Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Deadline
2023-09-15 08:00 - 2024-02-15 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
Valzhyna Mort, our 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize winner, is judging the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award this year.
This $1,000 award recognizes the work of a U.S.-based translator for a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in the previous calendar year. Established in 1976, it is given annually.
Submissions for the 2024 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award will be accepted from September 15, 2023 through February 15, 2024.
Find the full set of guidelines here.

The Ampersand Review: Issue 6 Deadline
2023-12-01 08:00 - 2024-01-31 17:00 (America/Toronto)
The Ampersand Review is a literary magazine published by Sheridan College’s Honours Bachelor of Creative Writing & Publishing program.
The Ampersand Review accepts submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, and reviews. We seek to publish literary works of the highest quality. To us, this means work that engages thoughtfully with its subject matter and displays formal excellence and innovation.
We welcome literary works in any genre or form, and from writers of all backgrounds and identities. We’d love to hear from voices who haven’t been heard before and we are committed to providing a platform that meaningfully publishes stories, ideas, and opinions yet to be shared.
In keeping with our mandate to foster literary culture in communities within Canada, priority may be given to submissions written by those who reside in Canada.

GENERAL GUIDELINES
Our reading period for Issue #6 runs from December 1st 2023-January 31st, 2024. If your work is still under consideration, please do not submit again until you’ve received a response. We will not be able to consider multiple submissions from one author; please only submit one submission in a single genre per reading period.
The following submissions will not be read:
– Submissions sent while a previous submission is still being considered.
– Mail submissions.
– Submissions sent outside of our reading period.
– Submissions that blatantly disregard our guidelines.
– Submissions generated (wholly, or in part) by AI.

We accept only previously unpublished work. Simultaneous submissions are accepted but we kindly ask that you notify us immediately if any part of your submission has been accepted elsewhere.
Please note that we do not consider or publish work written by current students, staff, and faculty at Sheridan College.

PREPARING YOUR SUBMISSION
Please submit one file containing your work to ampersandreview@sheridancollege.ca that includes your name and the genre of your work in its title (i.e., JohnDoe_Poetry.doc). Acceptable file formats include .doc, .docx, and .pdf.
We also ask that you provide a cover letter in a separate document that includes the following information:
– A brief introduction including publishing history and preferred pronouns.
– The genre, title, and word count of your submission.
– All relevant contact information: full mailing address, email address, and phone number.
– A brief, third-person bio.

2024 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award
2023-12-04 08:00 - 2024-01-15 23:59 (America/Vancouver) | Online
Submissions for the 2024 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award are now open! The beloved award for emerging writers has a proven track record of helping unpublished poets and short fiction writers secure their first book deal.

Past winners include Michael Crummey, Alissa York, Sonnet L’Abbé, Alison Pick, Marjorie Celona, Noor Naga, and Maria Reva.

Submissions will close at 11:59 PT on Monday January 15.

Eligibility Overview:

◥ Canadian citizen or permanent resident
◥ Published in a literary magazine or anthology
◥ Unpublished in book form

For full award details visit writerstrust.com/BronwenWallace

Chestnut Review Submissions
2024-01-01 00:00 - 2025-01-01 00:00 (America/Toronto) | Submittable
Chestnut Review appears four times per year online and once per year in print in our annual anthology. We are drawn to beautiful language, resonant images, and we crave narrative. We enjoy a broad array of styles, but please read a few of our issues to get a sense of our lens.
We publish work quarterly, according to the following schedule:
Jan 1-March 31: reading for Summer Issue (July 15th release)
April 1-June 30: reading for Autumn Issue (October 15th release)
July 1-Sept 30: reading for Winter Issue (January 15th release)
Oct 1-Dec 31: reading for Spring Issue (April 15th release)
General Information
Rights and payment. We purchase First North American Serial, First Anthology (for the annual print anthology), and First Audio rights, and the right to archive your work on our open-access platforms after publication. Payment is US $120 per piece, delivered on publication. We only issue payments via Paypal.
We will not publish work that seems to us offensive or which exhibits hatred directed towards a particular gender, race, ethnicity, ability, sexual identity, socioeconomic class, or other status, regardless of whether it is protected by law. If we decline to consider a piece, we will refund in full any submission or feedback fees paid.
We never solicit written submissions—all come through Submittable. Please do not email us submissions; they will go unread. We occasionally solicit art submissions, primarily from DeviantArt.
Staff submissions. No past or present staff member of CHESTNUT REVIEW may have their work appear in the magazine.
Minimum age. All those who submit work must be at least 18 years of age.
Unpublished work only. We only accept unpublished work that has not appeared in any publicly-accessible form previously, including online.
We consider poems and prose that is under contract for publication elsewhere to be published. Do not submit work from a volume that has been contracted with a publisher. Work that is part of a chapbook or book proposal *under consideration* may be submitted, but we must be informed if it is contracted with a publisher before our issue appears.
Art and photography submissions may have previously been presented online, but are eligible for publication if they have not been featured in another magazine, website, or venue besides an artist’s portfolio or webpage.
AI-generated work. We do not accept submissions of AI-generated work. If a submission is sent to us claiming to be author work but then discovered or identified as AI-generated, it will be rejected and the author no longer welcome to submit in the future. We reserve the right to withdraw acceptances from any work found to be AI-generated, even if after publication. Such work will be removed from our online platform and all print editions.
Language: English. We welcome written works that engage culture through languages other than English if the majority of the piece is in English. We do not publish translations in any form.
Countries of origin. Any artist from anywhere in the world may submit.
Simultaneous submissions are encouraged provided you message us on Submittable if you need to withdraw a piece.
One active submission per category at a time. We’re excited to read your work, but please let us consider each piece in turn. As long as you have received a reply to your previous submission, you may submit again as often as you wish.
No re-submissions. Writing is a process, but if we’ve already read and declined a piece as a regular submission OR contest entry, please don’t send us revisions for reconsideration or resubmit unless directly requested.
Submitting after publication. We ask that artists wait two years from their appearance in the magazine to submit again.
Titles. Please note that we do not have a title field for submissions and that the Submittable will auto-assign a number to your submission. This is no cause for concern.
Submission mistakes. If you mistakenly submit the wrong document, please do not withdraw and resubmit without first writing us. If the error is discovered quickly, we may be able to open your piece for editing and allow you to swap files. Note: This is done at editor discretion. If work has already begun on your piece, especially with paid feedback, this may not be possible.

Our Process
30-day turnaround. We notify all artists of their status within 30 days. If it takes longer, we will refund your submission fee (but still consider your work).
Feedback fees are not eligible for refund.
Chapbooks have their own timelines and do not adhere to the 30-day policy.
We may very well get back to you *very* quickly, and we consider that a sign of respect for your time. Every submission is given a complete read by multiple individuals before we decide.
Shortlisting: we occasionally shortlist pieces while we make final decisions on an issue’s composition. The following policies apply:
Shortlist requests will be made within our standard 30-day turn-around.
If the writer paid a submission fee and is shortlisted, we will refund the submission fee.
If the writer paid for feedback, we will deliver that feedback once a final determination is made on the piece. Feedback fees are not refunded.
Feedback. Writers can opt to pay for staff readers for their feedback. For current prices, please see our Submittable submission pages for each genre.
For poetry, writers will receive a paragraph on up to three poems, highlighting the poem’s strengths and providing suggestions for further improvement. Some examples of comments include but are not limited to: structure, form, voice, imagery, rhythm & meter.
For flash and prose, writers will receive two paragraphs highlighting 2-4 areas that are working (strengths to build upon) and 2-4 suggestions for revision (those elements which most need attention). Our staff readers comment on a variety of topics. Comments for flash pieces frequently include use of image/metaphor, character, pacing, use of language, flow, voice & tone, and POV. Comments for prose often focus on character arc, effectiveness of set up, tension/build to climax, dialogue, voice (and authenticity), theme, and literary devices (like metaphor). These are examples, and not exhaustive or proscribed lists as our staff readers tailor comments and topics to each piece. We do not give line edits, but rather general comments about our impressions of your piece.
Fee transparency: the majority of feedback fees (over 50%) goes to the staff reader reviewing your work. Submittable also takes a cut (between 25-30%). CR keeps a small honorarium as well. From time to time, we raise our feedback rates to honor our staff’s labor. You can read about our money philosophy here.
Genre-Specific Guidelines
Poetry: Submit up to six poems (three for free submissions). Length and format are open. Poems should be single-spaced. Begin each poem on a new page, and clearly indicate when a poem extends beyond one page. There are no absolute length limits, but remember that the longer a poem, the better it has to be. We prefer submissions that consist of more than one poem to get a feel for your poetic interests and voice.
Flash: Submit one piece of no more than 1000 words. We do accept micros, and we publish both fiction and creative nonfiction. Please only send one piece at a time regardless of length. Flash submissions are free.
Prose: Submit one piece of between 1000 and 5000 words. Prose submissions can be works of fiction or nonfiction. We do not accept excerpts of longer works.
Visual art/photography: Submit images of up to 20 works. Images must be of publishable quality. We encourage, but do not require, illustrative titles to contextualize submitted media. If you work in hybrid forms of image + text, please use this category to submit.
Mixed-genre/mixed-media: We love mixed-genre and mixed-media pieces! If you have work that doesn’t fit neatly into the below categories, that doesn’t mean we won’t want to see it. Choose the most appropriate and include a note—we’ll figure it out.

Exile Quarterly Submissions
2024-01-01 00:00 - 2025-01-01 00:00 (America/Toronto) | Submittable
EXILE: The Literary Quarterly supports, encourages, and presents a vital and diverse arts ecology that enriches the reading and cultural experiences of our Canadian and international newsstand and subscription readers.
EXILE publishes literary and speculative fiction, poetry, non-fiction, drama, translations, and a wide range of visual arts/artists, from across Canada and around the world.
We publish quarterly, and in those 4 issues per year feature approximately 60 – 70 contributors.
Only previously unpublished material will be considered for publication. We look for progressive talent who have previously published through to new talent redefining the boundaries of contemporary literature and art.
$10 fee required for Submittable, or if submitting by Canada Post (cheque) – or by e-transfer to competitions@exilequarterly.com (important: indicate what the fee relates to).
Submitting/Genres:
FICTION
We consider a strong narrative voice, memorable characters, and a unique flair that aspires to represent the diverse Canadian mosaic.
NON-FICTION
This content can appear in any of our feature sections – Word & Art, Gravitas, My Five, among others – but also can be stand-alone social or political commentary. We look for well-considered (and researched) writing with a literary style that will interest our readership and experts alike. We avoid dry, jargon-filled academic prose.
POETRY
We look for a distinct voice found in the lines. We are open to all forms of poetic approaches.
TRANSLATION
Works in translation (fiction and poetry) include Francophone into English, as well as international authors into English (most often translated by Canadians). Our long-standing tradition of supporting translation includes over 400 such works to date.
DRAMA
A self-contained selection from a larger work, or a short/complete dramatic piece.
VISUAL ART
For over 45 years we have presented an incredibly wide range of visual approaches: painting, drawing, photography, illustration, mixed media, sculpture – publishing anything that is rooted in integrity, displays purpose, and that will resonate with our readers.
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DO:
Consider if your submission is compatible with our publishing program: we assume you have read previous issues… but if not, take the time to look at past issues (contributors) on our website – or perhaps consider ordering previous print copies to familiarize yourself with our 50 years and over 2,500 contributions-to-date.
Using Submittable (also applicable for snail mail):
• Cover Letter telling us about yourself and your contribution.
• Brief CV indicating only your publishing-related history (if applicable).
• Fiction – please try to stay under 3,500 words.
• Poetry – a suite of 8 to 10 poems.
• Non-fiction – an outline of the concept, plus either the complete text, or a sample.
• Art with Non-fiction (or vice versa; or with fiction; or poetry) the proposed contribution in its entirety (as a PDF in 72 dpi resolution).
• Drama – it must be a complete work, eg. an Act from a full play that stands on its own, or a short play – either option, up to 10 pages.
• Visual Art – 4 to 8 selections of art that will work as a stand-alone section.
After submitting, please be patient. We receive some 500 unsolicited submissions a year (plus those by way of other open calls, such as our literary competitions and editor-recommendations) and it takes time for them to be evaluated. We aim to respond to all submissions within three months.
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DO NOT:
Send us a submission if you have sent it out to other publishers for consideration.
Send us a submission if you are not a Canadian citizen or resident. We do not accept unsolicited materials from non-Canadian writers (although we do publish international writers based on recommendation).
Send us your submission electronically to an Exile Quarterly email account.
Contact us regarding the status of your submission. We keep track of all submissions received. (However, if four months have passed, you may email us at admin@exilequarterly.com)
Expect feedback. We do not offer editorial comment on submissions unless we feel the work has potential for inclusion in our magazine.
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We still do old school…
POSTAL MAIL – SUBMIT TO:
EXILE Quarterly
(please indicated: Attn: fiction / poetry / non-fiction / drama / visual arts editor)
170 Wellington Street West
PO Box 308
Mount Forest ON N0G 2L0
Important: include a cover letter with your contact details, and any other relevant information.
Recycle: we do not return submissions; all materials are recycled, or properly disposed of.
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$10 Fee for submitting: this goes to the editors who read and consider the submissions.
Payment methods:
1) Apply to your Submittable submission.
2) If submitting by Canada Post, include a cheque payable to THE EXCELSIS GROUP.
3) If submitting by Canada Post, make an e-transfer to competitions@exilequarterly.com (important: indicate what the fee relates to).

Vast Chasm Submissions
2024-01-01 00:00 - 2025-01-01 00:00 (America/Toronto) | Submittable
The Basics

Vast Chasm Magazine publishes bold work that explores the expansive human experience, including flash and short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other nonconforming work.
We read year-round, on a rolling basis, for our quarterly online issues.
Submissions are reviewed only through Submittable, where specific guidelines for each genre are provided.
Submit only one piece at a time, regardless of category. Please wait to hear back before trying us again.
We do not charge a submission fee.
We happily consider simultaneous submissions. Life is short. Just let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere, so we can update our queue and celebrate your success.
Send us your previously unpublished work as a .doc, .docx or .rtf in an easily readable format. For a nontraditional piece, you may opt to submit a .pdf. When photography submissions are open, previously published work will be considered. Send your image as a .jpeg or .png file.
Please include a 3rd-person bio of no more than 100 words.
We will thoughtfully consider your work and typically respond within 3 months (we tend to hold onto photos a bit longer).
If we’ve already read and declined a piece, please do not submit revisions unless specifically requested.
Vast Chasm is a paying market. Currently, we are able to offer $50 per published piece, payable via Paypal or Venmo.

Additional Details

Genre-specific submission guidelines are as follows:
Flash Fiction: one piece, up to 1,200 words
Fiction: one piece, up to 5,000 words
Flash Creative Nonfiction: one piece, up to 1,200 words
Creative Nonfiction: one piece, up to 5,000 words
Poetry: one poem
Other Nonconforming Work: one piece, mindful of the limits detailed above; use this submission category if you feel your work does not conform to the other genres listed. For example, you might submit a hybrid piece, a hermit crab essay, or anything we haven’t seen before.
Photography: We accept photography submissions on a rolling basis. Images must be original work. In general, we are not looking for portrait photography. Any photograph selected will be paired with an artist who will reimagine a swath of the image, resulting in a collaborative piece. Please see our website header for an example.
We care about content, not formatting, but if you’re wondering what we consider readable, 12-point Times New Roman works well.
If there is anything you want us to know about your submission, please include a note at the top of the document (e.g. content warning, excerpt, greater context).
We strive to cultivate a safe and inclusive literary community. You can read our inclusivity statement here.
Please email us if you run into any issues while submitting or accessing our content. We believe art should be accessible.
Know your rights: For Vast Chasm Magazine, Vast Literary Press acquires First North American Serial Rights and Archival Rights. Following publication, copyright reverts to the author. Learn more about your publication rights here.
If you haven’t heard from us within our usual response time of 3 months, feel free to check with us by emailing Editors@VastLiteraryPress.org.

Amsterdam Review Submissions
2024-01-01 08:00 - 2025-01-01 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
The magazine accepts poetry (including translations), flash fiction, essays, and reviews. We also accept photography and other fine arts — all images in the magazine are original works. Please read our current issue to get an idea of the work we publish.
Please follow the guidelines below based on the type of material you are submitting. Submissions that fail to do so will not be considered for publication.
We want the words and stories that come to you, not those you have to go after.

​GENERAL GUIDELINES
Send all submissions to AMSTERDAMREV@GMAIL.COM
Simultaneous submissions are accepted and encouraged. We only ask that you let us know as soon as possible if your work is accepted elsewhere.
No multiple submissions. Please leave at least six months between each submission.
If we have published your writing before, please wait a year before submitting again. There is no waiting time for photography.
Only submit previously unpublished material that is your own work. You must own the copyright to any text or image you send us. If you are submitting translated work, you must have obtained permission to translate from the original author/publisher.
Please allow up to 90 days for a response. You can contact us if you haven’t heard back from us after this time. We will respond to all submissions.

HOW TO SUBMIT WRITING
Please submit your written content as a Microsoft Word attachment (.doc or .docx). 12-point Times New Roman is preferred. If submitting several pieces (e.g. poems), include them all in one document.
Include a cover letter with the following information:
Name (as you would like printed)
Email address
Third-person bio (100 words max)
Author website and any social media links – optional
We recommend you also attach an author photo (JPEG or PNG file, 600 x 600 pixels preferred).
Email subject line should be the genre followed by your name (i.e. Poetry – Robert Johnson).

GENRE-SPECIFIC GUIDELINES
Poetry
Submit up to three poems (maximum of three pages each).
Start each poem on a new page in your document.
Title your poems, or specify ‘Untitled’ at the top of the piece.

Flash Fiction
Submit one flash fiction piece (maximum 1,000 words).
Add page numbers to your document.
Nonfiction (reviews and essays)
Submit one nonfiction piece (maximum 3,000 words).
Add page numbers to your document.

Photography (and Fine Arts)
Email photographs as attachments or via G-drive. Share access with amsterdamrev@gmail.com
Limit submissions to 15 images at a time.
We are interested in photographs that center around architecture, nature, landscapes, urban scenes, etc. Abstract photos are also accepted.
If submitting photos of people it is your responsibility to hold the person/people’s permission to be photographed, as well as their model release. Do not include photographs of anyone under 18 or who has not expressly given their consent to you in written form.
Downscale large photos to a maximum of 1920px wide before submitting.
Title your collection.
We reserve the right to select accepted photos to accompany a piece of writing and/or to use on our website and promotional materials (we will always credit them).
Please note:
We are unable to offer paid compensation for accepted submissions at present.
If you are successful we will allow for one round of small edits to the work you have submitted; however the finished work must remain close to the material you originally sent.
By submitting your work to Amsterdam Review you agree to receiving our newsletter for issue releases. You can unsubscribe at any time.
COPYRIGHT
The owner of the work retains copyright upon publication. By submitting you agree to grant the Amsterdam Review first serial/electronic rights, as well as electronic archival rights in perpetuity. You also agree that should the work be published subsequently elsewhere (online or in print), credit to Amsterdam Review is to be given.
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Please read our full terms and conditions for all submissions.

Cagibi Submissions
2024-01-01 08:00 - 2025-01-01 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Submittable
CAGIBI accepts and reads submissions year round through our submissions manager, provided by Submittable. This is for our online and print journal issues, and also for the Macaron Prize when those respective reading periods are open. There you will see guidelines specific to each category. Other general guidelines and answers to common questions are provided here, such as the policy for simultaneous submissions (please do!), how to withdraw, and rights and payment.
We encourage writers to submit their work to multiple journals (referred to as “simultaneous submissions”). If your work is accepted elsewhere (awesome!), please withdraw your CAGIBI submission from within Submittable. Do not email the editors to withdraw part or all of your submission; instead, withdraw in Submittable. For partial withdrawals, such as for one of multiple poems, add a message to your submission. To add a message, log in to Submittable, click on your submission, and you will see there a box to leave us a message. For more detailed instruction on how to do that within Submittable, scroll down to the bottom of this page.
CAGIBI does not consider work which has previously appeared in print or online.
When you can expect to hear back: Because CAGIBI is open year-round for submissions, our editors are reading nonstop. Every submission is read by our editors and carefully considered. Though we aim for sooner, a decision should be made within six to eight months. If you haven’t heard within eight months, it simply means that your submission is still under consideration. For the amount of submissions we receive, we are a small team of editors. We thank you for your patience.
You can sign up for our newsletter without submitting. When you submit to CAGIBI, you’re also signing up for our newsletter. We will never give out your e-mail to anyone else.
SUBMIT
Print Issues & the Omnibus! Anthology
Works published in Cagibi’s online issues are eligible for publication in an annual print anthology. (This has been put on hold since the pandemic.) Each year, a guest editor curates the anthology. Jonathan Galassi was the inaugural 2019 Omnibus! Anthology guest editor, selecting works from the previous year’s issues. (Read his Cagibi interview: “Jonathan Galassi // The Cagibi Express Interview.”) For 2019 and 2020, the anthology and Macaron Prize winners appeared together in a special print issue. Contributors whose works are selected for reprinting in the anthology will receive one complimentary copy as compensation.
Works in Translation
The editors welcome English translations from any language of both prose and poetry. Before submitting translations of works that are not in the public domain, translators should identify the rights holder and obtain a statement that the rights to publish an English translation are available. Include the original text if possible, as well as a short biography of the writer, a short biography of the translator, and a statement or concise paragraph introducing the work. If there are extenuating circumstances that prevent you from including a copy of the original text at the time of your submission, please note that in the cover letter.
Macaron Prize
This is CAGIBI’s annual prize in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. (This has been put on hold since the pandemic.) Winners and finalists are published in a Macaron Prize special print issue, and the issue is celebrated at an event in New York City. See the Macaron Prize page for open submission periods. When the submission period is open, an entry fee is required for one of:
Fiction: One story, 4000 words maximum.
Poetry: Up to three poems. Place your poems in one document.
Nonfiction: One personal narrative non-fiction essay, 4000 words maximum
One of the above, per entry. Multiple entries are accepted, and incur the submission fee per entry.
All entries must be sent through the Submittable interface. All entries will also be considered for publication in Cagibi’s quarterly online issues.
Macaron Prize Eligibility:
Those currently or recently affiliated with the judges should refrain from entering the contests. Close friends and relatives of the judge, and students who have studied with the judge within the last two years, should refrain from entering the contests.
Only previously unpublished work is eligible for consideration. Simultaneous submissions are accepted as long as you immediately withdraw your submission within Submittable should your piece be accepted elsewhere.
Works translated from other languages are not eligible unless you wrote both the original and the translation. Open to writers, worldwide; works must be written in English.
Cagibi reserves the right to not declare a winner; in this rare case, no entry fees will be refunded.
Cagibi supports the CLMP Code of Ethics for literary contests.

Fahmidan Journal Submissions
2024-01-01 08:00 - 2025-01-01 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Submittable
Fahmidan Submissions
Fahmidan comes out four times a year online. Send us your thought-provoking existentialism, your phobias, your darkest moments. Entrance us with your whimsical fantasy. Move us to tears with your truth in a world of suffering. Captivate and intrigue us with your hopes and dreams. A broad range of styles, forms and voices make any journal truly representative in the 21st century and we are no different! Check out a few of our previous issues to understand more about our style.
We publish quarterly & are open year round for submissions:
December 16th-March 15th: reading for Summer Issue (June 10th release)
March 16th-June 15th: reading for Autumn Issue (September 10th release)
June 16th-September 15th: reading for Winter Issue (December 10th release)
September 16th-December 15th: reading for Spring Issue (March 10th release)

General Information
*Note please only submit Word documents and do not place your name or any identifying information on the document itself.
Rights and payment. We purchase First British Serial Rights, First Anthology and First Audio rights, as well as the right to archive your work on our open-access platforms post publication. Payment is $25 per piece, delivered on publication. We issue payments via bank transfer and Paypal.
We only accept submissions on Submittable. Email Submissions will be ignored.
We will not publish work that is offensive or presents hatred or prejudice directed towards a particular race, sexuality, gender, ethnicity, ability, socioeconomic class, or other social identity or status. If we decline to consider a piece, we will refund in full any submission or feedback fees paid.
We will never solicit written submissions nor will our staff solicit beyond encouraging submission. All submissions, unless stated otherwise, come through Submittable. Please do not email us submissions; they will go unread.
Staff submissions. Present and past staff members of Fahmidan Journal/Publishing & Co are prohibited from submitting to us.
We only accept unpublished work that has not appeared in any publicly-accessible forum or otherwise. If in doubt, send us a query: fahmidanjournal@gmail.com
This is an English language journal. However, submissions partially containing other languages are very much welcome! As a multilingual staff we adore all language inclusion! We do not publish translations in any form.
All those who submit to Fahmidan Journal must be at least 18 years of age.
We welcome submissions from across the globe.
Simultaneous submissions are encouraged! Just message us on Submittable if you need to withdraw a piece at any point! P.S. We’ll be beyond happy for you!
Please only submit once per submission category at a time. Once you have received a reply to your previous submission you can submit again and again! We admire the tenacious nature of writers and want to encourage you to keep trying and submitting!
Please do not resubmit pieces that we have already declined unless we directly communicate otherwise.
We ask that you wait 1 year from acceptance to submit to us again provided that acceptance came after September 1st 2023.
Errors in Submission: Mistakes happen! We’re all human. Please do not withdraw and resubmit your submission to us. Instead, please send us an updated document in the messages field of your submission on submittable. If paid feedback has already begun, this change may not be possible.
We do not accept submissions of AI-generated work. If a submission is sent to us claiming to be the work of the author but then is discovered or identified as AI-generated, it will be automatically rejected and the author no longer welcome to submit in the future. We reserve the right to withdraw acceptances from any work found to be AI-generated. Including post publication.

How We Work
25-day turnaround. We will notify all writers of their submission’s status within 25 days. If it takes longer, we will refund your submission fee/donation (excluding paid feedback) and will still consider your writing with a revised deadline. All feedback fees are non-refundable.
You may get a response in as little as 24 hours. We value your time immensely. Rest assured all submissions are considered vigorously before we decide.
Issue Shortlists: we will shortlist pieces while we make final decisions on an issue’s composition.
All shortlist requests will be made within our 25-day response time.
If a writer whose writing has been shortlisted and has paid for feedback, they will still receive this within the 25-day response time period.
Feedback Options: Writers have the option to pay staff Readers and Editors for their feedback.
Prices can be found on our Submittable submission pages for both poetry, and all forms of prose.

The Bangalore Review
2024-01-01 23:59 - 2025-01-01 23:59 (Asia/Kolkata) | Online
The Bangalore Review showcases poetry in English and translations. We are interested in poetry that is cutting edge, but also evocative and startling in its truth and storytelling capacities. We look forward to poetry that is fresh and gives beauty a dimension, poetry that has a cause and purpose. We look forward to poetry that resonates with a deeper intellect and soul, poetry that is alive, brave and defining – poetry that transcends boundaries and makes living an interesting continuum.
Note: Rolling deadline
Poetry is reviewed on a rolling basis. You may send end up to four poems per submission. We are not very particular on line limits. As a guideline, you may consider that the shortest accepted work of poetry was three lines, the longest one was several pages long and the average poetry submission we publish is around 20 lines. Exceptional pieces of longer length have also been considered and published as a series running over several months.
We read all submissions within 180 days, and will contact you if we’re interested in publishing your material. If you have not heard from us within 180 days, you may assume that we may not be able to publish your work.
We charge a nominal submission fee of $3 per submission. Submission fees are non-refundable. This fee will help cover submission processing fees, hosting fees and ongoing operational costs. This fee will also help us remunerate contributors for their efforts.

PRISM International
2024-01-01 23:59 - 2025-01-01 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Submittable
PRISM International publishes exciting, original material from established and emerging writers in Canada and around the world. Due to the high volume of submissions, we receive each month, reply times range from 6 – 12 months, depending on the time of year.
Please note: Rolling Deadline
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
We strongly encourage submissions from Indigenous writers, Black writers, writers of colour, writers with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+ writers, and writers from other intersectional and marginalized groups, including low-income earners. If you identify as one or more of the above and would like to let us know, please mention it in your cover letter.
Title the document with your first and last and last name. Example: FirstNameLastName.doc.
Submit up to four poems, maximum of six pages.
We welcome cross-genre, hybrid, and interdisciplinary poetry and poetics.
In your cover letter, please specify the number of poems you are submitting and list the titles of the poems.
Poetry submissions should be typed and single-spaced. If you would like to submit poems with alternate spacing, please mention it in your cover letter and submit a PDF instead of a Word document.
Include in your cover letter your full contact information (including email address) and a short bio.
All submissions should be set in Times New Roman, 12-point font.
We charge a $3.00 reading fee per submission. Writers for whom the $3.00 fee is prohibitive are welcome to submit via the Inclusive Access option on Submittable.
Submissions must be previously unpublished, in print and online.
We accept simultaneous submissions. If your piece is accepted elsewhere, please let us know immediately.
We purchase first North American serial rights, and pay $40/printed page for prose and $45/printed page for poetry. Contributors will receive two copies of the issue in which their work appears.
The editorial board awards one $500 prize to an outstanding poetry contributor each year.
We mainly accept submissions through Submittable. If you are unable to submit via Submittable, please get in touch with Dora Prieto at prismpoetry@gmail.com.
Please note: PRISM does not accept submissions from current and incoming students and faculty of the University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing Program (this includes the UBC Optional-Residency MFA Program). Work submitted by incoming students prior to their acceptance to the UBC Creative Writing Program, if still under consideration, must be withdrawn. In order to submit, UBC alumni cannot have taken a UBC Creative Writing Program course during the previous two years. PRISM does not publish the same writer twice in a publication year. For contest entries, please refer to our contest page.

Claire Harris Poetry Prize
2024-01-02 08:00 - 2024-03-31 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
The Claire Harris Poetry Prize, a new initiative of Goose Lane’s icehouse poetry imprint, is designed to enhance the visibility of debut poetry collections by previously unpublished poets from Black, Indigenous, and other racialized communities. This prize will be presented for the first time in 2024 and thereafter will be presented biennially for a full-length debut collection. The prize will include a cash award of $1,000, a contract for the publication of the collection under the icehouse poetry imprint in the following year (2025), and public readings in at least three Canadian cities. The recipient of the 2024 prize will be selected by poet and essayist Kazim Ali.
The award honours the legacy of Claire Harris, a generous mentor, provocative thinker, and singular voice in Canadian poetry, known for her adventurous verse; contrasting use of prose and poetry; alternating voices, ranging from British English to Trinidadian Creole; and visual experimentation. During her storied career, Harris won the Commonwealth Award for Poetry for the Americas Region, the Writers’ Guild of Alberta Award for Poetry, the Alberta Culture Poetry Prize, and the Alberta Culture Special Award. Her most celebrated work, Drawing Down a Daughter, was a finalist for the 1992 Governor General’s Award for Poetry. Goose Lane published many of Harris’s books throughout her career, including Translation into Fiction in 1984, Drawing Down a Daughter in 1992 (reissued in 2007), and She in 2000.
Eligibility
Eligible writers include Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada who are writers from Black, Indigenous, or other racialized communities and who have not previously published a book-length collection of poetry. (Poets who have published a chapbook, but not yet a book-length collection, are eligible to apply.)
Manuscripts should be book-length works of poetry, i.e., approximately 48-100 pages. (Chapbook-length manuscripts are not eligible.) Submissions may draw upon a broad range of aesthetic practises, from lyric poetry to genre-busting experimentation.
How to Submit Your Poetry Manuscript
Please submit your manuscript through the Claire Harris Poetry Prize online portal between January 2 and March 31, 2024. Please note that we are able to consider only one submission from an individual writer. There is no entry fee. Should you have any questions about the submission process, please contact Alan Sheppard, Goose Lane’s production editor, at editor@gooselane.com.
Your submission should include:

A cover letter that includes your contact information. Please include your postal address, email, and telephone numbers where we can contact you.
The complete manuscript.

Please ensure that all documents are submitted in MS Word (.doc, .docx) or as a PDF file as a single attachment in 10-12 pt readable font.
We prefer that you refrain from submitting your manuscript to other publishers while it is under consideration for the Claire Harris Poetry Prize. However, should you decide to send your manuscript to other publishers, please ensure that you let us know in your cover letter and notify us immediately should the status of your manuscript change during our selection process.
What to Expect after Submission
We will notify you that we have received your manuscript as soon as it arrives. We will also inform you of our final decision within four months of the closing date for submissions, i.e., by July 31, 2024, except in extraordinary circumstances.
About the Selection Process for the 2024 Prize
Every manuscript will be read by Kazim Ali, who will select the winning manuscript for the 2024 prize. Kazim will also work with the author to edit the prize-winning manuscript for publication.
About Kazim Ali
icehouse poetry is honoured that Kazim Ali has agreed to be the inaugural Claire Harris Poetry Prize judge. A celebrated poet, editor, and essayist, Kazim Ali was born in the United Kingdom to Muslim parents of Indian, Iranian, and Egyptian descent. He spent most of his early life in Canada and now lives in the United States, where he teaches at the University of California, San Diego.
Ali is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, fiction, essays, and cross-genre texts. His collections of poetry include Sukun: New and Selected Poems; Sky Ward, winner of the Ohioana Book Award in Poetry; and The Far Mosque, winner of the Alice James Books’ New England/New York Award. His books of non-fiction include Silver Road; Fasting for Ramadan; and Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water, winner of the Banff Mountain Book Award for Environmental Literature. Ali is also an accomplished translator and has edited several anthologies and books of criticism.
About Claire Harris
Claire Harris is a decorated Black Trinidadian Canadian poet who emigrated to Canada in 1966. Her poetry is known for verse techniques such as contrasting prose and poetry and for alternating voices, ranging from British English to Trinidadian Creole. Harris’s innovative poetry dramatized and made public the issues of injustice in colonial and post-colonial settings and the psychological struggles experienced by racialized women who face violence and oppression. She mentored numerous young poets as both a teacher and an editor at Dandelion and blue buffalo.
Harris’s eight books of poetry include Fables from the Women’s Quarters and Translation into Fiction, both released in 1984. Her later work included Drawing Down a Daughter and She, which combined prose and poetry to give urgency to the search for a cultural home. During her lifetime, her work won international acclaim; was widely anthologized in Canada, the US, and abroad; and was translated into German and Hindi. Harris won the Commonwealth Award for Poetry for the Americas Region, the Writers’ Guild of Alberta Award for Poetry, the Alberta Culture Poetry Prize, and the Alberta Culture Special Award. She was also a finalist for a Governor General’s Award in 1992.
About icehouse poetry and Goose Lane Editions
Goose Lane Editions was founded in 1954 as Fiddlehead Poetry Books to provide the opportunity for Canadian poets to have their work published in book form. Over the years, the press has published more than five hundred volumes of poetry under the Fiddlehead Poetry Books, Goose Lane Editions, and icehouse poetry imprints, including original collections, volumes of new and selected poems, and cloth-bound editions of collected works. The press is proud to have been the publisher of poets such as Kazim Ali, Herménégilde Chiasson (in translation), George Elliott Clarke, Kwame Dawes, Pamela Mordecai, Soraya Peerbaye, Sue Sinclair, John Thompson, Douglas Walbourne-Gough, and (of course) Claire Harris. The icehouse poetry imprint is overseen by a national board of published poets.
The general submission window for icehouse poetry will reopen on April 1, 2024. Poets submitting to the contest can indicate on the submission form that they’d like their manuscript be included in icehouse poetry’s general submissions later this spring.

de Groot Foundation: Courage to Write Grants Applications Open
2024-01-07 08:00 - 2024-02-05 23:59 (America/Vancouver) | Submittable
Applications for 2024 COURAGE to WRITE grants open January 7, 2024
The de Groot Foundation will award thirty COURAGE to WRITE unrestricted grants to writers in 2024.
Ten COURAGE to WRITE grants of $7000 each and twenty Writer of Note grants of $1500 each. These grants are meant to encourage and support writers as they further or complete a specific project. The Writer of Note grantees are chosen from the pool of finalists for the COURAGE to WRITE grants.
Courage is the first essential for a writer. ~Katherine Anne Porter
It takes courage and character to be a writer. It means accepting the risk of revealing yourself and overcoming fears of putting your feelings and dangerous ideas right there on the page. ~Alan Rinzler
2024 COURAGE to WRITE Guidelines
Applicants for COURAGE to WRITE grants may be writing in any genre. We welcome projects of fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, YA, children’s books, plays, and screenplays.
Who Should Apply
Writers over 18 years of age who are actively engaged in a writing project and for whom a monetary boost could help them further or complete a project.
Eligibility
Applications:
–are open to individual writers over 18 years of age regardless of race, ethnicity, gender orientation, education, economic situation, geographic origin or location.
–must be submitted in English.
–are not open to family, members of the board or employees of the The de Groot Foundation, Lando family members, reviewers, or the selection committee.
Applicants must be individuals. Companies or organizations are not eligible.
If you’ve already received a writing grant from The de Groot Foundation, please wait a year before applying again.
How to Apply
Please read this section carefully before preparing or submitting your application. We receive grant applications through the Submittable platform. If you have an account already, click the button at the bottom of this page and login to apply. If you do not have an account, you will need to create a free account in order to apply. You can create an account here: https://manager.submittable.com/signup
Application
There are three parts to your application: 1) a biosketch, 2) the letter of application, 3) your writing sample
1. Your biosketch
a. A brief statement about you, what matters in your work, what you’ve written, what you want to write, and something about you as a person
b. Limited to no more than 100 words
c. Your biosketch will be inserted into a form on the application so have this ready to cut and paste.
2. The letter of application (2-4 pages) which must include:
a. An introduction to the writing project for which you are seeking support (1-3 paragraphs)
b. How this project is important (1-2 paragraphs)
c. How a grant at this time would be helpful to you and how you would use the funds (2-3 paragraphs)
d. Anything else you would like us to know about you as a writer (1 paragraph)
e. Please address the letter to: Dear COURAGE to WRITE Reviewers
f. Please double space your letter of application and use Times New Roman 12-point font.
The paragraph suggestions above are recommendations. Should you wish to add a paragraph in a section and have one fewer in another that is fine as long as the needed information is well conveyed.
3. Writing sample
a. Please submit an unpublished writing sample, which relates to the project for which you are requesting funds. Do not submit a previously published writing sample.
b. Your unpublished writing sample should be five pages.
c. The writing sample, like the letter of application, should be double spaced and in Times New Roman 12-point font.
d. Exceptions:
i. Poetry: Use your original poetry formatting. You do not need to double space the poems. There can be more than one poem on a page.
ii. Screenplay or a play: You may submit up to 12 pages of a sample using the standard formatting for plays or screenplays.
iii. Graphic novel: You may include up to 10 pages of prose and graphics for the writing sample. Please submit by PDF.
IMPORTANT: The letter of application and the five pages of your current writing project must be uploaded as a SINGLE DOCUMENT. Please make sure you have merged them as a SINGLE DOCUMENT before you submit.
Submit your application through the Submittable platform, which you will be directed to below. Make sure your document is ready and exactly as you want it to be before uploading. Once you have submitted an application, you are unable to change it.
Format
–Use Times New Roman 12-point font and double space your application document.
–Numbering pages is optional.
Application Timeline:
–Applications open January 7, 2024.
–Applications close at Midnight PST on February 5, 2024.
–Grant recipients will receive an automatic notification from Submittable once your application is received.
–Finalists will be notified by the end of April 2024.
–Grant awardees will be notified by the end of May 2024.
Review and Selection
You’ll be sent a message when your application has been received.
Stage 1 Review: All eligible applications are read by teams of reviewers. Depending on the discretion of the reviewers, between 40 to 60 finalist applications are chosen.
Stage 2 Review: Finalist applications are evaluated by the final Selection Committee. This committee chooses the ten COURAGE to WRITE grantees. From the remaining applications, this committee will then pick the 20 Writer of Note grantees.
The Selection Committees are writers and writing professionals who appreciate the challenges of emerging writers. Selection Committee decisions are final. Correspondence will only be entered into with finalists and grantees.
Grantees will be asked to complete a Grant Acceptance Agreement and, if appropriate, a U.S. W-9 tax form. One year after receipt of funding, grantees agree to complete and return a one-to-three-page final report so that we can learn about your project and the grant’s impact on your work.
Application Fee
The application reviewing fee of $22.00 must be paid through the Submittable platform at the time that you submit.
If you have questions about alternative forms of submitting your application or fee waivers, please carefully read the FAQs.
If you have questions that have not been answered in these guidelines, please read the FAQs.
