CALL FOR #AWP22 EVENT PROPOSALS
AWP
DEADLINE: June 8, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. EST
INFO: In light of the tremendous success of the virtual 2021 AWP Conference & Bookfair, AWP will incorporate a virtual component to #AWP22. In addition to offering our full in-person event schedule in Philadelphia from March 23-26, 2022, we will live-stream several in-person events and offer a selection of prerecorded virtual events. Proposals for both in-person and virtual conference events will be accepted in spring 2021
Event organizers of all #AWP22 events, both in-person and virtual, are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the event proposal guidelines below and the presenter guidelines. If you are planning to propose a virtual event, please also be sure to review the Virtual Conference Eventspage for specific information on how these events will be held.
The AWP conference subcommittee seeks proposals featuring panelists who are diverse in their backgrounds, pursuits, affiliations, and ages. While an institutional affiliation is not required of participants, when appropriate, panels should showcase presenters from a variety of organizations and institutions who are at different stages of their careers. The ideal panel will consist of participants who represent a broad range of perspectives and experiences. The committee also encourages panel participation from graduate and undergraduate students.
All 2022 AWP events must follow the following guidelines:
include between two and five participants, including the moderator
be seventy-five minutes in length for in-person events or sixty minutes in length for virtual events
be correctly categorized
include a title, description, and statement of value
AWP membership is not necessary to propose or participate in a conference event.
AWP reserves the right to reject any panel proposal if one or more of its proposed participants fails to meet the guidelines set forth here.
If your event is accepted, you and your fellow panelists must execute the event as it was described in your proposal. Panelists who fail to execute their accepted panel as it is described in the event proposal submission may forfeit their participation in future conferences.
Consider revising and resending a previously rejected panel. Each year, AWP is unable to accept a number of high-quality panels because of space and resource limitations. Because the composition of the conference subcommittee changes from year to year, we encourage you to resubmit if the panel topic remains relevant.
https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_proposals_guidelines
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NONWHITE AND WOMAN: 153 MICRO ESSAYS ON BEING IN THE WORLD
Woodhall Press
DEADLINE: June 10, 2021
INFO: Woodhall Press is seeking well-crafted, true narratives from BIPOC writers who self-identify as women (cis/trans) for their upcoming anthology, Nonwhite and Woman: 153 Micro Essays on Being in the World. Edited by Darien Hsu Gee with Carla Crujido. Publication date: September 2022. Trade print and e-book, bookstore and e-tailer distribution through Independent Publishers Group (IPG).
About the Anthology
Nonwhite and Woman celebrates how women of color live and thrive in the world, and how they make their lives their own. The anthology’s title is from Lucille’s Clifton luminous poem, won’t you celebrate with me, which serves as the anthology’s epigraph. Permission to use the anthology granted by Copper Canyon Press. Read the full poem here. Cover art by Jing Jing Tsong.
What We’re Looking For
How has the color of your skin influenced your life? What did you do to claim yourself and your identity, or how was it challenged? Show us a single moment, a string of vignettes, or literary snapshots of your life. We’re looking for micro essays of 300 words or less; please be sure to title your work. You may submit up to 3 pieces. Previously published work accepted—please indicate when and where the work has appeared and confirm that you hold the rights to reprint the work in our anthology (or arrange for permission from your publisher). Emerging and established authors welcome.
Examples of micro work can be found here:
nytimes.com/column/modern-love (Tiny Love Stories)
Darien teaches micro: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ao7o4wiq ($15 for replay includes all printable downloads)
Additional Content
The anthology will also include extensive back matter: reading guide, discussion questions, resources.
Current Contributors
Confirmed contributors include Philyaw Deshaw, Kristiana Kahakuawila, Toni Jensen, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Sadia Hassan, Kimberly Blaeser, Dara Yen Elerath, London Pinkney, Gail Tsukiyama, Anastacia-Renee, Donna Miscolta, Devi Laskar, SJ Sindu, and 100 others.
Author Bio
Your author bio should be 100 words or less and include any previous or planned publications. Feel free to use your personal pronouns and include your ethnic identity/ethnography. You’ll also be invited to share your website and social handles. Please include an author photo along with any photography credit.
Unpublished Submissions
If you learn that your submitted work will be published elsewhere prior to Summer 2022, you can still include it in our anthology provided you notify the journal or magazine where your work will originally appear and retain the rights to reprint the work in our anthology.
Contributor Copies
In lieu of payment, contributors will receive one (1) copy of the book. Contributors outside of the U.S. may have a copy sent to a U.S. address or opt for a digital copy.
Marketing
We will be marketing the book across multiple channels and invite contributors to be interviewed individually and/or on a panel on the Woodhall Press Publish This! Instagram channel. We issue a press release and submit print and digital galleys to trade newspapers, magazines and websites including Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly.
How to Submit
Please submit your work through our submission portal at https://rb.gy/fohqoy
https://www.woodhallpress.com/nonwhite-and-woman
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Mixed Mag
DEADLINE: June 10, 2021
INFO: Mixed Mag, an online multimedia publication dedicated to promoting creatives of color and celebrating multiethnic/multicultural voices, is accepting articles, think pieces, short stories, reviews and essays between 500-3000 words (sections include ART, FASHION, POLITICS, PROSE, TV/FILM/THEATER, MUSIC, FOOD, HEALTH/SEX/WELLNESS).
Please read specific section requirements below:
POETRY: Submit up to three poems.
PROSE: Submit creative non-fiction, flash fiction or short stories between 500-3000 words.
TV, FILM & THEATER: Monologues must be 5 pages max. Plays/screenplays must be between 10-15 page max (this includes plays, films and web series). Short films or web series episodes must be no longer than 15 minutes.
ART: Submit 10 photos/videos max for visual submissions. Please include an artist’s statement.
MUSIC: Send us your essays, albums reviews or original music links. Please include links to Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Youtube, etc. as well as a paragraph about your submission.
FOOD: Send us your food stories, recipes, conversations and good eats related to culture or ancestry. Please include photos and if sending a recipe, please include a paragraph explaining what this food means to you and your culture.
FASHION: Submit articles, essays or reviews about clothing, accessories, upcoming designers, sustainable fashion and more. Also submit your own upcoming labels/lines with up to 10 photos/videos max and an artist statement.
Please send your submissions to submissions@mixedmag.co
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BIPOC Queer Femme Writers
Black Femme Collective
DEADLINE: June 13, 2021 at 11:59 pm PT
INFO: Black Femme Collective calls for creative nonfiction submissions for Black Queer Femme Storytellers engaging in the theme WILD.
WILD—adj.
1. (of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.
2. (of a place or region) uninhabited, uncultivated, or inhospitable.
n. a natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.
v. to treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous.
We want your reckless, unapologetic personal stories that focus on the sharp edges of the wild. Be as creative and as lucid with this theme as possible. The stories you are afraid might be too much, too Black, or too queer are the ones we want to read!
Black Femme Collective solely publishes creative nonfiction (personal essays, cultural criticism, interviews, and articles). We also publish literary hybrid work with complex components in cross-genre nature that represents Black Femme Queerness.
GUIDELINES:
Submitted works must be no more than 3,500 words
Send your submissions to hello@blackfemme.co
PAYMENT: Contributors receive between $150-300 for personal essays
www.BlackFemme.co
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LITUP WRITER’S FELLOWSHIP
Reese's Book Club
DEADLINE: Extended to June 13, 2021
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: Powered by The Readership, LitUp will provide five emerging writers with an all-expenses-paid retreat, a three-month mentorship with a published author, and marketing support from Reese’s Book Club. LitUp is a journey and we’re with you every step of the way.
LitUp by Reese’s Book Club is a writers fellowship for unpublished, underrepresented women. We’re set to discover, mentor, and champion first-time authors, so more diverse stories are seen, heard, and read by all.
ELIGIBILITY: Unagented, unpublished women writers who identify as diverse. Full eligibility details can be found here.
APPLICATION MATERIALS: One completed fiction manuscript with a woman at the center of its story; a 750-word synopsis of your manuscript, and series of short essays
THE ROADMAP:
Hone Your Craft at Our Writer's Retreat: Selected fellows will participate in an all-expenses-paid writer's retreat to develop their manuscript and learn about the business side of publishing.
Get Mentored and Build a Support Network: Post retreat, fellows are matched with a published author for a three-month mentorship to get their book ready for market.
Join the Reese’s Book Club Family: Through it all, we stand by you every step of the way, including a first-look window with top agents and a book launch marketing commitment from us and our partners.
What do I need to apply? What type of manuscripts are you accepting? Is there an application fee?
Each applicant must submit:
An original adult or young adult fiction manuscript featuring a woman at the center of the story that is completed and written in English. We accept genre fiction but are currently not accepting non-fiction, picture books, middle grade, or co-written manuscripts. We will not accept plagiarism or copyright infringement.
All manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins. Please number your pages.
Your name should not appear anywhere within the manuscript or file name.
A brief, 750-words or less synopsis of your work
Responses to a series of short essay questions within the application
There is no application fee. We neither require nor accept letters of recommendation.
Candidates may only submit one application and one manuscript. Once submitted, applications cannot be updated. Late applications will not be accepted.
https://reesesbookclub.com/litup
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BIPOC Agent Mentorship Program
Transatlantic Agency
DEADLINE: N/A
INFO: The Transatlantic BIPOC Agent Mentorship Program was initiated by BIPOC agents. The program is run by BIPOC Agents and aims to remove the initial barrier of entry into the job. This program is a bridge to the potential internship program at Transatlantic Agency and aims to offer an alternate route for those keen on becoming a literary agent. This mostly self-paced program will give would-be agents a look into the role while indirectly providing industry/role transparency, resources, and an initial network to build upon. The program will be an opportunity to learn without the pressure to perform.
The program is meant to prioritize tentative agents who have not taken the publishing school route, or do not have the option to do so. This can be used to fast-track this person into a potential internship within Transatlantic should this next step suit both parties, or be a stepping stone in the mentee’s incipient career in publishing.
Is this program for you? You are a BIPOC individual who:
is interested in the world of agenting but not sure what the role entails
has some experience in publishing or a similar field and wants to utilize their existing skills if they transfer into agenting, or
is looking to make a career change and has been interested in the publishing industry or has been trying to break into the industry
has a keen editorial eye
is a relationships person
is incredibly organized
LOVES books
At the end of the mentorship the successful mentee will receive:
A reference letter
Job search support
Introductions to contacts in publishing
Assistance building or restructuring your CV
It is our hope that this program, although intentionally small to start, will grow into something bigger. We believe that discussion and conversation can foster empowering transformations in a way not possible or comparable to traditional education. We also believe that making mistakes is inevitable and that through curated support we can explore solution-based community building in our intimate group. And it is through this program that we hope to not only call in a stellar group of people who may not otherwise find their way to agenting, but that we support them and help to create healthy, sustainable positions for BIPOC folks in publishing for a long time.
The program was initiated by Chelene Knight and Amanda Orozco with the support of the entire Transatlantic team. We would like to give a special thanks to our committee: Fiona Kenshole, Andrea Cascardi, Carolyn Forde, and Marilyn Biderman.
https://www.transatlanticagency.com/bipoc-mentorship-program/
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Teacher & Librarian Scholarships
Key West Literary Seminar
DEADLINE: June 15, 2021
INFO: Key West Literary Seminar will award up to twenty full scholarships to teachers and librarians who wish to attend our annual Seminar.
We seek a diverse group of individuals who are making a positive impact upon readers in their communities, and we hope that participation in our literary community will inspire fresh engagement with literature in schools and libraries around the country.
Scholarship recipients will gain exposure to contemporary authors and texts, expand their professional network of teachers, librarians, and writers, and be inspired to bring new ideas to the institutions and communities they serve. Through tours of the Key West Public Library and its archives and visits to historical sites, they will engage with the local resources and history that animate the KWLS mission.
Scholarship packages include a full waiver of the Seminar registration fee of $675 and need-based financial assistance to offset lodging costs. Upon request, we will also provide a letter to your employer encouraging financial support for your travel expenses.
Priority will be given to those who have not previously received KWLS support.
HOW TO APPLY:
Applicants must complete a scholarship application via Submittable. Requirements are listed below:
1. Request Letter:
Please tell us about your work as a teacher or librarian in 750 words or less. A successful request letter will describe your institution, the community it serves, and your role within it; address the theme and/or speakers for the upcoming Seminar; and explain how you hope your attendance at the Seminar will benefit you and your community. Please also tell us something about your financial need, and whether or not you would be able to attend KWLS without our support.
2. Letter of Recommendation:
One letter of recommendation is required. It may be written by a supervisor, former student, patron, or peer. An effective letter will describe your strengths as a teacher or librarian and the impact you have made on others in your community and/or institution.
In the application form, you will be asked to provide an email address for your recommender. Once you submit the application, they will receive an email from Submittable with a link to upload the recommendation letter. We suggest that you contact your recommender before you submit your application and alert them to expect this email.
Applications without a letter of recommendation will not be considered. It is your responsibility to follow up with your recommender to make sure the letter has been sent.
3. References:
Please provide the names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of two additional persons who are familiar with you and your work.
http://www.kwls.org/awards/teachers-and-librarians/
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2021 Autumn House Fiction Contest
Autumn House
DEADLINE: June 15, 2021
INFO: For the 2021 contest, the Autumn House staff serves as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Deesha Philyaw. The winner receives publication of a full-length manuscript and $2,500.
The winner will receive book publication, a $1,000 honorarium, and a $1,500 travel/publicity grant to promote their book
All finalists will be considered for publication
Fiction submissions should be approximately 200-300 double-spaced pages (50,000- 75,000 words)
The reading fee for the Fiction Contest is $30 (We will waive the submission fee for anyone undergoing financial hardship or living with limited means. Please reach out, and we’ll step you through the submission process)
All fiction sub-genres (short stories, short-shorts, novellas, or novels) or any combination of sub-genres are eligible
Submission should be previously unpublished
Do not include your name anywhere on the actual manuscript
You may include a brief bio in the “cover letter” section of Submittable
Do not include an acknowledgments page in the manuscript
Feel free to include a table of contents
Simultaneous submissions permitted
Friends, family members, and former students of judges or Autumn House editors may not submit to the contest. Students do not include interactions at short-term residencies or fellowships.
Former employees of Autumn House, including interns, may not submit to the contest.
https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/fiction/
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Publishing Fellowship
Grove Atlantic, Inc.
DEADLINE: June 15, 2021
INFO: Grove Atlantic, Inc. is a medium-sized trade book publisher consisting of four imprints, Grove Press, Atlantic Monthly Press, Black Cat, and Roxane Gay Books. We publish literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and translations.
We are currently seeking an editorial fellow interested in gaining a comprehensive understanding of the inner workings of an independent publishing house and developing a solid foundation for a career in publishing. The fellow’s responsibilities will be split between projects and mentorship in the editorial, marketing, publicity, and rights departments of Grove Atlantic, and directly supporting Roxane Gay Books, a new imprint at Grove Atlantic, in building an exciting list of fiction and nonfiction.
This is a one-year fellowship that will allow the fellow to gain experience in publishing with an emphasis on creating access for candidates from backgrounds underrepresented in publishing.
Duties for the new imprint will include administrative work, reading and evaluating submissions, and maintaining a submission log, author correspondence, and other editorial support. Projects while rotating through the Grove departments may include the above as well as writing tip sheets, catalog copy, pitch letters, buzz letters and lists, and other in-house and outward-facing publishing assets; assisting with bookseller outreach and sales reporting; light work with contracts, royalty statements, and databases; other administrative work. It will offer the opportunity to observe weekly departmental meetings in addition to sales launch and other all-staff meetings.
We are looking for someone who loves reading and writing, has a good editorial eye or is interested in developing one, is independent but also willing to work collaboratively, a good communicator, and organized. You do not need prior experience or an academic degree.
Fellows will receive a $25,000 stipend, for 24 hours a week of work, paid biweekly. The fellow is also eligible for health and dental benefits and paid time off. Candidates can be based anywhere in the United States and work remotely for now, though we do hope to be in person again in the coming months.
You can apply with a resume, cover letter, and list of three titles you loved that were published in the past year, to fellowship@groveatlantic.com through June 15.
https://groveatlantic.com/careers/
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2021 Autumn House Nonfiction Contest
Autumn House
DEADLINE: June 15, 2021
INFO: For the 2021 contest, the Autumn House staff serves as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Steve Almond. The winner receives publication of a full-length manuscript and $2,500.
The winner will receive book publication, a $1,000 honorarium, and a $1,500 travel/publicity grant to promote their book
All finalists will be considered for publication
Nonfiction submissions should be approximately 200-300 double-spaced pages (50,000-75,000 words)
The reading fee for the Nonfiction Contest is $30 (We will waive the submission fee for anyone undergoing financial hardship or living with limited means. Please reach out, and we’ll step you through the submission process)
All nonfiction subjects (including personal essays, memoirs, travel writing, historical narratives, nature writing) or any combination of subjects are eligible
Submission should be previously unpublished
Do not include your name anywhere on the actual manuscript; if your name appears within the body of the text, please omit it or black it out
You may include a brief bio in the “cover letter” section of Submittable
Do not include an acknowledgments page in the manuscript
Feel free to include a table of contents
Simultaneous submissions permitted
Friends, family members, and former students of judges or Autumn House editors may not submit to the contest. Students do not include interactions at short-term residencies or fellowships.
Former employees of Autumn House, including interns, may not submit to the contest.
https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/nonfiction/
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2021 Narrative Prize
DEADLINE: June 15, 2021
INFO: THE $4,000 NARRATIVE PRIZE is awarded annually for the best short story, novel excerpt, poem, one-act play, graphic story, or work of literary nonfiction published by a new or emerging writer in Narrative.
The prize is announced each September and is given to the best work published each year in Narrative by a new or emerging writer, as judged by the magazine’s editors. In some years, the prize may be divided between winners, when more than one work merits the award.
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Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction
Philadelphia Stories
DEADLINE: June 15, 2021
INFO: This is an annual national short fiction contest that features a first place $2,500 cash award and invitation to an awards dinner on the campus of Rosemont College; a second place cash prize of $750; and a third place cash prize of $500. The winner stories will be published in the print issue of Fall of Philadelphia Stories. The Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction is made possible by the generous support of the McGlinn and Hansma families.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Previously unpublished works of fiction up to 8,000 words. Please note, “published” includes any work published in print or online, including online magazines, blogs, public social media sites, etc.
Multiple submissions will be accepted for the contest only. Simultaneous submissions are also accepted, however, we must be notified immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Only authors currently residing in the United States are eligible.
Submissions will only be accepted via the website. Please email contest@philadelphiastories.org if you are having any trouble with your submission.
There is a $15 reading fee for each story submitted.
All entrants will receive a complimentary copy of the Philadelphia Stories contest issue.
2021 JUDGE:
Rion Amilcar Scott is the author of the story collections The World Doesn’t Require You and Insurrections, which was awarded the 2017 PEN/Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and the 2017 Hillsdale Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He teaches creative writing at the University of Maryland. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Kenyon Review, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 and Crab Orchard Review, among others. He was raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, and earned an MFA from George Mason University where he won the Mary Roberts Rinehart award, a Completion Fellowship, and an Alumni Exemplar Award.
https://philadelphiastories.org/fiction-contest/
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
CERASUS Magazine
DEADLINE: June 15, 2021
INFO: Please note, we are not a vanity publisher, so will never ask you for money. Nor do we guarantee publication, unless we are confident you can supply a full, complete work of publishable quality. You must be prepared to accept constructive criticism and to take editorial advice.
We enjoy writing and art that demonstrate craft, wit and intelligence and which possess muscle. Don’t tell us how wonderful love is, or about the pretty flowers and butterflies. Equally, don’t burden us with your existential angst. Tell us something we don’t already know. Or, at least, tell us in a way we haven’t heard before.
By submitting to us, you are declaring that you are the sole author of your work to which you hold full rights. As well as plagiarism, we also do not tolerate gratuitous sex, violence, discriminatory representations of BAME and LBQT+ communities and slanderous allegations.
We are not averse to simultaneous submissions. (Let’s be honest, everybody still does it regardless.) But please extend us the basic courtesy of letting us know if your piece is accepted elsewhere.
Poetry can be anything between a 1 line epithet and a sequence of epic verse (short of the Iliad) and everything between. Send us one brilliant poem, or a clutch to choose from, or a short themed collection.
Fiction can be micro or flash, a short story, a novella strong enough to be serialised, or a standalone extract from a novel.
Prose can be (auto)biography, a review, or an article, tutorial or ‘think piece’ of interest to writers.
Submit as a Word compatible document with single spaced lines, titles in bold and a clear page break between items. Preferred fonts are Verdana 12pt for titles and Georgia 10pt for body text.
Artwork can be full colour, greyscale and black & white graphics, illustrations, photographs, cartoons and comic strips that will fit within a US Letter sized page (8.5”X11”).
Submit as a print quality jpeg of at least 300dpi.
No covering details required. We take no account of your personal history or previous publications. All we are interested in is your submission. So please check it carefully before sending, as basic errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and layout may spoil your chance of being published.
We aim to reply to all submissions in a timely manner. Initially, we will let you know if you have been accepted, shortlisted, longlisted or declined, before making our final decisions after each quarter’s deadline.
We may accept your submission, subject to certain edit suggestions, which are open to further negotiation and which you can refuse.
If accepted, you grant us permission to feature your material in CERASUS Magazine and to sell it in one featured edition throughout the world. You still retain full rights to your work.
At the moment, we have no budget for cash payments. Each contributor will receive a complimentary hard copy and PDF of the Magazine in which they are featured.
Publication months are April, July, October and January. Our rolling submission deadlines close on 15th March, 15th June, 15th September and 15th December.
All submissions and enquiries should be sent to: cerasusmag@gmail.com
https://cerasusmagazine.com/submissions/
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Call for submissions: Whose harvest? Decolonizing the food justice movement
The Monitor
DEADLINE: June 15, 2021
INFO: The Monitor (based in Ottawa) is accepting pitches that explore the following questions (and more). How do we decolonize the food justice movement? How can we liberate nutrition programs from white frameworks that put shame on entire communities’ pantries and ways of eating? How do we create food and nutrition programming that is restorative for traumatized, marginalized and underserved communities and doesn’t centre on white, cis and thin bodies as leaders, experts and goals for participants to strive towards?
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
We are looking for feature articles, investigative journalism, illustrations, and book reviews, that are rooted in an intersectional analysis between 700-1,500 words. Your writing style should be accessible (not academic or theoretical).
The Monitor is committed to maintaining gender equity in every issue and is actively working to promote work from Black, Indigenous, and racialized writers. We prioritize publishing authors who are 2SLGBTQQIA+, disabled, fat, poor, and/or otherwise marginalized.
HOW TO PITCH:
Your pitch should include what topic you want to cover, how you are approaching it (style, content) and your estimated word count. Please also include your relevant experience and background in writing about this topic. Pitches should be sent to monitor@policyalternatives.ca.
If you have not written for the Monitor before, please provide a link to a short writing sample.
If your pitch is accepted, first drafts are due July 16, 2021, 2021. We will work with you through the editing process. We reserve the right to edit your work.
We aim to reply to every pitch–including those that we can’t accommodate right now. However, because of time constraints, we may not be able to respond to everyone. If you don’t hear back within two weeks of the pitch deadline, please assume that we were unable to accept your pitch.
We encourage you to keep reading the Monitor and pitch us again in the future!
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Letras Boricuas 2021 Fellowship
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation / The Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund
DEADLINE: June 20, 2021
INFO: The Letras Boricuas Fellowship is a new opportunity sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund, which will provide thirty writers — fifteen selected in 2021 and fifteen selected in 2022 — $25,000 each. Recipients will also participate in a gathering of all thirty Fellows to be hosted in San Juan, tentatively scheduled for April 2023.
To be eligible for consideration, writers must be 21 years or older at the time of application, be a current resident of Puerto Rico or the United States, and of Puerto Rican heritage. Writers must work in poetry (including spoken word), fiction, creative nonfiction (e.g. memoir, personal essays, and related forms) and/or children’s literature, and demonstrate a history of publication. Only individual writers may apply.
While fellowship award funds are unrestricted, the hope is to help writers in Puerto Rico and across the diaspora, from emerging to established, pursue their writing, amplify their work to a broader audience, and create work that celebrates Puerto Rican life and culture. It is also the aim that each Fellowship cohort will include writers of different genres and writers who live in Puerto Rico, as well Puerto Ricans who may live in the United States. Applications will be accepted in Spanish and/or English.
The Letras Boricuas Fellowship will have two cohorts. The first will be announced in fall 2021 with the fellowship running from January to December 2022. The second cohort will be announced in fall 2022 with the fellowship running from January to December 2023.
https://flamboyanfoundation.org/letras-boricuas/
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Artists in Residence Program
Caldera
DEADLINE: June 25, 2021
INFO: At Caldera, we believe in the power of creativity. Caldera is a catalyst for the transformation of youth through innovative, year round art and environmental programs.
Through our Artists in Residence Program, Caldera supports artists, creatives, and cultural workers to build skills, relationships, and projects that inspire growth, combat oppression, and activate change. Residents draw inspiration from the residency community and the natural world surrounding our Arts Center in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains near Sisters.
Residencies are open to national and international artists, creatives and cultural workers in any discipline. Artists at any stage of their careers, who are not current students, are eligible to apply. Residencies are also available for parent artists who would like to bring their children.
Residents will receive private lodging, studio, and artist stipend. Please visit our website for full program overview and guidelines.
2022 Residency Dates
January 8 - February 1 -- 3.5 weeks
January 18 - February 1 -- 2 weeks
February 5 - March 1 -- 3.5 weeks
February 15 - March 1 -- 2 weeks
March 5 - 29 -- 3.5 weeks
March 15 - 29 -- 2 weeks
If you have questions about the residency or application, please contact Air@CalderaArts.org
Statement of Equity & Inclusion
We recognize that Caldera's communities face many societal inequities. We recognize the history and ongoing impacts of racism in our country, state, and institutions. We acknowledge that we will always have room to grow as an organization and as individuals in our understanding of racism and oppression.
We commit to continually examining our role in both perpetuating and combating institutional racism. We also commit to ongoing alignment of our policies and practices to advance racial equity, inclusion, and freedom of expression.
We commit to integrating equity and inclusion into all areas of our work to better serve our mission; when we do, we get closer to the world that we want for our youth.
At Caldera, we are striving towards racial equity and inclusion that we define as when the power and resources of the organization are held by the communities we serve, and we create opportunities for all to lead and thrive.
We celebrate the identities of all involved in Caldera, past and present. We are an inclusive creative community that welcomes marginalized voices and traditionally excluded people and groups.
Caldera encourages applicants of all backgrounds and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, size, disability, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, socioeconomic status, geography, citizenship status, criminal background, religious background, marital status, or military status.
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3rd annual SUMMER WRITING COMPETITION
sinθ Magazine
DEADLINE: June 27, 2021
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: sinθ Magazine, an international print creative arts magazine that connects and empowers members of the Sino diaspora, is bringing back the summer writing competition for its third iteration.
They’re accepting entries for both fiction (prose) and poetry and invite you to reflect on the following three prompts as inspiration for your pieces. You may reflect on the prompts separately or as a collective, drawing themes and ideas that resonate with you. Entries must engage with the prompt(s), but can do so either directly or indirectly. You may only submit one entry per category, so send us your best work!
PROMPTS:
Set your written piece on a horizon.
“黑夜给了我黑色的眼睛，我却用它寻找光明。”–故城，‘一代人’（1979
“The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to search for the light.” –Gu Cheng, ‘A Generation’ (1979)
“We are wiped of age first thing in the morning
sleep is a light wash / and don’t we know it
we are wrung and wrung”
– Jenny Xie, ‘Letters to Du Fu’ (2017)
JUDGES: RF Kuang (author of THE POPPY WARS trilogy) is announced as this year’s Fiction judge and Chen Chen (author of National Book Award-longlisted WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A LIST OF FURTHER POSSIBILITIES) as this year’s Poetry judge.
PRIZE: First place in each category will receive a $50 USD cash prize.
HOW TO ENTER:
Email sinethetamag@gmail.com with “Writing Competition - NAME - CATEGORY” as the subject line. Attach your submission as a PDF or Word document. Do not include your name on the document, as entries will be judged anonymously. If you are entering a poetry and a prose piece, please submit each piece separately via email.
Please include the following completed form with your submission in the body of your email:
Name:
Chinese name (if available):
Short third-person bio (less than 80 words):
If poetry - line count:
If prose - word count:
Do you identify as a member of the Sino diaspora?: Yes/No (If the answer is no, please do not submit.)
Do you confirm that the submitted work is entirely your own, and that all quotes have been appropriately attributed?: Yes/No (If the answer is no, please do not submit.)
https://sinetheta.net/contest2021.html
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2021 Celebrate! Maya Project: A Young Writer's Fellowship on Social Justice
The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow
DEADLINE: June 28, 2021
APPLICATION FEE: $35
INFO: This fellowship invites young writers, ages 18 to 25, to explore social justice issues including racial discrimination, women’s rights, and/or educational disparity. The work may be in any literary genre: fiction or nonfiction, poetry or prose, or a combination. The successful application will demonstrate insight, honesty, literary merit, and the likelihood of publication.
Two fellowships will be awarded. One will be unrestricted. The other will be awarded to a young writer from the Arkansas Southern Delta region. Fellowship winners receive a two-week residency to focus completely on their work. Writers may stay in the Maya Angelou Suite at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Each writer’s suite has a bedroom, private bathroom, separate writing space, and wireless internet. Fellowship recipients are provided with uninterrupted writing time, a European-style gourmet dinner prepared five nights a week and served in our community dining room, the camaraderie of other professional writers when you want it, and a community kitchen stocked with the basics for breakfast and lunch. Fellows are given the opportunity to participate in the community outreach of their choice and are provided the chance to be published in eMerge, the online literary magazine of the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow.
Fellowship applications must be accompanied by a writing sample and a non-refundable $35 application fee. Writers proposing more than one project must submit a separate application and fee for each one.
The winner will be announced no later than July 16, 2021. Residency must be completed by December 31, 2022.
https://form.jotform.com/210944500959964
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OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: A PANDEMY COOKBOOK
Saalt Press
DEADLINE: June 29, 2021
INFO: The core of this book is about processing our relationships to food and how our minds and bodies can hold on to trauma. Many of us have been taught to think that food is something to be locked up and rationed, pleasure is something to be earned, and these fleshy vessels to be weighed, speculated, and regulated.
I’m hoping that with this book, we can offer a place of quiet to unpack all that.
For me personally, this year has shifted a lot in terms of how I’ve had to relearn to respect my body. Any weight gained or lost during these months has forced me to recalibrate not only the language I use to describe this flesh, but also reclaim my pleasure, my gratitude, and my presentness from those who wish I hate myself. This year has also shown me that there are many small and powerful ways we can show up and support our communities, through food drives, community fridges, and meal distributions, to do our best to make sure we all eat.
For this project I’m asking for a contribution of one recipe. I want to know what is something you’ve consumed over this past year that has tickled your palate and nourished your spirit? This can be a meal, a dessert, a drink, a snack—don’t hold back.
With a final submission date of June 29th, prospective dimensions are as follows:
~ name of dish, ingredients list
~ 1 recipe (in Fahrenheit please, I am but a lowly American)
~ 1 or 2 images of the food/ingredients** (if this is something you're not comfortable with not a problem but it would definitely be appreciated!)
~ If you’re so inclined please include 100-700 word response to the prompt: How has the pandemic affected your relationship with food?
~ contributor bio (2-4 sentences) including any social media handles and/or websites you want to plug
This is a completely self-funded endeavor, with proceeds going back into printing and shipping, but I'm committed to each published contributor receiving a complimentary copy of the book.
https://www.saaltpress.com/open-call-pandemy-cookbook
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2022 BARD FICTION PRIZE
Bard College
DEADLINE: June 30, 2021
INFO: The Bard Fiction Prize is awarded to a promising emerging writer who is an American citizen aged 39 years or younger at the time of application.
In addition to a $30,000 cash award, the winner receives an appointment as writer in residence at Bard College for one semester, without the expectation that he or she teach traditional courses. The recipient gives at least one public lecture and meets informally with students.
To apply, candidates should write a cover letter explaining the project they plan to work on while at Bard and submit a CV, along with three copies of the published book they feel best represents their work. No manuscripts will be accepted.
For information about the Bard Fiction Prize, call 845-758-7087, send an e-mail to bfp@bard.edu, or visit bard.edu/bfp. Applicants may also request information by writing to: Bard Fiction Prize, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000.
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Fall 2021 Editorial Residency
The Seventh Wave
DEADLINE: June 30, 2021
INFO: The Seventh Wave is interested in building community for and with individuals who come from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to dig deeper into the hard conversations that impact how we view our lives, our environments, and our relationships to one another. We invite writers, artists, activists, and creators to take part in a global conversation that examines the complexities of our deep-seated narratives.
Our Editorial Residency is a first of its kind: a five-month, $500-grant, 7-session structured experience. We have taken our five years of experience in hosting physical residencies and translated that into a virtual, asynchronous opportunity. We are hopeful that our residents will find rest, inspiration, and urgency from our sessions, conversations, and workshops. While the central thread of this experience is our 7 working sessions, the experience will center around two workshops, with the goal of exposing our residents to a variety of styles and formats, each of which foster honest dialogue while maintaining a comfortable environment for all participants. More info below on the structure and outcome of the program:
Publication: publishing a piece in Issue 14. At the time of your application, you do not need to have written this piece, but you do need to specify what piece you would be working toward, and how you envision it speaking to our topic of “Economies of Harm.” Once accepted, each resident will have approximately 8 weeks to create or finesse their piece before workshopping it with their cohort. They will then have one month to polish up the piece for publication.
Seven Gatherings: partaking in 7 casual, virtual gatherings sprinkled throughout Issue 14 (August to December). These virtual Zoom gatherings will be dinners, afternoon coffee sessions, or morning meetings, and they average two hours in length. We will work with our cohort to determine the most conducive format for these restful conversations.
Workshop: Two of the seven sessions will be workshop sessions, where we focus on two of our residents. For those workshop sessions, TSW offers each resident $40 for takeout, so that we can do our small part in “cooking” for our residents while also supporting their favorite local restaurants. The other sessions will be topical, so discussing things like craft or process, but also practical, tackling topics like the freelance life, being a teaching artist, applying for grants, etc. The whole goal of our residency programs is to create a space and place for dialogue, collaboration, and exchange.
The Collective Journal: for our inaugural 2020 Editorial Residency, we created what we called “The Collective Journal,” which is an uncurated, collaborative space for our residents to use as as a diary, an archive, a record, a timeline, a prompt, a blank space, or an opportunity to connect with each other outside the organized space of our sessions together.
Why $500 for each resident? On average, overhead for each of our bi-coastal residencies is $2,000. Our residencies are free to attend, but residents do have to cover their own travel to and from. Normally, each resident/contributor receives $100 for publication. Given this residency has no operational costs, and that many artist and creative communities have been hit hard by COVID-19, we have decided to provide this stipend, which we feel represents an actionable amount for a creative who is in need of financial support and working on a project or manuscript.
https://theseventhwave.co/editorial-residency/
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Flash Fiction Anthology for Native American Writers
Hairstreak Butterfly Review
DEADLINE: June 30, 2021
INFO: Hairstreak Butterfly Review, a Colorado College literary journal, welcomes submissions for an anthology celebrating Native American writers.
Submit up to three fiction works (1,500 words each).
In your cover letter, please include your tribal affiliation.
We are accepting flash fiction works in all genres and styles. Previously published works welcome.
Ahéhee',
Natanya Ann Pulley (editor)
in collaboration with the University of New Mexico Press.
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Natanya Ann Pulley
Natanya Ann Pulley is a Diné writer and her clans through her mother are Kinyaa’áani (Towering House People) and Táchii’nii (Red Running into Water People). She’s published in Waxwing, MonkeyBicycle, SplitLip, and The Offing (among others). Natanya is the founding editor of Hairstreak Butterfly Review and teaches texts by Native American writers, Fiction Writing, and Experimental Forms at Colorado College. Her debut story collection With Teeth was published by New Rivers Press (Oct. 2019) and her writing can be found at natanyapulley.com.
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Call for submissions
FeelsZine
Deadline: June 30, 2021
INFO: We are currently accepting submissions for Issue 15: Falling out of Love (September 2021).
There is a complicated middle between love and love lost -- the process we go through and emotions we feel as we fall out of love. How do we navigate the messiness of changing feelings in a world that villainizes the one doing the leaving? How do we express ourselves about romantic partners, family, friends, places, and identities that are no longer serving us? How does it feel when we finally say goodbye? In Issue 15, we explore the ambivalence, the hurt, the strength, and the transformation that comes with desenamorarse -- falling out of love.
*We are looking for submissions beyond romantic love as this issue is not centred on one type of love*
We accept:
Writing: poetry, personal essays, fictional stories, interview proposals.
Visual Art: photography, illustration, art, typography.
Have an idea for a submission not listed above? Send us an email with your proposal, we’re eager to read it.
Before submitting, please read our COMMUNITY GUIDELINES.
We welcome (and encourage) people of all diverse experiences, abilities and communities to submit their work. Your voice is important, and we would like to support it. The more voices we hear, the more we can learn from one another.
Please keep up to date with the current deadlines and mission statements for upcoming issues *including if the issue is being printed in full colour or risograph* by following us on Instagram & Facebook
Submission Guidelines
1. Please title your email submissions using the following: "FEELS Submission - Issue ___ - [Your name as it should appear in the issue if accepted] - Title of Submission"
2. If submitting a collection of works, please submit all in one email with the name of the collection as the title.
3. If submitting multiple separate works for the same issue, please submit each individually.
4. Art submissions: FEELS is 7.5" x 9.5" with a 0.125" bleed. Please be advised that we will ask you to recolour your artwork as we print in risograph.
5. Longform written submissions: the maximum word count for submissions is 1200 words. Please submit as a word document or using Google Docs.
6. Please indicate in the body of your email the country you are submitting from, as we publish a majority Canadian content as a Canadian publication, but do include global contributors as well.
Please send all submissions to submittofeels@gmail.com. If you do not receive a reply to your email confirming it has reached us, please follow up with our main email, hellofeelszine@gmail.com.
We kindly request submissions are limited to one or two works due to the high volume of submissions we receive, and please have patience with us in responding to new emails--we promise to reply to each and every one.
https://feelszine.com/pages/submissions
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CRAFT FIRST CHAPTERS CONTEST
CRAFT
DEADLINE: June 30, 2021
ENTRY FEE: $20
INFO: CRAFT First Chapters Contest entries are open to all fiction writers; CRAFT is a market for adult literary fiction
Guest Judge: Masie Cochran of Tin House
International submissions are welcome
Excerpts of book-length fiction only—please submit the first chapter or chapters* of your unpublished novels/novellas, completed or in progress
Please do not submit short stories or nonfiction
Please submit work in English only
5,000 word count maximum*
We review adult literary fiction, but are open to a variety of genres and styles
Previously unpublished work only—we do NOT review reprints for contests (previously published includes any form of self-publishing, blogs, personal websites, social media, etc.)
We allow simultaneous submissions—writers, please notify us and withdraw your excerpt if your work is picked up elsewhere
We allow multiple submissions—please submit each excerpt as a separate submission accompanied by an entry fee
All submissions must be made via Submittable
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), and a summary of your book-length project
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 Submittable’s fee)
https://www.craftliterary.com/first-chapters-contest/
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ‘CONNECTION’ ISSUE
Soul in Space
DEADLINE: June 30, 2021
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: The Soul In Space is officially taking submissions for Issue 002, from writers and artists in all genres. This includes but is not limited to; poetry, visual art, fiction, essays, non fiction, music, young adult.
The topic for Issue 002 is Connection. Given everything that has occurred this past year, connection is something that has been a major focus. Whether, that's between partners, coworkers, siblings, parents, pets, the world, or self. We will love to see submissions that reflect on connection, and we encourage artists to experiment!
There is no fee and you can view the guidelines here.
All submissions are asked to be sent to submission@soulin.space and you have until June 30st at midnight.
At this time, submissions are open for Black and Indigenous creators only. This is to spotlight Black and Native creators, who are often looked over.
The Soul In Space aims to create a space that spotlights Black and Indigenous creatives and to spark conversations surrounding Decolonization, Black Liberation, and Indigenous Sovereignty.
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Voodoonauts Summer Workshop 2021
DEADLINE: June 30, 2021
INFO: Voodoonauts is a community space and free online writing workshop where conversations around Afrofuturism as freedom take place. Voodoonauts was founded by four Black writers Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, LP Kindred, and Hugh "H.D" Hunter who saw a shortage of Black storytelling-centered spaces like this in the mainstream SFF community.
Our inaugural workshop was held in July 2020 with 25 Black writers at varying stages of their career. The purpose of this form is to select the second Voodoonauts class.
The 2021 workshop will take place online August 1 to August 3. The deadline to apply is June 30.
Email voodoonauts@gmail.com if you have any questions. Follow us on social media for updates:
Twitter: @voodoonauts
Instagram: @voodoonauts
website: https://www.voodoonauts.com/
OUR FOUNDERS
Shingai Njeri Kagunda is an Afrofuturist freedom dreamer, Swahili sea lover, and Femme Q. Storyteller who hails from Nairobi, Kenya. She is currently pursuing a Literary Arts MFA at Brown University. She has written work that includes both poetry and prose, published or forthcoming in The Elephant, Omenana, and FANTASY magazine. Shingai's short story "Holding Onto Water" was longlisted for the Nommo Awards 2020, & her flash fiction was shortlisted for the Fractured Lit. Prize 2020. She has been selected as a candidate for the Clarion UCSD Class of 2020/2021 (#clarionghostclass).
Yvette Lisa Ndlovu is a Zimbabwean sarungano (storyteller). She is pursuing her MFA at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst where she teaches in the Writing Program. She has taught at Clarion West Writers Workshop online and earned her BA at Cornell University. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the Tin House Workshop and the New York State Summer Writers Institute. She received the 2017 Cornell University George Harmon Coxe Award for Poetry selected by Sally Wen Mao and was the 2020 fiction winner of Columbia Journal’s Womxn History Month Special Issue. She is the co-founder of the Voodoonauts Summer Workshop for Black SFF writers. Her work has been anthologized in Tor.com and Fiyah Literary Magazine’s Breathe FIYAH anthology and the Voices of African Women Journal. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Columbia Journal, Tor.com, Fiyah Literary Magazine, and Kweli Journal.
Hugh “H.D.” Hunter is a storyteller, teaching artist, and community organizer from Atlanta, Georgia. He’s the author of two self-published books, Futureland (Random House, 2022), and Something Like Right (FSG, 2023). He's also the winner of several indie book awards for multicultural fiction.
Hugh is committed to stories about Black kids and their many expansive worlds. He loves vegan snacks, basketball, and stories that make you cry -- but make you smile after. According to some, he's the world's fastest reviser. Check out Hugh’s work at thesoutherndistrict.com and follow him @hd_tsd.
LP Kindred is a Chicagoan-Angeleno who writes and edits speculative fiction that features Black and/or Queer Lives. LP is a proud instructor for Clarion West and the inaugural Voodoonauts Summer Workshop, as well as BTS for FiyahCon/Ignyte Awards. When Kindred is not writing and supporting writers, he can be found singing, eating good food, pretending to be fancy, watching bad TV, and lifting heavy objects. He is or will be an alum of Hurston-Wright, VONA, and Clarion. His fiction can be found in Fiyah Literary Magazine, LeVar Burton Reads, Speculative City, Prismatica Magazine, Queer Blades, and Escape Pod. #GhostClass
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdp3CcfrEVqPS8et_ev__zpdL0WvtbsTJpDLmIH1MRuR8IRXA/viewform
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2021 FRESH VOICES FELLOWSHIP
Epiphany
DEADLINE: July 1, 2021
INFO: Epiphany is thrilled to announce the Fresh Voices Fellowship, a year-long fellowship supporting one emerging Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, or other writer of color who does not have an MFA and is not currently enrolled in a degree-granting creative writing program.
Through opening up the possibilities of the literary world to a BIPOC writer who has so far pursued their work outside the traditional establishment—whether due to lack of funds or opportunity, or by choice—the Fresh Voices Fellowship represents one small but significant piece of Epiphany’s commitment to diversity, not just among the background of the writers we publish, but within our organization, among our readers, on our editorial team, and on our Board. Because diversity does not just mean a range of skin tones, we are committed to engaging, too, with a diversity of expression—in communication, storytelling, language, education, and more—for in so doing, we hope to expand our editorial horizons, realign our expectations of what literature is and has been, and meet the voices and readers of the future.
It is our hope that our first Fresh Voices Fellow will walk away from the yearlong program with: new, hospitable contacts in the literary world; a demystified and holistic understanding of the publication process and operations of a small nonprofit literary journal; and a sense of empowerment, with which they will feel invigorated to participate in their writing life however they may choose.
We are also offering everyone who applies to the Fresh Voices Fellowship a free digital subscription to Epiphany. If you apply for the fellowship, the code for a free digital subscription will be included in our initial response letter.
As the program is in its first year, we expect that it will evolve along with the winning Fellow and their interests. Benefits of the Fellowship include, but need not be limited to:
A $2000 stipend
Paid publication in the Spring/Summer 2022 print issue of Epiphany
Paid online publication at epiphanyzine.com
Connection with an appropriate mentor in the creative writing community
Additional mentorship provided by Epiphany’s Web Editor Diego Medina and EIC Rachel Lyon
Optional attendance at biweekly editorial meetings and, if of interest, a place on the editorial team
A crash course in the nitty-gritty of the independent publishing industry
A free 6- or 8-week creative writing workshop of the Fellow’s choice at, e.g.: the Sackett Street Writers Workshop, Catapult, the Center for Fiction, etc.
https://epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit/195748/2021-fresh-voices-fellowship
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BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Caribbean-American Writers' Prize
Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival
DEADLINE: July 9, 2021 at 11:59 pm
INFO: The BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Caribbean American Writers’ Prize invite submissions that speak to issues of land, justice, ancestral knowledge, belonging, ownership and oral histories; stories of pain, joy, grief, hope, return to memory; stories that critique and challenge the creative imagination to re-envision the world in the diaspora and the Caribbean.
WHO MAY SUBMIT:
Writers must be of Caribbean heritage or a Caribbean-descended writer whose work has not appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circulation of 5,000 or more
Be a resident of the United States/Canada
Be over the age of 18 years
Be an unpublished writer in the genre
WHAT TO SUBMIT:
Stories must be original fiction.
Word count: 2,000 words or less.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
Stories must be emailed to contact@bklyncbeanlitfest.com with Subject Line: 2021 BCLF Short Fiction Story Contest - Writer's Last Name, First Name
The deadline for submission of stories is July 9th, 2021 at 11:59 pm. Late submissions will not be accepted.
https://www.bklyncbeanlitfest.com/caribbean-american-submission
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BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean
Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival
DEADLINE: July 9, 2021 at 11:59 pm
INFO: The BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean invite submissions that speak to issues of land, justice, ancestral knowledge, belonging, ownership and oral histories; stories of pain, joy, grief, hope, return to memory; stories that critique and challenge the creative imagination to re-envision the world in the diaspora and the Caribbean.
WHO MAY SUBMIT:
Exclusively open to unpublished and published writers who live in the Caribbean regardless of their publishing status
Submitted stories must be original works of fiction
Eligible writers must be residents of the Caribbean
WHAT TO SUBMIT:
Stories must be original, unpublished fiction
Word count: 2,000 words or less.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
Stories must be emailed to contact@bklyncbeanlitfest.com with Subject Line: 2021 BCLF Short Fiction Story Contest - Writer's Last Name, First Name