Calls for submissions, 10/25

Soundings Review is the literary journal of the MFA program at the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts on Whidbey Island, Washington.  The magazine welcomes submissions of high quality writing in any area (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children's/young adult). "We are open to different styles and voices, but are passionate about accessibility and depth. We seek articles that create a connection with a reader on the first reading and spur increase understanding and pleasure after further readings. (Our only taboo: hate literature, which includes pornography, gratuitous violence, and all the "isms" that stereotype or disrespect others)." 

The next submission deadline is January 1. Soundings Review is published twice a year. See submission guidelines at http://www.nila.edu/soundings/



Summer Literary Seminars announces their 2014 Literary Contest, held this year in affiliation with Fence Magazine, with prizes sponsored by the Center for Fiction, St. Petersburg Review, and Graywolf Press. Judging the contest are award-winning writers Aimee Bender (fiction), Dorothea Lasky (poetry), and Phillip Lopate (nonfiction). The Arkadii Dragomoshchenko Prize for Innovative Poetry will be judged by Eugene Ostashevsky, and the Sutzkever Prize by André Aciman.

Full contest guidelines can be found here.



The Southern Review invites you to send your fiction, nonfiction, and poetry manuscripts for consideration. Prose manuscripts accepted until December 1; poetry accepted until February 1. Visit the submissions page for details.



A River & Sound Review, in association with the Rainier Writing Workshop low-residency MFA Program, is accepting submissions for its poetry and fiction contests. General submissions are also open.

For the contests, submit 3 poems or 1 story/essay (no length limit on either genre) for a chance at $500 plus publication. Entry fee is $15. All contest entries will be read anonymously and considered for publication. For more details visit https://riverandsoundreview.submittable.com/submit


James Hearst Poetry Prize, sponsored by the North American Review, is accepting submissions until October 31.

First Prize: $1,000. You may submit up to five previously unpublished poems. All contact information should be entered in your cover letter. No names or addresses should appear on manuscripts. please. Your poems will be assigned log numbers so they can be "read blind." Simultaneous submission to other journals or competitions is not allowed. Payment will be required as part of the sign up procedure which will provide you with a one-year subscription of North American Review.