CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POEMVILLAGE!
Adirondack Center for Writing
DEADLINE: April 4, 2021
INFO: This beloved program has been celebrating local poetry from neighbors and friends annually since 2016 and is open only to poets with ties to the Adirondacks. Instead of visiting a corridor of poetry in town during National Poetry Month, bundles of locally-harvested poems are safely delivered to inboxes and to the ACW website daily.
Poets with ties to the Adirondack region can be a part of PoemVillage. We consider anyone within 30 minutes of the Adirondack Park a part of the region.
Review these guidelines before submitting to PoemVillage this year:
↠ This year each person can submit one poem. You will copy/paste your poems into the form below.
↠ Poems must be within 300 words and 25 lines, those too long will not be included, so please edit before submitting your poem.
↠ Please ensure that you have rights to offer this poem for publication. This poem must be your own work.
↠ Refrain from sending in poems that have previously been submitted to PoemVillage.
https://adirondackcenterforwriting.submittable.com/submit/187585/poemvillage-2021
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CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS: POETRY
Perennial Press
DEADLINE: April 7, 2021
SUBMISSION FEE: $10
INFO: Perennial Press archives truths through fiction, art, and poetry. We are committed to highlighting and uplifting voices & perspectives that have traditionally been underrepresented in literature. We center narratives of womxn, people of color, and queer folks. Our published works explore trauma and resilience in our histories, and visions of more just futures.
GUIDELINES:
We are open for submissions of poetry, including hybrid and experimental poetics.
Submissions should be a minimum of 48 pages, with each poem beginning on a new page.
Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. We require a $10 submission fee to cover overhead costs to review all manuscripts. All submitters will receive a free PDF copy of one of our poetry chapbooks.
What kind of works do we like?
We like eco-poetics, speculative poetry, and anything that challenges what we think of as "poetry." We also like poetry that tackles political and social topics with nuance. We like experimental stuff. We also love works that combine visuals with text.
We don’t care if you have a degree in writing, but we care that your writing is thoughtful and evokes feeling in the reader. We want to have an experience when we’re reading your manuscript.
Please note:
We only publish inclusive works.
You must have a complete manuscript ready upon submission.
We will not accept multiple submissions from any one person, unless otherwise noted. Please send one manuscript at a time.
If any of your work has been previously published, please indicate where and when in your cover letter.
https://perennialpress.submittable.com/submit
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CALL FOR Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry & Translations
SAND
DEADLINE: April 10, 2021
INFO: SAND looks for submissions that push the boundaries of form, message, and voice in fresh and unpredictable ways—work that is haunting for its soul, edge, and truth.
SAND is made by a diverse international team in Berlin, and we welcome writers and artists from a range of perspectives to submit, including those who are women, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, people of color, working class, and/or geographically underrepresented. Most of us editors are also writers, and we know how it goes. That’s why we consider every submission, why we welcome emerging writers and artists, and why we will never charge you fees for submitting. (Donations and subscriptions are of course appreciated, and help us stay weird and independent.)
Submissions are open until April 10th, 2021. There is a cap on fiction, poetry, and flash fiction submissions, so these genres may close before April 10th. Submit to these genres as early as possible.
We accept previously unpublished poems, including translations, and visual art. (Creative Nonfiction is currently closed.) Work forthcoming in a book, including stand-alone excerpts, is acceptable, as long as it appears in SAND before the book’s publication date. We ask for worldwide First Serial Rights. (Rights revert to you after publication.)
Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please inform us as soon as possible if the work has been accepted elsewhere. We also accept multiple submissions as long as they are in separate categories.
Please allow six months for a response before sending an inquiry.
We will pay contributors as long as our funding will allow. We also send all contributors a free copy of SAND and promise faithful promotion of your writing/art for as long as we both shall live.
GUIDELINES:
Poetry: Please send us poems that take interesting risks. Your weird poems, your challenging poems, your sensitive poems. Poems unanticipated.We want poems that are attentive to their language; precise and economical. We would like to see specific and deliberate methods for setting the words on the page. If your work considers classical forms and uses them to new ends, send it. If it rejects traditional forms and forges new ones, we want it. Push the bounds of what is ordinarily pondered, and send the results our way.Due to design considerations, prose poetry that is particularly wide is likely to undergo some spatial shifts during the editing process.We will not consider submissions over 5 pages.There is a cap on poetry submissions, and this category might close before April 10th.
Fiction and Flash Fiction: Send subversive fiction that will pull the tops of our heads off, to paraphrase Emily Dickinson. We want to read stories that need to be told from perspectives that aren’t always heard. Take risks that surprise us and keep us wanting to read long after your story is finished. To make sure your submission is right for SAND, read about our fiction preferences here.We accept previously unpublished short stories, flash fiction, and translations. We do not read full novels, novel excerpts, full novellas, or plays.Writers may submit one short story (up to 5,000 words) OR a single file with up to three pieces of flash fiction (of up to 1000 words each, not to exceed 3000 words).Do not include your name or any other identifying information on the document you submit. Fiction reads submissions blind. We will automatically reject any submissions that include identifying information. There is a cap on fiction and flash fiction submissions, and these categories might close before April 10th.
We accept translations of fiction into English. Submitters should ensure that they have permission from the author and publisher to print the translation before submitting.Submit the most complete, most polished version of your work. In exceptional cases, we sometimes edit stories in conversation with the author, who naturally has the final say.Creative Nonfiction: Nonfiction submissions are currently closed.
Translations: We accept translations into English of poetry, fiction, and flash fiction. (Creative nonfiction is currently closed.) We generally include the original version of a poem or flash piece alongside the translation. For reasons of space, we publish translated longer prose in English only.The original work may be previously published, as long as it has not been translated to English before. Permission must be granted for publication in SAND from both the author and the translator and, if necessary, the author’s publisher.Please include the name and brief biography for both the author and translator in your cover letter, as well as a copy of the text in its original language.
https://sandjournal.com/submit/
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2021 Gulf Coast Prize in Poetry
Gulf Coast Journal
DEADLINE: April 15, 2021
ENTRY FEE: $23 (includes a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast).
INFO: Entrants for the Gulf Coast Prize in Poetry may submit up to five poems not exceeding 10 total pages in length. We only accept submissions via Submittable.
JUDGE: Natalie Diaz. Diaz is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe. Her first poetry collection, When My Brother Was an Aztec, was published by Copper Canyon Press, and her second book, Postcolonial Love Poem, was published by Graywolf Press in March 2020. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Lannan Literary Fellow, a United States Artists Ford Fellow, and a Native Arts Council Foundation Artist Fellow. Diaz is Director of the Center for Imagination in the Borderlands and is the Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Chair in Modern and Contemporary Poetry at Arizona State University. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
PRIZES: The contest awards $1,500 and publication in Gulf Coast. Two honorable mentions are awarded $250. All entries are considered for publication and the entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast.
GUIDELINES:
Click here for online submissions accepted via Gulf Coast’s Submittable
Submit your work as a single .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.
Only previously unpublished work will be considered.
The contest will be judged blindly, so please do not include your cover letter, your name, or any contact information in the uploaded document. This information should only be pasted in the “Comments” field in Submittable.
https://gulfcoastmag.org/contests/gulf-coast-prize/
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QTBIPOC 2021 Poetry Manuscript Contest
Kelsey Street Press
DEADLINE: April 15, 2021
INFO: We are pleased to announce Kelsey Street Press’s first QTBIPOC Prize. This is a FREE book contest open to QTBIPOC-identified feminist innovative writers/poets. The winning manuscript will be chosen by Metta Sáma, author of Swing at your own risk (Kelsey Street Press, 2019). The prize winner will receive publication along with a $1,000.00 cash award to help aid in book promotion, travel, event attendance, and a general contribution to the hopes of thriving as an artist.
Along with book publication and cash prize, Ching-In Chen, winner of the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Best Transgender Poetry for recombinant (Kelsey Street Press, 2017), will serve as editor along with a Kelsey Street Press collective member. This prize continues Kelsey Street’s commitment to publishing a poetics of inclusion.
GUIDELINES:
Kelsey Street Press poetry editors seek work that challenges and engages alternative conventions, a poetics of allowance that encourages
writers to write directly from their own creative imperatives.There are no citizenship requirements or limitations. Online submissions are accepted from around the world.
Manuscripts must be in English, although it is perfectly acceptable to include some text in other languages.
For the scope of this contest, QTBIPOC is inclusive of Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans, Nonbinary and/or Queer writers who are Black, Indigenous and/or People of Color.
Manuscript submissions for all contests must be original. (If you include quotes from other works in your manuscript, please be sure they
are clearly attributed to the author either on the same page or in a “Notes” section at the back of the manuscript.)Manuscripts must be previously unpublished, although individual poems in a manuscript are still eligible for this contest if they have been
previously published in print or web magazines, journals, anthologies, or on a personal web site.Simultaneous submissions to other contests and multiple submissions acceptable. Please notify us if your manuscript is accepted
elsewhere.If you are submitting a poetry manuscript that includes photographs, illustrations, or other graphics please obtain permissions.
This is not a "blind" contest.
Revisions are not allowed to a manuscript after it has been submitted to the contest. However, the winning poet will have time to revise the
manuscript before publication. We do reserve the right to get approval from the judge if those revisions are significant.Past or present “students,” “colleagues,” or “close friends” of the judge are NOT ELIGIBLE. For the purpose of this contest the following
definitions apply: “Students” are defined as someone who has taken one or more semesters or quarter courses from the judge, but we do not consider someone who has taken only a weekend or week-long workshop to be a “student” of the judge. “Colleagues” include someone who has worked with the judge, usually in the same department at a university or college, but someone who has worked in a different unrelated department at the same university or college and has had very little contact with the judge is not considered a “colleague”. A “close friend” is defined as someone who has met with the judge socially, for instance for a private dinner. Someone who knows the judge, but only meets and greets the judge at readings and other events is not considered a “close friend.” Once you have had a “student,” "colleague,” or “close friend” relationship with the judge, even if it was many years ago, you are ineligible for this contest.ALSO NOT ELIGIBLE are translations; collaborations by more than one author on the poetry (although photos or graphics in a
manuscript can be created by other individuals), along with Kelsey Street Press past and present collective members.Errors in your manuscript. If our staff find a serious error in your entry (your manuscript file won't open, is locked, is unreadable, or is missing pages, etc.) we will contact you to obtain a correction. Errors sometimes occur and can be easily corrected later.
https://www.kelseystreetpress.org/contests
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HAMBIDGE RESIDENCIES
Hambidge Center
DEADLINE: April 15, 2021 (for Fall Session - September through December).
INFO: The Hambidge Center is situated on 600 forested acres in the mountains of north Georgia and offers miles of nature trails, meadows, waterfalls, a swimming hole and an abundance of wildflowers.
The oldest residency program in the Southeast, Hambidge provides a self-directed program that honors the creative process and trusts individuals to know what they need to cultivate their talent, whether it’s to work and produce, to think, to experiment or to rejuvenate. Residents’ time is their own; there are no workshops, critiques, nor required activities.
Each resident is given their own private studio which provides work and living space with a bathroom and full kitchen. The studios are designed to protect the time, space and solitude that allows residents to focus on their work.
Resident groups are intentionally kept small enough (8-10 people) to gather around the dinner table each evening, Tuesday through Friday, for delicious vegetarian meals prepared by our chef. These communal meals are an essential part of the Hambidge residency experience. Serious topics are discussed (and light-hearted ones, too), experiences are shared, and encouragement is given. Many a collaboration and life-long friendship have begun at the Hambidge dinner table.
Members of each resident group come from different walks of life and work in different creative disciplines; from musicians, chefs and scientists, to visual artists, writers, and beyond. Each year, residents of all ages come to Hambidge from over 30 states across the U.S., as well as internationally.
Specialized equipment and facilities include the Antinori Pottery Studio, and a beautifully rebuilt turn-of-the-century Steinway grand piano housed in Garden Studio.
WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU APPLY
The studios are comfortable, but rustic and secluded. They are purposely simple, and most are out of sight of each other, if not quite isolated.
We are located in a forested environment. Residents should expect to occasionally encounter wildlife and insects – and sometimes the insects are inside the studios.
It is dark at night. There are no street lights or ambient light, other than the moon and stars.
Due to our remote location, there is no cell service at Hambidge. Each studio has a phone for emergency, local and incoming calls.
To encourage focused creativity, there is no internet in the studios. Wi-fi is available 24 hours a day in the communal space of Lucinda's Rock House.
ELIGIBILITY: Qualified applicants must be working at a professional level in their field. We seek applications from emerging and mid-career creatives, as well as from those who are established with national and/or international reputations.
Applications for residency are judged primarily on the quality of submitted work samples and professional promise. Hambidge accepts approximately 170 artists each year. There are no publication, exhibition, or performance requirements contingent on a Hambidge residency.
The Hambidge Center encourages creative professionals of all backgrounds to apply for admission. We celebrate varied ideas, world views, and personal characteristics, and are committed to being an organization that welcomes and respects everyone regardless of age, ability, ethnicity, race, religion, philosophical or political beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality, geographic origin, and socioeconomic status.
FEES: There is a $30 application fee. If this represents a barrier to submitting an application, please contact our Operations Manager at center@hambidge.org to discuss a waiver.
The residency fee is $250 per week.
Note: the actual cost of a residency is $1500/wk. Every year, the Hambidge Center raises funds to supplement $1250 for every residency week, leaving each resident with only the $250/wk fee.
FUNDING: Hambidge offers several merit-based Distinguished Fellowships which remove the fees for a two-week residency and provide a $700 stipend. Available Distinguished Fellowships vary from session to session and are listed in the Awards & Financial Assistance section of each session's application. Unless otherwise noted, they are reserved for first-time residents. The list of previously awarded Distinguished Fellowships can be seen here.
FINANCIAL AID: Hambidge offers limited financial aid scholarships to accepted residents. Priority will be given to minority residents with the goal of a more diverse and inclusive residency program.
Upon acceptance to the program and receiving the financial aid forms, applicants will be required to provide completed documents within 5 days, including last year’s Tax Return, and a Statement of Need. The Statement is a description of financial needs: the reasons for requesting aid and an explanation of the applicant’s financial situation, including current expenses, debt, and sources of income. International applicants will be asked to complete a questionnaire instead of providing a tax return.
Admission Panels: Applications in each discipline are reviewed by panels of three esteemed peers within that discipline. Panel membership is rotated frequently.
Length of Stay: Applicants may request stays between two weeks and eight weeks. Residents arrive on Tuesday and depart on Sunday. Residencies of one week are available to Arts & Culture Administrator applicants and Culinary applicants ONLY. Eight-week residencies will only be scheduled in the Fall and Spring Sessions. The maximum length of residencies awarded in Summer Session is four weeks. Because of differing lengths of individual stays, residents will arrive and depart on varying schedules.
Creative Disciplines
Hambidge accepts applications in the following disciplines:
ARTS & CULTURE ADMINISTRATION - including propopsals for professional projects and/or personal creative projects by administrators working for arts, culture or environmental organizations, or independently (a freelance curator, for example). It is not a requirement that the organization be a non-profit, however it must be an organization that works with or assists other people or produces public projects.
CERAMICS - including functional and sculptural
CULINARY ARTS - including recipe development, cookbook writing, food writing, food styling, food photography, and food preservation
DANCE - including choreography, performance, and theory
MUSIC - including composition, performance, vocal, and theory, in all genres of music
SCIENCE - this residency offers scientists in any branch of science a place to write and/or organize research
VISUAL ARTS - including book arts, conceptual art, design, drawing, environmental art, fiber arts, film & video, installation arts, metalworking, mixed media, multimedia art, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and woodworking. Note: We do not have darkroom or printmaking facilities, but provide exploration space for artists working in those disciplines. Those working in wood or metal must bring their own tools and machinery.
WRITING - including academic scholarship, criticism, fiction, history, poetry, journalism, nonfiction, philosophy, playwriting, screenwriting, storytelling.
References: Hambidge no longer requires letters of recommendation as part of the application materials.
Collaborations and Couples: Collaborators must submit individual applications, but may choose to share studio/living space. Applications must contain a joint proposal of the work they intend to do while in residence and an example of previous collaborative work. The acceptance of one collaborator does NOT guarantee the acceptance of the other.
Non-collaborating couples who wish to be in residence together must submit individual applications. Upon acceptance, they may request concurrent residency dates and choose whether or not to share studio/living space. No other provisions are made for partners. The acceptance of one partner does NOT guarantee the acceptance of the other.
Children: Hambidge has successfully hosted several residents accompanied by their children. We are still developing our parental program, but we are quite willing to work with resident parents to find the best timing and to recommend part-time childcare for their stay. Please contact us at center@hambidge.org or 706-746-7324 to discuss these options before submitting your application.
Pets: With the exception of licensed service animals (as defined by the ADA), pets are not permitted.
International Applicants: Hambidge welcomes applicants in all disciplines from around the world. Writers who work in languages other than English should supply samples of work in translation as well as in the original. A working understanding of English is required. Hambidge does not provide an interpreter for residents who speak little or no English.
Application Instructions: All application materials must be submitted electronically through hambidge.slideroom.com. Step-by-step instructions are included in each application. For technical assistance during the application process, contact Slidroom Support in the Help tab of the application portal.
Late applications will not be accepted. Notification of results is sent via email approximately 5 weeks after the application deadline.
NOTE: We will contact you using the EMAIL address in your Slideroom Account Information. Before submitting your application, please double check to make sure ALL your Slideroom account info is current.
https://www.hambidge.org/guidelines-apply
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2021 Poems in Translation Contest
Words Without Borders
DEADLINE: April 16, 2021 by 11:59pm ET
INFO: Words Without Borders is pleased to announce the 2021 Poems in Translation Contest to spotlight some of the groundbreaking poets working around the world today and to celebrate the art of translating poetry.
The contest is open to contemporary international poetry translated from other languages into English. Four winning translated poems will be co-published on Words Without Borders, the digital magazine for international literature, and in Poem-a-Day, the popular daily poetry series produced by the Academy of American Poets, throughout September, which is National Translation Month.
The winning poems will be selected by acclaimed poet Airea D. Matthews, along with the editors of Words Without Borders.
The winning poets and translators will be awarded $150 each. (In the case of multiple translators, the translator award shall be split evenly.)
Submissions will be accepted through 11:59 pm ET on April 16, 2021. We regret that, due to the high number of submissions we receive, only winners will be contacted.
Guidelines for submissions:
Entries must be submitted by translators and include both original- language texts and translations. Self-translations are eligible.
Only poems translated from languages other than English are eligible.
Only first English translations will be considered. Retranslations of poems already available in English are not eligible.
Translations must be unpublished.
Translations must not be under contract for publication.
Authors of original poems must be living.
Translators must have confirmed that English translation rights are available.
Translators may submit up to three poems. (All three poems need not have the same author. Similarly, co-translations are also eligible.)
Individual poems must not exceed forty lines.
Submissions must include brief bios for authors and translators.
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CAVE CANEM POETRY PRIZE
DEADLINE: April 30, 2021 at 11:59pm ET
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: 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 are eligible for the Cave Canem Poetry Prize. 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).
AWARD: Winner receives $1,000, publication by Graywolf Press in fall 2022, 15 copies of the book, and a feature reading. Both the winner and runner-up will be invited to individual critique sessions with the final judge.
Winner announced via email by or before October 2021.
FINAL JUDGE: Rachel Eliza Griffiths (Judge reserves the right not to select a winner and/or honorable mentions.)
FIRST READERS: Abdul Ali and TBD. Manuscripts are read without the reviewers and judge’s knowledge of contestants’ identities.
EXCLUSIONS: 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 Graywolf Press; and authors who have published a book or have a book under contract with Graywolf Press are ineligible.
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.
GUIDELINES:
Submit manuscripts online at cavecanem.submittable.com. Hard copy submissions will not be considered.
One manuscript per poet.
Upload manuscript as a .doc or .pdf document. Include a title page with the title only and table of contents. Author’s name should not appear on any pages within the uploaded document.
Include a cover letter in the Submittable text box—DO NOT include within the .doc or .pdf document of the manuscript. Cover letter should include author’s brief bio (200 words, maximum) and list of acknowledgments of previously published poems.
Manuscript must be paginated, with a font size of 11 or 12, and 48-75 pages in length, inclusive of title page and table of contents. A poem may be multiple pages, but no more than one poem per page is permitted.
Manuscripts not adhering to submission guidelines will not be considered.
Post-submission revisions or corrections are not permitted.
https://cavecanempoets.org/prizes/cave-canem-poetry-prize/
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Call for Submissions: NOMBONO: An Anthology of Speculative Poetry by BIPOC Creators
Sundress Publications
DEADLINE: April 30, 2021
INFO: Sundress Publications announces an open submission call for NOMBONO: An Anthology of Speculative Poetry by BIPOC Creators, a collection that asks us earthers, terrans, the identified sentients of this planet to reconceive how we perceive our doings and being in this world.
Reaching far beyond a generic exploration of visionary and speculative possibilities, NOMBONO: An Anthology of Speculative Poetry by BIPOC Creators asks: are we on a bright threshold or at the edge of a dark precipice? Are we about to take flight and evolve, or plummet into an abysmal abyss? BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, poets of color) word-wielders are invited to share their visions, invocations, foretellings, and alterations in this new anthology of speculative poetry entitled NOMBONO (the Zulu word for “visionaryâ€). The range of speculative poetry’s engagements are sought: aliens, alternate history, cryptids, cyberfunk, cyberpunk, dystopia, fairy tales, fabulism, fantasy, folklore, futurism, horror, magic, monsters, mythology, occult, paranormal, post-apocalyptic, robots, science fiction, shifters, slipstream, solar punk, space opera, steamfunk, steampunk, superheroes, supernatural, sword and sorcery, sword and soul, time-travel, and weird. All poetic forms and scifaiku are welcome.
Interested poets should submit up to 5 poems, a short bio (max. 100 words) along with your preferred email address, phone number, and physical mailing address as a single DOCX or PDF file to anthology@sundresspublications.com, by April 30, 2021. Previously published work will be considered as long as you retain the right to reprint it and note where it first appeared. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as they are noted as such and the author notifies the editor that the work has been accepted elsewhere, before notification of acceptance in the anthology. Failure to conform to these guidelines means your poems will go unconsidered for the anthology. Early submission is recommended, as work will be assessed as it arrives. Publication is slated for the second half of 2021.
Artwork by BIPOC artists is also sought for consideration for this anthology. To submit, please send high-resolution JPEGS and a short bio (max. 100 words) along with your preferred email address, phone number, and physical mailing address to anthology@sundresspublications.com.
This anthology will appear both in a print and digital format. All contributors will receive one print author copy plus any additional copies at cost. Any additional funding from the project will be paid to authors.
The poet Akua Lezli Hope will serve as the editor for this anthology. Akua Lezli Hope’s awards include the National Endowment for the Arts writing fellowship, two New York Foundation for the Arts poetry fellowships, a Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association prize, and Rhysling and Pushcart Prize nominations, among others. She is the author of the award-winning collection, EMBOUCHURE, Poems on Jazz and Other Musics (ArtFarm Press), and THEM GONE (The Word Works). A lifetime member of the SFPA, she created Speculative Sundays, a biweekly, online, speculative poetry reading series. Her speculative poetry chapbook, Otherwheres (ArtFarm Press, 2020), is available on Amazon.
http://www.sundresspublications.com
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POETRY FELLOWSHIP
Just Buffalo Literary Center
DEADLINE: April 30, 2021
INFO: Just Buffalo Literary Center invites adult poets of all ages and stages of their career to apply for its Poetry Fellowship, judged this year by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram.
THE FELLOWSHIP AWARD:
A $1,500 stipend
One month of free lodging during August 2021 in a beautiful apartment in one of Buffalo’s most vibrant neighborhoods
An opportunity to read at an event curated by Just Buffalo Literary Center
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must be 21 years or older
A completed application must be received by 11:59 p.m. on April 30, 2021 (incomplete applications will NOT be considered)
Past or present employees of Just Buffalo Literary Center are NOT eligible to apply
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Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships
The Poetry Foundation / Poetry Magazine
DEADLINE: April 30, 2021
INFO: The Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine are pleased to announce the five recipients of the 2020 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships: Isabella Borgeson, Luther Hughes, Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, Darius Simpson, and Khaty Xiong.
Among the largest awards offered to young poets in the United States, the $25,800 prize is intended to encourage the further study and writing of poetry and is open to all US poets between 21 and 31 years of age.
APPLICANT GUIDELINES:
Applicants must reside in the U.S. or be U.S. citizens.
Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and no older than 31 years of age as of April 30, 2021.
Applications will be accepted from March 8, 2021 through April 30, 2021 at 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time).
Applications must be made through this submission website; applications via email are not permitted. If you have accessibility needs or concerns, please email fellowships@poetryfoundation.org.
Poems previously published in journals or books may be included in your application.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please assemble your application materials as a SINGLE file (accepted file types are pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf, wpf). This document must include:
An approximately 250-word introduction to your work (not to exceed one page). The introduction can be whatever you would like. If you're not sure how to introduce your work, this can include talking about your studies of poetry so far, the poets who influence your work, and your goals for the future.
Ten pages of poems. You may include multiple poems on one page, but total pages of poems must not exceed ten. You are welcome to include poems that have already been published.
Name this document FELLOWSHIP [LAST NAME]_[FIRST NAME] (example: FELLOWSHIP Doe_John.doc)
PLEASE ensure that all required materials are included in one document. Application materials submitted in multiple files will not be considered.
Selected Fellows will be notified by July 1, 2021 and publicly announced in September.
Selected Fellows will be invited to record a short reading via Zoom between July and August 2021, to be featured in our Poetry Day virtual award celebration on October 21, 2021
If you have any questions, contact fellowships@poetryfoundation.org
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/prizes-fellowship
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Latinx Video Anthology
Ruben Quesada
DEADLINE: April 30, 2021
INFO: Author and poet Ruben Quesada is making a video anthology showcasing U.S. Latinx poets sharing a poem they love written by another Latinx poet. This is a one-of-a-kind collection of poetry that gathers thinking about Latinx poetry from Latinx poets in the United States from all walks of life. This video anthology collects views of poetry by new, emerging, and established Latinx poets. A collection of 50 short video documentaries showcasing individual U.S. Latinx poets reading and speaking personally about poems they love.
Goal: Latinx poets from every state, representing a range of occupations, education, & backgrounds.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3hiz5WhhOhPFh012BPGBOvkV0ytnCqxHp79FeibEzkv6TrQ/viewform
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ‘UNITY’ ISSUE
Skin Magazine
DEADLINES: April 30, 2021
INFO: For Skin Magazine’s third issue, we will cover the theme of UNITY.
When was the last time you felt like a part of something? Is unity to you something that you can experience on the individual level? What do you think we can do to become a more united world? We'd love to see how you depict and explore the concept of unity!
GUIDELINES:
Acceptable submission forms: visual art, photography, poetry, essays, interviews, collages, and playlists.
Submission limit: Up to three (3) submissions per submitter.
Please remember that we will only allow unpublished and original content
https://twitter.com/skinthemag/status/1347759767905701891
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The CookOut Poetry Prize
Write About Now Poetry
DEADLINE: May 2, 2021
INFO: "The CookOut" is a literary magazine published out of Write About Now Poetry that encompasses the warmth and hospitality of the South, the fast-paced, forward-thinking nature of the city, and the openness and innovation fostered within a community from all over the world.
If you’re looking for a place to gather, “The CookOut” welcomes you to our table carved out of the love and creativity of Black authors who archive their existence, dreams, and ideas into the written word.
This online journal serves as a response to the call to amplify Black writers, Black voices and Black stories, as well as to invest into Black communities through supporting Black-led organizations and through The CookOut's $1000 grand prize.
We are seeking poems from Black writers that have a unique vision, a fresh perspective, and a clear passion for language and music. We love striking images and captivating narratives. Our readers have range, so ultimately, we are looking for work that moves us. Send us your best.
GUIDELINES:
Individuals must identify as Black to submit to the publication. The works submitted may include, but are not restricted to topics around Blackness.
TCO accepts simultaneous submissions; however, TCO does not accept work that has been previously published.
Please use 12 pt. font, unless the font size is a device used for the poem.
You may submit up to 3 poems. Please submit your works as one file with each poem on a separate page.
Include a cover page with your: Name, Phone Number, Mailing Address, Email and social media handles.
One poem will be selected by a committee of Black readers to win our $1,000 grand poetry prize.
These will be shut-eye submissions (readers will not see your name until after the poems are read), so please ensure that your name appears nowhere else in the submission manuscript (aside from the cover page) unless it is a part of your poem.
https://writeaboutnow.submittable.com/submit/190393/the-cookout-literary-journal-1000-poetry-prize
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MVICW Poet & Author Fellowships
Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Virtual Summer Writers' Conference
DEADLINE: May 3, 2021
ENTRY FEE: $25
INFO: MVICW is able to provide a number of need and merit-based fellowships (25-40% of registration cost) to attend our Virtual Summer Writers' Conference. Consideration is given to applicants demonstrating economic need. To apply for financial assistance to attend our MVICW Summer Writers' Conference, send a sample of your writing (3 poems or 10 pages of fiction/CNF) and a letter of interest.
Letter of Interest (approx. 750 words): Please tell us about who you are as a person and an artist. We'd like to hear about your life, your artistic career, and your creative work. If you have specific needs (financial or creative) which would be met by this award please outline them in your letter.
https://mvicw.submittable.com/submit
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: PROSE POETRY
Stellium Literary Magazine
DEADLINE: May 3, 2021
INFO: Stellium is a literary magazine centering Black queer and trans prose writers. We still accept work from other Black and QTPOC writers. We are a bimonthly (every two months) magazine seeking to create our first two digital issues.
The literary scene is flush with racist, homophobic, transphobic, and elitist platforms that often discriminate against QTPOC writing, let alone that of Black queer and trans creators. We've noticed how we're a trend to be recognized after shootings or attacks on our communities. Rarely are we considered "legitimate" unless our creative work can generate donations for publications and institutions that stick to the status quo during the rest of the year.
At Stellium, we're setting our intentions to not just make a statement in the world of prose but to redefine the space entirely. The magazine will publish five pieces each of prose poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art within each issue. We seek work from emerging and established writers (with an emphasis on emerging). In due time, we hope to include a number of interviews, translations, reviews, and other works relevant to the QTPOC writing scene on our website, and (eventually) in print!
We are currently curating pieces for our third and fourth issues. Here are the themes.
Issue Three - Home - Where (or who) is home? What does it mean now that you're older? What did you picture when you were young? Are you there now or arriving? How do you protect it, fill it, or renew it? Do you click your heels three times or do you simply open the door? Take us there.
Issue Four - Skepticism - What are you a skeptic of? Who deserves the most review and re-review? How have you been critiqued yourself? Why this issue in particular? Has it always been this way or did something change within? Ruin the façade.
What are we looking for?
Prose poetry - We do not accept traditional poetry. Please note this description before submitting. Prose poetry is "not broken into verse lines, [but] demonstrates other traits such as symbols, metaphors, and other figures of speech common to poetry." Write in paragraphs and with a poetic flow, and we'll want to see it. Please submit a maximum of three poems. This section is not theme-specific but you're encouraged to focus on it.