March 2011 Archives
Inceptus Press (UK) is seeking submissions for its fantasy anthology 'Beneath A Violet Moon.' Length: 1500-6000 words. Wants swords and sorcery, dungeons and dragons, magic and mayhem. No zombies or vampires. Royalties will be shared amongst writers published in the anthology. Deadline: April 25, 2011. More
Newfoundland journal Riddle Fence invites entries for their Short Fiction contest. Prize: $500, publication, and a professionally recording as an audio short; 'also-greats' receive $200 each. Length: 4000 words max. Deadline: September 14, 2011. Entry fee: $35. More
My Unfinished Novel seeks novel failures. Each Unfinished Novel gets its own post which includes a reason for abandoning the novel, a summary of the story, and an excerpt of the book’s beginning. Guidelines
A Vancouver editor is seeking fiction, poetry, personal essay, memoir and creative nonfiction by Portuguese Canadian writers for a Portuguese Canadian anthology. Deadline: August 1, 2011. Submission guidelines: Fernanda Viveiros at arquipelagopress@shaw.ca.
Cordite Poetry Review (Australia) seeks poems for a special electronica themed issue. Deadline: April 30, 2011. More
Iindie art and culture paper/zine The Flaneur (UK) is looking for reviews, short stories, comment and humour for their next issue. Published as a hard copy paper, a pdf and an iphone app. More
(un)remarkable literary magazine (US) seeks unpublished fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry. Genre fiction ok. Also interested in high-quality photography and artwork. More
Hard Copy Book Project (The Pain, the Pleasure, and the Profit: Young Writers on Writing) welcomes creative nonfictional abstracts and fiction by writers under the age of 30. Deadline: July 22, 2011. More
gritLIT, Hamilton, Ontario's literary festival, seeks three outstanding works of short fiction and three suites of poems for the gritLIT Challenge of Three. First prize: $200. Winning entries published in our annual anthology, to be launched in November 2011. Length: 3000 words or 300 lines. Deadline: June 1, 2010. Entry fee: $20. More
Canadian independent publisher Basket Case Publishing is looking for high-quality, novel-length science fiction, fantasy and horror submissions, as well as graphic novel submissions. Length: 80,000 and 100,000. More
The Caterpillar Chronicles (Romania) seeks submissions of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, criticism and art for the spring issue. Theme: Images. Deadline: March 25, 2011. More
Dragnet Magazine is seeking fiction for its summer issue. Length: 1000 words max). Deadline May 1, 2011. More
Online Toronto journal The Puritan is seeking original fiction, poetry, book reviews, and interviews for its 13th issue (Spring 2011). Deadline: March 31, 2011. More
Dream Quest One (US) invites international entries for their Poetry & Writing Contest. First prize poetry: US$250; first prize short fiction: US$500. Accepting poems (30 lines max.) and short stories (5 pages max.) on any subject or theme. Entry fees: US$5 (poetry) and US$10 (fiction). Deadline: July 31, 2011. More
Temporary Infinity is looking for submissions. Pays 3% per contributor, per issue sold. Publishes poetry, prose, art, or doodles of killer robots on cocktail napkins. More
Emmerson Street Press seeks fiction, non-fiction, and poetry for their 2011 line. Deadline: March 31, 2011. More
Online journal Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (Hong Kong) seeks submissions (poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, scholarly works and visual art) for "The China Issue." Deadline: April 15, 2011. More
The Red River Review is accepting poetry submissions for their next issue. Deadline: March 31, 2011. More
University of Calgary's undergraduate run magazine, Nod Magazine, is looking for submissions of poetry, prose and visual art on the topic of "Deface." Length: 10 pages max. Payment: contributor copy. Send submissions to nodmagazine@gmail.com.
Quarterly Christian journal Ruminate Magazine is now accepting entries for its annual Janet McCabe Poetry Prize. Entry fee: US$15. Prize: US$1000 plus publication in the Fall 2011 Issue. Deadline: May 1, 2011. More
The Creative Competitor (UK) invites entries for their Treasure Map Mystery Competition. First prize: £200. Write mystery tale involving a newly discovered treasure map. Length: 3000 words max. Deadline: May 1, 2011. Entry fee: £3.50. More
The Niagara Branch of the Canadian Authors Association invites entries for its 12th annual "Ten Stories High" Short Story Competition. First prize: $300. Top ten finalists will be published in an anthology. Ontario residents only. Length: 1000-3000 words. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: March 31, 2010. More
