2020
Query Letter Blurb Contest/ How to Submit (Prize: $500)
Query Letter is currently accepting made-up blurbs for their blurb contest. They want you to get creative, let your imagination run wild. Write an original blurb of an imaginary book and submit it to their contest. From their blog: “Write and submit a back cover blurb of 100 words or fewer that sets the stage […]
Atmosphere Press/ How to Submit
Atmosphere Press is currently seeking submissions of full-length books. This could be fiction or nonfiction or poetry. It could be a short story collection or a novel or a children’s book. All they want is that you wow them with something great. The deadline for submission is September 1, 2020. About Atmosphere Press: Atmosphere Press […]
Voyage YA Journal Is Accepting Young Adult Short Stories For Its 2020 Voyage First Chapters Contest/ How to Submit (Payment: $3,500)
Voyage YA Journal is currently seeking submissions of young adult short stories for its 2020 Voyage First Chapters Contest. It is also open to Adult fiction and essays or nonfiction pieces. If you’re a seasoned writer of young adult (YA) short stories and essays, you should definitely consider submitting your work to Voyage publishing. Its […]
Great River Review Spotlight Issue/ How to Submit (Payment: $120)
Great River Review is seeking submissions from BIPOC poets for their Spotlight Issue. In late August, they will publish four BIPOC poets in a mini spotlight issue. The selected poets will give a mini reading of their work (between 3 and 5 minutes). Great River Review is an online literary journal dedicated to publishing the […]
The Yale Drama Series 2021/ How to Submit (Payment: $10,000 + more)
The Yale Drama Series is currently seeking submissions for their 2021 playwriting contest. The judge for the contest this year is Paula Vogel. The winning play will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000; the manuscript will be published by Yale University Press; and the winner will have a staged reading at Lincoln […]
Guernica Magazine Needs A Managing Editor—Apply
Guernica is currently seeking a managing editor (ME) to join their all-volunteer team. If you’re looking for a creative writing job, this might be the one for you. The managing editor is expected to have: “a bird’s eye view of all the magazine’s moving parts.” According to the press release on the Guernica website: “We’re […]
Juggling Three Balls: A Review of Mmirinzo by Achalugo
Book Title: Mmirinzo Author: Achalugo Chioma Ezekobe Length: 283 Genre: African Speculative Fiction Publisher/ Year: Winepress/ 2020 Source: Got a copy from a friend Reviewed by: Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí Mmirinzo by Achalugo begins simply. Olivia will be twenty-eight in a few months. She has bucket lists to tick before her twenty-eight birthday, and her younger […]