2023 JEROME HILL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP
The Jerome Foundation
DEADLINE: May 4, 2022 at 4pm CT / 5pm ET
INFO: The Jerome Foundation is excited to announce the 2023 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship application open call. These two-year Fellowships support Minnesota and New York City-based artists across 8 artistic fields who are at an early point in their careers, generally in their 2nd–10th year as a generative artist.
Jerome Hill Artist Fellowships support Minnesota and New York City-based artists across 8 artistic fields who generate new work that takes creative risks in expanding, questioning, experimenting with or re-imagining conventional artistic forms. This Fellowship supports artists who embrace their roles as part of a larger community of artists and citizens, and consciously work with a sense of service, whether aesthetic, social or both. Support is directed to artists who are at an early point in their careers in creating such work, generally in their 2nd–10th year as a generative artist.
AWARD: Fellows receive $50,000 over two consecutive years ($25,000 each year) to support their time and expenses for the creation of new work, artistic development and/or professional artistic career development.
jeromefdn.org/2023-jerome-hill-artist-fellowship-application-now-open
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CALL FOR BOOK SUBMISSIONS: POETRY COLLECTION, ESSAY COLLECTION, AND SHORT STORY COLLECTION
Tin House
SUBMISSION PERIOD: May 7, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. PT to May 8, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. PT
INFO: Three times per year, Tin House offers a two-day submission period for writers to submit their work. Eligible writers must not currently have an agent, and must not have previously published a book (chapbooks okay). Per our schedule below, we accept works of fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry, both originally in English and in translation (please only submit translation projects which the translator has already been granted formal permission to translate), and ask that you do not send us a project unless you have a completed draft.
In particular, we are looking to engage with work by writers from historically underrepresented communities, including—but not limited to—those who are Black, Indigenous, POC, disabled, neurodivergent, trans and LGBTQIA+, debuting after 40, and without an MFA.
GUIDELINES:
For May’s submission period, we will be accepting debut poetry collections, debut essay collections, and debut short story collections; they can be originally in English and in translation (please only submit translation projects which the translator has already been granted formal permission to translate). As mentioned above, we ask that you do not send us a project unless you have a completed draft of the full manuscript available upon request.
Note that writers may submit only once during each submissions period, and that a schedule for other submissions periods is available above. Eligible writers must not currently have an agent, and must not have previously published a book (chapbooks okay).
For Poetry Collections:
Please upload the first 20 pages of the poetry collection in a PDF or Word document. No more than one poem per page. We kindly request that you do not send any additional material beyond the first 20 pages, and we will contact you if we are interested in seeing more. You will also be asked in the submission form to provide a short bio and a one-paragraph project overview that describes your manuscript.
For Essay Collections and Short Story Collections:
Please upload the first essay or short story of your collection in a PDF or Word document. If you are including graphic work, please upload as a PDF in 150 dpi. We kindly request that you do not send any additional material beyond a first essay or short story, and we will contact you if we are interested in seeing more. You will also be asked to provide a short bio and a one-paragraph project overview that describes your manuscript in the submission form.
tinhouse.com/book-submissions/?fbclid=IwAR37AXNrjgQA1HDwnsNmA15P81AyZ_IBPz1k8nTXOmKYwlDDPJOXP0QNDlI
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ISSUE 6 ‘Space’
Cicada Creative Magazine
DEADLINE: May 9, 2022
INFO: When we pitched this theme to the public, we did so with the knowledge that space is a nebulous concept. Space is as interdisciplinary as it gets–an intersection of philosophy, mathematics, psychology, geography. It can take many forms, and mean many things.
Cosmic space, psychological space, locational space. Space as philosophy, as poetry, as activism, as an assertion of power. We invite you to tell us what space means to you in a claustrophobic world that feels more and more hostile with each passing day, all sharp edges and teeth. We watch as the environment rapidly deteriorates and natural spaces vanish. We are pushed out of political spaces that are theoretically meant to serve us. Trans people are gatekept from gender affirming healthcare, disabled people are forced to navigate a world that was not made for them, and we live in a world that remains staunchly hostile to racial minorities–it seems that there will never be peace for the most vulnerable among us. There are very few pockets of space in which we can seek empathy and understanding from one another. Even fewer in the context of global collapse. Perhaps this has always been the case, an inevitability, but we’d like to imagine a future where that isn’t true.
The fatigue of negotiating space, of calculating every physical interaction, of constant catastrophe demanding our mental space, is not something we are equipped to endure. We shouldn't have to. But in a world that demands we persevere, all we can do is our best.
For Issue 06, Cicada Creative Magazine calls on undergraduates to meditate on what space means to you. However it manifests itself–inner, outer, psychological, physical–we would like to document what this looks like in 2022. In a world that is constantly rattling with tension, we’d like to carve out a space for you to express your thoughts and feelings. And given that this theme won, we are inclined to believe this is something you want, too. So, we will provide.
Here are a few ideas of what you can engage with. It’s a starting point, not a prompt; please express yourself in any way you wish.
Place attachment is described as the relationship between identity and specific locations. The emotional bond that exists between you and space. A childhood home, an old haunt, a landscape that moves you, a cultural landmark that grounds you in your identity–an intersection of memory and “now.” What is your space?
How much control over our space do we truly have? If isolation and crowdedness are equally involuntary, what does that mean for our autonomy? How can we define the boundaries of our space? How can we assert those boundaries?
Feel free to take this all the way to outer space. In the field of physical cosmology, many theorists have tried to grasp the observable universe. Where did space come from? How did our universe come to be?
Demanding space can be revolutionary. For minorities that are expected to shrink, refusing to do so is an inherently subversive action. What does that look like for you? What has it looked like for activists of the past? In the context of social science, this concept has been folded into several fields, disciplines, and theories, including, but not limited to: feminism, postcolonialism, Black empowerment, Marxism, and urban theory. What does this make you think, feel, and consider?
Many fears and phobias are centered around the concept of space. Are there elements of space that frighten you? The open sea, crowds, outer space, any place outside your home?
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Cicada Creative Magazine publishes two issues per year. Submission guidelines are short and sweet; we're all about being open to any work of any type. When submitting to us, please keep the following in mind:
Our only eligibility requirement is that you are an undergraduate student. If you are a recent graduate, you may submit within one year of your graduation, and you may only submit work that you completed during your undergraduate degree.
Submit a maximum of 3 works per issue.
Works must be previously unpublished. You may simultaneously submit, but please let us know immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
cicadacreativemag.com/submit.html
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2022 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize
Singapore Unbound
DEADLINE: May 15, 2022
INFO: The Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize is awarded annually to an unpublished manuscript of original Anglophone poetry by an author of Asian heritage residing anywhere in the world. The winner receives book publication and USD1,500.00.
Past winners were The Experiment of The Tropics by Lawrence Lacambra Ypil and Autobiography of Horse by Jenifer Sang Eun Park, selected by Wong May; Play for Time by Paula Mendoza, selected by Vijay Seshadri; and Object Permanence by Nica Bengzon, selected by Cyril Wong,; and Time Regime by Jhani Randhawa, selected by Dorothy Wang.
This year we’re honored to have Yeow Kai Chai as our prize judge. Yeow is a poet, fiction writer, and editor. He has three poetry collections, One to the Dark Tower Comes (2020), Pretend I’m Not Here (2006), and Secret Manta (2001). He has worked in the media, including as entertainment editor and music reviewer, in various publications such as The Straits Times, 8 Days and My Paper. He co-wrote The Adopted: Stories from Angkor (2015) and Lost Bodies: Poems Between Portugal and Home (2016), with three other authors. A co-editor of Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, he served as Festival Director of the Singapore Writers Festival from 2015 to 2018.
Five finalists will be announced in August 2022, and they will be invited to read their work at a finalists’ reading in September 2022, at which the prizewinner will be announced. The winning manuscript will be published in Spring 2023 by Gaudy Boy, an imprint of the NYC-based literary nonprofit Singapore Unbound.
Established in 2017, Gaudy Boy publishes poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction of extraordinary merit by Asian voices. Our name is taken from the poem “Gaudy Turnout” by Singaporean poet Arthur Yap about his time abroad in 1970s Leeds, UK. From the Latin “gaudium,” meaning joy, Gaudy Boy seeks to delight our readers with the various powers of art.
Guidelines
1. The contest is open to emerging and established poets.
2. No proof of Asian heritage is required. As writers ourselves, we go by honor between writers.
3. Submit a 70–120-page unpublished manuscript of original poetry in English. Please number the pages of your manuscript. Include a title page, table of contents, and an acknowledgments page for any previously published poems.
4. Email Jee Leong Koh at jkoh@singaporeunbound.org with a brief cover letter in the body of your email and the poetry manuscript attached in PDF or MSWord format.
5. Your name, mailing address, and email address should not appear anywhere in the manuscript. Instead, they should be given in your cover letter in the body of your email.
6. Submit your entry fee USD10.00 at PayPal to Jee Leong Koh (jkoh@singaporeunbound.org). We cannot consider your manuscript until we receive your entry fee. Your entry fee helps us defray some, but not all, of the editorial costs. We have set the entry fee low so that it will not be too much of a barrier for most people. If the fee is a barrier, please write to Jee at jkoh@singaporeunbound.org for a waiver. Entry fees are nonrefundable.
7. You may submit more than one manuscript, but a separate entry fee must accompany each manuscript.
8. You may submit the manuscript elsewhere simultaneously, but you must notify Gaudy Boy immediately if your manuscript is accepted by another publisher.
singaporeunbound.org/opportunities
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2022 Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency
The Adirondack Center for Writing
DEADLINE: May 15, 2022
APPLICATION FEE: $30
INFO: A free, two-week writing residency. Indoor and outdoor writing spaces, meals served family-style, and fireside conversations at a lakeside lodge in the Adirondack mountains of upstate New York.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Applications open: April 15 - May 15
Decision Announcement: July
Residency: Sunday, September 25 - Sunday, October 9
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Cover Letter: Include a brief bio and a work plan for the residency. Copy and paste the text into the space provided (do not attach).
Writing Sample: Please send up to 10 manuscript pages of your best writing in the genre you will be writing in at the residency. Prose: 10 pages max. Poetry: 10 poems max. NOTE: Make sure your name is removed from manuscript file names or anywhere else on the material (except cover letter and references, if included). In order to remain unbiased, we will be forced to disregard any submissions that include your name.
PLEASE NOTE: The Lodge at Twitchell Lake provides an abundance of physical space, and each resident has their own bedroom and bathroom. There are dozens of writing spaces around in and around the property. Internet access is available, but limited (email, OK; streaming, NO)
REQUIREMENTS: Proof of vaccination is required for selected residents. Selected residents who are unable to be vaccinated for medical reasons will be required to provide proof of negative test upon arrival to the lodge and will contact ACW to ensure proper protocols are maintained and residents can enjoy the residency safely! Please reach out with any questions to info@adirondackcenterforwriting.org.
adirondackcenterforwriting.submittable.com/submit
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Emerging Writer's Contest
Ploughshares
DEADLINE: May 15, 2022 at noon EST
INFO: The Emerging Writer's Contest is open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry who have yet to publish or self-publish a book.
AWARD: We award publication, $2,000, review from Aevitas Creative Management, and a 1-year subscription for one winner in each of the three genres. Submit to the Emerging Writer's Contest through our submission manager. You must be logged in to access our submission manager.
JUDGES: The 2022 contest judges are Amelia Gray (Fiction), Chen Chen (Poetry), and Danielle Geller (Nonfiction).
PUBLICATION:The winning story, essay, and poems from the 2022 contest will be published in the Winter 2022-23 issue of Ploughshares.
ELIGIBILITY:
Have yet to publish a book (including eBooks, translations, books in other languages/countries, self-published works, and poetry chapbooks with a print run of more than 300).
Have no book forthcoming before April 15, 2023.
Are not affiliated with Emerson College or with Ploughshares as a contributing author, volunteer screener, intern, student, staff member, or faculty member.
Will not have a relationship with Emerson College before April 15, 2023 (example: if there is a chance you will attend the Emerson MFA program in the coming year or if your work has been accepted for publication for an upcoming issue).
SUBMITTING:
The contest opens March 1, 2022 at noon EST and closes on May 15, 2022 at noon EST. We will announce the winners in mid-September of 2022.
Fiction and Nonfiction: Under 6,000 words
Poetry: 3-5 pages
Submit one entry per year via our online submission manager.
No entries via email or mail will be considered for the contest.
Submitted work must be original and previously unpublished in any form.
For poetry, we will be reading both for the strongest individual poem and the general level of work, and may choose to publish one, some, or all of the winner's submitted poems.
International submissions welcome.
We cannot accomodate revisions once a manuscript has been submitted.
Cover letters are not necessary. Please remove all identifying information from your submission as they will be read anonymously.
SIMULTANEOUS VS. MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS: We only consider one submission per author for the duration of the contest, regardless of genre. Simultaneous submissions to other journals are fine as long as we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere via email (pshares@pshares.org) or our online contact form.
ENTRY FEE:
If you are a current subscriber through our Winter 2022-2023 issue, your contest entry is free of charge. You will still be prompted to "checkout" but you will not be required to enter payment information and will not be charged. If you're not sure when your subscription expires, feel free to email us at pshares@pshares.org.
If you are not a subscriber, or your subscription expires before our Winter 2022-2023 issue, the submission manager will prompt you to pay the $24 fee at checkout. The fee includes a 1-year subscription to Ploughshares (beginning with the Spring 2022 issue and ending with the Winter 2022-2023 issue) and free submissions to the 2022 regular reading period.
If you are an international submitter, please be in touch via email for more information about this process.
pshares.org/submit/emerging-writers-contest/guidelines
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OutWrite LGBTQ Literary Festival: “Pandemic as Portal” Issue
OutWrite DC
DEADLINE: May 15, 2022
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: OutWrite LGBTQ Literary Festival is pleased to announce submissions are now open for our annual literary journal. The “Pandemic as Portal” Issue seeks to explore the tumultuous interconnectedness of injustices that the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated. We want this journal to serve as a space to document and process pain, the cognitive dissonance of just being told to continue on as normal, as well as the inherent resilience, its manifestations through queer joy, love, and other emotions you’d like to share with us.
The journal will be distributed ahead of the OutWrite 2022 literary festival and celebrated with a reading from contributors during the festival.
Rasha Abdulhadi is this year’s journal editor and Dorilyn Toledo, our OutWrite intern, is the assistant editor.
Please follow these guidelines in preparing your submission:
Submissions are open from April 15 to May 15, 2022. The submission window closes at 11:59 p.m. PST on May 15.
We’re seeking unpublished fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We will accept submissions in English.
We are seeking original and reprint work; unpublished work is prioritized. We will be accepting simultaneously submitted work. Individual poems/stories/essays may be previously published (as long as relevant rights have reverted to you).
Your submission should be in a standard size 12 font. Single-space poetry and double-space prose/nonfiction. Prose submissions should be no more than 1,500 words. We will prioritize work that is 1,000 words and under. Poetry submissions can include up to 3 poems and no more than 6 pages total.
OutWrite is a celebration of LGBTQ literature; entries that explore aspects of LGBTQ culture or identity are encouraged. Submissions must explore this year’s theme of “Pandemic as Portal”.
We will not consider work with sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, or ableist themes.
We are providing a $150 honorarium via PayPal for accepted contributors. Please include your PayPal information when submitting, and indicate on the form if PayPal payment does NOT work for you.
If your work is accepted, we may extend an invitation for you to join a virtual reading at the OutWrite 2022 festival, taking place on August 5-7, 2022.
Submit all entries via our Google Form. If the Google Form is inaccessible to you for any reason, please email your submission to outwritedc@gmail.com with all of the information requested by the form.
EDITOR BIOS:
Rasha Abdulhadi is a queer Palestinian Southerner and the author of WHO IS OWED SPRINGTIME (Neon Hemlock, 2021) and Shell Houses (The Head & The Hand Press, 2017).
Dorilyn Toledo is a Guatemalan-Filipina editor and educator from California. She is a graduating senior at UC Irvine where she studies Political Science and Social Ecology, focusing on law/race and social behavior. They can be found on Her Campus Media and on Twitter @dorilyntoledo.
thedccenter.org/submissions-open-for-outwrite-2022-journal/
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2023 ARTIST RESIDENCY
Marble House Project
DEADLINE: May 15, 2022
INFO: Marble House Project is a multidisciplinary artist residency program that fosters collaboration and the exchange of ideas, by providing an environment for artists across disciplines to live and work together. The residency integrates sustainable practices, including small-scale organic food production and waste conservation. Residents sustain their growth by engaging with the grounds while working on their artistic practice. Marble House Project is founded on the belief that the act of creating, whether in the studio or in nature, is how human potential expands and community thrives.
Marble House Project accepts approximately 60 residents and is open to artists living in the United States and abroad. You must be at least 21 years old. Residencies run from the end of February through November, scheduled into six three-week residencies and one two-week family-friendly residency for artists with children. Please note that if you apply to the family friendly residency, it is a specific date within the artist in residency application. Each session accommodates eight artists and is specifically curated to bring together a diverse group of creative workers, to maximize potential for collaboration and dialogue while in residence and beyond.
RESIDENCY DATES FOR 2023
February 28th - March 21
March 28th - April 18th
April 25th - May 16th
June 6th - June 27th
July 11th - July 25th FAMILY FRIENDLY RESIDENCY WITH CHILDREN ONLY
October 2 - October 23rd
October 30th - November 20th
All residents live together in the historic, eight-bedroom Manley-Lefevre house, a communal space organized around responsibilities-sharing systems which highlight sustainability and community. All residents will be paired and asked to cook for shared dinners three times over the course of their residency, Monday-Friday. A substantial amount of the food we provide comes from our organic garden, which also serves as a space for gathering and an educational tool. Residents are invited to help with planting, harvesting, and maintenance. While not required, our hope is that you will spend some time in the garden alongside your studio practice. Each session culminates with ARTSEED, our public open house Saturday event. Artists are invited to share their work with our community through artist talks, readings, performances, and open studios.
Marble House Project provides private bedrooms, food, private studio space, and artist support. We are not able to cover costs related to travel or materials. There is no fee to attend the residency.
Applications are accepted in all creative fields including but not limited to writing, dance and choreography, performance, music composition and sound, film and video, visual arts, and culinary arts. Applications are reviewed by a jury of alumni, staff, and outside experts, and artists are selected based on quality of work, commitment to practice, and project description. Please choose the application that best describes your work. Two artists may apply together as a collaborative, and should complete one application. Within each application you will be asked to select the session dates best for you. You may choose the family friendly residency only if you will be bringing your children. Family friendly applicants may select additional dates if willing to attend without your children.
Marble House Project does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. For exact dates, more information or questions about the residency, visit our FAQ page. If you still have questions you may contact info@marblehouseproject.org.
Personal information is not shared with our jury and will remain confidential. This includes email, home address, phone number and any information regarding your family, anything else you would need to tell us and how you heard about Marble House Project. Please make sure to remove this information from your resume. All of our outreach questions also remain confidential and blind to our jury.
We look forward to viewing your application.
marblehouseproject.submittable.com/submit
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WILD SEEDS WRITERS RETREAT FOR WRITERS OF COLOR
Center for Black Literature
DEADLINE: May 16, 2022 by 11:59pm ET
APPLICATION FEE: $25
TUITION: $500
INFO: The Wild Seeds Writers Retreat for Writers of Color (formerly the North Country Institute & Retreat for Writers of Color), is a collaboration with the Center for Black Literature, the English Department at SUNY, Plattsburgh, and the Paden Institute and Retreat for Writers. It provides a writing community where established and emerging writers of color can focus on the craft of writing and create cross-cultural conversations around the literature created by writers of the African diaspora.
Writing fellows have an opportunity to draw upon their experiences as writers in a racialized society; to become knowledgeable about the issues facing other writers of color; and to study with a professional in the genres of fiction, memoir, and poetry.
Recognizing that the Writers Retreat should not be limited to a specific geographical region, the Center renamed the Retreat in honor of Octavia E. Butler, a speculative fiction writer known globally for blending science fiction with African American spiritualism. Butler's writing crossed many boundaries and represented varying diverse voices.
THE GOAL: The Retreat strives to provide writers of color with an opportunity to meet other writers; to workshop their writing among peers; and to engage with published writers about concerns and issues related to writing and publishing. Through its writing workshops leaders, the Retreat provides the public with an opportunity to become knowledgeable about the range and diversity of the work produced by writers of color.
A LOOK BACK: The first Writers' Retreat, held in 2004, was highly successful and featured the internationally acclaimed poet Sonia Sanchez, author Tony Medina, and writer Indira Ganesan. Subsequent faculty workshop leaders have been nonfiction writer Patrice Gaines; poets Martin Espada, E. Ethelbert Miller, Aracelis Girmay, and Patricia Spears Jones; and writers Jeffery Renard Allen, Marita Golden, Victor LaValle, and Bernice McFadden, among many others.
Typically, the Retreat alternates between the Valcour Educational and Conference Center in Plattsburgh, New York, and the campus of Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York. Venues are subject to change.
2022: DATES and NEW LOCATION:
The dates for the Retreat this year are from Monday, July 18 to Friday, July 22, 2022. The new location for the Retreat will be determined soon. It will be a scenic location upstate New York as in previous years. NOTE: The summer retreat will no longer be held at The State University of New York, New Paltz as previously announced.
Best-selling fiction writer DONNA HILL and DR. DAMARIS B. HILL, a 2020 NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry, are the Wild Seeds Writers Retreat Workshop Leaders (Summer 2022).
PLEASE NOTE:
Retreat dates are Monday, July 18 - Friday, July 22, 2022.
Applications are available now. The deadline to apply is Monday, May 16, 2022 by 11:59 pm ET.
The cost of the Retreat is $500 (new!) and there is a one-time non-refundable $25 application fee. Scholarships are made available only when sponsorship gifts permit and are not necessarily applicable for each Retreat.
Please direct inquiries to Director of Literary Programs Clarence V. Reynolds at reynolds@centerforblackliterature.org
centerforblackliterature.org/wild-seeds-writers-retreat/
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Call for Submissions: The Black SWANA Issue
Mizna
DEADLINE: Extended to May 24, 2022
INFO: For our winter 2022 issue, guest-edited by Safia Elhillo, we are seeking works that demonstrate the infinitely varied and kaleidoscopic nature of the Black SWANA experience. The work itself does not have to be about the Black SWANA experience— rather, through the range of themes, forms, genres, and voices, we hope to assemble an issue that serves as a platform for critical exchange between authors and as a record of the current moment as it pertains to the Black SWANA experience.
In this issue, we are interested in focusing specifically on work by people from Black SWANA communities and their diasporas, to create a gathering space for our voices and ideas. Given the distinctive histories, languages, realities, and cultural legacies that exist within the Black SWANA community, this issue asks what political, aesthetic, and cultural futures are possible when we gather together? What traditions does our work follow, and what traditions can we create together? How do we find our way to each other and build there? What gentler world can we imagine for ourselves? What language(s) can we conjure together from the particulars of our intersections? What language(s) can we break open to make room for our names?
Literary works of poetry, visual poetry, fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, comics, collage, invented forms, and any forms of mixed print or hybrid work will all be considered.
Those submitting work should identify as Black, as we seek work that is not simply of relevance to or in dialogue with the social realities of the Black SWANA community but coming from within it. Submitters may also decide to expand these social realities.
Selected contributors receive a $200 honorarium, a one year subscription to Mizna, and five copies of the issue.
mizna.org/event/call-for-submissions-the-black-swana-issue/
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Autumn House Poetry Contest
Autumn House
DEADLINE: May 31, 2022
INFO: For the 2022 contest, the Autumn House staff as well as select outsider readers serve as the preliminary readers, and the final judge is Carl Phillips. The winner receives publication of a full-length manuscript and $2,500. We will announce the finalists and the winner of the contest by October 1, 2022.
The winner will receive book publication, a $1,000 honorarium, and a $1,500 travel/publicity grant to promote their book
All finalists will be considered for publication
Poetry submissions should be approximately 50-80 pages
Each new poem should start on a new page
Illustrations are strongly discouraged
The reading fee is $30 (We will waive the submission fee for those undergoing financial hardship or living with limited means. Before you reach out to request a waived fee, please read our full statement and instructions here. If the guidelines are not followed, we will not be able to offer a waived fee.)
Submission should be previously unpublished
Do not include your name anywhere on the actual manuscript; if your name appears within the body of the text, please omit it or black it out (first name is fine, but last name must be omitted)
You may include a brief bio in the “cover letter” section of Submittable
Do not include a bio or an acknowledgments page in the manuscript
Feel free to include a table of contents (This does not count a part of your final page count)
Simultaneous submissions permitted
Friends, family members, and former students of judges or Autumn House editors may not submit to the contest. Students do not include interactions at short-term residencies or fellowships.
Former employees of Autumn House, including interns, may not submit to the contest.
autumnhouse.org/submissions/poetry/
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BLACK LAWRENCE IMMIGRANT WRITING SERIES
Black Lawrence Press
DEADLINE: May 31, 2022
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: The Black Lawrence Immigrant Writing Series aims to provide a clear and consistent home for new Immigrant Writings in the U.S. Book selections will be made by a four-member editorial board composed of writers in the U.S. who are either immigrants or whose works focus on the immigrant experience. Selections will be based on merit with the goal of publishing the best works by immigrants.
Poets and authors, at any stage of their careers, who identify as immigrants are welcome to submit a book manuscript of poetry or prose or a hybrid text for consideration. Submissions are accepted year-round. However, selections are made in June and November for a total of two books per year.
In addition to publication, marketing, and a standard royalties contract from Black Lawrence Press, authors chosen for the Black Lawrence Immigrant Writing Series will receive a travel stipend of $500, which can be used for book tours or in any manner chosen by the authors.
RULES & ELIGIBILITY:
1. Works by immigrants will be considered for the Black Lawrence Immigrant Writing Series.
2. Submission is open to any individual living in the U.S. who identifies as an immigrant and who either (i) was born in another country, (ii) has at least one parent who was born in another country (iii) is a refugee, or (iv) lives in the United States under Asylum or a Protection Program, such as TPS or DACA .
3. No more than two book manuscripts can be submitted per year per author.
4. A third book manuscript submitted in a given year by an author will not be considered for the Writing Series.
5. All manuscripts received after May 31st will be considered for the November Reading Period.
6. All manuscripts received after October 31st will be considered for the June Reading Period.
7. Only books of poetry, prose (fiction or nonfiction), and hybrid texts of poetry and prose will be considered for the Writing Series.
8. An author whose book manuscript has previously been selected for the Writing Series and published through Black Lawrence Press will not be considered a second time for the Series. However, the author in question is welcome to send new book manuscripts to Black Lawrence Press (BLP) for consideration during BLP’s June and November Open Reading Periods.
9. Only authors who have not previously published with Black Lawrence Press will be considered for the Black Lawrence Immigrant Writing Series.
10. Aside from Rules 1 through 9, there are no conditions for submitting manuscripts.
11. There are no entry fees.
12. Submissions are accepted year-round.
*13. Only one book manuscript will be selected for the June Reading Period, and only one book manuscript will be selected for the November Reading Period, for a total of two books per year. (* If no book manuscript is chosen for a June Reading Period, the Series Editors reserve the right to choose two book manuscripts (instead of one) in the November Reading Period immediately following the June Reading Period in question)
14. The Series Editors reserve the right to choose no book manuscript for the Writing Series during any given year or any Reading Period.
Editorial Board:
Sun Yung Shin
Rigoberto Gonzalez
Ewa Chrusciel
Abayomi Animashaun
Advisory Board:
Barbara Jane Reyes
Ilya Kaminsky
Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka
Virgil Suarez
blacklawrencepress.com/submissions-and-contests/immigrant-writing-series/
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SUMMER 2022 SUBMISSION: POETRY
Epiphany
DEADLINE: June 1, 2022 at 12am EST
INFO: Submissions are currently OPEN for the Summer 2022 issue of Epiphany.
GUIDELINES FOR GENERAL SUBMISSIONS (POETRY):
Submit up to 5 poems at a time.
Format in 12-pt font, single-spaced (where appropriate).
Tell us if you're submitting simultaneously to other publications (and withdraw promptly through Submittable should your work be accepted elsewhere).
We only consider previously unpublished work (online or in print).
Please include your name and title on the first page of the submitted file.
Translations are welcome with rights permission from the original writer.
Include a short bio with your cover letter.
Poetry contributors will receive a payment of $50 per poem and two copies of the journal.**
**Discounted 1-year subscriptions ($23) are available upon submission, as an add-on item at the payment stage.
During this submissions period, we are offering everyone who sends us work a free digital subscription to Epiphany. If you submit work to us, the code for a free digital subscription will be included in our initial response letter.
We aim to respond to submissions within three to four months. Please be patient: we give thoughtful and thorough consideration to each submission. We look forward to receiving your work.
epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SUMMER ISSUES
Hennepin Review
DEADLINE: N/A
INFO: Hennepin Review is open to submissions (fiction, flash, CNF, poetry) for its summer issues. They only publish work by women/nonbinary artists of color, with priority given to Black creatives.
Payment is $70 per published piece.
Kindly email editor Hilal Isler at hennepinreview@gmail.com with questions/info about specifics.