GHASSAN KANFANI WRITING SCHOLARSHIP
INFO: Named after Ghassan Kanafani, a Palestinian novelist and iconic national hero, the scholarship aims to provide a space to re-engage the Palestinian narrative and explore the complexity of identity by those living outside of Palestine.
The scholarship is open to Palestinian-American youth (at least one parent must be from historic Palestine, though they might not necessarily have been born there), must be a US resident (this includes those who are studying here in the US), and must be between the ages of 18-25 years old.
The writing submission should describe your experience around identity, the shataat, or anything regarding your relationship to Palestine and being Palestinian. They accept any form of writing--poetry, short story, fiction/non-fiction. Word limit of 3,000 words; no minimum word limit. Feel free to include photos, art, or other multimedia to supplement your writing piece.
Do not include your name on your submission piece.
PRIZE:
- Top 3 submissions win scholarship prizes of $500, $250, and $250
- Top 20 pieces to be published in online anthology
DEADLINE: June 1, 2016
POETRY CONTEST FOR EMERGING POETS
Boulevard
INFO: Boulevard will award $1,000 and publication to the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a national distributed press.
The winning poems will be first announced on the website and then published in the Fall 2015 or Spring 2016 issue of Boulevard.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINE / DETAILS:
- Author's name, address, and telephone number, in addition to the titles of the three poems, should appear on the first page.
- Cover sheets are not necessary.
- No manuscripts will be returned.
- Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but previously accepted or published work is ineligible.
- The poems may be a sequence or unrelated.
- All entries will be considered for publication and for payment at their regular rates.
- Entries will be judged by the editors of Boulevard magazine.
- No one editorially or financially affiliated with Boulevard can enter the contest.
- Send typed manuscript(s) to Boulevard Emerging Poets Contest, PMB 325, 6614 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights, MO 63117 or submit online.
SUBMISSION FEE: $15 per group of three poems and $15 for each additional group. Fee includes a one-year subscription.
DEADLINE: June 1, 2016
boulevardmagazine.org/poetry-contest/
2016 MY TIME FELLOWSHIP FOR WRITERS WITH CHILDREN
The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow
INFO: A two-week residency is being offered by The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow writers with children under 18 living with them. This Fellowship is designed to support parents who are also writers.
The Fellowship entitles the recipient to a two-week stay at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, in beautiful and charming Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Each resident has a private suite with writing space, private bath, and wireless Internet. The residency provides uninterrupted writing time, with a European gourmet dinner prepared five nights a week and served in our community dining room. Residents also share the camaraderie of other writers and artists when they want it, and a community kitchen stocked with the basics for breakfast and lunch. My Time includes the two-week residency and provides a stipend of $1,500 to help pay for child care or travel expenses or to make up for time lost at work.
My Time is not limited to a specific genre. Writers can work in poetry, memoir, fiction, nonfiction or young adult. Please include in the application package information about your family and how this fellowship will help you progress as a writer. No more than one page, please.
DEADLINE: June 1, 2016
writerscolony.org/fellowships-1/
CALL FOR SCHOLARLY ESSAYS AND CREATIVE WORKS
Label Me Latina/o
INFO: Label Me Latina/o, an online, refereed international e-journal that focuses on Latino Literary Production in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, invites scholarly essays focusing on these writers for its biannual publication.
Label Me Latina/o also publishes creative literary pieces (poetry and short fiction) whose authors self-define as Latina or Latino regardless of thematic content. Interviews of Latino or Latina authors will also be considered. The Co-Directors will publish creative works and interviews in English, Spanish or Spanglish whereas analytical essays should be written in English or Spanish.
DEADLINE: June 15, 2016.
labelmelatin.com/?page_id=2
JUAN FELIPE HERRERA SPECIAL ISSUE
Green Mountains Review
INFO: Green Mountains Review is seeking submissions from Latina/o, Lusa/o, and Indigenous poets and writers who have been moved, motivated, and otherwise inspired by the works and influences of the first Latino Poet Laureate of the United States (PLOTUS), also known as The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, the exemplary literary-activist poet and writer, Juan Felipe Herrera, for a special issue.
For more information contact Liz Powell at elizabeth.powell@jsc.edu
DEADLINE: June 15, 2016
greenmountainsreview.submittable.com/submit/55635
Narrative Magazine
INFO: The Narrative Prize is awarded annually for the best short story, novel excerpt, poem, one-act play, graphic story, or work of literary nonfiction published by a new or emerging writer in Narrative.
PRIZE: $4,000
DEADLINE: June 15, 2016
narrativemagazine.com/great-stories/narrative-prize
Drunken Boat
INFO: Drunken Boat – an international journal of literature and the arts committed to actively seeking out and promoting the work of marginalized and underrepresented artists, including especially people of color, women, queer, differently abled, and gender nonconforming artists – is looking for submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, and translation.
SUBMISSION FEE: $3
DEADLINE: June 30, 2016
drunkenboat.submittable.com/submit/26866
Winter Tangerine Review
INFO: The aim of the award is to honor new and emerging poets and prose writers who are creating electric work. Entries will only be accepted from writers who have not yet published a novel or collection of any type.
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
PRIZES:
- All award winners and finalists will be published in the following Winter Tangerine Issue
- The two award winners will receive a box of (gently used) books, (never used) strawberry jam, and a check for $250
- All finalists receive our kudos & $20.
DEADLINE: July 1, 2016