A monthly listing of news, writing resources, and submission opportunities you can’t afford to miss. Compiled by Digital Editor Dylan Brethour from Associate Director Paul McVeigh’s blog.
News & Resources
- ‘The Images Have to Find Their Language’ In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin
- How to craft creative non-fiction: 11 truly useful tips from writers
- Interview: Alice Munro
- Tips from Children’s Writers: lockdown stories and advice
- “Validation Is for Parking Tickets”: A Conversation with Lorrie Moore
Short Story Deadlines
- The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize. Deadline: July 3
- Writing Magazine Grand Prize. Deadline: June 30
- Big Book Contest seeks Poetry & Short Story Collections and Novels. Deadline: Sept 9
- Gertrude Press Seeks LGBTQA Short Fiction
- The Sea Letter seeks Poetry, Short Fiction & Photography/Illustrations
- Channel seeks prose that fosters a connection with the natural world
- The Irish Times New Irish Writing seeks Fiction
- The Los Angeles Review of Books seeks Fiction & Poetry
- Short Fiction Journal is open to Submissions
- 44 US Publishers looking for short story collections
- Skein Press seeks short stories & novels esp minority ethnic backgrounds
- Enter The Hennessy New Irish Writing Award. Open Submissions
- Joyland Magazine seeks short fiction, novel excerpts, and literary non-fiction. Open Deadline
Flash Fiction
- Top 20 Places to Submit Flash Fiction | BookFox
- Narrative Magazine. Open for submissions all year round
- Narrative Magazine seeks your Six-Word Story
Books
- The MUPress Novella Prize. Deadline: Sept 1
- Big Book Contest seeks Poetry & Short Story Collections and Novels. Deadline: Sept 9
- Avon Publishers Seeks Submissions
- FourCats Press seeks LGBTQ & working-class literary fiction & nonfiction
- Skein Press seeks Short Stories & Novels esp minority ethnic backgrounds
- Avon (Harper Collins Imprint) Seeks Submissions
- Mercier Press seeks Non-Fiction Submissions
Poetry, Non-Fiction, Illustration and More…
- John McGahern Award for Emerging Writers. Deadline: July 31
- Big Book Contest seeks Poetry & Short Story Collections and Novels. Deadline: Sept 9
- The Sea Letter seeks Poetry, Short Fiction & Photography/Illustrations
- Channel seeks Poetry and Prose that fosters a connection with the natural world
- The Irish Times New Irish Writing seeks Poetry
- The Los Angeles Review of Books seeks Fiction & Poetry
- National Centre for Writing Residency Opportunities
- The Free with Words Scholarship 2019
- PAID: True Story seeks Creative Nonfiction
- The Sea Letter seeks Short Fiction & Poetry
- The Los Angeles Review seeks Submissions
- Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel. Deadline: Various
- Neon seeks Short Stories, Flash, Poetry, Images, Comics & Graphic Poems
- PAID: Craft seeks Flash & Short Fiction, Reviews & Interviews
- The Laurel Review seeks poetry, fiction & more
- Wanderlust – travel journal seeks submissions
- Storgy seeks Short Stories & Nonfiction – Open Submission
- McNeese Review Print & Online Submissions
- Wildness seeks Short Stories, Poetry & Non-Fiction
- Pendora Magazine seeks Fiction & Nonfiction
- The Stupendous Tramp Press Submissions Open
- Dublin Review of Books seeks Essays & Reviews
- The Southeast Review seeks Nonfiction, Poetry & Fiction
- Pank seeks Chap Books in Poetry, Nonfiction & Fiction
Short Stories & Podcasts
- ‘Demolition’ a short story by Fiona McFarlane
- ‘The Seals’ a short story by Lydia Davis
- Free Read: Large List of Contemporary Irish Short Stories
- ‘Where is the Voice Coming From?’ a short story by Eudora Welty
- ‘In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried’ a short story by Amy Hempel
- ‘Terrific Mother’ :a short story by Lorrie Moore
- Podcast: AL Kennedy on the Craft of the Short Story
- Kenyon Review Podcast with T. C. Boyle