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Creative nonfiction and essay submissions
Creative nonfiction and essay submissions
Magazines, prizes and grants open to essays and creative nonfiction, with the deadline and fee for each.
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36 open now on Missa, each linked to the organizer's own page. Creative nonfiction calls include personal essays, lyric essays and reported work. Check the length limit and whether the organizer wants unpublished work only.
- Length limit
- Unpublished-work rules
- Fee and deadline
- Rights and payment
36 opportunities to explore
Yavapai College Art Galleries — Forgotten Artists: Homage to the Past
Yavapai College Art Galleries
Visual Arts · Craft
Jun 5, 2027$10.00
A platform for emerging writers — The Masters Review Printed Anthology Submissions
A platform for emerging writers
Fiction · Narrative Nonfiction
Jul 1, 2027No fee
The Rush Magazine — Call for Submissions
Calls & Opportunities
Poetry · Microfiction
Jul 24, 2027No feeglobal
Festival
No fee
School Reading List — Children's Writing Competitions
School Reading List
Poetry · Fiction
Aug 5, 2027No fee
Magazine
Room — Contests & Competitions — December Deadlines
Room
Poetry · Fiction
Deadline not listedFee not listed
Contest
No fee
Ripple Foundation — Kids Write 4 Kids — Student Writing Contest (Grades 4–8)
Ripple Foundation
Memoir
Deadline not listedNo fee
Royal Society — Young People's Book Prize — Children's Science Books
Royal Society
Fiction · Dance
Deadline not listedFee not listed
Grant
Chicken & Egg Films (Egg)celerator Lab
Chickeneggfilms
Fiction · Nonfiction
Deadline not listed$35.00US, global
Residency
Subscribers — Every MFA Application Deadline for Fall 2026
Subscribers
Poetry · Fiction
Deadline not listedFee not listed
Grant
Sundance Institute Sandbox Fund
sundance.org
Fiction · Nonfiction
Deadline not listedFee not listedUS, global
Southern Humanities Review
Calls & Opportunities
Poetry · Fiction
Deadline not listedFee not listedglobal
Residency
ROOM Magazine — Calls for submissions & opportunities: Spring 2025
ROOM Magazine
Poetry · Fiction
Deadline not listedFee not listed
Fellowship
No fee
Magazine
No fee
Residency
Contest
No fee
Fellowship
Writing NSW — Writing Competitions & Opportunities
Writing NSW
Poetry · Fiction
Deadline not listed$12.00
Grant
Rooftopfilms — Rooftop Filmmakers Fund
Rooftopfilms
Poetry · Fiction
Deadline not listedFee not listedUS, global
Conference