Happy Monday! How is it the last week of July already? We hope you’re staying cool during these crazy heatwaves. Time to stay indoors with a nice, cold drink and curl up with some great literature.
The Gay & Lesbian Review’s July/August 2022 issue is focused on “The Lure of the Sea” while World Literature Today’s July/August 2022 is the latest in their city issues, this one focusing on Kharkiv and Odessa. The Spring 2022 issue of Blue Collar Review features poems focusing on poverty, labor struggles, and on the devaluing of, and impact on, children on our corrupt corporate oligarchy. Reckoning Number 6 addresses the intersection between social upheaval and environmental change while New England Review 43.2 is a thoughtful reflection on the place of domesticity, travel, and tourism. Don’t forget also to subscribe to The Louisville Review, now an independent journal after 45 years of being supported by higher education, and snag a copy of their Spring 2022 issue which features ample imagination starters.
More new issue announcements are forthcoming throughout the week, so don’t forget to stop by our Magazine Stand! Plus, don’t forget to check out new titles featured in our Book Stand, too, while you are there.
Great titles to check out now include Warrior Spirit: The Story of Native American Patriotism and Heroism by Herman J. Viola who highlights the military service and major sacrifices of Native American soldiers and veterans in the U.S. armed services; Against the Wall by Alberto Roblest whose prologue begins with an exhausted protagonist finally reaching the doors to paradise to find no way to enter; The Meadow and the Misread by Max Halper follows a college freshman who realises she has no memories before the age of 12 or 13; and posessions: poems in american poetry by Alan Botsford which contains a cast of more than 150 poets.
Ships in the Desert by Jeff Fearnside is forthcoming from Santa Fe Writers Project Books in August and is a linked essay collection analyzing the author’s four years as an educator on the Great Silk Road while Optic Subwoof by Douglas Kearney is forthcoming from Wave books in November. The book is a collection of talks that poet and National Book Award finalist Douglas Kearney presented for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series in 2020 and 2021.
Did you know Alice James Books is turning 50 this year? No easy feat in the publishing industry. They have recently relocated to an independent office in New Glouster, Maine after nearly 30 years of programming with the University of Maine at Farmington. Read more about this milestone and change here.
In magazine news, Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing not only publishes a journal, but also offers a variety of online workshops and “popup workshops” open to the public. Check out their summer offerings, plus their membership options which includes an annual subscription to their journal, discounts on classes and workshops, members-only content, and much more.
Like discovering new publications? NewPages Editor Denise Hill highlights new discoveries in her “New Lit on the Block” series. Featured recently is The Earth Chronicles, a student-led environmental newspaper that focuses on youth voices for climate action and awareness about our planet.
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Stop by our blog to find brief reviews of titles, journals, or short works released in the past year. Jami Macarty recently covered Loss/Less by Rebecca A Durham and found it a “special and compelling book!” Susannah Q. Pratt’s More or Less: Essays from a Year of No Buying is tackled by Kevin Brown who feels at their best the essays “explore important questions of gender, class, and privilege.”
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Calls, Contests, & More
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Submit for Interim's Print Issue
Deadline: September 1, 2022
Interim is looking for poems, art, essays and short fiction devoted to music for the 2022 Print Issue. We’re interested in work that is not so much “about” music, but rather enacts or composes, it. Send 3-5 poems, an artwork, essay, and/or short fiction to Claudia Keelan, Editor of Interim through our Submittable.
CHESTNUT REVIEW Invites Submissions Year Round
Chestnut Review (“for stubborn artists”) invites submissions year-round of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and photography. We offer free submissions for poetry (3 poems), flash fiction (<1000 words), and art/photography (20 images); $5 submissions for fiction/nonfiction (<5k words), or 4-6 poems. Published artists receive $120. Notification in <30 days or submission fee refunded. We appreciate stories in every genre we publish. All issues free online which illustrates what we have liked, but we are always ready to be surprised by the new!
Consequence’s Fall Reading Period Now Open
Deadline: October 15, 2022
The reading period for Consequence Volume 15.1 is now open. As always, we are after any and all literary work or visual art that deals with the human consequences and realities of war or geopolitical violence as experienced by combatants, victims, or witnesses. We are especially interested in works of translation and fiction this time around. We also strongly encourage BIPOC and people from other under-represented communities to submit. Please spread the word. Have questions about what work we’re inclined to publish and/or how much we pay? Visit our FAQ. To submit, go here.
BreakBread Magazine Looking for Work from Young Creatives
Deadline: Rolling
BreakBread Magazine is a magazine for all young creatives between the ages of 13 and 25. We are always looking for vivid, timely poetry, nonfiction, short stories, comics, and visual arts (photography, illustrated narratives, and hybrid work) that explore new directions in arts and letters. Submissions are always free. Check out our website for more information and the link to our submissions manager.
Atmosphere Press Reading Book Manuscripts in All Genres
Deadline: Rolling
Atmosphere Press currently seeks book manuscripts from diverse voices. There's no submission fee, and if your manuscript is selected, we’ll be the publisher you’ve always wanted: attentive, organized, on schedule, and professional. We use a model in which the author funds the publication of the book, but retains 100% rights, royalties, and artistic autonomy. This year Atmosphere authors have received featured reviews with Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist, and have even appeared on a giant billboard in Times Square. Submit your book manuscript at our website.
Plus more calls for submissions at our website:
Split Rock Review Invites Submissions for Issue 19
Split Rock Press Seeks Poetry Chapbook Submissions
Literary Events & Writing Programs
The Daphne Review Mentorship Program (Rising Seniors Only)
Deadline: Rolling; Event Dates: Session I: July 25 - August 15, Session II: September 5-26, III: November 7-28, 2022; Location: Virtual. Mentorship Program (Rising Seniors Only)! Both mentee and mentorship are now open! Apply to the 2022 Daphne Online Mentorship Program! We will be selecting 5-7 students to work with professional writers on a 1on1 basis. Our students have benefited greatly over the years. They’ve used the time to work on their existing body of work to get them published by literary magazines, win awards at Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, PYAA and gain acceptance to top colleges! Recent Daphne mentees have been accepted to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, and top creative writing programs, e.g., Iowa, Kenyon, Juniper, and Emerson!
Register for Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop (in person or virtually)
Deadline: October 1, 2022 (or until sold out)
The nationally renowned Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop will feature celebrated comedians and authors, including "Cathy" cartoonist Cathy Guisewite, "Saturday Night Live" legend Laraine Newman, New York Times' bestselling authors W. Bruce Cameron and Adriana Trigiani, screenwriter Cathryn Michon, improviser Dion Flynn, and award-winning author Katrina Kittle. Your registration includes meals, keynote talks, choice of dozens of workshops, and a complimentary virtual package of the keynotes and Pitchapalooza. Learn more about in-person and virtual options and join us for a long weekend of laughter and learning!
Plus more literary events at our website:
Tarot Card Workshop for Creative Writers!
Workshop Your Poems in the Feedback Circle
Writing & Book Contests
2022 Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize Now Open for Submissions
Deadline: July 31, 2022
Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize 2022: Judged by Juan Felipe Herrera! $1,000 for first place and a letterpress broadside printed by Felicia Rice of Moving Parts Press, $500 for second, $250 for third. Top five published in Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine. Submit up to 3 original, unpublished poems. $15 entry fee. Deadline: July 31, 2022. For complete guidelines, see our submissions manager.
$1000 Poetry Micro Chapbook Contest
Deadline: July 31, 2022
MAYDAY Magazine invites you to send 8-12 pages of poems to be considered for the Editors' Choice Award, including $1000, publication at MAYDAY, and an author interview. Deadline: July 31. Early bird entry fee: $10 (May 1-June 15). Regular fee: $15 (June 16-July 31). Submit a unified manuscript filled with poems that have achieved a balance of both craft and story so seamlessly that we cannot look away. We welcome a diverse range of content and authors, including LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and international voices. For more details, visit our website.
2023 Press 53 Award for Poetry
Deadline: July 31, 2022
$1,000 and 50 copies awarded to an outstanding, unpublished collection of poems of approximately 50 to 120 pages. Open to poets 18 years of age and older who live in the US or one of its territories. Tom Lombardo, Press 53 Poetry Series Editor, will serve as judge. Press 53 will publish the winning manuscript as a Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection; all prizes will be awarded upon publication. Deadline: Midnight Eastern, July 31, 2022. Winner and finalists announced on or before November 1. Reading fee: $30. Complete information at our website.
Driftwood Press Adrift Chapbook & Short Story Contests
Extended Deadline: July 31, 2022
Driftwood Press' Adrift Chapbook Contest and Adrift Short Story Contest return this year, featuring poetry guest judge Carl Phillips and fiction guest judge Allegra Hyde. Winners receive $1,000 and $500, and runners-up receive $200-400 depending on the genre. The deadline has been extended to July 31! Check out past winners for sale on our website and submit today.
Cleaver's Summer Lightning Flash Contest for Fiction & Nonfiction
Deadline: August 1, 2022
Show us what strikes you and lights up your summer! Whether it’s fiction or nonfiction, we’re excited to see your compact and commanding work, up to 500 words. Judge: Meg Pokrass. Prizes: $500 first; $250 second; $200 third. Prizewinners will be published in Cleaver’s Winter Issue. Finalists may also receive a publication offer. For more info and guidelines, visit our website.
$1500 each plus Publication - Poetry & Short Story
Deadline: August 20, 2022
Kallisto Gaia Press sponsors two annual prizes of $1,500 each and publication in Ocotillo Review. Zoë Fay-Stindt will judge the Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize; Jen Knox will judge the Chester B. Himes Memorial Short Fiction Prize. Submit up to three poems of no more than 65 lines each or a story of up to 4,200 words with a $20 entry fee, which includes a copy of Ocotillo Review, by August 20. Visit Submittable for guidelines. Proceeds are donated to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease and the MD Anderson Foundation for Breast Cancer.
Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
Deadline: September 30, 2022
20th year, sponsored by Winning Writers. Win $3,000 for a poem in any style and $3,000 for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style. Total prizes: $8,000. The top two winners will also receive two-year gift certificates from our co-sponsor, Duotrope (a $100 value). Both published and unpublished work accepted. Winning entries published online. Submit 1-3 poems for a $20 entry fee. Length limit: 250 lines per poem. Judged by S. Mei Sheng Frazier. This contest is recommended by Reedsy. Winning Writers is one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2022). See past winners, advice from the judge, and submit online at our website.
The St. Lawrence Book Award for Debut Poetry and Prose
Deadline: August 31, 2022
Each year Black Lawrence Press will award The St. Lawrence Book Award for an unpublished first collection of poetry or prose. The St. Lawrence Book Award is open to any writer who has not yet published a full-length manuscript in any genre. The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Prizes are awarded on publication. For more details and information about how to submit your manuscript, follow this link.