NewPages October 2024 eLitPak
MFA Programs, Writing Contests, Upcoming Events, & Submission Opportunities
The NewPages eLitPak includes digital flyers from literary magazines, creative writing programs, writing conferences and events, and independent publishers. Discover calls for submissions, writing and book contests, application deadlines, upcoming events, new releases and issue announcements, and more.
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Reserve your spot in an upcoming NewPages eLitPak. Reach our 6,000+ newsletter subscribers and have your flyer promoted on our blog and on our social media to our 30,000+ followers. Now accepting reservations for our November 2024 through October 2025 eLitPaks. Flyer order in the newsletter is based on order of reservations.
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! View our flyer for more information and a link to our website.
Alternating Current Press Submissions Open for October—Closing Soon!
Submissions open for the Futurist Debut Book Award for debut books ($1,000 prize), the Front Range Book Prize for books by Colorado authors or about Colorado ($1,000 prize), the Luminaire Prose Award for short stories ($100 prize), and book-length nonfiction and poetry manuscripts! See what’s closing at the end of October! View our flyer for more information and links to submit.
2025 Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize
Deadline: November 1, 2024
December Magazine seeks submissions for the 2025 Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize. Maggie Smith will Judge. Prizes: $1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention). All finalists will be published in the 2025 Spring/Summer Awards issue. Submit up to 3 poems per entry. $20 entry fee includes a copy of the awards issue. Submit September 1 to November 1, 2024. For more information and a link to our guidelines, please view our flyer.
50% Off First Online Poetry, Publishing, & Critique Workshops
Caesura Poetry Workshop aims to support, inspire, and energize poets and writers through a wide variety of affordable Zoom workshops hosted by award-winning poet, editor, teacher John Sibley Williams. Most workshops include poem analysis, active group discussion, and writing prompts. Some are even self-paced! Reference NewPages and get 50% off your first workshop. View flyer for more info and a link to our website. Register via email.
National Indie Excellence Awards
Deadline: March 31, 2025
The National Indie Excellence© Awards (NIEA) are open to all English language printed books currently for sale including self-published authors, small to midsize independent publishers, and university presses. Now in our nineteenth year, NIEA is a proud champion of self and independent publishing and authors of all genres who produce books of excellence and distinction. View our flyer for more information and a link to submit.
Colorado Prize for Poetry Opens October 1, 2024
Deadline: January 14, 2025
$2,500 honorarium & book publication. Book-length poetry manuscripts accepted until January 14, 2025 (we observe a 5-day grace period). Final judge: Craig Morgan Teicher. $28 entry fee includes one-year subscription to Colorado Review. View our flyer for more information and a link to our complete guidelines. Questions? Please email us.
Ashland Poetry Press 2nd Annual Broadside Contest—Now Reading!
Deadline: November 1, 2024
Submit individual poems via Submittable ($10 for two poems, 40 lines or fewer). Winner and two runners-up will have broadsides designed and printed ($250 and 50 copies to winner; 25 copies for runners-up). No particular aesthetic; we just want great poems. Winning broadsides will be designed by poet/artist Lindsay Lusby. View flyer for more information and a link to submit.
Third Street Review is re-opening for submissions!
Deadline: November 1-30, 2024
Third Street Review, a quarterly literary journal, welcomes submissions of Flash Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, and Photography. If you have something wild, wooly, and wonderful, we want to see it. We value the work of individual creators—show us who you are and what you can do. In addition to being a paying publication, we promote across social media platforms and nominate for awards. Jump in—we can't wait to meet you! View our website to learn more.
Fall Contest and Submission Opportunity from Black Fox Literary Magazine
Deadline: December 1, 2024
Submit your fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction to the Fall Black Fox Prize with theme: Fragments of Time! Deadline: December 1, 2024! We are also accepting free submissions for our winter 2025 print issue. Free subs close on November 30, 2024! View our flyer for more info and a link to submit.