June 2011 Archives
Submissions are wanted for This Magazine's 15th annual Great Canadian Literary Hunt. Categories: short fiction, poetry, and graphic narrative. First prize is $750. Entry fee: $25. Deadline: July 4, 2011. Guidelines
Australian journal and blog Kurungabaa-a (Oceania) seeks literature, history, and ideas from the sea. Publishes poetry, short fiction, reflective and scholarly essays, memoirs, review essays, and interviews. Length: 2000 words max. Deadline: August 30, 2011. Guidelines
Print journal FreeFall Magazine (Alberta) seeks fiction and poetry for the Winter issue. Deadline: August 30, 2011. Guidelines
The Gut Literary Project (Canada) seeks to publish innovative and inspiring writing from both new and established artists. Seeks short fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction about 'what the hell it means to be alive and breathing.' Guidelines
FreeFall Magazine (AB) invites entries for its 2010 Annual Prose & Poetry Contest. First prize: $300. Poems: up to 5; fiction: 4000 words max. No theme. Entry fee: $20 (includes subscription). Deadline: December 30, 2011. More
UK journal Trebuchet Magazine seeks critical voices on music, art, cultural events, politics, literature and poetry.
Biannual journal Fence (NY) is accepting poetry, non-fiction, and short story submissions for their next issue. Deadline: June 30, 2011. reposted: corrected URL
James Lorimer & Company is accepting manuscripts from Canadian writers for its children's and YA fiction series including: Sports Stories - 25,000-word high interest/low reading level fiction for ages 10-13. Plots must be sports driven. SideStreets - 30,000-word edgy, realistic, issue-based fiction for teens. Mail submissions to: 317 Adelaide St West, Suite 1002, Toronto, ON M5V 1P9.
Good News Toronto is accepting submissions for its 2011 True Story Contest. The contest is open to residents of the Greater Toronto Area. Submit your creative non-fiction stories on the topic: An Encounter that Changed Your Life. First prize: $100, 2-hour writing tutorial (retail value: $300), publication in Good News Toronto, and a 1-year subscription. Second and third runners up: publication in Good News Toronto. Deadline: August 15, 2011. Entry fee: $10 (additional entries: $5). Guidelines
The Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs is hosting a contest for young writers aged 13-22 in celebration of 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. Submit short fiction (max 2500 words) or poetry (max 1500 words). Open to Nova Scotians of all backgrounds, but entries must express a connection to the culture, heritage, and/or experiences of people of African descent. Cash prizes of $500, $250 and $150. Deadline: July 15, 2011. Guidelines
Caketrain Journal and Press (US) invites entries for their 2011 Chapbook Competition. First prize: US$250 plus 25 copies. Genre: Fiction. Length: 40-80 pages. Entry fee: US$15. Deadline: October 1, 2011. Guidelines
Toronto publisher Guernica Editions is seeking submissions for an anthology of poems devoted to poets. The anthology will comprise poems by Canadian poets for (about, or inspired by) other poets (not necessarily Canadian), accompanied by 250-word prose pieces that tell the back story behind the poems. Payment: two copies. Deadline: June 30, 2011. More
Memoirs Ink is looking for original, well-written personal essays, memoirs, or stories that are based on autobiographical experiences. The narrative must be in first person. Open to any type, genre or style of story, 3000 words max. First prize: US$1000. Deadline: August 15, 2011. Entry fee: US$15. Guidelines
Phafours is seeking poems on The Value of Air for a chapbook (60 copy print run). Proceeds will go to the Guatemala Stove Project (more details on site). Open to anything from short lyric poetry to haibun to visual poetry. Deadline: August 31, 2011. Guidelines
Night Heron Press is currently seeking fiction in all traditional genres of literature, including fantasy, science fiction, literary fiction, romance, and erotica. Open to non-traditional genres if the stories are well-crafted and engaging. Royalty-paying publisher. Guidelines
The Ontario Poetry Society is seeking manuscripts of 24 poems for The Golden Grassroots Chapbook Award. First prize: $50 and 50 free chapbooks. Entry fee: $15; additional manuscripts: $10. Deadline: July 31, 2011 (deadline extended over postal strike). Guidelines
The Bridport Prize (UK) is accepting poems and short stories for its annual contest. First prize in each category: £5000; £1000 for the best flash fiction story of under 250 words. Open to international entrants. Poems: 42 lines max. Fiction: 5000 words max. Entry fee: £6 per poem, £7 per story, £5 per flash fiction. Deadline: June 30, 2011. More
phatitude Literary Magazine (US) invites submissions for their Summer Sixties Special. Welcomes writing which takes a look at the 1960s through the lens of today's art, culture, and politics. Deadline: June 27, 2011. Payment: 2 copies. Guidelines
subTerrain Magazine is seeking poems that explore Vancouver's history, geography, and varied ethnicity for its Special Summer Issue celebrating the city's 125th Birthday. Deadline: June 30, 2011. Guidelines
The Writers Block (Canada) is seeking submissions for a poetry-only manuscript issue of hand-written and/or hand-illustrated poems in digitized, scanned, or photographed formats. Deadline: July 1, 2011.
[nether] (India) is a quarterly literary magazine in print (fortnightly online) with a focus on contemporary writing. Seeks poetry, short fiction, and drama, but is also open to experimental forms (hybrid text, cut-up, collage, bricolage, dreamprose). Deadline: ongoing.
In Common (Canada) celebrates the human experience by exploring elements and objects shared across cultures. Available as an iPad app, each issue features stories, photographs, games, and resources that relate to a single theme/object/idea. Now seeking positive, engaging non-fiction stories (500-2000 words) for "In Common: Shoes". Deadline: July 1, 2011.
Seven Archons (online forum) is looking for tales of transgression for their first anthology, "Writings On The Wall". The stories may blend all different genres, but overall must have a transgressive theme. Think Palahniuk, Selby, Burroughs. Deadline: July 1, 2011.
The International PAINTING Annual (INPA) is a project of Manifest Press, and a complementary project to the ongoing Drawing Annual project (INDA). Manifest is calling for written entries to be included in this exhibit-in-print. Entries can be in any style but should be directly relevant to the practice of painting and must be original works. Deadline: June 30, 2011.
Imperium Gaming League is an online gaming organization dedicated to bringing players worldwide a medium to participate and compete in some of the most popular PC video game titles. Seeking young and enthusiastic writers to spearhead their upcoming Press Department, which will seek to produce news articles for the large memberbase.
Wordbusker (Canada) seeks flash fiction on any theme, 500 words max. Payment is by reader donation. Deadline is ongoing.
BatCat Press (US) seeks submissions in all genres and forms: short or long, experimental or conventional. Deadline: July 31. Guidelines
Chilling Tales, an annual anthology of horror stories by Canada's dark scribes, is seeking original, unpublished horror stories up to 7500 words (under 5500 preferred). Payment is pro-rated around 2 - 3 cents-per-word. Deadline: July 30, 2011.
The Mad Hatters' Review Blog welcomes submissions of single poems, flash fictions, short interviews, audio works, visuals, multimedia pieces, and reviews all year round. Poems: 15 lines max. Flash fiction: 300 words max. Guidelines
International entries are invited for the Writers' Village Short Story Contest 2011 (UK). The top award is $310 (£200), with a $155 second prize and third prize of $75 plus five runner-up prizes of $32. Entry fee: $15 for two entries. Every entrant, winner or not, receives a 'terse -- and helpful' critique of their story. Deadline: June 30, 2011.
