OPEN CALL: GO HOME! - AN ASIAN AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY AND PROSE
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
INFO: The Asian American Writers’ Workshop seeks poetry submissions for Go Home! an anthology to be published by the Feminist Press. The anthology will showcase the incredible variety of responses to the word home – physical homes, mental homes, the longing for homes, the flights from them, the homes one makes in words, in the hearts of others, and in the air.
They request contributors send no more than five poems in one single file.
DEADLINE: May 1, 2016
aaww.submittable.com/submit/55785
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
AMPLIFY(HER)
INFO: AMPLIFY(HER) is looking for art, prose, poetry, short stories, photography and/or mixed medium submissions from undocumented Asian women (including trans and gender non-conforming folks) on how they understand and navigate their intersecting identities in today's societ
AWARD: $100 honorarium (for each selected submission). Two artists selected for the cover or spread will each receive $175 honorarium.
DEADLINE: May 6, 2016
amplifyher.submittable.com/submit
WRITING CONTEST: FICTION, NONFICTION, OR POETRY
Solstice
INFO: Solstice is accepting submissions of fiction, nonfiction and poetry for its annual writing contests.
PRIZE: Winners as well as finalists will be published in our Summer Awards Issue due out in early August.
SUBMISSION FEE: $18.00
DEADLINE: May 7, 2016
EMERGING WRITER’S CONTEST
Ploughshares
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.
PRIZE: The winner in each genre will be awarded $1,000 and publication in the Winter 2016-17 issue of Ploughshares.
SUBMISSION FEE: $24 fee, which is waived if the submitter is a current subscriber. Fee includes a 1-year subscription to Ploughshares (beginning with the Spring 2016 issue and ending with the Winter 2016-17 issue).
DEADLINE: May 15, 2016
pshares.org/submit/emerging-writers-contest/guidelines
2016 NOEMI BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY
Noemi Press
INFO: Poets at any stage in their career may submit a manuscript of no more than 90 pages for consideration. Contest winners will be announced in summer 2016.
ENTRY FEE: $25
PRIZE: $1,000, plus publication by Noemi Press, and 10 author’s copies.
DEADLINE: Extended to May 15, 2016
noemipress.org/contest/
2016 GREGORY PARDLO SCHOLARSHIP
The Frost Place
INFO: The Frost Place, a nonprofit center for poetry and the arts at Robert Frost’s old homestead in Franconia, NH, invites submissions to the first annual Gregory Pardlo Scholarship for Emerging African American Poets. The scholarship is open to poets writing in English who have published up to one book of poetry.
PRIZE: One winner will receive a full scholarship to attend the Poetry Seminar at The Frost Place, July 31 – August 5, 2016, including room and board (valued at approximately $1,550), and will give a featured reading at the Seminar.
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
DEADLINE: May 31, 2016
thefrostplace.submittable.com/submit/57280
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN ISSUE
Poemeleon
INFO: Poemeleon is seeking submissions for a special guest-edited Asian Pacific American (APA) issue. Guest editors Kenji C. Liu and Angela Penaredondo are looking for poetry (text and visual) from APA poets that come from a variety of styles, modes, structures, dreams, and spaces.
DEADLINE: May 31, 2016
poemeleon.org/guidelines/
OUT OF THE BINDERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Bindercon
INFO: Bindercon, a conference and community for women and gender non‑conforming writers, seeks to increase diversity by offering free admission to up to 25 promising writers who might not otherwise be able to attend due to financial hardship. Diversity includes but is not limited to: age; racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds; sexual orientation; gender identity; marital and parental status; disability.
The scholarships include free attendance to all the events on Saturday, October 29, and Sunday, October 30, networking opportunities to meet agents and editors, and a ticket to the VIP party, but do not include airfare and/or accommodations, or food (Some meals may be provided as part of the conference programming.). Additionally, they are thrilled to offer stipends to select applicants: parents who require financial assistance with childcare and out of town attendees in need of travel assistance. Please indicate if you would like to be considered for any of these stipends.
All your answers are confidential and will only be seen by Out of the Binders scholarship committee members. Anonymous demographic information may be shared with funders for future conferences.
DEADLINE: May 31, 2016
nyc.bindercon.com/apply-scholarship/
SMALL AXE LITERARY COMPETITION
INFO: The Small Axe Literary Competition encourages the production and publication of Caribbean fiction and poetry. The competition focuses on poetry and short stories from emerging writers whose work centers on regional and diasporic Caribbean themes and concerns. This competition is part of the Small Axe Project's ongoing commitment to Caribbean cultural production and our mission to provide a forum for innovative critical and creative explorations of Caribbean reality.
The competition consists of two categories: poetry and short fiction. Two winners are chosen from each category by a distinguished panel of judges.
PRIZES:
- First Prize: $750
- Second Prize: $500
DEADLINE: May 31, 2016
storage.smallaxe.net/literary-competition/
GHASSAN KANFANI WRITING SCHOLARSHIP
INFO: Named after Ghassan Kanafani, a Palestinian novelist and iconic national hero, the scholarship aims to provide a space to re-engage the Palestinian narrative and explore the complexity of identity by those living outside of Palestine.
The scholarship is open to Palestinian-American youth (at least one parent must be from historic Palestine, though they might not necessarily have been born there), must be a US resident (this includes those who are studying here in the US), and must be between the ages of 18-25 years old.
The writing submission should describe your experience around identity, the shataat, or anything regarding your relationship to Palestine and being Palestinian. They accept any form of writing--poetry, short story, fiction/non-fiction. Word limit of 3,000 words; no minimum word limit. Feel free to include photos, art, or other multimedia to supplement your writing piece.
Do not include your name on your submission piece.
PRIZE:
- Top 3 submissions win scholarship prizes of $500, $250, and $250
- Top 20 pieces to be published in online anthology
DEADLINE: June 1, 2016
bit.ly/1SoFMfp
POETRY CONTEST FOR EMERGING POETS
Boulevard
INFO: Boulevard will award $1,000 and publication to the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a national distributed press.
The winning poems will be first announced on the website and then published in the Fall 2015 or Spring 2016 issue of Boulevard.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINE / DETAILS:
- Author's name, address, and telephone number, in addition to the titles of the three poems, should appear on the first page.
- Cover sheets are not necessary.
- No manuscripts will be returned.
- Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but previously accepted or published work is ineligible.
- The poems may be a sequence or unrelated.
- All entries will be considered for publication and for payment at their regular rates.
- Entries will be judged by the editors of Boulevard magazine.
- No one editorially or financially affiliated with Boulevard can enter the contest.
- Send typed manuscript(s) to Boulevard Emerging Poets Contest, PMB 325, 6614 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights, MO 63117 or submit online.
SUBMISSION FEE: $15 per group of three poems and $15 for each additional group. Fee includes a one-year subscription.
DEADLINE: June 1, 2016
boulevardmagazine.org/poetry-contest/
2016 MY TIME FELLOWSHIP FOR WRITERS WITH CHILDREN
The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow
INFO: A two-week residency is being offered by The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow writers with children under 18 living with them. This Fellowship is designed to support parents who are also writers.
The Fellowship entitles the recipient to a two-week stay at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, in beautiful and charming Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Each resident has a private suite with writing space, private bath, and wireless Internet. The residency provides uninterrupted writing time, with a European gourmet dinner prepared five nights a week and served in our community dining room. Residents also share the camaraderie of other writers and artists when they want it, and a community kitchen stocked with the basics for breakfast and lunch. My Time includes the two-week residency and provides a stipend of $1,500 to help pay for child care or travel expenses or to make up for time lost at work.
My Time is not limited to a specific genre. Writers can work in poetry, memoir, fiction, nonfiction or young adult. Please include in the application package information about your family and how this fellowship will help you progress as a writer. No more than one page, please.
DEADLINE: June 1, 2016
writerscolony.org/fellowships-1/
