We’re going bi-monthly! Here’s an update of presses and journals with open reading periods during the coming two months. If we missed you, please email Small Press Editor Dennis James Sweeney and we’ll add you to the next post. Happy submitting, and we’ll see you in April.
Presses:
42 Miles Press Poetry Award / Deadline: March 1, 2015 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
A-Minor Press / Now / Mixed Genre, Poetry
Able Muse Book Award / Deadline: March 31, 2015 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1000 + Publication / Judge: Peter Campion
Ahsahta Press – Sawtooth Poetry Prize / January 1 – March 1, 2015 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1500 + Publication / Judge: Ed Roberson
AWP Award Series 2015 / January 1 – February 28, 2015 / Poetry, Short Fiction, Novel, Creative Nonfiction / $20 / Prize: $5500 (Poetry and Short Fiction) or $2500 (Novel and Creative Nonfiction) + Publication
Civil Coping Mechanisms – Mainline / February (TBA) / All Genres / Free
Cleveland State University Poetry Center – Book Competitions / January 1 – March 31, 2015 / First Book Poetry Prize (Judge: Eileen Myles), Open Book Poetry Prize (Judges: Lesle Lewis, Shane McCrae, Wendy Xu), Essay Collection Prize (Judge: Wayne Koestenbaum) / $25/ Prize: $1,000 + Publication
Dalkey Archive Press / Now / Fiction
Essay Press Open Book Contest / Deadline: April 1, 2015 / Nonfiction / $25 / Prize: Publication + Royalties / Judge: Kristin Prevallet
Four Way Books Levis Prize in Poetry / January 1 – March 31, 2015 / Poetry / $28 / Prize: $1000 + Publication / Judge: Martha Collins
H_NGM_N Books / November 1, 2014 – March 10, 2015 / Poetry / $10
Noemi Press Book Awards / Deadline: April 30 / Poetry, Fiction / $25 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
Ohio State University Press Non/Fiction Collection Prize / December 14, 2014 – February 14, 2015 / Fiction, Nonfiction / $20 / Prize: $1500 + Publication
Orison Poetry Prize / Deadline: February 15, 2015 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1500 + Publication / Judge: C. Dale Young
Queen’s Ferry Press / March 1 – August 31, 2015 / Fiction
Sarabande Books – Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction and Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry / Deadline: February 14, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry / $27 / Prize: $2000 + Publication / Judges: Ben Marcus, Mary Ruefle
Skylight Press / Now / Fiction, Poetry
Trembling Pillow Press / Now / $15 / Poetry, Poetry Translations, Essays About Poetry
Trio House Press Book Awards / November 1, 2014 – April 30, 2015 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
Two Dollar Radio / Now / Fiction / $3
University of Utah Press – Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry / Deadline: March 31, 2015 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1000 + Publication + Trip to Utah
Chapbooks:
BOAAT Chapbook Competition / November 1st, 2014 – February 28th, 2015 / Poetry / $14 / Prize: $500 + Publication / Judge: Zachary Schomburg
CutBank Chapbook Contest / January 1 – March 15, 2015 / Poetry, Fiction, Cross-Genre / $20 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
Finishing Line Press – New Women’s Voices Series Chapbook Competition / Deadline: March 31, 2015 / $15 / Prize: $1000 + Publication / Judge: Leah Maines
Gertrude Press Chapbook Contest / Deadline: May 15, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry / $15 / Prize: $250 + Publication + 50 copies
H_NGM_N / Now / Poetry, Prose / $5
The Head & The Hand Press – Breadbox Chapbook Series / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction
Iron Horse Review – Single Author Competition / Deadline: February 28, 2015 / Fiction and Nonfiction Chapbooks / Prize: $1000 + Publication / Judge: Roxane Gay
New Michigan Press/DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest / Deadline: April 27, 2015 / Poetry, Prose / $18 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
Omnidawn Poetry Chapbook Contest / Deadline: March 31, 2015 / Poetry / $18 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
Salt Hill Journal – Dead Lake Chapbook Contest / Deadline: April 15, 2015 / Poetry / $10 / Prize: 25 Contributor Copies
Tammy Chapbook Reading Period / Deadline: February 28, 2015 / $12
Tupelo Press – Snowbound Chapbook Award / Deadline: February 28, 2015 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1000 + Publication / Judge: Lia Purpura
YesYes Books – Vinyl 45 Chapbook Contest / Deadline: February 15, 2015 / Poetry, Prose, Mixed Genre / $15 / Prize: $250 + Publication + 25 copies
Journals & Anthologies:
92Y “Discovery”/Boston Review Poetry Contest / Deadline: January 23, 2015 / Poetry / $12 / Prize: $500 + Publication + Reading at 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center / Final Judges: Peter Gizzi, Atsuro Riley, Susan Stewart
3:AM / Now / Nonfiction
The Account Special Issue: Graphic Works/Graphic Narratives / Deadline: March 15, 2015 / Graphic Narrative
alice blue review / Now / Prose, Poetry
Asymptote – Multilingual Writing Special Feature / Deadline: May 1, 2015 / Nonfiction, Literary Writing, Translations
Barrow Street / Deadline: March 15, 2015 / Poetry
Barrelhouse – Riot Themed Issue and 90s Themed Online Issue / Deadline May 1, 2015 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Big Lucks / Now / Prose, Poetry
Birdfeast / Now / All Genres
Birkensnake / Now / Fiction
Black Warrior Review / December 1, 2014 – March 1, 2015 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Graphic Prose
BOAAT / Now / Poems, Video-Poems
Bombay Gin – Reprogramming the Wilderness / Deadline: August 15, 2015 / Prose, Poetry, Cross-Genre
Bone Bouquet / Now / Poetry
The Butter / Now / Essays, Reviews, Fiction, Interviews
Caketrain / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Cahoodaloodaling: He Said/She Said Issue / Deadline: March 21, 2015 / All Genres / Guest Editor: Paul Beckman
Cartridge Lit / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Essays
Carve Magazine / Now / Short Stories
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal – “The Other Side” Poetry Contest / Deadline: February 15, 2015 / Poetry / Free / Prize: £30 + Publication
Coconut Magazine / Now / Poetry
Coldnoon: Travel Poetics / Now / Poetry, Nonfiction
The Collagist / March 1 – August 31, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Novel Excerpts
Colorado Review – Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction / Deadline: March 14, 2015 / Fiction / $15 / Prize: $2000 + Publication / Judge: Lauren Groff
Curbside Splendor Monthly E-Zine / Now / Fiction, Poetry
decomP Magazine / Now / Prose, Poetry
Devil’s Lake / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
DIAGRAM / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg Review – Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction / $10-15 / Fiction / Prize: $1000 + Publication
The Electric Encyclopedia of Experimental Literature / Now / All Genres
elsewhere / Now / Prose Poetry, Flash Fiction
Fairy Tale Review: Ochre Issue / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Finery / Now / Poetry, Prose, Visual Art
Flag + Void / Now / Poetry, Art
Fourth Genre – Steinberg Essay Prize / Deadline: March 15, 2015 / Nonfiction / $20 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
The Florida Review – Editors’ Awards / Deadline: March 17, 2015 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction / $15 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
Fruita Pulp / Now / Poetry
Fugue / September 1, 2014 – May 1, 2015 / Poetry, Fiction, Essays
Gigantic Sequins – 3rd Annual Contest in Poetry & Flash Fiction / Deadline: July 14, 2015 / Judges: Dawn Lundy Martin, Mat Johnson
Guernica / Now / Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Art
Gulf Coast Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry / Deadline: March 22, 2015 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry / $23 / Prize: $1500 + Publication / Judges: Carl Phillips (Poetry), Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (Fiction), Maggie Nelson (Nonfiction)
Hayden’s Ferry Review / Now / All Genres / $3
Hobart online / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Horseless Press / Now / Reviews, Interviews
Hot Metal Bridge / Deadline: April 1, 2015 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
Inch / Now / Flash Fiction, Flash Nonfiction, Short Poems
jubilat / September 1, 2014 – April 1, 2015 / Poetry
Juked / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Lazy Fascist Review / Now / Fiction, Poetry
The Learned Pig / Deadline: February 15, 2015 / All Genres
Literary Orphans / Now / Micro, Short Fiction
Local Nomad: an online journal of writing and art / Deadline: February 15, 2015 / Poetry, Art, Fiction, Nonfiction
Lumina / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art
Lyre Lyre: Back to the Future Issue / Now / Poetry, Video Poetry, Audio Poetry, Art
The McNeese Review / Deadline: Dec. 1, 2014 / Short Fiction, Poetry, Literary Nonfiction, Translations, Interviews, Art
Monkeybicycle / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction
NANO Fiction / Now / Flash Fiction
New South / Deadline: April 30, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry, Essays
Nightblock / Now / Poetry, Fiction
Nonbinary Review: Issue #4 – Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable / Now / All Genres
OCHO: A Journal of Queer Arts / Now / All Genres
Octopus Magazine / Now / Poetry
Okey-Panky – An Electric Literature Production / Deadline: February 28, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Graphic Narrative (1500 Words or Less)
PANK / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Phantom Drift / January 1 – March 31, 2015 / Fabulist Fiction, Poetry, and Essays
Phoebe Journal of Literature and Art – Greg Grummer Poetry Contest, Fiction Contest, Creative Nonfiction Contest / Deadline: March 1, 2015 / Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction / $17 / Prize: $850 + Online publication / Judge: Brian Teare (Poetry), Ramona Ausubel (Fiction), Roxane Gay (Nonfiction)
Pinball / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Comics
PLINTH / Deadline: March 1, 2015 / All Genres
Pretty Owl Poetry / Now / Poetry, Flash Fiction
Puerto del Sol / January 1 – March 1, 2015 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Translations, Art, Criticism
Quarter After Eight / October 15, 2014 – April 15, 2015 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Quarterly West / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, New Media
The Rain, Party, & Disaster Society / Every month from 1st-15th / All Genres
Revolution John / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Flash Fiction
Salamander Magazine / September 1, 2014 – April 30, 2015 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
Sink Review / Deadline: February 15, 2015 / Poetry
small po[r]tions journal / Now / All Genres
Sonora Review / Now / $3 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
The Southeast Review – Narrative Nonfiction Prize, Gearhart Poetry Prize, and World’s Best Short-Short Story / Deadline: March 15, 2015 / $16 / Prize: $500 + Publication / Judges: Bob Shacochis (Nonfiction), David Kirby (Poetry), and Robert Olen Butler (Short-Shorts)
Spork / Now / Fiction, Poetry
Sundog Lit Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Contests / Deadline: February 9, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction / $5 / Prize: $100 + Publication / Judges: Elisa Gabbert (Poetry), Mary Miller (Fiction), Elena Passarello (Nonfiction)
Sycamore Review / September 1, 2014 – March 31, 2015 / Poetry, Prose, Nonfiction, Art
TENDE RLOIN / Now / Poetry
Trafika Europe / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Translation
TYPO / Now / Poetry
Unlikely Story / Deadline: March 1, 2015 / Fiction
Unsettling America: Decolonization in Theory & Practice / Now / Essays, Poetry, Art
upstreet / Deadline: March 1, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Up The Staircase Quarterly / Deadline: March 25, 2015 / Poetry, Art, Reviews
Voicemail Poems / Now / Audio Poetry
The Volta / Now / Poetry, Essays
Weave Magazine / September 1, 2014 – May 31, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Drama, Art
Willow Springs Fiction Prize / Deadline: March 15, 2015 / Fiction / $15 / Prize: $2000 + Publication in Willow Springs
Word For/Word / Now / Poetry, Prose, Poetics, Criticism, Visuals
Wreck Park / Now / Fiction, Criticism
Yalobusha Review / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Art
Zoetic Press / Now / Electronic & Interactive Literature
ZYZZYVA / Deadline: May 31, 2015 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry / Submit by Post
Other:
AWP WC&C Scholarship Competition / December 1, 2014 – March 30, 2015 / $25 / Prize: $500 toward Writer’s Conference, Retreat, or Residency / Judges: Sandra Beasley, Matt Bell, Xu Xi
Cave Canem Residency / Deadline: March 15, 2015 / Prize: $1000 + Month-Long Residency
James Jones First Novel Fellowship / March 15, 2015 / $30 / Prize: $10000
Meg Hunt Residency in Alaska / Deadline: March 1, 2015 / $25 / Prize: 2-week residency, room and board in McCarthy, Alaska
Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize / Deadline: March 15, 2015 / Fiction / $25 / Prize: $1000 + Performance at Selected Shorts in June + Publication online at Electric Literature / Judge: Karen Russell
