Griffin Poetry Prize

Mizna: Summer 2024 Issue Deadline
2023-12-15 00:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
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 through various forms of colonial, imperial, genocidal, and ecological catastrophe. We highly encourage submissions from those most affected by these disastrous situations. Furthermore, in a moment where solidarity with Palestine has been met with censorship, doxxing, cancellation of awards and events, and firing from professional positions, we continue to welcome writing from our anti-Zionist comrades as well as those who have been victims of aforementioned silencing. While we welcome submissions from former contributors seeking a space for their work in this urgent moment, we also especially encourage submissions from writers who have never been published by us before.
Mizna has long been a home for literature with innovative, experimental forms, as well as visual art that is published with high quality print production practices. As such, we especially encourage ongoing submissions from artists doing visual poetry work, or hybrid works that cross the arbitrary boundaries of genre. In general, literary works of poetry, visual poetry, fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, comics, collage, invented forms, and any forms of mixed print or hybrid work will all be considered.
Submitters do not need to be SWANA or Arab identified, but work submitted should be considerate of Mizna’s aesthetic and the social realities of our audiences, as well as be a contribution to ongoing conversations in and beyond our communities. We encourage submitters to read back issues of Mizna before submitting work for consideration.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, though we ask to be notified as soon as possible if the submission is accepted elsewhere. There are no submission fees. Selected contributors receive a $200 honorarium, a 1-year subscription to Mizna, and 5 copies of the issue.

Submissions Guidelines

Please include a short cover letter (200 words or less) as the first page of your submission, with a brief overview of the work you’re submitting and why you are submitting to Mizna.
Poets should list out the poems they are submitting, and let us know if there are simultaneous submissions elsewhere.
Prose submissions should include a brief 1-2 sentence overview of the submission (e.g. a synopsis if it is a story or narrative essay, or an overview of the argument for more expository essays; keep in mind that we are a literary magazine).
Include a brief (50 words or less) author bio.
Add a maximum of one sentence for any additional information you would like the editorial team to know about the work.
Please submit as .doc or .docx files preferably, or pdfs for pieces with complex layouts. We do not accept other file formats (e.g. pages). Prose submissions should be double spaced and limited to 5000 words. Please do not send us your term papers or thesis manuscripts for consideration. Poetry submissions should be limited to four poems of any length, verses exceeding our page width will be treated with a runover indent.
Please only submit once per submission period. We are open to submissions from November 15 through December 15. All submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines will be discarded unread.
NOTE: If you are unable to submit your work in the form below, please try refreshing the page in your browser and trying again, or disabling any ad blockers you may have installed. If you continue to have trouble after taking these steps, send us an email at mizna@mizna.org.

Faultline: Submission Deadline
2023-12-15 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
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 format submission titles with the name of the piece, the original writer’s name, and the translator’s name, as well as genre (poetry/prose).
“A Charcoal Briquette” by Ahn Do Hyun, trans. First Last (poetry)
*Please include your own name in the document title.
*We allow simultaneous submissions, but please notify us if accepted elsewhere.
*We are capping submissions at 50. Depending on submission volume, we may reevaluate before the reading period closes.
We look forward to reading your work!

Ledbury Poetry Job Opportunity
2023-12-22 17:00 (Europe/London)
Ledbury Poetry welcomes applications for a Director to provide sabbatical cover for 18 months and ensure that Ledbury Poetry continues to operate successfully with high artistic standards.
You will be leading one of the most significant and influential poetry organisations in the UK during an exciting moment in its development. Your skills and abilities will contribute to creating excellence and to promoting the artform, locally, nationally, and internationally. You will gain significant experience in a senior managerial role with one of the country’s leading arts providers.
The successful candidate will lead on the artistic vision, provide strategic leadership to the charity and the dedicated and experienced team.
Job Description
Working hours: 5 days per week. Salary range: £34,000 – £36,000 dependent upon experience. Contract duration: 18 months, fixed term. We can offer hybrid working arrangements. However, we will expect the successful candidate to spend substantial, meaningful in-person time working in Ledbury in the Poetry House. Applications that propose a job share will be considered.
Ledbury Poetry is inclusive, creative and nurturing. We strive for integrity and excellence in all that we do. We seek someone who embodies these values and will take the helm of the organisation while the Director is on an eighteen-month sabbatical. As an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, Ledbury Poetry encourages creativity and the exploration of language in all its forms for everyone, whatever their age or background. Over the past five years, the organisation has grown far beyond its origins as a ten-day summer showcase. It now encompasses a year-round programme including exciting education and outreach activities.
It is deeply rooted in the community of Ledbury – a place with strong historical, poetical associations yet international in its scope and reach. It showcases poetry from across the globe and its groundbreaking Ledbury Critics Programme leads the way on diversity and inclusion in the publication, promotion and reception of contemporary poetry.
How to apply. If you are interested in joining us then please email director@ledburypoetry.org.uk a CV and covering letter and an Equal Opportunities form.
Deadline for application for both roles: Friday 22 December, 5pm
Interview for Director role: Monday 8 January

The Ex-Puritan: Winter Issue
2023-12-25 00:00 (America/Toronto) | Submittable
The Ex-Puritan seeks submissions all year round, from anywhere in the world.
Our current publication rates (as of Fall 2022) stand as:
$100 PER INTERVIEW
$200 PER ESSAY
$100 PER REVIEW
$150 PER WORK OF FICTION
$50 PER POEM, OR $100 PER POET IF MULTIPLE POEMS ACCEPTED
$50+ PER EXPERIMENTAL OR HYBRID WORK, AT AN INCREASING SCALE DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE PIECE
Check back with the magazine regularly; The Ex-Puritan is working ever assiduously to increase these figures.
Please note that we can ONLY issue payments using etransfer, PayPal or a cheque in the mail. We also pay in CAD. If you cannot accept payment via etransfer, PayPal or cheque from a Canadian bank, we cannot accept your submission.
Regular submissions to the magazine are free of charge and should fall under one of six categories: fiction, essays, poetry, interviews, reviews, and experimental/hybrid work. To submit to the experimental/hybrid section of the magazine, please email our section editors at hybrid.experimental@ex-puritan.ca. All other submissions must go through our Submittable. Unless we are soliciting your work, all submissions must be previously unpublished (this includes self-publishing, publishing on blogs, and in chapbook format). The entry fee for the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence is $20; winners in fiction and poetry each receive $1,000 in cash prizes and runners-up are awarded $200.
Please note that in order to diversify the voices we publish, we have a limit on how frequently we will publish the same writer: you may publish with us once per year in up to two sections of the magazine.
All submissions received by March 25 will be considered for the spring issue, published in May. Those received by June 25 are considered for the summer issue in August. Those received by September 25 are considered for the fall issue, published in November. Those received by December 25 are considered for the winter issue, out in February. All submissions will receive a decision within four months of the submission date.
If you haven’t heard back from us in four months or for any other query not answered here, get in touch with us at editors@ex-puritan.ca. Please note that we CANNOT accept email submissions. They will be discarded.
We are open to simultaneous submissions for all regular submission categories, but no simultaneous submissions are permitted for the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please contact us immediately at editors@ex-puritan.ca to withdraw the piece.

2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Deadline
2023-12-29 00:00 (America/Toronto)
The submissions deadline for the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize, for books published between July 1 and December 31, is Friday, December 29, 2023. Submitted books must be postmarked no later than this date, and delivered no later than Friday, January 5, 2024. Please remember to complete all necessary customs/duties paperwork when shipping your entries.
If you have any questions regarding the new prize rules, or would like to download an entry form, please visit our Submissions page.
We look forward to receiving your entries soon!

Hayden's Ferry Review: Translations
2023-12-31 23:59, 2024-01-31 23:59 (America/Edmonton) | Online
We are waiving our submission fee for Black and Indigenous writers. Please submit your translation pieces here. If you have questions concerning this policy, please email us.
Translations submissions should be works translated into English from any other non-English language, and must include the original text along with the translated text.
Translators should secure rights to translate the work they are submitting.
Submit up to 6 poems/micro-fictions, or one essay/story.
Prose should be double-spaced. We do not have a strict word count, though we favor pieces under 17 pages, and rarely accept work that is over 20. Please do not submit pieces that are over 25 pages.
Please include your entire submission in one file, and be sure your name and contact information are included on the first page of the file.
All work should be uploaded through our submissions manager. Acceptable file formats include .doc, .docx, and .pdf.
Please send one submission per genre at a time, and wait for a response before you submit additional work.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please notify the editors immediately by adding a message to your submission in Submittable.
Withdraw your submission using Submittable. If you are only withdrawing a section of your work (for example: 2/5 poems), add a message to your submission in Submittable.
We do not accept previously published material.
We do not consider book-length works. Submitters are strongly encouraged to read the journal before submitting. Sample work from current and past issues is available on our website.
Upon acceptance, we will request a translator’s note on your translation process (similar to an artist statement).

Arc Poetry: Submission Deadline
2023-12-31 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Online
Arc accepts previously unpublished poetry in English or previously unpublished translations of poetry into English, on any subject and in any form.
Poets may only submit once per calendar year.
Poetry submissions must not exceed three poems or 360 lines of poetry.
Submissions of more than one poem must be broken up into two or three files and submitted separately on Submittable, along with the poet’s biography. (This allows Arc to respond to poems individually and update submitters on their submission’s status more promptly.)
Arc only accepts poetry submissions using the online submission manager Submittable, except when otherwise indicated.
Arc does not accept paper poetry submissions. Submissions received by mail will not be read and will not receive a response.
Arc aims to respond to unsolicited submissions of poetry within four to six months.
Arc cannot promise to respond to inquiries regarding the status of submissions before the completion of the submission period.

Submissions must be typed and single spaced (double spaces will be interpreted as blank lines).
Submissions must include the poet’s name, email address, and mailing address on each page.
Submissions must include the poet’s biography, which should be two to three sentences or approximately 30 words long.
Submissions of visual poetry or concrete poetry should be submitted as PDFs.
Arc pays for poetry at the rate of $50 per page, with which Arc secures First Canadian Serial Rights (meaning that the poems should not appear in any print or digital publication before being published by Arc). Upon publication, all rights revert to the author and payment is mailed, as well as one free copy of the issue in which the work appears.

Poets may submit poems that are simultaneously submitted elsewhere. If a poem that has been submitted to Arc is accepted by another publication, it should be withdrawn from Arc immediately via Submittable or by notifying Arc using Submittable’s messaging feature.

Prism International
2023-12-31 23:59 (America/Vancouver) | Online
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: 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.
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.
Translation
Prism welcomes the best of translation into English from all over the world and offers compensation and contributor copies to original authors as well as the translators. Let us know if you’d like to see sample translator and original author contracts to get an idea of the information that we require. Such works must be undertaken with the permission of the original author. Please include a copy of the original work with your submission.
Poetry Translations
We pay $45/printed page plus two mailed contributor copies, and $30/printed page to the original author plus two mailed contributor copies. PRISM may choose to publish original poems alongside translations, and this will be up to the editor to decide on a case-by-case basis.
Prose Translations
We pay $40/printed page for prose translations plus two mailed contributor copies, and $25 per printed page to the original author up to $200 to the original authors plus two mailed contributor copies.

2024 Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation
2023-12-31 23:59 (Europe/London) | Online
The Poetry Translation Centre invites publishers internationally to submit their books for the third biennial Sarah Maguire Prize, to be awarded in the PTC’s 20th birthday year in 2024. The prize was established with a generous gift from the Estate of Sarah Maguire and donations from her friends and colleagues, as well as grants from the Golsoncott Foundation, the Garrick Charitable Trust and the British Council. It opens 4th May 2023, and the closing date is 31st December 2023. Books will be shortlisted by April, and the winner will be announced at the PTC’s 20th birthday celebrations in September 2024. The Sarah Maguire Poetry in Translation Prize is offered biennially for the best book of poetry in English translation by a living poet from beyond Europe, published anywhere in the world. £1,500 is awarded to the winning poet and £1,500 to the winning translator (or shared if there is more than one translator). A shortlist of up to seven titles will be included in a Poetry Book Society and retail partner promotion. The Prize will be awarded at a hybrid (London/online) event in September 2024. Publishers must have the right to distribute the book in the UK.
Eligibility
a) The book must have been first published in English between 1st January 2022 and 31st December 2023.
b) The book can be published in any country but the rights for sale in the UK must be in place.
c) The Publisher must hold and/or have cleared all necessary permissions to publish the book in the English language including the rights for sale of the book in the UK and be able to evidence this if requested.
d) The book must be the work of a single poet writing in a language other than English whose work has been translated into English.
e) The poet can be resident anywhere in the world but must originate from beyond Europe and publicly identify their writing as being from beyond Europe. For the purposes of the 2024 prize Europe will be defined as proposed by the United Nations geoscheme, which can be found here.
f) The book must be the work of a living poet. A posthumous collection will only be eligible if it has been published within one year of the poet’s death.
g) At least 50% of the translations in the book must not have been published before in book form.
h) A book shall be defined as having at least 48 pages and with a valid ISBN number in its country of publication.
i) Books must be physical publications. Books that are only available in e-format are not eligible for entry.
j) The book must be submitted by the publisher. Entries from individual poets or translators of their own work will not be accepted. This includes any books that have been self-published.
k) In all cases, the organiser’s ruling on the eligibility or ineligibility of a book will be final and binding.
Submissions
a) All entries must be submitted electronically through the Poetry Translation Centre’s Submittable entry page, with completed entry forms and a PDF of the book. Books must be submitted by the publisher.
b) The last date for submission will be 31st December 2023.
Shortlist
a) The judges will select a shortlist of five books, which will be announced in April 2024.
b) If in the judges’ opinion there are more titles worthy of recognition, the number of shortlisted books may be increased but will comprise of not more than seven books.
c) If an entry is shortlisted the publisher agrees to supply seven bound copies of the book by 15th April 2024 to the Poetry Translation Centre, The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, SE8 4AG, UK, as well as 30 to PBS and our retail partner.
d) Copies of books submitted to the Poetry Translation Centre will not be returned.
e) Shortlisted and winning poets and translators will be expected to be available for publicity near the time of the awards and, where possible, to attend the award ceremony. Poets and translators may also be filmed and recorded at the ceremony for the promotion of the Prize.
f) The copyright of each poem and translation remains with the author. By entering the competition, the publishers grant the Poetry Translation Centre the right in perpetuity to publish and/or broadcast their translations, with appropriate acknowledgement, for distribution throughout the world, in print, on the Poetry Translation Centre website, in our newsletter, in associated publications, on social media channels, and in press releases and emails for the purposes of marketing the publication, the Prize or associated work.
g) For books entered into the prize containing the original language poems as well as English language translations the above terms apply to the original language poems as well as the English language translations.
The Judging
a) The Prize will be judged by three judges chosen by the Poetry Translation Centre. The competition organisers reserve the right to change the judging panel without notice.
b) The decision of the judges is final and they will not enter into any correspondence with entrants regarding their decisions.
c) Judges may call in books for consideration if they so wish.
d) The judges reserve the right not to award the Prize if, in their opinion, no works entered reach a sufficiently high standard.

The Greensboro Review: Submission Deadline
2024-01-01 00:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
Manuscripts must be received by January 1 to be considered for the Fall issue (acceptances in May).
GUIDELINES:
Entries must be previously unpublished. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but please let us know immediately via Submittable if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Please submit only once per genre during each submission period.
Length restrictions: Poetry entries can include up to 10 pages, but we recommend 5 to 7 poems per submission. (Please note that we rarely publish individual poems that exceed 2 pages.)
Please include your name, mailing address, email, and phone number in your cover letter and on the first page of your manuscript.
Reading fee: $3.00. Fees are waived for current subscribers. If you are unsure of your subscription status, please contact DUP Journal Services: subscriptions@dukeupress.edu or toll-free at (888) 651-0122.
Manuscripts accepted for publication will appear in print in the Fall issue of The Greensboro Review and may also be featured on greensbororeview.org. All manuscripts not accepted for publication by The Greensboro Review will be released to the authors by May 31.
Entries must be submitted via Submittable; no email submissions are accepted.

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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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.

Ani Gjika — An Unruled Body, with Jung Hae Chae
2024-01-03 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Politics & Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, 20008, United States
Ani Gjika was born in Albania and came of age just after the fall of Communism, a time in which everyone had a secret to keep and young women were afraid to walk down the street alone. When her family immigrates to America, Gjika finds herself far from the grandmother who helped raise her, grappling with a new language, and isolated from aging parents who are trying in their own ways to survive. Then she meets a young man whose mind leans toward writing as hers does, and Ani falls in love–at least, she thinks it’s love.
Set across four countries—Albania, Thailand, India, and the U.S.— An Unruled Body tells the story of a young woman’s journey to selfhood through the lenses of language, sexuality, and identity, and how she learned to find freedom of expression on her own terms.

Albanian-born writer Ani Gjika is the author and literary translator of eight books and chapbooks of poetry, among them Bread on Running Waters (Fenway Press, 2013), a finalist for the 2011 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. Her translation from the Albanian of Luljeta Lleshanaku’s Negative Space (New Directions and Bloodaxe Books, 2018) won an English PEN Award and was shortlisted for the International Griffin Poetry Prize, PEN America Award, and Best Translated Book Award. She is a graduate of Boston University’s MFA program where she was a 2011 Robert Pinsky Global fellow, and GrubStreet’s Memoir Incubator program, where she was a 2019 Pauline Scheer Fellow. Having taught creative writing at various universities in the U.S. and Thailand, Gjika currently teaches social studies and literature to English language learners at Framingham High School in Massachusetts.
Gjika will be in conversation with Jung Hae Chae. Jung Hae Chae is the author of the forthcoming memoir-in-essays, Pojangmacha People (Graywolf Press, 2025), winner of the 2022 Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize. Her work has been distinguished with the 2021 Crazyhorse Prize in Nonfiction, the 2019 Emerging Writers Contest in Nonfiction from Ploughshares, and a 2019 Pushcart Prize in nonfiction. Her writing can be found in AGNI, Guernica, New England Review, Ploughshares, swamp pink (formerly Crazyhorse), and in the Best American Essays 2022, edited by Alexander Chee. Her work has been supported by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Sewanee Writers Conference, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and others.
This event is free with first come, first served seating.

ROOM Magazine: Submission Deadline
2024-01-05 23:59 (America/Vancouver) | Online
Wade through the pleasures and pains of the flesh with us in the BODIES issue!

We’re seeking poetry about touch and isolation, trans and queer embodiment, fat liberation, chronic illness and disability, brutality, sensuality, and other meditations on the bones and muscles you inhabit every day. What words live in the relationship between your body and other bodies? Between your body and the land beneath it? Explore what it means to feel empowered and grounded in your body—and what it means to feel betrayed by it. Have you ever lost your body to dissociation? Or perhaps to transcendence? The body is a site of self-love, self-hate, and body neutrality alike: accepting loving odes, body horror, and everything in between.
Edited by Nara Monteiro, Lena Belova, Eleni Vlahiotis, and Sadie Graham
Before submitting, please read about us to see if your work fits within Room’s mandate, then refer to our submission guidelines.
Submission period: November 15 2023–Jan 5 2024
Printed & in circulation: September 2024

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.

The Polyglot: Issue 13
2024-01-15 00:00 (America/Edmonton) | Online
The Polyglot is thrilled to partner with the Philippine Edmonton Events and Arts Society (PHIDEAS) for a joint issue dedicated to featuring the many languages and diverse arts in the Philippines.
Deadline: January 15, 2024. Please use this form to submit.
Honorarium: $100 CAD
Guest Editor: Mila Bongco-Philipzig
Open to: Canadian and International contributors of Philippine descent
Guest Editor
Mila Bongco-Philipzig is originally from the Philippines but now lives in Canada. She has published five children’s books, four of which are bilingual (Filipino-English). Mila has poetry, prose, and translations published in various magazines, anthologies, and podcasts in the Philippines, Canada, and Germany. In 2021, Mila was an Edmonton Arts Council’s Featured Artist for Asian Heritage Month, and the first featured reader for Edmonton Public Library’s Multilingual Storytime. She is currently the coordinator for the Writer’s Guild of Alberta (WGA) Horizons Writers Circle.
Submission Guidelines
Writers: You may submit up to 4 pages of writing in any genre. We accept work entirely in Philippine languages, English, or a hybrid mix. We are happy to include poetry or prose that incorporates images. Please submit both a Word document (.docx) as well as a PDF document. For images: jpeg or png.
Artists: You may submit 1-4 artworks (photographs, drawings, paintings, digital art, sculpture, video, music, dance, traditional art forms, etc.). Please provide a high-resolution JPEG or PNG file if it is visual or an MP4 file if it is a video.
Translators: You may submit up to 4 pages, including the original text. We accept multimodal translations (see our past issues Unfaithful and RESIST for what we mean by that). Please include the bio of the original author with your submission.
Writer/Translator/Artist Statement: To accompany and weave together your works, we ask for a short 200-300 word statement reflecting on your process (making art, writing poetry, use of languages, reclamation, re-learning your cultural roots, translation process, collaboration process, etc.) You can find examples of artist statements in all of our past issues (www.thepolyglotmagazine.com).
Biography: Please provide a short biography as well, between 100 and 200 words, including where others can find you on social media. Please include your contact details, and you affiliation with Philippine heritage (citizen, parents or grandparents are Filipino, etc.) For translators: please also include a bio of the person you are translating.
Honorarium
Contributors will receive $100 CAD upon publication.
Aim
The aims of this issue are to offer a space for writing, translations, and artwork from the Philippines that currently are rarely included in the mainstream publications in Canada; and to foster awareness and appreciation of art and stories from Philippine communities to help shift the narrative on racism.

Don Mee Choi at REDCAT
2024-01-19 20:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | REDCAT, 631 W 2ND ST, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Don Mee Choi is a markedly influential figure in contemporary experimental poetry, combining the visual, the documentary, and the lyrical in her highly acclaimed books. Choi’s Kor-Us Trilogy (Hardly War, DMZ Colony, and the forthcoming Mirror Nation) intertwines her family history with the troubled and complex modern history of South Korea and its long entanglement with the power and ambitions of the United States. 2024’s Katie Jacobson Writer in Residence, Choi has already received some of the highest honors a literary artist can achieve—the National Book Award for 2020’s DMZ Colony and a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in recognition of her work in poetry and in the field of translation, where she’s introduced many English readers to some of the most innovative poets working in South Korea today. This evening of immersion in Choi’s work at REDCAT reflects how she expands our understanding of what poetry can do, while challenging us to experience the many layers of personal and cultural experience we call history.

The program includes a post-event reception and book signing.
Virtual option available.

[Choi’s] writing has showed me that discomfort is neither cruel nor condemnation, but a passageway towards freedom, or towards becoming feral, or freely frayed.

—Christine Shan Shan Hou, Lit Hub

Presented by REDCAT, the MFA Program in Creative Writing of the California Institute of the Arts, the Katie Jacobson Writer in Residence Program, and GYOPO.

Michael Waters Poetry Prize 2024 Deadline
2024-02-01 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Online
Official Guidelines
Southern Indiana Review will award a prize of $6000 and publication for a full-length poetry manuscript written in English submitted under the following guidelines.
Each submission must:
• Be available for exclusive manuscript publication (individual poems may have been previously published in magazines, anthologies, or chapbooks) by SIR Press. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if the entry is accepted by another publisher while under consideration, the author must promptly notify SIR in writing to withdraw the entry.
• Include a non-refundable entry fee of $35. Make check or money order payable to Southern Indiana Review. Please do not send cash.
• List the author’s name, street address, email address, and phone number on a cover page.
• Include a Table of Contents of poems submitted, including page number(s).
• List only the title of sections/poems on each page thereafter (to preserve anonymity).
• Consist of at least 40 and no more than 100 pages of poetry in 12-point font (no more than one poem per page) per each individual submission. The cover/content pages do not count towards the 100-page maximum. Publication credits, if included, do not count against page limit. All acknowledgments will be removed from manuscript(s) to preserve anonymity.
• If mailed/printed submission, be addressed to Southern Indiana Review, Michael Waters Poetry Prize, University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, IN, 47712.
• If digital/electronic submission, be uploaded via SIR’s Submittable page.
• Be postmarked or uploaded by February 1, 2024.
• If mailed/printed submission, include SAS postcard for receipt acknowledgment and/or SASE for contest results. All manuscripts will be recycled.
• Current and former students and employees of the University of Southern Indiana are not eligible for the Prize. All contest submissions will be considered for book publication. All themes and/or subject matters are eligible. Handwritten submissions will not be accepted. Winner receives a standard publishing contract with SIR Press. If final judge is unable to reach a decision, SIR Press editors will select the prize-winning collection.

Two Languages Prize: Submission Deadline
2024-02-01 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Online
The Two Languages Series celebrates the fullness in the language practices, identities, and voices we engage in/with in order to speak. We are looking to publish collections of poetry, hybrid, or essays by writers writing in both Korean and English over any theme or topic. The winner of the 2024 series will receive $500 prize + publication in Fall 2025.
Please refer to the following guidelines before submitting:
Manuscripts should be 48-150 pgs (essay collections may exceed this limit). Previously published pieces or a selection of writings are acceptable, but the manuscript in its entirety should be unpublished (we consider self-publishing as previously published).
Writers who reside outside of the U.S. are welcome to submit.
This is not a blind reading. Please, feel free to include an acknowledgments page is applicable.
We are not accepting translated works for the Two Languages Series.
Once submitted, manuscripts cannot be edited, nor will we accept revised manuscripts via email.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Please, withdraw the work immediately if accepted elsewhere.
The editors will select one manuscript from the reading period or may choose not to select any work for publication if found unsatisfactory.
What you can expect from us as your publisher:
30% royalties on net sales.
20 free copies upon publication + author discounted rates on additional copies.
Collaborative editing and professional book design.
Launch readings, distribution by SPD Books, AWP signings, prize submissions.
Have more questions? Contact us at Press@gasherjournal.com.

Cordite Poetry Review: Submission Deadilne
2024-02-04 23:59 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online
Submission to Issue 112: TREAT with poetry guest-edited by Tricia Dearborn will close at 11.59pm Melbourne time on Sunday, 4 February 2024.
Cordite celebrates 27 years of publishing. Please consider making a donation.
Please do NOT print your name or contact details on your submission document.
Cordite only accepts unpublished work.
Simultaneous submissions? Sure. Just inform us or withdraw if the work is accepted elsewhere.
Please send a maximum of three (3) poems in your submission. Submit only one time. 2nd and 3rd submissions, even if 1 poem apiece, will be rejected.
Please send all of your works in one (1) document. For electronic poetry, submit a document with instructions on how and where to access the submission. Large sound and video files can be shared via Drive or similar open means. Submit a document with those URLs.
Submissions will only be accepted via this online submissions form.
Please keep in mind that the guest poetry editor(s) will not commence reading the submissions until the submissions window closes. Allow 5-6 weeks thereafter for notification.
Authors whose poems are accepted for the issue will be included on our mail list (which can be opted out of).
As a government-funded non-profit charity, we can only pay Australian citizens and permanent residents for poems published.

Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry - Deadline
2024-02-15 00:00 (America/Toronto)
Arrowsmith Press, in partnership with The Derek Walcott Festival in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, presents the annual Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry to be awarded to a full-length book of poems by a living poet who is not a US citizen (green card holders welcome) published in the previous calendar year.
The book must be in English or in English translation, and may have been published anywhere in the world.
The prize includes a $2,000 cash award. In the case of translations, the prize money may be shared by the poet and the translator.
Publishers, authors, and others are invited to enter books published between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. Submission form and 2 copies of each book must be received by February 15, 2024. There is a $20 submission fee per book submitted. Unlimited submissions allowed. Two hard copies of each book should be mailed to Arrowsmith Press, 11 Chestnut Street, Medford, MA 02155. The prize committee hopes to work with publishers to coordinate an event along with their author’s touring schedule.

Prairie Fire Call for Submissions: 50 Over 50
2024-02-15 23:59 (America/Winnipeg) | Online
Call for Submissions: 50 Over 50

Prairie Fire is giving centre stage to women writers over fifty! This special issue is a celebration that honours and recognizes the enormous contribution of living Canadian women writers, who have helped shape CanLit and continue to do so.
If you are a woman, aged fifty and over, have at least one published piece of writing (literary journals, anthologies, books, etc.) and live in Canada (or lived a substantial amount of your life in Canada) then we want to see your unpublished work, as we compile this mosaic of new writing to be released in fall of 2024.
This special issue, tentatively called “50 Over 50” will be guest edited by Katherine Bitney, poet and one of the founders of Prairie Fire Press.
Submission Deadline: February 15, 2024.
GUEST EDITOR: KATHERINE BITNEY

Born in England, Katherine Bitney grew up in Saskatchewan and has spent most of her life on the Canadian prairies. She is a founding member of the Manitoba Writers’ Guild and Prairie Fire . Katherine Bitney is author of four books of poetry, and a collection of essays, and has collaborated as librettist on a choral piece, Cantus Borealis, with composer Sid Robinovitch, which was premiered by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra in April, 2011. She has worked as editor, mentor, creative writing instructor, and arts juror for over 35 years in Manitoba, and holds an MA in Religion from the University of Manitoba. Katherine Bitney lives, gardens and writes in Winnipeg.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Submissions for this issue may be emailed or mailed. Emailed submissions need to follow the submission guidelines.
Emailed submissions should be sent to prfire@prairiefire.ca, Subject: 50 Over 50
or mailed to:
Prairie Fire Press
423-100 Arthur Street
Winnipeg, MB
R3B 1H3
THE COVER LETTER
The cover letter should be typed. Be sure to include the following:
***Please state in your cover letter that you are submitting to “50 Over 50”***
–your full mailing address, e-mail address and phone number;
–a two-or three-sentence biographical statement (in third person)
–the title(s) of the piece(s) you are submitting;
–the genre of the piece(s) you are submitting (poetry, fiction, non-fiction).
–your pronouns
THE MANUSCRIPT
Each category counts as one submission. Please please do not send more than one of each type of submission.
Poetry: send a maximum of 3 typed poems, single or double spaced, with your name and address at the top left of each page.
Fiction: send one typed story (maximum length 8,000 words) double spaced, margins of 1.5 inches should surround copy.
Creative non-fiction: send one typed piece (maximum length 8,000 words) double spaced, margins of 1.5 inches should surround copy.
For fiction and creative non-fiction, centre the title halfway down on the first page, with your name below. Include a word count at the top right corner of the page and your address at the top left corner. Please number your pages.
Unlike some of our other special issues, we prefer that the piece(s) you submit for this special issue not be submitted elsewhere. If your piece has been submitted elsewhere, please let us know immediately should it be accepted by another publication. Also, please only send work that has not been previously published.
*** Please make sure prfire@prairiefire.ca and lindsey@prairiefire.ca are added as ‘safe senders’ in your email. We would hate to end up in your spam folder!
Prairie Fire encourages submissions from LGBTQI2S writers, BIPOC writers, disabled writers, and all who are otherwise affected by structural inequality.
