InkTank Magazine (Canada) is accepting submissions of poetry, prose, and short fiction for their next issue inside(Out). Theme: Inversions. Deadline: February 22, 2012.

This Is What's There is looking for writers to contribute stories about 'real' places in major cities (250-400 words). Payment: US$25 for the first article and potential contract for more.

The Resurrectionist (UK) is an international biannual printed poetry journal dedicated to modern formalist poetry. Site features a weekly sonnet blog for the staff and contributors to share their work. Rolling submission throughout the year. No payment.

Vallum Magazine seeks poetry for their next issue. Theme: Urban Landscapes / Hidden City. Deadline: April 1, 2012. No email submissions. Mail submissions to: Vallum, P.O. Box 598, Victoria Stn., Montreal, PQ, H3Z 2Y6.

The Ginosko Literary Journal (US) is accepting short fiction and poetry, creative nonfiction, interviews, social justice concerns, and spiritual insights for their next issue. Deadline not provided.

Entries are invited for The New Quarterly Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest. Prize: $1,000. Submit essays of any length, on any topic, in which the writer's personal engagement with the topic provides the frame or through-line. Canadian writers only. Deadline: March 28, 2012. Entry Fee: $40 (includes subscription).

The New Quarterly invites entries for the Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest. Prize: $1,000 'for one glorious poem.' Theme: poems of occasion, either personal or public, or poems that make of something an occasion or simply mark one. Deadline: February 28, 2012. Entry fee: $40 (includes subscription) for up to 2 unpublished poems. $5 each for additional poems.

Oolichan Books (Canada) is seeking poetry submissions for Desperately Seeking Susans (Fall 2012) which will feature a wide range of celebrated and established Susans. Now calling for the next generation (proof of name required). Length: 6 pages. Submissions (include literary CV) to sarahtsiang@yahoo.ca. Deadline: March 20, 2012.

New online magazine The Blind Hem welcomes submissions of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Must reference fashion, clothing, art of dress -- how clothing evokes emotion, effects life, memory, etc. Feminist, body-positive, socially aware. Rolling submissions throughout the year.

The Malahat Review invites entries for their 2012 Novella Prize. Prize: $1500. Length: 10000-20000 words. No restrictions as to genre, subject matter, or aesthetic approach. Deadline: February 1, 2012. Entry fee: $35-$45 (includes subscription).

Entries are open for the Grain Magazine's Annual Short Grain Writing Contest. Deadline: April 1, 2012. Poetry: 100 lines max, any style. Fiction and Post Card Stories: 2500 words max. Entry fee: $35-$40 (includes subscription).

In My Bed Magazine (Canada) seeks erotic submissions for its next issue: Playing it up with Gender Roles. Deadline: January 21, 2012.

Arc Poetry Magazine invites entries for its 2012 Poem of the Year contest. Grand prize: $5000. Deadline: February 1, 2012. Entry fee: $32 (Cdn), which includes a one-year subscription.

Tending Your Inner Garden (US), a women's personal growth program, is seeking women's essays, stories and poems for four seasonal books to be published in 2012. Payment in books. Maximum length: 600 words. Deadlines: January 15, February 15, March 15 and April 15, 2012.