Below is a list of no fee poetry book contests. Note that these will require entrants to snail mail one or more copies of the book being entered. Read the guidelines carefully. Some are restricted to poets connected to specific geographical areas. First, here are some other resources […]
Every once in a while a new press with new ideas and amazing projects appears on the literary scene. Platypus Press is one of those. I've been nothing but impressed with their creativity and professionalism. They are a boutique publisher based in England and seek to unearth innovative contemporary poetry and […]
Publishing … and Other Forms of Insanity is the blog and writing resource site by writer Erica Verrillo. Her site is loaded with great articles for writers and the writing life, including listings of publishers, agents, where to get reviews, submission calls, free contests, writing conferences and more. […]
As a lover and reader of poetry, and as a poet and editor, I'm always thinking about how to connect poems (my favorites, my own, poets I publish) with readers. This is no easy task; it's not as if poems sell by their own weight in worthiness. It […]
Literary Taxidermy’s Short Story Competition is open to any writing form and genre, including: satire, tragedy, science fiction, fantasy, suspense, detective, romance, hyper realism, magical realism, plain old realism, speculative fiction, flash fiction, meta-fiction, meta-meta-fiction, screenplay, poetry, etc. “This year’s competition is actually three contests in one. The first […]
Honored to be included in this great blog post by Nausheen Eusuf up on Submittable’s blog with a list of the top ten sites to follow for places to submit! “Poet Trish Hopkinson posts submission calls regularly on her blog, focusing specifically on markets that don't require a submission […]
Honored to be included in this great blog post by Nausheen Eusuf up on Submittable’s blog with a list of the top ten sites to follow for places to submit! “Poet Trish Hopkinson posts submission calls regularly on her blog, focusing specifically on markets that don't require a submission […]
This is such an amazing prize package for a low $10 entry fee! Proceeds from each entry goes directly to a woman in need via the Live Your Dream Award, sponsored by SI of Rittenhouse Square, PA, typically given to a single mother who has experienced hardships, to […]
This great blog post by Nancy Chen Long gives a description of what a broadside is and links to some examples. She also shares: ways to create your own broadsides a list of broadside contests with their info and fees a list of broadside publishers Big thanks to Nancy […]
Publishing … and Other Forms of Insanity is the blog and writing resource site by writer Erica Verrillo. Her site is loaded with great articles for writers and the writing life, including listings of publishers, agents, where to get reviews, submission calls, free contests, writing conferences and more. […]
