April 2020
A Thousand Cranes/ How to Submit (Publication + more)
Sing Lit Station calls for submissions to A Thousand Cranes, a new anthology of poetry on palliative care. They want poems from writers from the Asia Pacific Region who have been touched, in one way or another, by the benefits of palliative care. The deadline for submissions is 30 June, 2020. Eligibility: Writers from any […]
Paragraph/ Photograph/ How to Apply
Paragraph/ Photograph is an online workshop hosted and to be taught by the writer and critic, Teju Cole. The workshop, which will hold over the next three Sundays (May 3, May 10, and May 17), is open to prose writers (either of fiction or nonfiction) and photographers. The deadline for application is April 29, 2020. […]
Writers Against Covid-19/ How to Submit
The Society of Young Nigerian Writers has launched the “Writers Against Covid-19” movement, and one of their first projects is a an anthology of poems and micro essays, for which they are currently looking for submissions. The deadline to submit to the anthology is May 23, 2020. Eligibility: Writers from anywhere in the world. There […]
AWID Feminist Realities/ How to Submit (Payment: 10c per word)
AWID seeks submissions from people who are “actively living Feminist Realities”. This could be in how they express themselves (fashion to social media); in how they care for themselves, their families, their communities (feminist parenting to queer kinship); and in how they are shaping their journeys and crossing borders (both in literal and figurative terms). […]
Kanstellation/ How to Submit (Payment: $30)
Kanstellation is a literary magazine that’s committed to publishing both emerging and established writers, with a fascination for works that challenge traditional genre boundaries. For their 4th issue, they seek poems, short fiction, and creative nonfiction on the theme, “Community through Tech”. According to their call: “Issue 4 of Kanstellation asks for reflections around the […]
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist 2020
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize, which is awarded yearly to the best short fiction pieces of below 5000 words and is worth £15,000 in cash prizes, released its shortlist on the 20th of April, 2020. Twenty writers and twenty stories are in the run for the overall prize this year; five of the twenty writers […]
The Jericho Fellowship/ How to Submit (Prize: €8,000 + more).
The Jericho Fellowship is a four-day gathering of artists, creators, and scholars – where time, space and ideas are shared. The Jericho Fellowship offers prizes in five categories: the Essay Prize, the Playwriting Prize, the Visual Art Prize, the Innovation Prize, and the Music Prize. Each prize worths €8,000. The deadline for submissions is April […]