POETRY -- APRIL 2018

April 1, 2018

2018 GRACE PALEY TEACHING FELLOWSHIP

New School

INFO: Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at the New School is welcoming applications for the second annual Grace Paley Teaching Fellowship, a semester-long residency in the First-Year Writing Program. The Fellowship will honor a writer of considerable achievement, in any genre, whose work also reveals a concern for social justice.

The Grace Paley Fellow will teach a first-year essay-writing seminar for 15 incoming undergraduate students. Classes meet twice per week throughout the Fall 2018 semester. In addition to the course, over the semester the Paley Fellow will deliver one public craft lecture, offer one public reading of new work, and participate in at least three informal lunch-time writing seminars where faculty take up various themes and topics of interest from our classes. The Fellow will also deliver a talk during the 2018 orientation for all incoming New School students and will be invited to deliver the keynote address at the spring 2019 Scholastic Writing Awards.

The Fellow works closely with the Director of First-Year Writing and other faculty to discuss pedagogy, grading, and assessment (including student preparedness for more advanced writing courses).

The Grace Paley Teaching Fellowship is open to writers in any genre (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, drama) whose work demonstrates a concern for social justice.

Applicants should have published at least two book-length works. These books, combined with additional publications, should demonstrate considerable achievement in the writer’s field and engagement with the world at large.

The New School is committed to creating and maintaining an environment that promises diversity and tolerance in all areas of employment, education and access to its educational, artistic or cultural programs and activities. The New School does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, creed, sex or gender (including gender identity and expression), pregnancy, sexual orientation, religion, religious practices, mental or physical disability, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, veteran status, marital or partnership status, or any other legally protected status.

AWARD: The Fellowship offers a $25,000 stipend and is located in New York City.

DEADLINE: April 1, 2018

portfolio.newschool.edu/firstyearwriting/2017/12/15/2018-grace-paley-teaching-fellowship/

2018 AGHA SHAHID ALI POETRY PRIZE

University of Utah Press

INFO: Honoring the memory of a celebrated poet and a beloved teacher, the Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry is awarded annually and is sponsored by The University of Utah Press and The University of Utah Department of English.

AWARD: $1,000 Cash Prize and Publication; Reading in The University of Utah's Guest Writers Series.

SUBMISSION FEE: $25

DEADLINE: April 15, 2018

uofupress.submittable.com/submit/106485/2018-agha-shahid-ali-poetry-prize

REDIVIDER JOURNAL

Beacon Street Prize

INFO: Redivider is accepting submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for the 2018 Beacon Street Prize.

The NONFICTION category will be judged by HANIF ABDURRAQIB! Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His first collection of poems, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much was released in 2016 and was nominated for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. His first collection of essays, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in fall 2017 by Two Dollar Radio.

The POETRY category will be judged by KHADIJAH QUEEN! Khadijah Queen is the author of five books, most recently I’m So Fine: A List of Famous Men & What I Had On (YesYes Books 2017). Earlier poetry collections include Conduit (Akashic / Black Goat 2008), Black Peculiar (Noemi Press 2011) and Fearful Beloved (Argos Books 2015). Her verse play Non-Sequitur (Litmus Press 2015) won the Leslie Scalapino Award for Innovative Women’s Performance Writing. The prize included a full staged production of the play at Theaterlab NYC from December 10 – 20, 2015 by Fiona Templeton’s The Relationship theater company. Individual poems and prose appear in Fence, Tin House, Buzzfeed, Gulf Coast, Poor Claudia, Memoir, Best American Nonrequired Reading, DIAGRAM and widely elsewhere. Reviews of her work can be found in The New Yorker, Rain Taxi, BOMB Magazine, Los Angeles Review, Kenyon Review, Boston Review, and other publications, and she has performed her work nationally for more than a decade. Queen serves as core faculty in poetry and playwriting for the new Mile-High MFA in creative writing at Regis University, and is a Visiting Professor at University of Colorado, Boulder.

The FICTION category will be judged by ADAM JOHNSON! Adam Johnson is a Professor of English with emphasis in creative writing at Stanford University. Winner of a Whiting Award and Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Academy in Berlin, he is the author of several books, including Fortune Smiles, which won the 2015 National Book Award, and the novel The Orphan Master’s Son, which was awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize. His fiction has appeared in Esquire, GQ, Playboy, Harper’s Magazine, Granta, Tin House and The Best American Short Stories. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages.

GUIDELINES: 1 short story of 8,000 words max for fiction; 1 essay of 8,000 words max for nonfiction; three (3) poems max in a single file for poetry

PRIZES:

$1,000 prize for fiction
$1,000 for nonfiction
$1,000 for poetry

SUBMISSION FEE: $10 per entry

DEADLINE: April 15, 2018

redividerjournal.org/submit/contests/beacon-street-prize/

CAVE CANEM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS POETRY PRIZE

Cave Canem

INFO: The Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize is a second-book award for black poets of African descent, offered every other year. This award celebrates and publishes works of lasting cultural value and literary excellence.

AWARD: Winner receives $1,000, publication by Northwestern University Press, 15 copies of the book and a feature reading.

SUBMISSION FEE: $20

DEADLINE: April 16, 2018

cavecanempoets.org/prizes/cave-canem-northwestern-university-press-poetry-prize/

WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE

The Kerouac Project

INFO: The Kerouac Project provides four residencies a year to writers of any stripe or age, living anywhere in the world. In the past they have accepted writers with no formal writing education alongside those with MFA’s and impressive résumés. You will be judged on the quality of the writing sample you submit. Each residency consists of approximately a three-month stay in the cottage where Jack Kerouac wrote his novel Dharma Bums. As writer-in-residence, all you are required to do is live in the Kerouac House during your residency, work on your writing project, and participate in two events—a Welcome Potluck dinner for you, and a Final Reading of your work at the Kerouac House at the end of your residency. Should you desire them, the Kerouac Project can also offer opportunities for you to participate in other readings, lead workshops, and interact in other ways with the vibrant Central Florida literary community. You will be required to select a category into which your submission fits. The categories are: Poetry, Play, Screenplay, Fiction/Short Story, and Nonfiction.

STIPEND: Utilities and a food stipend of $1,000 are included.

RESIDENCY SLOTS: Fall 2018: September 1 through November 22, 2018 Winter 2018–2019: December 1, 2018, through February 21, 2019 Spring 2019: March 1 through May 23, 2019 Summer 2019: June 1 through August 22, 2019

SUBMISSION FEE: $30

DEADLINE: April 16, 2018

kerouacproject.org/submissions/

MVICW PARENT-WRITER FELLOWSHIP

The Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing

INFO: The Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing was founded in order to give writers the opportunity to develop their craft among established authors. The Institute offers a comprehensive week-long focus on writing, providing writers with the necessary time to devote to their art, in the idyllic setting of the Vineyard. Each summer, we invite award-winning authors and poets, literary journal editors, and university creative writing faculty from around the country to lead writing workshops, work one-on-one with individuals, and provide the necessary tips and tools for editing and publishing.

They are proud to announce the MVICW Parent-Writer Fellowships (est. in 2016 thanks to support from The Sustainable Arts Foundation). Writers who are also parents have increased difficulties in making time for their writing. Their Parent-Writer Fellowships are intended to give parents both the time and financial support to devote a week to themselves and their writing at MVICW. These fellowships offer funding to attend a week of choice at the Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. The fellowships are open to anyone who has a child age 16 or younger living with them.

AWARD: Five Full Fellowships: $1600 (Tuition & Lodging for the Week): Two Poetry, Two Fiction/CNF, One Poetry or Fiction/CNF Two Runner-Up Fellowships: $500 each (Towards Tuition): Poetry and Fiction/CNF

GUIDELINES:

Poetry: Submit your best poem (1-3 pages) and a letter of interest.
Prose: Submit your best short fiction, novel excerpt, or creative non-fiction piece (up to 3000 words) and a letter of interest.

DEADLINE: April 21, 2018

mvicw.com/fellowshipinfo

SUMMER WORKSHOP

Tin House

INFO: The Tin House Summer Workshop is a weeklong intensive of workshops, seminars, panels, and readings led by prominent contemporary writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The program combines morning workshops with afternoon seminars and career panels. Evenings are reserved for author readings, singing, and dancing.

Workshops meet for six sessions, Monday through Saturday, from 9:30 am until 12:30 pm. Each workshop will have no more than twelve students and will treat two manuscripts per session. Each student will meet with their faculty instructor for a 15-minute one-on-one meeting during the week.

Tin House editors and guest agents are available to meet individually with students throughout the week.

For students who have completed a collection of stories or poems, a memoir, or a novel, one-on-one mentorships are available with select faculty and staff for an additional fee.

The Workshop will take place at Reed College, located on 100 acres of rolling lawns, winding lanes, and magnificent old trees in the southeast area of Portland, Oregon, just minutes from downtown and twelve miles from the airport.

Summer Workshop participants are housed in the dormitories of Reed College near the center of campus. Unless requested, all rooms are singles, with shared bathrooms (private stalls) on each floor. ADA accessible rooms are available.

All classrooms, readings, panel presentations, dining and reception areas are within walking distance from the dormitories.

Meals are served in the dining area of the college and are catered by Bon Appetit, and we work closely with them in the hopes that all dietary requirements and restrictions are accounted for and that participants’ needs are met. Students not staying with us on campus need to pay for meals individually.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Short Fiction/Nonfiction - One writing sample of no more than 5,000 words.
Novel - One excerpt (from the project you will be workshopping from) of no more than 5,000 words.
Poetry - Up to four poems.

If you have been accepted into a Tin House workshop previously, please do not apply with the same application material. You are free to excerpt from the same project.

Please do not apply with published material. However, it is acceptable to apply with work that is out for submission.

If accepted, you will have the opportunity to switch your manuscript.

DEADLINE: April 29, 2018

tinhouse.com/summer-workshop/

ARTIST FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The Jerome Foundation

INFO: The Jerome Foundation is pleased to announce the first round of a new Artist Fellowship program that offers flexible, two-year grants to support the creative development of early-career generative artists in the state of Minnesota and the five boroughs of New York City. Artists may apply individually or together with other members of ongoing collectives or ensembles.

The Jerome Foundation makes a distinction between generative artists (those artists responsible for artistic control in generating entirely new work, including writers, choreographers, film directors, visual artists, composers, playwrights, etc.) and interpretive artists (those who interpret or execute the work created by others, including actors, editors, dramaturgs, singers, dancers, musicians, designers, etc.). The Foundation recognizes that some artists do both generative and interpretive work. Nevertheless, the Fellowship program supports only those artists with a significant history of generative work.

All eligible applicants must have a history of making and presenting new work to the public beyond student work (if the applicant has pursued formal training). While an applicant’s past projects are reviewed as part of the selection process, the program’s primary focus is supporting an artist’s future potential through the creation of new work or activities that support professional development and/or career advancement.

The Foundation will make 10 grants in each of six categories:

Dance
Literature (fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry)
·Media—including Film, Video and Digital Production (documentary, narrative, animation, or experimental) and New Media (artistic work that is computational and distributed digitally, in the form of websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds, computer games, human-computer interface or interactive computer installations)
Music
Theater, Performance and Spoken Word
Visual arts

Artists whose work spans multiple disciplines may request to be reviewed in two different disciplines. The Foundation reserves the right, however, to direct such applications to a single panel.

AWARD: Each fellow will receive $20,000 per year for two consecutive years, making the total cash award $40,000 over the two-year period. Individual artists may petition the Foundation to reduce the award amount but must present specific, compelling reasons to do so. Artists applying as part of a collective or ensemble will share one $20,000 per year award.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Application Period: Now through May 8, 2018 at 4pm Central / 5pm Eastern Time
Notification of grant awards: By April 15, 2019
Earliest Date to Receive Funds: May 8, 2019

jeromefdn.org/apply/artist-fellowship

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POETRY -- MARCH 2018

February 28, 2018

SUMMER WORKSHOP

Tin House

Tin House editors and guest agents are available to meet individually with students throughout the week.

For students who have completed a collection of stories or poems, a memoir, or a novel, one-on-one mentorships are available with select faculty and staff for an additional fee.

All classrooms, readings, panel presentations, dining and reception areas are within walking distance from the dormitories.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Short Fiction/Nonfiction - One writing sample of no more than 5,000 words.
Novel - One excerpt (from the project you will be workshopping from) of no more than 5,000 words.
Poetry - Up to four poems.

If you have been accepted into a Tin House workshop previously, please do not apply with the same application material. You are free to excerpt from the same project.

Please do not apply with published material. However, it is acceptable to apply with work that is out for submission.

If accepted, you will have the opportunity to switch your manuscript.

APPLICATION PERIOD: March 1 – April 29, 2018

tinhouse.com/summer-workshop/

CREATIVE WRITING FELLOWSHIPS

National Endowment for the Arts

INFO: The National Endowment for the Arts 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 only criteria for review are artistic excellence and artistic merit. To review the applications, the National Endowment for the Arts assembles a different advisory panel every year, each diverse with regard to geography, race and ethnicity, and artistic points of view.

The National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships program operates on a two-year cycle with fellowships in prose and poetry available in alternating years. For FY 2019, which is covered by these guidelines, fellowships in poetry are available. Fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) will be offered in FY 2020 and guidelines will be available in January 2019.

Competition for fellowships is extremely rigorous. We typically receive more than 1,000 applications each year in this category and award fellowships to fewer than 5% of applicants. You should consider carefully whether your work will be competitive at the national level.

DEADLINE: March 7, 2018, no later than 11:59pm

Do not expect notification of awards and rejections before December 2018. Their support of a project may begin any time between January 1, 2019, and January 1, 2020, and extend for up to two years.

arts.gov/grants-individuals/creative-writing-fellowships/grant-program-description

KUNDIMAN POETRY PRIZE

INFO: The Kundiman Poetry Prize is dedicated to publishing exceptional work by Asian American poets at any stage of their career.

Manuscripts must be typed, paginated, and 50 – 70 pages in length. Individual poems from the manuscript may have been previously published in magazines, anthologies, or chapbooks of less than 25 pages, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Translations and self-published books are not eligible.

SUBMISSION FEE: $28

AWARD: Winner receives $1,000 and book publication with Tupelo Press.

DEADLINE: March 15, 2018

kundiman.org/prize/

THE 2018 ELIZA SO FELLOWSHIP

Submittable

INFO: Submittable is thrilled to announce the second annual Eliza So Fellowship, in partnership with The Writer’s Block and Plympton. This month-long residency in Las Vegas will offer award recipients time and solitude to help them finish a book that is already in progress. The program’s inaugural fellow was Melissa Sipin in 2017.

The 2018 fellowships will include room and board at The Writer’s Block, along with a $500 food stipend and $400 toward travel. They are pleased to expand the program this year to offer two residencies between September and December, and awarded in the following categories:

The Eliza So Fellowship for Immigrant Writers
The Eliza So Fellowship for Montana Indigenous Writers

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

You have a novel, collection of stories, memoir, or other prose work (fiction, nonfiction or hybrid) in progress (100 pages minimum) or poetry collection in progress (30 pages minimum)
You are either: a) A US immigrant (documented or undocumented), b) An indigenous writer with significant ties to Montana (either you are from Montana, live in Montana currently, or have another significant affiliation with Montana).

IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline: March 25, 2018
Results Announced: June 1, 2018

blog.submittable.com/2017/12/the-2018-eliza-so-fellowship/

2018 CAVE CANEM POETRY PRIZE

Cave Canem

INFO: The Cave Canem Poetry Prize is dedicated to the discovery of exceptional manuscripts by Black poets.

AWARD: Winner receives $1,000, publication by Graywolf Press in fall 2019, 15 copies of the book and a feature reading.

SUBMISSION FEE: $20

DEADLINE: March 30, 2018 at 11:59 EST

cavecanem.submittable.com/submit/106029/2018-cave-canem-poetry-prize

2018 LATIN@ SHOLARSHIP

The Frost Place

INFO: This scholarship is designed to encourage the Latin@ voice in poetry and the literary arts, both at The Frost Place and in the broader literary community. The winner will receive a full fellowship to attend the Conference on Poetry at The Frost Place, July 8 - 14, 2018, including tuition, room, board, and travel.

The Latin@ Scholarship at The Frost Place will be selected by a small panel of readers who are committed to furthering the Latin@ voice in poetry. The winning recipient will be selected solely based on the merit of his/her work, and responses to the application questions. The candidate’s selection will not be determined based on gender, immigration status, or any other biases.

The ideal applicant would self-identify as Latin@, would have a strong commitment to the Latin@ community, and be a minimum of 21 years of age.

Applications consist of a completed form, the contact information of two references, and a sample of 3 - 5 poems.

DEADLINE: March 31, 2018

thefrostplace.submittable.com/submit/98389/2018-latin-scholarship

2018 GRACE PALEY TEACHING FELLOWSHIP

New School

The Fellow works closely with the Director of First-Year Writing and other faculty to discuss pedagogy, grading, and assessment (including student preparedness for more advanced writing courses).

The Grace Paley Teaching Fellowship is open to writers in any genre (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, drama) whose work demonstrates a concern for social justice.

AWARD: The Fellowship offers a $25,000 stipend and is located in New York City.

DEADLINE: April 1, 2018

portfolio.newschool.edu/firstyearwriting/2017/12/15/2018-grace-paley-teaching-fellowship/

ARTIST FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The Jerome Foundation

The Foundation will make 10 grants in each of six categories:

Dance
Literature (fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry)
·Media—including Film, Video and Digital Production (documentary, narrative, animation, or experimental) and New Media (artistic work that is computational and distributed digitally, in the form of websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds, computer games, human-computer interface or interactive computer installations)
Music
Theater, Performance and Spoken Word
Visual arts

Artists whose work spans multiple disciplines may request to be reviewed in two different disciplines. The Foundation reserves the right, however, to direct such applications to a single panel.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Application Period: Now through May 8, 2018 at 4pm Central / 5pm Eastern Time
Notification of grant awards: By April 15, 2019
Earliest Date to Receive Funds: May 8, 2019

jeromefdn.org/apply/artist-fellowship

POETRY -- FEBRUARY 2018

January 31, 2018

ANISFIELD-WOLF FELLOWSHIP IN WRITING & PUBLISHING

Cleveland State University Poetry Center

INFO: The Cleveland State University Poetry Center is accepting applications for the Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship in Writing & Publishing, a two-year post-graduate fellowship that offers an emerging writer time to work toward a first or second book and an opportunity to gain experience in editing, publishing, literary programming, and outreach in collaboration with the staff of the CSU Poetry Center.

The CSU Poetry Center is a 55+-year-old independent nonprofit press that publishes 3–5 books of contemporary poetry, prose, and translation each year. The Poetry Center also hosts the Lighthouse Reading Series and serves as a teaching lab for undergraduate and graduate students at Cleveland State University and within the Northeast Ohio MFA program. The Fellow will be a two-year employee of the CSU English department. The salary is $40,000 per year with health insurance and benefits.

The fellowship will encompass two academic-year (9-month) residencies of 30 hours per week, divided between writing, work at the CSU Poetry Center, and an outreach project of the Fellow’s own design. Poetry Center work will include reviewing submissions, attending editorial meetings, and assisting with Center contests. Possible outreach projects include (but are not limited to): developing an anthology incorporating authors from an underrepresented community; organizing community writing workshops; developing a reading series to engage previously underserved communities; or working with a local organization involved in education, social justice, and the literary arts. The project should be designed and completed in the two years in which the Fellow is in residence. It is expected that this work will further engage an already enthusiastic writing community at Cleveland State University and throughout Cleveland. Additional professional development opportunities for the Fellow will include participation in Cleveland Book Week and public readings of their work for the Cleveland literary community.

This fellowship is named for and supported by the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which honor literature that promotes equity and social justice and are administered through the Cleveland Foundation. Through the creation of this fellowship, Anisfield-Wolf and the CSU Poetry Center hope to support writers from backgrounds and with perspectives historically underrepresented in publishing and creative writing programming. By providing editorial experience and opportunities at a literary press, the fellowship also aims to help address the longstanding lack of diversity in the U.S. publishing workforce.

Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935 in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion for social justice and the rich diversity of human cultures. Founded with a focus on combating racism in America, the Anisfield-Wolf Awards today maintain that commitment to equity and justice in an expanded, global context. Recent winners, for example, have also addressed religious identity, immigrant experiences, LGBTQ+ history, and the lives of people with disabilities.

DEADLINE: February 1, 2017

csupoetrycenter.com/news-1/2017/12/13/anisfield-wolf-fellowship-in-writing-publishing

U.S.-JAPAN CREATIVE ARTISTS EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIPS

Japan-United States Friendship Commission

INFO: The Japan U.S. Friendship Commission offers leading contemporary and traditional artists from the United States the opportunity to spend three to five months in Japan through the U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Program. Artists go as seekers, as cultural visionaries, and as living liaisons to the traditional and contemporary cultural life of Japan. They also go as connectors who share knowledge and bring back knowledge. Their interaction with the Japanese public and the outlook they bring home provide exceptional opportunities to promote cultural understanding between the United States and Japan.

Since 1978, the Japan-US Friendship Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) have worked with the Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan and the International House of Japan (I-House) to organize the United States-Japan Creative Artists’ Program. Each year five leading U.S.-based artists, representing all genres, are selected from the United States and are provided funding to spend three months in Japan.

This residency program allows the artists to research and experience both the traditional and contemporary artistic milieu of Japan. Artists are free to live anywhere in the country to pursue activities of greatest relevance to their creative process. While many artists chose to remain in Tokyo, others live in Kyoto or other cities, and still others work in rural settings or travel around the countryside. The International House of Japan provides in-depth orientation materials, expert advice and professional contacts, as well as logistical support during the residency period.

Primary Eligibility:

Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
Candidates must live and work professionally primarily in the United States.
Candidates must be professional creative artists (contemporary or traditional) working as: architects, choreographers, composers, creative writers, designers, media artists, playwrights, librettists, visual artists and solo theater artists who work with original material (including puppeteers, and performance artists). For additional eligibility requirements, please click here.

AWARD: A grant award of $20,000 for three months, and $28,000 for up to five months will be provided to each artist to cover housing, living and professional expenses. Artists will be responsible for converting their U.S. Dollar award into Japanese Yen. The Commission will also provide grantees up to $2,000 to cover the cost of their round-trip transportation to Japan.

DEADLINE: February 1, 2018 at 11:59 EST

jusfc.gov/creative-artists-programs/

CREATIVE WRITING FELLOWSHIP

Luminarts

INFO: The Creative Writing Fellowship awards five $5,000 Luminarts Fellowships for excellence in creative writing in the categories or prose and poetry. Applicants submit a two-page written piece (either a stand-alone piece or an excerpt of a larger piece such as a novel or short story). Entries are submitted and reviewed by an initial panel of jurors. Once reviewed, all top entries go to the final juror panel and the winners are selected. Jurors are comprised of professional authors, novelists, and poets, literary contributors, publishers, editors, journalists and media contributors.

Fellowship applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 30, live within 150 miles of the Chicago Loop, and be enrolled in, or graduated from, a degree program, or other professional artist development program.

DEADLINE: February 9, 2018

luminarts.org/creative-writing-opportunities

ARTISTS RESIDENCY

Mineral School

INFO: Mineral School is an artists residency located in a former 1947 elementary school near Mt. Rainier, in Mineral, Washington. During summer 2018, we're offering three two-week residency periods to 8 writers of poetry and prose and 4 visual artists, providing accepted applicants with space and time to create new work without the interruptions of normal life and with the bonus of healthy meals prepared by culinary volunteers using locally-grown organic food whenever possible. During September 2018, we'll offer a one-week residency to 4 writers who are parents of children under 18.

Each resident will live in an 800-square foot former classroom that offers peekaboo views of Mineral Lake and Mt. Rainier, and that will double as their writing studio, with desk and chair, lighting, bookcase, and lots of chalkboards. Visual artist residents will be offered space to work outside of their classrooms (unless they wish to work in their medium in the room where they sleep). The school building has bathrooms with showers. Residents are served all meals and snacks daily and have the opportunity to share work with the public. Mineral features a swimmable fishing lake and boat rentals, a bar, a bed and breakfast, a general store, churches, a post office, and more deer than people. It's 25 minutes by car to Mt. Rainier National Park.

Visiting authors and artists: During each two-week residency, resident alumnae will visit and present work and bring with them a special guest artist they've chosen to introduce to Mineral. Additionally, during June's residency there will be a free musical event onsite on the last night, Saturday, June 30, by the Portland band Swimfish.

Resident presentations: If they wish, residents can share with one another and the public at our monthly residents' "show and tell" held during residency. These presentations are held after dinner in our library/multi-purpose room.

Notification will be given at least two months before the residency period for which you've applied. Residency sessions are held during the following time periods.

Two-week residency periods for 2018:

June 17-July 1
July 15-July 29
August 19-September 2

One-week parents' residency

September 15-September 23

DEADLINE: February 15, 2018

mineralschool.submittable.com/submit

CALL FOR SUBMISSION: ISSUE 3

The Shanghai Literary Review

INFO: The Shanghai Literary Review accepts submissions for web and print on a rolling basis. They are interested in art and criticism about urbanism, globalism, identity, and transnationalism, though by no means should submissions be limited to those topics. Selected works will be published in print, and with a delay, also online. They strongly urge submitters to check out their TSLR Online section on this site or view back issues of the magazine to get a sense of what they are looking for.

They publish:

Fiction - less than 5,000 words
Poetry - 2 poems submission limit per person
Nonfiction & Essay - less than 5,000 words
Flash Fiction or Nonfiction - less than 500 words
Visual Art - photography, video, photo essay, collage, painting, sketch, etc.
Translation - translation into English of any poetry, essay or short fiction from Asia, or vice versa, along with the original text
Book Review - pitch book review ideas to us, on fiction or non-fiction from or about Asia

DEADLINE: February 15, 2018

hshanghailiterary.com/submissions/

MACONDO WRITERS WORKSHOP

INFO: The Macondo Workshop is a master’s level workshop, meaning that participants are expected to be established writers capable of reviewing each other’s work with compassionate rigor and vision. In 2018 we will hold three workshops, which meet for four days, three hours each day. We will have fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry workshops. Maximum number of participants in each workshop is 12.

In addition to the morning workshops, afternoon/early evening seminars, open to everyone, give Macondistas a chance to discuss artistic, political, publishing, and other topics related to writing. Events planned throughout the week provide opportunities for Macondistas to visit, get to know each other, and exchange ideas. A large, open mic gathering on one of the evenings brings us all together to read our work and enjoy the company of the larger community. Sandra Cisneros will conduct a fundraiser reading to support the Macondo Writers Workshop on one evening between July 25 and 28.

Texas A&M University-San Antonio has generously offered classroom and performance space and housing in its residence halls at a reduced rate, along with sponsorship of the Welcome Dinner, Final Breakfast, and other services to Macondo participants. We are grateful to University President, Dr. Cindy Teniente-Matson and her wonderful faculty, staff, and students for their commitment to ensuring a successful Macondo workshop.

FEES / TUITION:

Application Fee: $25
Tuition: $500 tuition, plus additional cost for five nights’ accommodations either arranged on your own or in campus residence halls at a reduced rate. (Actual cost for residence hall accommodations is not expected to exceed $200 for five nights.)

IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline: February 16, 2018
Notification: by March 31, 2018
Welcome Dinner: July 24, 2018
Workshops: July 25 – 28, 2018
Farewell Breakfast: July 29, 2018

lizgonzalez.com/pages/macondo.html

2018 AWARD SERIES

Association of Writers & Writing Programs

INFO: AWP’s 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 Award Series conducts an evaluation process of writers, for writers, by writers. AWP hires a staff of “screeners” who are themselves writers; the screeners review manuscripts for the judges. Typically, the screeners will select ten manuscripts in each genre for each judge’s final evaluations.

Eligibility Requirements

Only book-length manuscripts are eligible. The Award Series deﬁnes “book-length” as:

Poetry: 48 pages minimum text;
Short story or creative nonﬁction collection: 150–300 manuscript pages; and
Novel: at least 60,000 words.

Poems and stories 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 acknowledgements should accompany your manuscript.

The AWP Award Series is open to all authors writing original works in English for adult readers. Mixed-genre manuscripts cannot be accepted. Criticism and scholarly monographs are not acceptable for creative nonﬁction, which the Award Series deﬁnes as factual and literary writing that has the narrative, dramatic, meditative, and lyrical elements of novels, plays, poetry, and memoir.

AWARDS:

Donald Hall Prize for Poetry
$5,500
Judge: Ross A. Gay
Publication from the University of Pittsburgh Press

Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction

$5,500
Judge: Kelly Link
Publication from the University of Massachusetts Press

AWP Prize for the Novel

$2,500
Judge: Paula McLain
Publication from New Issues Press

AWP Prize for Creative Nonﬁction

$2,500
Judge: TBA
Publication from the University of Georgia Press

DEADLINE: February 28, 2018

awpwriter.org/contests/awp_award_series_overview

SELF-PUBLISHING LITERARY AWARDS

Black Caucus of the American Library Association

INFO: The Black Caucus of ALA (BCALA) honors the best self-published ebooks by an African American author in the U.S. in the following genres: Fiction and Poetry. The judging committee will be comprised of a BCALA-appointed panel. They will select one winner in each genre.

PRIZES:

Each genre prize winner shall receive: $500.00.
Two (2) $500.00 awards: one for adult fiction, one for adult poetry;
Formal recognition at the Black Caucus of ALA Literary Awards;
BCALA Literary Award Seal to use in marketing.

DEADLINE: February 28, 2018

bcala.org/e-book-award/

THE 2018 ELIZA SO FELLOWSHIP

Submittable

The Eliza So Fellowship for Immigrant Writers
The Eliza So Fellowship for Montana Indigenous Writers

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

You have a novel, collection of stories, memoir, or other prose work (fiction, nonfiction or hybrid) in progress (100 pages minimum) or poetry collection in progress (30 pages minimum)
You are either: a) A US immigrant (documented or undocumented), b) An indigenous writer with significant ties to Montana (either you are from Montana, live in Montana currently, or have another significant affiliation with Montana).

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission Period: Through March 25, 2018
Results Announced: June 1, 2018

blog.submittable.com/2017/12/the-2018-eliza-so-fellowship/

ARTIST FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The Jerome Foundation

The Foundation will make 10 grants in each of six categories:

Dance
Literature (fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry)
·Media—including Film, Video and Digital Production (documentary, narrative, animation, or experimental) and New Media (artistic work that is computational and distributed digitally, in the form of websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds, computer games, human-computer interface or interactive computer installations)
Music
Theater, Performance and Spoken Word
Visual arts

Artists whose work spans multiple disciplines may request to be reviewed in two different disciplines. The Foundation reserves the right, however, to direct such applications to a single panel.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Application Period: Now through May 8, 2018 at 4pm Central / 5pm Eastern Time
Notification of grant awards: By April 15, 2019
Earliest Date to Receive Funds: May 8, 2019

jeromefdn.org/apply/artist-fellowship

POETRY - JANUARY 2018

December 31, 2017

THE 2018 ELIZA SO FELLOWSHIP

Submittable

The Eliza So Fellowship for Immigrant Writers
The Eliza So Fellowship for Montana Indigenous Writers

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

You have a novel, collection of stories, memoir, or other prose work (fiction, nonfiction or hybrid) in progress (100 pages minimum) or poetry collection in progress (30 pages minimum)
You are either: a) A US immigrant (documented or undocumented), b) An indigenous writer with significant ties to Montana (either you are from Montana, live in Montana currently, or have another significant affiliation with Montana).

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission Period: January 1 - March 25, 2018
Results Announced: June 1, 2018

blog.submittable.com/2017/12/the-2018-eliza-so-fellowship/

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Rigorous

INFO: Rigorous is an online journal highlighting the works of authors, artists, critics, and educators of color. They publish fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, visual art, sound art, audiovisual art and movies, cartoons, and any other artistic creations by people of color. They accept all genres, and have a particular affinity for science fiction, superheroes, and other “geek” genres.

They seek essays on the personal experiences of people of color and interviews with interesting people of color. They seek critical analysis of art by people of color. They are especially interested in stories about and by educators of color, and the experience of teaching the works of people of color.

Rigorous is edited by Rosalyn Spencer and Kenyatta JP Garcia, with Associate Editor Carla Williams.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline: January 5, 2018
Issue Released: January 20, 2018

rigorous.submittable.com/submit

DISCOVERY / BOSTON REVIEW 2017 POETrY CONTEST

92Y

INFO: For over 60 years 92Y’s Discovery Contest has launched the careers of major poets like John Ashbery, Lucille Clifton, Mark Strand, Mary Jo Bang and Solmaz Sharif, to name but a few. Will you be next?

AWARD: Four winners receive a reading at 92Y, publication in Boston Review, a two-night residency at the ACE Hotel and $500 each.

DEADLINE: January 12, 2018 at 5pm

92y.org/uptown/tisch-center-for-the-arts/unterberg-poetry-center/discovery-boston-review-poetry-contest

Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize

University of Notre Dame Press

INFO: The Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize supports the publication of a first full-length book of poems by a Latinx poet.

AWARD: The winning poet will receive $1000 and a contract from University of Notre Dame Press. Upon publication of the winning book, Letras Latinas will extend an invitation to both the winner and the judge to give a joint reading at Notre Dame.

ENTRY FEE: $0

DEADLINE: January 15, 2018

latinostudies.nd.edu/institute-initiatives/letras-latinas/andres-montoya-poetry-prize/

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Serendipity

INFO: Submissions for the annual print issue of Serendipity are open. They are particularly interested in work that grapples with the intersections of race, gender, disability, and sexuality in our current socio-political climate. LGBTQ women of color are strongly encouraged to submit.

Please do not submit if you do not identify as a person of color.

Serendipity is a literary journal specializing in poetry, prose, and art that engages with issues of race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, and intersecting identities. They seek work that explores, celebrates, and interrogates all aspects of our identities; and work that delights and beguiles our readerly sensibilities. They are an online semi-annual, (Winter and Summer), and an annual print publication featuring fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Our goal is to publish exciting work that amplifies marginalized voices, particularly that of same-gender loving women of color.

They accept prose submissions under 5,000 words and no more than three (3) poems, in either .doc or .docx format. Please use 12pt font, 1-inch margins, and number your pages. Include your last name, genre, and title of the work in the header.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2018

serendipitylitmag.org/submit/

KUNDIMAN ANNUAL RETREAT

INFO: In order to help mentor the next generation of Asian American writers, Kundiman sponsors an annual Retreat in partnership with Fordham University. During the Retreat, nationally renowned Asian American poets and writers conduct Master Classes and manuscript consultations with fellows. Readings, writing circles and informal social gatherings are also scheduled. Through this Retreat, Kundiman hopes to provide a safe and instructive environment that identifies and addresses the unique challenges faced by emerging Asian American writers. This five-day Retreat takes place from Wednesday to Sunday. Workshops will not exceed six students.

A nationally renowned Asian American writer facilitates each Master Class workshop. Fellows are assigned a home group for the duration of the retreat and the faculty rotates in the workshopping of each home group. The Kundiman Retreat is generative in nature and so Master Classes are focused on new work that is written at the Retreat. Master Classes include a craft talk, readings and prompts / exercises to generate this new work. Poetry fellows will receive a manuscript consultation on a 10 page manuscript. Fiction fellows will receive a manuscript consultation on a 15 page manuscript. Our hope is that fellows are able to forge a deeper relationship to their artistic process and are able to encounter their work with renewed focus and energy.

LOCATION: The Kundiman Retreat is held at Fordham University's beautiful Rose Hill Campus located in the Bronx, NYC.

ELIGIBILITY: The Retreat is open to anyone who self-identifies as Asian American.

FEES:

The non-refundable tuition fee is $375. Room and board provided free to accepted fellows.
The application fee is $25.

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline: January 15, 2018
Retreat: June 20 - 24, 2018

kundiman.org/retreat/

LETRAS LATINAS / RED HEN POETRY PRIZE

INFO: Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize support the publication of a second or third full-length book of poems by a Latinx poet.

AWARD: The winning poet will receive $1000, a contract from Red Hen Press. Upon publication of the winning book, Letras Latinas will make every effort to secure invitations to read in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C.

ENTRY FEE: $0

DEADLINE: January 15, 2018

latinostudies.nd.edu/institute-initiatives/letras-latinas/letras-latinas-red-hen-poetry-prize/

2ND ANNUAL YEMASSEE JOURNAL CHAPBOOK CONTEST

INFO: Yemassee is accepting entries for its 2017 Writing Prizes, including the 2017 Chapbook Contest. The author of the winning poetry chapbook will receive $1000 and 25 copies of their chapbook. Author input on cover art will be considered. The editors will select ten finalists and pass those submissions on to the guest judge. The ten finalists will receive acknowledgment.

ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS: To enter, submit one chapbook with 20-26 pages of poetry (title page, dedication, etc. does not count). An entry fee of $22 must accompany each entry.

DISCOUNTED SUBSCRIPTED: Entries accompanied by $25 also qualify the submitter for a one-year subscription to Yemassee. Please select the appropriate fee category.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2018

yemasseejournal.com/chapbook-prize/

2018 YEMASSEE JOURNAL POETRY CONTEST

INFO: Yemassee is now accepting entries for its 2017 Writing Prizes, including the 2017 Poetry Contest. The author of the winning poem will receive $750 and publication in Yemassee 24.2. The editors will select ten finalists and pass those poems on to the guest judge. The ten finalists will receive acknowledgment and all entries will be considered for publication in an upcoming issue of Yemassee.

ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS: To enter, submit up to three pieces of unpublished poetry. An entry fee of $17 must accompany each entry.

DISCOUNTED SUBSCRIPTION: Entries accompanied by $20 qualify the submitter for a one-year subscription to Yemassee. Please select the appropriate fee category.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2018

yemasseejournal.com/poetry-contest/

HELENE WURLITZER FOUNDATION RETREAT

INFO: The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico provides residency grants to people who specialize in the creative arts. The foundation accepts applications from and offers residency grants to painters, poets, sculptors, writers, playwrights, screenwriters, composers, photographers and filmmakers, of national and international origin.

The Foundation offers three months of rent-free and utility-paid housing to grantees. Our eleven guest houses, or casitas, are fully furnished and provide residents with a peaceful setting in which to pursue their creative endeavors.

The HWF also provides academic scholarships to graduating high school seniors pursuing degrees in the creative arts.

The Foundation offers three sessions a year:
• Session 1 (mid January - mid April)
• Session 2 (June - mid August)
• Session 3 (early September - early December)

What is included in the residency?

The HWF grants rent-free and utility-paid housing on the foundation campus, providing artists with their own fully furnished home and a peaceful setting in which to pursue their creative endeavors. The HWF places no expectations or requirements on the artists in residence; It is the gift of time and space. In addition to the casitas, the HWF campus includes the Commons House w/ wi-fi, Library, The Main House, and laundry facilities. Residents are responsible for their own food and transportation, although the Foundation does provide bicycles for artists in residence.

What artistic disciplines are eligible for a residency grant?

Visual artists: painters, illustrators, photographers, sculptors, filmmakers, ceramicists
Literary artists: writers, poets, playwrights & screenwriters
Music composers and songwriters

Literary artists must submit hard-copy work samples. Include a cover sheet containing your contact info and table of contents, but please omit names and contact info on the writing samples themselves.

Writers: samples should not exceed 35 double-spaced pages
Poets: a maximum of six poems.
Playwrights: include one complete play.
Screenwriters: include one complete screenplay.

APPLICATION FEE: $25

DEADLINE: January 18, 2018

wurlitzerfoundation.org/apply

WORKSPACE 2018-2019

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

INFO: Workspace is a nine-month studio residency program that focuses on creative practice development for emerging artists working across all disciplines, LMCC’s Workspace program offers space for experimentation and dialogue with peers and arts professionals, as well as career-advancement opportunities. Workspace encourages creative risk-taking, collaboration, learning and skill-sharing at a critical early stage of an artist’s career and serves between 15 and 20 individuals or collaborative groups annually. Emerging visual artists, performing artists, and writers working in all media and genres are eligible to apply.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Application Deadline: Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 5:00pm
Residency: September 2018 – May 2019

lmcc.net/program/workspace/?mc_cid=6b45a54c82&mc_eid=2bec2fd1bc

ANAPHORA WRITING RESIDENCY

Otis College of Art and Design

INFO: Anaphora Writing Residency is a ten-day program, designed exclusively for writers of color. The residency will provide genre-specific workshops in fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Workshops are held with small groups that meet five or six times throughout the residency. Faculty will also be available for consultation sessions. The residency will feature lectures by faculty, visiting writers, and other guests; roundtable discussions on topics about the literary and publishing industry; a keynote address; pitch madness sessions; and different networking opportunities with fellow writers and professionals from the publishing industry. Participants will also have the opportunity give and attend readings, as well as participate in field trips to local museums and art galleries in Los Angeles. Participants who are also visual artists may have the opportunity to sign up for a master class with the critic-in-residence.

The fee to attend the residency is $3,000, which includes room and board. Notifications will be sent out via email in early March. A $350 deposit fee is required to secure your spot in the residency after notifications go out and the full balance is due in early May.

A limited number of fellowships are available based on merit and financial need; six partial fellowships ($1,500 each), and two full fellowships ($3,000 each) will be available. Additionally, Anaphora Literary Arts will support two partial fellowships ($1,500 each). Fellowships do not provide a travel stipend. If you would like to be considered for a fellowship, please submit your application by the priority deadline, January 15, 2018.

APPLICATION FEE: $20

IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline: January 31, 2018
Residency: May 31 – June 9, 2018

Participants must apply by the priority deadline of January 15, 2018 to be considered for fellowships.

otis.edu/anaphora-writing-residency

HURSTON / WRIGHT COLLEGE WRITERS AWARD

The Zora Neale Hurston / Richard Wright Foundation

INFO: The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation is proud to host the annual Hurston/Wright Awards for College Writers, which is the only award of its kind that recognizes Black college writers. The award is the foundation’s first program. It was initiated to support emerging Black artists in fiction and poetry enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate school program anywhere in the United States.

Submissions will be judged by distinguished published authors in fiction and poetry. Writers will be notified in March whether their submissions were accepted or not accepted. Awards, which include a cash prize, will be announced in May. Award winners will be invited to attend the Legacy Award ceremony that is hosted in October in Washington, DC.

ENTRY FEE: $25

DEADLINE: January 31, 2018

https://hurstonwrightfoundation.submittable.com/submit

ANISFIELD-WOLF FELLOWSHIP IN WRITING & PUBLISHING

Cleveland State University Poetry Center

DEADLINE: February 1, 2017

csupoetrycenter.com/news-1/2017/12/13/anisfield-wolf-fellowship-in-writing-publishing

U.S.-JAPAN CREATIVE ARTISTS EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIPS

Japan-United States Friendship Commission

Primary Eligibility:

Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
Candidates must live and work professionally primarily in the United States.
Candidates must be professional creative artists (contemporary or traditional) working as: architects, choreographers, composers, creative writers, designers, media artists, playwrights, librettists, visual artists and solo theater artists who work with original material (including puppeteers, and performance artists). For additional eligibility requirements, please click here.

DEADLINE: February 1, 2018 at 11:59 EST

jusfc.gov/creative-artists-programs/

ARTIST FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The Jerome Foundation

The Foundation will make 10 grants in each of six categories:

Dance
Literature (fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry)
·Media—including Film, Video and Digital Production (documentary, narrative, animation, or experimental) and New Media (artistic work that is computational and distributed digitally, in the form of websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds, computer games, human-computer interface or interactive computer installations)
Music
Theater, Performance and Spoken Word
Visual arts

Artists whose work spans multiple disciplines may request to be reviewed in two different disciplines. The Foundation reserves the right, however, to direct such applications to a single panel.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Application Period: Now through May 8, 2018 at 4pm Central / 5pm Eastern Time
Notification of grant awards: By April 15, 2019
Earliest Date to Receive Funds: May 8, 2019

jeromefdn.org/apply/artist-fellowship

IPOEM

Narrative

INFO: An iPoem is a short poem that will fit within no more than two screens on the iPhone. An iPoem may be up to 150 words long. However, they favor iPoems that can be read in a single screen, which would be a poem of about forty words, allowing space for title and byline.

Just as the advent of the typewriter both limited and enhanced the form of poetry, the new media are making an impact on the form and how readers experience it. So, without establishing specific formal criteria for the iPoem, other than length, they are nonetheless interested in seeing works that indicate the poet’s awareness of how the new media affect, for instance, the line in poetry. They favor works that demonstrate an awareness of and interest in prosody.

AWARD: $50 for each iPoem accepted for publication.

SUBMISSION FEE: There is a $20 fee for each submission. A submission may include up to four iPoems. With your submission, you’ll receive three months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage.

narrativemagazine.com/iPoem

POETRY - DECEMBER 2017

December 5, 2017

2018 CHAPBOOK PROGRAM

The Center for Book Arts

INFO: The Center for Book Arts invites submissions to its annual Poetry Chapbook Program by December 15, 2017. The selected manuscript will be determined in May 2018 and will be awarded with the publication of a beautifully designed, letterpress-printed, limited-edition chapbook printed and bound by artists at the Center for Book Arts. The edition is limited to 100 signed and numbered copies, 10 of which are reserved for the author and the remainder of which will be offered for sale through the Center. The selected poet will also receive a cash award of $500 and a $500 honorarium for a reading, to be held at the Center in the fall of 2018, as well as an exclusive opportunity for a week long stay at the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, New York as one of their Winter Shakers. This year’s curators will be Natasha Trethewey, 19th Poet Laureate of the United States (2012-2014).

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Please submit a collection or sequence of original poems or a single long poem not to exceed 450 lines or 21 pages (no translations are accepted). The author’s name should not appear anywhere in the manuscript. Please provide a table of contents and a separate acknowledgements page containing prior magazine or anthology publication of individual poems at the end of the manuscript. Please note that the 450 lines or 21-page limit does not include acknowledgements pages.

APPLICATION FEE: $30

DEADLINE: December 15, 2017

POETRY -- NOVEMBER 2017

November 1, 2017

CALL FOR SUBMISSION

Yale Younger Poets

INFO: The Yale Series of Younger Poets is seeking submissions for its 2017 competition. This contest champions the most promising new American poets. The winning poetry manuscript will be selected by the series’ current judge, critically acclaimed poet Carl Phillips, to be published by Yale University Press in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. The competition is open to emerging poets who have not previously published a book of poetry and who reside in the United States.

APPLICATION FEE: $25

DEADLINE: November 15, 2017

youngerpoets.org

EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY POETRY PRIZE

The Tishman Review

INFO: Send up to five poems per entry. There is no line-limit. Poems may be any length, any style, or any subject. Multiple entries by a single poet are accepted, however each group of five poems must be treated as a separate entry, each with its own cover sheet.

Judged by Major Jackson

Winner and accepted for publication entries will be announced by January 30th and published in the January issue.

ENTRY FEE: $15

AWARD: $500

DEADLINE: November 15, 2017

thetishmanreview.com/contests/

TWF POETRY Contest

Tennessee Williams Festival

INFO: The contest is open to emerging writers who have not yet published a book of poetry with an ISBN number. Please submit work that has not won other prizes or contests (even if poems were unpublished).

ENTRY FEE: $15

AWARD:

$1,000
VIP All-Access Pass ($600 value) for the Festival
Publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine
Public reading at the next Festival

· The top nine finalists will receive a panel pass ($75 value) to the Festival. Their names will be published on this site.

DEADLINE: November 15, 2017

tennesseewilliamsfestival.submittable.com/submit/42271/twf-poetry-contest

30 BELOW CONTEST

Narrative Magazine

INFO: Narrative invites all writers and poets between eighteen and thirty years old to send their best work. Works of prose and of poetry, including short stories, all poetic forms, novel excerpts, essays, memoirs, and excerpts from book-length nonfiction. Prose submissions must not exceed 15,000 words. Each poetry submission may contain up to five poems. The poems should all be contained in a single file.

AWARDS:

First Prize: $1,500
Second Prize: $750
Third Prize: $300
Up to ten finalists will receive $100 each

SUBMISSION FEE: $24 fee for each entry (includes three months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage).

DEADLINE: November 19, 2017

http://www.narrativemagazine.com/node/382367

2018-19 WRITING FELLOWSHIP

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

INFO: The Fine Arts Work Center awards seven-month Writing Fellowships to five poets and five fiction writers each year from October 1 through April 30.

Applications will either be sent to our Fiction Jury or our Poetry Jury. Those whose works fall between those two categories or employ both may also apply; however, all applicants must either choose "Fiction" or "Poetry" on the application form. Writers applying in more than one genre must submit separate applications, including a non-refundable processing fee for each genre.

The Fine Arts Work Center actively seeks applicants from all backgrounds, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, disability, HIV status, or veteran status.

AWARD: Writing Fellows are provided with a private, furnished apartment and a monthly stipend of $750. Fellows are required to remain in residence at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, during the seven-month Fellowship.

SUBMISSION FEE: $50

DEADLINE: December 1, 2017

web.fawc.org/writers

Tupelo Press Anthology of Indigenous Writing

INFO: The editors at Tupelo Press are excited to begin reviewing submissions for an anthology of contemporary Indigenous poetry. This book will feature a selection of poems from each contributor, alongside an original essay on craft or aesthetics, as well as a chosen influential text with which the poet’s work enters into dialogue. The influential text is an occasion for each poet to articulate their own literary genealogy and acknowledge the history of Indigenous writing. The result will be a transcendent, wholly new offering of inter-generational writing by Indigenous poets.

To submit, please send the following items via our online submission manager:

A selection of 5-7 published or unpublished poems. Multiple submissions are welcome.

After an initial review, they will ask for these items at a later date:

The influential/influencing poem.
An essay in which you discuss the relationship between the influential poem and your own work. Please note that their definition of craft essay is expansive. The essay can be brief or more developed, as they are not requiring a specific length. The style of this prose piece can be as traditional or untraditional as you wish.

DEADLINE: December 1, 2017

tupelopress.submittable.com/submit/90460/tupelo-press-anthology-of-indigenous-writing

POETRY - OCTOBER 2017

October 2, 2017

CALL FOR SUBMISSION

Yale Younger Poets

APPLICATION FEE: $25

SUBMISSION PERIOD: October 1 – November 15, 2017

www.youngerpoets.org

2017 Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award

Red Hen Press

INFO: Established in 1998, in honor of the poet Benjamin Saltman (1927-1999), this award is for a previously unpublished original collection of poetry. Awarded collection is selected through an annual competition, which is open to all poets.

AWARD: $3000, publication of the awarded collection by Red Hen Press, and a four-week PLAYA Residency.

SUBMISSION FEE: $25
DEADLINE: October 31, 2017

redhen.org/awards-2/bsa/

2017 QUEER SOUTHEAST ASIA BOOK AWARD

INFO: The award is open to all emerging Southeast Asian writers. It comes with SGD 1,000 (tax-free) and book publication. The winning manuscript will be critically introduced by one of the editors of Queer Southeast Asia: a literary journal of transgressive art.

WHAT TO SUBMIT:

1. Full-length manuscript without the author’s identifying information and acknowledgments. Submitted manuscripts should not be under consideration in another competition or for publication by another press. PDF copy only.

For poetry submissions -- Submissions must be in Times New Roman (font size 12) and single-spaced with 1 inch margin on all sides. Page number must appear consecutively at the center of the bottom margin of each page.
For prose submissions -- Submissions must be in Times New Roman (font size 12) and double-spaced with 1 inch margin on all sides. Page number must appear consecutively at the center of the bottom margin of each page.
Note: prose genres except novel.

2. The author must provide an essay (2-4 pages; single-spaced) answering the questions below. The essay must appear in the manuscript after the title page and before the contents.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The essay will not be judged. Submitting writers should take this requirement as a way to introduce the context/s within which they write and the things they do in order to create or be creative. In addition, the questions below are supposed to be just guide questions. If submitting writers feel they should avoid these questions and respond to others not stated here, they may freely do so.

Question 1 -- As an artist, what of (queer) Southeast Asia are you concerned the most?
Question 2 -- How is your submitted manuscript relevant to (queer) Southeast Asia?
Question 3 -- What politics, frameworks, or conditions shaped your manuscript and the writing of your manuscript?
Question 4 -- What kind of impact do you wish your manuscript to incite?

3. The author’s curriculum vitae. No prescribed length. PDF copy only.

Note: The author's CV will not be judged. The author should submit only one manuscript.

DEADLINE: November 1, 2017.

queersoutheastasia.com/book-prize

WALT WHITMAN AWARD

Academy of American Poets

INFO: The Walt Whitman Award is a $5,000 first-book publication prize. The winning manuscript, chosen by an acclaimed poet, is published byGraywolf Press, a leading independent publisher committed to the discovery and energetic publication of contemporary American and international literature. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid six-week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in the Umbrian region of Italy, and distribution of the winning book to thousands of Academy of American Poets members.

The award was established in 1975 to encourage the work of emerging poets and to enable the publication of a poet’s first book. It is made possible by financial support from the members of the Academy of American Poets.

The 2017 judge for the Walt Whitman Award is Joy Harjo

DEADLINE: November 1, 2017

poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/walt-whitman-award

SILLERMAN FIRST BOOK PRIZE FOR AFRICAN POETS

African Poetry Book Fund

INFO: The African Poetry Book Fund is accepting submissions for the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets.

The contest is open to African writers who have not yet published a book-length poetry collection. (An African writer is taken as someone who was born in Africa, who is a national or resident of an African country, or whose parents are African.)

PRIZE: $1,000 US and publication through the University of Nebraska Press and Amalion Press in Senegal.

SUBMISSION FEE: $0

DEADLINE: December 1, 2017

africanpoetrybf.unl.edu/?page_id=2058#sillerman

POETRY -- SEPTEMBER 2017

August 30, 2017

ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS

INFO: The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to the understanding of racism and the appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction.

To submit a book for consideration, send five copies with a completed copy of the Entry Form to:

Karen R. Long
c/o Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
The Cleveland Foundation
1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1300
Cleveland, OH 44115

Phone: 216.685.2018
Email: Submit@Anisfield-Wolf.org

Upon receipt, the books will be forwarded to the jury. All submitted materials become the property of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and will not be returned. The winners will be announced in the spring.

SUBMISSION PERIOD: September 1 – December 31, 2017

anisfield-wolf.org/submissions/submission-guidelines/

RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIPS

Harvard University

INFO: The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts (including Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction/Biography/ Autobiography/Memoir, Nonfiction/Current Issues, Playwriting or Screenwriting, and other topics).

To be considered for a fellowship in fiction or nonfiction, applicants must have any of the following: one or more published books, contract for the publication of a book-length manuscript, or at least three shorter works (longer than newspaper articles) published. Evidence of publication in print format within the last five years is highly desirable; Web site publications are not acceptable as the only form of previously published work. Applicants should note that reviewers take into account evidence of a distinctive, original voice, richness or dimensionality of text, and coherence in the project plan. Professionals interested in writing about their work experiences should apply in the category of nonfiction. Recommendations from editors and/or agents are not acceptable.

STIPEND: Up to $77,500 for one year with additional funds for project expenses. Some support for relocation expenses is provided where relevant. They work with fellows with families who have particular issues connected to relocating to smooth the transition. If so directed, Radcliffe will pay the stipend to the fellow’s home institution. Please note that they can only pay stipends to home institutions if they are US based. Fellows receive office or studio space and access to libraries and other resources of Harvard University during the fellowship year, which extends from early September 2018 through May 31, 2019.

Fellows are expected to be free of their regular commitments so they may devote themselves full time to the work outlined in their proposal. Since this is a residential fellowship, they expect fellows to reside in the Boston area during that period and to have their primary office at the Institute so that they can participate fully in the life of the community.

Applicants will be notified by e-mail in March of the results.

DEADLINE: September 14, 2017

radcliffe.harvard.edu/fellowship-program/how-apply

CHA INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE

INFO: To celebrate the tenth anniversary issue of Cha and to mark the twentieth anniversary of Hong Kong's handover, they are hosting Cha International Poetry Prize 2017, in collaboration with PEN Hong Kong.

The competition is open to ALL poets.

PRIZES:

First Prize US$1501
Second Prize US$800
Third Prize US$400
And five Commended Prizes, each US$100
All eight winning poems will be published in the tenth anniversary issue of Cha, due out in late December 2017.

SUBMISSION FEE: $0

DEADLINE: September 15, 2017

asiancha.submittable.com/submit

SILLERMAN FIRST BOOK PRIZE FOR AFRICAN POETS

African Poetry Book Fund

INFO: The African Poetry Book Fund is accepting submissions for the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets.

PRIZE: $1,000 US and publication through the University of Nebraska Press and Amalion Press in Senegal.

SUBMISSION FEE: $0

SUBMISSION PERIOD: September 15 – December 1, 2017

africanpoetrybf.unl.edu/?page_id=2058#sillerman

NEW VOICES AWARD

Lee & Low Books

INFO: Lee & Low Books, award-winning publisher of children’s books, announces its annual New Voices Award, which will be given for a children’s picture book manuscript by a writer of color.

Established in 2000, the New Voices Award encourages writers of color to submit their work to a publisher that takes pride in nurturing new talent. The contest is open to writers of color who are residents of the United States, 18 years or older at the time of entry, and who have not previously had a children’s picture book published.

Submissions may be fiction, nonfiction, or poetry for children ages 5 to 12.

PRIZE: The Award winner receives a cash prize of $1000 and our standard publication contract, including L&L’s basic advance and royalties for a first time author. An Honor Award winner will receive a cash prize of $500.

DEADLINE: September 30, 2017

leeandlow.com/writers-illustrators/new-voices-award

TOI DERRICOTTE & CORNELIUS EADY CHAPBOOK PRIZE

Cave Canem

INFO: Launched in 2015, the annual Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize is dedicated to the discovery of exceptional chapbook-length manuscripts by black poets, and is presented in collaboration with the O, Miami Poetry Festival and The Center for the Humanities at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Final Judge: Major Jackson.

First Readers: Cameron Awkward-Rich, Tameka Cage Conley, P. Scott Cunningham

Cave Canem uses a blind judging system to arrive at the contest winner and honorable mention(s).

AWARD: Winner receives $500, publication by Jai-Alai Books in 2018, 10 copies of the chapbook, a residency from April 2-6, 2018 at The Writer’s Room at The Betsy Hotel in Miami and a featured reading on April 4, 2018 at the O, Miami Poetry Festival.

ENTRY FEE: $12

DEADLINE: September 30, 2017

cavecanempoets.org/prizes/toi-derricotte-cornelius-eady-chapbook-prize/

POETRY - AUGUST 2017

July 31, 2017

THE WINTER TANGERINE AWARDS

Winter Tangerine Review

INFO: The aim of the award is to honor new and emerging poets and prose writers who are creating electric work. Entries will only be accepted from writers who have not yet published a novel or collection of any type.

SUBMISSION FEE: $0

PRIZES:

All award winners and finalists will be published in the following Winter Tangerine Issue
The two award winners will receive a box of (gently used) books, (never used) strawberry jam, and a check for $250
All finalists receive our kudos & $20.

DEADLINE: August 1, 2017

wintertangerine.com/wta-rules

WINTER RESIDENCY 2017

The Watering Hole

INFO:The residency occurs as the same time as the Winter Retreat (December 26-30, 2017 in Santee, SC) and is intended to provide time for poets to make significant headway on collections that are already in progress.

TWH residents are invited (but not required) to attend 3 craft talks, 2 readings, 1 keynote speech, and any after-hours community activities in conjunction with the Winter Retreat. However, residents may not attend classes/workshop, since they will be working on their collection.

PAYMENT INFO:

The first ten people (retreat or residency) to pay in full get a one-on-one with a facilitator.
$299 TWH Graduate Fellows (includes housing, facilitator fees, administrative expenses and activities listed above)
$399 Newbies (includes housing, facilitator fees, administrative expenses and activities listed above)
Upon acceptance, a nonrefundable down payment of $100 must be made by August 15, 2017. This reserves your place in the retreat.
The remaining nonrefundable balance must be paid in full by October 1, 2017.

SUBMISSION FEE: $25

DEADLINE: August 1, 2017

twhpoetry.submittable.com/submit

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: GLITTERBRAIN

Anomalous Press

INFO: Anomaly’s GLITTERBRAIN folio seeks to create a home for expression by queer and trans indigenous people and people of color who identify as mentally ill, neurodivergent, or as having mental illness.

Poems, hybrid pieces, and intermedia/multimedia work will be considered, and are not required to address mental illness directly. Essays about mental illness and poetics will also be considered. Please send up to 5 pieces, as well as a brief bio to sarah@anomalouspress.org

DEADLINE: August 15, 2017

medium.com/anomalyblog/call-for-work-glitterbrain-fdc7bb2cbf0c

FALL 2017 AWARDS

Sustainable Arts Foundation

INFO: Sustainable Arts Foundation – a non-profit foundation supporting artists and writers with families – is committed to offering half of its awards to applicants of color.

Writers may apply in one of the following categories:

Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Long Form Journalism
Playwriting
Picture Books
Early and Middle Grade Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Graphic Novel

AWARDS:

Sustainable Arts Foundation Award: $6,000
Sustainable Arts Foundation Promise Award: $2,000

DEADLINE: August 31, 2017

apply.sustainableartsfoundation.org/

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: LINEAGE OF MIRRORS

Winter Tangerine

INFO: Lineage of Mirrors seeks to profile poets of color and their influences. Twice a month, they will publish a suite of poems from a writer of color, alongside a statement from the writer on a poem by a poet of color that has influenced their craft. They strive to create a space for poets of color to discuss, analyze, and celebrate the work that changed everything for them. They’re invested in documenting the lines of influence that run through poetry from writers of color. This column will serve as an online archive of contemporary poetry that centers discussions of lineage, craft and the necessary resilience of POC poetic traditions.

AWARD: There is an honorarium for each profiled poet.

DEADLINE: Submissions will be open throughout the year.

wintertangerine.com/lineage-of-mirrors

POETRY - JULY 2017

July 1, 2017

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POETRY

The Journal of Latina Critical Feminism

INFO: The Journal of Latina Critical Feminism is seeking poetry prose with a maximum 500 word count.

DEADLINE: July 1, 2017

journallcf.submittable.com/submit

NINTH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST

Narrative Magazine

INFO: The contest is open to all poets. Entries must be unpublished and must not have been previously chosen as winners, finalists, or honorable mentions in other contests. Each entry may contain up to five poems. The poems should all be contained in a single file. You may enter as many times as you wish, but they encourage you to be selective and to send your best work.

AWARD:

First Prize is $1,500
Second Prize is $750
Third Prize is $300
Up to ten finalists will receive $75 each

SUBMISSION FEE: There is a $25 fee for each entry. With your entry, you’ll receive three months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage.

DEADLINE: July 16, 2017

narrativemagazine.com/node/367342

THE WINTER TANGERINE AWARDS

Winter Tangerine Review

SUBMISSION FEE: $0

PRIZES:

All award winners and finalists will be published in the following Winter Tangerine Issue
The two award winners will receive a box of (gently used) books, (never used) strawberry jam, and a check for $250
All finalists receive our kudos & $20.

DEADLINE: August 1, 2017

wintertangerine.com/wta-rules

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: LINEAGE OF MIRRORS

Winter Tangerine

AWARD: There is an honorarium for each profiled poet.

DEADLINE: Submissions will be open throughout the year.

wintertangerine.com/lineage-of-mirrors

POETRY - JUNE 2017

May 31, 2017

2017 SUMMER WRITERS WEEK

Hurston / Wright Foundation

INFO: For 20 years, the Hurston/Wright Summer Writers Workshop has offered a safe space for writers in intensive workshop sessions and master classes.Workshops are led by award-winning writers who are influencing today’s literature. The program features critiques, craft talks, writing time and public readings.

Hurston/Wright workshops serve emerging and experienced writers who are starting projects, developing projects or seeking to polish projects. More than a thousand writers have participated in workshops since the first session in 1996. Hosted in the nation’s capital, the program allows writers to explore storytelling in one of the world’s most intriguing and inspiring cities. Hurston/Wright is a community that supports you and your writing life.

Fiction Workshop led by Tiphanie Yanique
Nonfiction Workshop led by Sheri Booker
Poetry Workshop will be led by Kyle Dargan

WORKSHOP DATES: Saturday, August 5 – Friday, August 11, 2017

LOCATION: Howard University in Washington, D.C.

APPLICATION FEE: $30

TUITION: $700 (apply to one workshop only)

DEADLINE: June 1, 2017

hurstonwright.org/portfolio_page/2017-writers-week/

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

TRACK//FOUR

INFO: TRACK//FOUR is open for submissions from writers and artists of color. They accept work from people of color only, as it is a safe space and a place to showcase underrepresented and often repressed voices in the literary and artistic world-- and elsewhere. Although in the future they strive to provide our lovely contributors a monetary sum for their work, they are currently unable to pay contributors. However, as of 2017, they will be nominating written work for Best New Poets, Best of the Net, and the Pushcart Prize.

Poetry: Send up to five of your best poems. Poems should not share pages and should be single-spaced. Poems of of all forms and subject matter are welcome.
Prose: Send up to two pieces (e.g. fiction, nonfiction, lyric essay) up to 3000 words each, double spaced.

DEADLINE: June 5, 2017

trackfourjournal.com/submissions.html

CALL FOR SCHOLARLY ESSAYS AND CREATIVE WORKS

Label Me Latina/o

INFO: Label Me Latina/o, an online, refereed international e-journal that focuses on Latino Literary Production in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, invites scholarly essays focusing on these writers for its biannual publication.

Label Me Latina/o also publishes creative literary pieces (poetry and short fiction) whose authors self-define as Latina or Latino regardless of thematic content. Interviews of Latino or Latina authors will also be considered. The Co-Directors will publish creative works and interviews in English, Spanish or Spanglish whereas analytical essays should be written in English or Spanish.

DEADLINE: June 15, 2017

labelmelatin.com/?page_id=2

NARRATIVE PRIZE

Narrative Magazine

INFO: The Narrative Prize is awarded annually for the best short story, novel excerpt, poem, one-act play, graphic story, or work of literary nonfiction published by a new or emerging writer in Narrative.

PRIZE: $4,000

DEADLINE: June 15, 2017

narrativemagazine.com/great-stories/narrative-prize

THEMED AUDIO-VISUAL SUBMISSIONS -- POETRY

Up The Stairs Quarterly

INFO: They are seeking themed poetry submissions for their Summer 2017 issue. Submissions for this issue can be previously published. Please note in your cover letter where the work previously appeared.

Submit up to 3 poems in video or audio formats. They are especially seeking poetry from persons with disabilities, writers of color, the LGBTQ+ community, and other marginalized voices. For this issue we are looking for protest/resist poems, poems on immigration, race, gender, and responses to current events.

If you would like to submit via a YouTube video, place up to three links to your work in the cover letter box. If your work is accepted, you will also be asked to provide text of your work.

DEADLINE: June 15th, 2017

upthestaircasequarterly.submittable.com/submit

2018 EMERGING WRITER AWARDS: SCOTTI MERRILL AWARD (FOR POETRY)

Key West Literary Seminar

INFO: The Scotti Merrill Award recognizes and supports a poet who possesses exceptional talent and demonstrate potential for a lasting career.

AWARD: Winners receive full tuition support for our January Seminar and Workshop Program, round-trip airfare, lodging, a $500 honorarium, and the opportunity to appear on stage during the Seminar. The runner-up for will also be offered financial assistance packages.

SUBMISSION FEE: $10

DEADINE: June 30, 2017 (not later than 11:59 pm EDT)

kwls.org/awards/emerging-writer-awards/

THE WINTER TANGERINE AWARDS

Winter Tangerine Review

SUBMISSION FEE: $0

PRIZES:

All award winners and finalists will be published in the following Winter Tangerine Issue
The two award winners will receive a box of (gently used) books, (never used) strawberry jam, and a check for $250
All finalists receive our kudos & $20.

DEADLINE: August 1, 2017

wintertangerine.com/wta-rules

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: LINEAGE OF MIRRORS

Winter Tangerine

AWARD: There is an honorarium for each profiled poet.

DEADLINE: Submissions will be open throughout the year.

wintertangerine.com/lineage-of-mirrors

POETRY - MAY 2017

April 30, 2017

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Spectacle

INFO: The Spectacle is currently open to poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submissions from traditionally underrepresented voices, including but not limited to LGBTQ+ writers, writers of color, indigenous writers, people with disabilities, and women.

DEADLINE: May 15, 2017

thespectacle.submittable.com/submit

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Sixteen Rivers Press

INFO: For a new anthology, Sixteen Rivers Press is seeking unpublished poems that respond to the cultural, moral, and political rifts that now divide our country: poems of resistance and resilience, witness and vision, that embody what it means to be a citizen in a time when our democracy is threatened.

Poets are encouraged to interpret this call broadly. They welcome voices raised in passion and in praise, whether lyrical, philosophical, visionary, or personal. Because they hope to create a wide-ranging conversation among the poems, this anthology will combine submitted contemporary work with previously published poems from other periods of unrest and upheaval.

DEADLINE: May 15, 2017

sixteenrivers.org/call-for-submissions-our-new-anthology/

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.

The 2017 contest judges are Garth Greenwell (fiction), Meghan Daum (nonfiction), and Natalie Diaz (poetry).

Fiction and Nonfiction: Under 6,000 words
Poetry: 3-5 pages

AWARD: The winner in each genre will be awarded $2,000 and will be published in the Winter 2017-18 issue of Ploughshares.

SUBMISSION FEE: $24, which is waived if the submitter is a current subscriber.

DEADLINE: May 15, 2017 at noon EST. The winners will be announced in mid-September, 2017.

pshares.org/submit/emerging-writers-contest/guidelines

POETRY OPEN COMPETITION

Prick of the Spindle

INFO: Prick of the Spindle announces its 4th Poetry Open Competition.

Judging the competition is Mg Roberts. Born in Subic Bay, Philippines, Mg is the author of the poetry collections Anemal Uter Meck (Black Radish Books, 2017) and not so, sea (Durga Press, 2014). She is a Kundiman Fellow, Kelsey Street Press member, VONA/Voices Alum, and sits on the Board of Small Press Traffic. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Drunken Boat, Cream City Review, the Stanford Journal of Asian American Studies, Dusie, Bombay Gin, Web Conjunctions, Elderly, and elsewhere. She co-edited the anthology, Nests and Strangers: On Asian Women Poets (Kelsey Street Press), along with Timothy Yu, and is currently co-editing Responses, New Writing, Flesh with Ronaldo Wilson and Bhanu Kapil, an anthology on the urgency of avant-garde writing written for and by writers of color. She lives in Oakland with her three daughters, two hens, one puppy, and geologist husband.

AWARD: The Grand Prize winner; first, second, and third prize recipients; and honorable mentions will be published in an e-Book edition.

SUBMISSION FEE: $5 per submission. Up to two poems per submission.

DEADLINE: May 15, 2017. Winners will be announced by June 1, 2017.

posprint.submittable.com/submit/79821/poetry-open-competition-no-4

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: LINEAGE OF MIRRORS

Winter Tangerine

AWARD: There is an honorarium for each profiled poet.

DEADLINE: Submissions will be open throughout the year.

wintertangerine.com/lineage-of-mirrors

POETRY - APRIL 2017

April 1, 2017

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Felt

INFO: The Felt is a project that endeavors to shelter those feelings that were, in Audre Lorde's words, "never meant to survive." In terms of poetics, we're talking about those feelings that are tenderly susceptible and diabolically risk-taking. That cross boundaries of linguistics and genre and as a result might have difficulty being published in other literary journals. That surge in concert with every Black body shot in the street, every trans body under constant threat of violence, every friend's heart and body that weakens and gives up. And in doing so become utterly vital, gain energy and action, find new strength and meaning in community with others.

The Felt seeks submissions of language-based poetics, image-based poetics, and the limitless ether of "etc." Please feel free to read previous issues for an idea of what we are interested in.

DEADLINE: April 7, 2017

thefelt.org/pages/submit.htm

LUCIEN STRYK ASIAN TRANSLATION PRIZE

The American Literary Translators Association

INFO: The prize recognizes the importance of Asian translation for international literature and promotes the translation of Asian works into English. Submission will be judged on the literary significance of the translation in recreating the literary artistry of the original.

To be eligible, works must be:

Book-length translations into English of Asian poetry or source texts from Zen Buddhism
Book-length translations from Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese and Korean into English
Published in the previous year (though re-translations or first-time translations of important older works will also be considered)

DEADLINE: April 7, 2017

literarytranslators.org/awards/lucien-stryk-prize

KUNDIMAN MENTORSHIP 2017

Kundiman

INFO: Kundiman is partnering with the Asian American Literary Review and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center to offer a mentorship program to emerging Asian American writers!

Mentees receive a two month long mentorship, $1000 honorarium, plus travel, lodging, and being a featured reader at the first-ever Asian American Literature Festival. They will also have their exchange published in the Asian American Literary Review.

During a two month long letter writing exchange, mentors and mentees will share work, exchange ideas about writing process, craft and practice, the writing life, Asian American history, and personal reflections about the world around them. The exchange will begin and end with a Skype conversation with mentors. The mentorship will culminate in a reading at the Asian American Literature Festival, July 27–July 29th in Washington, D.C., where mentees will meet with their mentor for lunch and participate in a featured reading.

Any writer who self-identifies as Asian American who has not published a full length book by the date of the festival. Writers must be in the United States at the time of the literary festival.

DEADLINE: April 15, 2017

kundiman.submittable.com/submit

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SUNDOWN TOWNS ISSUE

FIYAH

INFO: FIYAH is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features stories by and about people of the African Diaspora. They are currently accepting submissions for their SUNDOWN TOWNS issue. Their editors expound on what they’re seeking for the theme in this post.

What they want in speculative poetry is verse that struggles, reveals, instructs, comforts, and fights back. They are looking for weird, complex, honest and challenging work with a clear speculative element from black authors. You can check out this post from our Poetry Editor for more on what we’d like to see in your poetry.

FIYAH will publish accepted stories in a quarterly ebook magazine format, as well as archiving them on their website. Thus, FIYAH will claim first world electronic rights, nonexclusive archival rights, and nonexclusive anthology rights to your story. This means that they are buying the rights to publish your story on FIYAH’s website and in electronic issues of our magazine. This also means that you can only publish your story as a reprint after it appears in FIYAH, and it cannot appear anywhere else online or in print prior to submission, or for 180 days after they publish it. After that it can be reprinted online, in a magazine, or in an anthology.

PAYMENT: $50

DEADLINE: April 30, 2017

fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: LINEAGE OF MIRRORS

Winter Tangerine

AWARD: There is an honorarium for each profiled poet.

DEADLINE: Submissions will be open throughout the year.

wintertangerine.com/lineage-of-mirrors

POETRY - MARCH 2017

February 28, 2017

NAOMI LONG MADGETT POETRY AWARD

Broadside Lotus Press

INFO: This competition is open to African American poets only. Serious African American poets, whether previously published or not, may submit a book-length manuscript for consideration. Do not include essays, short fiction, or other material that is not poetry.

AWARD: $500 in cash and publication by Broadside Lotus Press within the first three months of 2018 as well as free copies and discounts.

DEADLINE: March 1, 2017

broadsidelotuspress.org/2016/01/3490.html

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Shanghai Literary Review

INFO: The Shanghai Literary Review features quality creative work from or about Asia and introduces new voices to the critical conversation on world literature.

They are interested in art and criticism about urbanism, globalism, identity, and transnationalism, though by no means should submissions be limited to those topics. Selected works will be published online and/or in print and be automatically entered into their annual end-of-year contest where cash prizes will be awarded in each genre.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Fiction - less than 5,000 words
Poetry - 2 poems submission limit per person
Non-Fiction & Essay - less than 5,000 words
Flash Fiction or Non-Fiction - less than 500 words
Visual Art - photography, video, photo essay, collage, painting, sketch, etc.
Translation - translation into English of any poetry, essay or short fiction from Asia, or vice versa, along with the original text
Book Review - pitch book review ideas to us, on fiction or non-fiction from or about Asia

SUBMISSION FEE: $0

DEADLINE: March 11, 2017

shanghailiterary.com/submissions/

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: SUMMER WORKSHOPS

VONA / Voices

INFO: Applications for the summer workshop are currently being accepted. VONA/Voices is open to all adult writers-of-color at any level of experience. There are no degree, publication or documentation requirements to apply.

The application has a series of questions about your commitment to your writing and your enthusiasm for a community of writers-of-color. These responses are weighed heavily in your application.

The application asks you to choose one workshop. They encourage you to have a second choice.

Please know that they keep the workshops to ten participants; therefore, providing a second choice of workshop increases your possibilities of attendance.

WRITING SAMPLES:

Poetry submissions: 5 - 10 poems (not to exceed 20 pages)
Prose Submissions: sample of one piece or combination of pieces to equal no more than 4000 words in genre
Playwriting: up to 20 pages of script written for stage performance
Residency: up to 4000 words in a non-fiction, novel or short fiction or 5-10 poems (not to exceed 20 pages)

FEES:

Application: $25
Tuition: $900
Room & Board: (optional, but recommended) $750
Limited number of partial tuition scholarships available

DEADLINE: March 15, 2017

vonacommunity.org/community/index.php/apply.html

THE KUNDIMAN POETRY PRIZE

Tupelo Press

INFO: Tupelo Press, an independent, literary press devoted to discovering and publishing works of poetry, literary fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers, is seeking submissions for The Kundiman Poetry Prize, which is dedicated to publishing exceptional work by Asian American poets at any stage of their career.

SUBMISSION FEE: $28

AWARD: $1,000 and book publication in Tupelo Press.

DEADLINE: March 15, 2017

kundiman.org/prize/

SPECIAL FEATURE ON LITERATURE FROM BANNED COUNTRIES

Asymptote
INFO: Asymptote seeks unpublished literary fiction, literary nonfiction and poetry from the seven countries on Trump's banned list (i.e. from authors who identify as being from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) that have been created in response to Trump's travel ban, or can be interpreted as such.

If selected for publication, the work will run either in their Translation Tuesday showcase at The Guardian or in their April 2017 quarterly edition (or both). Submissions of original English-language work will only be considered for publication in their April 2017 edition. For works in English translation, the decision as to where the work will be placed rests entirely at the discretion of our editor-in-chief, who curates Translation Tuesdays at The Guardian and who will be assembling this Special Feature.

COMPENSATION: $200 per article.

DEADLINE: March 15, 2017

asymptotejournal.com/submit/

CAVE CANEM POETRY PRIZE

Cave Canem

INFO: The first-book award is dedicated to the discovery of exceptional manuscripts by black poets of African descent.

AWARD: $1,000, publication by University of Pittsburgh Press in fall 2018, 15 copies of the book and a feature reading.

ENTRY FEE: $20.

DEADLINE: Friday, March 17, 2017 at 11:59pm EST

cavecanempoets.org/prizes/cave-canem-poetry-prize/

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: LINEAGE OF MIRRORS

Winter Tangerine

AWARD: There is an honorarium for each profiled poet.

DEADLINE: Submissions will be open throughout the year.

wintertangerine.com/lineage-of-mirrors

POETRY - FEBRUARY 2017

January 31, 2017

HURSTON / WRIGHT COLLEGE WRITERS AWARD

The Zora Neale Hurston / Richard Wright Foundation

INFO: The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation is proud to host the annual Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers, which is the only award of its kind that recognizes Black college writers. The award is the foundation’s first program. It was initiated to support emerging Black artists in fiction and poetry enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate school program anywhere in the United States.

Black writers who are full-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs at any university in the United States are eligible to submit a work of fiction or poetry for consideration. They must be enrolled at the time of submission. Full-time student includes low-residency MFA programs. At this time, students in online-only courses of university programs are not considered eligible for the award.

Writers are ineligible if they have published books, including poetry chapbooks or fiction narratives, through any publishing platform.

All work submitted must be original and unpublished at the time of submission. Author name and contact details should be on a separate page. Only the title should appear on the work because judges will not know who submitted or what school the student attends.

Hurston/Wright does not accept work that is submitted simultaneously to multiple competitions. Therefore, we make every effort to notify writers by the end of April whether their submissions were accepted or not accepted.

Awards will be announced in May. Award winners and honorable mentions will be invited to attend the Legacy Award ceremony that is hosted in October in Washington, DC.

SUBMISSION FEE: $25

DEADLINE: February 1, 2017

hurstonwrightfoundation.submittable.com/submit/47974

SELF-PUBLISHING LITERARY AWARDS

Black Caucus of the American Library Association

INFO: The Black Caucus of ALA (BCALA) honors the best self-published ebooks by an African American author in the U.S. in the following genres: Fiction and Poetry.

Entries must have been written by an African American author born in the U.S. The competition is open to all English-language self-published ebooks for which the author is the copyright holder of the Work, and holds the rights to digital distribution. Entries will be evaluated on content, writing quality and overall quality of production and appearance; and must be an original work.

These awards acknowledge outstanding achievement in the presentation of the cultural, historical and sociopolitical aspects of the Black Diaspora. The purpose is to encourage the artistic expression of the African American experience via literature and scholarly research including biographical, historical and social history treatments by African Americans.

PRIZES:

Two (2) $500.00 awards: one for adult fiction, one for adult poetry;
Formal recognition at the Black Caucus of ALA Literary Awards;
BCALA Literary Award Seal to use in marketing.

DEADLINE: February 17, 2017

www.bcala.org

DONALD HALL PRIZE FOR POETRY

Association of Writers & Writing Programs

48 pages minimum text

Poems 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 acknowledgements should accompany your manuscript.

The AWP Award Series is open to all authors writing original works in English for adult readers.

AWARD: $5,500

DEADLINE: February 28, 2017

awpwriter.org/contests/awp_award_series_overview

NAOMI LONG MADGETT POETRY AWARD

Broadside Lotus Press

AWARD: $500 in cash and publication by Broadside Lotus Press within the first three months of 2018 as well as free copies and discounts.

DEADLINE: March 1, 2017

broadsidelotuspress.org/2016/01/3490.html

POETRY - JANUARY 2017

January 1, 2017

DONALD HALL PRIZE FOR POETRY

Association of Writers & Writing Programs

48 pages minimum text

The AWP Award Series is open to all authors writing original works in English for adult readers.

AWARD: $5,500

APPLICATION PERIOD: January 1 – February 28, 2017

awpwriter.org/contests/awp_award_series_overview

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: THE ISLANDS ARTS WRITING RESIDENCY

Fogo Island Arts

INFO: Art Metropole and Fogo Island Arts are seeking applications for The Islands, a two-part residency that aims to encourage arts writing and criticism in contemporary art. Open to Canadian and international applicants, The Islands will take place on Fogo Island and at Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island, Canada, from May 1 to June 15, 2017.

The Islands invites emerging and established arts writers and artists with a writing practice to think about writing, remoteness, isolation and time across two unique locations. The successful candidate will spend a month on Fogo Island as part of Fogo Island Arts’ residency program, followed by two weeks on Toronto Island at Artscape Gibraltar Point. The project will culminate in a small publication funded, published, and distributed by Art Metropole.

Arts writing practices may range in structure, content, and medium, addressing various forms and disciplines that may include poetry, art criticism, and experimental writing; periodical production (journals, art books, magazines), or edition production (art multiples, prints, posters). Applications should directly consider the role of writing in the arts, and take into consideration the unique circumstances of the residencies.

DEADLINE: January 6, 2017

artmetropole.com/events/the-islands

CALL FOR PAPERS: “OUR MISS BROOKS: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION"

2017 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium

INFO: The year 2017 marks the centennial of the birth of Gwendolyn Brooks, who through her powerful, passionate, social and politically conscious poetry and prose, used a range of modern literary aesthetics to provide a window into the life of Blacks in 20th century urban America. Brooks was the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize and was poetry consultant to the Library of Congress. The author of the poetry collections Annie Allen and The Bean Eaters, and the novel Maud Martha, Gwendolyn Brooks claims an irrefutable place in our literary canon. In partnership with “Our Miss Brooks 100,” the Center for Black Literature is proud to take part in the yearlong “Our Miss Brooks: A Centennial Celebration.”

For the 2017 NBWC Biennial Symposium, the Center for Black Literature invites poets, writers, independent researchers, interested faculty and students to submit proposals that examine the life of Gwendolyn Brooks and the themes in her works. Proposals may include but are not limited to the following subjects:

Brooks was a socially conscious African-American poet whose most recognized works in the 1950s and 1960s were created from the challenging times Blacks faced in America and also represented a portrait of the people that surrounded her. More than 65 year later, with the establishment of the Black Lives Matter movement, in what ways does Brooks’s poems, prose, and community activism resonate in today’s society

In his book Honoring Genius, Gwendolyn Brooks: The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice, Haki R. Madhubuti writes: “Ms. Brooks was a woman who could not live without her art, but who had never put her art above or before the people she wrote about.” With this reflection in mind, examine the ways in which Brooks’s prose and poetry reflect the human experience as well as the experiences of Blacks in America.

DEADLINE: January 9, 2017

centerforblackliterature.org/call_for_papers_miss_brooks/

CALL FOR SUBMISSION: “CONVERSATIONS IN AMERICA: UNDER THE GUN”

Women in the Arts and Media Coalition

INFO: The Women In the Arts and Media Coalition is sending out a call for submissions for our new series: Conversations In America. This first artistic conversation is called "Under the Gun."

The series will be a creative evening of works that attempt to reach beyond emotions and find ways to discuss critical issues in America. This first conversation is about the gun violence problem in the United States. Yelling and screaming have not changed a thing, so what might?

They are asking their members, to write, paint, sculpt, photograph, film, make music, and/or dance to a better understanding of this volatile subject where entrenched and automatic responses have become knee jerk reactions on both sides of the conversation.

They will host a gala evening to display, discuss, enlighten and begin to mutually develop a way to dialogue the many sides of this issue that affects all of us daily. They are seeking to construct an understanding and develop movement on this issue through our art. How can we talk away the fear - on both sides of the discussion - and find a place of understanding that supports all of our rights? We all acknowledge that this is an uncomfortable talk to have. How do we start the conversation without shutting each other down?

They are looking for: Short plays and Monologues, Short Films, Music, Poetry, Dance Pieces, Paintings, Photographs, Performance Art, and written and performed pieces with a running time of 10 minutes or less. A female-identified member of one of our their or affiliate member organizations must submit and be the primary engine of the project submitted, but it may have any additional collaborators, female or male, members and non-members.

DEADLINE: January 22, 2017 at 11:59pm

campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1101390916306&ca=6e48eb9f-2200-4408-8f93-2bec8163d5c6

2017 NYSCA/NYFA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP

INFO: For the past 31 years, NYFA has awarded fellowships to individual originating artists living in New York State and/or Indian Nations located in New York State. NYFA is committed to supporting artists from diverse cultural backgrounds at all stages of their professional careers.

2017 Fellowship Categories:

Crafts/Sculpture
Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
Nonfiction Literature
Poetry
Digital/Electronic Arts

AWARD: NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships, awarded in fifteen different disciplines over a three-year period, are $7,000 cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York for unrestricted use. These fellowships are not project grants but are intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice, regardless of the level of his or her artistic development.

(Includes the Joanne Chen Fellowship awarded annually to a Taiwanese American artist resident in New York. The winner of this award will receive an unrestricted grant of $7,000.)

DEADLINE: January 25, 2017 at 11:59pm

nyfa.org/Content/Show/Artists'%20Fellowships

HURSTON / WRIGHT COLLEGE WRITERS AWARD

The Zora Neale Hurston / Richard Wright Foundation

Writers are ineligible if they have published books, including poetry chapbooks or fiction narratives, through any publishing platform.

Awards will be announced in May. Award winners and honorable mentions will be invited to attend the Legacy Award ceremony that is hosted in October in Washington, DC.

SUBMISSION FEE: $25

DEADLINE: February 1, 2017

hurstonwrightfoundation.submittable.com/submit/47974

POETRY - DECEMBER 2016

November 30, 2016

2017-18 WRITING FELLOWSHIP

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

INFO: The Fine Arts Work Center awards seven-month Writing Fellowships to five poets and five fiction writers each year from October 1 through April 30.

SUBMISSION FEE: $50

DEADLINE: December 1, 2016

web.fawc.org/writers

BCALA LITERARY AWARDS

Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc.

INFO: The Literary Awards Committee of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. (BCALA) is now accepting submissions for the annual BCALA Literary Awards. The Committee will present four prizes of $500.00 each for adult books written by African American authors: a First Novelist Award, a Fiction Award, a Nonfiction Award, and a Poetry Award. The First Novelist Award is given to recognize an outstanding work by a first time African American fiction writer. Honor Book citations are also awarded in fiction and nonfiction without any accompanying monetary remuneration. Additionally, an Outstanding Contribution to Publishing citation is provided to an author and/or publishing company for unique books that offer a positive depiction of African Americans.

First presented at the Second National Conference of African American Librarians in 1994, the BCALA Literary Awards acknowledge outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction for adult audiences by African American authors. Recipients of these awards offer outstanding depictions of the cultural, historical or sociopolitical aspects of the Black Diaspora and embody the highest quality of writing style and research methodology, if applicable.

Books from small, large and specialty publishers are welcome for review consideration. Titles forwarded for review must be published between January 2016 and December 2016. Sets or multi-volume works are eligible. New editions of previously published works are eligible only if more than 30% of the total content is new or revised material. Inspirational, self-help, and adult graphic novels are ineligible. Only finished, published books should be submitted; galleys (bound or unbound) and chapbooks are unacceptable.

Please send one copy of each title submitted to each member of the Literary Awards Committee. A Committee roster with their addresses can be found at here.

Supply all available information regarding the submission, including promotional material, author biography and available news articles and reviews.

BCALA Literary Awards Criteria
BCALA presents four (4) $500.00 awards: one for adult fiction, one for nonfiction, one for a first novelist and one for poetry. These awards acknowledge outstanding achievement in the presentation of the cultural, historical and sociopolitical aspects of the Black Diaspora.

The Fiction Award recognizes depictions of sensitive and authentic personal experience either within the framework of contemporary literary standards and themes or which explore innovative literary formats.
The Nonfiction Award honors cultural, historical, political, or social criticism or academic and/or professional research which significantly advances the body of knowledge currently associated with the people and the legacy of the Black Diaspora. (Categories could include the humanities, science and technology, social and behavioral sciences and reference).
The First Novelist Award acknowledges outstanding achievement in writing and storytelling by a first time fiction writer.
The Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation recognizes the author and/or the publishing company (for their support and publication of) special and unique books that recognize the outstanding achievements and positive depiction of contributions of the people and legacy of the Black Diaspora.
The Poetry Award strives to recognize and promote emerging and established poets that introduce and foster the joys of poetry writing.

Additionally, honor books may be selected in each category.
Purpose: To encourage the artistic expression of the African American experience via literature and scholarly research including biographical, historical and social history treatments by African Americans.

Criteria:

Must portray some aspect of the African American experience past, present or future.
All authors, editors and contributors must be African American(s) born in the United States.
Must be published in the United States in the year preceding presentation of the award.
Must be an original work.

DEADLINE: December 16, 2016

bcala.org/book-award/

CALL FOR SUBMISSION: THE AFRICAN LITERARY HUSTLE ISSUE

New Orleans Review

INFO: When African literature is published in the West, it is too often realist, in English, and always in the spirit of Chinua Achebe. But romance, science fiction, fantasy, epic, experimental poetry, satire, political allegory all find expression in Africa, though not necessarily publication. Those who are called to write often have to hustle to get recognition by writing a coming-of-age colonial encounter tale or hustle even harder to have their unique voices heard.

In a special issue of New Orleans Review guest edited by Mukoma wa Ngugi and Laura Murphy, we will celebrate (and publish) popular and not-so popular writing from Africa. We are looking for literature (in all the above named forms and others we can’t predict) and critical essays that expand the dimensions of African literature, contribute defiant visions, provide new translations, or revise narratives of the tradition or the hustle.

Prose submissions should be 7,500 words or fewer; poetry submissions five poems or fewer. Simultaneous submissions are okay.

Fiction: Submit fiction pieces up to 2,500 words. Flash fiction welcome. No previously published work (online or in print). Simultaneous submissions are okay.
Nonfiction: Submit nonfiction pieces up to 2,500 words. Flash nonfiction welcome. No previously published work (online or in print). Simultaneous submissions are okay.
Poetry: Submit up to five pages of poems. No previously published work (online or in print). Simultaneous submissions are okay.

SUBMISSION FEE: $3

DEADLINE: December 31, 2016

neworleansreview.org/submit/

POETRY - NOVEMBER 2016

October 31, 2016

INDIAN LANGUAGE LITERATURE FEATURE
Asymptote Journal

The goal for this Special Feature is to honor the social and political agency of Indian language literature, and create a space for the ideas and literary talent of those writers that have been historically marginalized by India’s patriarchal, caste-based narrative. They are looking for works translated into English from any Indian language, on any topic, by any writer who resists or is excluded from this narrative due to caste, gender, sexuality, religion, or geography.

They welcome up to 15 pages of single-spaced poetry and double-spaced prose (fiction and nonfiction), and up to 20 pages of drama (one-act or excerpted). Although it is impossible for one special feature to fully represent the astonishing breadth of Indian languages, cultures, politics, and landscapes, they hope in this small way to celebrate the diversity and dissent within Indian writing.

DEADLINE: November 1, 2016

asymptotejournal.com/submit/

WALT WHITMAN AWARD

Academy of American Poets

INFO: The Walt Whitman Award is a $5,000 first-book publication prize. The winning manuscript, chosen by an acclaimed poet, is published by Graywolf Press, a leading independent publisher committed to the discovery and energetic publication of contemporary American and international literature. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid six-week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in the Umbrian region of Italy, and distribution of the winning book to thousands of Academy of American Poets members.

The 2017 judge for the Walt Whitman Award is U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.

DEADLINE: November 1, 2016

poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/walt-whitman-award

THE JAMES BALDWIN LITERATURE PRIZE

The New Engagement

INFO: The New Engagement is pleased to announce its first literary contest, The James Baldwin Literature Prize.

They seek original, unpublished short stories or self-contained novel excerpts, not exceeding 5,000 words, OR original, unpublished poems or poetry collections, not exceeding three poems. Though they acknowledge that fiction and poetry are different literary animals, they will be evaluated in the same competition.

In addition to entry into the contest, ALL submissions will also be considered for general entry into the monthly on-line journal and annual print journal.

PRIZE: $1,000

SUBMISSION FEE: $5

DEADLINE: Extended to November 1, 2016

thenewengagement.com/submit-your-work

NYFA ARTISTS’ FELLOWSHIP

New York Foundation for the Arts

INFO: NYFA is committed to supporting artists from diverse cultural backgrounds at all stages of their professional careers.

Fellowship Categories:

Crafts/Sculpture
Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
Nonfiction Literature
Poetry
Digital/Electronic Arts

IMPORTANT DATE: Applications open the first week of November

nyfa.org/Content/Show/Artists'%20Fellowships

30 BELOW CONTEST

Narrative Magazine

AWARDS:

First Prize: $21,500
Second Prize: $750
Third Prize: $300
Up to ten finalists will receive $100 each

SUBMISSION FEE: $24 fee for each entry (includes three months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage).

DEADLINE: November 9, 2016

narrativemagazine.com/30-below-2016

TFW POETRY CONTEST

Tennessee Williams Festival

INFO: The contest is open to writers who have not yet published a book of poetry with an ISBN number. Authors who have published in other genres are eligible. Please submit work that has not won other prizes or contests (even if poems were unpublished).

Submit 2-4 original, unpublished poems of any style or theme, written in English, with a combined length of up to 400 lines.

PRIZE:

$1,000
VIP All-Access Pass ($500 value) for the Festival
Publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine
Public reading at the next Festival

ENTRY FEE: $15

DEADLINE: November 15, 2016

tennesseewilliams.net/2015-16-poetry-contest

CALL FOR SUBMISSION

Yale Younger Poets

APPLICATION FEE: $25

DEADLINE: November 15, 2016

www.youngerpoets.org

2017-18 WRITING FELLOWSHIP

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

INFO: The Fine Arts Work Center awards seven-month Writing Fellowships to five poets and five fiction writers each year from October 1 through April 30.

SUBMISSION FEE: $50

DEADLINE: December 1, 2016

web.fawc.org/writers

POETRY - OCTOBER 2016

September 30, 2016

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POETRY

Claudius Speaks

INFO: Claudius Speaks, a journal of bold art and writing that celebrates emerging talent, seeks in all forms. Poems cannot exceed 20 lines. Each submission may have a maximum of 3 poems. The poems should be contained in a single file and the submission should showcase your best work. The theme for issue two is "Song." Feel free to interpret this theme however you see fit.

COMPENSATION: $15

DEADLINE: October 1, 2016

claudiusspeaks.submittable.com/submit

CALL FOR SUBMISSION

Yale Younger Poets

APPLICATION FEE: $25

SUBMISSION PERIOD: October 1 – November 15, 2016

www.youngerpoets.org

AMY LOWELL POETRY TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP

INFO: The Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship awards approximately $54,000 annually to poets to spend one year outside North America, in whatsoever place the recipient feels will most advance his or her work.

The scholarship is open to all American poets, whether their work has been published or not (though recent recipients have been published poets). There are no age restrictions and poets do not need to be enrolled at university or college.

ENTRY FEE: $0

DEADLINE: October 15, 2016

amylowell.org/applicationInstruct.html

THE JAMES BALDWIN LITERATURE PRIZE

The New Engagement

INFO: The New Engagement is pleased to announce its first literary contest, The James Baldwin Literature Prize.

They seek original, unpublished short stories or self-contained novel excerpts, not exceeding 5,000 words, OR original, unpublished poems or poetry collections, not exceeding three poems. Though they acknowledge that fiction and poetry are different literary animals, they will be evaluated in the same competition.

In addition to entry into the contest, ALL submissions will also be considered for general entry into the monthly on-line journal and annual print journal.

PRIZE: $1,000

SUBMISSION FEE: $5

DEADLINE: October 15, 2016

thenewengagement.com/submit-your-work

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Puerto Del Sol

INFO: Puerto Del Sol is seeking your stories, poems, essays, and everything in between. They want words that interrupt / intersect / interrogate, words that self-reflect and re-direct, words to curate, to cultivate, into this, their 2016 print issue: a messy symphony of the literary.

They’re looking for innovative pieces that enter into, interpret, and are by no means limited by this proposed conversation: What is worth publishing? What does it mean to publish, to be published, to write to a world or read in a world where publishing happens as it happens now?

They accept poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translations, reviews, artwork, criticism, and whatever else you can dream up.

APPLICATION FEE: $0

DEADLINE: October 31, 2016

puertodelsol.org/submit/

INDIAN LANGUAGE LITERATURE FEATURE
Asymptote Journal

INFO: Asymptote is seeking submissions for its first Special Feature on Indian language literature. They seek previously unpublished English translations of Indian language work by contemporary writers who are disenfranchised and underrepresented by the hegemonies within Indian society.

The goal for this Special Feature is to honor the social and political agency of Indian language literature, and create a space for the ideas and literary talent of those writers that have been historically marginalized by India’s patriarchal, caste-based narrative. They are looking for works translated into English from any Indian language, on any topic, by any writer who resists or is excluded from this narrative due to caste, gender, sexuality, religion, or geography.

They welcome up to 15 pages of single-spaced poetry and double-spaced prose (fiction and nonfiction), and up to 20 pages of drama (one-act or excerpted). Although it is impossible for one special feature to fully represent the astonishing breadth of Indian languages, cultures, politics, and landscapes, they hope in this small way to celebrate the diversity and dissent within Indian writing.

DEADLINE: November 1, 2016

asymptotejournal.com/submit/

WALT WHITMAN AWARD

Academy of American Poets

INFO: The Walt Whitman Award is a $5,000 first-book publication prize. The winning manuscript, chosen by an acclaimed poet, is published by Graywolf Press, a leading independent publisher committed to the discovery and energetic publication of contemporary American and international literature. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid six-week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in the Umbrian region of Italy, and distribution of the winning book to thousands of Academy of American Poets members.

The 2017 judge for the Walt Whitman Award is U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.

DEADLINE: November 1, 2016

poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/walt-whitman-award

POETRY - SEPTEMBER 2016

August 31, 2016

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: THE BOP: A WORKSHOP WITH AFAA M. WEAVER

Cave Canem

INFO: Applications are open for Cave Canem’s fall Workshop “The Bop.” The 10-session workshop will explore the Bop, a poetic form invented by Afaa Weaver at an early Cave Canem retreat. Not unlike the Shakespearean sonnet in trajectory, the Bop is a form of poetic argument comprising three stanzas, each stanza followed by a repeated line, or refrain, and each undertaking a different purpose in the overall argument of the poem. Participants will have the opportunity to delve into a deep study of this poetic form with its originator.

Adult black poets of African descent living in New York City’s five boroughs. Instructor selects participants on the basis of work submitted. Preference is given to applicants who have enrolled in fewer than three Cave Canem workshops.

TUITION: Free

DEADLINE: September 1, 2016, 11:59 EST

DATES / TIMES:

Workshops: Wednesdays - September 21 and 28; October 5, 12 and 26; November 2, 9 and 16; and December 7, 6-9pm
Final Reading: Wednesday, December 14, 6:30 pm

cavecanem.submittable.com/submit/62089

ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS

To submit a book for consideration, send five copies with a completed copy of the Entry Form to:

Karen R. Long
c/o Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
The Cleveland Foundation
1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1300
Cleveland, OH 44115

Phone: 216.685.2018
Email: Submit@Anisfield-Wolf.org

SUBMISSION PERIOD: September 1 – December 31, 2016

anisfield-wolf.org/submissions/submission-guidelines/

FALL 2016 AWARDS

Sustainable Arts Foundation

INFO: Starting with their Fall 2016 Awards, Sustainable Arts Foundation – a non-profit foundation supporting artists and writers with families – is committed to offering half of its awards to applicants of color.

Writers may apply in one of the following categories:

Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Long Form Journalism
Playwriting
Picture Books
Early and Middle Grade Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Graphic Novel

AWARDS:

Sustainable Arts Foundation Award: $6,000
Sustainable Arts Foundation Promise Award: $2,000

DEADLINE: September 2, 2016, 8pm EST

apply.sustainableartsfoundation.org/

30 BELOW CONTEST

Narrative Magazine

INFO: Narrative invites all writers, poets, visual artists, photographers, performers, and filmmakers between eighteen and thirty years old to send their best work. They’re looking for the traditional and the innovative, the true and the imaginary. They’re looking to encourage and promote the best young authors and artists working today.

AWARDS:

First Prize is $1,500
Second Prize is $750
Third Prize is $300
Ten finalists will receive $100 each

SUBMISSION PERIOD: September 9 – November 9, 2016

narrativemagazine.com/node/345528

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BLACK LIVES MATTER SPECIAL ISSUE

Wild Age Press

INFO: Wild Age Press seeks fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry written by African American and Black authors for a special Black Lives Matter issue. This issue will be guest edited by Katrina Otuonye and will run this winter.

The theme can be interpreted broadly, but we are specifically looking to publish work by African American and Black authors. Send up to five poems totaling no more than ten pages. If sending multiple pieces, please include them all in one document.

DEADLINE: September 15, 2016

wildagepress.submittable.com/submit

RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIPS

Harvard University

To be considered for a fellowship in poetry, applicants must have had at least 20 poems published in the last five years or a published book of poetry and must be in the process of completing a manuscript. Reviewers examine the submissions for evidence of originality, vision, and maturity. Recommendations from editors and/or agents are not acceptable.

STIPEND: Up to $75,000 for one year with additional funds for project expenses. Some support for relocation expenses is provided where relevant. They work with fellows with families who have particular issues connected to relocating to smooth the transition. If so directed, Radcliffe will pay the stipend to the fellow’s home institution. Please note that they can only pay stipends to home institutions if they are US based. Fellows receive office or studio space and access to libraries and other resources of Harvard University during the fellowship year, which extends from early September 2017 through May 31, 2018.

DEADLINE: September 15, 2016

radcliffe.harvard.edu/fellowship-program/how-apply

SILLERMAN FIRST BOOK PRIZE FOR AFRICAN POETS

African Poetry Book Fund

INFO: The African Poetry Book Fund is accepting submissions for the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets.

PRIZE: $1,000 US and publication through the University of Nebraska Press and Amalion Press in Senegal.

SUBMISSION FEE: $0

SUBMISSION PERIOD: September 15 – December 1, 2016

africanpoetrybf.unl.edu/?page_id=2058#sillerman

OPEN SUBMISSION CONTEST

Timeless, Infinite Light

INFO: Timeless, Infinite Light, an Oakland-based small press that publishes contemporary writing, is looking for poetry, essays, poetic-essays, or multi-tiered works. Their vision for the contest is to create a home for hybrid and cross-genre work that is embodied or deeply experimental in form, as well as site-specific or urgent critical writing.

For this contest, they are accepting new, completed full-length manuscripts (70-120 pages in book form). They are unable to consider previously published work.

The submissions will be read by our three celebrity guest judges, Melissa Buzzeo, Mg Roberts, and Divya Victor. The three judges will read, collaborate, and select one manuscript as the official contest winner.

The winning author will have their manuscript designed and published by Timeless, Infinite Light, and will receive royalties and 10 free copies of their book.

They are looking for new works by both emerging and established writers, and encourage people of color, immigrants, queer, trans, disabled, and undocumented people, and other people whose identities are underrepresented in the literary mainstream to apply.

DEADLINE: September 22, 2016

timelessinfinitelight.com/pages/open-submission-contest-2016

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL NEW VOICES AWARD

Lee & Low Books

INFO: Lee & Low Books, award-winning publisher of children’s books, announces the seventeenth annual New Voices Award, which will be given for a children’s picture book manuscript by a writer of color.

Submissions may be fiction, nonfiction, or poetry for children ages 5 to 12.

DEADLINE: September 30, 2016

leeandlow.com/writers-illustrators/new-voices-award

TOI DERRICOTTE & CORNELIUS EADY CHAPBOOK PRIZE

Cave Canem

INFO: The Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize is dedicated to the discovery of exceptional chapbook-length manuscripts by black poets, and is presented in collaboration with the O, Miami Poetry Festival. It is open to black poets whether or not they've published a book,

PRIZE: $500, publication by Jai-Alai Books in 2017, 10 copies of the chapbook, an April 1-7, 2017 residency at The Writer’s Room at The Betsy Hotel, and a feature reading on April 5, 2017 at the O, Miami Poetry Festival.

ENTRY FEE: $12

DEADLINE: September 30, 2016 at 11:59 pm EST

cavecanem.submittable.com/submit/63102

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POETRY

Claudius Speaks

COMPENSATION: $15

DEADLINE: October 1, 2016

claudiusspeaks.submittable.com/submit