CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS — POETRY
ANMLY
INFO: ANMLY is currently seeking impact poetry. We are seeking poems that challenge the history and currents of the English language, poems that unsettle cultural norms, poems that utilize language to contest and remake the world. We seek poems that confront gender formations, white supremacy, class, body, possibility. We are seeking for poetry rooted in the radical imagination. We hope to find you.
Please be aware that we get over 500 submissions per reading period and read each carefully, so if you're work has not been accepted or rejected it's not from oversight-we promise we're working on it!
Attach up to five poems in a single document. Please include a short bio in the "Cover Letter" field.
Translations that foreground the work of the original author are welcome in this category. For translations that foreground the creativity of the translator, please see our Translation section.
DEADLINE: March 1, 2020
https://anmly.submittable.com/submit
CREATIVE RESIDENCY
Millay Colony for the Arts
INFO: The Millay Colony for the Arts is one of the oldest multidisciplinary artist residencies in the world. Since its inception by Norma Millay in 1973, we have invited thousands of writers, poets, visual artists, screenwriters, playwrights, filmmakers and composers to come to Steepletop, the estate of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and activist Edna St. Vincent Millay to reflect, refuel and create in quiet solitude. Most residencies are month-long but we do offer shorter stays several times a year, especially to accommodate the special needs of parent creators.
In addition, we partner with local and regional schools and other organizations for unique and compelling public programs and community outreach initiatives.
The seven-acre Colony is located in the Hudson Valley in the foothills of the Berkshires. The Millay Society, our neighbor, oversees Millay’s house and gardens. There are designated trails for hiking and bicycling as well as nearby lakes, rivers and streams. In the summer, wild blueberries and other delicacies abound, while in the winter, there is excellent crosscountry skiing. Nearby Harvey Mountain State Forest draws visitors year-round. We are within 30 minutes of Chatham, New York and Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Other attractions include The Mount, Tanglewood, Norman Rockwell Museum, Chesterwood, MassMOCA, Naumkeag, Jacobs Pillow, PS21, the Columbia County Film Festival and Berkshire Shakespeare & Company.
We provide groceries and Chef Donna cooks delicious family-style dinners weeknights. We accommodate all dietary restrictions; we also have a bbq grill and firepit (burgers and s’mores anyone?).
Our beloved historic Barn (built from a Sears-Roebuck kit in 1926) features four private bedrooms and studios. The Main Building (fully ADA-accessible) features 3 private bedrooms and 2 studios, as well as shared living/dining/kitchen space. In addition, the Main Building houses the Nancy Graves Memorial Library, a Yamaha U1 upright piano and the Martha Dupee Darkroom. Other amenities include washer/dryer, WiFI, printer/computer/copier/fax.
DEADLINE: March 1, 2020
https://millaycolony.submittable.com/submit
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Dryland Literary Journal
DSTL Arts
INFO: We accept poetry, prose, and art, and aim to publish the best of each genre. We look for subversive and bold voices; thought-provoking pieces that seek to illuminate a truth for the reader. We are proud to publish never published, emerging, and established writers/poets/artists. We enjoy reading and printing both English and Spanish language pieces.
Note: We prioritize works by people of color. We do not accept work that sustains the traditional white literary Western canon that has continuously ignored and poised itself as an authority over the voices of the oppressed. We do not give a voice to stories from the perspectives of cisgender, heterosexual, white, upper-class males that continue this tradition. We also do not give a voice to feminist works that only consider white female perspectives.
Submission Guidelines
POETRY: No more than 1-5 poems in one document
FICTION: 1 short story at 3,000 words maximum
FLASH FICTION: No more than 3-5 pieces in one document (not in separate files)
NONFICTION: 1 piece at 3,000 words maximum
DEADLINE: March 5, 2020
https://dstlarts.submittable.com/submit/147037/dryland-literary-journal-submission-form
2020 CAVE CANEM POETRY PRIZE
Cave Canem
INFO: This prize is open to all unpublished, original collections of poems written in English by Black writers of African descent who have not had a full-length book of poetry published by a professional press. Authors of chapbooks and self-published books with a maximum print run of 500 may apply. Simultaneous submission to other book awards should be noted: immediate notice upon winning such an award is required. Winner agrees to be present in the continental United States at her or his own expense shortly after the book is published in order to participate in promotional reading(s).
Current or former students, colleagues, employees, family members and close friends of the judge; current or former employees and members of the board of Cave Canem Foundation or the University of Pittsburgh Press; and authors who have published a book or have a book under contract with University of Pittsburgh Press are ineligible.
Final Judge: Douglas Kearney (Judge reserves the right not to select a winner and/or honorable mentions.)
First Readers: Kwoya Fagin Maples and Dustin Pearson
Manuscripts are read without the reviewers and judge’s knowledge of contestants’ identities.
If any of the selected authors fall under the above exclusions, they will be disqualified and a replacement chosen from among the finalists. As the poetry community is small and the contest is judged without knowledge of the submitter’s identity, acquaintance with the judge or participation in a workshop taught by the judge are not disqualifying criteria.
AWARD: Winner receives $1,000, publication by University of Georgia Press in fall 2020, 15 copies of the book and a feature reading.
SUBMISSION FEE: $20
DEADLINE: March 9, 2020
https://cavecanem.submittable.com/submit/157337/2020-cave-canem-poetry-prize
TIN HOUSE SUMMER WORKSHOP
INFO: The Tin House Summer Workshop (July 11 - 19, 2020) is a weeklong intensive of workshops, seminars, panels, and readings led by prominent contemporary writers. The program combines morning workshops with afternoon seminars and career panels. Evenings are reserved for author readings, singing, and dancing.
Workshops meet for six sessions, Monday through Saturday, from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm. Each workshop will have no more than ten students. Each student will meet with their faculty instructor for a 15-minute one-on-one meeting during the week.
Tin House editors and guest agents are available to meet individually with students throughout the week.
For students who have completed a collection of stories or poems, a memoir, or a novel, one-on-one mentorships are available with select faculty and staff for an additional fee.
The Workshop will take place at Reed College, located on 100 acres of rolling lawns, winding lanes, and magnificent old trees in the southeast area of Portland, Oregon, just minutes from downtown and twelve miles from the airport.
Summer Workshop participants are housed in the dormitories of Reed College near the center of campus. Unless requested, all rooms are singles, with shared bathrooms (private stalls) on each floor. ADA accessible rooms are available.
All classrooms, readings, panel presentations, dining and reception areas are within 1/2 mile from the dormitories. Golf carts will be made available throughout the week for those who wish to have rides.
Meals are served in the dining area of the college and are catered by Bon Appetite. We work closely with Bon Appetite to ensure dietary requirements and restrictions are accommodated. Students who choose not to stay on campus will need to pay for meals individually.
You do not need to be a U.S. resident/citizen to apply.
Admissions
Applications are read by a board composed of Tin House Workshop staff and previous Tin House Scholars. All applications will be read by at least two readers. Our editorial board seeks work that reflects our core values and makes decisions regarding admission based on this and the merit of the writing sample submitted.
We will begin admitting applicants in early March.
The average turnaround time for applications is six weeks.
Our acceptance rate in 2019 was 15%.
General Applicants
Application Requirements:
Short Fiction: One writing sample of no more than 5,000 words.
Novel: One excerpt (from the project you will be workshopping from) of no more than 5,000 words.
Nonfiction: One essay of no more than 5,000 words or One excerpt (from the project you will be workshopping from) of no more than 5,000 words.
Poetry: Up to four poems.
Graphic Narrative-Up to 20 pages.Please do not apply with published material. However, it is acceptable to apply with work that is out for submission. If accepted, you will have the opportunity to switch your manuscript.
If you have been accepted into a Tin House workshop previously, please do not apply with the same application material. You are free to excerpt from the same project.
Participants may only attend our workshops (including Winter) three times.
If you wish to apply in multiple genres, you must submit a separate application for each genre (this includes short fiction and the novel).
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The general application deadline is March 11th.
Our 2020 Summer Workshop Admissions Board:
Lance Cleland (Workshop Director)
India Downes-Le Guin (Assistant Workshop Director)
Rickey Fayne (2019 Summer Scholar)
Mona Law (Workshop Intern)
Santiago Valencia (Workshop Intern)
SCHOLARSHIPS:
Tin House awards twelve full scholarships to our summer workshop. These awards cover the entire cost of the program, including room and board. Tin House Scholars will need to provide and pay for their travel to and from Portland. Scholarship applications are read by a board composed of Tin House Workshop staff, Tin House Books staff, and previous Tin House Scholars. All applications will be read by at least two readers. Our editorial board seeks work that reflects our core values and makes decisions regarding scholarship recipients based on this and the merit of the writing sample submitted.
All general scholarship applicants will also be considered for general admission (meaning you do not need to submit a general application as well).
In addition to your manuscript, you will be asked to submit a personal essay (1500 words or less) that gives our board insight into where you are coming from as a writer.
Payment plans are available for the $30 application fee. Please email our assistant workshop director India Downes-LeGuin (india@tinhouse.com) to inquire.
One may be awarded a scholarship once (this includes Winter Scholarships).
You may apply for multiple scholarships with one application (in one genre).
If you wish to apply in multiple genres, you must submit a separate scholarship application for each genre (this includes short fiction and the novel).
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The winners of these awards will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop.
The deadline for scholarship applications is TBA.
A list of recent scholarship recipients can be found here.
In addition to our general scholarships, Tin House will be offering these additional awards:
2 - Independent Bookseller Scholarship, Sponsored by Tin House Books
This award is intended for a writer presently employed at an independent bookstore.
This award covers the cost of tuition and room/board.
The winner of this award will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop, where they will be listed as a Tin House Scholar.
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The deadline to apply for this award is March 11th, 2020.
3 - Institute of American Indian Arts MFA Scholarship
This award is intended for applicants who are currently enrolled in or are a graduate of the MFA program at IAIA.
Thanks to a private donation, this award covers the application fee, cost of tuition, room/board, and airfare from within the United States.
The winner of this award will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop, where they will be listed as a Tin House Scholar.
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The deadline to apply for this award is March 11th, 2020.
4 - LGBTQ+ Scholarship
This award is intended for writers who identify as LGBTQ+.
This award covers the cost of tuition and room/board.
The winner of this award will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop, where they will be listed as a Tin House Scholar.
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The deadline to apply for this award is March 11th, 2020.
5 - Oregon Writer of Color Scholarship
This award is intended for a writer of color who currently resides in Oregon.
This award covers the cost of tuition and room/board.
The winner of this award will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop, where they will be listed as a Tin House Scholar.
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The deadline to apply for this award is March 11th, 2020.
6 - Still-Emerging Scholarship
This award is intended to provide writers over forty years of age who have not yet published a book with the time and space to develop their writing skills further and connect with a community that might help launch their professional writing careers.
This award covers the cost of tuition and room/board.
The winner of this award will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop, where they will be listed as a Tin House Scholar.
Applicants must be 40 years or older by December 31st, 2020.
The deadline to apply for this award is March 11th, 2020.
7 - Without Borders Scholarship
This award is intended for any immigrant writer currently living in the United States.
This award covers the cost of tuition and room/board,
The winner of this award will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop, where they will be listed as a Tin House Scholar.
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The deadline to apply for this award is March 11th, 2020.
DEADLINE: March 11, 2020
https://tinhouse.com/workshop/summer-workshop/
2020 KUNDIMAN MENTORSHIP LAB
INFO: Applications are now open for the 2020 Mentorship Lab! This program will support 9 emerging writers through a six-month program. The Mentorship Lab supports 3 writers of each genre (Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, & Poetry), who will take Master Classes, Workshops, and receive one-on-one Mentorship.
This program will support nine NYC–based emerging artists for a six-month mentorship program from July 2020–December 2020. This lab will include not only mentorship support from established artists but also writing workshops, master classes, and a culminating reading open to the public. Kundiman has long been a source of community and support for Asian American writers, and we’re excited to offer this space of close collaboration and community guidance.
We are thrilled to have the following writers serving as Mentors this year:
Hala Alyan: Poetry
Gina Apostol: Fiction
Mayukh Sen: Creative Nonfiction
AWARD: Mentorship Fellows receive a $1000 stipend, individual mentoring sessions with the Mentor in their genre, six Master Classes, and six Workshops. To encourage learning and community across genres, the Master Classes will include fellows from all three genres. The Workshops will be conducted within specific genres.
ELIGIBILITY: The Mentorship Lab is open to emerging writers who self-identify as Asian American. Writers must not have published a full-length book by the conclusion of the Lab, and cannot be enrolled in a degree-granting program during the time of the Mentorship Lab. Writers must be residents of the five boroughs of New York City, and be living in NYC for the full period of the Mentorship Lab.
Mentorship Lab will meet on biweekly Monday evenings in NYC from September 2020–December 2020. Please make sure you are able to make these class times before applying.
REQUIREMENTS FOR MENTORSHIP FELLOWS:
Meet with entire cohort for introductory meeting in July 2020
Participate in biweekly 30-minute check-ins with Mentors from August 2020–December 2020, via phone or Skype
Attend all 6 Master Classes and 6 Writing Workshops on biweekly Mondays from September–December 2020
Participate in culminating public reading in December 2020
DEADLINE: March 15, 2020
http://www.kundiman.org/mentorship-lab
International Poetry Prize
Valparaíso Editions USA
INFO: Valparaíso Editions USA announces the International Poetry Prize Poet in New York for the publication of an unpublished collection of poems written originally in Spanish by an author residing in the United States. Only book-length manuscripts written in Spanish will be accepted. Translations, works of literary criticism and academic texts are not eligible. The winning collection will be decided upon by a prestigious Spanish-speaking jury. It will be translated into English and published by Valparaíso USA in a bilingual edition.
AWARD: Publication in 2020, 20 author copies.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Themes and length are free, although they should be in keeping with the accepted standards for a book of poems (approximately 45 pages).
The work must be signed. It may not be submitted under a pseudonym or anonymously. On the first page of the manuscript, the author shall offer an autobiographical note.
The jury will be composed of four members: a representative of Valparaíso USA; a representative of Valparaíso Colombia; a representative of Valparaíso Spain and one other author of international stature. Their names will be made public upon the awarding of the prize.
The prize will consist of the publication of the book in bilingual edition in the Poetry Collection of Valparaíso Editions USA. Valparaíso Editions USA will maintain and commercialize the rights of the work and may publish it through its other subsidiaries in Colombia, Mexico and Central America, in the event that it considers it to be opportune, without any expiration date. Valparaíso Editions USA will also produce an electronic version of the winning text. The author will receive the corresponding rights for the commercialization of this work.
The work will be presented in the year of 2020. The author agrees to participate in the promotional acts that Valparaíso Editions USA may organize, at no cost to the author, with the goal of achieving the greatest possible circulation of the work.
The jury may opt between choosing a single book as the winner or declaring two books ex-aequo as winners.
Under no circumstances will books that do not receive the prize be returned to their authors. Said books will be destroyed upon the final deliberations of the jury.
DEADLINE: March 15, 2020
http://valparaisoeditions.us/content/25-poetry-prize-poet-in-new-york-in-spanish
SPECIAL ISSUE: VISIONS AND WORDS FOR CHILDREN OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, FALL 2020
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora
INFO: Founded in 1975, Obsidian supports—through publication and critical inquiry—the contemporary poetry, fiction, drama/performance, visual and media art of Africans globally. Recognized by the National Endowment of the Arts as one of the premier journals dedicated to Africa and African Diaspora Literatures, Obsidian is published biannually in print and year-round online and hosted by Illinois State University.
This special issue of Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora is dedicated to creative artistry for children of the African Diaspora. We invite original textual and multimedia submissions devoted to interdisciplinary and creative approaches in African Diaspora Children’s and YA Literature. Submissions must focus upon literature, visual, and audio artistry created by people of the African Diaspora. Submissions may include scholarly papers, audio and/or visual presentations, interviews, and creative/artistic works.
Guest Editor: Nancy D. Tolson
Manuscript Guidelines:
Include a short cover letter noting the title(s) of the work(s) submitted and citing major publications and awards, as well as any association or past correspondence with a guest or staff editor.
Upload your text submission only as a Word (doc, docx), portable document format/PDF (pdf) or rich-text format (rtf) file.
**NO Pages, txt, or Open Office Documents.Typed, double-spaced pages (Note: Poetry may be single-spaced)
Numbered pages.
Scholarly papers should follow the Chicago Style for grammar and MLA format for citations and works cited, and the Obsidian Stylesheet (The style sheet is available to download as a pdf file here at this link : Obsidian Style Sheet The link opens in a new page.
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 and critical essays: 12-point font. No more than twenty (20) pages or 5000 words (whichever is achieved first). Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained.
Drama/Performance: submit one act or a collection of short scenes no longer than twenty pages (20) following Samuel French or the Dramatists Guild suggested formatting. Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained.
Translations are welcome if permission has been granted.
DEADLINE: March 15, 2020
https://obsidianlit.org/how-to-submit/
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POETRY
them
INFO: Our team at them. is excited to announce our new monthly fiction column, a space dedicated to publishing queer stories and poems by and for the LGBTQ+ community.
Queer people have long used literature to telegraph our lives and stories to the world, and to reclaim, recontextualize, and retell history on our own terms. Queer literature was at the heart of the fight to strike down obscenity laws in the West, has helped countless people discover their sexuality and identity before the internet, and has long been a powerful tool of resistance and imagination for LGBTQ+ people worldwide. In short, it’s vital to our community — which is why we’re inspired to provide our audience with a platform for their own work, to publish the next generation of LGBTQ+ writers.
Each month, we will select a new theme — subjects as abstract as love, creation, and connection, or as concrete as a day at the beach — and invite readers around the world to submit poems, flash fiction, and short stories tied to that theme.
This April, leading up to this year’s Met Gala, About Time: Fashion and Duration, we’ll be publishing submissions themed around time. We’re looking for stories and poems both about time as a literal concept and as it relates to one’s life — a time you fell in love, how coming out changed the timeline of your adolescence, a queer time travel saga, even a period piece that transports us to a different historical era. While we encourage any interpretation of this theme, we are looking to select:
5 poems
4 pieces of flash fiction (under 1,000 words)
1 short story
DEADLINE: March 30, 2020
https://www.them.us/story/them-monthly-fiction-column-call-for-submissions
The 2020 Yellowwood Poetry Prize
Yalobusha Review
INFO: Yalobusha Review is excited to announce the 2020 Yellowwood Poetry Prize. This year’s judge is Diana Khoi Nguyen.
The winner of the Yellowwood Poetry Prize will receive $500 and publication in YR:31. The contest is open March 1st through March 31st.
GUIDELINES:
Please submit up to 3 poems, totaling no more than 5 pages, through Submittable. We accept only previously unpublished work. All entries will be considered for general publication.
Only one submission per contestant. Simultaneous submissions are permitted. Please notify us immediately if a piece is selected for publication elsewhere.
Please do not include your name anywhere on the manuscript.
YR cannot consider work from anyone affiliated with the University of Mississippi or the prize judge, Diana Khoi Nguyen.
SUBMISSION FEE: $3
DEADLINE: March 31, 2020
http://yr.olemiss.edu/yellowwood-poetry-prize/
CALL FOR SUBMISSION: WOMB ANTHOLOGY
POC United
INFO: The womb. From the Old English wamb. Referred to in science as the uterus. It is the inverted, pear-shaped organ that offers a space for the conception of offspring and is the home for that life to gestate. Throughout history, wombs have been extracted, cut into, sewn together, criminalized, politicized, legislated, and textualized. There are literal and figurative wombs, ones housed in our bodies, ones we wish were housed in our bodies, ones we don’t want, and, for all of us, the wombs from which we were born. For this second POC United anthology, we want them all.
We ask for fiction, essays, and poetry about the desire for a womb, the loss of a womb, the relationship to the mother’s womb, the metaphorical womb, phantom wombs, and any other womb-related ideas you might have. Interpret this theme as freely as you like, and submit so-called literary or genre work.
Please send fiction and non-fiction under 5,000 words and no more than three poems to pocunited@outlook.com as both an attachment and pasted in the body of the message by
DEADLINE: April 1, 2020
https://pocunited.com/submit/?fbclid=IwAR1jcQL_BaoHVsDxJpARZi9MBeJcL8zv9QOISY130Pr7vwi8iL5xVUijjHc
Lyrical Desires for a New Decade: Poetry as Future Continuous
The Acentos Review
INFO: In her 2011 poem “My God, It’s Full of Stars,” Tracy K. Smith ponders that: “We saw to the edge of all there is— So brutal and alive it seemed to comprehend us back.” As we embark on the beginning of a new decade, what will our world (& those beyond our own) look like? What will we lose and what will gain? How will we write ourselves into existence onto the increasingly virtual pages? What languages will we speak? I think of Aracelis Girmay’s poem “O” in the which in the speaker as: “But listen closely./ It is my mouth wailing redly//into the scene from The Future Knows.” ? What will happen to reality— and our ideas of it?
For a special issue for The Acentos Review, guest editor Rosebud Ben-Oni is seeking poems by Latinx writers on Lyrical Desires for a New Decade: Poetry as Future Continuous. Both form and free verse are welcome. Send us your future worlds and dreams, your imagined planets and stars filled with paradoxes and tangles, all the new riddles and puzzles and well-worn keys that turn but one lock (or more).
Please also complete the statement: Being Latinx means to me ....
Guest editor: Rosebud Ben-Oni is the winner of the 2019 Alice James Award for If This Is the Age We End Discovery, forthcoming in 2021, and the author of turn around, BRXGHT XYXS (Get Fresh Books, 2019). She is a recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and CantoMundo. Her work appears in POETRY, The American Poetry Review, POETS.org, The Poetry Review (UK), Tin House, Guernica, Black Warrior Review, Prairie Schooner, Electric Literature, TriQuarterly, Hayden’s Ferry Review, among others. Her poem "Poet Wrestling with Angels in the Dark" was commissioned by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, and published by The Kenyon Review Online. She writes for The Kenyon Review blog. She recently edited a special chemistry poetry portfolio for Pleiades, and is finishing a series called The Atomic Sonnets, in honor of the Periodic Table’s 150th Birthday. Find her at 7TrainLove.org
IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline: April 2, 2020
Publication Date: August 2020