Category: Contests (No Entry Fee)

NO FEE Submission call (Pop Culture theme) & editor interview with Sarah Frances Moran–Yellow Chair Review, DEADLINE: Nov. 15, 2016

Yellow Chair Review is an inclusive, quarterly online literary arts publication, passionate about supporting marginalized voices. While their main love is poetry, they also accept flash fiction, non-fiction, art, and reviews. They are open to any variation of these forms as well. Also, Yellow Chair Review runs a […]

FREE Poetry contest, $100+ in prizes, and interview–The Fitzgerald Museum, DEADLINE: Nov. 11, 2016

This poetry contest is sponsored by 501c3 nonprofit The Fitzgerald Museum, which operates out of the last extant house the Fitzgeralds lived in as a family during their lives. Before he became a famous novelist, before he met the intrepid Zelda Sayre, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a poetic […]

17 FREE Poetry Contests (5 for high schoolers)–DEADLINES: Oct. 31, 2016 – Jan. 31, 2017

Below are the details for 17 free poetry contests in the order of the upcoming deadlines in October 2016 - January 2017. The contests are listed in order of deadline and in two sections: 1) open to most, 2) open to specific region, age, have a theme, etc. (including […]

NO FEE Submission call & editor interview–Into the Void, READING PERIOD: Oct. 25 – Dec. 25, 2016

Into the Void is an all-inclusive lit mag based in Dublin, Ireland and is “a nonprofit print and digital literary magazine dedicated to providing a platform for fantastic fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art from all over the world.” They are committed to giving writers and artists of all […]

NO FEE Submission call & editor interview–Into the Void, READING PERIOD: Oct. 25 – Dec. 25, 2016

Into the Void is an all-inclusive lit mag based in Dublin, Ireland and is “a nonprofit print and digital literary magazine dedicated to providing a platform for fantastic fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art from all over the world.” They are committed to giving writers and artists of all […]

FREE Anthology contest $50/$25 Prize + editor interview–Candlesticks and Daggers, DEADLINE: Nov. 1, 2016

Candlesticks and Daggers is an anthology of mixed-genre mysteries–meaning mysteries that also include another genre, such as romance, science fiction, fantasy, etc. (No erotica.)  I wondered how and why this anthology came to be, so I asked Candlesticks and Daggers editor Kelly Ann Jacobson a few questions to find out. See my […]

FREE Poetry Contest, $300 cash prize + publication – The Jane Lumley Prize via Hermeneutic Chaos, DEADLINE: Nov. 1, 2016

Per the Hermeneutic Chaos Journal web site, “Jane Lumley was primarily a translator, and was the first writer to translate Euripedes into English. However, she was also a prolific author and wrote over 120 poems in her lifetime. These never found publication due to the societal inhibitions placed […]

My found poem "Sonnet Zero" published in Noctua Review IX + FREE Contest $250 prize, DEADLINE: Nov. 15, 2016

I am so excited to have my found poem “Sonnet Zero” published the beautiful print and online issues of Noctua Review (I mean, look at that cover art!).  “Noctua Review is the annual art and literary magazine produced by the Southern Connecticut State University MFA program. It was the […]

My found poem “Sonnet Zero” published in Noctua Review IX + FREE Contest $250 prize, DEADLINE: Nov. 15, 2016

I am so excited to have my found poem “Sonnet Zero” published the beautiful print and online issues of Noctua Review (I mean, look at that cover art!).  “Noctua Review is the annual art and literary magazine produced by the Southern Connecticut State University MFA program. It was the […]

Poetry Super Highway Contest (non-profit)–Judges: Trish Hopkinson (me!), M. Brett Gaffney, and Helen Townsend–$1/Poem fee, DEADLINE: Oct. 1, 2016

I’m so excited to be judging this contest this year along with two other talented and wonderful poets, M. Brett Gaffney and Helen Townsend. You can read samples of our work featured in July here. We’ve been receiving some wonderful submissions, so definitely send in your best! This contest […]

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