CAMP: A SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE MARGINS
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
INFO: The first summer camps in the US were founded in the late 19th century out of rising anxieties over the waning masculinity of young white boys in the midst of urban expansion—if they spend all their time inside, how would they become men who can survive in the wild? Summer camp has always been a culturally nationalist project, firmly rooted in the founding mythos of white American masculinity and held on the indigenous land stolen under settler colonialism.
How do Asian American experiences of camp square with its settler colonial history? What does camp mean for Asian Americans? For those who don’t assimilate to the forceful conformity of camp, it can be a site of alienation. For some, immigrant cultural camps and language classes are ways to stay connected to the homeland, and often imagine it in deeply conservative terms. Kumon and SAT prep can be staging grounds for the model minority narrative.
What homes are made when you go to camp? For this special issue of The Margins, we’re looking for essays, fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, graphic work, and hybrid genre work by Asian American writers that trouble, expand, and re-define camp—and in the process might destabilize a relationship to the model minority narrative, to organized religion, and to homeland.
DEADLINE: July 2, 2018
aaww.submittable.com/submit/80ef3b9a-352d-4b10-845e-bb923876a475/camp-a-special-issue-of-the-margins
THE PROVERSE POETRY PRIZE
Proverse Hong Kong
INFO: Open to all who are at least eighteen years old, whatever their residence, nationality or citizenship. New, emerging and experienced writers are all welcome. You are invited to enter in English ONE OR MORE poems written by yourself, previously unpublished in English, in which you own the copyright.
THE AWARDS AND AWARD EVENTS
- 1st prize: USD100.00
- 2nd prize: USD45.00
- 3rd prizes (up to four winners): USD20.00
ENTRY FEES: A $15 entry fee needs to be paid for each poem. An entry fee once paid may not be repaid and you may not withdraw a poem from the competition once you have entered it.
It is regretted that no correspondence can be entered into in relation to individual entries.
DEADLINE: July 6, 2018
THE PROVERSE PRIZE FOR UNPUBLISHED NONFICTION, FICTION OR POETRY
Proverse Hong Kong
INFO: This annual international prize, established in 2008, is open to all who are at least eighteen years old, whatever their residence, nationality or citizenship, including new, emerging and established writers.
ENTRY FEE: $50
DEADLINE: July 6, 2018
GENERAL SUBMISSIONS: POETRY
Epiphany Magazine
INFO: General submissions for Epiphany's Fall 2018 issue are now open. We are considering fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and graphic literature.
COMPENSENATION: $50 per poem
SUBMISSION FEE: $3
DEADLINE: July 7, 2018
epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit/116976/fall-2018-submission-poetry
TENTH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST
Narrative
INFO: In a continuing effort to encourage and support talented poets, we’re offering prizes and widespread publicity to all winners and finalists. Narrative is always looking for new voices, so all entries will be considered for publication in the magazine.
The contest is open to all poets. Entries must be unpublished and must not have been previously chosen as winners, finalists, or honorable mentions in other contests. Each entry may contain up to five poems. The poems should all be contained in a single file. You may enter as many times as you wish, but we encourage you to be selective and to send your best work.
AWARDS:
- First Prize is $1,500
- Second Prize is $750
- Third Prize is $300,
- Up to ten finalists will receive $75 each.
- All entries will be considered for publication.
SUBMISSION FEE: $26. With your entry, you’ll receive three months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage.
DEADLINE: July 15, 2018
narrativemagazine.com/Tenth-Annual-Poetry-Contest
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Fiyah Magazine
INFO: What we want in speculative poetry is verse that struggles, reveals, instructs, comforts, and fights back. We are looking for weird, complex, honest and challenging work with a clear speculative element from black authors. You can check out this post from our Poetry Editor for more on what we’d like to see in your poetry.
DEADLINE: July 31, 2018
http://www.fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POETRY
Apogee
INFO: Apogee is a journal of literature and art that engages with identity politics, including but not limited to: race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, and intersectional identities. We are a biannual print publication featuring fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Our goals are twofold: to publish fresh work that interrogates the status quo, and to provide a platform for underrepresented voices, prioritizing artists and writers of color.
Please send up to 5 poems for consideration. We ask that you compile your submission into one document. Send your submissions in either .doc or .docx format. We ask that you submit only once per open call.
DEADLINE: July 31, 2018
https://apogeejournal.submittable.com/submit