Hello all and Happy May!<\/p>\n
Yes, I know that ‘Happy May’ isn’t a traditional greeting, but there are tons of opportunities this month, many paying, and they are wonderfully varied. Also, I have news – Comps and Calls has been selected to be one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers as honored by Writer\u2019s Digest! How great is that?! There’s a link at the right if you want to explore.<\/p>\n
Since C&C started I’ve been asked a few times how people can thank me. Well, there’s now a tip jar into which you can drop a dollar\/pound\/euro, and so on \u2013 but only if you really want to!<\/p>\n
Don’t forget about the FB group:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/compsandcalls\/<\/a>. The odd update makes it there when I can’t find my webbie.<\/p>\n Right – there’s a lot to do, so let’s get writing!<\/p>\n Cathy x<\/p>\n Here are May\u00a02016\u2019s writing competitions and calls for submission, all with free, electronic entry.<\/p>\n As usual I\u2019m passing these on in good faith but mistakes may be made, so do check all the submission guidelines carefully. Any info in quotes comes from the website itself and any dates at the start are deadlines. Also, I don\u2019t know the sources personally, so do check them out for yourselves.<\/p>\n There are three headings (click to jump straight to them):<\/p>\n If you aren\u2019t a submitter (why not? Nothing to lose! Rejection is something we all share!) then the themes can make great writing prompts\/exercises.<\/p>\n Although I mention only fiction or poetry, many publications accept non-fiction, art or other forms, so do check if interested. Good luck and do let me know of successes!\u00a0The links are in the comments, and any dates at the start are deadlines.\u00a0December is the best time by far to submit and enter. There are loads of opportunities, and many people are too busy to take advantage of them. Please try to find the time if you can!<\/p>\n Where possible, I have marked the relevant entries with ‘paying’, ‘contributor copy’ etc. However, you are best off checking the info for yourselves as I am not infallible and the info isn’t always available or clear. Please be aware that a contributor copy may be in print or digital format. Also, some publications offer several things, eg payment as well as a contributor copy. Where this is the case, I have assumed that payment is enough of an incentive, so I haven’t listed everything. It’s a rough guide and should be treated as such.<\/p>\n 4th May You are invited to submit a poem singing the praises of old age (16 lines maximum). Please email entries (wherever possible) to lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 4 May. PAYING http:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/2016\/04\/much-ado-about-nothing\/<\/a><\/p>\n 6th May ‘Your challenge:\u00a0In no more than 75 words,\u00a0tell, show, or evoke as complete a story as you can in which music of some sort plays an important role.’\u00a0PAYING https:\/\/onthepremises.submittable.com\/Submit<\/a><\/p>\n 6th May UK only: ‘McCarthy & Stone are searching for the nation\u2019s most Colourful Characters – people aged 60 and over who are living life to the full, redefining retirement and doing anything but acting their age! The overall winner will receive a trip of a lifetime for two from Saga.You can nominate yourself, or enter a friend for their chance to win.’ NON-CASH PRIZE https:\/\/www.mccarthyandstone.co.uk\/colourful-characters\/<\/a><\/p>\n 6th May Script proposal from a BAME writer. PAYING http:\/\/www.londonplaywrightsblog.com\/?p=5516<\/a><\/p>\n 11th May ‘Competition No. 2948: Wild thing – <\/strong>In his book Being a Beast<\/em> Charles Foster tried to get into the skin of a badger, an otter, an urban fox, a red deer and a swift. Let\u2019s have an account (150 words maximum) of living as a member of the species of your choice. Please email entries to lucy@spectator.co.uk by 11 May.’ http:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/2016\/04\/exit-strategy\/<\/a><\/p>\n 14th May ‘In this creative project, we want you to write a POEM or a short duologue ABOUT LONELINESS. You might be inspired to write about a character in Steinbeck\u2019s novel. You may want to reflect on your own life or experience you\u2019ve had, you may find inspiration from a friend or something you\u2019ve seen on the news.\u00a0 We want you to write something honest but playful\u00a0 and from the heart. Although the theme is LONELINESS, we\u2019re encouraging you to think about the many themes that relate to this in Steinbeck\u2019s Of Mice and Men:\u00a0friendship, isolation, innocence, freedom, justice, violence, prejudice, age, race, masculinity,\u00a0 femininity and vulnerability, economic hardship <\/em>and the struggle to survive<\/em>.’ (Cathy’s note: one of the prizes is based on reader votes, but the main two aren’t.) PAYING http:\/\/www.theatrecloud.com\/get-involved\/creative-projects\/the-loneliness-project<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May Get your ‘writing program director’ to enter your work for this: ‘Brevity<\/em> is excited to announce a contest for writing students in tandem with our special issue focused on experiences of race, racialization, and racism. We are looking for flash essays \u00a0(750 words or fewer) that explore the lived experience of race, racialization, and racism, show the reader a new way to look at the familiar, or give voice to under-represented experiences.’\u00a0 https:\/\/brevity.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/26\/brevity-contest-for-graduate-undergraduate-writers\/<\/a><\/p>\n 16th May Write a story in ten words or fewer. NON-CASH PRIZE https:\/\/www.writingclasses.com\/contest\/very-short-story-contest-2016<\/a><\/p>\n 30th May full-length play. PAYING http:\/\/www.falmouth.ac.uk\/nickdarkeaward<\/a><\/p>\n 30th May Short story 4000-8000 words (Cathy’s note: winners will be invited to meet publishers in London – but I don’t know if they pay for travel, so better not to enter unless you can get there). NON-CASH PRIZE http:\/\/email.writers-online.co.uk\/UhjkrAC8r3F1ECLBwkAYi6ChROjn7RAKd~gqpRqXqVn\/WebView.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Sonnet in response to one of Shakespeare’s. NON-CASH PRIZE https:\/\/www.writersandartists.co.uk\/competitions<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Fiction up to 2000 words on the theme of Crazed Fan. VOUCHER\/OTHER http:\/\/greywolfepublishing.com\/2016%20Monthly%20Contests.html<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May ‘To celebrate the release of our new Slow Travel Shropshire\u00a0<\/em>guide by Marie Kreft we are running a special competition to find the most perfect day in the county. To enter, simply write a description of your perfect day in no more than 500 words. Your day might have really happened or be something imagined: it could include soaking up the history at Ironbridge Gorge, hiking on the Long Mynd or tucking into local goodies on the Magnalonga in Ludlow. Whatever shape your perfect day might take, we want to hear what makes Shropshire special to you.’ NON-CASH PRIZE http:\/\/www.bradtguides.com\/articles\/cat\/competitions\/post\/shropshire-competition\/#enter<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Over 60s only: writing on the theme of Travel\/Holidays. NON-CASH PRIZE http:\/\/www.writingtimes.co.uk\/seniors<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Children 5-12 only: writing on the theme of Animals. NON-CASH PRIZE http:\/\/www.writingtimes.co.uk\/childrens-corner<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Essay by high school, college and university students of any age. PAYING https:\/\/www.thepensters.com\/win-a-scholarship\/<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May ‘Writers are therefore being invited to submit a previously unpublished short story of no more than 3,000 words set in Elgin and the surrounding area during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.’ PAYING http:\/\/ccc-heritage.co.uk\/castle-to-cathedral-to-cashmere-writing-competition\/<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May UK only: poetry and short fiction by those aged 10-17. PAYING http:\/\/www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk\/young-writers\/solstice-prize\/<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May ‘Only full-length works (dramas, comedies, musicals, screenplays) will be considered. One entry per author, please. Scripts must be original and in English. All must concern lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or genderqueer life and be based on, or directly inspired by, a historical person, culture, work of art, or event.’ PAYING http:\/\/aabbfoundation.org\/comp-guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Traditional mystery novella.\u00a0 PAYING http:\/\/www.nerowolfe.org\/pdf\/literary_awards\/Black_Orchid_Novella\/2016_Black_Orchid_Award_flyer.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May US only: video description for a short film. PAYING http:\/\/videodescriptioncontest.com\/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun Under 16s: story up to 1500 words (Cathy’s note: the adult category requires a fee, but it’s free for the under 16s to enter their category). PAYING http:\/\/shortstops.info\/2016\/01\/22\/university-of-sunderland-short-story-award\/<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun ‘To celebrate Poetry Writing Month this April, Singapore Poetry is holding its second annual poetry contest. We are looking for poems that include the word \u201cSingapore\u201d (or its variants) in some creative manner. The poems do not have to be about Singapore; in fact, we prefer it if the poems are not about Singapore. They just have to use the word \u201cSingapore\u201d in a way significant to the poems\u2019 own subject and method. And here\u2019s another wrinkle: the contest is open to everyone who is NOT a Singaporean citizen or permanent resident in Singapore.’ http:\/\/singaporepoetry.com\/2016\/04\/01\/2nd-singapore-poetry-contest\/<\/a> (Thanks to http:\/\/www.erikadreifus.com\/<\/a> for this one.)<\/p>\n 2nd May Poems. PAYING https:\/\/wherewithallit.com\/submissions\/<\/a> (thanks to http:\/\/www.erikadreifus.com\/<\/a> for this one)<\/p>\n 2nd May Writing on the theme of Allegro. http:\/\/www.halfmystic.com\/journal-submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 2nd May Poetry and more on the theme of Quaker Spaces. http:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 3rd May UK only:\u00a0 ‘This paid one-day R&D platform provides a safe space and creative support to Deaf and disabled artists wishing to explore raw ideas and fresh stories for live performance, with artistic guidance and advice from our award-winning team. Play Labs is open to Deaf and disabled writers, performers and theatre makers of all levels and experience, keen to jumpstart their creative processes and committed to seeing through their ideas.’ PAYING http:\/\/www.graeae.org\/get-involved\/training-courses\/play-labs-2016\/<\/a><\/p>\n 5th May Age 7-25: four lines of poetry in English or Welsh on the theme of Hands, after the Dylan Thomas poem \u2018The Hand That Signed The Paper.\u2019 http:\/\/www.developingdylan100.co.uk\/dylans-great-poem-2016\/<\/a><\/p>\n 5th May Microfiction on the theme of Siren Songs. http:\/\/www.wintertangerine.com\/sirensongs-about<\/a><\/p>\n 5th May Poetry is among the works of art acceptable for this art exhibition in Portugal. http:\/\/projectartmap.com\/submission\/<\/a><\/p>\n 5th May Poetry, fiction and more on the theme of Tall. http:\/\/pureslush.webs.com\/tallish.htm<\/a><\/p>\n 5th May Poetry and fiction on the theme of Home. http:\/\/sunstruckmag.com\/submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 6th May Script proposal by BAME writers. PAYING http:\/\/www.londonplaywrightsblog.com\/?p=5516<\/a><\/p>\n (source: www.londonplaywrightsblog.com<\/a> )<\/p>\n 7th May Poems as a tribute to Prince. https:\/\/yellowchairreview.submittable.com\/submit<\/a><\/p>\n 8th May Script on the theme of Alone Inside the Box. http:\/\/www.goblinbaby.com\/alone-inside-the-box.html<\/a><\/p>\n 8th May Poetry on the theme of Future Machines (Cathy’s note: only Australian contributors are paid). PAYS SOME CONTRIBUTORS http:\/\/cordite.org.au\/submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 8th May Poetry, prose and more on the theme of Asians to Watch Out For (Cathy’s note: only Australian contributors are paid). PAYS SOME CONTRIBUTORS http:\/\/peril.com.au\/submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 9th May Poetry, fiction and more on the theme of Kink, for this journal devoted to women’s sexuality. http:\/\/www.cliteraturejournal.com\/submissionguidelines.html<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May Poetry, fiction and more. PAYING http:\/\/subterrain.ca\/about\/35\/sub-terrain-writer-s-guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May Positive writing and more on the theme of\u00a0 Brave CONTRIBUTOR COPY http:\/\/www.thephoenixsoul.com\/submit\/<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May Poetry, fiction and more on the theme of Music. http:\/\/www.ridinglight.org\/submissions.html<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May Poetry and flash. http:\/\/www.yellowchairreview.com\/#!generalsubmissions\/c1lzv<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May Poets with connections to Hong Kong and Greater China: ‘To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and with\u00a0the sponsorship of the Spanish Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macao, Chameleon Press will publish a new collection of poetry in which contemporary poets interpret the themes of Cervantes\u2019s classic Don Quixote\u00a0for Hong Kong and East Asia, in particular the tension between pragmatism and vision, the \u201creal world\u201d and dreams or, in the words of scholar Ilan Stavans, \u201cbetween hope and fatalism, … idealism and materialism\u201d, and explore what this says about the nature of humanity and success.’ http:\/\/chameleonpress.com\/cervantes400\/call.php<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May Fiction 2000-7500 words on the theme of Alien Love. PAYING http:\/\/www.scifiromancequarterly.org\/write-for-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May Neon noir stories 2500-5000 words. ROYALTIES https:\/\/crimesyndicatemagazine.submittable.com\/submit\/54335<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May ‘Humankind has forded the immense stream of space between stars and reached our\u00a0neighbors. The Milky Way Galaxy lies waiting to be explored. What will we discover on hospitable planets circling new stars? Will we find almost familiar moons, asteroids, planetary rings, and, possibly, never before seen astronomical formations? The sky is no longer the limit for soaring imaginations. Visions V stories take place somewhere\u2026anywhere\u2026in the Milky Way Galaxy.’ 3000-8000 words PAYING http:\/\/www.lillicatpublishers.com\/?page_id=1074<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May Fiction, poetry and more on the theme of Rejection. http:\/\/www.earthenlampjournal.com\/submissions.php<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May 50-word fiction on the theme of Magic. CONTRIBUTOR COPY\/COPIES http:\/\/www.blink-ink.org\/submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May Short fiction on the theme of Neon Noir. ROYALTIES https:\/\/crimesyndicatemagazine.com\/current-issue\/fast-women-and-neon-lights-anthology\/<\/a><\/p>\n 15th May ‘We accept Poetry, Short Story, Flash Fiction, Haiku, Haibun, Essay, and Review. For this issue, we are especially interested in receiving poems using, but not limited to canyons, bridges, caves, and meadows as image or metaphor.’ http:\/\/iceflow.com\/riverbabble\/riverguides29.html<\/a><\/p>\n 20th May Poetry, fiction and more on the theme of Agitprop. http:\/\/www.kissthewitch.co.uk\/seinundwerden\/next_issue.html<\/a><\/p>\n 21st May Submissions to this anthology must contain monsters being monsters, meaning no sparkly vampires or monsters with hearts of gold. Your monsters should be terrorizing and keep us up at night. PAYING http:\/\/www.raveninternationalpublishing.com\/call-classic-horror-anthology-submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 23rd May Poetry, fiction and more on the theme of Influence. https:\/\/avismagazineblog.wordpress.com\/call-for-submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 25th May ‘This issue will showcase fiction from and about the real Cuba: not Havana-centric but emanating from the entire island \u2013 including its rural communities, and its exiles.’ https:\/\/litro.submittable.com\/submit\/53626<\/a><\/p>\n 28th May Haiku on the theme of Agape and Eros. https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/worldhaikureview2\/aboutworldhaikureview<\/a><\/p>\n 29th May Poetry and fiction. PAYING http:\/\/www.thepedestalmagazine.com\/submitguidelines.php<\/a><\/p>\n 29th May Poetry and flash fiction on the theme of Witches. http:\/\/threedropspoetry.co.uk\/submissions\/call-for-submissions-witches-and-witchcraft-anthology\/<\/a><\/p>\n 30th May Novellas. PAYING + ROYALTIES http:\/\/thebooksmugglers.com\/book-smugglers-publishing\/the-novella-initiative-open-call<\/a><\/p>\n 30th May Fairytale-inspired poems and stories on the theme of Summer Solstice and Midsummer. PAYING http:\/\/www.fairytalemagazine.com\/p\/blog-page_22.html<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May ‘This speculative fiction anthology contains original stories to celebrate Asian diversity, featuring an Asian main character, Asian setting and\/or some amount of Asian elements, by authors with an Asian heritage.’ PAYING https:\/\/laksamedia.submittable.com\/submit<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Poetry, fiction and more on the theme of Miracle. CONTRIBUTOR COPY http:\/\/eabpublishing.com\/submissions.html<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May SF mysteries. PAYING http:\/\/www.blueberrylanebooks.com\/?page_id=65<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Writing on the theme of Escape. http:\/\/loveliestmag.com\/submit\/<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May ‘Our summer issue will be a bit more specific than usual: We’re seeking six-line poems. Metrical or informal, haiku- or tanka-inspired, dark, light, surreal, narrative, minimalist, absurd — send us your six-line gems, whatever they may be.’ https:\/\/linesandstars.submittable.com\/submit\/56512<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May ‘Give us that one, two, punch of something sexy in the ring or a burning passion that can’t be left on the court. We’re looking for sports stories that can knock it out of the park when it comes to playing for keeps. We don’t care if it’s baseball, professional poker, or international cup stacking. As long as it’s a sport, it’s in the game.\u00a0 Couples can be established or new, but stories must stand on their own alone. \u00a0Love Slave is dedicated to providing high quality erotic fiction that is smart and sexy. Our anthologies have a balance between action and eroticism and a focus on storytelling.’ PAYING http:\/\/litselect.weebly.com\/submissions.html<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Poetry and flash on the theme of Tranquility. CONTRIBUTOR COPY http:\/\/www.kindofahurricanepress.com\/p\/anthology-tranquility.html<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May ‘Circuses are supposed to be places of joy and wonder, but they are also full of clowns and many people find clowns distinctly creepy. Circuses come into town and disappear after a brief stay, leaving behind nothing but a memory of the magic. They are homes for misfits, bearded ladies and contortionists who might be shunned in the outside world. What better environment than a circus for a story of magic and wonder that leaves you wondering if it ever happened. Give us your best wonderful, dark, or fantastic story about the circus.’ 3000-10,000 words. PAYING\u00a0 http:\/\/otterlibris.com\/open-projects\/<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Poetry, flash and short fiction, and more. http:\/\/www.matadorreview.com\/submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Poems. PAYING https:\/\/arcpoetry.submittable.com\/submit<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Story 3000-8000 words. PAYING http:\/\/www.one-story.com\/index.php?page=submit&pubcode=os<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Poetry. http:\/\/eretzsongs.blogspot.co.uk\/p\/e-zine.html<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Poetry, fiction and more on the theme of Naked. http:\/\/sunstruckmag.com\/submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Poems. PAYING http:\/\/baltimorereview.org\/index.php\/submit<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Poetry, fiction and more on the theme of In the End. CONTRIBUTOR COPY\/COPIES http:\/\/www.mpapublishing.co.za\/submission-guidelines\/ealain-submission-guidelines\/<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May ‘I\u2019m building a short story anthology with 20 stories where professional authors can write with their favorite characters based in my world and setting of The Super Market. What is The Super Market? The Super Market is where all paranormal peeps can go to have a shopping experience. Whether you chose your paranormal character to be a shop owner, a celebrity chef, a consumer, a food critic, an herbal pharmacist, a health inspector, or anything \u2013 it\u2019s your choice. The options are limitless.’ PAYING http:\/\/www.draconianpublishing.com\/super-market-submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Poetry, fiction and more on the theme of Fake. PAYING https:\/\/pinknantucket.com.au\/materiality-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n 31st May Six-line poems. https:\/\/linesandstars.submittable.com\/submit<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun ‘Colorful, lit-up stories of crime and depravity, set in the nineteen-eighties. Outsiders, whether by choice or by circumstance, engaging in anti-social or criminal behavior. \u00a0Stories that capture not only the moment in crime, but the place in time. Stories where setting and \u201ccostume\u201d become character. If done well, this will be both in-your-face and subtle, as paradoxical as that sounds.’ ROYALTIES https:\/\/crimesyndicatemagazine.submittable.com\/submit\/54335<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun Poetry, fiction and more on the theme of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. PAYING https:\/\/nonbinaryreview.submittable.com\/submit\/48102<\/a><\/p>\n 1st June ‘Within the recent explosion of creative nonfiction, a curious new sub-genre is quietly emerging. Hybrids in the truest sense, “hermit crab” essays borrow their structures from ordinary, extra-literary sources (a recipe, a police report, a pack of cards, an obituary, a questionnaire\u2026) to use as a framework for a lyric meditation on the chosen subject. In the best examples, the borrowed structures are less contrived than inevitable, managing not only to give shape to the work but to illuminate and exemplify its subject. Essays and cross-genre work\u00a0between 750 and 8,000 words welcome. No listicles, please.’ PAYING https:\/\/theshellgameanthology.submittable.com\/submit<\/a> (thanks to Erika Dreifus at www.erikadreifus.com<\/a> for that one.)<\/p>\n 1st Jun Writing and more by girls and women on the theme of All About Emotions. http:\/\/newmoon.com\/how-to-get-published-new-moon-girls\/<\/a><\/p>\n 1st June ‘Much like the award-winning anthology Steampunk World<\/em>, Steampunk Universe<\/em> will be a multicultural anthology of steampunk stories. But this time, the anthology will focus on characters with exceptionalities.* This call for submissions is aimed particularly at marginalized writers, especially those who are identify as members of a minority, LGBTQ, or living with exceptionality. Whether or not you qualify and feel this call for submission is appropriate for your work is at your discretion.’ http:\/\/steampunkuniverse.alliterationink.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n 1st June ‘Arc Poetry Magazine\u00a0<\/em>is looking for poems of catastrophe and degradation for the end times. Heat death, terror, CO2 depletion, urban decay, radiation sickness, desertification, wars at home and wars abroad, natural disaster. How does poetry respond?’ PAYING https:\/\/arcpoetry.submittable.com\/submit<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun Poetry and prose. http:\/\/www.hapax.ink\/submit.html<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun Writing by queer trans men and trans masculine writers. http:\/\/www.chelseastationmagazine.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun Fiction up to 500 words, poetry and more suitable for Christian children on the theme of Pets with Disabilities. PAYING http:\/\/www.guardian-angel-kids.com\/submissions.html<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun Poetry, fiction and more on the theme of Paths to Healing. PAYING http:\/\/parabola.org\/submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun Poetry, fiction and more on the theme of Memory and Place. https:\/\/youareheregeography.com\/call-for-2016-submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun ‘We are looking for literary work informed by lived experience with mental illness\/mental health challenges. Specifically, work written by people who self-identify as psychiatric survivors, consumer-survivors, mental health patients, mental health advocates\/allies, neuroatypical, neurodivergent, the\u00a0mad, the proud, the ill, the otherly abled. Although this is the\u00a0Mad\u00a0Pride\u00a0issue, Matrix<\/em> welcomes work from those who do not identity with the label \u2018mad\u2019 or feel connected to the movement in any way.’ http:\/\/www.matrixmagazine.org\/#!madcall\/po1tx<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun Poetry and more on the theme of Hestia. CONTRIBUTOR COPY\/COPIES\u00a0https:\/\/neosalexandria.org\/bibliotheca-alexandrina\/calls-for-submissions\/first-and-last-a-devotional-for-hestia\/<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun ‘The Broken City<\/em> is currently accepting submissions for its summer 2016 edition: Breakfast Clubbed. No, it\u2019s not another food issue; the magazine is running a school-themed edition. We\u2019re looking for work that involves school at any level, from kindergarten to college, but we\u2019re most interested in submissions about high school.’ Poetry, fiction and more. http:\/\/www.thebrokencitymag.com\/submissions.html<\/a><\/p>\n 1st Jun Poetry and more on the theme of Ares and Mars. CONTRIBUTOR COPY\/COPIES https:\/\/neosalexandria.org\/bibliotheca-alexandrina\/calls-for-submissions\/untitled-devotional-for-ares-and-mars\/<\/a><\/p>\n NOTE: Publishers sometimes don’t discuss their royalty rate upfront. This doesn’t necessarily mean that they don’t pay! I just haven’t put them as paying\/giving royalties whenever I haven’t found details on the website.<\/em><\/p>\n ‘We seek to publish writing about personal experience.\u00a0True\u00a0stories of personal growth, lessons learned, life-changing events, and milestones. Work that is informal, exploratory, reflective, and insightful. The Chaos is\u00a0accepting submissions of short\u00a0personal essays,\u00a0250-2500 words,\u00a0from new,\u00a0emerging, and established writers.’ http:\/\/thechaos.life\/<\/a><\/p>\n Poetry, flash, short fiction and more on the theme of Music. PAYING http:\/\/opossumlit.com\/submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n Fiction based in northern England. http:\/\/tynetales.weebly.com\/submit.html<\/a><\/p>\n We accept submissions of all forms of visual art, poetry, short fiction, essays, creative non-fiction, music, spoken word,\u00a0artisan crafts, etc. http:\/\/thepapermachine.com\/submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n Writing by those aged 13-19. http:\/\/sugarrascals.wix.com\/home#!submission-guidelines\/mnn6r<\/a><\/p>\n Poetry and prose PAYING https:\/\/blotteratureliterarymagazine.submittable.com\/submit\/55953<\/a><\/p>\n Poetry, flash fiction and more. http:\/\/eternalremedy.com\/submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n Seek original and well written, mystery, crime, and horror fiction.\u00a0 Also seek romantic , and erotic short stories. Will purchase poetry with mystery or erotic theme. PAYING https:\/\/aegispublishinghousecom.wordpress.com\/writers-guidelines\/<\/a><\/p>\n Poetry and fiction. http:\/\/www.poetscountry.com\/submit\/<\/a><\/p>\n Open until filled: Sinister Saints – Aftermath.\u00a0 ‘I\u2019m looking for stories that address the typical themes of YA fiction, but with distinctive dark, edgy or fantastical slants \u2013 so dark fairy tales, bizarre fiction, horror, surrealism, fantasy, and dark science-fiction are all cool here. Word count limit 5,000.’ ROYALTIES https:\/\/horrifiedpress.wordpress.com\/open-for-submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n ‘The Rising Phoenix Review is a monthly online zine dedicated to publishing poetry focused on the working class and other marginalized groups. We believe in the transformative power of poetry, and our mission is to publish writing that actively engages the social issues of our time.’ https:\/\/therisingphoenixreview.wordpress.com\/submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n Poetry and fiction retelling fairytales and myths. PAYING http:\/\/www.manawaker.com\/starward-submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n Poetry and fiction. http:\/\/boomerlitmag.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n ‘Anti-Heroin Chic is not really about cool, it’s about the margin-of-error of cool. \u00a0As Janis Ian says “If we were inside there, where the light is warm and everybody is laughing and dancing, we wouldn’t be able to see it. We have to be outside in order to see it. That’s what being an artist is.” And that is what Anti-Heroin Chic is about. What we observe through the window.’ Poems, stories and more. http:\/\/heroinchic.weebly.com\/about.html<\/a><\/p>\n Poems. CONTRIBUTOR COPY\/COPIES http:\/\/www.redflagpoetry.com\/submit.html<\/a><\/p>\n UK only: poetry. https:\/\/inbetweenhangovers.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Poetry, flash and short fiction. http:\/\/www.platformforprose.com\/#!submissions\/c1s0c<\/a><\/p>\n SF and F of various lengths. ROYALTIES https:\/\/kristellink.submittable.com\/submit<\/a><\/p>\n Superhero stories. PAYING https:\/\/crossedlinespublishing.wordpress.com\/2015\/12\/16\/open-call-for-super-hero-stories\/<\/a><\/p>\n Poetry, fiction and more. http:\/\/www.elkejournal.com\/submit\/<\/a><\/p>\n
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