The deadline for the Walt Whitman first book award has been extended to December 1, 2013. The Walt Whitman award is an annual prize given to a U.S. poet who has not yet published a collection of poetry. The award includes publication, a $5000 honorarium, and a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center. This year's judge is Rae Armentrout. For complete guidelines and submission information, visit http://www.poets.org/
HOLD, a new literary journal published out of Oakland, California, is now accepting submissions for the first issue. The theme for this first issue is MAGIC. MAGIC? The strange, the everyday, the deep sea, outer space, witches, spells, the moon, sunsets, the unknown, science, mysteries, getting out of bed in the morning. Accepted forms are oems, stories, essays, interviews, visual art, telegrams, candygrams, photographs, sculptures, anything that speaks to the magical.
Send all submissions as attachment (.doc, .docx, .pdf, and .rtf [.jpg for visual art, please]) with a cover letter to holdajournal@gmail.com. In the subject line include the category that best describes your submission and title of your piece (eg. FICTION: the hour of the star). There are no word limits per se, but really, most work should be under 4,000 words. You can send us up to five poems. Make sure all of the poems are in one document and make sure that document is under ten pages. Visit holdajournal.com
Wordrunner eChapbooks publishes four online collections annually of fiction, poetry, or memoir, each featuring one author, and the occasional anthology. Submissions are open for the December 2013 memoir/personal narrative e-chapbook from October 1 through November 30, 2013.
At least 1/4 of the collection should be previously unpublished. No fee to submit. Payment: $65.
Detailed guidelines are posted at www.echapbook.com/submissions.htm
Memorious: A Journal of New Verse & Fiction (www.memorious.org) seeks a fiction editor to join the staff of our literary magazine as we enter our second decade of publishing poetry and fiction online. Please visit our blog for details about the position and application instructions (please note that this is a volunteer position): http://memoriousmag.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/fiction-editor-wanted/
The Press 53 Award for Short Fiction will be awarded to an outstanding, unpublished collection of short stories. This contest is open to any writer, regardless of his or her publication history, provided the manuscript is written in English and the author lives in the United States. The Press 53 Award for Short Fiction includes publication by Press 53 of the winning short story collection; $1000 cash advance; travel expenses to Press 53 headquarters for a reading/book launch party at the Community Arts Café in downtown Winston-Salem, NC, on Friday, October 17, 2014; and attendance as our special guest to the Press 53/Prime Number Magazine Gathering of Writers on Saturday, October 18, 2014.
Submission period: September 1 – December 31, 2013. Reading Fee: $30. For complete details, visit: http://www.press53.com/Press_53_Award_for_Short_Fiction.html
Poets are invited register for the 2014 Austin International Poetry Festival and to submit up to 3 poems (no longer than 32 lines) for 's 2014 Anthology competition. Each year, AIPF produces a stunning anthology that publishes some of the finest poems and poets in the Country and beyond. For further information about registration and submission details for the anthology competition please visit www.aipf.org. The 2014 festival will be held April 3-6.
