Poetry opportunities

Contest

Bateau BOOM Chapbook Contest 2026/2027

Writing

Oct 16, 2026$16.00

Magazine

The Arkansas International — General Submissions — Translation (Poetry) 2026

The Arkansas International

Poetry · Bipoc

Oct 16, 2026$4.00

Magazine

The Arkansas International — General Submissions — Poetry 2026

The Arkansas International

Poetry · Bipoc

Oct 16, 2026$4.00

Magazine

No fee

Jet Fuel Review — Poetry Fall 2026

Jet Fuel Review

Poetry

Oct 16, 2026No fee

Contest

National Federation of State Poetry Societies — 2026 Barbara Stevens Poetry Manuscript Book Competition-Member

National Federation of State Poetry Societies

Poetry

Oct 16, 2026$20.00

Contest

National Federation of State Poetry Societies — 2026 Barbara Stevens Poetry Manuscript Book Competition-Non- Member

National Federation of State Poetry Societies

Poetry

Oct 16, 2026$25.00

Magazine

Iron Horse Literary Review — 2027 NaPoMo (Poetry Only)

Iron Horse Literary Review

Poetry

Oct 16, 2026$15.00

San Diego Entertainment & Arts Guild Overview

Award

San Diego Entertainment & Arts Guild — Steve Kowit Poetry Prize

San Diego Entertainment & Arts Guild

Poetry · Bipoc

Oct 16, 2026$15.00

Magazine

No fee

Little Patuxent Review — Poetry Submissions

Little Patuxent Review

Poetry

Oct 16, 2026No fee

Magazine

No fee

Passages North — Fiction Submissions

Fiction

Oct 16, 2026No fee

Alice James Books – Submissions cover artwork

Award

The 2027 Alice James Award

Alice James Books

All Disciplines · Emerging

Oct 17, 2026$30.00

Contest

Finishing Line Press — 2026 New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition

Writing · Women

Oct 17, 2026$20.00

Magazine

No fee

Saint Paul Almanac Anthology 2027

All Disciplines · Lgbtq+

Oct 17, 2026No fee

Contest

Fall 2026 Lemonwood Quarterly Playscript Contest $500

The Lemonwood Quarterly

Film · Women

Oct 17, 2026$4.00

Contest

Fall 2026 Lemonwood Quarterly FICTION SHORT STORY Contest $1000

The Lemonwood Quarterly

Fiction · Women

Oct 17, 2026$4.00

Magazine

Thin Air Magazine — TAM33 Poetry Submissions (PRINT)

Thin Air Magazine

Poetry

Oct 20, 2026$3.00

Magazine

No fee

Thin Air Magazine — TAM33 Visual Art Submissions (PRINT)

Thin Air Magazine

Visual Arts

Oct 20, 2026No fee

Magazine

Violet Winding Stars Press — Autumn Poetry Submission — Always Open

Violet Winding Stars Press

Poetry

Oct 21, 2026$5.00

Magazine

Violet Winding Stars Press — Short Story Submission — Always Open

Violet Winding Stars Press

Fiction

Oct 21, 2026$5.00

Award

No fee

Yas Press — 2027 Granite State Poetry Prize

Yas Press

Poetry · Emerging

Oct 21, 2026No fee

Magazine

Moonstone Arts Center — Tribute to Joy Harjo

Moonstone Arts Center

All Disciplines · Bipoc

Oct 26, 2026$5.00

Magazine

Cagibi — Issue 29 Theme: SKIN

Cagibi

All Disciplines · Translation

Oct 26, 2026$5.00

Magazine

No fee

Metonym Journal: Poetry Submissions

Poetry

Oct 26, 2026No fee

Magazine

No fee

Metonym Journal: Fiction Submissions

Fiction

Oct 26, 2026No fee

Magazine

No fee

Metonym Journal — Creative Nonfiction

Fiction

Oct 26, 2026No fee

Magazine

No fee

Metonym Journal — Art/ Photography

Photography

Oct 26, 2026No fee

Magazine

Exit 13 Magazine — Submissions

Literature · Fiction

Oct 29, 2026Fee not listed

Magazine

Diode Editions — Submissions

Diode Editions

Literature · Fiction

Oct 30, 2026Fee not listed

Fellowship

No fee

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) — NEA Creative Writing Fellowships

All Disciplines · Fellowship

Oct 30, 2026No feeUnited States (Citizens & Permanent Residents)

Contest

The University of North Texas Press: Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry

University of North Texas Press

Poetry · Writing

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listedOnline / Remote

Magazine

Indiana Review: General Poetry

Indiana Review

Poetry · Writing

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listedOnline / Remote

Magazine

Disco Kitchen Mag: Fiction Submissions

Fiction · Writing

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listedOnline / Remote

Magazine

Blue Mesa Review — Submissions

Literature · Fiction

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listed

Magazine

addanomadd — Submissions

addanomadd

Literature · Fiction

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listed

Magazine

Raven Chronicles Press — Submissions

Raven Chronicles Press

Literature · Fiction

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listed

Magazine

New Writing Scotland — Submissions

New Writing Scotland

Literature · Fiction

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listed

Magazine

Splice — Submissions

Splice

Literature · Fiction

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listed

Magazine

Atlantic Northeast — Submissions

Literature · Fiction

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listed

Magazine

Witness — Submissions

Witness

Literature · Fiction

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listed

Magazine

Story Unlikely — Submissions

Literature · Fiction

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listed

Magazine

Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts — Submissions

Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts

Literature · Fiction

Oct 31, 2026Fee not listed

Magazine

Gasher Press — 2026 Poetry Chapbook Prize

Gasher Press

Poetry · Craft

Oct 31, 2026$10.00

Magazine

Gasher Press — 2026 Open Reading: Full-Length Poetry Books

Gasher Press

Poetry · Craft

Oct 31, 2026$15.00

Magazine

No fee

Connections Literary Magazine — Fall 2026 Poetry Submissions

Poetry

Oct 31, 2026No fee

Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc. Overview

Contest

Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc. — SLAM 2027

Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc.

All Disciplines · Lgbtq+

Oct 31, 2026$10.00

Magazine

Gasher Press — 2026 Open Reading Full-Length Poetry (BIPOC WRITERS)

Gasher Press

Poetry · Bipoc

Oct 31, 2026$10.00

Magazine

Queer Love: A Folly Eros Issue

Folly Press

All Disciplines · Lgbtq+

Oct 31, 2026$10.00

Contest

The Malahat Review: Malahat Review Open Season Awards

Malahat Review

Fiction · Writing

Nov 1, 2026Fee not listedOnline / Remote

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