Penn State Altoona
INFO: The Penn State Altoona English Program is accepting applications for a one-semester teaching residency in both poetry and playwriting/screenwriting. Candidates should have credentials in both genres – publications in poetry and staged readings/performances (and/or publications) in playwriting or screenwriting.
They are seeking early-career writers, preferably without a published book. The program offers substantial time to write and a salary of $10,000 in return for teaching one general education level introduction to creative writing workshop during the Fall 2016 semester (August 22 – December 16).
In addition, the resident will also give a public reading, visit other creative writing courses, and work informally with English majors.
DEADLINE: April 1, 2016
LUCIEN STRYK ASIAN TRANSLATION PRIZE
The American Literary Translators Association
INFO: The prize recognizes the importance of Asian translation for international literature and promotes the translation of Asian works into English. Submission will be judged on the literary significance of the translation in recreating the literary artistry of the original.
To be eligible, works must be:
- Book-length translations into English of Asian poetry or source texts from Zen Buddhism
- Book-length translations from Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese and Korean into English
- Published in the previous year (though re-translations or first-time translations of important older works will also be considered)
DEADLINE: April 8, 2016
literarytranslators.org/awards/lucien-stryk-prize
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS POETRY PRIZE
Cave Canem
INFO: The Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize is a second-book award for Black poets of African descent. This award celebrates and publishes works of lasting cultural value and literary excellence.
AWARD: $1,000, publication by Northwestern University Press, plus 15 copies of the book and a feature reading
DEADINE: April 15, 2016
cavecanempoets.org/northwestern-prize
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: IMMIGRANT WRITERS
Ninth Letter
INFO: Ninth Letter is accepting submissions of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry from immigrant writers (those who consider themselves to be 1st, 1.5, or 2nd generation immigrants in their current country of residence) for a special online edition to be published at ninthletter.com in Summer 2016. Submissions are not required to focus on the "immigrant experience" and can be on any and all topics.
DEADLINE: April 15, 2016
ninthletteronline.submittable.com/submit
THE DRP 3rd ANNUAL WRITERS’ RETREAT: CONVERSATIONS IN THE HEART OF ST. ANDREW
The Drawing Room Project
INFO: The DRP Writers’ Retreat (in St. Andrew, Jamaica from May 27 – 29) supports writers in the genre of poetry. A series of workshops will be led by Jamaican master writer Edward Baugh (author of Black Sand, winner of the Guyana Prize for Literature Caribbean Awards Best Book of Poetry 2016 and Gold Musgrave Medalist, 2014). During this intense 3-day program, groups are kept small to encourage conversations, and the environment is relaxed enough that participants may approach the mentor to elaborate on workshop comments during social time.
The program culminates in a poetry reading, where participants and the mentor present their work to the local community. The local community in turn will exhibit craft and art of significant cultural worth.
Objectives:
- Support writers in the creative process with time to develop their skills and create new work.
- Create mentoring opportunities in which persons are encouraged by established Jamaican writers to pursue a career in the literary arts.
- Expose persons to traditional and indigenous practices that will be documented and / or re-imaged as personal histories.
- Explore the themes and motifs of the Caribbean.
- Share quality literature using new and traditional mediums.
- Produce a high quality literary event that reaches Jamaicans in rural communities
Writers of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The DRP does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, disability, HIV status, or veteran status. They encourage internationalism and welcome writers from around the world.
No previous publication is required; however, writers must demonstrate exceptional skill. The program is in English, and, therefore, writers are expected to be fluent in the language.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Writers are asked to submit a sample of their work, a brief bio and a personal statement to drawingroomproject@gmail.com
FEES: A fee is required to cover housing, program, meals and transfer. For more information, please contact the email address provided above.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: FILIGREE
Peepal Tree Press
INFO: Peepal Tree Press seeks unpublished work for a new collection of contemporary Black British poetry. Edited by internationally renowned and award winning poet, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, the theme for the anthology is ‘Filigree.’
The anthology will include work from established Black British poets residing inside and outside the UK, Black poets who have made Britain their home, as well as exciting new and emerging poets around the country who respond in compelling ways to the idea of ‘Filigree’.
The anthology will be published by Peepal Tree Press in Spring 2018, under their ‘Inscribe’, imprint, which focuses on publishing new collections by writers of African and Asian descent and anthologies of groundbreaking new work from Black writers nationally.
DEADLINE: April 30, 2016
peepaltreepress.submittable.com/submit/47692
2016 NOEMI BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY
Noemi Press
INFO: Poets at any stage in their career may submit a manuscript of no more than 90 pages for consideration. Contest winners will be announced in summer 2016.
ENTRY FEE: $25
PRIZE: $1,000, plus publication by Noemi Press, and 10 author’s copies.
OPEN CALL: GO HOME! - AN ASIAN AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY AND PROSE
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
INFO: The Asian American Writers’ Workshop seeks poetry submissions for Go Home! an anthology to be published by the Feminist Press. The anthology will showcase the incredible variety of responses to the word home – physical homes, mental homes, the longing for homes, the flights from them, the homes one makes in words, in the hearts of others, and in the air.
They request contributors send no more than five poems in one single file.
DEADLINE: May 1, 2016
aaww.submittable.com/submit/55785
AMPLIFY(HER)
INFO: AMPLIFY(HER) is looking for art, prose, poetry, short stories, photography and/or mixed medium submissions from undocumented Asian women (including trans and gender non-conforming folks) on how they understand and navigate their intersecting identities in today's societ
AWARD: $100 honorarium (for each selected submission). Two artists selected for the cover or spread will each receive $175 honorarium.
DEADLINE: May 6, 2016
amplifyher.submittable.com/submit
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – ISSUE 8 (JUNE 2016)
Masque & Spectacle
INFO: Masque & Spectacle’s June issue is a special PICTURES + WORDS ISSUE. They are seeking work that combines pictures and words (graphic stories, essays, and poems; comics; video poems and essays; & collaborations between visual artists and writers.
masqueandspectacle.com/submission-guidelines/