Our response time is generally 1-3 days. Also, our acceptance rate is currently about 1% of submissions. We pay writers $50 per accepted piece and signed contract.
We are currently open for compressed poetry, compressed prose fiction (including prose poetry), and compressed creative nonfiction. We will close submissions on June 15, 2014.
Full guidelines available at:
https://matter.submittable.
Sonora Review Essay and Fiction Contests
https://sonorareview.
Sonora Review 2014 Nonfiction Contest Submissions Now Open
DEADLINE: May 15, 2014
JUDGE: Jenny Boully
WHAT WE WANT: Essays and nonfiction up to 6,000 words. Hybrid projects warmly welcomed. Submissions should be typed and double-spaced. Include a cover letter with a brief biography, your contact information and any other pertinent information about your submission. Simultaneous submissions are fine but please let us know as soon as possible if the work is accepted elsewhere; multiple submissions are also fine, although you will have to pay the contest fee again. Please remove your name or any other identifying marks from your manuscript before submitting.
HOW TO DO IT: Submit online or send a SASE to Mike Coakley and Laura Miller, Editors-in-Chief / (c/o Nonfiction Editorial Board) / Sonora Review / Dept. of English / University of Arizona / Tucson, AZ 85719.
WINNER RECEIVES: 1,000 dollar cash prize and publication, finalists will be considered for publication in Issue 66 of Sonora Review.
Sonora Review 2014 Short-Fiction Contest Submissions Now Open
DEADLINE: June 1, 2014
JUDGE: Matt Bell
WHAT WE WANT: Your absolute best, most imaginative fiction up to 1,000 words. Submissions should be typed and double-spaced. Include a cover letter with a brief biography, your contact information and any other pertinent information about your submission. Simultaneous submissions are fine but please let us know as soon as possible if the work is accepted elsewhere; multiple submissions are also fine, although you will have to pay the contest fee again. Please remove your name or any other identifying marks from your manuscript before submitting.
HOW TO DO IT: Submit online or send a SASE to Mike Coakley and Laura Miller, Editors-in-Chief / (c/o Fiction Editorial Board) / Sonora Review / Dept. of English / University of Arizona / Tucson, AZ 85719.
WINNER RECEIVES: 1,000 dollar cash prize and publication, finalists will be considered for publication in Issue 66 of Sonora Review.
Quarterly West's 2014 Novella Contest deadline EXTENDED to May 1!
The winning novella will be printed and distributed through Quarterly West. The winner will receive a cash prize of $250 along with 15% royalties.
Contest Guidelines
Enter a single work of fiction, with a minimum length of 17,000 words and maximum length of 40,000 words. No restrictions as to genre, subject matter, or form apply, although we urge you to look at our About Us statement for the type of writing that we favor.
For complete guidelines and to enter, visit quarterlywest.com
The 2014 Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry
Deadline: May 15
Prize: $2000 and publication for a full-length collection of poems
For complete guidelines and to submit, visit https://lynxhousepress.submittable.com/submit
Summer Teaching Fellow in Fiction, Antioch College
Antioch College, an independent, selective liberal arts college located in Yellow Springs, Ohio, invites applications for a three-month teaching fellowship in fiction for Summer 2014. The Summer Teaching Fellow will teach two courses in his/her area of expertise, including one workshop-style creative writing seminar (LIT 250) and one course intended to offer undergraduate students an introduction to the genre (LIT 242).
Responsibilities: Teach one creative writing workshop-style seminar and one introductory-level literature course to undergraduate students focusing on fiction during Antioch College’s Summer session (July 8-September 19) Give one public reading of current work Assist students in the coordination of a student-led fiction reading in September 2014
Qualifications: MFA or comparable degree in creative writing; Record of publication in fiction; Enthusiasm for and experience teaching fiction
Application Process: To apply, submit a cover letter, curriculum vita, brief writing sample, and three letters of recommendation, to
nwilburn@antiochcollege.org
Electronic submission of all materials is strongly preferred. If necessary, hard copies may be mailed to Literature Faculty Search, c/o Nancy Wilburn, Antioch College, One Morgan Place, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 45387. Applications will be reviewed as received. Deadline for submission of materials is May 15, 2014.
