It's the beginning of submission season! Fiction writers, poets, and creative nonfiction writers--if you are looking for places to send your work, here are some opportunities.
The Missouri Review Editors' Prize Competition accepting submissions until October 1 in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction. Winner receives $5000 prize and publication. Contest fee also gets you a one-year subscription to the Missouri Review, a long-respected literary journal published at my alma mater.
Thin Air Magazine, published at the University of Northern Arizona, is accepting submissions for its 20th issue until December 1.
For poets with a full-length manuscript, The OSU Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry is now accepting submissions. The selected winner will receive a $2500 honorarium and publication by OSU Press. All entrants will receive a subscription to The Journal with their entry fee.
The Guild Literary Complex is currently accepting submissions for its 2013 Prose Awards. This is an annual competition for short fiction and
short nonfiction, with a cash prize of $250 in each category. The
competition is open to Illinois residents 18 years old and older, and
the deadline to submit is Tuesday, October 1, 2013.
The Southern Review is now open for submissions and is offering a 25% discount on subscriptions to members of MFA programs with offer code MFA25.
University of Illinois Creative Writing Program News, Events, and Info
