2023-2025 Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry
Emory College of Arts + Sciences
DEADLINE: November 11, 2022 by 11:59pm
INFO: Emory University Creative Writing Fellowship. Two-year fellowship in poetry in lively undergraduate English/Creative Writing Program, beginning Fall 2023. Load 1-2, all workshops; $45,000 salary, and health benefits. Fellow will give a public reading and have access to the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library, a 75,000-volume rare and modern poetry library housed at Emory.
REQUIRED: MFA or PhD in the last five years, with undergraduate Creative Writing teaching experience. Desirable: record of periodical publications but no first book yet in print, and secondary interests such as creative nonfiction and working in archives.
GUIDELINES: Submit electronic dossier, including cover letter discussing teaching experience and philosophy, CV, two references who will be contacted later in the process, and a writing sample of no more than 15 pages of poetry to http://apply.interfolio.com/113402
creativewriting.emory.edu/people/fellowship-positions.html
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WORKSPACE Residency FOR LGBTQ+ WRITERS
Velvet Park
DEADLINE: November 11, 2022 at 11:59pm
APPLICATION FEE: $25
INFO: Velvet Park invites writers to apply for a six-month workspace residency (January – June 2023). Please keep in mind that the studio space is 114 sq ft. – 14’ x 8’, with 12’ ceilings, large 6’ x 6’ window). The studio is located in Crown Heights in Brooklyn.
CHECKLIST:
Poets, submit up to 15 – 20 pages of poetry
Prose, 25 – 30 pages of prose
Screenplay/play script, provide 1 – 2 completed works
additional works accepted via url, to online portfolio or published works
CV/Resume
should reflect your artistic/creative accomplishments
2 references
1 professional reference, who can speak about your work and
1 personal reference, who can speak about you personally, your work ethic, values, and any other pertinent information about you.
provide names and contact; phone/email of these individuals (letters not required).
finalists’ references will be contacted by selection committee to speak about you.
velvetparkmedia.com/writers-residency-2023/
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2022 Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize
Cave Canem
DEADLINE: November 14, 2022
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
INFO: Submissions are now open for the 2022 Toi Derricotte And Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize. This year's judge is Herman Beavers.
Since 2015, Cave Canem has collaborated with O, Miami to spotlight exceptional chapbook-length manuscripts by Black poets.
PRIZE: The winner of the prize receives a $1000 award, publication of their manuscript by O, Miami Books, 10 copies of the chapbook, a residency in The Writer’s Room at The Betsy Hotel in Miami, and a featured reading at the O, Miami Poetry Festival in April.
Previous judges were: Robin Coste Lewis; Dawn Lundy Martin; Ross Gay; Major Jackson; Danez Smith; Mahogany L. Browne; and Lillian-Yvonne Bertram.
ABOUT THE JUDGE: Herman Beavers is the Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt President’s Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program and offers an arts-based, community service course that brings students together with Philadelphia residents. Beavers’ poems have appeared in The Langston Hughes Colloquy, MELUS, Versadelphia, Cleaver Magazine, The American Arts Quarterly, and Supplement. His fiction has appeared in the Best Philadelphia Stories. His poems have been anthologized in Obsession: Sestinas for the Twenty-First Century, Remembering Gwen, Who Will Speak for America and Show Us Your Papers. Beavers is the author of Obsidian Blues (a chapbook), Geography and the Political Imaginary in the Novels of Toni Morrison, and The Vernell Poems. He is collaborating with saxophonists, Odean Pope and Immanuel Wilkins to develop a series of jazz compositions based on his sonnet cycle, “Progressions,” in a project titled, “Re-Sounding Progressions”. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Lisa.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Hellebore
DEADLINE: November 15, 2022
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
INFO: The Hellebore is currently seeking submissions. Micro poetry, prose poetry, narrative poetry, flash fiction (under 1500 words), and flash nonfiction (under 1500 words) is welcome.
While we offer quick response times, all of our issues are scheduled in advance. Depending on when writers and artists may submit, work may not be published until months later. If the goal is to be published sooner, submit towards the end of the reading period. Keep in mind, space is limited, which makes the process more selective. To have the best possible chance of publication, follow the guidelines and refer to the tips.
Due to the volume of submissions we received this last round, expect a response between 1-3 months. Notifying folks about the status of their work within a reasonable time frame is important to us so inquire through email if you do not hear from us within the reading period for the issue you submitted to: thehelleborepress [@]gmail [dot] com
PROCESS: Denise Nichole & Rachel Andrews work together to review submissions. After work is selected, contributors may be asked to undergo a brief revision process with Editor in Chief, Denise Nichole to ensure that work is ready for publication. The revision process incorporates reflective questions, feedback, and edits. We offer this service to support our contributors but recognize that this is not standard practice. Rest assured, that is why we do it. It is our hope to offer resources that support writers and poets throughout each stage of their career. Part of that includes developmental editing and mentorship.
Angel Camarena assists with the editing and formatting of each issue. They collaborate with Denise to prepare issues for publication by proofing and organizing individual pieces of writing.
Underrepresented communities are highly encouraged to submit. The Hellebore Press invites perspectives and narratives from: women, BIPOC, neurodiverse, disabled, non-binary, immigrant, international, and LGBTQIA+ identities.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: “1619 SPEAKS” ANTHOLOGY
Sims Library of Poetry
DEADLINE: Extended to November 15, 2022
INFO: The Sims Library of Poetry has an open submission call for its "1619 Speaks" anthology.
RELEASE DATE: April 2023
GUIDELINES:
Your work must be an homage to an African-American poet of the past
You must identify as African-American
works accepted (1-3 pieces per category):
- poetry
- prose (750 max words),
- visual artformat of submission: .docx (poetry + prose) or .png (visual art)
Please submit to 1619speaks@gmail.com
COMPENSATION: $50 honorarium for all accepted artists
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Firecracker Awards
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP)
DEADLINE: November 15, 2022
ENTRY FEE: $65 ($55 for CLMP Members) for the first book and $30 ($25 for CLMP Members) for each additional entry.
INFO: The CLMP Firecracker Awards for Independently Published Literature are given annually to celebrate books and magazines that make a significant contribution to our literary culture and the publishers that strive to introduce important voices to readers far and wide. Prizes are awarded in the categories of Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Magazine/General Excellence, and Magazine/Best Debut. Each year, CLMP also awards the Lord Nose Award, given to a publisher or editor in recognition of a lifetime of work in literary publishing.
PRIZE: Each winner in the books category will receive $2,000–$1,000 for the press and $1,000 for the author or translator–and each winner in the magazine categories will receive $1,000. In addition, a national publicity campaign spotlights and promotes our winning titles each year. In partnership with the American Booksellers Association, promotional materials—including a press release and shelf talkers featuring the winning titles—are distributed to over 750 independent booksellers across the country. Winners are also promoted in CLMP’s newsletters, on our website, and through a dedicated social media campaign. The publishers of winning titles receive a free one-year membership to CLMP, and magazine winners receive a one-year CLMP Member subscription to Submittable. To read press coverage about the 2022 Firecracker Award winners, visit our Press Center.
Finalists will be announced in spring 2023; the winners will be announced in June 2023.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Books must be published by an independent publisher during the 2022 calendar year.
Anthologies and self-published titles are not eligible but works in translation and graphic novels are welcome.
English-language submissions from international publishers are eligible.
Both print and digital magazines are eligible.
Magazines submitting in the General Excellence category must have published regularly for at least the past two years.
Magazines submitting in the Best Debut category must have launched during the 2020, 2021, or 2022 calendar years.
There is no limit to the number of entries publishers may submit.
2023 FIRECRACKER AWARD JUDGES:
Fiction:
Karen Maeda Allman, former Author Events Co-Coordinator, Elliott Bay Book Company
Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth, published by Riverhead Books
Vauhini Vara, author of The Immortal King Rao, published by W. W. Norton Company
Creative Nonfiction:
Cinelle Barnes, author of Monsoon Mansion: A Memoir, published by Little A
Daisy Hernández, author of The Kissing Bug, published by Tin House
Emerson Whitney, author of Heaven, published by McSweeney’s
Poetry:
Kemi Alabi, author of Against Heaven, published by Graywolf Press
Jenny Gropp, author of The Hominine Egg, published by Kore Press
Komal Mathew, author of For Daughters Who Walk Out Like Sons, published by Zone 3 Press
Magazine:
S. Tremaine Nelson, Editor and Publisher, Northwest Review
Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn, Editor in Chief, The Rumpus
NaBeela Washington, Founder and Editor in Chief, Lucky Jefferson
clmp.org/about/what-we-believe/
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Nightboat Poetry Prize
Nightboat Books
DEADLINE: November 15, 2022 at 11:59pm ET
ENTRY FEE: $28. [In the event that the judges do not find an entry suitable for publication, reading fees will be returned to all entrants.]
INFO: The 2022 Nightboat Poetry Prize is now open. Nightboat editors will select up to four manuscripts for publication.
ELIGIBILITY: Any poet writing in English. Previous book publication is not a consideration for eligibility. Poems published in print or on-line periodicals, anthologies, or chapbooks may be included, but the manuscript itself must be unpublished. Original work only; translations are ineligible.
FORMAT: 48 to 90 pages (suggested length, manuscripts may be longer or shorter), paginated, no more than one poem per page. Please include one title page with title only, tables of contents, and acknowledgments page.
SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: Simultaneous submissions are acceptable. Please notify Nightboat Books immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS: Submission of more than one manuscript is acceptable. Each manuscript must be submitted separately, each with a separate entry fee.
INTERNATIONAL SUBMISSIONS: We accept International Submissions.
REVISIONS: The winner will have the opportunity to revise the manuscript before publication. No revisions will be considered during the reading period.
Winner(s) will be announced by April 2023. Winning collection(s) to be published Spring 2024.
nightboat.org/poetry-prize/?mc_cid=6acf1a9ae7&mc_eid=4f847afa0d
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The Bird in Your Hands Prize
Thin Air Magazine
DEADLINE: November 20, 2022
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
INFO: We are excited to announce the Third annual The Bird in Your Hands Prize: a contest that centers and celebrates BIPOC voices. This is a no-fee contest accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in any form under 500 words.
PRIZE: The winner of the contest will be awarded $500, published in Thin Air Magazine, and interviewed for Thin Air Online. The winner will also be invited to read the winning entry, at the Northern Arizona Book Festival held in April 2023. First and second runners up will also be awarded an honorarium.
This contest is open to new, upcoming, and established BIPOC writers alike. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, and we carry no expectations for the content or tone of submissions. All submitted works must be previously unpublished.
JUDGE: The judge for this year's contest is Samir Talib. Samir Talib got his BA in English in 2002 and his MA in 2005 in the field of English Literature/Renaissance Drama. In 2010, he joined the University of Exeter/UK for a PhD in the field of Renaissance studies. He has been teaching courses in Drama, Poetry and Literary criticism at the University of Basrah since 2005. He is interested in the field of the philosophy of literature, as well as contemporary literary and cultural theory, especially in the field of cultural studies and popular culture.
FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS:
Please use Times New Roman, 12pt., double-spaced, 1 inch margins for all submissions except poetry, which should remain single-spaced.
Please include page numbers and a word count at the top of your manuscript.
Please do not put your name in your manuscript.
If unique formatting is critical to the submission, you may upload it as is (but please note that we may have to collaborate to translate your formatting onto the physical restraints of our pages).
thinair.submittable.com/submit
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2023 Cave Canem Fellowship Application
Cave Canem
DEADLINE: November 28, 2022
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
INFO: Since 1996, Cave Canem has awarded Fellowships to more than 500 Black poets. Cave Canem Fellows are among the most distinguished poets in the field, not only as recipients of the highest literary honors and critical acclaim, but also for their service in communities across the country.
Each year a cohort of 10–20 new Fellows is selected based solely on the quality of their poems. Cohorts encompass a range of different aesthetics and poetic practices (spoken word, formalism, multimedia performance, text-based composition, etc.) to ensure an equity of voices in our gathering—all are united by a common purpose to improve craft.
Fellows receive an unparalleled opportunity to study with a world-class faculty and join a community of peers at the Retreat, a week-long series of intensive poetry workshops, thought-provoking presentations, both public & private readings, and creative discourse.
The Cave Canem Fellowship includes:
Invitation to the Retreat
A subscription to MasterClass
Access to Fellows and Faculty fund
Access to scholarships for select writing residences
Archival training
Inclusion in public programming (readings, panels, multigenre collaborations, etc.)
Subscription to Digest, a bimonthly Cave Canem resource containing community news and exclusive offers
ELIGIBILITY: Black poets, ages 21 and over, are eligible to apply.
cavecanem.submittable.com/submit/238515/2023-cave-canem-fellowship-application
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CALL FOR POETRY SUBMISSIONS
Shenandoah
DEADLINE: Until they reach 500 submissions
INFO: Shenandoah is currently open for submissions of poetry to be reviewed by our Spring 2023 Editorial Fellow in Poetry, Siew David Hii.
All folks are welcome to submit all kinds of poetry. Please send those inevitable ones, your urgents, your precious quiets. Please send poems filled with fruits and vegetables. Or robots, love, and death. This is a general call to submit your favorite poems. Any subject matter, any form. Authors who are BIPOC, queer, immigrants, or otherwise historically marginalized are especially encouraged to submit. All means all.
shenandoahliterary.org/submissions/
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Scholars-in-Residence Program Fellowship 2023-24
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
DEADLINE: December 1, 2022
INFO: The Scholars-in-Residence Program offers both long-term and short-term fellowships designed to support and encourage top-quality research and writing on the history, politics, literature, and culture of the peoples of Africa and the African diaspora, as well as to promote and facilitate interdisciplinary exchange among scholars and writers in residence at the Schomburg Center.
Long-term fellowships provide a $35,000 stipend to support postdoctoral scholars and independent researchers who work in residence at the Center for a continuous period of six months. The Scholars-in-Residence Program provides funding for six fellows each year, three of whom are supported by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Selected fellows can choose to begin their term either in September or in January. Fellows are provided with individual office space and a computer, research assistance, and full access to the unparalleled resources of the Schomburg Center. In addition to pursuing their own research projects, fellows also engage in an ongoing interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, sharing their research with one another in a weekly work-in-progress seminar. While in residence, they are also exposed to the vibrant intellectual life of the Schomburg through its public exhibitions, panels, screenings, and events.
Short-term fellowships are open to postdoctoral scholars, independent researchers, and creative writers (novelists, playwrights, poets) who work in residence at the Center for a continuous period of one to three months. Short-term fellows receive a stipend of $3000 per month. (These short-term fellowships are a recent addition to the Scholars-in-Residence Program, having been offered for the first time in the 2017-18 application cycle; they are funded by an endowment provided by the Ford Foundation and the Newhouse Foundation.)
Both long-term and short-term fellowships are awarded for continuous periods in residence at the Schomburg Center. Fellows are expected to devote their full time to their research and writing. They are expected to work regularly at the Schomburg Center and to participate in the intellectual life of the Scholars-in-Residence Program. Fellows may not be employed during the period in residence, except on sabbaticals from their home institutions. Those selected as Scholars-in-Residence are encouraged to supplement their stipends with funding support from their home institutions or other non-residential fellowships or grants if the requisite approval is received from the Schomburg Center.
ELIGIBILITY: The Scholars-in-Residence Program is intended for scholars and writers requiring extensive, on-site research with collections at the Schomburg Center, the pre-eminent repository for documentation on the history and cultures of peoples of African descent around the globe. Fellows are expected to be in full-time residency at the Center during the award period and to participate in scheduled seminars and colloquia. The Program is intended to support research in African diasporic studies undertaken from a humanistic perspective; projects in the social sciences, science and technology, psychology, education, and religion are eligible if they utilize a humanistic approach and contribute to humanistic knowledge.
Candidates who need to work primarily in the New York Public Library's other research libraries – the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, and the Science, Industry and Business Library – are not eligible for this fellowship, nor are people seeking funding for research leading directly to a degree. (Applications are accepted from current doctoral students, as long as they will defend their dissertation and graduate before starting the fellowship tenure.) Only U.S. citizens, permanent residents and foreign nationals who have been resident in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline may apply.
APLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
A complete application must include:
The Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence Application.
A 1500-word description of the proposed study.
Curriculum vitae (limit to 3 pages).
Names of references (long-term fellows must submit three recommendation letters; short-term fellows must submit a minimum of two letters). References will receive an e-mail instructing them how to upload their recommendations.
Fill out an application here.
DESCRIPTION OF STUDY:
In no more than 1500 words the applicant should provide a detailed description of the proposed study, including but by no means restricted to the following elements:
A statement of the topic under consideration with specific reference to the major questions, problems, and theses being investigated.
An outline of the plan for carrying out the study or project.
Discussion of the sources in the Schomburg Center and other research units of The New York Public Library that the applicant plans to use for the study and plans for examining them.
Description of research methods.
Applicant's competence in the use of any foreign languages needed to complete the study.
The place of the study in the applicant's overall research and writing program.
The significance of the study for the applicant's field and for the humanities in general.
The final objective and expected outcomes of the project. Plans for publications, lectures, exhibitions, teaching, and other vehicles of dissemination should be detailed. Fellows will be expected to share and discuss their research and writing with other scholars-in-residence in the weekly work-in-progress seminar during their residency.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Applications for the Scholars-in-Residence Program will be reviewed by a Selection Committee consisting of five external reviewers, a rotating panel of accomplished scholars and writers with expertise across the fields of study covered by the fellowship. The Selection Committee is convened and chaired by the Director of the Scholars-in-Residence Program.
Fellows will be selected on the basis of the following criteria:
Relationship of the project to the resources of the Schomburg Center.
Qualifications of the applicant.
Quality and feasibility of the project plan.
Importance of the proposed project to the applicant's field and to the humanities.
Relationship of the project to the humanities.
Likelihood that the project will be completed successfully.
The provisions for making the results of the project available to scholars and to the public at large.
Applicants selected for the Program will be notified in late March.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Stellium
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: Stellium centers Black queer and trans creatives. We still accept work from other Black and QTPOC creatives. We seek those emerging and established (with an emphasis on emerging).
What type of work do you accept?
Fiction - We welcome long- or short-form fiction. If you submit flash fiction (up to 2k words), you can submit up to three pieces of similar length. The sweet spot is around 2k to 5k words but we'll consider all lengths.
Nonfiction - We're seeking creative nonfiction submissions. Please note the following before submitting. We welcome personal essay, memoir, biography, autobiography, the Audre Lorde-invented “biomythography," new journalism or literary journalism, diary entries, and more. No academic papers. The sweet spot is around 1k to 4k words but we'll consider all lengths.
“The stories that only you can tell. Stories about your most closely-held revelations or your brightest lightbulb moments, whether about your own life or about the world at large or both. Those 2000-word-long musings scribbled in your Notes app between shifts? Those clever tweet threads that make you go “dang, Twitter should pay me for this”? Those are great places to start.” - former CNF editor Kim Wong-Shing
See work from Akwaeke Emezi in The Cut and from Brandon Taylor in them.
Prose poetry - We do not accept traditional poetry. Please note the following 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 five poems.
“Think poetry without line breaks. Think a really poetic tweet without character limits. Think an expressive, detailed letter or e-mail to the homie. Think run-on sentences, runaway thoughts. Think IDGAF about punctuation all like that but I care about the feels & the mood & the setting & maybe i’mma slide in a slant rhyme or 2 or as many as necessary.” - former prose poetry editor Nefertiti Asanti
See [Kills bugs dead.] and Elliptical by Harryette Mullen.
Art - We accept high-quality scans of any original, visual art.
So how do I submit?
Please use the following format when submitting, otherwise, your entry may be discarded.
Craft an e-mail to submissions (at) stelliumlit.com
In the subject line, clarify your submission as genre: title, your name
example: “Fiction: Fifteen Little Birds, Janelle Doe”
In the body, please share:
your bio (any length) including your name, pronouns, and creative background
social media links or an alternative way to contact you outside of e-mail (to confirm you’re not a plagiarist)
submission summary (at least a sentence, even for art submissions)
answer: has this work been submitted elsewhere?
your submission as a DOCX or PDF attachment, or as a JPG or PNG for art submissions
within the e-mail body is fine but an attachment is preferred
no other file formats are accepted at this time
Do y’all pay?
We do! In the past, we’ve offered $50 for each accepted submission, even for art and poetry. However, we’re still in the running for grants and hope to offer more than that in the future. For now, you can expect our standard minimum payment and, if we’re able to offer more, we will announce it and update the text here. If you’d like to support us, feel free to make a contribution today via our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas.