Snowed in? Huddled in front of the fire under every blanket you’ve ever owned? Winter is writing time, which means it’s submitting time too. Here’s a roundup of presses and journals with open reading periods at the moment. If we missed any, please email our Small Press Editor at dennis@entropymag.org or post a comment and we’ll add them to the list.
Same goes for all future reading periods: as this will be a regular feature on Entropy, we’d love to hear from you whenever your press or publication has an open submissions period. Yukon ho!
Presses:
42 Miles Press Poetry Award / Deadline: March 1, 2015 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
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
BkMk Press Book Prizes / Deadline: January 15, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry / $25 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
Black Lawrence Press – Big Moose Prize / Deadline: January 31, 2015 / Fiction / $25 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
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
Colorado Prize for Poetry / Deadline: January 14, 2015 / Poetry /$28 / Prize: $2000 + Publication
Dalkey Archive Press / Now / Fiction
Futurepoem / December 1 – December 31, 2014 / Prose, Poetry, Multi-genre
H_NGM_AN Books / November 1, 2014 – March 10, 2015 / Poetry / $10
Kelsey Street Press / January 1 – January 31, 2015 / Poetry / $25
New American Press – New American Poetry Prize / Deadline: December 31, 2014 / Poetry / $22.50 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
Omnidawn Open (Poetry Book Contest) / Deadline: January 20, 2015 / Poetry / $27 / Prize: $3000 + Publication / Judge: Mary Jo Bang
Poor Claudia / Now / Prose, Poetry
The Press 53 Award for Short Fiction / Deadline: December 31, 2014 / Short Story Collections / $30 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
Queen’s Ferry Press / Now / Fiction
Rescue Press – Open Prose Series / January 1 – January 31, 2015 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Hybrid Forms/ Optional Reading Fee/ Series Editors: Hilary Plum & Zach Savich
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
Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction / November 5, 2014 – March 17, 2015 / Fiction / $35 / Prize: $1500 + Publication / Judge: Alexandra Chasin
Tampa Review Prize for Poetry / Deadline: December 31, 2014 / Poetry / $25
Tupelo Press – 2015 Dorset Prize / Deadline: December 31, 2014 / Poetry / $28 / Prize: $3000 + Publication / Judge: Edward Hirsch
Two-Handed Engine Press / Deadline: January 20 / Poetry, Short Story Collections, Literary Novels, Creative Nonfiction, Memoir
Two Dollar Radio / Now / Fiction
Chapbooks:
alice blue shotgun wedding series / Now / Prose and Poetry from Writers in the Pacific Northwest
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
FirthForth Books / Now / Fiction
The Florida Review – Jeanne Leiby Chapbook Award in Fiction & Graphic Narrative / Deadline: December 30, 2014 / Fiction, Graphic Narrative / $25 / Prize: $1000 + Publication
Frost Place Chapbook Competition / Deadline: December 31, 2014 / Poetry / $25 / Prize: $250 + Publication + Tuition, room, and board at The Frost Place Poetry Seminar
The Head & The Hand Press – Breadbox Chapbook Series / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction
JMWW Poetry Chapbook Contest / Deadline: December 15, 2014 / Poetry / $15 / Prize: $500 + Publication
New Delta Review Chapbook Contest / Deadline: January 1, 2015 / Poetry, Prose, Hybrid / $17 /Prize: $250 + 25 author copies / Judge: Michael Martone
Pavement Saw Chapbook Contest / Deadline: December 31, 2014 / $18 / Poetry / Prize: $500 + Publication
Ravenna Press – Cathlamet Prize for Poetry / Deadline: December 31, 2014 / Poetry / $15 / Prize: $500 + Publication
Zoo Cake Press Chapbook Competition / Deadline: December 31, 2014 / Poetry / Free / Judges: Curtis Perdue, Sarah Certa
Journals:
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
The Account / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
alice blue review / Now / Prose, Poetry
Asymptote / Now / Nonfiction, Literary Writing, Translations
Bayou Magazine – James Knudsen Fiction Contest 2013 & Kay Murphy Poetry Contest 2013 / Deadline: December 31, 2014 / Fiction, Poetry / Prize: $1000 + Publication in Bayou
Berfrois Poetry Prize / November 30 -December 31, 2014 / Poetry
Big Lucks / Now / Prose, Poetry
Birdfeast / Now / All Genres
Birkensnake / Now / Fiction
Black Warrior Review / December 1 – March 1 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Graphic Prose
BOAAT / January 2015 / Poems, Video-Poems
Bone Bouquet / Now / Poetry
Boulevard – Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers / Deadline: December 31, 2014 / Fiction / $15 / Prize: $1500 + Publication in Boulevard
The Butter / Now / Essays, Reviews, Fiction, Interviews
Caketrain / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Carte Blanche / Deadline: January 1, 2015 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translations, Comics, Photography, Audio
Cartridge Lit / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Essays
Coconut Magazine / Now / Poetry
Coldnoon: Travel Poetics / Now / Poetry, Nonfiction
The Collagist / October 1, 2014 – January 31, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry, Non-fiction, Novel Excerpts
The Conium Review Flash Fiction Contest / Deadline: December 15, 2014 / Flash-Fiction / $10 / Prize: $300 + Online publication + Publication as a limited-run broadside or micro-chap / Judge: Ashley Farmer
Crazyhorse Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry / Deadline: January 31, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction / $20 / Prize: $2000 + Publication in Crazyhorse
Curbside Splendor Monthly E-Zine / Now / Fiction, Poetry
CutBank Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry / Deadline: January 15, 2015 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry / $20 / Prize: $500 + Publication in CutBank
decomP Magazine / Now / Prose, Poetry
DIAGRAM / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
elsewhere / Now / Prose Poetry, Flash Fiction
FENCE / January 2015 / Fiction, Poetry
Finery / Now / Poetry, Prose, Visual Art
Fireflies / Deadline: January 4, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry, Memoir, Comics, Visual Art, and Essays about Abbas Kiarostami & Béla Tarr
Flag + Void / Now / Poetry, Art
Fourteen Hills – The Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry Award / January 1, 2015 / Poetry / Free / Prize: $500 + Publication in Fourteen Hills
Fruita Pulp / Now / Poetry
Fugue / September 1 – May 1 / Poetry, Fiction, Essays
great weather for MEDIA / Deadline: January 15, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Grub Street Grackle / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Satire
Guernica / Now / Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Art
Gulf Coast / September 1 – March 1 / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: A Winter Tangerine Review Special Feature / Deadline: January 10, 2014 / Poetry, Prose, Drama, Visual Art, Short Film
Hobart online / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Hunger Mountain – Ruth Stone Poetry Prize / Deadline: December 10, 2014 / Poetry / $20 / Prize: $1000 + Publication in Hunger Mountain
Inch / Now / Flash Fiction, Flash Nonfiction, Short Poems
Jellyfish Magazine / Deadline: December 13, 2014 / Poetry
jubilat / September 1 – April 1 / Poetry
Juked / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Lazy Fascist Review / Now / Fiction, Poetry
The Learned Pig / Deadline: February 15, 2015 / All Genres
Lumina / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Art
The Meadow Novella Contest / October 15, 2014 – February 1, 2015 / Novellas of 18000 – 35000 Words / $15 / Prize: $500 + Publication in The Meadow / Judge: Brandon Hobson
Mississippi Review Prize / January 1, 2015 / Poetry, Fiction / $16 / Prize: $1000 + Publication in Mississippi Review
Monkeybicycle / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction
NANO Fiction / Now / Flash Fiction
New South / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Essays
theNewerYork’s Electric Encyclopedia of Experimental Literature / Now / All Genres
OCHO: A Journal of Queer Arts / Now / All Genres
Octopus Magazine / Now / Poetry
PANK / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Pinball / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Comics
Pretty Owl Poetry / Now / Poetry, Flash Fiction
Puerto del Sol / January 1 – March 1, 2015 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Translations, Art, Criticism
Quarter After Eight / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Quarterly West / Now / Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, New Media
Revolution John / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Flash Fiction
River Styx Microfiction Contest / Deadline: December 31, 2014 / $10 / Prize: $1500 + Publication in River Styx + One case of Schlafly Beer
Salamander Magazine / September 1, 2014 – April 30, 2015 / Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
Sixth Finch / Deadline: January 15, 2015 / Poetry, Art
small po[r]tions journal / Deadline: January 18, 2015 / All Genres
Sonora Review / Now / $3 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Spork / Now / Fiction, Poetry
Sundog Lit / Deadline: January 1, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
TENDE RLOIN / Now / Poetry
Third Coast / Deadline: December 15, 2014 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Drama
Trafika Europe / Now / Fiction, Poetry, Translation
Tupelo Quarterly – Prose Open Contest / Deadline: January 1, 2015 / Prize: $1000 + Publication in Tupelo Quarterly
TYPO / Now / Poetry
upstreet / Deadline: March 1, 2015 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Up The Staircase Quarterly / Now / Poetry, Art, Reviews
The Volta / Now / Poetry, Essays
Walker Percy Prize in Short Fiction / Deadline: December 31, 2014 / Fiction / $15 / Prize: $15 + Publication in New Orleans Review
Weave Magazine / September 1 – May 31 / Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Drama, Art
wigleaf / Final week of January, February, March, and April, 2015 / Flash Fiction
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
Yalobusha Review / Now / Poetry, Fiction, Art
Other:
Ashbery Home School Writing Conference / Deadline: February 1, 2015
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
Dickinson House Writer Residency Fellowships / Deadline: January 31, 2015 / $18
James Merrill House Writer-In-Residence Program / Deadline: January 15, 2015 / $30
Writers@Work Fellowship Competition / November 15, 2014 – January 31, 2015/ Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry / Prize: $1000 + Publication in Quarterly West + Tuition for 2015 Writers@Work conference + Featured reading
Word Riot Travel Grant / Deadline: December 15, 2014 / Travel Proposal / $5 / Grants from $100-$500
