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The Moth Nature Writing Prize 2023


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Kathleen Jamie, multi-award-winning author of numerous poetry collections, as well as three works of non-fiction, an acclaimed travel narrative and the groundbreaking nature books, Findings and Sightlines, will judge The Moth Nature Writing Prize 2023.  The Prize will be awarded to unpublished pieces of prose or poetry which best combine exceptional literary …

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Trio Uganda’s International Poetry Competition

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Judge: Mike Jenkins £1,000 First Prize, 2nd £300, 3rd £100, 4 commended poems £25 each All poems - winning or otherwise - will be considered for publication in the next edition of Red Poets Entry fee  £5 for the first poem £8 for two poems £10 for three poems All …

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filling Station: Deadline for Submissions

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Call for Submissions Issue 82 – LANGUAGE Submit your work by September 30th, 2023 Language informs our everyday. Language is rich, complex, & always changing/evolving. Whatever way you use language, whether you code switch at a doctor’s appointment, or you’re bi/tri/poly-lingual and weave languages together when speaking to relatives, or …

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Freefall: Deadline for Submissions

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SUBMISSIONS – OPEN  Open Submissions June 1st to September 30th SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND INFORMATION: FreeFall pays for all published work: $10/page prose up to $100 and $25 per poem plus a copy of the issue the work is published in A submission consists of 1 prose piece up to 4000 …

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Room: Deadline for Submissions

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Room Magazine invites unpublished poetry on any theme for our issue 47.2, edited by Ruchika Gothoskar, Jane Shi, Aris Keshav, and Ivy Sarkar. 47.2 is our contest issue: selected pieces from this reading period will be published alongside our 2023 contest winners, so send us your absolute best work. Before submitting, please read about …

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CV2: The Addiction Issue

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Announcing a call for submissions of poetry to CV2’s Winter 2024 issue, Versus Narrative: The Addiction Issue, co-edited by poets Conyer Clayton and Hannah Green. As the editors for this very special issue, we feel it’s important, as we request poems that explore this theme, to share a bit about …

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Humber Literary Review: Deadline for Submissions

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The Humber Literary Review, a literary and arts magazine, is currently seeking submissions of original, unpublished writing: please send us your best fiction, creative nonfiction, comics and poetry for our upcoming spring/summer print issue, scheduled for release in December 2023. If your work contains sensitive content, please be sure to include a content warning at the top …

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Translation Talks: Manolis Aligizakis & Sharon Dolin

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Join us on Saturday, November 18th at 1:00pm ET / 6:00pm GMT on Zoom for our fifth Translation Talks, featuring Manolis Aligizakis in conversation with Sharon Dolin. Manolis Aligizakis is a Cretan poet and author. He has published more than 20 books of poetry, three novels, and eleven major translation works. His translation Tasos Livaditis – Poems, Volume II was longlisted for the …

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Fence Translation Submissions #42

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Cole Swensen is Translation Editor of Fence issue #42. Text in originating language is optional (though helpful/preferred). New translations of previously translated work are welcome. Poetry: please submit up to three poems and no more than 10 translated pages of poetry. Fiction and Prose: please limit your submission to no more than …

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The Stephen Mitchell Prize for Translation: Submission Deadline

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Stephen Mitchell has written or translated over twenty books. He has brought into English lucid, beautiful translations of Yehuda Amichai, Homer, Pablo Neruda, Rainer Maria Rilke, and such foundational texts as the Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, and Genesis, among others. In honor of Mitchell’s linguistic and poetic acumen, Green Linden Press will award the …

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Black Lawrence Press: Translations from German & French

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Black Lawrence Press publishes translations from German and French. Submit translations to our open reading period here. All manuscripts should include a title page (including your name and contact info), table of contents, and when appropriate, an acknowledgments page. Manuscripts should be paginated and formatted in an easy-to-read font such …

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Hayden’s Ferry Review: Issue 74

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Hayden’s Ferry Review is open for translation and art for our print journal year-round. Submissions in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for issue 74 are open from November 1-30 or until submissions caps are met. We’ll also open 50 free submissions for underrepresented writers in each genre - see further guidelines below! …

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The Common: Submission Deadline

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Inspired by the mission and role of the town common, an egalitarian gathering place, The Common aims to foster the global exchange of diverse ideas and experiences. As such, we welcome and encourage submissions from writers who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, disabled, LGBTQIA+-identifying, immigrant, international, and/or otherwise from communities underrepresented …

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Funicular Magazine: Submission Deadline

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Funicular Magazine publishes quality fiction and poetry that shocks, surprises, moves, and tickles us. Maybe all of those things in a single piece. We are a Canadian magazine and we want to publish Canadian voices, but don't be shy if you aren't Canadian. We love sharing international writers with our …

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Mizna: Summer 2024 Issue Deadline

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As Mizna’s twenty-fifth anniversary approaches, we are opening submissions for our Summer 2024 Issue, Mizna 25.1. Although this issue will be unthemed, the editorial team wishes to center and uplift our community in a time of rage and mourning, especially those Palestinian, Armenian, Afghan, Sudanese, Moroccan, and Libyan folks who are living …

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Faultline: Submission Deadline

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Submit up to 5 poems or 20 pages of prose (one story).  If submitting poems, please start each new poem on a new page. Format for story: double-spaced, 12pt font. Please provide a translator's note to contextualize your translations for readers (300 words max) along with a cover letter. *Please …

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