The July 2022 eLitPak newsletter was sent out last Wednesday. If you missed out somehow, access it online here and don’t forget to make sure you’re subscribed to our newsletter! Find more calls, contests, writing programs, new issues and titles from Grid Books, Kaleidoscope, Divot, Our Lady of the Lake University, and Livingston Press.
Don’t forget to stop by our Magazine Stand regularly to learn more about new issues from great print and electronic literary and alternative magazines. Featured recently, find the final biannual edition of Driftwood Press (9.2) as they switch to an annual anthology model; Sleet Summer 2022 featuring student poets from Thunder Mountain and Yaakoosge Daakahidi high schools in Juneau, Alaska; Otis Nebula issue 17 which invited contributors to participate in the creation of an “otis” - a linked poem generated by a simple prompt; The Missouri Review Spring 2022 issue which featured the winners of the 2021 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize; The Lake July 2022 issue with fresh poetry, reviews, and more; The Woven Tale Press July 2022 which promises “haunting portraiture, the surreal, architectural mixed media, poetry, fiction, and more.”
Don’t forget to check out the Book Stand to find your new summer reads and start planning your Fall wish list of new titles! Recently published titles include The Displaced by Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre following a group of people who are determined to save their homes and neighborhood from gentrification even if they have to resort to violence and Not a Soul but Us: A story in 84 Sonnets by Richard Smith which won the 2021 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize from Bauhan Publishing.
Coming next month, enjoy David Mason’s Pacific Light which explores the implications of the light as well as peace and its opposing forces. Due out in October is Rebecca Wolff’s latest collection Slight Return which voyages in the myopia of American consumer consciousness.
Don’t forget to keep going to the end of this newsletter to find submission opportunities including new fall reading period announcements from Consequence, a new paying market announcement from iō Literary Journal, Clinch accepting work for its next issue, and much more!
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NewPages Blog
Stay caught up at our blog. There you can take in short reviews, contest & book award winners, book & literary magazine news, new issues of literary magazines, new and forthcoming titles, and cultural & political news.
Discover some great titles and pieces by checking out the brief reviews published on our blog. Recently featured is Jami Macarty’s review of Cynthia Hogue’s chapbook Contain (June 2022) which is a response to artist Morgan O’Hara’s mandala-like series “Nineteen Forms of Containment.” Don’t forget to check out Kevin Brown’s review of Chibundu Onuzo’s Sankofa which “serves as a healthy reminder to Americans and Europeans that African countries’ histories are more complex than they seem to those on the outside.” You will also find Jami Macarty tackling Time/Tempo by Laura Cesarco Eglin and Maureen O’Brien diving into “Love,” a poem by Alex Dimitrov.
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Calls, Contests, & More
Check out the latest and featured calls for submissions, writing and book contests, and more in the NewPages classifieds. Please note the ads featured here are paid listings.
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.
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:
Submit to Clinch—A Martial Arts Literary Magazine
iō Lit Submissions Open (Now a Paying Journal!)
Parhelion Annual Halloween Issue
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!
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.