Spring Submissions

It must be spring. Writing contests seem to be sprouting up everywhere! That’s almost as good as sunshine for inspiration in my books, so I thought I would share a few that have caught my eye.

FREEFALL –

Literary magazine based out of Calgary, ON. Looking for prose, poetry, photos and art for open submissions to future magazine editions; April 30th – Fall Open Issue – Issue released in September; August 31st – Winter Open Issue – Issue released in January

• 4000 word max for prose
• creative nonfiction, short stories, postcard stories, novel excerpts, plays
• poetry; 2-5 poems, any poem cannot exceed 6 pages
• open to Canadian residents only

MSLEXIA –

British women’s quarterly magazine (sorry guys—no need to apply). So many ways to submit, you’ll have to check the website for all the details. Deadline for current submissions April 13th.

• pay for accepted submissions
• poetry (4 lines/40 words), a week of tweets (7/140 characters), rants & raves (80 words), pen portrait (200 words – headteacher is current prompt), monologue (200 words – voice of a zombie is current prompt), guest blogger (check website)

SUBTERRAIN –

A Canadian literary magazine, based in Vancouver, BC is looking for submissions. Deadline for Summer/Fall general issue is May 15, 2015. The theme for the Winter issue is “I live in an Apartment”; deadline Sep 15, 2015.

• fiction (max 3,000 words, creative nonfiction (max 4,000 words), commentary (max 4,000 words), poetry
• pays $50 per poem, $50 per page for prose

WRITER’S DIGEST –

In its 84th year, you don’t want to miss Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition. There are as many categories as there are prizes; Grand Prize, through to tenth place, plus honourable mentions!

• Early bird deadline May 4th, 2015; Deadline June 5th, 2015
• Entry fees: $15 poetry, $25 manuscripts for early bird; $20 poetry, $30 manuscripts
• Categories:
  • Inspirational Writing (Spiritual/Religious) – max 2,500 words
  • Memoirs/Personal Essay – max 2,000 words
  • Magazine Feature Article – max 2,000 words
  • Genre Short Story (Mystery, Romance, etc.) – max 4,000 words
  • Mainstream/Literary Short Story – 4,000 words
  • Rhyming Poetry – 32 lines max
  • Non-rhyming Poetry – 32 lines max
  • Stage Play – send first 15 pages
  • Television/Movie Script – send first 15 pages
  • Children’s/Young Adult Fiction – max 2,000 words