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Independent, biannual literary journal Snail Mail Review (California, US) seeks poetry (up to 5 poems; 35 lines max.) and short fiction (up to 7 pages 1500 words max.) Deadline: June 30, 2013. Mail submissions only.
Small indie press Rebellion Press (US) is seeking submissions on the Janis Martin Experience for an upcoming blended authorized biography and anthology featuring the late Female Elvis. Seeking short (1000 words max.) nonfiction encounters with the late performer and creative prose, poetry, and fiction. Send to DavinaRhine@RebellionPress.com in MS Word format. Deadline: September 1, 2013. Also seeking artwork to compliment the book. Remuneration: acknowledgement of publication and signed author copy.
Formalist poetry review The Rotary Dial publishes monthly to e-readers (Kindle and Kobo) with twelve poems in each issue: six by Canadians and six by international poets (ideally). Submit up to 10 poems. Looking for work that rhymes and/or scans but isn’t too versey: blank verse, syllabic verse — just not free verse. Deadline: open.
Descant invites entries for the 2013 Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem. This annual prize is in memory of Winston Collins, writer and teacher of literature at the universities of Cincinnati, Princeton and Toronto. Length: 100 lines. Prize: $1000, plus honorarium. Entry fee: $30 (includes tax + one-year subscription). Deadline: October 12, 2013
FinalDraft invites entries for its annual competition: the Tagore-O’Henry Short Story Contest. Length: 100-1500 words. International entries welcome. Entry: fee. Prize: $500 publication on the FinalDraft website, social media promotion. Winner will be invited to attend the prize distribution event in Canada. Deadline: July 15, 2013
Grey River is a poetry & art zine based in Toronto. Looking for submissions for their third issue and pieces for their blog.
Reviews magazine The Coastal Spectator (BC) invites entries for their Microview Contest. Review a book, album, play, or other cultural happening in 140 characters or less (a microview). Follow @coastspectator on Twitter and then tweet them your microview. Winners chosen on June 12 and June 26. Prize: album downloads and BC magazine subscriptions. Deadline: June 12 and June 26.
New Toronto-based reading series The Ruckus Reading Series “promotes reading literature aloud to good-word hungry, fun-time loving audiences who are prepared to make a ruckus about what they like.” Seeks exciting and engaging writing for upcoming shows. Submit poetry or prose (fictional or non-fictional). Reading slots: 15-20 minutes long. Deadline: Ongoing.
Room Magazine (Canada) seeks submissions by women for issue 37:1 (Spring 2014). Theme: The Fashionable. Accepts short stories, poems, creative non-fiction, and art. “Sometimes we do things because they are fashionable, and sometimes we don’t do them because they are fashionable. But what is fashion? Who decides?” Deadline: July 31, 2013
Independent art and poetry zine Nickel95 Zine (London, ON) seeks submissions of poetry about mental illness for their third issue. Theme: “Blown a Fuse.” Write about other people, yourself, meds, doctors, insanity, hospital visits, etc. Submit 5-7 poems. Payment: Copy of the handmade zine. Deadline: August 12, 2013.
Luthando Coeur (Spokane, WA, USA), the fantasy book imprint of Zharmae Publication Press, seeks submissions of book-length manuscripts. Length: 75,000-125,000 words.
Online erotic literary journal In My Bed Magazine seeks sexy and sensual submissions for their second print issue. Theme: Ménage à trois. Welcomes submissions of poetry (up to 3), short fiction, prose, novel excerpts. Appreciates work that explores and exhibits themes in manners unlike traditional erotica. Length: 1250 words max. Deadline: June 1, 2013.
Dead Beats (Sheffield, UK), a student-run publishing and live poetry organization, seeks submissions. Accepting poems, short stories (max. 2000 words) and experimental pieces from everyone, regardless of experience. Seeks to “share inspired and inspiring works from around the globe.” No deadline.
Independent hybrid lit mag The Holler Box accepts submissions of poetry, fiction, lyric essays, nonfiction, and artwork year-round. Each issue is published online and in the form of a limited release handmade chapbook. Welcomes the alternative and experimental, as well as new and unpublished writers. Length: 5000 words max (prose) and poetry (up to 3).
Arc Poetry Magazine (Ottawa) is looking for submissions of poetry and prose about poetry “that takes the North as its pole star” for their 2013 poetry annual. Looking for writing from the North and/or about the North in its many guises. Encourages submissions of diverse Northern voices, poetry styles, and languages. Deadline: May 31, 2013.