials, and in assessing your application, we’ll be much more interested in the quality of your writing sample and the promise we see in it, and in your writing goals for the year ahead and your explanation of how a mentor would help you reach them.
The first year of this project will take place over the course of 2021, with mentor-mentee matches announced in mid-January. Each mentor will take on one mentee. We’ll talk with our mentees for a half hour every other month, over the course of the year, about topics that might include, for example, building writing into a daily routine, making money as a writer, considering craft concerns like structuring a book or magazine article, and approaching career-related problems like finding an agent, pitching magazines, or applying to graduate school. Some of us, though not all, can also read and give feedback on mentees’ work—within certain limits, which mentors can specify.
DEADLINE: December 15, 2020
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-0SRWxJqx4oNbWVmbq4j9JE5INhisz76--U63UbtncM/mobilebasic
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: “Black Lives Matter” ISSUE
Philadelphia Stories
INFO: Philadelphia Stories is accepting submissions for our winter issue: Black Lives Matter. Like much of the country, our team has been horrified witnessing the debilitating effects the coronavirus is having on the Black community and the police killings of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, and 160 more this year. We hate to admit these tragic circumstances have forced us to reflect on our culpability and to recognize we have not done all we could to support Black writers and visual artists. We’ve been listening to our Black editors and staff, following conversations in the lit community, and paying attention to the response from other publications. Now is our time to act. Today, we renew our commitment and take the first step in a long journey of, not only amplifying, but also supporting and nurturing Black writers and artists.
Please send us your submissions, now and in the future. We want to share your stories of Black life. Tell us how you may be dealing with the pandemic, how the protests have impacted you OR tell us a story about how your community continues to thrive, continues to love. All subjects are welcome. We accept fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, and hybrid work.
STIPEND: We pay a small stipend, $50, for accepted literary work. We know this is not enough. As an all-volunteer organization, we will continue to strengthen our fundraising efforts. Hopefully, we will be able to pay our writers more soon. We know Black labor is not free, so we will continue to push for fair compensation.
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DEADLINE: December 15, 2020
https://philadelphiastories.org/philadelphia-stories-black-lives-matter/
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: “Hybrid Identities”
Harpy Hybrid Review
INFO: Harpy Hybrid Review exists to celebrate and showcase hybrid works in all their varied forms: poetry, songs, translations, flash/micro fiction, creative nonfiction, videos, collaborations, erasures/found poetry, and visual arts including comics and broadsides. We seek submissions from published and unpublished writers and artists. Our current themed call is on “Hybrid Identities.” All contributions will be fully archived.
We publish original works, and we will also consider materials previously published (from printed journals only; please let us know where so we can give proper acknowledgment). We accept simultaneously submitted materials, but notify us as soon as possible if your work is accepted elsewhere.
We seek to publish a variety of new and established voices. We encourage submissions from underrepresented voices including, but not limited to, women, artists and writers of color, LGBTQ+, those living with poverty, survivors of trauma, and incarcerated poets and writers.
WHAT IS A HYBRID WORK?
Historically, poetry and drama were connected. Lyrical poems were sung or accompanied by music in ancient Greece. In some languages, story and poem share a common word.
In contemporary America and its production of literary journals, genres are often separated, delineated, and categorized for publication according to markets that have little to do with the art itself. This easy ordering of art limits its potential as well as ours—the use of our many talents and possibilities of our work.
Hybrid pieces are pieces that challenge contemporary genre limitations, utilizing any and all of the artist’s/artists’ capabilities as well as encouraging collaboration. This is the work we need in our nuanced, not easily labeled world. A hybrid piece pushes and challenges easy labels. It finds itself not easily categorized. It pushes back on the limitations imposed by definitions or publishing standards. Hybridity allows us, the artists, the freedom to express an idea as it presents itself—in its potentially many varied forms, without fear or restriction. It allows us to embrace our art, shedding expectations and therefore allowing it to become what it was meant to be.
Examples of hybridity in literature include, but are not limited to: prose poetry, lyric essays, ekphrastic poems, songs, broadsides, found poetry, digital literature, comics, and any combination of the expectations of the genres of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art.
DEADLINE: December 15, 2020
http://www.harpyhybridreview.org/submissions/
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Authentic Voices Program
Women’s National Book Association (WNBA)
INFO: The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) in collaboration with Women of Color Writers Podcast is excited to launch the WNBA Authentic Voices program, an initiative that highlights diversity in publishing by bringing authentic voices to the table in an educational, immersive, and equity-building program. This new program will be piloted out of the WNBA’s Los Angeles chapter.
Study after study has shown the lack of BIPOC authors in the book world. In order to build equity in publishing, we must provide BIPOC communities the foundation and tools needed to understand and compete in the publishing world.
The WNBA Authentic Voices program does just that in an immersive four-month course that provides BIPOC writers and aspiring writers a fast track to writing, querying, marketing, and publishing. The program is taught in four phases by different instructors, all noted professionals in publishing seeking to make an impact in representation in the literary landscape.
COMPENSATION: Participants will receive a stipend and be published in an anthology once the program has been completed.
GUIDELINES:
To apply for the WNBA Authentic Voices program, please provide the following:
Bio (500 words or less)
It should describe you, your background, what community (city, town, etc.) you are from, and why you are interested in the program.
Writing Sample
It doesn’t have to be perfect! We want to get a feel for your voice.
The sample can be something that you want to work on while participating in the program.
Please make sure the submission is no longer than 2,500 words.
DEADLINE: December 15, 2020
https://www.wnba-la.org/authentic-voices-initiative/
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MDOCS Storytellers’ Institute Visiting Fellow
MDOCS Storytellers’ Institute
INFO: This hybrid artistic-academic experience combines the freedom and space to work on independent projects with the fulfillment of mentoring the next generation of practitioners in the beautiful setting of Saratoga Springs. The institute brings together professional artists, storytellers and documentarians (Visiting Fellows) with Skidmore College students, faculty, and staff members (Skidmore Fellows) in a month-long community organized around an annual theme. More than a residency, time is dedicated to independent work and Institute activities –– seminars, critique sessions, opportunities to share work with the public, networking events, skill-building workshops, and group outings ––– all related to the theme. We are multi-disciplinary and encourage non-fiction practitioners working in all mediums –– sound, painting, photography, sculpture, film, video, word, performance, installation, etc. –– to apply.
One of the highlights of the Institute is MDOCS Forum, a weekend-long conference combining festival presentations of artistic work with symposium-style conversations around the annual theme. Visiting Fellows will have the opportunity to present their work at Forum alongside an international group of makers, scholars, activists and students.
This year our theme is Co-Creation: Delights, Discontents & Dislocations –– This is a call to all collaborators, collectives and co-creators of knowledge! To those coming from activism, community organizing, and collective power building. To those willing to transgress artistic boundaries and academic disciplines in the urgent name of shared agency and more inclusive institutions!
The Institute runs from June 1 – July 2, 2021 on the Skidmore College campus in Saratoga Springs, NY. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the 2021 Storytellers’ Institute may happen virtually. If you choose to apply, please be prepared for either a virtual or in-person Institute experience.
Requirements:
Applicants must have a non-fiction-based practice and propose a non-fiction-based project.
Because of this year’s theme, applicants must be members of collaborative teams that span artistic or academic mediums/disciplines, or single applicants who propose projects that are collaborations with other artists, communities or institutions.
Applicants must have an interest in teaching and learning.
Accepted Fellows are expected to fully engage with Institute events and be in residence for its duration (except for non-Forum weekends). If a Fellow is not in residence for the full Institute, their stipend will be reduced. Please take a look at the schedule from a past Storytellers’ Institute here and expect that the 2021 Institute will follow a similar schedule.
What you need to apply:
A completed application, which includes a work sample that demonstrates your experience in non-fiction creative work. This can be written word, video, photography, audio, performance, etc.
One letter of recommendation sent to storytellersinstitute@skidmore.edu before the deadline or your application will not be considered.
Fellowship includes:
Community and feedback from a renowned group of multidisciplinary artists/storytellers/documentarians
$2500 honorarium
Travel stipend of up to $500 (only if in person)
Public presentation/exhibition opportunities
Access to production equipment
Room and board for the duration of the Institute (only if in person)
Workspace access to Skidmore facilities (only if in person)
DEADLINE: December 15, 2020
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2020 Columbia Journal Winter Contest
Columbia Journal
INFO: The editors of Columbia Journal are delighted to officially announce that the 2020 Winter Contest is now open for submissions in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Our judges this year will be Viet Thanh Nguyen (fiction), Jia Tolentino (nonfiction), Roger Reeves (poetry), and Sawako Nakayasu (translation).
AWARD: The four 1st place winners of the Winter Contest will be published in print in Columbia Journal Issue 59 in Spring 2020, and will receive a $500 cash prize. At least two additional runner-ups will be selected and announced for each genre.
JUDGES:
Viet Thanh Nguyen (fiction judge) is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Refugees, Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War, The Sympathizer, and its forthcoming sequel, The Committed (March 2021)
Jia Tolentino (nonfiction judge) is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of the essay collection Trick Mirror.
Roger Reeves’ (poetry judge) work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Ploughshares, Tin House, among other publications. Reeves is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize as well as a Whiting Award in Poetry. His first book is King Me, published in 2013, and his second collection of poetry is forthcoming from W.W. Norton.
Sawako Nakayasu (translation judge) is an artist who works with language, translation, and performance. She is the author of /The Ants/, /Mouth: Eats Color/, and /Costume en Face/. Her most recent book, /Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From/, was published in October, 2020.
SUBMISSION FEE: $15 for each submission
DEADLINE: December 15, 2020
http://columbiajournal.org/2020-winter-contest-submission-guidelines/
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cALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
As Loud As It’s Kept Magazine
INFO: As Loud As It’s Kept — a magazine for artists of color — is calling all creatives (visual artists, writers, photographers, and creators who are looking for the opportunity to showcase their craft) to submit work on the theme of “Anniversary!”
GUIDELINES:
Who Can Participate: Writers, Photographers, Visual Artists, Poets and Graphic Designers, (if you have something that you would like to submit and you aren’t sure if we will accept it, please email us!)
Theme: This issue’s theme is Anniversary! We are looking for submissions with this theme integrally in its story (not just briefly mentioned or as an afterthought). It can be conveyed through Plot, Setting, Dialogue, etc. Anniversaries are usually seen as celebratory, but this isn’t needed to be considered for this issue! An anniversary is a day that recalls a particular event, so let your mind run free
Word Limit: OPEN FOR REVIEW
Submissions will be accepted on a first-come basis, however, if your submission is not chosen to be in this issue, please reply in your email stating that you would like for your piece to be included in the next issue. A new Issue will be published quarterly. There will be a confirmation email sent to those who submit their submissions promptly
ALL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE EDITED!!
DEADLINE: December 20, 2020
https://www.alaikmag.com/submission-guidelines
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Howling Press
INFO: Howling Press is an online magazine publishing company based in the UK that is dedicated to publishing Postmodern, experimental, Political, and Avant-Garde Poetry from around the globe. They are currently accepting digital art, poetry and short prose.
GUIDELINES:
Send a maximum of five poems to be considered for an issue.
Short Prose– no more than 2 pieces, 1,000 words maximum (per piece)
Digital Artwork & Photos – 5 to 8 works at a time, high resolution (300dpi)
Only send unpublished work
Send one submission at a time
We do not consider simultaneous submissions, i.e. work that is being considered elsewhere
Poems and pros should be typed
Please provide your full name, theme, genre, and your Instagram handle with your submission
Please send in your work in docs/JPEG format
DEADLINE: December 21, 2020
https://www.howlingpress.com/press-1
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: AWAKE
Lucky Jefferson
INFO: Lucky Jefferson's digital zine Awake seeks to amplify the experiences and perspectives of Black writers in American society.
The second issue of our digital zine will explore Black culture through cuisine. Send us your most savory and decadent poems, essays, flash fiction, and art on foods that inspired your identity and exude blackness.
Upon acceptance, submissions will be included on our website and publicized on social media.
When submitting:
Send no more than three poems in a submission. Poems should be 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 your name, email address, current address, and bio (third-person, 50 words max).
We do not accept translations or work that has been previously published in print or online.
DEADLINE: DEcember 31, 2020
https://luckyjefferson.submittable.com/submit/167135/lucky-jefferson-awake-zine-submission
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CALL FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
FlowerSong Press
INFO: FlowerSong Press nurtures essential verse from, about, and through the borderlands. The voices of those from Latin America the United States, and all over the world. We are Literary, Lyrical, Boundless, and we welcome allies that understand and join in the voice of people of color and our struggle, truth, and hope.
We will publish novice, emerging, and established writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and children´s books. We are open to submissions all year long and will make it a goal to have a rapid response to every submission.
FlowerSong Press is now accepting manuscript submissions for poetry, prose, short stories, and more for 2021-2022
Juventud Press is now accepting submissions for Children’s books, teen, and YA books for 2021-2022
Categories: Fiction/Nonfiction/Poetry/Drama
File types: .doc, .pdf, File-Sharing
Number of Pieces: 40 to 200
Single File: Required. All pieces must be submitted in a single file.
Anonymous submissions are not required.
Simultaneous submissions are not allowed.
Reprints are not allowed.
Multiple entries are allowed.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2020 at 11:59 PM UTC
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/form.aspx?id=tnCQeJ4-0hNxg-eyieAcW
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FREE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR BLACK WRITERS
Split Lip Magazine
INFO: Split Lip Magazine is a voice-driven literary journal with a pop culture twist. We publish online monthly and in print annually. We accept fiction (flash and short stories), memoir, poetry, art, and photography. Please read our guidelines and submit accordingly. We appreciate you taking time to check us out and look forward to reading your work!
GUIDELINES:
Fiction
Please double space and use either Times New Roman or Garamond.
We favor interesting, literary narratives with a modern, pop culture appeal.
We consider stories in the 1,000-3,000 word range.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please contact us or withdraw if the piece is picked up elsewhere.
Please provide a short cover letter and contact information.
Flash Fiction
We are looking for your best fiction under 1000 words.
Please read at least one piece from our archives to help discern if we're right for you
Please double your line spacing and use a serif font.
We favor interesting, literary narratives with a modern, pop culture appeal. Voice-driven prose gets us fired up.
Please submit only one piece a at time.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please contact us or withdraw if the piece is picked up elsewhere.
Memoir
Please double your line spacing.
We favor interesting, literary narratives with a modern, pop culture appeal.
We take up to 2000 words for memoir.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please contact us or withdraw if the piece is picked up elsewhere.
In the body of the message box, please provide a short cover letter, brief bio and contact information.
COMPENSATION: Contributors to web issues will receive $50 (paid via PayPal). Print issue contributor payment is $5 per printed page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies.
SUBMISSION FEE: In an effort to promote Black voices, free submissions will be open for Black writers and artists in all genres for the rest of the year.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2020
https://splitlip.submittable.com/submit
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: NYT’S MODERN LOVE COLUMN
The New York Times
INFO: Although Modern Love has evolved into a podcast, a book, a TV show and Tiny Love Stories in its 16 years, the column’s central mission remains the same: to publish honest personal essays about contemporary relationships.
We seek true stories on finding love, losing love and trying to keep love alive. We welcome essays that explore subjects such as adoption, polyamory, technology, race and friendship — anything that could reasonably fit under the heading “Modern Love.” Ideally, essays should spring from some central dilemma you have faced. It is helpful, but not essential, for the situation to reflect what is happening in the world now.
The best way to see the range of styles and subjects we publish is to read the column and listen to the podcast. There’s a Google doc of tips from the editor that someone culled from the Modern Love Facebook page (some details are out of date, but nearly all of the advice is still generally applicable).
Love may be universal, but individual experiences can differ immensely and be informed by factors including race, socio-economic status, gender, disability status, nationality, sexuality, age, religion and culture. We especially encourage Black and Indigenous people and other people of color to submit, as well as writers outside of the United States and those who identify as members of L.G.B.T.Q communities.
How do I submit?
Send submissions to: modernlove@nytimes.com. Please put the subject of your essay or a possible title in the email subject line.
Limit your essay to 1,500-1,700 words.
Attach your essay as a Microsoft Word-compatible doc and paste the text into the body of the email. If your first submission is incomplete, please resubmit one complete entry; do not submit just the missing pieces in additional emails.
Essays must be entirely true. Do not use pseudonyms (including for yourself), composite characters or invented situations or scenes. There are no exceptions to this rule.
Essays must be previously unpublished. Work that has appeared online — on another news website, a personal blog, Medium or elsewhere — is considered previously published.
Essays will be edited in consultation with writers, and writers will be compensated for work that is published.
We attempt to respond to every submission within three or four months, though response times may vary because of the high volume of submissions. There is no need to follow up.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/article/how-to-submit-a-modern-love-essay.htm
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DIASPORIC RHYTHMS: INTERROGATING THE PAST IMAGINING A FUTURE
The Caribbean Writer
INFO: The Caribbean Writer (TCW) renews its call for submissions for Volume 35 under the 2020 theme: Diasporic Rhythms: Interrogating the Past, Imagining a Future.” And as The Caribbean Writer (TCW), a refereed, international journal published by the University of the Virgin Islands, continues to mourn the passing of its esteemed founding editorial board member, Barbadian Poet and Author Kamau Brathwaite, TCW Editor Alscess Lewis-Brown, remarked that the theme — even though it was announced before we experienced this great loss — captures the essence of the Kamau Brathwaite literary aesthetic and, therefore, is fitting that volume 35 is dedicated to this giant advocate for Caribbean literary expressions.
“Brathwaite’s imaginative and innovative use of language and the scope of his work capture the essence and spirit of Caribbean expressivity. His support and insight helped to shape and guide The Caribbean Writer’s path over the past thirty plus years. For this, we are grateful.”
Contributors are invited to submit works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays or one act plays which explore the ideas resonating within the region and its diaspora. The Caribbean Writer is an international literary refereed journal with a Caribbean focus. So, the Caribbean should be central to the work, or the work should reflect a Caribbean heritage, experience or perspective.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Individuals may submit poems (5 maximum), short stories and personal essays on general topics as well as on the theme. The maximum length (for short stories and personal essays) is 3500 words or 10 pages.
Only previously unpublished work will be considered. The term “previously published” covers print and electronic publication —including on social media platforms, and self-published items. The Caribbean Writer does not accept simultaneous submissions.
In addition to contact information (mailing address, phone number), provide brief biographical information (such as appears under the “Contributors” section of the journal). Submit Word files only (no PDFs) at www.thecaribbeanwriter.org or email to thecaribbeanwriter@uvi.edu. Note that TCW no longer accepts hardcopy/mailed-in poems. stories, essays, plays, etc.
This celebrated journal also seeks black and white art (line drawings, sketches, block prints, etc.) for use inside the publication and colorful, eye-catching, Caribbean artwork for the cover. Artists who want their artwork to be considered should submit electronic files in vertical format as TIF or JPEG files with a resolution of 300 dpi or greater.
Submit Word files at www.thecaribbeanwriter.org or email to thecaribbeanwriter@uvi.edu.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2020
https://www.thecaribbeanwriter.org/2020/03/22/accepting-submissions-for-volume-35/
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WINTER WRITERS RESIDENCY
Hortus Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
INFO: The Hortus Residency is open to established and emerging fiction and non-fiction writers and poets exploring the themes of nature and/or the human connection with nature.
Hortus Arboretum & Botanical Garden is an accredited botanical garden and arboretum located in the lower Hudson Valley.
It was established by two artists turned gardeners.This residency was formed to provide opportunities for writers whose work focuses on nature. The Winter residency will allow writers to have access to the botanical garden if they would like to have that as part of their residency experience.
For the Submission: Writers should submit 40 pages of a novel, or 5 poems. Please include a cover letter with how the residency would help you.
Housing: The Barnette is a small house situated in the hamlet of Stone Ridge located in the lower Catskill mountains of New York state. The Barnette is situated in a rural region on the edge of the Hortus gardens, surrounded by woods and overlooking NY state protected wetlands. The Barnett is a GREEN HOUSE with solar panels, heat on demand, a woodstove, 1-large bedroom, modern bathroom, air conditioning, and an outside deck. It has easy access to the Hortus Arboretum & Botanical Garden. The Barnette has Hi-Speed Internet. Smoking is not permitted on the property.
Meals: Residents make and provide their own meals. The Barnette has a fully stocked kitchen.
There are several local places to eat as well several good food markets within 10 minutes drive from the property.
Travel: The residency participant is responsible for all travel expenses. A car is necessary due to the rural location.
Stipend: At this time, Hortus does not offer any stipends but does provide comfortable accommodations and unlimited access to the gardens during the residency.
Duration: One week
DEADLINE: December 31, 2020
https://www.hortusgardens.org/opportunities.php
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
A Public Space
INFO: A Public Space welcomes submissions of fiction, essays, poetry, as well as graphic and hybrid work. For additional information, please see an interview with the editors on our Duotrope page; an overview of A Public Space by the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize [insert link]; and an archive of the magazine's previous issues.
GUIDELINES:
Fiction: Please submit only one (1) story at a time. Additional submissions will be returned unread. Only previously unpublished work will be considered. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but if your piece is accepted elsewhere we ask that you please withdraw it from our system. Novellas and novel excerpts are always welcome. Translations are welcome, but it is the translator's responsibility to secure rights to the work before it is submitted. Reading an issue or two of the magazine before submitting is strongly recommended.
Nonfiction: Please submit only one (1) essay at a time. Additional submissions will be returned unread. Only previously unpublished work will be considered. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but if your piece is accepted elsewhere we ask that you please withdraw it from our system. Memoir excerpts or excerpts from longer nonfiction works are always welcome. Translations are welcome, but it is the translator's responsibility to secure rights to the work before it is submitted. Reading an issue or two of the magazine before submitting is strongly recommended.
Please note we cannot accept revisions to pieces once they've been submitted.
We will make every effort to respond to your submissions within four months, though at times it may be longer. If it has been more than four months and you have not yet received a response, we will be happy to reply to a query regarding the status of your submission.
Writers whose work is published in the magazine will receive an honorarium.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2020
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Black and Indigenous Writers
The Soul In Space
INFO: The Soul In Space is open for submissions from Black and Indigenous Creators. They are open to Essays, CNF, Fiction, Poetry, Music, and Visual Art.
GUIDELINES:
It’s asked that all written submissions are in the form of words or pages.
Any font is fine as long as its readable and the size is at least 11pt.
Poetry submissions are asked to be no more than 3 poems.
Prose submissions are asked to be no more than 8 pages, double spaced.
Visual Arts can include video, drawing, painting or digital art submissions.
All work is to be emailed to info@soulin.space
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
DEADLINE: December 31, 2020
https://www.facebook.com/TheSoulinSpace/posts/137130981502807
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Creative Nonfiction Award
CRAFT
INFO: Welcome to our inaugural award for unpublished creative nonfiction up to 6,000 words! Joy Castro will select three winning pieces for publication. Each will be awarded $1,000 and a complete set of Graywolf Press's The Art Of series. More awards and details below.
GUIDELINES:
CRAFT submissions are open to all writers
International submissions are allowed
Creative nonfiction only! (please no academic work or fiction)
Please submit work in English only
6,000 word count maximum
We review literary nonfiction, but are open to a variety of genres and styles including memoir, lyric essays, personal essays, narrative nonfiction, and experimental prose—our only requirement is that you show excellence in your craft
Previously unpublished work only—we do not review reprints, including self-published work, for contests
We allow simultaneous submissions—writers please notify us and withdraw your entry if your work is accepted elsewhere
We allow multiple submissions—each entry should be accompanied by a reading fee
All entries will also be considered for publication in CRAFT
All entrants will receive an exclusive digital compilation next summer that includes: the winning pieces with Joy Castro's introductions and the winners' craft essays; the editors' choice winners; excerpts from finalist pieces; and more
Please, please, double-space your submission and use Times New Roman 12 pt font
Please include a brief cover letter with your publication history (if applicable)
We do not require anonymous submissions
We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, disability, family status, gender identity or expression, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation, or for any other reason
Additionally, we do not tolerate discrimination in the writing we consider for publication: work we find discriminatory on any of the bases stated here will be declined without complete review (you will be refunded, less fees)
SUBMISSION FEE: $20 per entry allows ONE creative nonfiction piece from 1,001 to 6,000 words OR up to TWO flash creative nonfiction pieces of 1,000 words or fewer each—if submitting two flash pieces (2,000 words maximum combined/1,000 words maximum each), please put them both in a SINGLE document
AWARDS:
The writers of the three winning essays will receive:
$1,000 each
A complete set of fourteen titles of Graywolf’s The Art Of series
Publication in CRAFT, each with an introduction by Joy Castro
Publication of an Author's Note (craft essay) to accompany the piece
The $600 editors' choice round:
Publication and a cash prize to a piece or pieces we just can't let go
A complete set of fourteen titles of Graywolf’s The Art Of series
THE FINE PRINT: Friends, family, and associates of the judge are not eligible for consideration for the award
DEADLINE: December 31, 2020
https://www.craftliterary.com/craft-cnf-award/
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Black Radical Imagination Essay Contest
Charlene A. Carruthers
INFO: The 1st Annual Black Radical Imagination Essay Contest invites essays exploring Black life in response to books written by Charlene A. Carruthers and Darnell L. Moore.
AWARDS
First Prize: $500
Second Prize: $300
Third Prize: $200
GUIDELINES:
We invite Black folks to submit essays following the guidelines below.
Your essay must discuss what Black Radical Imagination means to you using examples from Charlene's book, Darnell's book or both books. You should address any or all of the questions below:
What did you learn about Black life?
What did you learn about Black radical imaginations?
How will you apply what you've learned to your own Black life?
Length: Your essay should be no more than 1,000 words (we won't read past 1,000 words)
Format:
12 pt. font
Double spaced
Each page should be numbered
Please include a title page listing your name, gender pronouns, age, link to Instagram, Facebook and/or Twitter profile(s) and geographic location
Please omit your name and any personal details from the body of your essay
DEADLINE: January 1, 2021
https://www.charlenecarruthers.com/essaycontest
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Non-Fiction: Essays, Interviews, etc.
Circumference
INFO: Circumference was founded in 2003 by Jennifer Kronovet and Stefania Heim as a journal for poetry in translation. We believe translation continues to be a vital part of public and artistic discourse.
We’re interested in new translations of poetry and drama, particularly (but not exclusively) from contemporary authors. We’re expanding to include interviews and dialogues between artists and thinkers of all stripes: conversations where disagreement tends to enrich debate, rather than suspend it. We’re on the hunt for profiles and long-form writing that sheds light on literary and artistic praxis around the world.
We publish all poems in their original languages alongside their translations. We pay you for your work.
GUIDELINES: Please upload your pitch with the subject “Non-fiction: [Genre, focus of your piece].” Please include links to your writing, and feel free to include 1–2 pages of the piece, if available.
We only accept work that has not been previously published in English. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please do let us know if your work will appear elsewhere. We’ll do our best to get back to you within four months.
DEADLINE: January 2, 2021
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Literary Portfolio Submissions
P+B In Print
INFO: P+B Publications is an independent publisher, seeking the best new work by women and non-binary authors. In the spirit of Pen + Brush, we believe fervently that our publishing program exists to act as forceful means of dispelling the misconception that too few women produce consistently high-level literary fiction and poetry.
We publish with the following goals:
All work we publish is of a high quality
We never pre-filter submissions based on publishing experience, education, or background
We are looking to work with strong new voices and we are committed to publishing them.
Pen + Brush publishes poetry and short and long literary fiction. We publish short stories and poems in our literary magazine Pen + Brush In Print, which is distributed in print and electronically.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: P+B In Print No. 5
We are currently accepting submissions for our P+B In Print, No. 5 literary magazine, to be released in 2021. This issue will feature a guest editor, Novella Ford, whose theme is inspired by the recent HBO series created by Misha Green, Lovecraft Country episode “I Am.” We are seeking submissions that explore a question Hippolyta, a mother of a gifted artist, a science nerd and a widowed business owner, asks after unexpected travel through space and time; each experience revealing herself to herself, in order to name herself. At the end of the journey, she joyously proclaimed “How can I fit everything that I am now, into this place?” A clarion call for anyone who has experienced a shift in their persona, creative practice, principles, and/or actions.
For some, the quarantine due to COVID 19 has provided a time to sit with oneself and operate in solitude. For others, quarantine, global uprisings against police brutality, a protracted U.S. election season, and more, gave way to a dizzying cocktail of financial insecurity, anxiety, and stretching to meet the needs of many. You may not have made it completely to the other side, but you know more about what you are capable of than when the year 2020 started. What happens in the aftermath when we awaken to ourselves; when we cannot unknow what has been revealed? How do we make room for our glorious revelations in seemingly fixed spaces?
For P+B In Print, No. 5, we are looking for a variety of work led by the imagination, that is also revelatory and worthy of the journey. How the theme is approached is up to you. We are excited by different writing styles, genres, and subgenres.
Aligned with P+B’s vision to provide a platform to showcase the work of female and non-binary artists and writers to a broader audience with the ultimate goal of effecting real change within the marketplace, we are pleased to offer an honorarium ($150 - $500) for all submissions accepted for publication. *Please note these honorariums are made possible by generous grants and donations received during this publication period, amounts may vary for subsequent publications.
We are only accepting previously unpublished work.
Fiction/Non Fiction (under 3500 words) - up to $500
We are accepting one submission per author. Excerpts from book-length projects are fine, but we will be looking for the excerpt to stand strong on its own. Short stories, essays, autobiographical/memoir, literary fiction, and creative nonfiction are all welcomed. Humor, satire, and the political also have a place here.
Poetry (under 2 pages typed) - $150 for two published poems
We are accepting up to four submissions per author.
Each submission should include a short bio, not to exceed 75 words. This will not impact the assessment of the work. We want to know a little bit about you!
About Guest Curator, Novella Ford:
Novella Ford is the Associate Director of Public Programs and Exhibitions at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research division of The New York Public Library. She created the inaugural Schomburg Center Literary Festival in 2019 and has organized hundreds of public programs at the intersection of scholarship and popular culture. She connects diverse audiences to the archives and engages history through dialogue, performance, literature, and visual arts.
DEADLINE: January 4, 2021
http://www.penandbrush.org/explore/literary
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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
The Fashion and Race Database
The Fashion and Race Database seeking contributors to publish original content, particularly essays or opinion pieces, and short profiles of Objects that Matter, or profiles of significant fashion figures. We also invite you to submit events and announcements.
We are currently accepting submissions for publication in 2021:
Objects That Matter [500-800 words] - A short profile overview of an object in fashion: both its cultural origins and enumerated examples of its global reach/influence or even appropriation. Please see this example for an idea of length and the full description for this section of the website.
Rate: $295 CAD
Profiles [500-800 words] - A profile of select Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color (BIPOC) who have shaped the history and business of fashion in the face of structural racism and adversity. Please see the full description for this section of the website. Rate: $295 CAD
Essays & Op-Eds [1200-1500 words] - We are looking for essays or opinion pieces that amplify voices and writing of BIPOC scholars, students, artists, archivists, curators, business professionals and more. We are particularly seeking pieces that are timely and address issues or nuances related to fashion and race today. Please see this example for an idea of length and the full description for this section of the website. Rate: $540 CAD
‘Our Fashion History’ [500-800 words, 3-5 photos] - Based upon an activity that Founder Kim Jenkins would facilitate during fashion history class or during her ‘Fashion and Justice’ workshops, ‘Our Fashion History’ invites contributors to present an essay that describes 3-5 family/personal photos, ultimately bringing a diverse perspective to the narrative of fashion history. Rate: $295 CAD
Call for Research Assistant: Ongoing - The Research Assistant will research, gather, catalog and publish knowledge-rich content, working in tandem with a lead editor. The assistant will not only contribute to this groundbreaking academic and creative platform, they will also acquire advanced research and publishing skills.
This position is paid and, depending upon the applicant’s circumstances, may be eligible for internship or course credits. Applicants not enrolled at an academic institution are also welcome. This is a remote position but you will be working with team members located in the EST and PST time zones. This is a part time position requiring 10 hours of work per week. Research Assistants are hired for a commitment of 13 weeks. Rate: $33 CAD per hour
DEADLINE: Rolling
https://fashionandrace.org/database/contributors/
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Latin American Literature Today
INFO: Latin American Literature Today (LALT) welcomes throughout the year submissions of translated texts (Spanish-English, Brazilian Portuguese-English) of contemporary Latin American prose, verse, interviews, essays, and book reviews.
Furthermore, the journal is committed to foregrounding the work of translators, so we encourage and welcome contributions such as translator’s notes, essays on the art of translation, translation reviews, interviews to translators, as well as translation “previews” from forthcoming book publications.
All translation submissions and questions should be directed to Denise Kripper, our Translation Editor, to translation.lalt@gmail.com. Submissions will be reviewed by the entire LALT editorial committee.
LENGTH OF SUBMISSIONS:
Creative prose (fiction and non-fiction) should have a maximum length of 5000 words
Poems should be limited to 3 to 5 poems
Articles and interviews should have a maximum length of 2,000 to 2,200 words, unless otherwise directed by the editor;
Book reviews should have a maximum length of 1,200 words
DEADLINE: Rolling Submissions
http://www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/en/submission-guidelines-translators
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Hyphen Magazine
INFO: Hyphen Magazine publishes literary fiction of all forms, including stories that blur "genre" lines (literary sci-fi, noir fiction with a strong voice, for example). We generally do not accept novel excerpts unless they stand alone. Asian American themes are not essential though certainly welcome; strong writing and unique voice are considered first and foremost.
Send only your best, previously unpublished work. Asian American themes are not essential. We are much more interested in work that incorporates identity than in work that is about identity.
Please use 1" margins, 12-pt Times New Roman font.
Short stories should be no longer than 5,000 words. A series of short shorts (flash fiction) totaling no more than 5,000 words will also be considered (though not all stories may be taken).
Simultaneous submissions (when you send the same submission to us and other publications) are okay as long as you let us know and notify us immediately when a piece has been accepted elsewhere.
Multiple submissions are not okay (when you send more than one submission to us in the same genre). If you send more than one story, only the first story will be considered; the others will not be read. Please wait to hear back before submitting again.
Submitting to more than one genre at a time is okay (but please send them separately).
Please note:
Fiction features alternate between original short stories and novel excerpts. Those looking to have their forthcoming novels excerpted should have their publicist contact the Fiction Editor.
Submissions are considered on a rolling basis, and is dependent upon space availability.
Reading period can be up to six months. If you have not heard back after six months, feel free to contact the editor.
We are able to pay writers $25 per piece upon publication.
DEADLINE: Rolling
https://hyphenmag.submittable.com/submit/77191/fiction-poetry
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ONGOING
Fellowship for BIPOC Editors
Shenandoah
INFO: In order for structural change to happen in the predominantly white publishing industry, innovation must happen at all levels, from the big five book publishers to literary magazines like ours. We recognize that if we want Black writers, Indigenous writers, and other writers of color to feel at home in Shenandoah, and for the literature we publish to be full of varied and passionate perspectives that enliven, empower, and engage all of us, we need to have representation at our core. With this in mind, we’re excited to announce a new initiative: The Shenandoah Fellowship for BIPOC Editors.
Through this editorial fellowship, we’re committed to expanding the roster of people we work with and to discovering new BIPOC voices to amplify and empower. Selected fellows will receive a $1000 honorarium and will curate a selection of published work in a genre of their choosing for a single issue of Shenandoah, working with the Shenandoah staff to guide the work to publication. This opportunity will give fellows the chance to learn about all aspects of a small literary publisher and forge connections with peers and potential future employers in the industry and in academia.
Requirements and Eligibility
A single fellow will be selected for each issue of Shenandoah going forward, alternating genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics) as we see fit. Fellows will choose two–three pieces of prose, five–ten poems, or two–three comic artists for their issue; these authors will be paid at the same rates as other Shenandoah authors ($100 per poem; $50 per comic panel; $100 for every thousand words of prose—for a maximum honorarium of $500 per author). Each fellow will receive a $1000 honorarium for their work. We welcome writers and editors of all experience levels. No previous editorial experience is necessary, but we are looking for applicants who are passionate and informed about the literary community. We welcome candidates who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
The Application
In 500 words or fewer, describe why this fellowship would be valuable to you, addressing what you think is the role and value of a literary magazine in the publishing ecosystem. Make sure to include your writing and editing experience and the genre you would be most excited to work in (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics).
In 500 words or fewer, tell us about a favorite piece of writing you recently read in a literary magazine in your desired genre. Describe how you found it, who wrote it, its aesthetic attributes, and what you loved about it.
In 500 words or fewer, compose a solicitation email to an emerging writer (who has published no more than one book) who you would love to work with. Include in your email what you admire about this writer’s work and why you would like to work with them.
We'd love to know where you heard about this fellowship, if you don't mind sharing!
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis beginning November 1, 2020 at https://shenandoah.submittable.com/submit. Upload a single document that responds to these prompts separately.
https://shenandoah.submittable.com/submit/175611/fellowship-for-bipoc-editors
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BIPOC WRITERS
Bad Mouth
INFO: Bad Mouth is an Albuquerque-based reading and music series that—in regular non-pandemic times—was a quarterly curated reading series featuring writers across genres, along with live music. Since the pandemic shut-down, we’ve been featuring weekly videos of one writer reading, with bio, links, and other information to highlight and promote that writer’s work. We post the videos on the Bad Mouth Facebook Page, the Bad Mouth website, and send to the Bad Mouth email list.
We’re currently open to submissions from writers of any genre (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction). At this time, we are asking for submissions from BIPOC writers.
If you’d like to participate, please send a note and brief bio to badmouth@plumeforwriters.org.
Thanks for considering, and we look forward to hearing from you!
DEADLINE: Ongoing
https://badmouthreadingseries.wordpress.com/about/
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MICRO/FLASH FAST RESPONSE FOR BIPOC WRITERS
Fractured Lit
INFO: Fractured Lit is committed to providing a platform to diverse, emerging voices. We are now offering an expedited reading category explicitly for marginalized or underrepresented writers. Submissions to this category will receive a response in two weeks or fewer.
All submissions are considered for publication at the payment rates below based on the appropriate word counts. Please see the guidelines below, or contact us at contact [at] fracturedlit.com with any questions. This form is for marginalized or underrepresented writers only.
Fractured Lit publishes micro and flash fiction from writers of any background or experience. Both Micro and Flash categories are open year round and we do not charge any submission fees. We accept simultaneous submissions but ask that you inform us immediately and withdraw your work if your story is accepted elsewhere. We pay our authors $50 for original micro fiction and $75 for original flash fiction.
Micro fiction for Fractured Lit is 400 words or less.
Flash fiction is 401-1,000 words.
We will also consider previously published fiction, as long as the writer retains the rights or second-publication rights can be obtained. We do not pay for reprints.
Writers may submit up to two stories in the same document. Please wait 1 month after our initial reply before submitting again.
Cover letters are optional, but it's nice to know who is submitting to us. Please refrain from describing your stories. The work needs to speak for itself. Including the title and word count of each story is helpful for more efficient consideration of your work. Please include a brief third-person biography statement.
We consider submissions sent via Submittable. We are not open to email submissions and are not open to submissions sent via post.
Fractured Lit holds first serial publication rights for three months after publication. Authors agree not to publish, nor authorize or permit the publication of, any part of the material for three months following Fractured Lit’s first publication. For reprints, we ask for acknowledgment of its publication in Fractured Lit first.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
https://fracturedlit.submittable.com/submit/175793/micro-flash-fast-response-for-bipoc-writers
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: INTERVENXIONS
The Latinx Project
INFO: Intervenxions is an online publication of The Latinx Project that features original writings, criticism, and interviews exploring contemporary Latinx Art, Politics, & Culture.
Pitches no longer than 100 words are accepted on a rolling basis. No completed drafts or manuscripts.
Please inquire about Spanish-language and bilingual submissions.
Include a brief bio (250 words or less) with your pitch.
For image requirements, see Squarespace guidelines on sizing and format. Please do not send images without verifying copyright restrictions and permissions.
Article length is roughly 1,200 to 2,000 words, with occasional exceptions for longer pieces.
Please hyperlink sources, no reference lists.
For interviews, please have audio or transcript available upon request. *Please note: interview questions do not need to be submitted beforehand.
Avoid redundancy, such as the same word or phrase used twice in a sentence.
Drafts should prioritize clear and concise language, as well as strike a balance between a casual, yet informed tone.
For additional guidance, please review past contributions.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
https://www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/submission-guidelines
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SEEKING BOOKS FOR REVIEW
BIPOC Book Critic's Collective
INFO: BIPOC Book Critic's Collective is a networking platform for book critics writing personalized, creative book reviews and author interviews that will bring a spotlight to women writers of color.
To ensure equity and accessibility to the public, we review books written within the decade, outside of the cisgender, patriarchal standards of traditional publishing. Allowing writers, agents, and publishers to submit manuscripts that align with our mission to promote BIPOC books. Our focus is on women and non-binary writers.
MISSION: To write personal, thoughtful reviews of self-published, queer, non-conforming and super strange books while also acknowledging writers who are published within traditional companies. We cover those who identify as women. We also cover those who don't. We don’t follow “rules” of convention, we make our own. And that's ok.
We will be going live soon. If you are interested in sharing your book for review on our website or in being a guest on our Podcast, please see the guidelines below.
GUIDELINES:
- We accept self-published and traditionally published titles
- We accept digital AND print galleys/arcs (email editors@bipoccriticscollective.com for physical address)
- You can complete this form without a digital arc/galley
- We are only accepting submissions from authors of color.
- Doc. or PDF formats ONLY.
- We do not accept ZIP folders.
- If you have promotional photos, author photos or blurbs, you can submit up to five files. Please, be sure that all author/promo pictures belong to you or you must provide the information of the photographer that they belong to so that we may reach out for permissions.
***Submitting your manuscript for review does not guarantee that your book will be reviewed by the Bad Book Biddies. We will give all submissions equal consideration. We have three other platforms outside of the Medium Publication which we can also use to highlight your unique contribution to the literary community. It is easier for us to review if you provide us with a copy, but some of us will have no problem purchasing your book to review.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
VIDA Review
INFO: The VIDA Review is an online literary magazine publishing original fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and interviews.
We are exclusively interested in work by those often marginalized in literary spaces, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC); cis and trans women, agender, gender non-conforming, genderqueer, nonbinary, and two-spirit people; LGBQIA people; people with disabilities; and people living at the intersections of these identities.
All pieces should be original, and previously unpublished in any format in English.
Please send one submission at a time, and please submit only once every 6 months.
We are open to simultaneous submissions, so long as you label them as such and promptly let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere.
Please note that all submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter and brief third-person biography statement, and that (unless otherwise stated) we ask for First North American Rights to publish writing. Following publication, all rights revert back to the writer; we only ask that you credit the VIDA Review as the place your work first appeared.
GUIDELINES:
Fiction
Up to 3,000 words (but if your work is a bit longer, feel free to send it)
Double-spaced
Include contact information on first page of submission
Include word count at top of first page
Provide a cover letter in the "Cover Letter" section and a brief third-person biography
Nonfiction
Up to 3,000 words (but if your work is a bit longer, feel free to send it)
Double-spaced
Include contact information on first page of submission
Include word count at top of first page
Provide a cover letter in the "Cover Letter" section and a brief third-person biography
Book Reviews
Must be a review for a full-length or chapbook of poetry or prose by a writer from a historically-marginalized community
Must be published by small or independent presses
Must have been published within the last five years
Do not send us a review of your own book
Include publisher, price, and page number, as well as the word count of the review at the top of your submission
Simultaneous submissions are encouraged, but please let us know and withdraw your submission if your work is accepted elsewhere
No self-published titles are accepted
Reviews should be double-spaced and be no more than 1,200 words
PAYMENT: Payment for those accepted will range between $15-$20. We recognize that this is a token amount of money but hope to increase this amount in the future. Payment will be made via PayPal within 2 months of publication.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
https://thevidareview.submittable.com/submit
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
It’s Real
INFO: It’s Real - a publication devoted to exploring mental health in Asian American communities - is open for submissions.
There are no submission guidelines for your work - they need only be related to mental health, the Asian American community, and our monthly theme.
Please complete the following two-part submission form. If you are unable to submit through the submission form, please email us your submission as an attachment.
We are open to simultaneous submissions, so long as you classify them as such on the Submissions Form and promptly notify us by email if they are accepted elsewhere. Please note that (unless otherwise stated) we accept both First North American Rights or Nonexclusive Reprint Rights. Following publication, all rights revert to the writer; under the condition of accepting First North American Rights, we ask that you credit It's Real Magazine as the place your work first appeared.
Please note that because of the recent increase of submissions to It's Real, publication in the magazine is selective. We will be evaluating submissions on a basis of skill and a unique artistic voice. We respond to submissions within 2 weeks.
Questions? Email us at itsreal.magazine@gmail.com or contact us through our socials!
DEADLINE: Ongoing
https://www.itsrealmagazine.org/submit.html
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SUBMISSIONS CALL FOR WRITERS OF COLOUR
Sapere Books
INFO: Sapere Books is always open for submissions, and we especially encourage writers of colour to send us their work. We recognise that writers of colour are underrepresented in genre fiction publishing, and we believe that it is important to take steps to address this.
We are an eBook-focused publisher; physical copies of books are made available on a print-on-demand basis.
We are looking for both new submissions and out-of-print titles in the following genres:
Crime Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction
Historical Fiction (including Sagas, Mysteries, Thrillers and Romance)
Action and Adventure (Military, Aviation and Naval Fiction)
History and Historical Biography
If you are a writer of colour with a finished manuscript or an out-of-print book, please see our submissions guidelines and get in touch with our editorial director, Amy Durant: amy@saperebooks.com.
If you have further questions about the submissions process, or what Sapere Books is looking for, feel free to email them directly to Amy and she will get back to you as soon as possible.
Please click here to find out more about what we can offer authors.
We look forward to reading your work!
DEADLINE: Ongoing
https://saperebooks.com/blog/submissions-call-for-writers-of-colour/