Claudius Speaks
INFO: Claudius Speaks, a journal of bold art and writing that celebrates emerging talent, seeks in all forms. Poems cannot exceed 20 lines. Each submission may have a maximum of 3 poems. The poems should be contained in a single file and the submission should showcase your best work. The theme for issue two is "Song." Feel free to interpret this theme however you see fit.
COMPENSATION: $15
DEADLINE: October 1, 2016
claudiusspeaks.submittable.com/submit
Yale Younger Poets
INFO: The Yale Series of Younger Poets is seeking submissions for its 2017 competition. This contest champions the most promising new American poets. The winning poetry manuscript will be selected by the series’ current judge, critically acclaimed poet Carl Phillips, to be published by Yale University Press in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. The competition is open to emerging poets who have not previously published a book of poetry and who reside in the United States.
APPLICATION FEE: $25
SUBMISSION PERIOD: October 1 – November 15, 2016
AMY LOWELL POETRY TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP
INFO: The Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship awards approximately $54,000 annually to poets to spend one year outside North America, in whatsoever place the recipient feels will most advance his or her work.
The scholarship is open to all American poets, whether their work has been published or not (though recent recipients have been published poets). There are no age restrictions and poets do not need to be enrolled at university or college.
ENTRY FEE: $0
DEADLINE: October 15, 2016
amylowell.org/applicationInstruct.html
THE JAMES BALDWIN LITERATURE PRIZE
The New Engagement
INFO: The New Engagement is pleased to announce its first literary contest, The James Baldwin Literature Prize.
They seek original, unpublished short stories or self-contained novel excerpts, not exceeding 5,000 words, OR original, unpublished poems or poetry collections, not exceeding three poems. Though they acknowledge that fiction and poetry are different literary animals, they will be evaluated in the same competition.
In addition to entry into the contest, ALL submissions will also be considered for general entry into the monthly on-line journal and annual print journal.
PRIZE: $1,000
SUBMISSION FEE: $5
DEADLINE: October 15, 2016
thenewengagement.com/submit-your-work
Puerto Del Sol
INFO: Puerto Del Sol is seeking your stories, poems, essays, and everything in between. They want words that interrupt / intersect / interrogate, words that self-reflect and re-direct, words to curate, to cultivate, into this, their 2016 print issue: a messy symphony of the literary.
They’re looking for innovative pieces that enter into, interpret, and are by no means limited by this proposed conversation: What is worth publishing? What does it mean to publish, to be published, to write to a world or read in a world where publishing happens as it happens now?
They accept poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translations, reviews, artwork, criticism, and whatever else you can dream up.
APPLICATION FEE: $0
DEADLINE: October 31, 2016
INDIAN LANGUAGE LITERATURE FEATURE
Asymptote Journal
INFO: Asymptote is seeking submissions for its first Special Feature on Indian language literature. They seek previously unpublished English translations of Indian language work by contemporary writers who are disenfranchised and underrepresented by the hegemonies within Indian society.
The goal for this Special Feature is to honor the social and political agency of Indian language literature, and create a space for the ideas and literary talent of those writers that have been historically marginalized by India’s patriarchal, caste-based narrative. They are looking for works translated into English from any Indian language, on any topic, by any writer who resists or is excluded from this narrative due to caste, gender, sexuality, religion, or geography.
They welcome up to 15 pages of single-spaced poetry and double-spaced prose (fiction and nonfiction), and up to 20 pages of drama (one-act or excerpted). Although it is impossible for one special feature to fully represent the astonishing breadth of Indian languages, cultures, politics, and landscapes, they hope in this small way to celebrate the diversity and dissent within Indian writing.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2016
Academy of American Poets
INFO: The Walt Whitman Award is a $5,000 first-book publication prize. The winning manuscript, chosen by an acclaimed poet, is published by Graywolf Press, a leading independent publisher committed to the discovery and energetic publication of contemporary American and international literature. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid six-week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in the Umbrian region of Italy, and distribution of the winning book to thousands of Academy of American Poets members.
The award was established in 1975 to encourage the work of emerging poets and to enable the publication of a poet’s first book. It is made possible by financial support from the members of the Academy of American Poets.
The 2017 judge for the Walt Whitman Award is U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2016