ARTHUR FLOWERS FLASH FICTION PRIZE
Salt Hill
SUBMISSION PERIOD: September 5 - October 9, 2022
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
INFO: Fall 2022 marks the second annual Arthur Flowers Flash Fiction Prize for emerging writers of color. Established in 2021 by Si Yon Kim and Erica Frederick, women of color editors of Salt Hill, the contest is named after Arthur Flowers, a beloved teacher and mentor in the Syracuse University Creative Writing MFA community, to honor his legacy as a steadfast champion of Black students and other students of color in the program. While we want our entrants to feel empowered to submit absolutely anything, we are especially excited for stories that break the canon and queer and color the ways that we’ve been taught to consider form, language, time, setting, and plot.
Mona Awad will serve as the judge for this year’s contest.
PRIZE: The winner will receive a prize of $500 and publication in Salt Hill Issue 50. Two runners-up will each receive a prize of $50 and publication in Salt Hill Issue 50.
ELIGIBILITY: In order to be eligible, you must:
Identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or a Person of Color.
Not have published or been contracted to write a full-length book at the time of submission. Writers with chapbooks are eligible.
International writers working in English are encouraged to submit.
Family, colleagues, intimate friends, and current or former students of the judge are ineligible, as are graduates of, and those affiliated with, the Syracuse University Creative Writing Program.
Previous winners and runners-up are ineligible.
GUIDELINES:
Please submit one unpublished story of no more than 1,000 words.
Entries will be read blind. Please remove your name and any other identifying information from your manuscript.
Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as you notify us immediately if your story is accepted elsewhere.
All stories will be considered for general publication unless the entrant requests otherwise.
2022 JUDGE: Mona Awad is the author of three novels. Her novel Bunny was named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Vogue, and the New York Public Library. It was a finalist for the New England Book Award and a Goodreads Choice Award. It is currently in development for film with Jenni Konner and New Regency Productions. Awad's first novel, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Arab American Book Award, and a winner of the Colorado Book Award and the Amazon Canada First Novel Award. Her latest novel, All’s Well, was released in 2021 and was a finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award in Horror. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, TIME, McSweeney's, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. She teaches fiction at Syracuse University.
salthilljournal.net/arthur-flowers-ff-prize
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Rural Writers of Color FICTION Anthology
EastOver Press
DEADLINE: September 5, 2022
INFO: EastOver Press is accepting short stories for a forthcoming anthology. The anthology will focus exclusively on BIPOC writers who live in or hail from rural or semi-rural locales (in the United States) and whose short stories feature characters living and/or working in rural or semi-rural spaces.
GUIDELINES: Submissions should be no more than 25 pages or 7500 words and may include up to three submissions per author or five submissions per editor of a literary journal. We are only accepting previously published stories at this time, and those stories should have been published in 2020 or 2021.
COMPENSATION: Our payment to authors upon publication of the anthology is $100-$300.
Send questions to keith@eastoverpress.com.
eastoverpresscutleafjournal.submittable.com/submit
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MACDOWELL FELLOWSHIP
MacDowell
DEADLINE: September 10, 2022 at 11:59pm EST*
PROCESSING FEE: $30
INFO: MacDowell is a fellowship and residency program for writers, visual artists, composers, filmmakers, playwrights, interdisciplinary artists, and architects. About 300 artists are awarded Fellowships each year and the sole criterion for acceptance is artistic excellence.
There are no residency fees. Need-based travel grants and stipends are available to open the residency experience to the broadest possible community of artists. Artists with professional standing in their fields, as well as emerging artists, are eligible to apply.
MacDowell encourages artists from all backgrounds and all countries in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts. Any applicant whose proposed project does not fall clearly within one of these artistic disciplines should contact the admissions department for guidance. We aim to be inclusive, not exclusive in our admissions process.
MacDowell is currently accepting applications for the Spring Summer 2023 residency season (March - August 2023) and has suspended a longstanding admissions requirement that applicants supply reference letters as part of the application process.
macdowell.org/apply/apply-for-fellowship
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THE Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship
Mongabay
DEADLINE: September 10, 2022
INFO: Mongabay’s Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program provides opportunities for journalists from biodiversity hotspots in tropical countries to report on critical environmental issues and gain valuable training, experience, and credibility that will help them advance their careers in journalism and communications.
The program:
The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program builds on Mongabay’s long-running internship program, which has helped bolster the capacity of environmental journalists in a field where such experience can be hard to acquire. Since 2008, the program has provided training and first-hand reporting experience for dozens of budding journalists in more than a dozen countries. Mongabay interns have gone on to establish careers as professional journalists, communications professionals at scientific institutions and conservation NGOs, and at Mongabay itself.
The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program will support up to 12 fellows per year – six at our global English bureau and six at our Spanish-language bureau, Mongabay-Latam. Each cohort will consist of three fellows per bureau.
Fellows will gain valuable experience working with a range of editors at our international news outlet, develop their environmental reporting skills, and create a portfolio of original publications which should help them advance their careers in journalism.
ABOUT Y. EVA TAN:
Eva is passionate about equality for all human beings, and conservation of natural habitats, not only fauna but also flora. She is particularly sensitive to creating opportunities for all, irrespective of national origin, ethnicity, and ability.
LOGISTICS:
The fellowship will run twice a year: April 1 through September 30 and October 1 through March 31.
The application window for the first cohort will run from June 21, 2022 to September 10, 2022.
The application window for the second cohort will run from January 1, 2023 through March 10, 2023.
Each fellow will receive $500 USD a month for the duration of the six-month fellowship, or $3,000 USD in total. During that time, fellows will work directly with the fellowship editor to produce six stories. Fellows will have opportunities to collaborate with multiple Mongabay editors, including those who specialize in different areas.
Each fellow is expected to commit to engaging 10 hours a week. Each fellow is expected to produce an average of one story per month over the course of the fellowship to be published on Mongabay’s website.
Work is remote – Mongabay does not have an office and cannot support work visas.
ELIGIBILITY:
The fellowship will be open to anyone from a low- to upper-middle income tropical country, as classified by the World Bank. “High income” tropical countries, like Singapore and Australia, are excluded from the fellowship. A list of eligible countries can be found here.
There is no education requirement to apply for the program. The fellowship is not linked to any university.
We are currently only accepting fellows for our global English and Spanish-language bureaus. Our ambition is to eventually expand this program into other Mongabay bureaus, including Indonesia, India, Brazil, and French-speaking tropical countries, but we don’t currently have a timeline for this expansion.
TO APPLY:
Apply online here. On the application, you will be asked to fill out basic contact information, answer a few questions about your interest, and upload the following three documents:
Resume – (1-2 pages)
Cover letter – please provide specific examples of your journalism or writing experience, why you are interested, as well as specific examples of your ability to work remote effectively and meet the program requirements (1-2 pages)
Writing sample
Applications for the English program must be submitted in English. The Spanish application can be found at La Beca Y. Eva Tan de Periodismo Ambiental.
SELECTION PROCESS:
Selections will be made by an internal Mongabay team and applicants will receive a notification regarding the status of their application at least three weeks prior to the start of the cohort.
For inquiries about the fellowship program at the Mongabay global English bureau, please contact Karen Coates at karen@mongabay.com. For the Mongabay latam Spanish bureau, please contact Dora Montero at dora@mongabay.com
mongabay.org/programs/news/interns/the-y-eva-tan-conservation-reporting-fellowship/
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WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
Hedgebrook
DEADLINE: September 12, 2022
APPLICATION FEE: $35
INFO: Hedgebrook’s Writer-in-Residence Program supports writers from all over the world for fully-funded residencies of two to four weeks (travel is not included and is the responsibility of the writer to arrange and pay for). Up to 6 writers can be in residence at a time, each housed in their own handcrafted cottage. They spend their days in solitude – writing, reading, taking walks in the woods on the property or on nearby Double Bluff beach. In the evenings, “The Gathering” is a social time for residents to connect and share over their freshly prepared meals.
Hedgebrook’s mission is to support visionary women-identified writers, 18 and older, whose stories and ideas shape our culture now and for generations to come. Writers must be women, which is inclusive of transgender women and female-identified individuals. Because gender inequity still occurs in all spaces including literary ones, it is part of our explicit mission to support and promote women’s voices. This application is not for alumnae seeking a return stay.
2023 RESIDENCY DATES: July-Oct 2023
hedgebrook.org/writers-in-residence
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CANADIAN WOMEN ARTISTS’ AWARD
New York Foundation for the Arts / Canadian Women’s Club
DEADLINE: Extended to September 13, 2022
INFO: The Canadian Women Artists’ Award is a $5,000 cash grant open to Canadian women artists ages 25-40 in New York State. The CWAA is an unrestricted cash grant and can be used in any manner the recipient deems necessary to further their artistic goals.
In 2022, CWC and NYFA will be awarding three (3) $5,000 awards, one in each of the following categories:
Visual Arts: Painting, Photography, Craft/Sculpture, Printmaking/Drawing, or Interdisciplinary Work
Media and Design: Video/Film, Experimental Sound, or Design
Literary Arts: Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, or Playwriting/Screenwriting
ELIGIBILITY:
The Canadian Women Artists’ Award is open to Canadian women artists living in New York State who meet the following requirements:
Must be a Canadian citizen, and able to provide proof of citizenship with legal documentation upon receipt of the award.
Must be between the ages of 25 and 40 before the application deadline.
Must be a current resident of New York State.
Must apply in only one of the eligible discipline categories.
Must be the originators of the work.
Must not be a previous recipient of the Canadian Women Artists’ Award.
Must not be a NYFA employee, member of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the previous.
Students in bachelor’s or master’s degree programs are eligible to apply.
ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT:
NYFA is committed to supporting artists from every background, and at all stages in their creative careers. We strongly encourage artists of color, LGBTQ+ artists, artists with disabilities, and artists living outside of the metropolitan area to apply.
To request an accommodation or assistance in applying, please email CWAA@nyfa.org. We ask that requests for accommodation be made as soon as possible, or by Tuesday, August 9, 2022, to allow adequate time for staff to support you in submitting an application before the deadline.
https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/canadian-women-artists-award/
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Hodder Fellowship
Princeton University
DEADLINE: September 13, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
INFO: The Hodder Fellowship will be given to artists and writers of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during the academic year. Potential Hodder Fellows are composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, writers, translators, or other kinds of artists or humanists who have “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts”; they are selected more “for promise than for performance.” Given the strength of the applicant pool, most successful Fellows have published a first book or have similar achievements in their own fields; the Hodder is designed to provide Fellows with the “studious leisure” to undertake significant new work.
Hodder Fellows spend an academic year at Princeton, but no formal teaching is involved. An $88,000 stipend is provided for this 10-month appointment as a Visiting Fellow. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree. One need not be a U.S. citizen to apply.
GUIDELINES:
Please submit the online application and supporting documentation through AHIRE. Supporting documentation includes:
A resume
500-word project proposal in which you describe your artistic project and what you plan to do during the fellowship’s 10-month appointment
Please submit your project proposal in the “Cover Letter” field in the online application.Work samples accompanied by a 150-word statement on how they relate to your proposal
Creative Writing: Prose samples are limited to 3000 words. If you are a poet, submit up to 20 pages of poetry.
arts.princeton.edu/fellowships/hodder-fellowship/
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Princeton Arts Fellowship
Princeton University
DEADLINE: September 13, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
INFO: Princeton Arts Fellowships, funded in part by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, David E. Kelley Society of Fellows in the Arts, and the Maurice R. Greenberg Scholarship Fund, will be awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early career composers, conductors, musicians, choreographers, visual artists, filmmakers, poets, novelists, playwrights, designers, directors and performance artists–this list is not meant to be exhaustive–who would find it beneficial to spend two years teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community.
Princeton Arts Fellows spend two consecutive academic years (September 1-July 1) at Princeton University and formal teaching is expected. The normal work assignment will be to teach one course each semester subject to approval by the Dean of the Faculty, but fellows may be asked to take on an artistic assignment in lieu of a class, such as directing a play or creating a dance with students. Although the teaching load is light, our expectation is that Fellows will be full and active members of our community, committed to frequent and engaged interactions with students during the academic year.
STIPEND: An $88,000 a year stipend is provided. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree. One need not be a U.S. citizen to apply. Holders of Ph.D. degrees from Princeton are not eligible to apply.
GUIDELINES: To apply, please submit a curriculum vitae, contact information for three references (should the search committee choose to contact references, please do not request letters or have letters sent in advance of a request from the search committee), and work samples (i.e., a writing sample, images of your work, video links to performances, etc.). Please also submit a 750-word proposal that includes how you would hope to use the two years of the fellowship to develop your work, how you would contribute to Princeton’s arts community through teaching and/or production, and how you have encouraged diversity and inclusion in your artistic practice, teaching, and/or research.
arts.princeton.edu/fellowships/princeton-arts-fellowship/
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POWERHOUSE RESIDENCY
DEADLINE: September 14, 2022
FEES: Application Fee ($25) + Refundable Deposit ($250)
INFO: POWERHOUSE exists as a residency, a retreat space, a refuge for New York City based Black, Brown, Queer, Trans, & other Othered Folx.
POWERHOUSE is a homeplace / safe space for artists, activists, creatives, free-thinkers, fugitives, makers, resters, resisters, weirdos & writers. we are committed to supporting Folx who need time & space outside New York City to create, commune with nature, read, relax, reflect, restore, ruminate & rejuvenate. we believe that Folx are most powerful when they are unbothered & unencumbered by day-to-day stressors, chaotic environments, & oppressive systems. our mission is to provide a place to revive & reconnect with the creative power within.
IMPACT: In the United States, there are less than 15 retreat/ residency spaces that cater specifically to Black/ POC/ Indigenous/ LQBTIA+ Folx. in New York State, there are only three. POWERHOUSE intends to fill a void as the ONLY multi-genre creative residency providing artists with a NO COST space to escape, dream, plan, plot & rest. one week residencies will be awarded every month during spring, summer & fall for a total of 9 residencies per year.
OVERVIEW:
potential residents will go through an application process(unless nominated by a collaborating sponsor). applicants will be chosen based on merit & need.
residents need not be tethered to a specific work-related outcome or creation of new work. post residency, residents will be asked to write an impact statement (500 words or less)
residencies will take place from Saturday to Saturday. transport to and from POWERHOUSE can be provided if necessary.
while the residency is FREE, there is a $25 application fee & a required deposit ($250) that is fully refundable (2-3 days post residency).
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THE Constellation Award
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP)
DEADLINE: September 15, 2022 at 11:59 pm ET
INFO: The annual Constellation Award is given to honor an independent literary press that is led by and/or champions the writing of people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) individuals for excellence in publishing. The 2022 recipient will receive $10,000 and will be announced in November 2022.
This year’s judges are J.K. Fowler, Founder and Executive Director of Nomadic Press, and CLMP Board Members Beena Kamlani, author and freelance editor; Deborah Paredez, author, cofounder of CantoMundo, and Associate Professor at Columbia University; and Clarence Reynolds, Director of The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College CUNY.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Presses must be led by people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and AAPI individuals and/or have a demonstrated commitment to championing books by people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and AAPI authors.
Presses must have a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in their business practices.
Presses must be English-language and/or Spanish-language publishers based in the United States.
Presses must be independent publishers of literary books (over half the list must consist of fiction, poetry, drama, and literary prose).
Presses must not be primarily self-publishing (at least 50% of titles must be published by authors not on staff; presses should not charge authors a fee to publish their works).
Presses must have a 2-year track record of publishing at least 2 titles a year.
Presses’ annual net sales must be below $1 million.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Story, Flash Nonfiction, Novel Excerpt
Shenandoah
DEADLINE: September 15, 2022
INFO: Shenandoah is open for PROSE submissions (Story, Flash Nonfiction, Novel Excerpt) from September 5, 2022 to September 15, 2022 (or until we reach 800 submissions).
Shenandoah aims to showcase a wide variety of voices and perspectives in terms of gender identity, race, ethnicity, class, age, ability, nationality, regionality, sexuality, and educational background (MFAs are not necessary here). We love publishing new writers; publishing history is not a prerequisite either. Checking out our current issue is another great way to get a sense of the kind of work we like.
GUIDELINES:
SHORT STORIES and CREATIVE NONFICTION (essays, memoir, etc.) should be under 8,000 words. Editor Beth Staples loves writing that stretches her imagination and way of thinking, surprises, makes her laugh, moves her, is formally interesting or challenging, defies genre, explores the confusing or uncomfortable, introduces her to new writers, thinks globally, has a distinctive voice, cares about the world, and does not assume white people are literature’s default characters. We’re happy to consider flash fiction–short stories under 1,000 words. You may include up to three pieces of flash in a single submission (all in one document).
NOVEL EXCERPTS under 8,000 words will be considered with great enthusiasm. Beth plans to publish an excerpt from a novel-in-progress during each issue of Shenandoah, with a note from the author about their process and what it’s like to be in the middle of a big project. She knows writers at this stage need support, and would like Shenandoah to be a place where they can get some. These excerpts need not function like a short story. We’ve found the best novel excerpts give some sense of the overall scope of the book and whet the reader’s appetite without leaving us dangling too far off of a cliff.
shenandoahliterary.org/submissions/
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RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Monson Arts
DEADLINE: September 15, 2022
APPLICATION FEE: $25
INFO: Monson Arts’ residency program supports emerging and established artists and writers by providing them time and space to devote to their creative practices. During each of our 2-week and 4-week programs throughout the year, a cohort of roughly 5 artists and 5 writers are invited to immerse themselves in small town life at the edge of Maine’s North Woods and focus intensely on their work within a creative and inspiring environment. They receive a private studio, private bedroom in shared housing, all meals, and $1,000 stipend ($500 for 2-week programs). New for 2022, the Abbott Watts Residency for Photography offers access to the photography studio and darkroom of Todd Watts in nearby Blanchard, adjacent to the former home of Berenice Abbott. Click here to read more about this unique opportunity specifically for photographers.
Application for this program is open to anyone at any stage of their career, working in visual arts, writing, and related fields (i.e. audio, video, photography). Open calls for residency applications typically take place 3 times throughout the year with deadlines on January 15, May 15, and September 15. Each application period corresponds to specific residency offerings 3-6 months out.
Residents’ studios are located in newly renovated Main Street buildings that have been designed specifically for visual artists and writers. All of our studio spaces are outfitted to be as flexible as possible so that we can accommodate a variety of creative practices. Our visual arts studios are spacious and light-filled with large work tables and sinks. Shelving and portable storage carts are available as needed. Access is available to woodshop and metal shop facilities in nearby buildings for any fabrication needs. Our writing studios are comfortably furnished with work tables, office chairs, bookshelves, and reading chairs.
Residents live in newly renovated historic homes throughout town, within walking distance to studios and everything that downtown Monson has to offer. These are mostly 3 bedroom structures that are fully furnished and comfortable all four seasons of the year. Houses all have shared kitchens, bathrooms, and common areas with laundry machines, telephone, and other amenities as well. Wifi is available in all of our buildings through high speed fiberoptic service.
https://monsonarts.org/residencies/
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Real People, Real Struggles, Real Stories: Writing About Mental Illness
The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow
DEADLINE: September 26, 2022 by midnight CST
APPLICATION FEE: $35
INFO: The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow is offering a fellowship to a writer working on a short or long work of non-fiction focusing on how they (the writer or another) have managed, and continue to manage, their mental illness. This personal story should offer not just insight and awareness, but most importantly, hope. It should share your dreams, and how you are adjusting and fine-tuning them. Stories focused on relationships, family life, travel, employment, civic contributions, passions, along with the barriers, fears, and stigmas faced, are encouraged. For the purposes of this fellowship, the writing should be non-fiction, and can take the form of memoir, personal essay, profile, or biography. The successful application will demonstrate insight, honesty, literary merit, and the likelihood of publication.
The fellowship winner will receive a two-week residency to allow the recipient to focus completely on their work. Each writer’s suite has a bedroom, private bathroom, separate writing space, and wireless internet. We provide 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 other meals. 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 October 24, 2022. Residency must be completed by December 31, 2023.
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2022 Voyage First Chapters Contest
Voyage
DEADLINE: September 29, 2022
INFO: Our first chapters contest is back, this time with the theme Love & War! The Voyage team is looking forward to summer reading, and we want to see the first chapters of your young adult novels! It's no secret that one of the most difficult challenges in writing a book is getting that first chapter right—and we're asking: Are you up for the challenge? Can you write a first chapter that captivates your audience enough to make them want to keep reading? If the answer is yes, then we want to read your first chapter!
Our guest judge will choose three stories from a shortlist.
PRIZE: The 1st Place winner will receive $3,000 and an hour-long consultation with a literary agent; 2nd Place will receive $300 and publication; 3rd place will receive $200 and publication. Finalists will receive written feedback from a literary agent on the first five pages.
Bonus: Every entrant will receive access to a pre-recorded mini workshop!
GUIDELINES:
Voyage submissions are open to all writers working in English
International submissions are allowed
Submissions must be the first chapter of a young adult novel (full novel does not need to be completed), and from the point-of-view of a young adult, meaning through the lens of a teen protagonist
The chapter doesn't have to be standalone
5,000-word count maximum
We’re open to any genre or style—just send us the best you've got
Previously unpublished work only, please
Simultaneous submissions are fine—just notify and withdraw your entry if it's picked up by someone else
$20 reading fee per entry
Multiple submissions are okay—please submit each as a separate submission
Every entry will be considered for our regular publications as well
Please: 1) double space; 2) use Times New Roman 12 pt font; 3) have 1-inch margins, and 4) put the page number in the top right-hand corner
Tell us in a brief cover letter your publication history (if applicable, no worries if not)
NOTE: To ensure the protection of our volunteer readers, and to keep Voyage a safe space, please let us know in your cover letter if your work can be triggering in any way. This will have no bearing on your submission or a decision—we just want to ensure the best possible environment for our readers. Thank you for your understanding.
VOYAGE VALUES: Voyage YA is committed to diversity and inclusivity. 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. Voyage has a zero tolerance policy for any work that is discriminatory or harmful in any way, whether intentional or unintentional. Hate speech of any kind will not be tolerated and any work that violates our values will be immediately declined. Voyage maintains the right to further ban authors if problematic behavior persists and/or de-platform authors should there be problematic behavior via other platforms.
As the landscape of publishing changes, Voyage acknowledges that there is still much work to be done. Systemic racism and structural inequality have been a problem for a long time, and Voyage will actively work to dismantle them. We have joined the global movement to fight for equality and will consciously work to amplify marginalized voices of authors who have been historically underrepresented in publishing.
We urge authors and readers alike to visit some of the resources we have found helpful—and seek out others.
GUEST JUDGE: Ayana Gray, NYT Bestselling Author of Beasts of Prey and Beasts of Ruin
Ayana Gray is a New York Times bestselling young adult fantasy author and a lover of all things monsters, mythos, and magic. Originally from Atlanta, she now lives in Little Rock, Arkansas where she reads avidly, follows Formula One racing, and worries over the varying moods of her adopted baby black rhino, Apollo, and her mini goldendoodle, Dolly.
Her debut novel, BEASTS OF PREY, is being translated in 10 languages across five continents, and is in feature film development with Netflix.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Vol. VII, No. 2 ISSUE ‘PEREGRINE’
Yellow Arrow Journal
DEADLINE: September 30, 2022
INFO: Yellow Arrow Journal, a biannual publication of creative nonfiction, poetry, and cover art by writers/artists that identify as women, is excited to announce submissions are now OPEN for the fall 2022 (Vol. VII, No. 2) issue on PEREGRINE.
Accepted submissions include creative nonfiction, poetry, and cover art by authors/artists that identify as women. Submissions must relate to the theme of PEREGRINE as interpreted by the author.
SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES:
Accepted submissions include creative nonfiction and poetry by authors that identify as women (cover art guidelines follow below).
Submissions must relate to the theme of PEREGRINE as interpreted by the author, using the following provided guiding questions (these will change for each theme):
What are the constituent parts of the words/language you love? Where did those parts come from? What do the sounds of those parts mean/evoke?
What words don’t exist in your language? What silences does that create? How does that effect how you connect with others? How does those words exist in other languages?
What does your language look like when it is untethered? When you allow it to wander? To dance with abandon on the page?
How does language illuminate our feelings? Our thoughts? Our beliefs? Is it possible to share these through different languages?
Creative nonfiction (1 submission per author per issue) must be between 500 and 5,000 words. Poetry (up to 2 poems per author per issue, grouped into a single document) may be any length.
Submissions do not need to be in English but must include an English translation.
No previously published work will be accepted at this time—this includes all printed and online material; simultaneous submissions are okay but please let us know when you send in your submission(s) and if a submission is published elsewhere in the interim, email submissions@yellowarrowpublishing.com immediately.
PAYMENT: If selected, you will receive $10.00USD and a PDF of the journal issue. Note that payments are through PayPal; while we try to accommodate those that do not have a PayPal account, this is not always possible, especially for people outside of the U.S. Thank you for understanding.
yellowarrowpublishing.com/submissions
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POP-UP PRINT ANTHOLOGY — I Am Not My Cancer: Stories of Sacrifice and Survival
Lucky Jefferson
DEADLINE: September 30, 2022
INFO: In partnership with the African Women's Cancer Awareness Association (AWCAA), Lucky Jefferson is proud to invite writers to share poems, personal short stories, micro memoirs, and non-fiction about their experiences with breast cancer. Whether you are a survivor or actively battling cancer, we want to hear your story!
We are seeking stories from Black, African, and African-American identifying individuals who represent the following geographies and communities:
USA
Canada
Africa
Caribbean
Latin America
GUIDELINES:
Send no more than 3 poems in a submission. Separate poems by page break.
No more than 1500 words for non-fiction.
Keep it short and sweet. Share your name, email address, mailing address, and bio (third-person, 50 words max).
Works can be previously published in print or online, but we love stories that have not yet found their home.
*We will not tolerate any work that promotes harmful stereotypes and perspectives including: racism, bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, islamophobia, xenophobia, antisemitism, ableism.
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Storyknife Writers Retreat
DEADLINE: September 30, 2022
APPLICATION FEE: $40
INFO: Storyknife provides women with the time and space to explore their craft without distraction. Every aspect of a residency at Storyknife is steeped in a profound generosity of spirit so that each writer knows she and her work are valuable. Storyknife residents carry away both this affirmation and a living community of women writers to assist their valuable work wherever they go.
Residencies at Storyknife in Homer, Alaska, are either for two or four weeks. Resident’s food and lodging is covered during the period of their residency, but travel to and from Homer, Alaska, is the responsibility of the resident. Residents stay in individual cabins & dine at the main house. An on-staff chef is responsible for food preparation.
Four week residencies begin on the 1st of each month and end on the 28th. Two week residencies begin on the 1st of each month and end on the 15th OR begin on the 15th and end on the 28th. Residencies are available April through October.
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must:
Be woman-identified
Be 21 years of age or older
Apply as an individual artist, not a collaborative group or team
You will provide a work sample and answer four questions (each answer 300 words or fewer).
How have you sought to educate yourself as a writer? (Formal education not a prerequisite, but evidence of curiosity and learning in your applicable genre is.)
What is your experience with publishing your work? (Publishing is not a prerequisite but is considered a goal for writers who attend Storyknife.)
What project will you pursue while in residency? (Please note that you will be free to work on whatever writing you wish during residency. We simply are interested in what you think you’ll be pursuing.)
Why would a writing residency benefit you at this time especially?
Work Sample Requirements:
Work samples should reflect work completed within the last two years. All work samples must be uploaded through Submittable. Written work samples will be uploaded directly within the application.
Applicants can submit published or unpublished work samples.
All work samples must be combined into one PDF file.
A writing sample not to exceed 10 pages (prose: double-spaced 12 point font, poetry: single-spaced 12 point font acceptable). Prose includes screenplays and stage plays which also must conform to the 10 page limit.
Any writing samples with identifying material will be disqualified. Identifying material is your name, address, or publication credits. This only refers to the writing sample, not the answers to the questions. This is an anonymous jurying process.
Diversity
Storyknife is committed to diversity and elevating voices of historically excluded communities. We value all aspects of diversity and seek to make each resident’s time at Storyknife as productive and pleasant as possible.
Please contact executive director, Erin Hollowell, at ehollowell@storyknife.org to ask about accommodation or to speak further about your needs. Storyknife is welcoming to all and will work with you to meet your needs.
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2023 Mentorships
We Need Diverse Books
DEADLINE: September 30, 2022 by 11:59pm ET
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: In 2023, WNDB will offer fifteen mentorships split among the following categories: Picture Book Text (PB), Middle Grade (MG), Young Adult (YA); and Illustration (IL). (Please note there is NO separate nonfiction category and both fiction and nonfiction writers will enter their application by target age category).
The winners will communicate with the mentor for approximately one year in a mentor/mentee custom-defined program. This mentorship period will run from January to December 2023.
ELIGIBILITY:
The writing mentorships are available to diverse writers or any writers or illustrators who have completed a full draft of a manuscript for children or teens featuring a diverse main character or diverse central subject matter. The illustration mentorship is available to any diverse illustrator who has a portfolio and several sample illustrations completed.
For the WNDB definition of diversity, please find it here.
Applicants may only apply for one of the four mentorship categories, so it is up to the applicant to research the available mentors and decide which category will be most suitable for their work. Applicants who do not comply with submission rules will be disqualified. Previous recipients of a WNDB Mentorship may not apply.
This is an opportunity to be matched with an experienced children’s book creator and receive individual support and feedback on a completed draft of a work-in-progress or your portfolio.
JUDGES' CRITERIA:
The first-round judges will select a pool of final applicants based on merit of the work submitted. Mentors will select their mentee based on merit, compatibility, and readiness/need for the mentorship as outlined in their essay. Applicants who do not comply with submission rules will be disqualified.
diversebooks.org/programs/mentorship-program/
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The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
New York Public Library
DEADLINE: September 30, 2022 at 5:00 pm ET
INFO: The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers is an international fellowship program open to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building—including academics, independent scholars, and creative writers (novelists, playwrights, poets). Visual artists at work on a book project are also welcome to apply.
The Center appoints 15 Fellows a year for a nine-month term at the Library, from September through May. In addition to working on their own projects, the Fellows engage in an ongoing exchange of ideas within the Center and in public forums throughout the Library.
CRITERIA & TERMS: The Cullman Center’s Selection Committee awards fifteen Fellowships a year to outstanding scholars and writers—academics, independent scholars, journalists, creative writers (novelists, playwrights, poets), translators, and visual artists. Foreign nationals conversant in English are welcome to apply. Candidates for the Fellowship will need to work primarily at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building rather than at other divisions of the Library. People seeking funding for research leading directly to a degree are not eligible.
The Cullman Center looks for top-quality writing. It aims to promote dynamic communication about literature and scholarship at the very highest level—within the Center, in public forums throughout the Library, and in the Fellows’ published work.
A Cullman Center Fellow receives a stipend of up to $75,000, the use of an office with a computer, and full access to the Library’s physical and electronic resources. Fellows work at the Center for the duration of the Fellowship term, which runs from September through May. Each Fellow gives a talk over lunch on his or her current work-in-progress to the other Fellows and to a wide range of invited guests, and may be asked to take part in other programs at The New York Public Library.
nypl.org/help/about-nypl/fellowships-institutes/center-for-scholars-and-writers
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John Lewis Writing Grants
Georgia Writers
DEADLINE: October 1, 2022
INFO: Georgia Writers’ John Lewis Writing Grants are inspired by the late civil rights icon and his more than three decades of service as Georgia’s 5th District representative. The John Lewis Writing Grants will be awarded annually in the categories of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The purpose of the grants is to elevate, encourage, and inspire the voices of Black writers in Georgia.
THE GRANTS:
Winners in each genre will receive:
A grant of $500 to present a workshop or reading at a selected Georgia venue
A scholarship to the next annual Red Clay Writers Conference
GUIDELINES:
Applicants must be 18 years of age and emerging writers who are Black or African-American residents of Georgia for at least one year, or full-time students at a Georgia college or university at the time of application and on the date of the award, and have published no more than one traditionally published book. Writers who are eligible may apply annually but may only win a grant once. There is no submission fee to enter. Applications will be reviewed anonymously. Applicants are ineligible if they are of relations to any of the Georgia Writers staff or board of directors.
Writers may apply in only one genre and must submit the following:
A completed grant application
An essay of at least 500 words as a concise description of your work and goals as a writer. Please tell us what inspires or challenges your writing career.
No more than a ten-page writing sample of a published or unpublished piece in the genre in which you are applying--fiction, non-fiction, or poetry.
If submitting poetry, one poem per page please.
georgiawriters.org/john-lewis-writing-award
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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: SEED
Forging
DEADLINE: October 1, 2022
INFO: Forging, a new digital-first journal by Forge Project for critically imagining Native futures, invites you to contribute to its inaugural issue: Seed.
Forging seeks contributions centered on sowing and harvesting radical ways of thinking as a form of collective Indigenous world-building.
As an action, to seed or seeding is a generative process, one that takes small, determined steps with cultivation and care knowing that the results may sometimes fail.
How do we seed revolutionary actions now that are committed to self-determination for Native nations?
Can ceding land to tribes be a form of historical repair and the basis for future geopolitical liberation?
What are the limitations to Land Back in a capitalist economy that fuels cycles of extraction, development, and gentrification?
Possible contributions to Forging may include researched essays or critical reflections tied to a political topic, feature-length news articles, photo essays, written interviews, excerpts from a forthcoming book or exhibition, reviews of cultural work or popular media, as well as other literary and creative explorations.
The Forging journal team is @candicebhopkins (Tlingit), executive director and chief curator of Forge Project, and editorial projects manager @francescathryn. We will work with you for content and style and provide feedback for non-written ideas.
Articles and essays can range from 800 to 1,200 words. We pay $1/word for published work.
Please submit ideas, abstracts, and any questions to frances@forgeproject.com by October 1.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Nimrod International Journal
DEADLINE: October 1, 2022
SUBMISSION FEE: $3
INFO: Nimrod International Journal welcomes submissions of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. We publish two issues annually. Our spring issue is thematic, with the theme announced the preceding fall. Previous themes have included Writers of Age; Range of Light: The Americas; Australia; Who We Are; Islands of the Sea and of the Mind; The Arabic Nations; Mexico/USA; andCrossing Borders. The fall issue features the winners and finalists of our annual Literary Awards. In most cases, both issues also contain work accepted as general submissions throughout the year.
Each issue is approximately 200 pages, perfect bound with a four-color cover.
GENERAL SUBMISSIONS:
Accepted from January 1st to October 1st each year. Nimrod is closed to general submissions in November and December. Turn-around time for general submissions is one to five months. Online general submissions have a $3 fee associated with them.
Prose: Work must be previously unpublished. 7,500 words maximum. Double-spaced. We seek vigorous writing with characters that are well developed and dialogue that is realistic without being banal.
Poetry: Work must be previously unpublished. 3-7 pages. One poem per page. Poetry is open to all styles and subjects. We seek poems that go beyond one word or image, honor the impulse to reveal a truth about, or persuasive version of, the inner and outer worlds.
We recommend reading a sample issue before submitting a manuscript.
nimrodjournal.submittable.com/submit
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ARTISTS & WRITERS RESIDENCY
Vermont Studio Center
DEADLINE: October 1, 2022
INFO: Each month, VSC welcomes over 50 artists and writers from across the country and around the world to our historic campus in northern Vermont.
All of our residencies include:
A private room in modest, shared housing
24-hour access to a private studio space in one of our 6 medium-specific studio buildings
3 communal meals per day (plus fresh fruit, coffee/tea/cold beverages, and cereal available around the clock)
Most residents stay with us for 1 month, so our sessions adhere to a 4-week calendar however, residencies can be scheduled in 2-week increments ranging from 2 to 12 weeks if a shorter or longer stay better suits your needs. Although we accept residents for stays for 2 weeks, we recommend a minimum stay of one month for the fullest experience.
Each 4-week session includes:
Opening Night Dinner & Reception
7 Resident Presentation (“Res Pres”) Nights
2 Open Studios Nights
Public Slide Talks / Public Readings from our Visiting Artists & Writers
Visiting Writer Craft Talks (open to writers only)
Opportunities for studio visits/manuscript critiques with Visiting Artists/Writers
Most months, numerous other spontaneous events take place--intimate readings, pop-up shows, group hikes or swims, performances, site-specific installations, movie screenings, dance parties, and bonfires, to name a few.
All events in our monthly program are optional. Our program is designed to enhance your studio practice by providing opportunities to engage with a supportive creative community; you are welcome to participate in as many or as few of these activities as you like.
FELLOWSHIP:
Voices Rising Fellowship
One fellowship for a Black American woman fiction writer with demonstrable financial need. Given in honor of women writers of color such as Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Zora Neale Hurston, whose voices have inspired so many. Available for a 4-week residency and includes a $2,000 stipend. For a residency between January and August 2023.
https://vermontstudiocenter.org/
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ROLLING SUBMISSIONS
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND PITCHES: BLACK AND ASIAN FEMINIST SOLIDARITIES
AAWW’s The Margins / Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: A collaboration between Black Women Radicals and the Asian American Feminist Collective, Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities is a monthly series published in AAWW’s The Margins that launched in July 2020. This ongoing project looks to Black and Asian American feminist histories, practices, and frameworks on care, community, and survival for the tools and strategies to continue to build towards collective liberation.
With two years under our belt, the editors of Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities are looking for pitches and submissions to shape the next phase in this series.
Since we started this project, people in Black and Asian communities have been reckoning with grief, loss, heartbreak, and death at different scales. We are witnessing in real time the stripping of reproductive rights; the ways state-based responses to violence pit Black and Asian communities against each other; and attempts to legislate queer and trans people out of existence.
In reflecting on solidarity, we often are left with more questions than answers.
What does it mean to create and nurture solidarity at this juncture? We’re currently seeking new pitches and finished pieces that interrogate past, present, and future issues within the realm of Black and Asian feminist solidarities, and that imagine possibilities between our communities through various written forms.
Topics and approaches of specific interest include:
Environmental justice and water protection; land, water, and place as solidarity; islands and oceans as connective sites; ancestral foodways and ecologies; and growing and caring for land and nature
Storytelling centering queer intimacies, friendships, kinships, and relationships across race
Reproductive justice, care work, and labor
Speculative fiction exploring fantasy, myth, magic, histories, futures, and more
Histories, genealogies, and inheritances of movements and migration
Transnational approaches to abolition politics, including political imprisonment, war, and demilitarization
Ending caste apartheid, politics of colorism, interrogations of racial categories and hierarchies of racialization
Navigating conflicts, tensions, difficulties, contradictions, and controversies within and across communities
Joy, love, and pleasure as solidarity including gatherings, sex and romance, and humor
Engagements with feminist literatures and critique and writing as craft
We invite submissions and pitches on feminist solidarities from creative writers, poets, community organizers, workers, artists, journalists, and scholars.
We are seeking FINISHED SUBMISSIONS in the following genres and forms:
Short creative stories across genres including speculative fiction, young adult, and romance
Illustrations, graphics, and comics
Creative nonfiction including personal essays and historical narratives
Poetry, letters, journal entries, songs, and spells
We are also open to PITCHES for:
Interviews and conversations
Researched or reported works
Political and cultural criticism and commentary
Collaborative works, hybrid genres, and/or exploratory formats
We are currently not seeking submissions for commentary and reported works that require timely or urgent publication.
GUIDELINES:
Email your finished submission or pitch as a .doc/x, or Google doc to bafs@aaww.org.
Please format the title of your submission as follows: “LAST NAME – Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities – TITLE OF PIECE or PITCH .”
Include your preferred name for publishing and a short biography (maximum 100 words).
For finished pieces, we welcome:
essays up to a maximum of 3,000 words
short fiction up to 3,500 words
poetry, illustrations, and hybrid work up to 10 pages or panels for consideration
Please include any image attachments as .jpgs or .pngs.
If you are sending a pitch, please indicate your plan and timeline for completion.
Please also include a short cover letter (max 300 words) about how you connect to this call as an author and how your submitted work relates to this call. Feel free to respond in a way that aligns with the aims of your work.
If our editors decide to move forward with a pitch or submission, writers can expect a reply within six weeks to three months. Although we cannot guarantee a response to all pitches and pieces, our editors will do their best to get back to all writers. We appreciate your patience.
We will pay for published pieces. The Margins‘ 2022 rate sheet is here.
About Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities
This ongoing project looks to Black and Asian American feminist histories, practices, and frameworks on care, community, and survival for the tools and strategies to continue to build towards collective liberation. Solidarity at its core is about relationships. Solidarity means we understand and commit to taking responsibility for one another—and that is the radical feminist future we believe in. So far we have featured nonfiction essays, creative writing and poetry, reading lists, archival materials, and interviews and conversations. The project offers political analysis and ruminations on a variety of topics such as reproductive justice, sex worker organizing, transnational feminisms, war and militarism, care work, and intergenerational movements. Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities is edited by Salonee Bhaman, Julie Ae Kim, Rachel Kuo, Senti Sojwal, Jaimee A. Swift, and Tiffany Diane Tso.
https://aaww.org/submissions-black-asian-feminist-solidarities/
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BLACK + BROWN ARTISTS
Emergent Literary
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: Emergent Literary is a new journal that welcomes the work of Black and brown makers in all genres, as well as work that reaches across multiple genres or obscures the boundaries between them.
The work must be previously unpublished in print or online.
Before submitting, we ask that you take a look at our mission statement in order to get a sense of the journal.
Please send all submissions to editors@emergentliterary.com with the genre in all caps as the subject line, i.e. POETRY. If your work is multimedia or doesn’t exactly fit into one category, list MULTI as your genre. Feel free to include a short note in the body of the email, and your work as an attachment.
We’re cool with simultaneous submissions, just let us know by email if one or all of your pieces are accepted elsewhere!
We will try our best to get back to you within 6 months. We’re a small team! If you have not received a response by then, you can send us an email, but please wait until then to do so.
Poetry: Please submit three to five poems in a standard font. Please include page breaks between poems and clearly delineated titles.
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction and other narrative work (including reviews) Please submit up to 1500 words, double-spaced in a standard font.
Photography and Visual Art: Please submit up to four images as an attachment to your email with the title(s) of the work(s) as the file names.
Audio and Video: Please submit up to 7 minutes of video or audio, with audio files attached as .mp3 or mp4.
Recipes: Yes, please! If you have accompanying photographs, please attach them to the email.
We warmly welcome mixed/multimedia work!
We look forward to engaging with your work.
emergentliterary.com/submission-guidelines
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ESSAYS ON RADICAL HEALING
That’s No Longer My Ministry
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: Hi! We’re journalists, editors and content creators Foram Mehta and Nadia Imafidon. And we’re teaming up to publish a first-of-its-kind anthology that aims to tell a different story about healing. As an extension to the evocative podcast series of the same name, the collection will tell the stories of marginalized folk in their own words about how they’re actively purging years of conditioning and the consequences of never being centered.
These stories acknowledge and move through trauma; they hold space for radical self-liberation and using “No.” as a complete sentence. They remind us: We don't have to hold onto the things that no longer serve us because that's no longer our ministry.
Publication Details
Accepted essays will be edited by us (Foram & Nadia) and curated together for a book that will be available for purchase as an e-book or as a paperback. Print copies of the book and one-hundred percent of proceeds from subsequent sales will be donated to Aakoma Project, an organization that aims to
Compensation
Writers whose essays are accepted for final publication will be credited with a byline in the book and a complimentary paperback copy of the completed anthology.
A note about writing for free: As writers ourselves, we know writers are highly underpaid and undervalued, but we also know the joy of contributing to a collaborative body of work for the sake of storytelling, for the sake of healing together. Everyone on this project (including us) is a non-paid contributor donating their time and work for the benefit of Aakoma Project.
We say this while also acknowledging that we live in a world that operates on money, and spending time to write for free is not a privilege afforded to everyone. That’s also why we’re asking for non-exclusive rights only to contributors’ essays (more details to be provided in the contributor’s agreement).
build the consciousness of youth of color and their
caregivers on the recognition and importance of mental health. They do this by offering free
therapy and workshops to youth and their families, helping to influence systems and services to
receive and address the needs of youth of color and their families.
Pitching Guidelines
We are seeking pitches for non-fiction first-person essays from people of color who hold identities that are marginalized. This includes but is not limited to:
LGBTQIA+
Immigrant/First-generation
Refugee
Indigenous
People with disabilities
When submitting your pitch, please include a brief bio and a link to your portfolio and/or first-person writing samples. We understand that not everyone will have a portfolio, so please send us something to give us an idea of your writing style.
Your pitch should include:
Working title
A summary of your story. (Tell us why you’re the person who needs to tell this story.)
We aim to get back to everyone who submits a pitch, but please allow us some time to respond, as we anticipate a full inbox! We will send contributor agreements to writers whose pitches we accept. Please, do not submit fully written essays.
Submit pitches to nolongermyministry@gmail.com. Editorial Guidelines
After we accept your essay pitch, writers should use the following writing guidelines: ● First-person reflections
○ Use this creative, non-fiction writing guide for reference
● Non-fiction
● English (with creative use of language)
● 8th grade reading level (When in doubt, keep it simple!)
● 1,500-3,00 words recommended
● AP Style (reference guide)
We’re interested in your story, but we acknowledge that your story will likely include other people in it. For that reason, we ask that if you’re mentioning someone by their name that you get their permission to do so or change the name.
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TORCH FRIDAY FEATURE
Torch Literary Arts
DEADLINE: Rolling
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: Torch Literary Arts welcomes submissions of original creative work by Black women writers. We are interested in work that challenges and disrupts preconceived notions of what contemporary writing by Black women should be. Your stories and poems are valuable and necessary. Write freely and submit what you are excited to share with the world.
Reading Period
Submissions are accepted for Friday Features only. We accept submissions on a rolling basis.
Simultaneous Submissions
Simultaneous submissions to other journals are welcome as long as they are identified as such and we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
Manuscript Submission Guidelines
Include a one (1) page cover letter noting the title(s) of the work(s) submitted.
Upload your text submission as a Word (DOC, DOCX) or portable document format/PDF (PDF).
Typed, double-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced) pages.
Numbered pages.
Margins should be set at no less than 1” and no greater than 1.5”.
Poetry: submit up to five (5) poems totaling no more than eight (8) pages.
Fiction, Hybrid genre: 12-point font. No more than ten (10) pages or 2500 words (whichever is achieved first). Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained.
Drama/Screenwriting: submit one act or a collection of short scenes no longer than ten (10) pages. Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained. Indicate if a performance video or dramatic audio reading will be available with the text submission if selected.
Restrictions
We do not reprint previously published work for TORCH Friday Features.
Submitting Online
We accept submissions via our online submission management system only. Submissions via postal mail or email will be discarded without response.
Notifications and Queries
Please allow up to three months for a decision. Using our online submissions system, you will be able to track the status of your submission.
Publication & Compensation
Publication is online at TorchLiteraryArts.org, unless expressly stated for special publications.
Authors whose work is selected for a Friday Feature will receive a $50 (US) payment for publication.
All rights revert back to the author after publication.
Awards
All work accepted for publication will be considered for nomination for internal and external awards such as The Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, etc.
torchliteraryarts.submittable.com/submit
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OPEN CALL: EYEBEAM CENTER FOR THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM
Eyebeam Center
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: The Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism (ECFJ) is a grant-making program that supports artists producing innovative and revelatory journalistic work for major media outlets.
The funds distributed to artists will assist with research, travel, and other expenses many media outlets struggle to cover, allowing stories that are often out of reach in today’s climate to be produced. And, in an effort to be responsive to an ever-fluctuating news cycle, artists will be able to apply to ECFJ for support of their work on a rolling basis. Artists with longer-term, research-intensive projects are also encouraged to apply. Grant support will range from $500 to $5,000.
All applicants must read the ECFJ Open Call page before applying: https://eyebeam.org/ecfj
Eligibility:
Individuals and collectives can apply. Collectives must have work samples that reflect a history of working together.
International applicants are welcome.
Applicants must have an existing commission letter from an editor.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
At this stage of the program, all applications must be in English.
Criteria
ECFJ is a grant-making program that financially supports artists producing innovative journalistic work for major media outlets. Artists applying must have demonstrated track record of working with major media outlets.
Artists creating work with a focus on the following issues are encouraged to apply:
Data privacy
2018/2020 elections
Role of technology in society
Political influence campaigns
Interrogating harmful technologies
Countering disinformation
Artificial Intelligence
Each applicant must provide:
300-word project description
Assignment letter from editor
A reference contact or letter of support
Two samples of past work
Detailed budget of expenses (travel costs, per diem and research costs are acceptable)
At this time, final pieces must be in English.
All applications should be in alignment with Eyebeam’s core values of:
Openness: All the work here is driven by an open-source ethos.
Invention: We build on old ideas to generate new possibilities.
Justice: Technology by artists is a move towards equity and democracy.
Equity and Inclusion: Eyebeam aims to create a hub for conversation and practice-sharing that is aware and responsive to systemic inequities in technology and invests in the meaningful inclusion of historically marginalized groups and voices. Eyebeam is committed to and values diversity in its organization and programs as defined by gender, race, ethnicity, disability-status, age, sexual orientation, immigrant status, and socioeconomic status. With a history rooted in innovation and collaboration Eyebeam’s programs are grounded in artist-community dialogue. Eyebeam supports the meaningful access to technology for everyone.
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CALL FOR IMMIGRANT WRITERS
ẹwà
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: ẹwà is an independent journal that publishes original work exclusively by immigrant writers — foreign-born and first-generation — living in the United States. We are interested in poetry, fiction, memoir, personal essay, lyric, hybrid forms as well as non-academic cultural criticism.
A few things:
Submissions are accepted year-round, on a rolling basis.
We do not accept previously published material (in print or online).
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us right away if your work is accepted anywhere else.
We accept multiple submissions in all genres of writing. We also accept co-/multiple-authored works, but please make sure that appropriate permissions have been granted.
To submit, please send your work in a single document containing no more than six pages of writing to submit@ewajournal.com.
TERMS: ẹwà requests first rights, worldwide, and the right to include the work on the ẹwà website indefinitely. After publication, all rights revert to the author. Copyright always remains with the author. Should your work be republished elsewhere in the future, please credit ẹwà with its first publication. Our terms will be updated as necessary.
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CALL FOR MENTORS
Latinx in Publishing
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: The Latinx in Publishing Writers Mentorship Program is a volunteer-based initiative that offers the opportunity for unpublished and/or unagented writers who identify as Latinx (mentees) to strengthen their craft, gain first-hand industry knowledge, and expand their professional connections through work with experienced published authors (mentors).
QUALIFICATIONS TO BE A MENTOR
Must identify as Latinx (does not include individuals of Spanish origin)
Must have published at least one book prior to February 2020
Must be located in the U.S. during the course of the program
Must be available to dedicate at least one hour per month for a minimum of ten months
ABOUT THE WRITING MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
The next cycle of the program runs from February 2022 through October 2022.
Applications for 2022 mentees will open in September, 2021. Applications for mentors are open on a rolling basis.
Mentees must complete a sign-up survey and submit 5-10 pages of sample writing.
Mentors must complete a sign-up survey and review mentor guidelines.
We match individuals based on category and time- commitment preferences. The sign-up survey will help us make the best matches between mentor and mentee.
Please be aware that not everyone who applies will be matched.
Participants will be notified of their mentor-mentee match and provided with contact information by January 2022.
Mentors and mentees will connect for one hour per month over a minimum of ten months.
The program will close in October 2022, but if the mentor and mentee would like to continue their mentor relationship, it is entirely at their discretion.
Please be aware that the Latinx in Publishing Writers Mentorship Program is a volunteer-based initiative. Latinx in Publishing will not be held responsible for mediating any relations between mentors and mentees once the program ends.
https://latinxinpublishing.com/mentorship
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Unmute Magazine
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: Unmute Magazine, is a digital mag that aims to lift the voices of BIPOC creatives who’ve been historically marginalized.
They are accepting the following submissions (must be arts-related):
Album/EP or concert review (600-800 words).
A review of your own music or art including a discussion of the inspiration behind it (600-800 words).
Art-related how-to article (600-800 words).
Interviews (an introductory paragraph and five written questions).
Reflections / Essays (up to 1,500 words).
Song or poem including a discussion of the inspiration behind it (may submit up to four for review).
Photograph(s), illustrations, art (JPEG or PNG format).
Have your own idea? Please pitch it to us!
Please submit the following with your piece:
A third-person bio of up to 100 words.
(Optional) Photo as JPEG or PNG format for your bio.
(Optional) Up to 3 links to social media (i.e. Spotify, Soundcloud, website, Instagram, etc).
Submission Rules:
Written works and bio must be submitted in Word or Pages format
By submitting you agree to be considered for publication in Unmute Magazine.
Work must be original.
Unmute Magazine retains standard first publication rights for submissions. All rights immediately revert to the creator upon publication.
It may take several weeks for a response, but your submission will be read. If accepted, you will be notified.
By submitting to Unmute Magazine, you agree to be added to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Please email your submission to Submissions (at) unmutemagazine (dot) com