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Calls for Submissions

Below are the CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR JULY 2023.  The listings are Multiple Genre.  If you find a call for submissions you would like added to the list, please EMAIL ME.

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AUSTIN MACAULEY PUBLISHERS

We accept manuscripts across all genres, with or without an agent, from anywhere in the world. Whether you are a new author or have been previously published, Austin Macauley Publishers™ would like to hear from you. The review process can take up to three weeks. We will contact you once a decision has been reached.  Accepting manuscriptions without literary representation.
https://www.austinmacauley.com/us/am-publishers-submissions

THE AUTHORS GUILD

Each month we curate a list of contests, fellowships, and other writing opportunities with approaching deadlines. Opportunities will be posted in the month prior to their deadlines, so that you have ample time to submit your work or applications.
https://authorsguild.org/contests/calls-for-submissions-july-2023/

AUTHORS PUBLISH

  1. 24 Magazines that Publish Writing by Children and Teens
    https://authorspublish.com/24-magazines-that-publish-writing-by-children-and-teens/
  2. Publishing Genius Press: Now Accepting Manuscript Queries
    https://authorspublish.com/publishing-genius-press-accepting-queries/
  3. LIST OF ALL PUBLISHING CALLS FOR SUBMISSION
    https://authorspublish.com/

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Call for Papers website is provided by the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania as a courtesy to the academic community.  We welcome literature and humanities calls for papers.  SCROLL FOR DEADLINES
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/category/all

CATAPULT

Here’s a full list of submission and freelancing opportunities we’ve shared in 2023, updated at least twice a month. Bookmark this list to stay up to date on new postings.  Updated regularly.
https://catapult.co/dont-write-alone/topics/opportunities/stories

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL

We are looking for stories, and poems that tell a story, from writers of all faiths. This includes writers who do not follow a particular religion. This book is by and for everyone.
https://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/possible-book-topics/

THE COMMON

Inspired by the mission and role of the town common, an egalitarian gathering place, The Common aims to foster the global exchange of diverse ideas and experiences. As such, we welcome and encourage submissions from writers who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, disabled, LGBTQIA+-identifying, immigrant, international, and/or otherwise from communities underrepresented in U.S. literary magazines and journals.
https://www.thecommononline.org/submit/

COMMUNITY OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES (CLMP)

A long lis of calls for submission for all genres.  Working taking a look at.  Has a quick genre sorter .  Scroll down for current and future dates.
https://www.clmp.org/programs-opportunities/calls-for-submissions/

CURIOSITY NEVER KILLED THE WRITER

88Calls for submissions in may – paying markets.  This May there are more than eight dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As always, every genre, style, and form is wanted, from short stories to poetry to essays.
https://medium.com/curiosity-never-killed-the-writer/87-calls-for-submissions-in-june-2023-paying-markets-71d3fd58f117

THE DIRECTORY OF LITERARY AGENTS

List of Literary Agents 2023-2024 – Use our free lists of book agents in our literary agencies database for all Book Agents Near Me searches.
https://literaryagencies.com/list-of-literary-agents/

DUOSUMA SUBMISSION MANAGER

A large list by month of variouys resources requesting submissions.
https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/calendar/

ENGLISH EXLIBRIS

The Writing Center’s digital literary magazine, The Orange Couch, is accepting submissions for their 4th issue. The magazine is revision-based and requires the writer to receive feedback either through a writing center appointment (we offer three modalities) or through either Writers Guild or the Latinx Writing Group (the Writing Center’s creative writing groups). Deadline is Tuesday, May 2nd, 8AM
https://www.english-exlibris.com/2023/04/10/call-for-submissions-the-orange-couch/

EUROPEBOOKS

We evaluate poetry, fiction, non-fiction, children’s fiction, biographies, degree theses. There are no thematic limits.
The minimum length of submitted works must be 40 pages (72,000 characters in total); a minimum of 25 poems should be sent for poetry. There is no limit for the maximum length.
https://europe-books.co.uk/

FREEDOM WITH WRITING

Check out their Lastest listings page for various types of contests and Calls for Submission.  New listings added.
https://www.freedomwithwriting.com/freedom/

GOLDEN STORYLINE BOOKS

Golden Storyline Books are proud to collaborate with established authors and new and emerging writers. Submissions can be made by agents, publishers or authors directly. We regard ourselves as being a vehicle for creative voices to reach a wide audience. In general we prefer to specialise in publishing the genres that we are familiar with.  The publication and editorial team are always open to receiving submissions for proposed books in the following genres: Mystery/Thriller, Crime Fiction, Sci-fi/ Fantasy, Young Adult, Woman’s Fiction, Historical Fiction and Suspense/ Psychological.
https://goldenstorylinebooks.com/submissions/

GRAY WOLF PRESS

Our editors are looking for high quality literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that combine a distinct voice with a distinct vision. Our editors seek out and solicit promising work from authors that they encounter in the pages of magazines, at writing conferences, and in other venues.
Not currently accepting submissions.
https://www.graywolfpress.org/about-us/submissions

HARLEQUIN

WRITE FOR HARLEQUIN – You’ve come to the right place to find out what Harlequin editors are looking for right now. Active calls for submissions are posted on this page and change regularly. If you don’t see anything here now, check back for updates.

New sexy contemporary romance line
Our editors are acquiring stories for a new sexy contemporary romance line coming to Harlequin. We’re looking for character-driven romances set in today’s world, with chemistry that ignites and doesn’t stop. The word count is 65- to 70,000 words, but don’t worry if your novel is slightly longer or shorter. For strong voices and unique ideas, the editors are happy to help revise the word count up or down.

Harlequin Medical Romance Blitz Coming this May
As we celebrate our heroes and heroines in the medical profession across the world with International Midwives Day and International Nurses Day, Harlequin Medical Romance is looking for new authors! Submit your contemporary Medical Romance submission between May 1, 2023 and May 12, 2023 and receive a response, including editorial feedback, by May 31, 2023.
https://www.writeforharlequin.com/submission-calls/

HOW TO CONQUER

How2Conquer is a boutique indie book publisher proudly based in East Atlanta Village (the coolest neighborhood in the Southeast). We connect subject experts with the subject curious through empowering nonfiction books. We launched in 2016 with a goal of making self-help and learning fresh and engaging because readers aren’t idiots. Or dummies.  Our authors generally come to us because they are working on a book they think could help people, but publishing can be difficult to navigate. We support them throughout the publishing journey, from developing a manuscript to helping build their platform and marketing efforts.

We prefer completed manuscripts with a target range of 40,000 – 70,000 words, and we’re currently working to build our lists in the following categories:

  • Business – General (including Business Development, Business Leadership, Business Management)
  • Business – Industries (including Security, Business Resiliency, Franchise, Restaurant & Food Industry)
  • Hobbies & Home (including Crafts, Cooking, Pets & Animal Care)
  • Parenting & Relationships
  • Self-Help & Personal Growth

https://www.how2conquer.com/become-an-author/

INTERNATIONAL WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE

A number of editors and contest organisers have contacted us recently for help getting the word out to our community about their contests and calls with upcoming deadlines. We’ve added a few more we thought would be of interest. Some offer free submissions, others charge a small fee.  SCROLL DOWN FOR DATES
https://internationalwriterscollective.com/contests-calls-with-may-and-june-deadlines/

JOFFE BOOKS

WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS.
Joffe Books is one of the UK’s leading independent publishers of excellent commercial fiction, especially crime and mystery fiction. We are renowned for working closely with authors from across the world to create fantastic books and turning them into bestsellers.  We accept submissions from agents, previously published authors (including self-published authors) with long backlists, first-time writers with only one book under their belt, and anyone in between. We pride ourselves on the passion and dedication we pour into each and every book we publish.  Check the SUBMISSIONS menu.
https://www.joffebooks.com/submissions

KENYON REVIEW

A list of editors seeking submissions for various genre, including fiction, poetry. essays and more.  Annual submissions in September.
https://kenyonreview.org/submission/

LA SCREEN PLAY AWARDS.COM

SUBMISSIONS:  This is the only screenplay competition founded by a team of working Hollywood professionals with more than 1,000 produced credits and a century of collective industry experience.  Our roster of Senior Judges includes multiple Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and WGA Award Winners.

Feature Screenplay 
https://lascreenplayawards.com/feature-screenplay/
TV Script 
https://lascreenplayawards.com/tv-script/
Short Screenplay 
https://lascreenplayawards.com/short-screenplay/

https://lascreenplayawards.com/

LITERARY MAMA

Typically, we post these every two months, but we’ve heard about several writing opportunities and want to give mama writers as much advance notice as possible. MER- Mom Egg Review has two open calls for submission:The print journal is open for submissions until 7/15 on the theme of Ages/Stages; more info and guidelines
https://literarymama.com/tag/calls-for-submissions

LUCKY JEFFERSON

Lucky Jefferson accepts submissions of unpublished poetry and flash fiction or subjects relating to the current theme or collection.
https://luckyjefferson.com/submit/

MEDIUM.COM

103 Calls for Submissions in July 2023 — Paying markets – his June there are more than seven dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As always, every genre, style, and form is wanted, from short stories to poetry to essays.
https://medium.com/curiosity-never-killed-the-writer/103-calls-for-submissions-in-july-2023-paying-markets-27322b2de3fd

MESSY MAGNIFICAT

We are currently accepting original submissions for an anthology of words and images of Christian motherhood! Being a mom comes in many forms (adoption, fostering, etc) and phases (pregnancy through empty nests) and is interwoven with faith in infinitely varied ways. We pray this anthology reflects the Creator of that diversity and celebrates the common threads that weave the tapestry of motherhood. Accepting Visual Art, Poetry, Non-Fiction, and Fiction,
https://www.messymagnificat.com/

NEW PAGES

View the latest calls for submissions for writing, art, book-length and chapbook-length manuscripts, photography, and more from magazines, publishers, writing conferences and events, writing programs, etc.  Informatino added regularly.
https://www.newpages.com/classifieds/calls-for-submissions

NWA WRITER’S RESOURCE

Contests for Unpublished work.
https://www.pnwa.org/page/contests

OJALART

Theater Arts: Screen Plays, OPEN CALL for Submissions,   OPEN: Journal of Arts and Letters will consider fee-free submissions of screen plays as Feature Film script, Concept Video, or Series Pilot script. O:JA&L will nominate a qualified screen play for the BLUECAT awards in each category.  Submitters should include a cover letter. This cover letter should contain a HEADER for the script, a LOGLINE of up to 30 words, and a SYNOPSIS of the work (without spoilers) of up to 150 words. The cover letter should also supply a third-person professional biography of the submitter in 100 words, more or less, and a link to the submitter’s IMDb page, if available.
https://ojalartsjournal.submittable.com/submit/99781/theater-arts-screen-plays-open-call-for-submissions

OLYMPIA PUBLISHERS

Submission Guidelines:  https://olympiapublishers.com/submissions/
Submit Online:  https://olympiapublishers.com/submit-online/

PANORAMA JOURNAL

The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature’s DAWN issue. This bright, awakening, and challenging composition comprises a multitude of world views, places, and experiences. We explore new beginnings, transitions, dawnings, and realisations. New landscapes are explored. New places ventured. New experiences, in familiar environs, are retold. New is often seen as positive, yet change is often more complex, and we look at this too.

Opens for submissions 1st May 2023 and closes for submissions 31st May 2023.
https://panoramajournal.org/submissions/calls/
 

PEGASUS PUBLISHERS

We welcome submissions from both new and previously published authors.  Please see our submission guidelines.
https://pegasuspublishers.com/submissions

POETS & WRITERS

Poets & Writers Magazine is unable to check all claims made by advertisers. Readers should be aware of publishers who charge, rather than pay, an author for publication; publishers who do not pay for publication, even in copies; publishers who require a purchase before publication; and contests that charge high reading fees. The magazine recommends that you see the publication and submission guidelines before submitting a manuscript.
https://www.pw.org/classifieds

PUBLISHED TO DEATH

Calls for Submission: Scifi, Fantasy, YA, Memoir, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction and more

Dozens of calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As always, every genre, style, and form is wanted, from short stories to poetry to essays.
Happy submitting.”  https://publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/p/calls-for-submissions.html

Looking for Authors: https://publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/p/publishers-looking-for-authors.html

Calls for Submissions: https://publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/p/calls-for-submissions.html

READICT PUBLISHING

Attention, Young Adult authors.  Readict publishing is looking for new YA novel content to license for our popular Readict app. These can be books that deal primarily with “real life” scenarios (e.g. John Green), or that cross into other genres as well (e.g., Leigh Bardugo).   REQUIREMENTS: Submit either a completed manuscript (40k words+) OR the first five chapters along with an overall synopsis of the book.  Depending on the number of submissions, response time can be 1-2 weeks.
There are two ways to submit:  Email acquisitions@vitaltekinc.com
https://www.readictnovel.com/#/getpublished
https://www.facebook.com/ReadictNovels

We’re looking for more stories in the genres of *Werewolf/Shapeshifter* and *Billionaire Romance*. If you have something that fits into one (or both) of these categories, we’d love to hear from you — you can be a new writer or someone who’s completed several novels.
There are two ways to submit:
1. Email: acquisitions@vitaltekinc.com
2. Go to readictnovel.com & click the “Get Published” link at the top of the page.
REQUIREMENTS: Submit either the first five chapters (along with a synopsis of the book) OR a completed novel (over 40,000 words).
Please be sure to proofread your work before submitting. Depending on number of submissions, response time may be 1-2 weeks. We look forward to discovering some great new stories.
https://www.readictnovel.com/#/getpublished
https://www.facebook.com/ReadictNovels

SCIENCE EDITOR

Check this space regularly for periodic Calls for Submissions from the editors of Science Editor. Suggestions for submissions and new topics or areas of interest are always welcome at scienceeditor@councilscienceeditors.org   For a description of article types of interest, please see our Information for Authors page.
https://www.csescienceeditor.org/for-authors/call-for-submissions/

SOLSTICE MAGAZINE

Solstice Literary Magazine is a compilation of stories, ideas, and experiences of community members from all over. The magazine is a space that allows for people to write freely and purposefully, nurturing meaningful interaction and conversation among topics of diversity and social justice.  We value diverse voices and perspectives that examine the full spectrum of human experiences, amplify marginalized perspectives, and explore what it means to have a more compassionate and equitable society as we move into our future.  Solstice: a Magazine of Diverse Voices, is currently open for general submissions in all categories. Our guidelines
https://solsticelitmag.org/submit/

STONE SOUP

How to Submit Creative Writing and Art to Stone Soup.  Stone Soup welcomes submissions from around the world by writers and artists ages 13 and younger. All submissions must come to us via Submittable. We do not accept submissions by email or by post.https://stonesoup.com/how-to-submit-writing-and-art-to-stone-soup/

THE SUN MAGAZINE

We publish personal essays, short stories, poems, and black-and-white photography in print and online in our monthly magazine. We’re looking for narrative writing and evocative photography from all over the world. Send us work that maps the human landscape, where the light catches on the faintest joy, where darkness sometimes threatens to overwhelm, and where ✗ never marks the spot because the truth is never so simple.
https://www.thesunmagazine.org/submit

TIN HOUSE

Three times per year, Tin House offers a two-day submission period for writers to submit their work. Eligible writers must not currently have an agent, and must not have previously published a book (chapbooks okay). Per our schedule below, we accept works of fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry, both originally in English and in translation (please only submit translation projects which the translator has already been granted formal permission to translate), and ask that you do not send us a project unless you have a completed draft.  In particular, we are looking to engage with work by writers from historically underrepresented communities, including—but not limited to—those who are Black, Indigenous, POC, disabled, neurodivergent, trans and LGBTQIA+, debuting after 40, and without an MFA.

  • First weekend in May (5/6–5/7, 2023): Poetry collections + Short Story collections, both of which engage with Food and/or Place
  • First weekend in September (9/2–9/3, 2023): Nonfiction Nature Writing (including Memoirs and Essay collections)
  • First weekend in January (1/6–1/7, 2024): Debut novels

https://tinhouse.com/book-submissions/

TRISH HOPKINSON – A SELFISH POET

To celebrate Dolly Parton’s 76th birthday, Madville Press is publishing a Dolly Parton print anthology of poetry. “Dazzle us with your Dolly expertise. Pay tribute to her music, movies, TV appearances, philanthropy, Dollywood, Dollyisms, interviews, fashion influence, religious connection, family history. We want to see how you envision
https://trishhopkinson.com/category/call-for-submissions/

TUPELO PRESS

It is important that you read the complete guidelines for each contest or reading period before submitting your work. Writers submitting work for consideration may be published authors or writers without previous book publications. Submissions are accepted from anyone writing in the English language, whether living in the United States or abroad.  Scroll down for current dates.
https://www.tupelopress.org/contests/

WAXING AND WANING

The editors of Waxing & Waning want what’s on the fringe. Whatever is deep and true. The moon represents this idea: what is dark, what is brooding, what is wild, what is crescent and changing. We want to feed the beast in you, the one buried beneath layers of manners and anxiety and internet induced abyss, repetition, and relative sameness. Work submitted to Waxing & Waning should be honest and well-executed. It should scream coherently; it should bring experiences and knowledge out of us that we have not seen before. It should rip out our black hearts and put them in front of our eyes. Bring us the work everyone else is afraid of. Bring us the work you’re afraid of. Bring us the work that gets at the trueness frightening you out of the routine.

Two contests:  The Blackout Edition, and The Tennessee Tempest Edition
https://www.waxingandwaning.org/contests/

WORLD PEACE

Submission periods for WORDPEACE, a semi-annual online journal of literary response to world events are February 10 – April 10 (this year) and October 1 – December 1. Poetry, short fiction, non-fiction essays and visual art are welcome. The journal is published twice yearly at wordpeace.co, usually in July and February.   Closed for submissions
https://wordpeace.submittable.com/submit

WRITE OR DIE MAGAZINE

Find a place to publish your work.
https://writeordiemag.com/submission-list

THE WRITER

As you already know, The Writer encourages all of our readers to practice their craft and put their stories in front of the eyes of as many people as possible. Writing contests have always been a vital part of the writing world, giving writers the chance to have their work reviewed by editors and possibly published. Literary journals, universities and even The Writer regularly host writing competitions, helping authors gain exposure and hone their craft. Choose your inspiration, submit before the deadline, and, as always, keep writing.

Guide to Literary Agents
https://www.writermag.com/market-directory/agent/

WRITER’S RELIEF

Looking for the best opportunities for writers? Our Featured Listings offer the top writing contests, updated calls for submissions, plus great conferences and residencies. We’ve searched the Internet to bring you noteworthy calls for submissions and writing contest info, plus checked in on the hottest conferences and residencies. Writer’s Relief has done all the research so you don’t have to.
https://writersrelief.com/featured-listings-contests-journals-calls-for-submissions/

WRITERS SPACE

Writers Space Africa (WSA) Magazine is an international literary magazine, which features a rich diversity of writings from African writers to a global audience.  Calling African Writers
https://www.writersspace.net/submissions/

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