News from NewPages
Happy New Year! Hopefully you all had (or are in the midst of having) a wonderful winter break. Whether your goal is to read more or submit more, NewPages has your back in 2023! A new year means tons of new submission opportunities to check out. Don’t forget paid newsletter subscribers get early access to these opportunities before they go live on our website!
To help get your reading goals started, check out the latest issues from these great magazines. Senegalese writer Boubacar Boris Diop, laureate of the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, headlines the January/February 2023 issue of World Literature Today. Celebrate four years of publication with The Shore’s release of Issue 16. Contributors to this issue include Ellery Beck, Heather Qin, Leland Seese, Kimberly Ann Priest, and many more.
The Portrait of New England’s first issue back after their return from hiatus is now available! Volume 2 includes work by Andrew Yim, Donna Mitchell, Eric D. Lehman, Emily Fabbricotti, Emily Ehrhart, Benjamin Thomas, Ann Taylor, Alexander B. Joy, Ed Ahern, Charlotte Friedman, Cortney Davis, Kathryn Sadakierski, Joanne Corey, Melissa D. Burrage, John Grey, Patricia Peterson, Katherine Gotthardt, Katherine Gotthardt, Gayle Lauradunn, Frank William Finney, Angela Acosta, and Natalie Schriefer. Meanwhile, Rain Taxi Review of Books Winter 2022 issue is now available and includes interviews with poet Dara Barrois/Dixon and multi-genre writer Carl Watson as well as features on novelist Pauline Melville and poet Susan Lewis.
Don’t forget to stop by the NewPages Magazine Stand throughout the week for new issues from South Dakota Review, Storm Cellar, The Missouri Review, New England Review, The Malahat Review, and The Massachusetts Review.
Keep your reading goals for 2023 even stronger by adding these books to you reading lists! Black Fire This Time, Volume 1 is an anthology edited by Kim McMillon and Kofi Antwi that celebrates the roots and legacy of the Black Arts Movement. Contributors include Nikki Giovanni, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Amina Baraka, Eugene B. Redmond, Lucille Clifton, Haki R. Madhubuti, Wanda Coleman, E. Ethelbert Miller, Jerry Ward, Tom Dent, Michael Simanga, Quincy Troupe, Margaret Porter Troupe, Dudley Randall, Askia Toure, QR Hand, Jr., Denise Nicholas, Sonia Sanchez and many more.
What You Wish For by Ruth Bardon uses a feminist lens to take a fresh look at wishes, witches, magic spells, princesses, sleeping beauties, and 21st century queen bees. This collection of poems is due out from Finishing Line Press in March 2023. Mark S. Burrows translates highly regarded German poet Hilde Domin into English in The Wandering Radiance. Many of the poems in this volume appear in English for the very first time. The book is set to be released in April 2023 and you can read a sample in Under a Warm Green Linden Issue 13.
Check out these great books that are currently available. Nohora Arrieta Fernández and Mark A. Sanders edit and translate poetry by Rómulo Bustos Aguirre in Semantics of the World. This collection introduces Bustos Aguirre, one of Columbia’s more celebrated living writers, to the English-speaking world. A. J. Bermudez’s Stories No One Hopes Are About Them “explores convergences of power, privilege, and place.”
Don’t forget to stop by our Book Stand throughout the week to discover even more great titles from university and indie presses.
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Get even more reading recommendations from our reviewers! Regular reviewer Kevin Brown tackles three titles. First he dives into Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen which “reminds readers we will all have such moments—both of bearing witness and of standing up for ourselves.” Next he tackles Barbara Kingsolver’s latest novel Demon Copperhead where Kingsolver creates characters the readers care about. The final book Brown covers is Julie Otsuka’s The Swimmers.
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Below are this week’s writing contests, calls for submissions, and literary and writing events. Enjoy 20+ opportunities to get your work published or to enhance your writing craft. Paid subscribers get first and early access to these opportunities every Monday afternoon. Free subscribers receive access to these opportunities the following Monday.
Calls, Contests, & More
Here are the latest and featured calls for submissions and writing and book contests. Please note the ads featured here are paid listings. Subscribers with paid subscriptions receive early access to ads before they are posted to our site.
Calls for Submissions
Applause International Undergraduate Literary Journal Open For Submissions—Paying Venue
Deadline: February 14, 2023
Applause Issue 33: The (In)Evitable Ending. Evitable; adj. That admits of being avoided; avoidable. Applause is looking for the most interesting angles we can find as your work approaches its “evitable ending.” We begin knowing there’s an end, but the ending doesn’t have to be inevitable to satisfy the reader. Sometimes the end of “what actually happened” is really the poem, story, or essay’s beginning. Sometimes the piece decides the end. We’re looking for original poems, stories, essays, and visual art that showcases what happens when we avoid the avoidable. Imagine the ending. Avoid it. Send it to us.
Third Street Review
Deadline: Rolling
Third Street Review is a new online literary journal for flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography. We are a paying market and welcome work from writers and artists from all cultural backgrounds and experience levels. For complete submission guidelines, please visit our website.
Dark Onus Press seeks Unsolicited, Micro-sized Manuscripts starting 1.1.23
Dark Onus Press is an experimental, independent publishing house which produces short volumes of poetry, short stories, flash fiction, and artwork. We are open year-round, read blindly, do not charge reading fees and do not charge you for your first batch of books if you publish with us. We are a micro-publisher of experimental work, publishing print books and ebooks. Our response time is two months. It is our mission to stay small and stay afloat for many years to come. We are self-funded and independent, intending to publish new and established authors and artists. Submissions open 1.1.23. View submission guidelines.
Dark Onus Lit is seeking Submissions for Inaugural Issue - Open 1.1.23
Dark Onus Lit is an experimental literary magazine which puts out micro-issues of poetry, short stories, flash fiction, audio and artwork. We are open year-round, read blindly, and do not charge reading fees. We appreciate dark-themed work. Our response time is 3 weeks. Please review our Masthead and Submission Guidelines pages for our leanings. We are looking for experimental, challenging work for our inaugural issue. Submissions open 1.1.23.
Driftwood Press — Fiction & Poetry Contests Deadlines This Month
Driftwood Press is happy to share a plethora of submission opportunities for writers and artists! Our In-House Fiction & Poetry Contests, in which every work submitted is considered for publication as winner or runner-up, is ending soon! For our yearly print anthology, we are looking for poems, short stories, comics, and visual art that will wow our readers, accepted as both contest and normal submissions. We are a paying market, and our published writers also get to take part in bespoke interviews about their work! Driftwood is also on the hunt for amazing book-length titles to grow our catalogue, so if you have a novella, poetry collection, comic collection, or graphic novel manuscript, we would love to read it! Visit us here for our Submittable page, and we encourage you to follow us on social media (@driftwoodpress) to learn about even more submission opportunities!
Heron Tree: Call for Found Poetry Submissions
Extended Deadline: February 15, 2023
Deadline extended to 15 February 2023! We are accepting found poems composed from sources published in or before 1927. We are interested in any and all approaches to found poetry construction and erased or remixed texts. Accepted poems will be published weekly on the Heron Tree website starting in February 2023 and will be included in a free, downloadable PDF volume available later in 2023. No fee. For detailed submission guidelines, visit us at our website.
Call for Submissions: Jewish Fiction .net
Jewish Fiction .net, a prestigious literary journal, invites submissions for its Spring 2024 issue. We are the only English-language journal devoted exclusively to publishing Jewish fiction, and we showcase the finest contemporary Jewish-themed writing (either written in, or translated into, English) from around the world. In our first 12 years we have published over 500 stories or novel excerpts, originally written in nineteen languages and on five continents, and we have readers in 140 countries. We’ve published such eminent authors as Elie Wiesel, Savyon Liebrecht, and Aharon Appelfeld, alongside many excellent, lesser-known writers. For submission details, please visit our Submissions page.
Call for Submissions from Girls Worldwide
Extended Deadline: January 31, 2023
Girls Right the World is a literary journal inviting young, female-identified writers and artists, ages 14–21, to submit work for consideration for the seventh annual issue. We believe girls’ voices transform the world for the better. We accept poetry, prose, and visual art of any style or theme. We ask to be the first to publish your work in North America; after publication, the rights return to you. Send your best art and/or writing, in English or English translation, to girlsrighttheworld@gmail.com by January 31, 2023. Please include a note mentioning your age, where you’re from, and a bit about your submission.
Sunspot Lit Seeks Diverse Works
Sunspot Lit is open again for diverse works of prose and art from around the world. We’re one of the few journals publishing longform works. We also take flash-length fiction and nonfiction; art ranging from photography to sculpture; and graphic novels. Please note that the calls for longer pieces close earlier than the calls for shorter pieces, so get your work in early. See our Submittable page for specific guidelines or check us out on Duotrope.
Fleas On The Dog Submissions Open For Issue 13
Deadline: January 30, 2023
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Wordrunner eChapbooks seeks Fiction, Memoir/CNF, Poetry for Themed Anthology
Deadline: February 28, 2023
For our Spring 2023 anthology, we welcome fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, poetry or prose-poems on the theme “Salvaged.” Submit your best work—a short story, personal narrative, novel or memoir excerpt (up to 5,000 words), three flash fictions (750-1000 words each), or three poems (up to one page each). Our preference is for emotional complexity. We are not interested in genre fiction unless it transcends genre. Work should not be previously published. Deadline: February 28, 2023. Publication of our 48th online chapbook will be mid-April. Submission fee: $3. Authors are paid ($10 to $25). Editor's Choice prose piece receives $50. Complete guidelines and submittable link at our website.
Clinch (Now a Paying Market) is Open for Submissions!
Deadline: April 1, 2023
Clinch—A Martial Arts Literary Magazine is now open for Issue 3 submissions AND is now a paying market! Clinch is now paying a $15 compensation to contributing artists upon Issue 3's publication. So send us your work that encompasses martial arts virtues in some way (doesn't have to be about martial arts explicitly, but it certainly can be!) to submissions@clinchlit.com. Visit our website for more details and happy submitting!
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.
Literary Events
An Intensive Online Writing Workshop Customized for You
Application Deadline: March 13, 2023
Event Location: Online. Have you ever wished you could attend your own private writing workshop that would teach you exactly what you need to know, at the right pace for you, and provide feedback and guidance in extensive one-on-one sessions? That's Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. It's an intensive, personalized, one-on-one online workshop experience for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Your Personal Odyssey combines advanced lectures, expert feedback, and deep mentoring. You choose your pace (6 weeks, 12 weeks, 18 weeks) and choose which topics you want to cover. Among Odyssey graduates are award winners and New York Times bestsellers. Visit our website for more info.
Scotland Writing Immersion in Edinburgh
Deadline: March 15, 2023
Event Dates: May 21-25, 2023. A generative and adventurous writing retreat on the Royal Mile Facilitated by memoirist-novelist Carolyn Dawn Flynn and poet-writer Jona Kottler. Let a city that loves writers embrace you as you immerse yourself in Edinburgh, Scotland, for five days and four nights of inspiring craft talks, mentored support, and a vibrant writer community. For writers of fiction, creative nonfiction, screenplays, and poetry, featuring mentored craft support and vision-making as well as Muse-dates all through the writing landscape of Edinburgh. Visit our website for more info.
Story Catalyst Writing Craft Classes
Deadline: Rolling
Our writing classes are cataclysmic! We deliver classes live, virtual, and on demand, and we wrap the classes in a dynamic writer community that is intellectually rigorous, vision-powered, and emotionally supportive. All classes include a free membership in the Story Catalyst community on Mighty Networks. Access by the class or sign up for all classes in the Story Catalyst track. Membership in the Story Catalyst track includes: 10 monthly classes and First-pass access to premium classes. We don’t believe in writer’s block. We believe skills + vision = happy writers. Join our warm and welcoming community. Visit website for more info.
Writing & Book Contests
2023 New American Poetry Prize
Deadline: January 15, 2023
2023 NEW AMERICAN POETRY PRIZE. $1,500 and book publication. Final judge: Jamaica Baldwin, author of Bone Language (forthcoming 2023). Deadline: January 15, 2023. Minimum length: 48 pages (no maximum). Reading fee: $25. Online submissions only, please. Complete guidelines at the New American Press website.
Interim Poetics: The Test Site Poetry Prize
Extended Deadline: January 15, 2023
Interim will choose two winning books for the series—one title publicized as the winner of The Test Site Poetry Series and the other as the Betsy Joiner Flanagan Award in Poetry. Both winners will receive $1,000 and their books will be published by the University of Nevada Press. Submit by: January 15. Visit Interim Poetics website.
DISQUIET Literary Prize
Extended Deadline: January 9, 2023
Submissions are now open for the DISQUIET Prize for writing in any genre. Three winners will be published in Granta.com (fiction), NinthLetter.com (nonfiction) or The Common (poetry). One grand prize winner will receive a full scholarship, accommodations, and travel stipend to attend the eleventh annual DISQUIET International Literary Program in Lisbon taking place June 25 – July 7, 2023. Runners-up and other outstanding entrants will also be considered for financial aid. Submission fee: $15. Visit website.
2023 Colorado Prize for Poetry
Deadline: January 14, 2023
$2,500 honorarium and book publication: Submit book-length collection of poems to the Colorado Prize for Poetry by January 14, 2023 (we will observe a 5-day grace period). $25 reading fee (add $3 to submit online) includes subscription to Colorado Review. Final judge is Felicia Zamora; friends and students (current or former) of the judge are not eligible to compete, nor are Colorado State University employees, students, or alumni. Complete guidelines at our website or Colorado Prize for Poetry, Center for Literary Publishing, 9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105.
First Pages Prize Opens March 1st!
Deadline: April 10th (24th Extended)
First Pages Prize invites you to enter your first 5 pages of a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction. Prizes in both fiction & creative nonfiction. Open to un-agented writers worldwide, the prize supports emerging writers with cash awards, developmental mentoring, & an agent consultation. Visit website for more info.
Prime Number Magazine Awards for Poetry and Short Fiction
Deadline: March 31, 2023
$1,000 first prize in each category plus publication in Prime Number Magazine. Two Runners-up in each category also published in Prime Number Magazine. Reading fee $15. Poetry judged by Felicia Mitchell, author of Waltzing with Horses. Short Fiction judged by Dennis McFadden, author of Jimtown Road: A Novel in Stories, winner of the 2016 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction. Open January 1 to March 31. Submit online through Submittable. Details at the Press 53 website.
Etchings Press Contests for Novella, Prose Chapbook, and Poetry Chapbook
Deadline: January 31, 2023
Etchings Press, a student-run publisher at University of Indianapolis, welcomes submissions for its annual contests for chapbooks in poetry and in prose and a novella. Students are interested in editing and publishing authors in our region within 370 miles of campus. Mixed genre and multiple author manuscripts are welcome. UIndy students will serve as judges and choose the winners in each category. They will then edit, design, publish, and promote the two chapbooks and the novella by May, 2023. Check eligibility and read contest guidelines on our website. Deadline is Jan. 31, 2023.
The swamp pink Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
Deadline: January 31, 2023
Formerly known as the Crazyhorse Prizes, the swamp pink Prizes award $2,000 and publication to a story, essay, and poem. From January 1 to 31, submit a story or essay of up to 25 pages or a set of 1–3 poems via Submittable. This year’s judges: Jamil Jan Kochai (fiction), Melissa Faliveno (nonfiction), and Matthew Olzmann (poetry). The entry fee is $20; all entries will be considered for publication. Submissions now open! Submit here.
Burnside Review Press Book Contest
Extended Deadline: January 15, 2023
Manuscripts of 50-100 pages of poetry will be accepted until January 15, 2023. Jaswinder Bolina will judge. The winning book will be published by Burnside Review Press in 2024. The author will receive a $1,000 prize, plus ten copies of the book. A $25 entry fee must be paid at the time of submission. Contest entrants will receive one Burnside Review Press title. The editors may select an additional manuscript from the submission pool for publication. Visit our website for complete guidelines.
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