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Channillo

Channillo is your ultimate source for serialized literature & entertainment. Channillo is a subscription-based digital publishing platform that allows writers to share their work with readers in regular installments. We are home to hundreds of great series by talented writers from around the world. Series categories include fiction books, columns, short stories, essays, poetry, journal entries, and more. Channillo is entirely web-based and mobile-friendly, so you can read your favorite series at anytime, anywhere, on your computer, smartphone, or tablet. If you are interested in creating a series and sharing your work on Channillo, please complete our submission form available online.

http://channillo.com/application-form/

Mulberry Fork Review

We are looking for quality prose – both fiction and nonfiction. Any color. Any flavor. Any genre. Any style. There is no theme. Whether your prose emerges in the form of a short story, flash fiction, essay, lyrical essay, creative nonfiction or prose poetry, we are interested. And don’t forget, we are also looking for articles, interviews, reviews (and anything else of interest that you might propose) for the Mulberry Fork Review website. We want to publish stories with a distinctive voice, well-developed characters, and a strong sense of place. Send us work that is worth revisiting. We love stories and essays that stand up to scrutiny and reveal something new with each read. Send us prose poems that challenge the imagination with use of language; something that will capture the attention of our readers. For nonfiction and essays, it’s probably best to keep the max word count to something in the neighborhood of 6,000. If you have got a brilliant short story that exceeds that limit, send it anyway. If you have a substantially shorter submission you might consider our Flash Fiction or Prose Poetry categories.

http://www.mulberryforkreview.com/mulberry-fork-review/submissions/

A Quiet Courage

AQC is an online literary journal that considers and publishes micro-fiction and poetry that is 100 words or less in length. We were recently named among the twelve best literary journals of 2015 by Authors Publish Magazine, just over eight months after our founding. No deadlines, submissions rolling. No submission fees. We are a non-paying market. We consider writing in Spanish too, with exact English translations. We have a special affinity for Holocaust-related writing, but we consider writing about all kinds of subjects and topics. AQC welcomes and encourages submissions from diverse writers.

http://aquietcourage.wordpress.com/

Cimarron Review

We accept submissions year-round in poetry, fiction, and art. Include a cover letter with your submission. Please send 3-6 poems or one piece of fiction. We are interested in any strong writing of a literary variety, but are especially partial to fiction in the modern realist tradition and poetry that engages the reader through a distinctive voice—be it lyric, narrative, etc. When submitting fiction, please do not include a summary of your story in the cover letter. Allow the work to stand on its own. We have no set page lengths for any genre, but we seldom publish short-shorts or pieces longer than 25 pages. There are, however, exceptions to every rule. Our guiding aesthetic is the quality of the work itself.

https://cimarronreview.com/submit/

Porkbelly Press Micro Chapbooks

Porkbelly Press is looking for micro chapbooks (2017 line) until August 1. We’re interested manuscripts of 8-10 pages. Seeking: poetry or prose poems; collections of flash or micro fiction (75 – 150 words each or so);  creative nonfiction such as lyric essays & flash;  combinations of the above (linked by theme, image, voice, etc.).  Submit no more than 1 chapbook in each genre until you receive a reply. No more than 3 manuscript submissions for a given reading period.  Simultaneous submissions considered.

www.porkbellypress.com/subs

Cypress & Pine Fiction Series Manuscript Call

Deadline: August 1.  Award: Publication.  Fee: $10.  Yellow Flag Press publishes one collection of short fiction per year (beginning in 2017) under the banner of The Cypress & Pine Fiction Series. Collections of original stories by both established and emerging authors writing in English will be considered. Collections should be comprised of original stories and/or novellas that have not been published as a complete collection (stories published individually in journals or chapbook are fine). No novels at this time. Manuscripts should be between 100 and 200 pages. Number each page of the manuscript. Author’s last name and the collection title should appear at the top of each page. Include a table of contents and a page of acknowledgements if any of the stories have been previously published. Include a short biographical statement in the cover letter field in Submittable. We do not need a synopsis of the collection. Simultaneous submissions are accepted and encouraged. Please notify us immediately if your manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere or if you wish to withdraw it for any reason. Each submission will receive a copy of the collection selected as the first in The Cypress & Pine Fiction Series. Copies will be mailed when the book is published in the spring of 2017.

http://www.yellowflagpress.com/#!submissions/crvn or https://yellowflagpress.submittable.com/submit

Off the Coast

Off the Coast is Maine’s international poetry journal. Our next quarterly deadline is September 15, 2016. Send 1-3 previously unpublished poems, any subject or style.  Please include contact information and 1-2 sentence bio with submission.

https://offthecoast.submittable.com/submit

Smokelong Quarterly’s Kathy Fish Fellowship

SmokeLong Quarterly is accepting submissions until September 15, 2016, for its 2017 Kathy Fish Fellowship for new and emerging writers. The winner of the 2017 Kathy Fish Fellowship will be considered a “writer in residence” at SmokeLong (note: position is virtual) for four quarterly issues (March, June, September, and December 2017). Each issue will include one flash by the Fellowship winner. The winner of the Fellowship will also receive $500.00, to be paid as follows: $100.00 on announcement of the winner, and $100.00 upon publication of each of the four issues in 2017. Fellows will have the opportunity to work with SmokeLong staff and participate in online writing workshops. All writers previously unpublished in SmokeLong Quarterly and who do not have a published chapbook or book length work (or are not under contract for such) are eligible to apply. There is no application fee.

http://www.smokelong.com/kathy-fish-fellowship/

The Coe Review

The Coe Review is currently accepting poetry from both published and unpublished authors from now until October 25, 2016. We recommend perusing our past issues to see the type of work we publish each year. Poetry submissions may consist of up to three (3) poems. Please include “Poetry Submission” in your subject line if submitting electronically. Please include your name in the header of the submission. Please include your street address so we can easily mail contributors’ copies to those published. All e-mail submissions must be sent in a Word document. (PDF is also acceptable. Those not submitted as an attachment will not be considered.) Please submit each poem in an individual document.

https://coereview.org/about-us/submissions/

10th Annual Split This Rock Poetry Contest

Judge: Sheila Black.  Benefits Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness 2018. $1,000 in prizes awarded for poems of provocation & witness!  Prizes: First place $500; 2nd and 3rd place, $250 each. Winning poems will be published on www.SplitThisRock.org and within The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database. All prize winners will receive free festival registration, and the 1st place recipient will be invited to read the winning poem on the main stage at Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2018.  Deadline: November 1, 2016.  Reading Fee: $20, which supports Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2018.

https://splitthisrock.submittable.com/submit/61127

Madison Review

The Madison Review is an independent literary arts journal published through the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Published semiannually, each issue of The Madison Review contains previously unpublished fiction, poetry, and art as well as interviews with well-known writers. We consider short stories with a maximum of 30 pages. We consider up to 5 poems with a combined 15 page maximum. Submissions should include a cover-letter complete with contact information and the name(s) of your story or poem(s).

https://madisonreview.submittable.com/submit

Image / Good Letters

We welcome unsolicited submissions and consider all submissions carefully. We produce two publications: Image, a quarterly journal, and Good Letters, a daily blog. All the work we publish reflects what we see as a sustained engagement with one of the western faiths—Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. That engagement can include unease, grappling, or ambivalence as well as orthodoxy; the approach can be indirect or allusive, but for a piece to be a fit for Image or Good Letters, some connection to faith must be there. Please submit no more than five poems or ten pages total. For fiction and nonfiction, we have an upper limit of approximately 6,000 words. We rarely publish stories or essays under 3,000 words.

https://imagejournal.org/journal/submit/

Cincinnati Review’s “A Very Angry Baby” Anthology

Acre Books—The Cincinnati Review’s brand-new book-publishing arm—is kicking off with a signature anthology, A Very Angry Baby, consisting of fiction, poetry, and hybrid forms featuring, yes, a very angry baby (multiples also welcome). Thus far we’ve been soliciting for the volume, but if you have a piece that fits the theme, please send it our way.

https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submissions/

Fiction Southeast “Conference Spotlight Series”

We are currently accepting submissions for our “Conference Spotlight Series.” Guidelines are fairly flexible. We simply want to know your thoughts concerning a recent writing conference you attended. Specifically, what were your favorite panels/readings? What were your favorite topics/authors? Did the conference shape/change your view of reading/publishing/writing? Would you recommend the conference to others? We are particularly interested in submissions from writers we’ve previously published, but we’re open to submissions from anyone who considers himself/herself a writer or reader

https://fictionsoutheast.submittable.com/submit/45732

Main Street Rag

Main Street Rag Publishing Company is in need of poetry submissions for our fall issue. For the journal we accept submissions year round with no fee, but we request that you not send simultaneous submissions. We try to report in 6-8 weeks.  Please carefully read and follow our detailed guidelines.  Also seeking short stories and short creative nonfiction.

http://mainstreetrag.com/ or http://03c9c48.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?page_id=70

Drunken Boat Literature & Arts Retreat in Sardinia

Join Drunken Boat for a 10-day program (October 15-25, 2016) bringing writers, translators, and artists from around the world together with Sardinian writers and artists for a generative and collaborative retreat. Faculty members are Kazim Ali, Duriel Harris & Achy Obejas.  The program will culminate in the annual celebration of Grazia Deledda, winner the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1926. Work generated during the residency will be considered for publication in a special Drunken Boat feature.  Competitive scholarships are available; deadline July 15.

http://www.drunkenboat.com/retreat

Poetry South 2016

Poetry South has moved! Long-time editor John Zheng asked Mississippi University for Women to take over the magazine, starting with the 2016 issue. We will continue the magazine with a national focus, published in the South yet accepting submissions from poets everywhere. Due to the change in editors, the annual July 15 deadline has been extended. We will accept submissions for the 2016 issue of Poetry South in July and August or until the issue is filled. Email submissions to: poetrysouth01ATgmailDOTcom. Please include “Submission” in your subject line.  A brief cover letter is appreciated.

http://www.muw.edu/poetrysouth

Terrapin Books / call for full-length poetry

Terrapin Books will reopen for submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts from August 1 through August 31. We are proud to be publishing books by Neil Carpathios, Lynne Knight, Jessica de Koninck, and Christine Stewart-Nunez. We look forward to reading your work.

http://www.terrapinbooks.com/open-reading-for-poetry-books.html

Apple Valley Review

Submissions for the Fall 2016 issue (Vol. 11, No. 2) of the Apple Valley Review are open through September 15, 2016. Please send unpublished personal essays and short fiction (preferably between 100 and 3000 words, though the word count is flexible) and poetry. Prose poetry, translations, flash fiction, and writing with genre elements (such as fabulism/magical realism) are all welcome. All published work is automatically considered for our annual editor’s prize. Several pieces from the journal have also appeared as selections, finalists, and/or notable stories in Best American Essays, Best of the Net, Best of the Web, New Poetry from the Midwest, storySouth Million Writers Award, and The Wigleaf Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions. To submit, please send 1-6 poems or 1-3 essays/short stories, all pasted into the body of a single e-mail message, to our editor: editorATleahbrowningDOTnet

http://www.applevalleyreview.com/

Jake Adam York Book Prize for a First or Second Poetry Collection

$25.00 submission fee. Ends on 10/16/2016.  The Jake Adam York Prize is open to poets writing in English who have published no more than one full-length poetry collection. It is a collaboration between Copper Nickel http://copper-nickel.org/ and Milkweed Editions http://milkweed.org/. The prize-winning poet will receive $2,000 and publication by MILKWEED EDITIONS. Screening for the prize will be facilitated by COPPER NICKEL. All entrants will receive a one-year subscription to COPPER NICKEL in exchange for their reading fee. The judge for 2016 will be Ross Gay. All finalists will be asked to affirm that they are neither close friends, current colleagues, nor current or recent students (within the past three years) of Mr. Gay.

https://coppernickel.submittable.com/submit

Heavy Feather Review

The deadline for HFR Volume Six consideration is October 30, 2016. HFR only accepts three to six poems. There are no guidelines otherwise for fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, comics/original art, hybrid. We are also looking for essays written on writing craft, politics, and international writers to feature online. To us, “essay” is a loose term/form, and the topics and form are open to interpretation. The final product can be a traditional essay, poem, short story, list, definition, collage, or whatever you can think up.

http://heavyfeatherreview.com/submit/

New Republic

The New Republic accepts unsolicited submissions of nonfiction (including opinion and reporting) and poetry. Submit via email: nonfiction to letters@newrepublic.com and poetry to poetry@newrepublic.com.  We do not accept fiction submissions.

https://newrepublic.com/pages/contact

Southeast Review

The Southeast Review accepts regular submissions for publication consideration year-round. SER publishes the finest poetry, literary fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, interviews, and art. We aim to present emerging writers on the same stage as established authors—we seek quality work for our quality publication. Please submit no more than 5 single-spaced poems at a time (with a maximum of 15 pages total per submission). Please submit one double-spaced story of up to 7500 words. We rarely publish short shorts not submitted through our World’s Best Short Short Story Contest; however, should you choose to submit flash fiction, please send no more than 5 short shorts per submission. Please submit one creative nonfiction piece of up to 7500 words. We are open to a variety of forms of nonfiction—including memoir, travel writing, and the personal essay. SER does not, however, publish academic prose or research writing. Please submit current (book publication should occur in current calendar year) single-book reviews of 800-1,200 words.

http://southeastreview.org/submit/

Arcadia

Arcadia is currently accepting fiction, poetry, nonfiction, drama, and material for our blog, Online Sundries. If you’d like to submit something that doesn’t fall into one of these categories, please send us a query before submitting. Please send one story or between 3 and 5 poems at a time.  For non-fiction, we accept essays, memoirs, narrative reportage, lists, lyric essays, or whatever other forms you might have for telling true stories. As long as the writing has voice and the language is precise, we are interested.

http://www.arcadiamagazine.org/#!submit/c24vq

Doubleback Books Hiring Poetry Editor

Doubleback Books believes that out of print should not mean out of mind. Although other publishers rescue works that have fallen into the public domain from obscurity, few reprint books from small, independent presses that have folded during the twenty-first century and (often through no fault of their own) left new, exciting books to go out of print before their time. As an editor at Doubleback, you will have the opportunity to bring these books back into the world. The Doubleback Poetry Editor’s responsibilities will include reading manuscript submissions, soliciting submissions, editing manuscripts, as well as promotion of the press.  Preferred (but not required) qualifications include: Previous editorial experience with a press or literary magazine; Graduate or undergraduate work in Creative Writing or English; Strong eye to proofreading.  Please note that Doubleback Books and Sundress Publications are an entirely volunteer-run organization, so none of our editors are paid. To apply, please send a resume and a brief cover letter detailing your interest in the position to the Managing Editor, Melanie Jordan at jordan@sundresspublications.com.  Applications are due by July 15, 2016.

http://www.sundresspublications.com/doubleback/

Bomb Magazine

BOMB accepts submissions of previously unpublished poetry and short fiction. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Our current reading period is now open until July 15, 2016. http://bombmagazine.org/contact/

Sugar House Review

We want to publish good poetry, no matter where or who it comes from. We’re looking for an array of styles, from narrative to abstract to form. We are open for submissions until July 31.

http://www.sugarhousereview.com/submit.html

2017 Press 53 Award for Poetry

For an outstanding unpublished collection of poems.  $1,000 advance plus a 1/4-page color ad in Poets & Writers magazine.  Reading fee $30.  Judged by Tom Lombardo, Press 53 Poetry Series Editor.  Submit by July 31, 2016. Winner and finalists announced by November 1. Winning collection published April 2017

www.Press53.com

Appalachian Nature Writing and Ecocriticism Anthology

deadline for submissions: August 1, 2016. contact email: app.anthology@gmail.com. Appalachia, with its wealth of biodiversity, has yet to be properly recognized in an anthology that focuses on nature writing and Ecocriticism. This first-ever collection of Appalachian nature writing and scholarly criticism focusing on the Appalachian region and its literature will look at both the natural and post-natural world and the role the Appalachian region plays in such.  Poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, one-act plays, and ecocritical essays are welcomed.  All submissions must be original work and previously unpublished. While proposals are acceptable, the final work must be completed no later than August 1, 2016. Documents should be in PDF format and emailed to app.anthology@gmail.com. The anthology is expected to be published in 2017 and authors will be notified promptly if their work has been accepted. Talks with university presses have already begun.

2016 Science Fiction Poetry Association poetry contest

Speculative-genre (Science fiction, fantasy, horror) poems only; deadline August 31. $2 per poem entry fee. Judged by Wisconsin poet Michael Kriesel. 3 divisions: Dwarf, Short, and Long;

http://www.sfpoetry.com/contests.html or http://bit.ly/SFPoetry2016

The Tishman Review

The Tishman Review is looking for fiction reader(s) and a marketing team member. If you think one of these roles is perfect for you or if you have any questions, please contact TTR at thetishmanreview@gmail.com.  We are dedicated to providing a fun and collaborative environment for all our staff and hope to add like-minded people to our ever-growing team.

http://www.thetishmanreview.com/volunteer-opportunities/

Joyland

Based on the idea that fiction is an international movement supported by local communities Joyland is a literary magazine that selects stories regionally. New content appears weekly and we go into print twice yearly with Retro.  Currently, all Joyland fiction editors are accepting submissions. Each editor works with authors with some connection to their area. It’s pretty loose: living in the respective city or region for any amount of time is qualification enough for submission. If you’re unsure, send to the region nearest you. Joyland only publishes short fiction, novel excerpts, and literary non-fiction. We do like works between 1200 and 10,000 words, but going slightly under or over that range is fine.

http://www.joylandmagazine.com/content/about_submissions

In Place: A Literary Nonfiction Book Series

In Place emerges from a desire to uncover more books about the complexity and richness of place.  This series will publish literary nonfiction in various forms—narrative nonfiction, memoir, essay collections, cultural mediation, and others—focusing on books firmly rooted in place.  Series editors (Jeremy Jones and Elena Passarello) are especially interested in places that are sometimes overlooked, in particular complex regions loaded with stories that seem somewhat voiceless in the current literary landscape.  Authors interested  in submitting proposals for consideration should contact WVU Press Editor at Large Heather Lundine at heather@randolphlundine.com.

http://wvupressonline.com/

Cider Press Review Editors Prize

Less than a week left to submit manuscripts for the 2016 Cider Press Review Editors’ Prize book award for a first- or second book. Manuscripts accepted through June 30, 2016. The annual Cider Press Review Editors’ Prize offers a $1,000 prize, publication, and 25 author’s copies of an author’s first- or second book length collection of poetry. Author receives a standard publishing contract. Initial print run is not less than 1,000 copies.

http://ciderpressreview.com/bookaward/?mc_cid=389ce2164e&mc_eid=983fc61bd8#.V2rqe7grKM8

Engine Books Fiction Prize

We’re accepting submissions of novels and story collections to the new-and-improved Engine Books Fiction Prize. The winning manuscript will receive a $1,000 advance and be published by Engine Books. Two additional winners will be considered for publication by the editors.  The 2016 prize will be judged by Alix Ohlin. Deadline June 30, 2015. Submission fee is $30.

http://enginebooks.org/_source/prize.html

Black Lawrence Press

We seek innovative, electrifying, and thoroughly intoxicating manuscripts that ensnare themselves in our hearts and minds and won’t let go. We offer an open reading period through June 30, 2016. We accept submissions in the following categories: novel, novella, short story collection (full-length and chapbook), poetry (full-length and chapbook), biography & cultural studies, translation (from the German and the French), and creative nonfiction.

https://blacklawrencepress.submittable.com/submit

Sixth Finch

Please submit up to eight poems in one file. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but if work is accepted elsewhere, please add a note to your submission. We take pride in bringing your poems to a wide audience, and your work will become a part of our permanent archives, so please be sure to send us your best. Submissions for the Summer issue are open through July 1.

http://sixthfinch.com/submit.html

Qu

Qu is produced by the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. Payment upon publication is $100 per prose piece, $50 per poem. Qu seeks fiction, poetry, essays, and script excerpts from new voices as well as established writers. Qu wants writing that is provocative and original and accepts submissions through August 31, 2016. There is no submission fee.

www.qulitmag.com

Blue Mesa Review Annual Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction Contests

Deadline: August 31, 2016.  Our summer 2016 contest promises to be the best yet! We are very excited to announce the judges: Poetry, Ocean Vuong;  Fiction,  Jensen Beach;  Nonfiction,  Debra Monroe.  First place winners receive a cash prize of $500 each and publication in Blue Mesa Review. Second place winners will also receive publication. Please submit up to 6,000 words of prose or a collection of 3 poems. Submission fee: $12.

http://bluemesareview.org/writing-contest/

Contrary Magazine

Online literary journal CONTRARY is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction and commentary.  Deadline for Fall issue is September 1st. Payment: $20/story.  Fiction should be under 1500 words. Poetry should be up to three poems. Commentary: often anecdotal, poetic, or rhythmical in form.

http://contrarymagazine.com/submissions-2/