Guernica Poetry Fellowship
Guernica
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: The Guernica Poetry Fellowship is a virtual program for beginning poets who have not published books or entered MFA programs and who wish to gather with other poets in learning communities outside of academic institutions. The fellowship, supported by a one-time grant, will allow poets to revise and reimagine their own poems through intensive mentorship.
From February to June 2024, four fellows will receive one-on-one mentorship from a leading working poet, attend workshops/talks led by guest speakers, and work with other beginner poets in a cohort led by the poetry editors of Guernica. The program takes place virtually. Participation is free of charge, and fellows will receive a small stipend to support submission and reading fees for their work. Guernica hopes to nurture other opportunities for fellows in this cohort, which may include publication or reading opportunities.
Guernica Poetry Fellowship mentors are Sarah Ghazal Ali, Tracy Fuad, Omar Sakr, and Simon Shieh. The fellowship is led and supported by Guernica’s poet-editors.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Applications received prior to January 31 will be given priority. The application will close when all four fellowship spots have been filled.
guernicamagazine.submittable.com/submit/284559/guernica-poetry-fellowship
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Writing In Color FELLOWSHIP
Lighthouse
DEADLINE: February 3, 2024
APPLICATION FEE: $25
INFO: Offered annually to a person who demonstrates a passion and skill for writing, a commitment to developing their writing skills, and a clear commitment to community service, the Writing In Color Fellowship for Emerging Writers is for anyone who would benefit from a year's worth of involvement at Lighthouse but who would not be able to do so without financial support. Any adult (over the age of 18) writer of color living in the United States, writing in any genre, who has not published a full-length manuscript is eligible to apply.
In order to support the skills and creative passion of emerging writers in the Lighthouse community, this fellowship is intended for emerging writers of color who have not had significant access to or experience with traditional opportunities to learn and grow in the literary world.
FELLOWSHIP DATES: April 2024–April 2025
NOTIFICATION: Applicants will be notified of submission status via email by the beginning of April 2024.
ELIGIBILITY: Writers identifying as people of color (i.e. BIPOC+) who are 18 years of age or older.
While Lighthouse has always emphasized accessibility, this award offers a depth and consistency of engagement to the fellowship recipient. The year-long award period not only engages the writer in directed literary activities, but also allows for full immersion in a project or body of work. The fellow will have the opportunity to read from what they’ve written at the annual Writing in Color Fest.
The Emerging Writing In Color Fellowship will provide access to:
Four multi-week courses
Participation in the annual Writing in Color Fest including a featured reading
Up to 5 hours access to a Lighthouse faculty member for mentorship, as needed
One-year membership at Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Opportunity to support a Lighthouse community outreach program, helping to facilitate, administrate, or teach in the program.
APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
Please read these guidelines carefully. Submissions that do not meet the requirements below will not be considered.
Your submission should comprise a cover letter including your name, the name of the genre you are applying for, and your contact information. Your cover letter is the only place where your name should appear. Paginate your document, and use legible, 12-point font and standard margins. Upload your writing sample as a single .pdf, .doc, or .docx document.
WRITING SAMPLE FORMAT:
Poetry: Six-to-eight pages of poems. Only one poem per page is permitted, though you may submit multi-paged poems. Insert hard page breaks between every page.
Prose: Excerpt or combination of pieces to equal no more than 4000 words. More is not necessarily better. Please use standard manuscript format, double-spacing and ensuring page numbers are visible.
Recommendation letters are not required.
To complete your application via Submittable you will answer fellowship specific questions, submit your writing sample, cover letter, and pay the application fee of $25. If the application fee is prohibitive, please e-mail us at info@lighthousewriters.org to discuss alternatives.
Cover letters should be typed into the corresponding box on Submittable. Include your full name, address, email address and telephone number. Please respond to each question in the corresponding text box explaining why you wish to apply for the fellowship and what you expect to accomplish over the course of the year.
One application per candidate. Please do not wait until the last day to apply in case you have technical difficulties submitting your application. Please note that we will not be able to respond to inquiries regarding applications that are not accepted, nor will we be able to provide feedback on those entries.
Lighthouse Mission: The mission of Lighthouse Writers Workshop is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education, support, and community for writers and readers in the Rocky Mountain Region and beyond. We strive to ensure that literature maintains its proper prominence in the culture, and that individuals achieve their fullest potential as artists and human beings.
lighthousewriters.submittable.com/submit/281769/writing-in-color-emerging-writers-fellowship-2024
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2024 COURAGE TO WRITE GRANTS
The de Groot Foundation
DEADLINE: February 5, 2024
APPLICATION FEE: $22.00
INFO: The de Groot Foundation will award thirty COURAGE to WRITE unrestricted grants to writers in 2024.
Ten COURAGE to WRITE grants of $7000 each and twenty Writer of Note grants of $1500 each. These grants are meant to encourage and support writers as they further or complete a specific project. The Writer of Note grantees are chosen from the pool of finalists for the COURAGE to WRITE grants.
GUIDELINES: Applicants for COURAGE to WRITE grants may be writing in any genre. We welcome projects of fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, YA, children’s books, plays, and screenplays.
WHO SHOULD APPLY: Writers over 18 years of age who are actively engaged in a writing project and for whom a monetary boost could help them further or complete a project.
ELIGIBILITY:
Applications:
are open to individual writers over 18 years of age regardless of race, ethnicity, gender orientation, education, economic situation, geographic origin or location.
must be submitted in English.
are not open to family, members of the board or employees of the The de Groot Foundation, Lando family members, reviewers, or the selection committee.
Applicants must be individuals. Companies or organizations are not eligible.
If you’ve already received a writing grant from The de Groot Foundation, please wait a year before applying again.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please read this section carefully before preparing or submitting your application. We receive grant applications through the Submittable platform. If you have an account already, click the button at the bottom of this page and login to apply. If you do not have an account, you will need to create a free account in order to apply. You can create an account here: https://manager.submittable.com/signup
Application
There are three parts to your application: 1) a biosketch, 2) the letter of application, 3) your writing sample
Your biosketch
a. A brief statement about you, what matters in your work, what you’ve written, what you want to write, and something about you as a person
b. Limited to no more than 100 words
c. Your biosketch will be inserted into a form on the application so have this ready to cut and paste.
2. The letter of application (2-4 pages) which must include:
a. An introduction to the writing project for which you are seeking support (1-3 paragraphs)
b. How this project is important (1-2 paragraphs)
c. How a grant at this time would be helpful to you and how you would use the funds (2-3 paragraphs)
d. Anything else you would like us to know about you as a writer (1 paragraph)
e. Please address the letter to: Dear COURAGE to WRITE Reviewers
f. Please double space your letter of application and use Times New Roman 12-point font.
The paragraph suggestions above are recommendations. Should you wish to add a paragraph in a section and have one fewer in another that is fine as long as the needed information is well conveyed.
3. Writing sample
a. Please submit an unpublished writing sample, which relates to the project for which you are requesting funds. Do not submit a previously published writing sample.
b. Your unpublished writing sample should be five pages.
c. The writing sample, like the letter of application, should be double spaced and in Times New Roman 12-point font.
d. Exceptions:
i. Poetry: Use your original poetry formatting. You do not need to double space the poems. There can be more than one poem on a page.
ii. Screenplay or a play: You may submit up to 12 pages of a sample using the standard formatting for plays or screenplays.
iii. Graphic novel: You may include up to 10 pages of prose and graphics for the writing sample. Please submit by PDF.
IMPORTANT: The letter of application and the five pages of your current writing project must be uploaded as a SINGLE DOCUMENT. Please make sure you have merged them as a SINGLE DOCUMENT before you submit.
Submit your application through the Submittable platform, which you will be directed to below. Make sure your document is ready and exactly as you want it to be before uploading. Once you have submitted an application, you are unable to change it.
Format:
Use Times New Roman 12-point font and double space your application document.
Numbering pages is optional.
Application Timeline:
Grant recipients will receive an automatic notification from Submittable once your application is received.
Finalists will be notified by the end of April 2024.
Grant awardees will be notified by the end of May 2024.
Review and Selection:
You’ll be sent a message when your application has been received.
Stage 1 Review: All eligible applications are read by teams of reviewers. Depending on the discretion of the reviewers, between 40 to 60 finalist applications are chosen.
Stage 2 Review: Finalist applications are evaluated by the final Selection Committee. This committee chooses the ten COURAGE to WRITE grantees. From the remaining applications, this committee will then pick the 20 Writer of Note grantees.
The Selection Committees are writers and writing professionals who appreciate the challenges of emerging writers. Selection Committee decisions are final. Correspondence will only be entered into with finalists and grantees.
Grantees will be asked to complete a Grant Acceptance Agreement and, if appropriate, a U.S. W-9 tax form. One year after receipt of funding, grantees agree to complete and return a one-to-three-page final report so that we can learn about your project and the grant’s impact on your work.
degrootfoundation.org/courage-to-write-grants/
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2024 LANDO GRANT
The de Groot Foundation
DEADLINE: February 5, 2024
APPLICATION FEE: $22.00
The de Groot Foundation is thrilled to collaborate with Barry Lando, award winning investigative journalist and former 60 Minutes producer, to provide the LANDO grants for immigration, migration, and/or refugee writing.
GUIDELINES: Applicants for LANDO grants may be writing in any genre. We welcome projects of fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, YA, children’s books, plays, and screenplays.
WHO SHOULD APPLY: Writers over 18 years of age who are actively engaged in a writing project and for whom a monetary boost could help them further or complete a project.
ELIGIBILITY:
Applications:
are open to individual writers over 18 years of age regardless of race, ethnicity, gender orientation, education, economic situation, geographic origin or location.
must be submitted in English.
are not open to family, members of the board or employees of the The de Groot Foundation, Lando family members, reviewers, or the selection committees.
Applicants must be individuals. Companies or organizations are not eligible.
If you’ve already received a writing grant from The de Groot Foundation, please wait a year before applying again.
HOW TO APPLY:
We want all applications to be considered. Please read this section carefully before preparing or submitting your application. We receive grant applications through the Submittable platform. If you have an account already, click the button at the bottom of this page and login to apply. If you do not have an account, you will need to create a free account in order to apply. You can create an account here: https://manager.submittable.com/signup
Application
There are three parts to your application: 1) a biosketch, 2) the letter of application, 3) your writing sample
1. Your biosketch
A brief statement about you, what matters in your work, what you’ve written, what you want to write, and something about you as a person
Limited to no more than 100 words
Your biosketch will be inserted into a form on the application so have this ready to cut and paste.
2. The letter of application (2-4 pages) which must include:
An introduction to the writing project for which you are seeking support (1-3 paragraphs)
How this project is important (1-2 paragraphs)
How a grant at this time would be helpful to you and how you would use the funds (2-3 paragraphs)
Anything else you would like us to know about you as a writer (1 paragraph)
Please address the letter to: Dear LANDO Reviewers
Please double space your letter of application and use Times New Roman 12-point font.
The paragraph suggestions above are recommendations. Should you wish to add a paragraph in a section and have one fewer in another that is fine as long as the needed information is well conveyed.
3. Writing sample
Please submit a writing sample which relates to the project for which you are requesting funds. Do not submit a previously published writing sample.
Your unpublished writing sample should be five pages.
The writing sample, like the letter of application, should be double spaced and in Times New Roman 12-point font.
Exceptions:
i. Poetry: Use your original poetry formatting. You do not need to double space the poems. There can be more than one poem on a page.
ii. Screenplay or a play: Please submit a one to two page synopsis of the screenplay or play and up to 12 pages of a sample script using the standard formatting for plays or screenplays.
iii. Graphic novel: You may include up to 10 pages of prose and graphics for the writing sample. Please submit by PDF.
IMPORTANT: The letter of application and the five pages of your current writing project must be uploaded as a SINGLE DOCUMENT. Please make sure you have merged them as a SINGLE DOCUMENT before you submit.
Submit your application through the Submittable platform, which you will be directed to below. Make sure your document is ready and exactly as you want it to be before uploading. Once you have submitted an application, you are unable to change it.
FORMAT:
Use Times New Roman 12-point font and double space your application document.
Numbering pages is optional.
Grant recipients will receive an automatic notification from Submittable once your application is received.
Finalists will be notified by early April 2024.
Grant awardees will be notified by early May 2024.
degrootfoundation.org/2024-lando-grant-guidelines/
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Call for submissions: March 2024 Issue
Writers Resist
DEADLINE: February 8, 2024
INFO: Writers Resist is an intersectional feminist literary journal born of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. We publish creative expressions of resistance by diverse writers and artists from around the globe.
In solidarity with those affected by violent conflict, Writers Resist is seeking poetry, fiction, narrative nonfiction, and digital images from writers and artists living in non-U.S. regions impacted by war, genocide, and political oppression, for publication in our March 2024 issue, guest edited by DW McKinney
U.S. residents who have ancestral heritage or ethnicities affiliated with these regions may also submit.
GUIDELINES:
We do not accept previously published works. This includes publication on social media platforms, blogs, etc.
We publish with the intent that the works will be shared far and wide, so please submit only if you are comfortable making your published submissions available to the world via a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license.
HONORARIUM:
Published works in the Amplified Voices issue will receive an honorarium of $30 for each accepted submission, transferred via PayPal or WorldRemit after publication.
TO PREPARE YOUR SUBMISSION:
Simultaneous submissions are fine, but if your submission is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw it from our submission manager.
Please send a short bio with your submission, including a statement identifying your personal connection to a conflict region.
Include your website URL and any social media presence you’d like to share with our readers.
Poetry submissions: You may include a maximum of three poems in one submission. Please submit them in a single MSWord document with your name, contact information, and a short bio in the document with a statement identifying your personal connection to a conflict region. Once in our submission system (see below), be sure to select Amplified Voices for your genre.
Fiction and narrative nonfiction submissions: You may submit one piece of fiction or narrative nonfiction with a maximum of 2,500 words. Please submit it in an MSWord document with your name, contact information, and a short bio in the document with a statement identifying your personal connection to a conflict region. Once in our submission system (see below), be sure to select Amplified Voices for your genre.
Digital image submissions: SUBMIT IMAGES ONLY VIA EMAIL (do not submit images via our submission system). You may submit a maximum of three images, in JPEG format, with your last name and first name as the file name. EX: cubbins.barth.jpeg. Please include with your submission an MSWord document with your name, contact information, a short bio with a statement identifying your personal connection to a conflict region, and the image’s title. Digital images must be submitted via email to WritersResist@gmail.com, and be sure to indicate you are submitting them for the Amplified Voices issue.
writersresist.com/submission-guide/
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Get the Word Out Publicity Incubator
Poets & Writers
DEADLINE: February 9, 2024
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: Get the Word Out is a publicity incubator for early career authors. Under the mentorship of an accomplished book publicist, writers will develop and execute publicity strategies to maximize the exposure of their first or second book, reach readers, and create a platform to propel their literary careers.
Get the Word Out participants will:
Participate in a six-session online publicity workshop led by an experienced book publicist
Attend six online seminars with leading media, events, marketing, and sales professionals, and accomplished authors
Devote considerable time outside of scheduled sessions to implement book publicity strategies they are acquiring in workshops and seminars
Contribute to a peer learning community by sharing what works and what does not, helping each member of the cohort to amplify their impact
There is no application fee and no cost to those who are invited to participate.
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must be 18 years of age or older at time of application.
Applicants must be under contract with a U.S.-based publisher for the publication of their debut or second poetry collection, written in English, and scheduled for release between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025.
Applicants who have published poetry chapbooks are eligible to apply for the program.
Applicants who have previously published a poetry collection in another country are eligible but may not have more than one published book of poetry with a foreign publisher.
Applicants must be based in the U.S. during the program period but do not need to be a U.S. citizen or hold permanent resident status at the time of application.
Applicants must be available to attend and participate in the incubator program’s 6 virtual workshops and 6 virtual seminars.
Applicants enrolled in a degree-granting program between April and July 2024 are ineligible to apply.
Self-published or hybrid-published books and e-book editions are ineligible.
Employees and Board Members of Poets & Writers, and their immediate families, are not eligible.
Finalists will be asked to submit verification of publication and residency. In the event of a dispute as to eligibility, Poets & Writers will decide whether a book is eligible, and its decision will be binding.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Participants will be selected based on the strength of their statement of purpose, writing sample, and suitability for the program. Poets & Writers’ Programs & Partnerships staff will evaluate applications and select those invited to participate.
Get the Word Out is open to all eligible applicants. The program aims to support writers who might not otherwise have access to in-depth publicity support and to help develop strong literary voices nationwide. To that end, we encourage applications from writers who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or person of color), writers with disabilities, LGBTQ+ writers, writers from outside of New York City, writers who do not have an MFA or equivalent degree, and writers whose books are slated to be published by independent presses.
The selection decisions of Poets & Writers will be final and not subject to review.
HOW TO APPLY:
Authors can apply to the program via Poet & Writers’ online Formstack application. Applications must include:
A completed application form
A statement of purpose (max: 1,000 words)
A double-spaced excerpt (max: 10 pages) in 12 pt. font from your forthcoming poetry collection
An author bio (max: 250 words)
For more information, please send an email to tkehou@pw.org.
APPLICATION TIMELINE
Poetry Cohort – Spring 2024
January 8 – Application posted
February 9 – Application deadline
March 11 – Applicant notifications sent
March 27 – Poetry Cohort Orientation
April 10 – Poetry Publicity Incubator Begins
July 3 – Poetry Publicity Incubator Ends
pw.org/content/get_the_word_out
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Translations from the Arabic (Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction)
Epiphany
DEADLINE: February 9, 2024
ENTRY FEE: $5
INFO: We are seeking translations from Arabic in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction for our Spring / Summer 2024 issue.
GUIDELINES FOR PROSE SUBMISSIONS:
Submit one story at a time.
Format in 12-pt font, double-spaced.
Tell us if you're submitting simultaneously to other publications (and please withdraw promptly through Submittable should your work be accepted elsewhere).
Please include your name, title, and word count on the first page of the submitted file.
Translations require rights permission from the original writer.
Include a short bio with your cover letter.
Fiction contributors will receive a payment of $175, and two copies of the journal.**
GUIDELINES FOR POETRY SUBMISSIONS:
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).
Please include your name and title on the first page of the submitted file.
Translations require rights permission from the original writer.
Include a short bio with your cover letter.
Poetry contributors will receive a payment of $75 per poem and two copies of the journal.
epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
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Hurston/Wright 2024 Virtual Poetry Workshop with Mahogany L. Browne: Walking with Grief
Hurston / Wright Foundation
DEADLINE: February 9, 2024
APPLICATION FEE: $35
TUITION: $400
INFO: This poetry workshop aims to lead you through a poetic exploration influenced by both grief and love, while also responsive to political themes and the nuances of sound. The objective is to craft a piece shaped by form, breath, and the fundamental laws of nature. By integrating these elements, we seek to expand our understanding of poetry creation. Throughout the workshop, you will gain insights into using poetic forms effectively while maintaining the authenticity and strength of your unique voice.
WORKSHOP DATES: April 5, 2024 to April 7, 2024
INSTRUCTOR: Mahogany L. Browne, a Kennedy Center Next 50 Fellow and the inaugural Poet in Residence at Lincoln Center, is also the co-founder of Brooklyn Slam. She is a prolific author, with notable works including Vinyl Moon, Chlorine Sky, Woke Baby, and Black Girl Magic. Her recent poetry collection, I Remember Death By Its Proximity to What I Love, addresses the impact of mass incarceration on women and children. Currently residing in Brooklyn, Browne serves as the Executive Director of JustMedia, a media literacy initiative supporting criminal justice leaders and community members. Drawing from her diverse career as a writer, organizer, and educator, Browne has received fellowships from Agnes Gund, Air Serenbe, Cave Canem, Poets House, Mellon Research, and Rauschenberg.
WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS:
10+ Hours of writing seminars and discussions
One-on-one time with instructor. One-on-one time with instructor will be scheduled outside of the time during the weekend. It is advised that participants plan to devote the entire weekend to workshop participation and writing.
Constructive, guided feedback on your writing from your peers and workshop leader.
The workshop will take place Friday 6pm-8pm EST and 9am-2pm EST on Saturday and Sunday.
Please note: This virtual workshop will gather via Zoom. Participants are expected to participate and engage during the duration of the workshop. The workshop instruction and subsequent discussions will not be recorded for participants to view later.
SUBMISSION FORMAT:
10 pages maximum, using Times New Roman, 12-point type, double-spaced with 1-inch margins.
Provide a title page with the author’s name and contact information.
Include a cover letter with information about your writing life and citations of any published work.
Previous attendees are eligible to apply.
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: Applicants must not contact instructors directly about the application process or send queries regarding other projects, unless invited by the instructor directly. If these actions occur, applicants will be ineligible to attend our writing workshops. Also, all work samples submitted for consideration must be your own.
OTHER INFO:
Apply early. This course has a maximum of 10 slots. Only accepted participants will be notified about their acceptance status by or before February 20, 2024.
Writers who apply for Mahogany's poetry workshop and are accepted, will be eligible for consideration to receive a need-based scholarship sponsored by@penguinrandomhouse. Two participants will be selected to receive one of these scholarships.
A nonrefundable deposit of $150 is due within 2 weeks of notification of acceptance into the workshop. The remaining balance is due by March 20, 2024.
Cancellation Policy: If you must cancel after paying the full tuition, $100 will be returned to you if you notify the foundation at least 1 week before the program starts. After that date, the full tuition is forfeited. In addition, Hurston/Wright reserves the right to close the submission period or cancel a session based on the number of applications. Applicants will be notified immediately, and any payments will be returned if the class is canceled.
Instruction begins at 9 a.m. and end at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with a Welcome and orientation on Friday evening. A detailed schedule will be provided upon acceptance.
Only accepted participants will be notified about their acceptance status.
hurstonwrightfoundation.submittable.com/submit
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macdowell fellowship: 2024 Fall/Winter
MacDowell
DEADLINE: February 10, 2024, at 11:59pm ET
INFO: The Fellowship application period for 2024 Fall/Winter residencies at MacDowell is now open!
MacDowell encourages artists to apply in any stage of their career, and from all backgrounds and countries. We invite applications in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts. If your proposed project does not fall clearly within one of these artistic disciplines, contact the admissions department for guidance at admissions@macdowell.org.
We also encourage you to watch our “How to Apply to MacDowell's Residency Program” video on our YouTube channel for detailed instructions on our application process.
MacDowell has no residency fees, and to defray expenses that accrue during an artist’s stay, we provide need-based stipends to cover rent, utilities, childcare, and lost income from taking time off from employment, as well as reimbursements for travel to and from the residency.
Fall/Winter residencies will take place between September 1, 2024 and February 28, 2025.
macdowell.org/apply/apply-for-fellowship
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Writing Workshop: Literary Landscapes with Author Tony Robles
Tony Robles
WORKSHOP DATES:
Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 4:00pm EST
Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 4:00pm EST
Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 4:00pm EST
PRICE: $50.00 ($54.49 w/service fee)
INFO: Literary Landscapes is a 3-week generative writing workshop that will explore the landscapes of memory, empathy, and identity. Participants will read and discuss writings by authors of different genres whose work embodies these elements. Participants will take part in writing exercises that will strengthen their use of craft while mining their interior landscapes to write short pieces of prose or poetry. Work will be shared and discussed among participants.
INSTRUCTOR’S BIO: Tony Robles is a poet and author originally from San Francisco, now based in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He is the author of 3 books of poetry and short stories, Cool Don't Live Here No More--A letter to San Francisco, Fingerprints of a Hunger Strike, and Thrift Store Metamorphosis. His writing has been published in numerous anthologies including, Of Color: Poet's Ways of Making, The Roadrunner Review, Growing Up Filipino Volume II, Mythium Journal, Bamboo Ridge, and many others. He earned his Masters in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2023.
brownpapertickets.com/event/6213449
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2024 CAAPP BOOK PRIZE
University of Pittsburgh’s Center for African American Poetry / Poetics and Autumn House Press
DEADLINE: February 15, 2024
INFO: Founded in 2020, the CAAPP Book Prize is a publishing partnership between the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for African American Poetry and Poetics and Autumn House Press with the goal of publishing and promoting a writer of African descent. The prize is awarded annually to a first or second book by a writer of African descent and is open to the full range of writers embodying African, African American, and African diasporic experiences.
The book can be of any genre that is, or intersects with, poetry, including poetry, hybrid work, speculative prose, and/or translation. The winning manuscript will be published by Autumn House Press and its author will be awarded $3,000. Previous winners include Carly Inghram's The Animal Indoors, Jacqui Germain's Bittering the Wound, and Richard Hamilton's Discordant, and Okwudili Nebeolisa's forthcoming Terminal Maladies.
GUIDELINES:
Please submit a manuscript between 48-168 pages.
Please submit your manuscript as a doc, docx, or pdf file.
Only one manuscript submission is permitted per person.
FINAL JUDGE: aracelis girmay is a poet who makes work across genres, including essays, collages, and picture books. She is the author of three books of poems, for which she was a finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Her most recent work is the chapbook and was a flower, made in collaboration with book artist Valentina Améstica. Other recent work has been published in Astra, The Paris Review online, and e-flux. girmay is on the editorial board of the African Poetry Book Fund and is the editor-at-large of the Blessing the Boats Selections (BOA Editions). She teaches at Stanford University.
https://caapp.submittable.com/submit
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KATHRYN A. MORTON PRIZE IN POETRY
Sarabande Books
DEADLINE: February 15, 2024
INFO: In celebration of Sarabande’s 30th anniversary, we are pleased to offer an increased prize in the amount of $3,000, as well as publication of the manuscript with an introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib, and a standard royalty contract.
2024 JUDGE: Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic. He is the author of The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest, A Fortune for Your Disaster, and A Little Devil in America.
ELIGIBILITY: This contest is open to any poet writing in English. Employees and board members of Sarabande are not eligible. Agented manuscripts are not eligible. Individual poems from the manuscript may have been published previously in magazines, chapbooks of less than 48 pages, or anthologies, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Translations and previously published collections are not eligible. To avoid conflict of interest, close friends of a judge or current students in a degree-granting program with a judge are not eligible.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Manuscript must be ANONYMOUS—the author’s name or address must not appear anywhere on the manuscript (title page should contain the title only)
Must be typed, standard font, 12 pt.
Minimum length 48 pages
Manuscript must be paginated consecutively with a table of contents and acknowledgements page (a list of publications in which poems in the manuscript have appeared)
Must be accompanied by a $29 submission fee
Must be submitted electronically through Submittable
Multiple submissions are permitted if submitted separately, each with a submission fee. Once submitted, electronic manuscripts can only be edited within a week of submitting, but do note that any publications resulting from this contest will undergo a full editorial and copyedit. Simultaneous submissions to other publishers are permitted, but please withdraw the submission if accepted elsewhere.
Sarabande Books considers all finalists for publication.
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2024 RESidencies
Vermont Studio Center
DEADLINE: February 15, 2024
INFO: Vermont Studio Center is pleased to invite applications for its residency program for writers working in all genres. The Maverick Studio Building offers views of the Gihon River and daily inspiration.
Accepted residents will enjoy access to:
Visiting Artists & Writers Program
private accommodation
private studio space
delicious fresh daily meals
Residency sessions are approximately 2-, 3-, and 4-weeks. Each residency offers a supportive environment where you can further develop your writing projects, finish your manuscript, make deep revisions, start a new project, and more.
Vermont Studio Center accepts writers working in all genres, and includes the following:
fiction
creative nonfiction
poetry
screen/playwriting
hybrid*
translation
vermontstudiocenter.org/fellowships
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FURIOUS FLOWER Poetry Prize
James Madison University
DEADLINE: February 15, 2024
SUBMISSION FEE: $15
INFO: The Furious Flower Poetry Prize for emerging writers is open for submissions. Poets with no more than one published book are invited to submit up to three poems (no more than a total of 6 pages) for consideration.
PRIZE: The winner and honorable mention receive $1500 and $750 respectively and will be invited to read at the decennial Furious Flower Poetry Conference, September 2024. The winner, honorable mention, and select finalists will also be published in Obsidian. Winners are announced in late March/early April.
2024 JUDGE: Roger Reeves is the author of Best Barbarian (W.W. Norton & Co., 2022), a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Griffin Poetry Prize. Tracy K. Smith called it “a revelation and a form of reparation.” His debut collection is King Me (Copper Canyon Press, 2013), a Library Journal Best Poetry Book of the year, and winner of the Larry Levis Reading Prize, the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, and a John C. Zacharis First Book Award. His first book on nonfiction is Dark Days: Fugitive Essays, published by Graywolf in August 2023. His poems have appeared in magazines and journals such as The New Yorker, Poetry, Ploughshares, American Poetry Review, Boston Review, and Tin House, among others. He was awarded a 2013 NEA Fellowship, Ruth Lilly Fellowship by the Poetry Foundation in 2008, a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University, a Radcliffe Fellowship from Harvard University, and a Whiting Award.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Go to Submittable
Make a free Submittable account
Fill out the form and pay the non-refundable $15 submission fee
Attach a pdf of your poems (no more than 6 pages) and ensure no identifying information is in the file
jmu.edu/furiousflower/poetryprize/index.shtml
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The 2024 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry
AWP
DEADLINE: February 28, 2024
ENTRY FEES:
$20 (Member)
30 (Nonmember)
PRIZE: $5,500 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press
JUDGE: Kimiko Hahn
MANUSCRIPT LENGTH: Forty-eight pages minimum text
Your name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript, otherwise it will be disqualified.
Acknowledgements should not appear anywhere on the manuscript, otherwise it will be disqualified.
The cover letter field can contain this information, or anything else you choose.
Please also include a brief (roughly one hundred words) synopsis in the designated field, as this will help our screeners more easily categorize and review the submissions they read. For poetry, you may choose to use the synopsis field to include a brief summary of the style, subject matter, and/or themes explored in your collection.
About the AWP Award Series
The AWP Award Series is an annual competition for the publication of excellent new book-length works. The competition is open to all authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence, and it is open to published and unpublished authors alike.
The AWP Award Series conducts an evaluation process of writers, for writers, by writers. AWP hires a staff of screeners who are writers themselves; the screeners review manuscripts for the judges. Typically, the screeners will select ten manuscripts in each genre for the judges’ final evaluations.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Only book-length manuscripts are eligible. The AWP Award Series defines “book-length” as:
Poetry: 48 pages minimum text;
Short story collection or creative nonfiction: 150–300 manuscript pages; and
Novel: at least 60,000 and no more than 110,000 words.
Poems, stories, and essays previously published in periodicals are eligible for inclusion in submissions, but manuscripts previously published in their entirety, including self-published manuscripts, are not eligible. As the series is judged anonymously, no list of acknowledgments should accompany your manuscript.
The AWP Award Series is open to all authors writing original works primarily in English for adult readers. Mixed-genre manuscripts cannot be accepted. Criticism and scholarly monographs are not acceptable for creative nonfiction, which the AWP Award Series defines as factual and literary writing that has the narrative, dramatic, meditative, and lyrical elements of novels, plays, poetry, and memoir.
To avoid conflict of interest and to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, friends and former students of a judge (former students who studied with a judge in an academic degree-conferring program or its equivalent) are ineligible to enter the competition in the genre for which their former teacher is serving as judge.
Current staff of AWP and members of AWP’s board of directors may not enter the AWP Award Series, and previous staff and board members may not enter for a minimum of three years after leaving AWP or rotating off the board, respectively.
AWP makes every effort to vary the judges by region, aesthetic, and institution so that writers, if ineligible one year, will certainly be eligible other years. If contestants win in any genre, they may not enter the competition again in the same genre for the next five consecutive years.
You may submit your manuscript to other publishers while it is under consideration by the Award Series, but you must withdraw your manuscript via Submittable if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
AWP cannot consider manuscript revisions during the course of the contest, but the winning authors will have an opportunity to revise their works before publication. Please read the entry requirements and guidelines carefully before submitting your work.
Winners will be announced on our website and via email in summer 2024.
Terms & Conditions
Your submitted manuscript must be an original work of which you are the sole author.
The decision of the judge is final. The judge may choose no winner if he or she finds no manuscript that, in their estimation, merits publication and the award.
Your manuscript must be submitted in accordance with the eligibility requirements, format guidelines, and entry requirements, or it will be disqualified.
No entry fees will be returned.
This competition is void where prohibited or restricted by law.
Manuscript Format Guidelines
Manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced. Poetry manuscripts may be single-spaced. Each manuscript must include a title page with the manuscript title only. If the author’s name appears anywhere on the manuscript, the submission will be disqualified. Do not add a page with acknowledgment of previous publications or a biographical note. Please upload your manuscript to our submission system as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.
Entry Requirements
Please upload your manuscript to our submission system as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.
You will be required to remit an entry fee—$30 for nonmembers and $20 for AWP members—at the time of submission. All entry fees are nonrefundable. Students and faculty who have been registered by their program directors as members of AWP are eligible for the member fee. (Please note that if you are not an AWP member and submit to the member category, your submission will be disqualified).
You may enter in more than one genre, and you may also enter multiple manuscripts in one genre, provided that each manuscript is uploaded separately as an individual entry.
The award for the prizes consists of the following:
Prize money; and
Publishing contract with the participating press.
Award winners will be invited to the annual AWP Conference & Bookfair for a celebration and reading.
The award, and its corresponding prize money, is contingent on the author signing an agreed-upon contract with the participating press.
Questions? Email chronicle@awpwriter.org.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ‘ELEVATE’ Issue
Yellow Arrow Journal
DEADLINE: February 29, 2024
INFO: Yellow Arrow Publishing is excited to announce that submissions for our next issue of Yellow Arrow Journal, Vol. IX, No. 1 (spring 2024) is open, providing a platform for authors to embrace and amplify their own voice. Guest editor, Jennifer N. Shannon, contemplates about her voice by reflecting on The Color Purple:
“I am proud of my becoming, as a mother and writer and friend and daughter and partner. I am also excited about the honesty I am searching for even when it’s scary. The Color Purple did that. The latest version of this masterpiece still does that for me. It makes me want to be brave, live in my truth, evolve into who I will become, and share my voice as loudly as I can. It makes me want to help other women do the same, and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to do just that, with my curatorial work and with Yellow Arrow Journal, Vol. IX, No. 1.”
This issue’s theme is ELEVATE
: to improve morally, intellectually, or culturally
: to lift up or make higher
: to raise the spirits of
1. What story do you want to tell but haven’t found the words for? How will the story affect those who read or hear your truth? What will it do for you to share this story with the world?
2. What has guided you along your journey? What actions have elevated you? Are there any themes that show themselves to you repeatedly and if so what do you think they mean?
3. How are you moving forward in your writing, in your life, in your job, in your relationships, within your passion(s)? What is expanding and evolving you? Is your mindset growing? What scares you about your progression? What brings you joy? What’s stopping you?
Yellow Arrow Journal is looking for creative nonfiction, poetry, and cover art submissions by writers/artists who identify as women, on the theme of ELEVATE. Submissions can be in any language as long as an English translation accompanies it. For more information regarding journal submission guidelines, please visit yellowarrowpublishing.com/submissions. Please read our guidelines carefully before submitting. To learn more about our editorial views and how important your voice is in your story, read about the journal. This issue will be released in May 2024.
yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/yaj-ix-01-submissions-open-elevate
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TINY SPOON RESIDENCY + WORKSHOPS
Tiny Spoon
DEADLINE: February 29, 2024
INFO: As writers and educators ourselves, at Tiny Spoon we understand the importance of having opportunities to practice and expand your professional experience. That is why starting in 2022, we founded our Tiny Residency, a remote opportunity to fine tune your writing workshop leadership skills and be featured by Tiny Spoon so your work can reach a wider audience.
WHAT IS THE RESIDENCY?
We will select three residents per year in the Spring, Fall, and Winter who will each conduct a workshop on a topic of their choice, and will have opportunities for promotion and publishing online. You will also receive payment based on workshop sign-up funds.
WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE RESIDENT?
The resident will be in charge of planning the curriculum of a weekend virtual live workshop, either May 25 & 26, September 28 & 29, or February 2025 TBD. Their main focus will be preparing for the workshops through lesson planning, gathering sources, creating writing exercises, promotional materials, etc. Tiny Spoon is here to help with questions and ensuring the workshop runs smoothly, but the overall content and format of the workshop is at the discretion of the resident.
While Tiny Spoon will serve as the platform for the workshop, additional marketing materials will be requested to help promote the workshop and tease its contents. This may include a page on our website to showcase you and your workshop; a brief blog post further teasing the workshop; an artist statement or feature blog post to introduce yourself; and additional videos, quotes, samples of work to be used in promotional content. Specifics of this will be discussed upon acceptance into the residency.
WHAT DOES A WORKSHOP ENTAIL?
Tiny Spoon will handle sign up logistics, but you will be in charge of leading the actual workshop from start to finish. This means it can be anything you imagine! You might think about what writing workshops have inspired you in the past and how you want to balance inspirational content and examples with time for writing and sharing.
Upon acceptance, Tiny Spoon will have a brainstorming talk with you to solidify your ideas for the workshop, but you might consider in advance: What is the central theme of my workshop? What samples of writing, art, or otherwise might I introduce for inspiration? Will I lecture or perform to introduce new ideas? What writing or creative prompts will I provide? How will I pace information with creation time? Will it be centered on writing, or other art or performative media?
If you haven’t attended many workshops or led them yourself, you can still apply to the residency! Reflect upon the above questions, and the editors of Tiny Spoon can help guide you build its weekend curriculum.
WHAT ARE THE PERKS OF BEING A RESIDENT?
The residency is all about you. Within our modest time and date parameters, the workshop can take whatever content and form you desire. We’ll not only promote your workshop, but your work in general. We’ll spotlight you on our social media, website, and blog and connect to any social media and website that gives further information for your work. The residency is all about exposure and experience. Tiny Spoon will do all it can to ensure your name and creative practice is highlighted.
Tiny Spoon will handle the logistics of the workshop, from the sign ups, emails, and Zoom meetings. You will be able to focus on creative content and lesson planning, while we prepare the behind-the-scenes of the event.
You will also receive half of the funds from workshop sign-ups. This will vary on the amount of people who register. As a part of our ethos, we believe in welcoming everyone to writing workshops and encourage sign up with a sliding-scale, donation-based payment.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN CANDIDATES?
For this particular residency, we are looking for burgeoning writers. As many professional opportunities, such as teaching jobs, writing programs, or other residencies, often ask for similar experiences, we want this to be a space where you can experiment, practice, and grow in your early career. We will prioritize those who exemplify our experimental spirit and show potential through their energetic, rising profession. We will not obsess over credentials, but rather, the promise you present where you are in the moment.
WHEN IS THE RESIDENCY?
We will have a Spring and Fall Tiny Resident, with the following workshop dates:
May 25th (Saturday) and 26th (Sunday) for the Spring Resident
September 28th (Saturday) and 29th (Sunday) for the Fall Resident
February 2025 TBD for the Winter Resident
On the application, you will be asked to indicate preference for spring, fall, or both/either. You must be available on the above dates for the respective Spring/Fall/Winter Residency you select; we can be mildly flexible with the workshop time itself. We recommend workshops that are 2-3 hours per day.
THE APPLICATION: To prepare, the application will ask you for information about yourself, your creative practice, and ideas for your workshop. At this time, we do not expect you to provide us with an extensive lesson plan (unless that’s your style), but it should be detailed enough to give us an understanding of your intentions if you are chosen as the resident.
The applications are due by February 29. Those in by early February will receive priority for the Spring Residency position.
So finances are not an obstacle, we do not charge to apply for the residency. That said, a great deal of time and care will go into the selection process, and we want our residents to get all they can out of the program. If you are able to contribute, we recommend adding $5 or $10 into the Tip Jar, but any amount is welcome. All funds will go toward the residency program.
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call for submissions: mutter magazine
Moss & Milk Press
DEADLINE: February 29, 2024
INFO: Mutter Magazine, a writing magazine on care, mothering, matrescence & mother nature is currently accepting submissions for issue two. The theme is roots: ideas might include roots in the community/communal roots, ancestral roots, interconnectedness, maiden & mother roots (identity/self/growth) & mother nature (tree roots, roots in the wild/our animal roots).
Feel free to explore this however you like.
Email one file, in .doc or .docx format, containing up to five pieces (articles, poetry, prose, etc.) with clear titles, to: mutterbristol@gmail.com.
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Submissions are open year-round so feel free to submit whenever you like. If we don’t use your work for one issue we will keep it in mind for another, as long as it suits the theme.
The themes for each issue act as a guide.
Copyright remains yours. If you send us something that has been published before please inform us about where and when so that we can take this into consideration.
Your connection to motherhood is personal. This is a gathering of various records and voices of motherhood and mothering; of caring and being cared for; of mourning and loss; of trying to conceive; of infertility; of the mothering of siblings, of parents, of oneself; of foster care or fostering, adoption or surrogacy, abortion or miscarriage; of one’s own mothers or grandmothers; of all those caring, nurturing, and growing life on this earth, alongside mother nature.
CONTENT GUIDELINES:
Our focus is creative writing, but we are open to the possibility of publishing all kinds of writing, including non-fiction/articles, as we acknowledge that your written creative output as a mother or carer may take different and/or experimental forms.
Please keep prose to 1,500 words or under and poetry to around 100 lines (including blank lines between verses). However, work that slightly exceeds these limits will still be considered.
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Wild Words 2024: ACW Seeks Writing By North Country Teens
Adirondack Center for Writing
DEADLINE: February 29, 2024 by midnight
INFO: Submissions are now open for the 2024 Wild Words Adirondack Teen Writing Anthology, presented by the Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW). This new print publication is a place for teens living in the North Country to publish their creative writing. A public book launch is scheduled for April 27, 2024 at Harrietstown Town Hall in Saranac Lake (39 Main Street). Copies will be available for a small donation.
Teens ages 13-19 living in the North Country of New York State are eligible to submit writing for consideration in the anthology, which will be published in the spring of 2024. Last year’s 2023 anthology featured 70 teen writers from all corners of the Adirondack region, including poetry, short stories, plays, memoirs, personal essays, book excerpts, science fiction, and fantasy writing. Over 300 copies of the 2023 anthology have been distributed to date, and 200 teens, family members, friends, and community supporters attended the 2023 book launch.
ACW has provided an online toolkit for organizations and teachers who are interested in sharing this opportunity with members of their communities, available at adirondackcenterforwriting.org/wildwords. The toolkit provides marketing materials as well as accessible creative writing prompts designed to get teens writing. Submissions are due by midnight on February 29, 2024.
The Wild Words anthology is a collaboration between Visiting Writer Erin Dorney and the Adirondack Center for Writing as part of the Creatives Rebuild New York (CRNY) Artist Employment Program. CRNY, a project of the Tides Center, is a three-year, $125 million investment in the financial stability of New York State artists and the organizations that employ them. Dorney will work with ACW through June 2024 on a variety of projects designed to encourage creative writing and readership throughout the Adirondacks.
adirondackcenterforwriting.org/wild-words-2024/
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Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award for native american poets + writers
Poets & Writers
DEADLINE: March 1, 2024 by 11:59pm EST
INFO: Indigenous writers who are enrolled members of a Native American tribe in the contiguous United States or Alaska are invited to apply for the 2024 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award.
One fiction writer and one poet will be selected. Winners receive an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City to meet with top literary professionals, including editors, agents, publishers, and prominent writers. This year’s judges are Kelli Jo Ford for fiction and Jake Skeets for poetry.
ELIGIBLE WRITERS:
Poets and fiction writers are eligible to apply if they:
Are a U.S. resident and an enrolled member of a Native American tribe in the contiguous United States or Alaska for at least two years prior to the application deadline, which is March 1.
Have never published a book or have published no more than one full-length book in the genre in which they are applying.
Winners and runners-up will be asked to submit verification of residency and tribal enrollment, as well as publication history.
Writers may apply in poetry and/or fiction (only one manuscript per category).
Employees of Poets & Writers, Inc. are not eligible.
AWARDS:
One poet and one fiction writer will be selected as winners. Winners will be announced in summer 2024. Each will receive:
A $500 honorarium;
An all-expenses-paid trip to New York City in fall 2024 to meet with editors, agents, publishers, and other writers, and to give a public reading, hosted by Poets & Writers;
A one-month residency at the Jentel Artist Residency Program in Wyoming.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Poetry manuscripts should not exceed ten pages, single or double-spaced (minimum of 7 pages).
Fiction manuscripts should not exceed 25 pages and must be double-spaced. Fiction manuscripts may include stories and/or excerpts from novels.
Published work may be included; however, photocopies of previously published work from a book or a magazine will not be accepted. Published work submitted for this award must conform to the above manuscript requirements and should not be identified as published work.
All work must be the applicant’s original work and written in English; translations are not eligible. There are no restrictions on style or subject matter.
2024 JUDGES:
Kelli Jo Ford is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Her novel-in-stories debut, Crooked Hallelujah, was longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, the Story Prize, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, the Dublin Literary Award, and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. She is the recipient of honors and awards including a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, the Paris Review’s Plimpton Prize, a Creative Capital Award, and a Native Arts & Cultures Foundation Artist Fellowship. She teaches writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Jake Skeets is the author of Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers, winner of the National Poetry Series, American Book Award, Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and Whiting Award. His poetry and prose have appeared widely in journals and magazines including Poetry, the New York Times Magazine, and the Paris Review. He holds an MFA in Poetry from the Institute of American Indian Arts. His honors include a National Endowment for the Arts Grant for Arts Projects, a Mellon Projecting All Voices Fellowship, and the 2023-2024 Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi. He is from the Navajo Nation and teaches at the University of Oklahoma.
pw.org/about-us/maureen_egen_writers_exchange_award
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Apogee Journal Reading Periods
Apogee
DEADLINE: March 1, 2024
INFO: We’ll be reading for nonfiction, fiction, and poetry during the month of February 2024 (February 1 – March 1). To share flash, interviews, and reviews with Perigee, please see this page.
The word “apogee” denotes the point in an object’s orbit farthest from a center. In turn, we value artistic expression far from the political center, created by artists and writers of oppressed identities who interrogate aesthetic and political status quos through their work. As we do so, we pay tribute to the Black feminist Combahee River Collective in recognition that “the major systems of oppression are interlocking.” To that end, we combat the domination of white, cis-heteronormative, patriarchal, settler-colonial voices that pervade our literary landscape in our celebration of linguistic diversity and our commitment to our community of readers and contributors. We recognize that centrist literary and artistic spheres contribute to genocide and other forms of violence via censorship and political suppression. We aim to uplift the work of those writing against genocide and would like to extend an invitation to Palestinian, Lebanese, Congolese, and Sudanese writers in particular to share their work during this reading period.
To submit to Fiction please click here before submitting your work at the Apogee Journal Submission Manager. You must complete the Submitter Form and submit your story for us to consider your fiction. Please note, these steps apply only for fiction submissions.
We look for work that centers the experience of marginalized perspectives. We want to foster work that addresses the politics of identity, such as migration, diaspora, multiculturalism, privilege, hierarchy, oppression, though these themes are not a requirement for publication. We believe the exploration of perspectives and voices that are mostly unheard and ignored is a political act itself. To read our mission statement, please visit this page.
All work must be previously unpublished.
Cover letters are optional.
Please include a current bio.
We accept simultaneous submissions. Please notify us if your work has been accepted elsewhere.
For prose submissions, please send a maximum of 5,000 words, in either .doc or .docx format. Please send only one piece per reading period.
Please send a maximum of five poems in the same document, either .doc, .docx, or .pdf format.
apogeejournal.org/share-apogee/
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FUTUREPOEM OPEN READING PERIOD 2024
FuturePoem
DEADLINE: March 1, 2024 at 11:59pm ET
INFO: Our reading period is an open process. Our group of initial readers and guest editors will have access to your cover letter and know your name when reading your work. Each year, we invite a rotating panel of distinguished guest editors to read submitted work and, in collaboration with our core editors, select two books for publication. The Guest Editors for this year's open reading period are Gabriela Jáuregui, Shiv Kotecha, and Ronaldo V. Wilson. All submissions are read by initial readers who then recommend a limited group of manuscripts to the guest editors. The guest editors also have input into the group of final manuscripts that are considered. Manuscripts must be unpublished book-length works of poetry, prose, or multi-genre work.
We welcome international submissions originally written in English. However, we cannot currently accept work translated into English from other languages. We are open to unpublished work that incorporates other languages, or self-translated work. We welcome unpublished book-length collaborative writing but we do not currently accept anthology submissions. Work previously published in chapbook form is fine, as long as the manuscript in its entirety has not been published in its current form. And though we are open to books with visuals, books that are heavily image-based may be better served by a different publisher.
You may submit work previously submitted to Futurepoem, as our guest editors shift every year. You may only submit one manuscript to this call. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but we do ask that you notify us or withdraw your manuscript via our online submissions system if your book is accepted elsewhere. This year, we are instituting a submission cap of 350 submissions — we're a small team, and we want to make sure that each submission gets careful attention. Submission length: 50 – 200 pages. There is a sliding scale administrative/processing fee for each submission.*
* Our fee supports a higher honorarium for our guest editors, the rising administrative costs of our review process, and our continued use of Submittable. Our goal is to maintain our open submissions period as an accessible opportunity for writers. In case this fee represents a hardship to you, we've instituted an option for a reduced fee of $4. Additionally, there is an option to submit and sponsor someone else's submission for $12.
HOW TO SUBMIT + DEADLINE:
We will accept manuscripts via our online submissions system from February 1 to March 1 2024 at 11:59 p.m. E.S.T. We are only able to accept online submissions, so please do not send hard copy submissions via regular mail. We may request hard copies of your manuscript for further consideration, so please include your email, phone number and address so that we can contact you. In order to keep this opportunity open to the maximum number of writers, we are only accepting one submission per writer.
SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS
We will select two books for publication as part of the Futurepoem book series. The intended publication year for these books is 2026. Our goal is to try to announce selections for publication by mid-July, 2024. Because we are a small organization with limited resources we are not able to provide feedback on submissions.
futurepoem.submittable.com/submit
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CREATIVE WRITING FELLOWSHIPS: POETRY
The National Endowment for the Arts
DEADLINE: March 13, 2024 by 11:59 pm EST
INFO: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.
Applications are reviewed through an anonymous process in which the criteria for review are the artistic excellence and artistic merit of the submitted writing sample. Through this program, the NEA seeks to sustain and nurture a diverse range of creative writers at various stages of their careers and to continue to expand the portfolio of American art.
The NEA is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and fostering mutual support for the diverse beliefs and values of all individuals and groups.
The program operates on a two-year cycle with fellowships in prose and poetry available in alternating years. For FY 2025, which is covered by these guidelines, fellowships in poetry are available. Fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) will be offered in FY 2026 and guidelines will be available in January 2025. You may apply only once each year.
Competition for fellowships is extremely rigorous. We typically receive more than 1,600 applications each year in this category and award fellowships to fewer than 3% of applicants.
WE DO NOT FUND:
Individuals who previously received two or more Literature Fellowships (poetry or prose) or Translation Fellowships from the NEA.
Individuals who received any Literature Fellowship (poetry or prose) or Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts on or after January 1, 2016.
News reporting.
Scholarly writing. (Writers who are engaged in scholarly work may wish to contact the National Endowment for the Humanities.)
Work toward academic degrees.
DEADLINE + ANNOUNCEMENT DATES:
You must submit applications electronically through Grants.gov, the federal government’s online application system. The Grants.gov system must receive your validated and accepted application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on March 13, 2024. Late applications are not accepted.
Expect notification of awards and rejections no sooner than December 2024. The fellowship period may begin any time between January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2026, and extend for up to two years.
arts.gov/grants/creative-writing-fellowships/program-description