November Opportunity List
This months list features a fellowship for Black Women writers, an anthology seeking lesbian works, a number of grants and a poet-in- residence opportunity + + +
Hey everyone,
I hope this offering of resources is useful at a time that has been marked by immense harms that are connected across peoples and locations. It is of the utmost importance to encourage you to continue sharing your work with the world. Let it leave its mark, even if its in a small corner of the internet. The collective holds so much beauty and power.
The emergency aid list and rolling submissions list has been updated as well - I will continue to add resources over the month so be sure to check in periodically.
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*** INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES WELCOMED ***
Re: Amnesty International Report
Seeking: Creative responses that provoke thought and dialogue.
Arts Rights Truth at the University of York invites artists and activists to engage with the human rights issues highlighted in Amnesty International's report, focusing on the state of the right to protest across 21 European countries.
Eligibility: Open to all artists and activists of any nationality, provided the proposed projects address issues in one of the 21 specified European countries.
Compensation: Grants of up to £4,000.
Submissions Due: Nov 30
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Speculative Literature Foundation
The Gulliver Travel Research Grant
Awarded annually to assist writers of speculative literature in their (non-academic) research.
To be used to cover airfare, lodging, and/or other travel expenses.
Compensation: 1000
Submissions Due: Nov 30
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
LOGIC(S)’ Palestinian Journalist Fellowship
The purpose of this fellowship is to support community led storytelling on Palestine and its relationship to technology, to strengthen the logic(s)’ contributions to Palestine reporting and to redistribute resources to Palestinian journalists and/or storytellers.
special priority given to early career applicants who are either located in Palestine or a Refugee Camp
Submissions Due: Oct 16 (Priority) Nov 27 (Standard)
Compensation: 20,000
Submissions: https://airtable.com/appZPTt46g6VCmfJr/pags5PVYxYyWVN424/form
Sans Press
We are reading short story submissions for our new collection, Out There! We are looking for stories of any genre that respond to our title and/or cover art.
Compensation: 200 Euros
Submissions Due: Nov 21 or until cap is reached.
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Abode Press
Seeking: Fiction, Poetry and Hybrid Chapbook Submissions
Abode Press wants to read work that discusses identity, origin, and culture. Every abode is unique to the person who lives there. We want to read about the ghosts in your closet, the heritage that guides your cooking, the cultural emblems that decorate your walls.
If your chapbook is selected for publication, you will receive the following package:
100 book print run
10 author copies
200.00 USD advance
Professional book cover design done in house or with a freelance artist
Professional book design and layout
Marketing on all our social platforms
Author contract
Events, virtual and in person if able to travel to Houston, San Antonio, or Austin
Book will be submitted to national prizes, awards, and magazines for reviews and publicity
25% of royalties, paid each quarter, or until all books sold
Submissions Due: Nov 30
** They have a reading fee of 5.00
If you are a Queer/Trans Writer of Color and are unable to pay the reading fee, please send an email to info@abodepress.com to request a fee waiver.
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Full Stop Editorial Fellowship
Full Stop, an online journal of literary and cultural criticism invite early career writers or editors to independently envision, commission, and edit an issue of the Full Stop Quarterly.
Seeking: 400–600 word Project Proposal that describes the Full Stop Quarterly issue you envision editing. The Project Proposal should include an explanation of the themes and questions that will animate your issue and how you see this issue connecting with, and expanding upon, Full Stop’s mission.
Compensation: $1,250 and a budget to commission nonfiction essays and art, as well as guidance from the Full Stop editorial collective on every step of the process.
Submissions Due: Nov 15th
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Lit Fox Award for a Full-length Poetry Collection
Lit Fox Books, a nonprofit press based in Austin, TX, is an organization dedicated to preserving authors’ artistic visions in a vibrant and supportive environment.
Accepting: Full length poetry manuscripts of at least 48 pages.
Compensation: $1500, Publication, 25 author copies, Custom merchandise + An interview with Lit Fox Books
Submissions Due: Dec 15
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Creative. Inspired. Happy.
Writing Scholarship
For an aspiring writer not currently in a professional writing career, for use toward furthering their education in writing, such as continuing education or community college courses on writing.
Compensation: 1000
Submissions Due: Dec 31
https://bold.org/scholarships/creative-inspired-happy-mid-career-writing-scholarship/
Epiphany's Fresh Voices Fellowship
The Fresh Voices Fellowship supports one emerging Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, or other writer of color who does not have an MFA in creative writing nor an advanced English degree (MA, PhD), and is not currently enrolled in a degree-granting program.
Seeking: poetry + prose
Compensation: $2000 stipend
Publication in a print issue of Epiphany
A one-year subscription to Epiphany
The opportunity to participate in the editorial and publication process of a small non-profit literary magazine, and to build close relationships with the editorial team during the course of a twelve-month fellowship
A Q&A to be published on Epiphany’s website
Submissions Due TODAY: Nov 1
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
“Miss Sarah” Fellowship for Black Women Writers
Aims to provide Black women writers a restful environment conducive to reflection and writing. It also offers uninterrupted, independent time to plant the seed of an idea for a new writing project or to develop or complete a project underway.
This years theme is Poetry.
Eligibility: Black women writers at any stage of their careers are invited to apply. For applicants outside of the United States, please note that travel expenses will only be covered within the United States. International airfare will be at the expense of the applicant.
Compensation: $1,000 stipend and transportation to and from Asheville, NC. Additional benefits will be custom tailored to the needs of the awardee.
Submissions Due: Nov 15
Information + Submissions: HERE
Kinsman Quarterly
Seeking: “Stories of Inspiration”
Nonfiction essays should highlight the struggle and resilience of the human spirit, especially related to cultures of marginalized communities.
Compensation: 200 + publishing within Kinsman Quarterly's online journal and magazine.
Submissions Due: Dec 31
Guidelines + Entries: HERE
Nearest and Dearest
Nearest and Dearest is a physical anthology of art and writing celebrating and archiving the experiences of domesticity amongst lesbians.
Seeking: Anthology pitches (via Essays, How-To Guides, Archives and Visual Works) on Dyke Domesticity
We are hoping to feature work from multiple generations of lesbianism and encourage pitches from within our elder community, our trans community, our BIPOC community as well as pitches from first-time and unpublished contributors.
Submissions Due: Nov 15
Compensation: $75 + Contributor copy
Info + Entries: HERE
Cutleaf Journal
Cutleaf, an online literary journal with an annual print anthology, is currently open to submissions in nonfiction.
Whatever the topic, we are looking for well-written, imaginative work that invites a reader to join the writer in thinking through what it means to be alive in the modern world.
Compensation: $100 to $300 per published nonfiction piece.
Submissions Due: Nov 30
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Prism International
Seeking bold and original work in Poetry Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Visual Art.
Compensation: $40/printed page for prose and $45/printed page for poetry. Contributors also receive two copies of the issue in which their work appears. Up to 250 for Visual Art.
Submissions Due: December 9
There is a 3.00 submissions fee, however they offer an Inclusive Access category for those who might otherwise be unable to submit.
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Exposition Review
Exposition Review is happy to announce the theme for our tenth annual issue: “Spring.”
We’re looking for stories that well from the imagination, language that leaps off the page, writing that’s liberated from the constraints of genre and crackles with the energy of a spring storm.
Accepting: Fiction,Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, Experimental Narratives, Comics, Film, +++
Compensation: 50
Free submission days will be on December 3 (Giving Tuesday) and December 10 (Human Rights Day)
Submissions Due: Dec 15
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Academy of American Poets
Seeking: A poem “that help[s] readers recognize the gravity of the vulnerable state of our environment.”
Compensation: A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Academy of American Poets website
Submission Due: Nov 15
Submissions: https://poets.submittable.com/submit/303803/2025-treehouse-climate-action-poem-prize
** For Writers in Art Making Practices **
Beyond Future Art Prize 2024
Beyond Future Art Prize known for promoting gender equality and environmental consciousness, is currently accepting applications for this year's competition.
Accepting: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Digital Art, Short Film, and Mixed Media
Theme: Women: Empowerment and Expression
Compensation: HK 33,000 / 4245.06 USD
Submissions Due: Nov 15
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
*** US BASED BY REGION ***
Loft Literary Center (Minnesota)
McKnight Fellowship for Writers
Seeking: Minnesota poets, prose writers, and spoken word artists.
Compensation: Four prizes of $25,000 + an all-expenses-paid, one- or two-week residency in partnership with Artist Communities Alliance
++ the opportunity to attend one-on-one career consultations, workshops, and networking events run by the nonprofit organization Springboard for the Arts.
Submissions Due: Nov 19
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Readings & Workshops Grants (New York State and California)
We offer three grant types to help meet the needs of a variety of presenters:
The Mini-Grant for individual readings ($150 to $450 per session) and/or workshops ($200 to $300 per session)
The Readings Series Grant for writers participating in a reading series (up to $1,500 per series)
The Festival Grant for writers participating in readings and/or creative writing workshops that are part of a literary festival (up to $1,500 per festival)
For each grant type, a sponsoring organizer must act as the lead applicant in collaboration with the writer(s).
Submissions Due: Nov 30
Submissions + Guidelines: HERE
Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Literary Arts (Southern Based)
For Artists located in the following States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Based on artistic excellence that reflects the diversity of artistic expression of the region
Compensation:
The $25,000 Southern Prize will be awarded to the literary artist whose work demonstrates the highest artistic excellence, and a finalist will be awarded a $10,000 Prize.
Both Southern Prize awardees will receive a two-week residency at The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences.
The other 7 finalists will receive $5000
Submissions Due: Dec 2
Fee wavers (for the $25 submissions fee) can be accessed from South Arts by contacting southernprize@southarts.org before completeing the application form.
Guidelines and Submissions: HERE
Literary Society of the Southwest - (Arizona)
The society celebrates contemporary literature and authors and promotes literacy in Arizona.
Seeking: Programs to improve the ability to read and write for children and youth from birth through 12th grade.
Applications Due: December 1
Compensation: Up to 15,000
https://literarysoc.com/page-1075299
Tiny Grant 2025 - (New York)
We welcome applications from artists in any creative field, including visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, design, and others.
This opportunity is especially suited for artists looking to pursue a full-time career. We encourage you to apply if you believe this grant could make a meaningful impact on your artistic journey.
Compensation: 3000
Submissions Due: Nov 29
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Poet-in-Residence Fellowship at Ripon College (Wisconsin)
Provides one poet with a year-long opportunity at Ripon College to devote time and attention to a poetry manuscript in progress.
Resident must be residing in Wisconsin or have spent at least two years in Wisconsin in the past ***
Compensation: $32,000 salary for the academic year.
Other benefits include housing (a taxable benefit, appropriate for a maximum of two people) in a campus apartment
An office and office supplies; monetary support for on-campus presentations and travel to out-of-town presentations.
Submissions Due: Jan 8
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
** Substack Community Initiatives **
BlackStack Magazine Submissions
Submit Your Work: If you wrote/created it then I’m accepting it: poetry, short stories, essays, creative nonfiction, lyrics, artwork, fashion guides, and even 2025 horoscope readings from all experience levels. I want to preserve your authentic voice and showcase your stories and Black experiences that matter to you.
Submission Fee: There is a small submission fee of $25, which goes directly to supporting the printing cost of the magazine, Writers' Retreat, and building the community center. Think of it as an investment in the future of Black creative spaces!
Deadline: All submissions are due by November 9, 2024, by midnight EST. Don’t miss this chance to get your work published while supporting a vital cause!
Why Submit?
Amplify Your Voice: This is an opportunity to share your work with a growing, engaged audience of Black writers, creators, and supporters.
Support a Cause: Every submission fee helps me bring the vision of a permanent, nurturing space for Black writers and creatives closer to reality.
Be Part of History: This magazine will not only raise funds but also serve as a powerful testament to the creativity and resilience of our community.
How to Submit:
Prepare your submission (Word or PDF format).
Email your submission to info@theblackstack.org
With ‘[Your Substack Publication Name] - Magazine Submission’ in the subject line.
A summary of what your submission is about.
Link to your publication.
Optional - feel free to send me any photo inspiration you have that you want to be used or would like to see incorporated with your work.
Await confirmation with payment link for fee and updates from our team!
*** Awards and Prizes for Published Writers ***
California Book Awards
Seeking: a poetry collection, a book of fiction, a first book of fiction, and a book of creative nonfiction that relates to California.
Compensation: 1000 - 2500
Submissions Due: Nov 15
Books authored by residents of California and published during the 2024 calendar year may be submitted by November 15 for consideration for the California Book Awards.
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Virginia Commonwealth University
Cabell First Novelist Award
Winning novelists have written books that may be funny or sad, sarcastic or heartrending, but each is powerful enough in its own way to have moved readers toward the conclusion that the author has achieved something notable and enduring.
The USA must be the country of first publication for the submission.
Compensation: 5,000 + travel and lodging to attend the Cabell First Novelist Award event at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in fall 2025.
Submissions Due: Dec 30
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
Griffin Poetry Prize
Compensation: A prize of $130,000 CAD for a poetry collection published during the current year and written in, or translated into, English.
Submissions Due: Dec 20
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Poetry Society of America
Four Quartets Prize
Given annually for a unified and complete sequence of poems published in the United States in a print or online journal, a chapbook, or a book during the current year.
Compensation: First prize, 20,000. Three finalists will receive $1,000 each.
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
Given annually to an emerging African American writer for a book of fiction published in the current year.
Compensation: 15,000 + travel and lodging to attend an awards ceremony and participate in educational outreach events in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 2025.
Submissions Due: Dec 31
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Black Caucus of the American Library Association
Literary Awards
Given annually for a poetry collection, a debut novel, a book of fiction, and a book of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) by African American writers published in the United States in the current year.
Compensation: 1000
Submissions Due: Dec 31
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Literary Award
Recognizes books of literary excellence by local authors and/or works that examine and reflect life in the greater Philadelphia area.
Compensation: 1,000 + an invitation to give a public lecture at The Athenaeum.
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
** CANADA BASED **
Conundrum Press
Mini-Comic Bursary for Black and Indigenous Creators
This annual bursary, which aims to support these under-represented voices in Canada’s comics industry.
Compensation: 1000
Submissions Due: Dec 31
Info: HERE
To submit: send 3-5 sample pages to andy@conundrumpress.com
Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
Canadian First Book Prize
Compensation: A prize of $10,000 CAD is awarded for a debut poetry collection by a living Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada published during the current year.
A six-week Affiliated Fellowship with the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Perugia, Italy
Submissions Due: Dec 20
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
*** For Asia Based Creatives***
New York Fellowship Program
The New York Fellowship is a 6-month program that provides support to artists and arts and culture professionals working across disciplines, empowering them to take risks, develop their artistic practices, and take time to immerse themselves in the rich and varied cultural life of New York City and the United States.
The New York Fellowship aims to foster Fellows’ understanding of the many diverse cultures and communities in New York City and the U.S.
Compensation: 35,000
Submissions Due: Nov 18
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
** Rollover From October List Below **
** INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS WELCOME **
Black Mountain Institute Shearing Fellowship
The Shearing Fellowship is for emerging and distinguished writers who have published at least one book with a trade or literary press.
Compensation: $46,500 paid over a nine-month period
A semester-long letter of appointment
Eligibility for health coverage
Office space in the BMI offices on the campus of UNLV
Free housing (fellows cover some utilities) in a unique and vibrant arts complex in the bustling district of downtown Las Vegas.
Submissions Due: Nov 1
Guidelines + Submissions: HERE
Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival
We are seeking compelling Brooklyn stories from writers with a broad range of backgrounds and ages (minimum age 18 years old) who can render Brooklyn's rich soul and intangible qualities through the writer's actual experiences in Brooklyn.
From the collection of selected Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize submissions, several authors will be selected to read from their work and discuss their Brooklyn stories with the audience at our annual finale event.
Compensation: 500
Submissions Due: Nov 15. Send your Brooklyn Non-Fiction story as a Word document by email to: Brooklynfa@yahoo.com
** Please include the story title, your name, email and phone number on your submission document. The submitted writings will be judged by a panel of Brooklyn writers.
More Information: HERE
John Updike Tucson Casitas Fellowship
Writers with any type of literary project are welcome to apply, multimedia projects will also be considered.
To Submit: Send a one-half to one-page proposal that details the project, any progress made thus far, the final form the completed project will take (e.g., where it might be published, or whether it’s part of a larger work), along with a one-paragraph bio/artist’s statement. Creative writers should also provide a five-page (and only five-page) writing sample.
Send everything in a single PDF attachment to: Robert M Luscher, luscherr@unk.edu.
Submissions Due: Nov 1
Compensation: 1000,+ a two-week residency at the Mission Hill Casitas within the Skyline Country Club in Tucson, Arizona
More Information: https://blogs.iwu.edu/johnupdikesociety/the-jur-emerging-writers-prize/
Schiff Travel Grants
Up to five $1500 travel-to-conference grants for scholars 40 years of age or younger to enable them to attend the next John Updike Society conference, and up to five $1000 grants for society members needing assistance to be able to participate in the conference program.
To Submit: Send a one-page proposal for a 15- to 20-minute paper appropriate for the conference, along with a one-paragraph note about yourself, what grant you are applying for, and why the grant is important to you, to society president James Plath, jplath@iwu.edu.
More Information: HERE
Commonwealth Short Story Prize
This annual prize is awarded to the best piece of unpublished short fiction(2000-5000 words) by a commonwealth writer.
The commonwealth is considered regions in the locations as follows; Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, Caribbean and the Pacific.
Eligibility & Contest Rules: Can Be Found Here
Submissions Due: Nov 1st
Compensation: 2,500 - 5,000 Pounds
https://commonwealthfoundation.com/submit-to-the-prize/
WINNOW LITERARY
Winnow Literary seeks poetry submissions that reflect the full range of the human experience with occupation across the lifespan. We aim to publish poetry that honors the meaning in the daily ordinary, the complexity of the quote-unquote “simplest” tasks. The interaction of the environments in which we live, learn, work and play with our own needs, values and occupational roles as individuals, groups, local, regional, and global societies.
Compensation: $100 honorarium per accepted poem.
Please send 1-3 poems in the body of an email or as an attachment to winnowliterary@gmail.com using the subject line “Poetry Submission”.
Please also include a brief biography (written in third person)
Submissions Due: Nov 29
https://www.winnowliterary.org/submissions
Zoetic Press
Seeking poetry, prose, and artworks exploring the theme of Rituals for Nonbinary Review, Issue#38
We want to hear about the weird, the speculative, the esoteric rituals — their origins, their uses, their unexpected consequences.
Compensation: Up to 50
Submissions Due: Nov 1
https://nonbinaryreview.submittable.com/submit
Mukoli: The Magazine for Peace
We offer a platform for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and multimedia art creations that engage with our vision. We are especially keen to publish marginalized, conflict-affected artists and writers. We aim to amplify multiple perspectives and aesthetics from globally diverse writing and artistic traditions.
Accepting: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, Art & New Media, Sound Poetry, Spoken Word
Compensation: 75
Submissions Due: Nov 5
Bennington Review
a journal of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and film writing
(Keep an eye out - Will be opening Fall 2024)
Compensation:
120 for prose of six typeset pages and under
250 for prose of over six typeset pages
25 per poem, in addition to two copies of the issue in which the piece is published and a copy of the subsequent issue.
https://www.benningtonreview.org/submit
***U.S BASED BY REGION***
Ora Schneider Regional Residency Grant
**Great for writers exploring paper craft**
The Ora Schneider Regional Grant is a month-long residency for California Based artists residing in Greene, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, and Orange counties.
Priority will be given to artists with experience and a working knowledge of etching, intaglio, or monoprint; letterpress; papermaking; screen-printing; photography; or ceramics
Compensation: $1500 stipend and 24/7 studio access. Free onsite housing can also be arranged.
Submission Due: Nov 15
https://womensstudioworkshop.submittable.com/submit/33632/ora-schneider-regional-residency-grant
**US BASED*
Academy of American Poets
Seeking: A poem “that help[s] readers recognize the gravity of the vulnerable state of our environment.”
Compensation: A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Academy of American Poets website
Submission Due: Nov 15
Submissions: https://poets.submittable.com/submit/303803/2025-treehouse-climate-action-poem-prize
African Poetry Book Fund
*** Writers who were born in Africa, are nationals or residents of an African country, or whose parents are African are eligible. ***
Seeking: Poems by an African poet who has not published a full-length collection.
Submissions Due: Submit 10 published or unpublished poems of up to 40 lines each by November 1
Compensation: 1,500
More Information + Eligibility: HERE
SUBSTACK COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
Literary Liberation
Literary Liberation is a learning platform focused on writing and wellness. We are a community of artists, writers, and activists across multiple creative concentrations working toward our collective liberation.
We are interested in craft essays, the writing life, interviews, detailed writing exercises, roundups of writing opportunities, and more.
Submissions Due: Nov 1
Compensation: Unfortunately, we aren’t in a position to offer compensation yet, but we do offer comped paid subscription up to a year depending on level of involvement.
> > > >Guidelines and Submissions < < <
Patrick Henry History Fellowship
Applicants should have a significant project currently in progress — a book, film, oral history archive, podcast series, museum exhibition, or similar work. The project should address the history and/or legacy – broadly defined – of the U.S. founding era and/or the nation’s founding ideas.
We encourage a broad reading of such terms as “founders” and “founding ideas.” Past fellowship topics have ranged as broadly as the early history of the slave trade, American religious minorities, and the LGBTQ rights movement.
Compensation: $45,000 stipend, health benefits, faculty privileges, a book allowance, and a nine-month residency (during the academic year) in a historic 18th-century house in Chestertown, Md.
Submissions Due: Dec 15
https://www.washcoll.edu/learn-by-doing/starr/Fellowships/patrick_henry_fellowship/index.php
Standford University
Wallace Stegner Fellowship
Anyone interested in the Stegner Fellowship is welcome to apply! Prior book publication is not required; note that prior publication may suggest a career that has advanced beyond the point when the fellowship’s instruction and workshop critique are most useful in a writer's development.
In awarding fellowships, we consider the quality of the candidate’s creative work, potential for growth, and ability to contribute to and profit from our writing workshops. Our fellows are diverse in style and experience, with talent and seriousness the true common denominators.
Compensation: $50,000 living stipend + Tuition + Health Insurance
Submission Due: November 1st
They will assist in acquiring the appropriate visa if you are located outside of the U.S
Creative Writing
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
For MFA of PHD Holders
Each year, the WICW Poetry and Fiction Fellowships award stipends to five emerging writers of poetry and fiction.
Submissions Open: November 1st
Application Fee of $50
If the submissions fee is a barrier check out Poetry Bulletin that helps with submission fees for poets.
Compensation: min $40,000 and generous health benefits
https://creativewriting.wisc.edu/fellowsapply/
Autumn House Press
The 2025 Rising Writer Prize is for a first full-length book of fiction.
Compensation: Publication of your full-length manuscript and $2,000
Submissions Due: Nov 15
There is a submissions fee of $30, but waivers are offered.
Waiver Guidelines:
https://www.autumnhouse.org/fee-waiver-guidelines/
Submissions:
https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/rising-writers-prize/
The MSU Museum CoLab Studio
Blurred Realities Exhibition
This exhibition and public programming series will delve into contemporary questions that challenge our perception and understanding of what is authentic. With the rise of 3D-printed materials, generative AI, deep fakes, synthetic voices, and simulated realities, how do we distinguish between genuine information and deceptive fabrications?
Compensation: Up to $3,000 USD for production costs, shipping, etc. Proposals require a budget draft upon submission.
Submissions Due: Nov 15
https://museum.msu.edu/explore/colab-studio/colab-studio-open-call/
Perugia Press Prize
The Perugia Press Prize, is an annual national contest for first or second books of poetry by women.
Compensation: $2,000 and book publication, Twenty author copies and an ongoing discount of 50% off of the cover price for additional copies other support.
Time to work with the editor to create a book she loves with input into book editing, design & promotion
Submissions Due: Nov 15
https://perugiapress.org/contest/
HIPPOCAMPUS MAGAZINE
Accepting: Personal Essays & Memoir Excerpts, max 4,000 words.
Flash Creative Nonfiction, max 800 words.
We seek:
True tales from your life. Honesty that possesses both the situation AND the story. Intensely personal experiences that reflect universal truths about what it means to be human. Firsthand accounts from the FULL spectrum of humanity – folx from the LGBTQIA+ community, Black writers, Indigenous writers, and writers of Color, disabled writers, writers of all ages, genders, backgrounds, experiences, lifestyles, and identities.
Submissions Due: November 30
Compensation: 40 via Paypal within 90 days
* Regular submissions come with a $3 submission fee. However, for those unable to cover the fee, we maintain a Submission Fund.
https://hippocampusmagazine.submittable.com/submit/
Witness at Black Mountain Institute
Witness seeks original fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that is innovative in its approach, broad-ranging in its concerns, and unapologetic in its perspective. The magazine blends the features of a literary and an issue-oriented magazine to highlight the role of the modern writer as witness to their times.
Submissions Due: Nov 1
Compensation: $50 per published piece, whether in a print or online issue. All contributors also receive one (1) copy of the issue in which their work appears.
there is a suggested submissions fee of $3
https://witnessmagazine.submittable.com/submit
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