Calls for Submission
February open submissions, prizes, fellowships, and grants
Tupelo Press - 2023 Berkshire Poetry Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry
Details: Open to anyone writing in the English language, whether living in the United States or abroad. Submit a previously unpublished, full-length poetry manuscript with a table of contents in the area of 48 to 88 pages of poems. Submit Here by May 1, 2023.
Cave Canem - Workshops with Danez Smith, Falú, or Jacqueline Trimble
Details: Apply to study at the exclusive Cave Canem workshops in Minneapolis, MN (Danez Smith), NYC (Falú), or in Montgomery, AL (Jacqueline Trimble). Apply Here by February 14, 2023.
The Pinch Journal - 2023 Pinch Page Prize for Poetry is seeking unpublished work ranging from 1-3 poems. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but notify us immediately if work is accepted elsewhere. Submit your work here by April 8, 2023.
Augur Magazine - Augur is seeking is only accepting submissions from creators who are Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, Disabled, and/or Trans, who are also Canadian citizens/permanent residents and/or who are living within the settler-defined borders of the land colonially known as Canada. Submit your work here.
Lambda Literary - Esteemed LGBTQIA2+ literary foundation Lambda Literary is currently receiving submissions for the following prizes:
The J. Michael Samuel Prize for Writers over 50
The Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Novelist Career Prize
The Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ Fiction
The Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers
The Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction
Submit your work here by February 17, 2023 here.
The Lumiere Review - TLR is seeking written works of less than 1,000 words touching on the theme of “justice.” All genres accepted. Submit your work here.
Midnight & Indigo - Midnight & Indigo: A Celebration of Black Woman Writers is seeking short stories and narrative essays of a minimum of 1,500 words. The full details to submit by March 31, 2023 can be found here.
FIYAH Lit Mag - FIYAH Lit Mag, a magazine dedicated to Black people of the African Diaspora is seeking submissions of poetry and nonfiction in conjunction with the following theme:
Carnival: colorful stories centered on the mystique and pulsating energy of the bacchanals, the festivals, the soca fetes, and jamborees from all across the globe, time, space, and even the multiverse. We want intoxicating merriment, daring mischief-making, and chaotic melodrama fueled by the riotous revelry of the Carnival. Submit here.
Joyland Magazine - Joyland is offering FREE submissions to Black writers with a payment of $100/per piece. There is no deadline to submit. Full details can be found here.
Emergency Funding
Emergency Fund for Diverse Creatives in Publishing
We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) provides emergency grants between $500 and $1,000 each to diverse authors, illustrators, and publishing professions who are experiencing dire financial need.