Where to Submit Your Writing this Summer

written by Entropy June 5, 2014

It’s summer and a bunch of presses and journals have announced their open reading periods, annual contests, etc. Here’s a roundup of some places that are reading this season. If we’ve missed any, please leave them in the comments and we’ll try to include them in the list.

Presses:

1913 Press: Prize for First Books / Deadline June 30, 2014 / $25 / Judge: Claudia Rankine

Augury Books: Open Reading Period / Deadline: July 31, 2014 / Poetry & Prose / $10 – 18

Black Lawrence Press: Open Reading Period / June 30, 2014

Black Ocean: Open Reading Period / June 1 – June 30

Brooklyn Arts Press: Open Reading Period / June / All genres

Caketrain 2014 Competition / Deadline: October 1, 2014 / Fiction / $15 / Final Judge: Peter Markus / First Place: Publication, $250, 25 Contributor Copies

Civil Coping Mechanisms: Mainline / June 23 – June 29 / All genres / Free

Les Figues Press: NOS 2014 Contest / Deadline: September 15, 2014 / All genres / $25 / Prize: $1000 + Publication / Judge: Fanny Howe

Plain Wrap Press: Open Reading Period / June & July

Publishing Genius: Open Reading Period / Deadline: June 30 / All genres

Skylight Press / Now / Fiction, Poetry

Subito Press Book Prize / June 15 – August 15, 2014 / Poetry & Prose / $25

University of North Texas: 2014 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction / Deadline: June 31, 2014 / $25 / Short fiction collection

Chapbooks:

BOAAT: Chapbook Competition / June 1 – Sept 1 / All genres / $10 / Prize: Publication, $100, 3 Copies

The Collagist: 2014 Prose Chapbook Contest / Deadline: July 15, 2014 / Prose: all genrese / $15-20 / Prize: Publication, $250, 25 author copies / Judge: Gabriel Blackwell

Dikembe Press: Open Reading Period / Deadline: June 15, 2014 / Poetry / $8

Grimoire / Deadline: June 30, 2014

Ugly Duckling Presse: First Chapbooks / June / Free

Journals & Anthologies:

3:AM / Now / Nonfiction

American Short Fiction: Short Story Contest / Deadline: June 15, 2014 / $20 / Prize: $1000, Publication / Judge: Amy Hempel

Big Lucks / Now / Prose, Poetry

Black Warrior Review: Tenth Annual Contest / Deadline: Sept 1, 2014 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction / $20 / Prize: $1000, Publication

Blue Mesa Review: Annual Contest / Deadline: August 31 / Fiction, Poetry / $12 / Prize: Publication, $500 / Judges: Roxane Gay, Carmen Gimenez Smith

BOAAAT: Vol. 1 / Now / Poetry & Prose

Bombay Gin 41 / Deadline: August 15, 2014 / Prose, Poetry, Cross-Genre

Cartridge Lit / Now / Video game lit

Chameleon Press: Desde Hong Kong: poets in conversation with Octavio Paz / Deadline: July 31, 2014 / Poetry

Controllitmag / Reading now / Poetry & Short Stories

Drunken Boat: Poetry Book Contest / Deadline: June 25, 2014 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $500, Publication, 20 Author Copies / Judge: Forrest Gander

Fairy Tale Review: 2014 Prose & Poetry Contest / Deadline: June 15, 2014 / $10 / Prize: $1000, Publication / Judges: Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Ilya Kaminsky

Ghost Proposal / Deadline: 7/30/14 / Poetry, essays, hybrid, images

Gigantic Sequins: 3rd Annual Contest in Poetry & Flash Fiction / Deadline: July 14, 2015 / Judges: Dawn Lundy Martin, Mat Johnson

Gigantic Sequins: General Submissions / Deadline: August 15, 2014

Hayden’s Ferry Review: Chaos Issue / Deadline: Oct 1, 2014 / All genrese / $3

Midwestern Gothic: The Lake Prize / Midwest ficton & poetry / Deadline: July 1, 2014 / $5 / Prize: $500, Publication

The Missing Slate: New Voices Fiction Writing Competition 2014 / Deadline: July 1, 2014 / Fiction / $10

The Rain, Party, & Disaster Society / Every month from 1st-15th / All genrese

Sink Review / Deadline: June 30 / Poetry

Sundog Lit: Letters from the Road Theme Issue / Deadline July 1, 2014 / All genres

Tethered by Letters: Fall Literary Contests / Deadline: July 15, 2014 / Short Story, Flash Fiction, Poetry / $4-12

Other:

&NOW 2015 Festival of Innovative Writing / @CalArts – Blast Radius: Writing & The Other Arts / Proposals Deadline: October 1, 2014

Figues Camp: Empire of the Senseless / Figues Camp Scholarship Deadline: June 16, 2014

Write A House / Deadline: June 21, 2014

Entropy

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Mark Cugini

Happy to throw Big Lucks in the ring. We’re reading for the journal all summer, too. http://www.biglucks.com/submit/
Annabelle Edwards

Thanks for including Control on this list! You are awesome!!!!

Stay snazzy.
Jeff Alessandrelli

Dikembe Press: poetry chapbooks:

http://www.dikembepress.com/
Dana D

Hayden’s Ferry Review is open all summer, looking for submissions to their themed issue.

http://haydensferryreview.blogspot.sg/
anphimimor

Gigantic Sequins is open too. Now reading poetry, fiction and non-fiction.
Maryam Piracha

The Missing Slate: New Voices Fiction Writing Competition / Deadline: July 1, 2014 / $10 / Prize: $150 (and onward) / Publication (both online and in print anthology) + merchandise / Judge: Magazine Editors
Jordan Rizzieri

The Rain, Party, & Disaster accepts submissions of poetry, non-fiction and short stories every month from the 1st-15th. We are currently accepting submissions under the theme of “The Headlines” for our July issue.
http://www.rpdsociety.com/submit
Skylight Press

Skylight Press (UK) – Literary fiction and Poetry all year round. Visit http://www.skylightpress.co.uk for submission details.
cgless

And Blue Mesa Review’s Annual Summer Contest: http://bluemesareview.org/writing-contest/
Boaat Press

Hello all! BOAAT Press Vol. 1 is closed for poetry submissions. BOAAT Vol. 2 will open July 1st. Our chapbook competition is still open for submissions until September 1st and we now have two amazing guest judges — Ben Mirov & Eric Baus!
Bookends Review

The Bookends Review is always open to submissions. We publish one piece a week and have become very popular since we were founded.
LitRagger

We’re accepting submissions of previously published (in print) work by writers who want a larger presence online. http://www.litragger.com/
Kenning Journal

Kenning journal is also open all summer long!
meghan forbes

harlequin creature is accepting submissions for issue 6, a special issue dedicated to childrens’ art & lit (by adults for children, and by children for children).
DEADLINE for submissions is Sept. 1, 2014.
successful submissions will receive a modest honorarium.
http://www.harlequincreature.org/#!submit/ctzx
Matt Mauch

Trio House Press has its open-reading period in July: http://www.triohousepress.org/submissions.html
smoking glue gun

Smoking Glue Gun is open all summer, currently reading for volumes 11 & 12!

http://smokinggluegun.com/submit/
Rescue Press

Check out Rescue Press’ Black Box Poetry Prize, judged by Maggie Nelson: http://www.rescuepress.co/submissions/
Marjorie Altman Tesser

Mom Egg Review; submissions open 6/1-9/1
James Yeh

Gigantic has an open submissions call for our sixth print issue, Gigantic Ha-Ha, as well as our first ever contest, the Penny-a-Word Contest, judged by Adam Wilson. The deadline for both is July 15, 2014. More info here: http://thegiganticmag.com/magazine/articleDetail.php?p=articleDetail&id=193

Thanks!
Sgp

Great list! SpringGun Press also reads July 1 – August 31 every year 🙂
Duncan Jones

New Writing Scotland – for writers resident in Scotland, or Scots by birth, upbringing or inclination – is accepting submissions for its 2015 edition until 30 September:

http://asls.arts.gla.ac.uk/NWSsubs.html
Black Sun Lit

Thanks for the list, Entropy. Black Sun Lit is also open for submissions: http://blacksunlit.com/
ACM

Another Chicago Magazine is also open to submissions all summer!
nate_knapp24

The Collapsar is also reading submissions all summer! http://www.thecollaspar.com
Andre West

Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is now accepting poems, 30 lines or fewer on any subject and/or short stories, 5 pages maximum length on any theme or genre. Cash prizes totaling: $1275.00. Postmark deadline: July 31, 2014. How to enter: http://www.dreamquestone.com
Korah Morrison

Essaymama Christmas writing contest has started!Cash prize – $330 + print book publishing. Deadline – December 25, 2014. See more here – http://www.essaymama.com/blog/essaymamas-christmas-writing-contest/
Fabula Press

Dear Entropy Team,

We (Fabula Press) concluded one short story contest in 2014 styled as ‘Aestas’, and at the time of this message the contest anthology is going to print. I am writing to check if it would be possible to get our winter short story contest to be listed on your site. Among the judges of this contest is Clare Wallace, literary agent with Darley Anderson.

If you feel that the contest can be listed on your site, please find the relevant details below:

Competition Nivalis Short Story Contest 2015
Country Global (Hong Kong based)
Starting Date 01 Dec 2014
Closing Date 28 Feb 2015
Winners Announced April 2015
Word Count min 2500 – no maximum
Entry Fee $10
Top Prize US$150, publication and 2 copies of the anthology
Website http://www.fabulapress.com
Many thanks, and you are really doing a fabulous work with the listing.

Kind regards,

Anirban Ray Choudhury
for Fabula Press
Seven Archons

Great list! We are also open to submissions at Seven Archons (www.sevenarchons.com). We seek fiction of a literary sort, on the fringe, and also enjoy pulp fiction from all genres.
April Michelle Bratten

Up the Staircase Quarterly is open to art, poetry, review, and interview submissions from now until 10/15. http://www.upthestaircase.org