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CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS Anthologies
ATTENTION MFA students! Looking for smart, generous acquiring editors who want to publish your most interesting and therefore coolest short story? If so, check us out: www.coolestamericanstories.com. Our inaugural volume, full of well-written, stunningly plotted stories, appears in December. And we pay! Submit starting in January for Volume 2!
RATTLE SEEKS submissions by children for our annual Young Poets Anthology—poets must be age 15 or younger. Deadline: November 15. Children, parents, or teachers (with parent’s permission and contact information) may send up to 4 poems using our online submission manager. Website: www.rattle.com/children.
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS Books
ATMOSPHERE PRESS is currently seeking submissions of full-length book manuscripts in all genres—from poetry to fiction to memoir and beyond—with no reading fee. Atmosphere Press is an independent publisher dedicated to honesty, transparency, professionalism, kindness, and making your book awesome. Learn more at: atmospherepress.com.
BLUE LIGHT PRESS Book Award–Imagistic, inventive, honest poems that push the edge. Send 50- to 80-page manuscript, SASE, $20 reading fee to Blue Light Press, P.O. Box 150300, San Rafael, CA 94915 by February 1, 2022. For guidelines, e-mail: bluelightpress@aol.com. Website: www.bluelightpress.com.
CALL FOR manuscripts—new writers. Riddle Brook Publishing, a specialty publisher of narrative nonfiction based in NH, is now accepting proposals and manuscripts for review. Particular interest in personal stories told with a compelling voice. Send inquiries to e-mail: query@riddlebrookpublishing.com. No fees of any kind. Small advance offered for accepted manuscripts.
HAVE A STORY TO TELL? Legacy Book Press is open for submissions, accepting book-length personal stories in nonfiction, autobiographical fiction, and/or poetry formats. Collaborative relationship, generous royalty splits, and easy to work with. No up-front fees. Visit: https://legacybookpress.com for details. Tip: Follow submission guidelines exactly.
VERN RUTSALA Book Prize: $1,000 prize and publication by Cloudbank Books is given annually for a collection of poetry, flash fiction, or a combination of the two. Doug Ramspeck will be the judge. Submit a 60- to 90-page manuscript with $25 entry fee by October 31 via Submittable or by mail. Visit cloudbankbooks.com for complete guidelines.
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS Chapbooks
35TH ANNIVERSARY celebration continues for Comstock Review with publication of 2 chapbooks! The Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook contest awards $1,000 and 50 copies. The special 35th anniversary publication awards $750 and 25 copies. One entry fee of $30 enters both. Contestants receive 1 copy of either winning chapbook, publisher’s choice. Submissions accepted August 1–October 31. Submit 25–34 pages. Very specific rules must be followed. See website for details. KB Niles and another CR editor will judge. Submittable fee slightly extra or mail to CR Chapbook Celebration, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. Website: www.comstockreview.org.
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS Magazines
THE 2021 September–December theme at Sequestrum is for reprints! We’re accepting previously published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Standard pay rates and publication applies. Submit via our online submission system. Deadline: December 15. E-mail: sequr.info@gmail.com. Full guidelines: www.sequestrum.org.
AJI MAGAZINE is calling for poetry, short fiction, literary nonfiction, reviews, photography, and graphic art from emerging and established writers and artists. Submissions open on May 1 and November 1 and close once the upcoming issue is filled. Back issues are available at: www.ajimagazine.com; e-mail queries can be sent to: ajimagazine@gmail.com.
ARCANUM Magazine makes space outside the margins by publishing the writing and visual art of solely Black creatives. We seek submissions for the upcoming Imagine a Black Planet print issue. Deadline: October 31. Submissions are rolling for Arcanum Magazine’s online edition. Our mission is to pay Black artists for their work. E-mail: submissions@arcanummagazine.com. Website: arcanummagazine.com.
THE AWAKENINGS REVIEW, a Chicago-based lit mag for writers and poets with mental illnesses (either self, family member, or friend), is accepting submissions to their annual hard-copy publication. Send your work with a cover letter to e-mail:ar@awakeningsproject.org or by mail to: The Awakenings Review, P.O. Box 177, Wheaton, IL 60187. First, review our submission guidelines at website: www.awakeningsproject.org.
BACKLASH PRESS is seeking poetry, short fiction, lyric essay, nonfiction, and short stories for its annual Backlash Best Book Award. The winner will receive $500 and publication through the press. Reading window from September to December. Our Curated Indie service for self-published books wanting traditional visibility is open for submissions from November to March. Website: www.backlashpress.com. Twitter: @backlashpress.
accepts fiction, nonfiction, and poetry submissions September 1–May 1, with contests running October 1, 2021–January 1,
