The June 2022 eLitPak was sent to newsletter subscribers on Wednesday, June 15. If you somehow missed out on it, view it online here. Featured this month was flyers from Winning Writers, CARVE, Livingston Press, Madville Publishing, Divot Poetry, Willow Writers Retreat, Our Lady of the Lake Online MFA & MA programs, and the first annual virtual LIGHT Festival. If you’re interested in participating in our next eLitPak newsletter, learn more here.
In lit mag news, did you know Kaleidoscope has launched a podcast to “expand the outreach of the magazine in a new and modern way”? Plus, don’t forget to check out the New & Noted Lit and Alt Mags for June 2022 as you’re looking to find some great new reading material. Remember you can also stop by the NewPages Magazine Stand to see several of these new issues highlighted throughout the week.
In book news, discover Lynn Downey’s nonfiction title American Dude Ranch: A Touch of Cowboy and the Thrill of the West which opens new perspectives on this classic American buckaroo getaway.
New works of fiction include All the Rivers Flow into the Sea and Other Stories by Khanh Ha which brings readers a unique sense of love and passion alongside tragedy and darker themes of peril; My Haunted Home by Victoria Hood features stories delving in startling ways into the lives of the obsessed, the grieving, and the truly haunted; Chauna Craig’s Wings & Other Things is a book of migrations whose characters flutter and flap, take off and land, then take off again as they seek where they belong; and The Illusion of Simple by Charles Forrest Jones begins in a dry Kanvas riverbed where a troop of young girls find a human hand.
New in poetry find Broadsided Press Anthology: Fifteen Years of Poetic & Artistic Collaborations, 2005-2020 which celebrates the press’ mission of “putting literature and art on the streets”; Oxblood is Nicole Caruso-Garcia’s debut poetry collection; and Tolstoy Killed Anna Karenina finds Dara Barrois/Dixon bringing profound attention to the things we love. Stop by the NewPages Book Stand for more new and forthcoming titles throughout the week.
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Calls for Submissions
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!
Able Muse (Poetry, Prose, & Art) - Submission Now Open
Deadline: July 15, 2022
Able Muse is now accepting submissions for our forthcoming issue, Winter 2022/2023. Submit poetry, fiction, essays, book reviews, art, and photography. Submission opens yearly January 1 and closes July 15. Read our guidelines and submit at our website.
Sky Island Journal: Issue 21 (Summer 2022) Call for Submissions
Deadline: June 30, 2022
Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access literary journal dedicated to publishing the finest poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. We publish accomplished, well-established authors—side by side—with fresh, emerging voices. We provide over 100,000 readers in 145 countries with a powerful, free-access, advertising-free literary experience that transports them: one that challenges them intellectually and moves them emotionally. We publish quarterly, and our average response time is 9 days. Every submission receives a prompt, respectful response detailing what we appreciated. Enjoy our previous issues and submit to our stunning Issue 21 before midnight on June 30th, at our website.
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:
Rabble Review - Leftis Arts & Letters - Summer 2022
Book of Matches Seeks Submissions
Actual Left Seeks Fiction, Nonfiction Focusing on Social Justice
Feminist Literary Zine About Eve and Religion Submissions Open :: They Call Us
Literary Events & Writing Programs
The Daphne Review Mentorship Program (Rising Seniors Only)
Deadline: Rolling; Event Dates: Session I: Late July - Early August, Session II + III: TBA; 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!
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.
North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books
Deadline: June 30, 2022
Now in its eighth year, the North Street Book Prize is sponsored by Winning Writers. Self-published books in seven categories can win up to $8,000 plus additional benefits. Submit online or by mail. Winning Writers is a partner member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, and this contest is recommended by Reedsy. Entry fee: $70 per book. Free gifts from our co-sponsors for everyone who enters. Deadline: June 30. View guidelines here.
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.
The Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers: $500 Prizes
Deadline: July 15, 2022
Submissions are open for Nimrod’s Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers. The Ringold Awards offer prizes of $500 and publication for fiction and poetry. They are open only to writers with no more than two previous publication credits in their genre. For poetry, submit up to five pages; for fiction, one short story, 5,000 words maximum. The contest is open internationally. All honorable mentions will also be published and paid at our normal rates. Manuscripts may be mailed or submitted online via Submittable. Each entry must be accompanied by a $12 entry fee. Email us or visit Nimrod's website for complete rules.
Submit to the 2022 Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry
Extended Deadline: July 15, 2022
Lynx House Press seeks submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts for the annual Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry. The winner will receive $2,000 and publication. Entries must be at least 48 pages in length. The fee for submitting is $28. Previous judges include James Tate, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dorianne Laux, Dara Wier, Melissa Kwasny, and Robert Wrigley.
Driftwood Press Adrift Chapbook & Short Story Contests
Deadline: July 15, 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 is July 15th! Check out past winners for sale on our website and submit today.