NewPages August 2024 eLitPak
Book Prizes, Writing Contests, Calls for Submissions, Creative Writing Programs
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Join Our Community of Writers! UNCG’s MFA Program Accepting Applications
Application deadline: December 15 (priority); January 15 (final)
UNC Greensboro’s MFA is a two-year residency program offering fully funded assistantships with stipends. Students work closely with faculty in one-on-one tutorials, developing their craft in a lifelong community of writers. UNCG offers courses in poetry, fiction, publishing, and creative nonfiction, plus teaching opportunities and editorial work for The Greensboro Review. Note our 12/15 priority consideration deadline! Visit our website and view our flyer for more information.
Raven Chronicles’ Inaugural Annual Awards for Innovative Fiction & Nonfiction
Deadline: October 1, 2024
We seek nonfiction & fiction work for publication in Spring 2025 on the theme Habitat: Planet Earth. Chosen authors will receive $1,000 and 50% of net sales. Each year we will publish two books, one fiction (speculative, utopian, historical, etc.) and one nonfiction (creative nonfiction, memoir, scientific, historical, etc.). A new theme will be chosen each year. Submissions now open. View our flyer for more information
Contest and Submission Opportunity from Black Fox Literary Magazine
Submit your fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction to Black Fox Literary Magazine’s Portraits of Failure Writing Contest! Deadline: August 31, 2024! We are also accepting free submissions for our Winter 2025 print issue. Free subs close on November 30, 2024! See flyer for more information and link to our website.
Alternating Current Press Submissions Open for August—Closing Soon!
Submissions now open for the Futurist Debut Book Award for debut books in any genre ($1,000 prize), the Spark Translation Prize for translated books ($1,000 prize), several anthologies, book-length nonfiction manuscripts, and more! See what’s closing at the end of August, and plan ahead for what’s opening in September. View our flyer and learn more at our website.
Apple in the Dark Winter 2024 Submissions
Deadline: December 15, 2024
Apple in the Dark is reading for the Winter 2024 issue. Free submissions; tip jar donations accepted. We publish works of short fiction and creative nonfiction up to 1,500 words per piece. Multiple and simultaneous submissions are OK. Up to 3 pieces per submission. See flyer for more information and link to submit.
Permafrost Book Prize in Fiction
Deadline: October 1, 2024
Permafrost is very happy to announce Pulitzer Finalist and Alaskan author Eowyn Ivey as the final judge for this annual contest. Submissions in fiction may include novels, short story collections, or novella collections. More info can be found at
our website and on our flyer.
Accepting Applications for Fall Enrollment
The Wilson College MFA program is designed for working professionals with a low-residency schedule tailored to meet the needs of artists allowing them to reach the next level in their field. View our flyer for more information and a link to our website.