May 2009 Archives
New journal Ryga: A Journal of Provocations (BC) seeks stories, essays, poems, and plays "about our world now" in the tradition of George Ryga. Work should be current, urgent, and politically aware. More details...
Small online poetry journal Eat a Peach (US) seeks submissions for Winter 2009 issue. Theme: "Celebrity." Deadline: August 1, 2009. More details...
The 13th Mattia International Poetry Competition is open for entries. Winner is chosen from the poems posted to the site. First prize: $100. No entry fee. Deadline: September 15, 2009. More details...
The Words Alive Literary Festival (ON) is accepting entries in its 3rd Annual Writing Competition. Theme: Memoir writing. Open to unpublished authors. Prize details not indicated. Deadline: June 5, 2009. More details...
SWAMP (Australia) invites submissions from postgraduate creative writers. Open to international writers currently an Honours/Masters/PhD program. Submit up to 3 poems or prose (3,000 words max). Theme: "Post" (but not compulsory). Deadline: June 5, 2009. More details...
qarrtsiluni seeks submissions for its next issue. Theme: Economy. Submit up to 5 poems, or stories and essays 1,000 words max. Deadline: May 31, 2009. More details...
Bi-monthly online journal Boxcar Poetry Review (US) seeks poetry and reviews of first poetry books. Poems can be "lyric or narrative, or somewhere in between." Submit poems: 3-5; reviews: 800-1500 words. More details...
River Bones Press (NB) seeks manuscript submissions for their Eco-Poet Chapbook series. Theme: Aborginal Spiritual poetry. Deadline: December 30, 2009. More details...
The Danforth Review (ON) is now accepting story submissions for its pre-hiatus June issue (TDR's final issue before an extended break). No min. or max. length. Payment: $100. Deadline: May 31, 2009. More details...
WOW! Women On Writing (US) invite entries for their Winter 2009 Flash Fiction Contest. Open prompt. 750 words max. Entry fee: US$10 or US$20 with critique. 15 winners total. Awards: US$200, US$150, US$100 plus gift certificates and WOW! goodie bags. Deadline: May 31, 2009. More details...
Biblioasis invites entries for the Revenge-Lit: A Thought You Were Dead Flash Fiction Contest. Prize: $100 cash, publication in CNQ and Biblioasis press collection. Submit flash fiction 250 words max. on the (fictional) literary critic whose body once filled the chalk outline and what he did to get there. Deadline: June 12, 2009. More details...
CONCLAVE: A Journal of Character (US) invites submissions of short stories, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, plays and excerpts, poetry, and prose poems. Appreciates well-crafted characters. Deadline: July 1, 2009. More details...
London quarterly Ambit Magazine (London, UK) seeks submissions for its next issue. Send 5-6 poems or 2-3 stories (10,000 words max). More details...
FreeFall Magazine (AB) seeks poetry, prose, and non-fiction for their next issue. Theme: Open. Encourages new, emerging, and experienced Canadian writers, but is also open to international submissions. Payment: One copy. Deadline: June 30, 2009. More details...
Print magazine Glossolalia Flash Fiction is accepting flash fiction submissions on an ongoing basis. Length: 500 words max. More details...
Entries are invited for the Tony Hillerman Prize (US) for the 2009 Hillerman Mystery Competition. Submit novel manuscripts (approx. 60,000 words) set in the American Southwest. Prize: US$10,000. Deadline June 1, 2009. More details...
