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InkTank Magazine (Canada) is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, and essays/articles for their next issue. Theme: Waste. Deadline: December 31, 2011.
Spilling Ink, a publication of the University of Glasgow (UK), is accepting submissions for its next issue. Welcomes fiction (3000 words max) and flash fiction (1000 words max). Deadline: November 15, 2011.
TINGE Magazine (US) seeks submissions of fiction (short stories or novel excerpts), creative nonfiction, and poetry from emerging authors. Deadline: November 1, 2011.
The Malahat Review invites entries for the 2012 Open Season Awards. Prize: $1000 in each of three categories: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction. Entry fee (includes subscription): CA$35-US$45. One entry consists of either: 3 poems (100 lines max. each); 1 short story (2500 words max.); or 1 piece of creative nonfiction (2500 words max.) Deadline: November 1, 2011.
Print and digital journal Steel Bananas Quarterly (Canada) seeks poetry, prose, non-fiction, visual art, and multimedia for their next issue (#29). Theme: Austerity. Deadline: November 15, 2011
Genres: Poetry, Prose, Non-fiction, visual art, multimedia. Invites pieces focusing on the globalization of capital markets, neoliberalism, economic turmoil, and subsequent protests gripping several countries across the globe. Welcomes 'diverse perspectives, devil's advocates, and in-betweeners.'
The CBC Canada Writes Prize is accepting submissions for Short Fiction. Deadline: November 1, 2011. A $6000 first-place prize is awarded to the best original, unpublished, short story (1200-1500 words) by a Canadian. Submissions are judged blindly by Canadian authors. Entry fee: $25. Guidelines
The Moose and Pussy invites entries for their short story contest. "No theme, just somethin' to do with sex, love, and/or biology." 1500 words max. Grand Prize $50. Runner up prizes if warranted. No entry fee. Deadline: October 1, 2011. Details
The Red River Review is accepting poetry submissions for their next issue. Deadline: September 30, 2011. More
Writers are invited to contribute to a work of fictional biography about India Emmott. Length: 500-8000 words. Deadline: November 12, 2011. More
The Broken City (Toronto), an online literature/arts magazine, is accepting submissions for its winter 2011 edition: This is why I drink. This tipsy issue tackles boozing, carousing and hangovers via poetry, fiction, essays, comics, illustrations and photography. Deadline: November 1, 2011. More
Litro seeks short stories, flash fiction and creative non-fiction up to a maximum of 3000 words. Theme: Street Fiction. Deadline: October 1, 2011. More
The Found Poetry Review (US) is accepting found poetry submissions for its Fall 2011 issue. Seeks poems made up of lines from newspaper articles, instruction booklets, dictionaries, toothpaste boxes, biographies, Craigslist posts, speeches, other poems and any other text-based source. Original poems not accepted. Deadline: September 30, 2011. Guidelines
RUMINATE Magazine is accepting entries for the 2012 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize. US$1000 will be awarded to the winner and publication in the Spring 2012 Issue will be awarded to the winning story and runner-up story. Entry fee: US$15 plus a copy of the Spring 2012 issue. Deadline: October 15, 2011. More
Fleeting (UK) invites entires of short stories (1500 words max.) and poetry (40 lines max.). Grand prize: year's subscription to Stack Magazines. Deadline: September 30, 2011. Entry fee: £1. Guidelines
Entries are invited for the premiere MadHat Press Wild and Wyrd Poetry Chapbook Competition. First prize US $500. The genre 'poetry' is broad and includes prose and conceptual poetry. No restrictions regarding form, style, or content. Length: 26-36 pages. Entry fee: US$18. Guidelines
The International 3-Day Novel Contest is seeking entrants for its 34th annual event. The goal: produce an entire novel over the Labour Day weekend (September 3-5). First prize: publication. 'Prize for everyone who gives it their all: one coffee-stained, typo-ridden first draft of a novel.' Entry fee: $55. Registration deadline: September 2, 2011. Guidelines
Jobbers seeks writing about the concept of working, losing, power struggles. The term is most commonly known in the wrestling industry as a performer who is paid to lose to more popular talent. Especially interested in submissions of fiction and poetry by women. Deadline: September 3, 2011. Send to bowlbrawl AT gmail DOT com.
Bi-annual journal kudzu review (US) is looking for fiction and flash fiction submissions for its premiere issue. Looking for 'savvy, sharp, well polished literature that captures life in a post-natural world.'Deadline: November 1, 2011. Guidelines
Print publication Stone Voices (US) is looking for short articles, essays, fiction, and poetry about art and spirituality as it relates to the making of art, history of art, spiritual awakening, and more. Questions can be sent to info@stonevoices.co. October 15, 2011 (December issue). More (PDF)
The Creative Competitor (UK) invites entries for their Suspenseful Fiction Writing Competition. First prize: £300. Deadline: September 20, 2011. 'The key to winning this competition is to engage the reader with suspenseful intent. Build up the tension and keep us hanging onto every word.' Length: 2000 words. Entry fee: £4. Guidelines
The Arts Council of Surrey is holding a writing contest for writers from Surrey, BC. No entry fee required. Poetry (max 32 lines), fiction and non-fiction (max 3000 words) plays and screenplays (max 30 pages) accepted. First place wins a 3-Day Pass for the Surrey International Writers Conference. Deadline: September 1, 2011.
Papirmasse seeks your 'laziest, tawdriest, sexiest, slummingest, most adventurous summer stories and images' for a special summer postcard issue. Short stories: 300 words max. Deadline: July 31, 2011. Guidelines.
carte blanche is now accepting poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translation, graphic fiction, and photography for its Fall Issue (#14). Special feature on obsessions (passions, compulsions, and preoccupations). Deadline: September 15, 2011. Guidelines
InDigest (US) is accepting submissions of essays, poetry, short stories, plays, excerpts, and more for publication in issue #22 of InDigest (November 2011). Guidelines
The Muse-An International Journal of Poetry (India) is calling for submissions of original and unpublished poems, research papers, essays and poetry book reviews for December 2011 issue. Deadline: November 10, 2011 Guidelines
Leap Local invites entries for their international travel story competition. First prize: US$500. Length: 500-650 words. Deadline: August 31, 2011. Entry: free. Guidelines
Online flipbook/ebook journal Dragnet Magazine seeks literary fiction. Length: 1000 words max. Deadline: August 1, 2011. Guidelines
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
Biannual journal Fence (NY) is accepting poetry, non-fiction, and short story submissions for their next issue. Deadline: June 30, 2011. reposted: corrected URL
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
Geist (BC) invites entries for their Erasure Poetry Contest. Details: Copy the passage from Susanna Moodie’s 'Roughing It in the Bush' and erase words to create a poem. Deadline: July 1, 2011. First prize: $500. Entry fee: $20 (includes subscription). 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Postcard Press seeks short poems and flash fiction. Poems should be 10 lines or less, prose 100 words or less. Theme: "Creatures of the Night" (Deadline: July 31, 2011). Publishes one work per month in the form of a 4x6 inch postcard. Authors receive 15 copies of the postcards which feature their work. Guidelines
Narwhal Magazine is looking for submissions of short fiction (under 2000 words) for their upcoming third issue. Looking for stories with a sense of urgency. Appreciates some humour, too. Length: 1500 words max. Deadline: June 7, 2011
Slash Books (Canada) seeks submissions for an anthology called 'Queer Magic.' Stories (500-20K words) should include aspects of magic or the supernatural -- from time travel to exotic realms -- and explore gay, lesbian, or alternative lifestyle romance. Deadline: June 25, 2011. Payment: $100 plus copies. Guidelines
Non-profit online journal All Rights Reserved is accepting submissions of poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, as well as literary stories told through visual art/photography. Theme: Rejuvenation. Deadline: May 31, 2011. More
Print journal Still Point Arts Quarterly (US) is looking for short articles, essays, fiction, and poetry about art, the idea of art, the making of art, being an artist, creativity, inspiration, the artist's medium, etc. (no technique). Questions can be sent to info@stillpointartgallery.com. Deadline: August 15 (October issue). (More (.pdf)
Postscripts to Darkness, an independently published serial anthology of weird fiction and art, seeks submissions of short fiction (2000 words or less) for their second issue (Fall 2011 publication). No specific theme; prefers work that is "both diverse (from splatterpunk to neo-gothic, fabulist to realist, the genteel ghost story to the fangory-ous flash-fic) and complementary." Deadline: May 27, 2011. Payment: two contributor's copies. Send submissions as attachments with "story submission" in the subject line with your name, submission(s) name, and a brief (45 words max) bio to postscripts2darkness@gmail.com
Seven Archons forum (US) is looking for tales of transgression for their first anthology, entitled "Writings On The Wall". The stories may blend all different genres, but overall must have a transgressive theme. Deadline: July 1, 2011.
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (Hong Kong) invites for the Fine Tea Competition 2011. Fine Tea articles (800-1500 words) may be on any poems, stories or artwork/photography published in the magazine's history. First prize: £25. Select entries will be published on A Cup of Fine Tea. Deadline: August 31, 2011. More
Room Magazine is accepting submissions for its 2011 Annual Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest. First prize in each category: $500. Deadline: July 15, 2011. Entry fee: $30 (includes subscription). More
RUMINATE Magazine invites entries for its annual Janet McCabe Poetry Prize. First prize: US$1,000. Deadline: May 15, 2011. Entries may be sent in using the "Get Involved" section of www.ruminatemagazine.org. Entry fee: US$15.
Rabid Marmot Productions (Edmonton, AB) seeks monologues and one-act works (drama or comedy) for the Fall. Theme: mental illness/mental health. Pieces must be as performance-ready as possible, previously unpublished and under twenty-minutes in length. Deadline: April 30, 2011. More
Global Graffiti, an online journal dedicated to world literature, arts, and culture, seeks creative work, critical essays, literary translations, and artwork. Theme: Cities. Deadline: May 15, 2011. More
The Poetry Institute of Canada is accepting entries for their Open Ages Poetry contest (all ages) and Adult Short Story contest. Deadline: July 29, 2011. More
The Okanagan Memories Short Story competition is open to international writers of all ages. Stories must be non-fiction, previously unpublished, 1000-3000 words. First prize (Adult): $100; First prize (Youth): $80. Entry fees: $20 (Adult) and $15 (5-17). Deadline: September 4, 2011. More
The Niagara Branch of the Canadian Authors Association invites entries for "The Saving Bannister" 26th Annual Poetry Anthology Contest. Ontario residents only. Prizes: $200, $100 and $50. Winning and selected entries published in an anthology. Entry fee: $15 for 3 poems; $4 each additional poem. Deadline: May 31, 2011. More details...
NAP Literary Magazine (US) seeks poetry and fiction. Deadline: June 15, 2011. More
The Oral Tradition seeks poetry and short fiction for its Spring/Summer issue. Deadline: April 15, 2011. More
The Ontario Poetry Society is accepting entries for the Emerging From the Shadows Poetry Contest. Open to Canadians who have never won first prize in a poetry contest. Prize: $25. Entry fee: $5. Deadline: April 15, 2011. More
Quattro Books invites entries for the 2012 Ken Klonksy Novella Contest. Quattro Books will publish the two best novella manuscripts by a Canadian author as part of their 2012 Publishing list. The novella manuscript should be typed and 15000-42000 words. Literary fiction only; no genre fiction. Deadline: July 1, 2011. Entry fee: $15. Send to: Quattro Books Inc, CSI second floor, 720 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 2R4.
Deadline extended. The New Quarterly invites submissions to the Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest. $1000 for the winning essay, all entries considered for paid publication ($250). Interested in essays of any length, on any topic, in which the writer's personal engagement with the topic provides the frame or through-line. Entry fee: $40 (includes subscription). Deadline: April 4, 2011. More
Naomi K. Lewis and Rona Altrows are compiling an anthology called SHY. Looking for personal essays (5000 words max., double-spaced Word doc.), poems, and visual artworks that bring an honest, fresh and non-preachy approach to the experience of being shy. Actively seeking a publisher. Submissions/inquiries: shynessbook@gmail.com. Deadline: September 15, 2011.
The Muse - An International Journal of Poetry (India) is calling for submission of poems/research papers on poetry for the June 2011 issue. Deadline: May 10, 2011. More
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
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
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
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
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
carte blanche is now accepting poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translation, graphic fiction, and photography for its Spring Issue (#13). Also seeking submissions for a themed feature on crisis -- moments or events that changed everything. Deadline March 15, 2011. Contributors receive a $45 honorarium per published piece. More
The Sorrento Wave announces its second annual short story contest. First prize: copy of The Canadian Writer’s Market, 18th edition and $20. Entries must use the following opening line: "She knew she would have to get out of there by the time dessert was over". Word count is 500-1500 words. Entry fee $5. "All proceeds are donated to a local cause." Deadline: March 4, 2011. More
Summer Literary Seminars, Black Warrior Review and The Walrus magazine announce the 2011 Unified Literary Contest. Grand prize: airfare, tuition, and housing at one of the SLS 2011 programs in Montreal, Lithuania, or Kenya), plus online publication in The Walrus and in print in BWR. Deadline: February 28, 2011. Entry fee $15. More
The Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, Texas, seeks ghost stories for their Scare The Dickens Out of Us 2011. Open to all writers. US$1000.00 first prize, US$500 second prize Length: 5000 words max. US$20 (supports the library). Deadline: July 1, 2011. More
The Broken City (Toronto), an online literature/arts mag, is accepting submissions for its summer 2011 edition: Reality bites. This issue will examine dreams, hallucinations, bizarro worlds and the unexplainable via poetry, fiction, essays, comics, illustrations and photography. Deadline: June 15, 2011. More
The New Quarterly invites entries for The Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest. $1000 for the winning poem; another $1000 in prizes. All submissions considered for paid publication. Seeks poems written in response to an occasion. Entry fee: $40 (includes subscription). Deadline: February 28, 2011. More
Persepolis Magazine, a quarterly student-run print magazine at Ryerson University (ON) seeks poems (3 max) and short stories (1500-3000 words) on violence in both English and Farsi. Send submissions to persepolis.lit@gmail.com. Deadline: January 14, 2011. Payment: one copy.
The Hart House Review (ON) is accepting poetry and prose from University of Toronto students and alumni for their print issue, and poems and short works of prose from anyone in the world for the online issue. Deadline: January 20, 2011. More
Atlantic Canada's online journal of metrical verse, Rhythm Poetry Magazine (NS), seeks submissions of unpublished metrical/formal poetry for their next issue (Spring/Summer 2011). Deadline: March 1, 2011. More
Lost in Thought Magazine, a blog looking to become a print magazine, needs short stories for the first issue. More
