32 Amazing Writing Conferences and Workshops in April 2025

This April there are more than two dozen writing conferences and workshops. Some conferences and workshops will be held online, but most will be held in person or use a hybrid format.

These writing events offer everything a writer might want: intensive workshops, pitch sessions with agents, to how to market yourself and your books, discussions - there is something for everyone.

 If you miss an application deadline, put it on your calendar for next year. Quite a few conferences offer scholarships, so apply early. Plan ahead!

For a full list of conferences held throughout the year see Writing Conferences.

Be sure to check out Highlights list of workshops. They offer many throughout the year. 

(Image: Bellingham, WA: Flickr)

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Annual National Undergraduate Literature Conference. April 3 - 5, 2025: Weber State University, Ogden, UT. "Each year, nearly 200 undergraduate writers and poets throughout North America, and sometimes beyond, come to Weber State University to present their work and learn from some of the most important writers in contemporary literature." 

Tennessee Mountain Writers Annual Conference. April 3 - 5, 2025: Oak Ridge, TN. Writing Contests, Workshops, Networking, Manuscript Evaluations, Publishers, Book Signings, Bookstore, Vendors, And more!

Las Vegas Writer’s Conference April 3 – 5, 2025: Las Vegas, Nevada. Join writing professionals, agents publishers and marketing experts for a weekend of workshops and enlightening discussions about the publishing industry. A chance to pitch your manuscript and ideas to agents. 

Chanticleer Authors Conference. April 3 - 6, 2025: Bellingham, Wash. Sessions with a special focus on the business of being a working writer on topics such as marketing, publicity, platform, sales tools & strategies, publishing, production, distribution, organization, storycraft, editing, and more. 

Writing for the Educational Market. April 3 - May 15, 2025: Online. Learn the ins and outs of writing for the educational market in this 6-week course. Hosted by experienced industry professionals, this workshop will get you up to speed quickly and prepare you for submitting your work to publishers. 30 participants max.

Ohio Writing Workshop. April 4 - 5, 2025: Online. This writing event is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note that there are limited online “seats” at the event (200 total). Will be held virtually.

The Creativity Workshop in New York. April 4 - 7, 2025: New York, New York. "The Creativity Workshops take away the fear of writing and open the way to new ideas. They are especially helpful for writers in fiction, poetry, memoir, theatre and film to get over writing blocks. In our Creativity Workshop Retreats you will generate both new work and ideas for the work you are in the midst of creating. We use many different techniques to help you find your way through the novel, essay, poem, memoir, or script you are writing or hope to write. In The Creativity Workshop you will be doing free writing, writing from guided visualizations, collaborative writing, journaling and memoir work and even some rudimentary drawing, collage and photography." 

Liberty States Fiction Writers Conference. April 5, 2025: Hamilton, NJ. "In addition to our wonderful and diverse keynote speakers, we have a number of editors and agents who will be attending to take pitches as well as some awesome writer and reader workshops!"

Northeast Texas Writers Organization. April 5, 2025: Mt Pleasant, TX. Romance Writing Workshop.

The 2025 Minnesota Writing Workshop. April 5, 2025: St. Paul, MN. "This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. In other words, it’s one day full of classes and advice designed to give you the best instruction concerning how to get your writing & books published. We’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries & pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more. No matter what you’re writing — fiction or nonfiction — the day’s classes will help point you in the right direction. Writers of all genres are welcome."

San Diego Writing Workshop. April 7 - 8, 2025: Online. This writing event is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of two days, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note that there are limited online “seats” at the event (200 total).

Intro to Novels in Verse: Forms and Fundamentals. April 9 - 30, 2025: Online. Join verse novelist Cordelia Jensen for a four-week online course to explore the fundamentals, celebrations, and challenges of writing novels in verse. You’ll be introduced to using this form to its utmost advantage, while taking into consideration the general foundations of storytelling.

Just Do It! Your Collaborative Support Group for Finishing Your Draft (Spring/Summer). April 9 - June 4, 2025: Online. This supportive program takes all creatives (nonfiction or fiction, picture books, novels, essays, and more) from goal-stating to finished drafts. Together, we’ll move through live sessions, writing prompts, studio dates, daily inspirations, check-ins, feedback, and more. 50 participants max.

The 2025 Sacramento Writing Workshop. April 11, 2025: Sacramento, CA. A full-day “How to Get Published” event. "This writing event is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more."

Moravian Writers’ Conference. April 11 - 12, 2025: Bethlehem, PA. Everyone’s invited to this year’s FREE conference, including local community members and faculty and students from all fields of study! This year’s conference (featuring in-person and live streamed events) will cover different ways for thinking about story and story sharing, with a focus on social and environmental justice. Some questions our offerings will pose include:

• What is the value of writing in our society today?
• How can we use writing as a tool to promote social justice and change?
• How do storytelling skills help people make a difference?
• How can we use story sharing to make connections to the issues we face today?

Florida Writing Workshop. April 11 (Orlando) and 12 (Tampa), 2025. Two separate full-day “How to Get Published” writing events in Florida. These writing events are a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note that there are limited seats at the events."

The 2025 Writing Workshop of San Francisco. April 12, 2025: San Francisco, CA. A full-day “How to Get Published” event. "This writing event is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more."

San Antonio Book Festival. April 12, 2025: San Antonio, TX. The San Antonio Book Festival is a FREE, annual, daylong event that unites readers and writers in a celebration of ideas, books, libraries, and literary culture. Featuring more than 80 nationally and regionally acclaimed authors, the Festival offers programming for all ages. 

Rally of Writers Conference. April 12, 2025: Lansing, Michigan. Michigan authors and educators in 15 breakout sessions and workshops on all aspects of writing, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting, the Nuts & Bolts of manuscript submissions, and more. 

Write Stuff Writers Conference. April 13 -15, 2025: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Workshops, Agent./Editor pitch sessions, marketing consults plus lunch and Keynote address, Book Fair, Flash Literature Writing Contest, Door Prizes. Featuring: Tiffany Yates Martin. Registration closes March 2.

Hedgebrook’s Writer-in-Residence Program supports writers from all over the world for residencies of two to four weeks. The cottage, all meals, and the entire residency experience at Hedgebrook is free to selected writers. Travel is not included and is the responsibility of the writer to arrange and pay for. Up to 6 writers can be in residence at a time, each housed in their own handcrafted cottage. They spend their days in solitude – writing, reading, taking walks in the woods on the property or on nearby Double Bluff beach. In the evenings, “The Gathering” is a social time for residents to connect and share over their freshly prepared meals.  Writers must be women, which is inclusive of transgender women and female-identified individuals. Because gender inequity still occurs in all spaces including literary ones, it is part of our explicit mission to support and promote women’s voices. Applications open February 14 - April 14 for 2026 Residency.

Writing Queer & Trans Geographies. April 16, 2025: Online. "This generative poetry workshop will look at how the theme of place offers fruitful opportunities to engage with themes of identity and social justice, challenge fraught assumptions about where queer and trans life thrives, as well as conceptualize affirming futures. We’ll consider how to render the settings where we feel most authentically ourselves and craft work that interrogates the idea that setting is meant only for description: rather, it is an inexorable part of who we are. We will examine work by Natalie Diaz, Oliver Baez Bendorf, Evelyn Berry, Danez Smith, and Andrea Abi-Karam."

Norwescon. April 17 - 20, 2025: Sea Tac, WA. Norwescon is one of the largest regional Science Fiction and Fantasy conventions in the United States.

Nebraska Writers Guild Annual Conference and Writing Retreat. April 24 - 26, 2025: Omaha, NE. Workshops, pitch sessions with an agent and writing sessions followed by evening keynote speakers.

Ozarks Writers League Conference. April 25 - 26, 2025: Joplin, MO. The Ozarks Writers League is a group of like-minded individuals dedicated to promoting writing, literacy, photography, and art. Since 1983, OWL has welcomed individuals at all stages of their development. 

Kentucky Writing Workshop, April 25, 2025: Louisville, KY. This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. In other words, it’s one day full of classes and advice designed to give you the best instruction concerning how to get your writing & books published. We’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries & pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more. No matter what you’re writing — fiction or nonfiction — the day’s classes will help point you in the right direction. Writers of all genres are welcome.

Monadnock Pastoral Poetry Retreat. April 25 - 27, 2025. Greenfield, NH.  Includes workshops, individual conferences, participant & mentor readings; hiking & kayaking (weather permitting). Each workshop uses dual mentors.

Poetry at Round Top Festival. April 25 - 27, 2025: Round Top, Texas. Featuring: Mark Doty, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Amanda Johnston, Kim Stafford, Hayan Charara, Cecily Parks, Joan Logghe.

Malice Domestic. April 25 - 27, 2025: Bethesda, MD. Malice Domestic™ is an annual fan convention in the metropolitan DC area that celebrates the traditional mystery, books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The genre is loosely identified as mysteries which contain no explicit sex, or excessive gore, or violence. 

Tennessee Writing Workshop. April 26, 2025: Nashville, TN. This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. In other words, it’s one day full of classes and advice designed to give you the best instruction concerning how to get your writing & books published. We’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries & pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more. No matter what you’re writing — fiction or nonfiction — the day’s classes will help point you in the right direction. Writers of all genres are welcome. 

Red Clay Writers Conference. April 26, 2025: Kennesaw GA. Red Clay Writers Conference is the annual conference of Georgia Writers Association. Red Clay has been hosted since 2009 to encourage and inspire writers through literary events that focus on the art and craft of writing. 

Philadelphia Writing Workshop. April 26, 2025: Philadelphia, PA.  This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. In other words, it’s one day full of classes and advice designed to give you the best instruction concerning how to get your writing & books published. We’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries & pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more. No matter what you’re writing — fiction or nonfiction — the day’s classes will help point you in the right direction. Writers of all genres are welcome.

WORKSHOPS WITH APPLICATION DEADLINES IN APRIL

Odyssey Writing Workshop. June 2, 2025 (6 weeks): Online. Since its inception in 1996, Odyssey has become one of the most highly respected workshops for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Will be held online. Application deadline April 1.

Kenyon Review Writers Workshops. June 15 - 20, 2025: Gambier, Ohio. Workshops in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction led by an accomplished faculty. Genre workshops (Fiction, Literary Nonfiction, and Poetry) are held for three hours each morning. Online. Applications close April 14, 2025.

8 New Literary Agencies Seeking Kidlit, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Nonfiction and more

New literary agencies are started by established agents with considerable experience in the publishing industry. They have reliable contacts in publishing houses and a roster of successes getting writers published. New agencies are looking to expand, and are eager to take on prospective clients.

Always check the agency website and agent bio before submitting. Submission requirements can change. 

NOTE: Don't submit to several agents at the same agency simultaneously. If one rejects you, you may then submit to another. 

You can find a full list of agents actively seeking new clients here: Agents Seeking Clients. 

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Lexington Literary (UK)

Lexington Literary was founded in 2024 by Seren Adams and Kat Aitken. They represent a diverse range of authors of acclaimed and prize-winning fiction and non-fiction.

Seren Adams

She represents writers of literary fiction and narrative non-fiction, and many of her authors have been nominated for and won prizes for their work. She is always looking for exceptional literary voices, precise prose, and is drawn to the strange or surprising in both fiction and non-fiction. 

To submit your work, please send a sample and description of the project along with a brief biographical note to seren@lexingtonliterary.co.uk

Kat Aitken

In fiction, I am looking for anything extraordinary and precise. I also cannot resist literary fiction which plays with genre. In prose, I am fiercely attracted to anything playful, lively and innovative. Novels which assess humanity at an angle, with a sharp gaze. I’m desperate to find novels which make me laugh. In non-fiction I am looking for looking for stylish writing, fresh perspectives and (to borrow a phrase from Haley Nahman) anything that makes you think about the impossible task of being alive. Any thought-provoking work from experts in their field always welcome, as well as academics, journalists and critics looking to write for a trade audience. I am also interested in finding work which is experimental and genre-defying. For whatever reason, I find myself constantly lured by writing on psychoanalysis and therapy. 

To submit your work, please send a brief cover letter along with a biographical note and either the first three chapters of your work (if fiction) or a proposal (if non-fiction) to kat@lexingtonliterary.co.uk.

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Open Book Literary 

Leslie Zampetti launched Open Book Literary after experiences with Odom Media Management, Dunham Literary, and The Bent Agency. 

A former librarian in special, public, and school libraries, Leslie’s focus is on the right book at the right time for the reader. Having negotiated with organizations from Lexis-Nexis to elementary school PTAs, she obtains terms that favor her clients while building satisfying relationships with publishers. And after cataloging rocket launch videos for NASA & model rocket ships for elementary school, she welcomes working with the unexpected challenges that pop up in publishing. 

Leslie  serves as Secretary, Board Member, and on the Communications and Programming Committees of the Association of American Literary Agents, and she is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

Leslie received her B.A. in English from  Wake Forest University and her M.L.I.S. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is a writer herself,  familiar with querying from both sides of the desk. A frequent presenter at conferences, workshops, and retreats, you can follow Leslie on social media @literarylesliez .

What she is seeking: At Open Book Literary, the focus is on bringing under-represented voices to publishing, especially those voices centering disability, poverty, women, neurodivergence, and Judaism, Islam, and non-western religions. Life is messy, and so are people. Identities are complex, and Leslie champions the intersections between aspects of identity.

Overall, Leslie seeks books with a strong commercial premise, distinct prose, and multiple layers of meaning that keep you thinking long after you finish the story. Think of a calm sea: it’s cool and inviting, but deeper than you expect. 

How to submit: See website for submission guidelines.

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Philippa Sitters Associates (UK)

PSA Ltd is a literary agency founded in 2024 by Philippa Sitters. 

Working alongside a very talented contingency of co-agents globally, Philippa aims to take the stress out of the journey from pitch to publication. She works closely with authors on readying their books for submission to publishers, making sure everything runs smoothly and fairly along the way so that every author can have the best experience before and after the book is in the hands of the reader.

Having grown up in south Devon, Philippa graduated from Leeds University with a BA in Classical Civilisation before moving to London to do a Masters in Publishing at Kingston University. Since then she's worked in literary agencies, such as Peters, Fraser + Dunlop, Sheil Land and David Godwin Associates, where she spent ten years working with a diverse group of authors and building her list. 

What she is seeking: Philippa has a broad range of interests, representing novels up and down the literary-commercial scale, as well as non-fiction, from highly illustrated to serious non-fiction. Diversity within her list is an ever-present priority. 

How to submit: See website for submission guidelines.

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High Line Literary Collective

High Line is located in the heart of Manhattan just steps from the High Line, a once-abandoned railway track turned nature park pathway in the sky spanning from 20th to 34th street. High Line Literary Collective has seven experienced agents working in two divisions, fiction and nonfiction.

High Line Literary Collective is dedicated to providing robust film, television and documentary rights opportunities for their authors. High Line Literary Collective partners with Baror International for foreign rights. Founded more than 20 years ago, Baror International, Inc. is a premier literary agency and the first of its kind specializing in the international and domestic representation of literary works in both fiction and non-fiction.

What they are seeking: Genre fiction (all genres), children's and YA. Non-Fiction:Art, Biography, Cookbooks, Crafts/DIY, Cultural criticism, Current Events, Fashion, Feminism and women\'s issues, Fitness, Health, History, Humor, Illustrated, Journalism, LGBTQ, Memoir, Parenting, Pop Culture, Psychology, Relationships and family, Science, Self-help, Sports, Travel, True Crime, Wellness.

How to submit: Please follow individual agents' instructions HERE

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Megibow Literary Agency

Sara Megibow represents authors who write picture books (fiction and nonfiction/ all sub-genres), middle grade (all sub-genres), young adult (all sub-genres), adult romance (all sub-genres) and science fiction/ fantasy for the adult market (all sub-genres).

Helen Masvikeni represents authors who write adult thriller, adult mystery, adult crime, adult non-fiction and memoir, anything "folklore", picture books (fiction and nonfiction/ all sub-genres), upmarket commercial fiction, and adult romance (all sub-genres).

Matthew Valdez represents storytellers who write for both adults and young adults. He is looking for horror, science fiction, upmarket commercial fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, psychological thriller, contemporary YA, adult contemporary romance, and graphic novels in any genre. He longs to champion stories from all marginalized backgrounds, and especially voices from the LGBTQ+ community. 

How to submit: Follow submission guidelines HERE.

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Portobello Literary (UK)

Caro Clarke is the founder and literary agent at Portobello Literary. They founded the agency in 2022 after twelve years working in publishing houses – Transworld (PRH) and Canongate Books as a Senior Rights Manager. They were named Rights Professional of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2021 and a Bookseller Rising Star in 2024.

Writers they have worked with have won or been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Wainwright Prize, Saltire National Book Awards, Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize, Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, Forward Prize, Morley Prize for Unpublished Writers of Colour, Mo Siewcharran Prize, Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award, Northern Writers Award, Nan Shepherd Prize, Laurel Prize, Nature Chronicles Prize, Wasafiri New Writing Prize, Eric Gregory Award, Women in Journalism Georgina Henry award, SI Leeds Literary Award and the Frank Allen Bullock Creative Writing Prize.Portobello Literary.

What they are seeking: Adult fiction and non-fiction, including narrative non-fiction, memoir, popular science, big ideas, travel, culture, essays, queer culture and intersectional feminism, nature writing, food writing and cookbooks.

How to submit: To send in your submission, please address your email to Caro at submissions@portobelloliterary.co.uk with:

• A synopsis of your book
• A short biography
• And, depending on whether you're sending fiction or non-fiction:
• For fiction: the first three chapters or the first 50 pages of your manuscript along with the total word count
• For non-fiction: a chapter outline and three sample chapters no longer than 50 pages.

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Gemma Cooper Literary (UK)

I’ve been a literary agent since 2011, including as a director at The Bent Agency, and set up my own agency, Gemma Cooper Literary, in 2024. I represent #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestsellers, Barnes & Noble Children’s Book Award winners, Waterstones Children’s Book Prize winners, the Australian Book Industry Overall Children’s Book of the Year, and books that have been shortlisted for the Edgar Award, the Carnegie Medal, and many more.

I’m lucky to have lived and worked in New York, Chicago and London, experience that has given me a global approach to representation. I work with authors all over the world and sell directly to publishers in the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia.  

What she is seeking: Children’s books, young adult books, and certain adult genres. My list is typified by big-concept, commercial series fiction. My current clients are a great snapshot of my taste. The best part of my job is getting to be the first fan of an unpublished book and then its champion – nothing beats talking about your favourite stories with other book lovers.

 

What she is seeking: Children’s books, young adult books, and certain adult genres: cosy crime, smart contemporary crime with humour. She is not open to contemporary adult fiction, adult non-fiction, literary novels, romance, nor poetry.

How to submit: Follow submisssion guidelines HERE.

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Steelworks

Founded by Lori Steel in 2024 and based in the Washington DC area, Steelworks is a full-service, boutique literary agency representing authors, illustrators, and graphic novelists with an emphasis on children’s and young adult literature, and select titles for the crossover and adult markets. 

What she is seeking: Lori considers fiction and nonfiction projects from picture books to New Adult, and author-illustrators who create picture books, illustrated novels, and graphic novels. She is drawn to character-driven stories that demonstrate a deep trust and respect for their readers. For all projects, she seeks stories with accessible, authentic, and unforgettable voices that reflect the diverse world we inhabit, instill the possibility of hope and change, and illuminate the shared human experience.

Submissions: Check the website for open submission periods.

123 Calls for Submissions in March 2025 - Paying markets

This March there are ten dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As always, every genre, style, and form is wanted, from short stories to poetry to essays.

I post upcoming calls for submissions shortly before the first day of every month. But as I am collecting them, I post them on my page, Calls for Submissions. You can get a jump on next month's calls for submissions by checking that page periodically throughout the month. (I only post paying markets.)

Also see Paying Markets for hundreds of paying markets arranged by form and genre.

Happy submitting!

Note: I update this list continually throughout the month, so check back frequently for new submission calls.

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Brave Knights: Heroic Courage. Genre: Speculative Fiction. Theme: Bravery and courage still matter. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

The Offing Micro. Genre: Ten- to 560-character (including spaces) works in any genre. You may submit one to five Micros in a single submission. Payment: ? Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Solstitia. Genre: All genres and all submission types (fiction, non fiction, poetry, art). Word count up to 10,000. See theme. Payment: $50. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Okay Donkey. Genre: One flash fiction OR one poem per author, per submission period. See website for details. Payment: $20. Deadline: Opens March 1, 2025 and closes when cap is reached.

Sundog. Genre: Fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art. Payment: $50. Deadline: Opens March 1, 2025, and closes when they reach capacity.

Orion's Belt. Genre: Speculative fiction, poetry, art. Length: 1200 words max. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: Opens March 1, 2025.

IHRAM Publishes. Genre: Poetry, fiction, esssays, art. Theme: The Evolving Gaze: Society’s Voice for Masculinity. Payment: $50 for writing, $25 for art. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

The Forge Literary Magazine. Genre: Prose. They prefer stories under 3,000 words but will consider up to 5,000 words. Payment: $100. Deadline: Opens March 1, 2025. Free submissions open on the 1st of each month and close when cap is reached. 

Teach. Write. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, CNF. "I prefer writing that is either written by composition teachers and writing students OR about teaching and learning." Payment: $15. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Microcosm Publishing: Disability & Bikes in Space Anthology. Genre: Speculative feminist fiction about disability and bicycles. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Toronto Journal. Genre: Short stories from anywhere in the world. No word limit. "We will also consider non-fiction pieces that are either set locally or explore some local history (Toronto, GTA, and surrounding)." Payment: $50 CAD per piece. All published writers will also receive two printed copies of the issue in which they appear. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

table/FEAST. Genre: Prose, poetry, CNF, art about food. Payment: $10 per poem, prose $20, art $15. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Singapore Unbound: Suspect. Restrictions: Open to authors who identify as Asian. Genre: Fiction and essays (maximum 6,500 words) or poetry (maximum 10 pages). See theme. Payment: $100. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Parabola. Genre: Original essays and translations, poetry, reviews. See themes. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Thema. Genre: Fiction, poetry, and art on theme: The Lost Sock. Payment:  $10-$25 for short fiction and artwork, $10 for poetry. Deadline: March 1, 2025. Accepts reprints.

Book XI. Genre: Personal essays, memoir, fiction, science fiction, humor, and poetry with philosophical themes. See theme. Payment: $200 for prose; $50 for poetry. Deadline: March 1, 2025. Closes when cap is reached.

Horror Short Story Anthology. Genre: Horror and dark fantasy. Payment: $10. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. Genre: Speculative stories. Payment: 8 cents/word for original work. 2 cents/word for reprints. Deadline: March 2, 2025. Opens March 1.

Affirm Press Restrictions: They only accept Australians. Genre: Affirm Press accepts all literary and genre fiction. For non-fiction, they are interested in most subjects that have an author or authors based in Australia, and only manuscripts that haven’t been previously published. They only accept submissions on the first Monday of each month and twice yearly on their children’s & teen list. Read their submission guidelines here. Deadline: March 3, 2025.

Stone's Throw. Genre: Noir, dark fiction, crime short stories. Length: between 1,000 and 2,000 words. See theme. Payment: $25. Deadline: March 4, 2025. Note: This is a monthly call.

Androids and Dragons. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: $5. Deadline: March 5, 2025. Accepts reprints.

Talk Vomit. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Theme: The call is coming from inside the house. Payment: Fiction and nonfiction - $10-30; poetry - $5-15. Deadline: March 6, 2025.

Hexagon. Genre: Speculative fiction short stories, flash fiction, poetry, graphic stories, and visual art, in English or French. Payment: $5 for accepted poetry and cartoons, 0.01$ per word for all short stories up to 7,500 words, $40/page for comics and $150 for cover art pieces. (Payment in CAD). Deadline: March 7, 2025. Open to submissions the first week of every second month.

Black Inc. Restrictions: Accepts proposals from Australian writers only. Genre: General non-fiction, including history, current affairs, biography and memoir, and for fiction. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 7, 2025.

R&R Magazine. Genre: Poetry, poetry translations, and short fiction. Payment: $50 for 2-5 poems, and $75 for fiction. Deadline: March 7, 2025.

University of Queensland Press Genre: Adult non-fiction submissions that address environmental sustainability and the climate crisis. We are looking for potential new books that engage with current science, with themes of hope, resilience and innovation. Full or partial manuscripts (minimum 15,000 words) will be accepted. They do not publish books in the following categories: Genre fiction (including romance, science fiction, fantasy, and erotica), travel guides, cookbooks, self-help books, plays/scripts/music scores, textbooks, unrevised theses or conference proceedings. Read their submission guidelines here. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 7, 2025. Open the first seven days of every month.

Northwords Now. Genre: Prose and poetry. Work can be in Gaelic, English, Scots and any local variants used in Scotland. Also does book reviews. Payment: "Modest." Deadline: March 8, 2025.

Cosmic Horror Monthly. Genre: Weird and cosmic fiction under 5,000 words. See theme. Payment: 3 cents (USD) per word. Deadline: March 8, 2025.

Bennington Review. Genre: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, film writing, and cross-genre work. Payment: $120 for prose of six typeset pages and under, $250 for prose of over six typeset pages, and $25 per poem. Deadline: March 9, 2025.

Northern Gravy. Restrictions: Northern Gravy welcomes submissions from UK & Ireland writers of any background, including first-time writers. Genre: Fiction, Poetry and Kid Lit (writing for Middle Grade and Young Adult audiences) Payment: £100 per contributor. Deadline: March 9, 2025.

Catapult: No Contact. Genre: Personal essays and flash nonfiction on theme: Estrangement from family. Payment: $50 flash nonfiction / $100 essay. Deadline: March 9, 2025.

Moa Press is an imprint of Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a broad-ranging adult list, publishing everything from commercial to literary fiction, YA fantasy, and quality non-fiction from memoir to natural history. Moa Press aims to champion a diverse range of voices, representing a multitude of cultures and perspectives from within Aotearoa New Zealand. Read their submission guidelines here.   Deadline: March 9, 2025.

Samjoko Magazine. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, play, screenplay. Payment: $20. Deadline: March 10, 2025.

Eavesdrop Magazine. Restrictions: Canadian writers (anyone living in Canada for work, school, asylum, etc, as well as artists living on traditional, unceded territories, is welcome to submit). Genre: Queer-focused fiction, poetry, comics, plays, CNF, art. Payment: $30 per poem, $70 per short fiction, CNF piece, and short play, $70 per visual art piece, $30 per comic. Deadline: March 10, 2025.

Mslexia. Restrictions: Open to women. Genre: Fiction, poetry. Stories must be no longer than 2,200 words and poems up to 40 lines. See theme. Payment: £25. Deadline: March 10, 2025.

Horror Library. Genre: Horror short stories. Payment: 2 cents/word. Deadline: March 10, 2025.

Carcanet Press. Genre: Full-length poetry collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 14, 2025.

Cast of Wonders. Genre: YA Speculative fiction. Podcast. See themes. Payment: $.08/word for original fiction up to 6,000 words. For reprints, a $100 flat rate for Short Fiction, and a $20 flat rate for Flash Fiction. Deadline: March 14, 2025.

Wordworks. Restrictions: Open to BC and Yukon writers. Genre: Nonfiction. Sometimes publishes poetry, flash fiction, short story, and creative non-fiction. See theme. Payment: $125 for articles of 400–600 words and $250 for articles of 800–1,100 words, $100 for cover art and $25 for other interior illustrations, $50 for reprints. Deadline: March 14, 2025.

Heroic Fantasy Quarterly. Genre: Sword and sorcery fantasy. Payment: $25 - $100 for stories, depending on length, and $12.50 - $25 for poems, upon publication. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Beach Reads. Genre: Light and fun stories. Payment: $20 or royalties. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

swim meet lit mag. Genre: Poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction (think memoir and personal essay), visual art and photography. "Send us hybrids, work that pushes the boundaries of creativity, that you’d be proud to see published!" Payment: $30 AUD per poem and visual art piece, $50 AUD for prose and cover art. Only pays Australian writers. Deadline: March 15, 2025. See themes.

Kitchen Work. Genre: Writing about markets, cafes, urban picnics, tiny kitchens, and big dinner tables in your favorite city. Payment: $0.20 per word. Illustrators are paid $100 per accepted illustration. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Plott Hound. Genre: Speculative fiction starring animals. Payment: 8 cents/word. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Eye to the Telescope. Genre: Speculative poetry. See theme. Payment: $0.04/word, up to $25. Deadline: March 15, 2025. 

Philly Poetry Chapbook Review. Genre: Poetry and reviews of chapbooks coming soon or published in the past three years. Payment: $10. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Book*hug Press is a Canadian independent literary publisher working at the forefront of contemporary book culture. "We specialize in bold and exciting literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, poetry, and literature in translation. We champion emerging established writers whose work meaningfully contributes to and reflects contemporary culture and society, books that challenge and push the boundaries of cultural expectations. Please note that we do not publish children’s literature, genre fiction, cookbooks, textbooks, or self-help books." Read submission guidelines here. Payment: Roylties. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Penumbric. Genre: Speculative fiction, poetry, art, animation, and music. Payment: $10. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Modern Mummies Anthology. Genre: Mummy genre horror. Payment: 5 cents USD per word for original fiction works and 1 cent per word for reprints. Deadline: Extended submission window exclusively for BIPOC, 2SLGBTQ+, Disabled, Neurodiverse, and other underrepresented voices: March 1 – March 15, 2025. Reprints accepted.

University of Wisconsin Press. Genre: Full-length manuscripts. "We publish a limited number of novels and short story collections. Historically, we have focused on works with LGBTQ themes or works set in Wisconsin and the upper Midwest. We are open to considering well-written works of literary fiction that do not meet either of these criteria. However, we do not publish science fiction, fantasy, romance, young adult, and most other genre fiction." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Epoch. Genre: Poetry, prose, art and comics. Payment: $100 - $500 for poetry, prose, and comics, depending on length, and $350 for cover art. Deadline: March 15, 2025. No fee for snail mail submissions.

Quarter Press: Quarter(ly). Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art. See themes. Payment: $5. Deadline: March 15, 2025. Closes when cap is reached.

Christmas Spirits. Genre: Ghost stories suitable for sharing around a fire during holiday celebrations. Payment: $50 per work that appears in the printed magazine. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Meadowlark Books. Genre: Full-length memoir, poetry, short stories, novels. Read their submission guidelines here. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Harlequin: The Great Love Inspired Author Search. Genre: Romance. Harlequin is looking for new authors. Pitch only. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Demagogue Press. Genre: Original works from Oregon and Washington based writers that include a quest or chase element and prominently feature iconic (or soon to be iconic!) locations throughout the urban, wild, and lost places in our backyards. "We have an editorial preference for works in a “spooky speculative” vein including fantasy and light horror." Payment: $50. Deadline: March 16, 2025.

Futurepoem. Genre: Full-length poetry collection. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 17, 2025.

ECO24: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction. Genre: Speculative ecofiction published between Jan 1 and Dec 31, 2024. Stories must be complete (no excerpts) and between 1,000 and 6,000 words. Payment: $0.01 (USD) per word + 1 physical print copy and 1 ebook copy. Deadline: March 17, 2025.

Profiles. Restrictions: Does not accept submissions of original writing from residents of the US or Canada (with the exception of Irish citizens). However, translators living in these countries are welcome to submit. Genre: Character-driven fiction and non-fiction — both original works and works in translation — between 1,000 and 5,000 words. Payment: €200. The cover artist will receive a flat fee of €500. Deadline: March 18, 2025.

Qwerty. Genre: Fiction, CNF, Poetry. Payment: $15 CAD. Deadline: March 19, 2025.

Rainy Weather Days. Genre: Defiant poems and prose. See theme. Payment: $10 per poem, $25 for prose. Deadline: March 20, 2025.

Short Fiction. Restrictions: They accept submissions from the UK, Europe, the Commonwealth and every other country except for the USA. Genre: Short fiction between 500 and 5,000 words. Payment: 2p (£0.02) per word, to the nearest 100 words, with a minimum of £30 and maximum £100. Deadline: March 23, 2025.

new words. Genre: nw{p} is a trans and gender-expansive poetry and hybrid journal. Payment: $15. Deadline: March 25, 2025.

Stygian Lepus Magazine. Genre: Dark speculative fiction. Payment: $5. Deadline: March 25, 2025.

The Feminist Press is an educational nonprofit organization founded to advance women's rights and amplify feminist perspectives. FP publishes classic and new writing from around the world, creates cutting-edge programs, and elevates silenced and marginalized voices in order to support personal transformation and social justice for all people. Genre: Novels and novellas. Read guidelines HERE. Deadline: Opens March 25, 2025 and closes when they reach capacity.

Tiny Terrors. Genre: Horror. Payment: 2 cents/word plus royalties. Deadline: March 26, 2025.

Flame Tree: Afrofuturism Short Stories. Genre: Afrofuturism SFF. "Authors must be writing from an authentic perspective of the Black experience, whether based in the diaspora or in Africa." Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints. Deadline: March 28, 2025.

Midnight & Indigo. Restrictions: Open to black women. Genre: Fiction, personal essays. Payment: $50 for essays, and $50-$75 for fiction. Deadline: March 30, 2025.

Flash Point Science Fiction. Genre: Speculative fiction stories from 100 to 1,000 words in length. "Send us your science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, and everything in between, so long as it’s short." Payment: 2 cents/word. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Propel. Restrictions; Open to poets based in the UK or Ireland who have yet to publish their first full-length poetry collection. Genre: Poetry. Payment: £20. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Quills and Cosmos. Restrictions: Only accepts submissions from women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other minorities. Genre: Fantasy and science fiction novels. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

"Where Connections Lead" Anthology. Genre: Short fiction. Word Count: 1,000 to 10,000 words. See theme. Payment: $50. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

SAPP. Restrictions: Prioritizes work by Canadians. Genre: art, photography, and writing that captures what “imagined futures” means to you. Payment: Cover art: $100, $30 per accepted piece (poem, art, photography, short form, or hybrid). Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Island Magazine. Restrictions: Open to Australian and New Zealand citizens and residents only. Genre: Poetry. Payment: $175. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Reimagined AI. Genre: Poetry and short stories (max 2,500 words) on theme: AI. Payment: $20. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Mascara. Genre: Creative nonfiction writing, poetry, and new experimental prose by disabled and neurodivergent First Nations and CaLD writers. Payment: $500. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Gutter. Genre: Poetry and prose in Scotland and beyond. Length: Poetry submissions can consist of up to five poems, totaling no more than 120 lines. Prose, up to 3000 words. Payment: £30. Deadline: March 31, 2025

Banshee Press: It doesn’t have to be this way. Genre: Speculative fiction. Payment: €250 for fiction/nonfiction; €75 for flash fiction; €50/poem. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Memezine. Genre: "We like stuff that blurs the lines between art, literature, and content. Send any work (traditional or hybrid) that engages with our participation in the digital landscape. Send us your best…oh screw it, send us your worst too. We encourage you to read our “About” page if this is your first time submitting, thank yewww <3" Payment: $5. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

THIS EXQUISITE TOPOLOGY. Genre: Slipstream, speculative—science fiction, horror, fantasy, weird— and fabulist pieces exploring the radiance, awe, and exuberant thrall of “This Exquisite Topology” in short stories (1k-6k), flash fiction (~500-1k), or poetry (no line limit).  Payment: $10 per poem and $25 per short story or flash (paid via PayPal). Deadline: March 31, 2025.

The Marrow. Genre: Poetry written in, or translated into, English, from Australian and international poets. Payment: AU$40. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

The Stinging Fly. Genre: CNF on theme: Climate crisis. Pitches only. Payment: €45-1,200. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Metatron Press. Restrictions: Submissions are open to Canadian citizens and residents only. Genre: Poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, as well as innovative or hybrid book projects that push the boundaries of contemporary literature and book art. "While we don’t have strict formatting or length requirements, our books typically range from 60–160 pages." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

New Orleans Review. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Payment: $300 for prose, $100 for poetry. Deadline: March 31, 2025. In celebration of Disability Awareness Month, there are no submission fees for writers living with both visible and invisible disabilities for the month of March.

Dark Moments Monthly Challenge. Genre: Drabble. See theme. Payment: 4 cents/word. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Behind the Shadows. Genre: Horror. There is no restriction as to how you incorporate the theme into your story as long as the genre falls within Speculative Fiction, including Sci-Fi or Fantasy. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

The Fiddlehead. Restrictions: Canadians only. Genre: Fiction, including excerpts from novels, creative nonfiction, art, poetry. Payment: $60 CAD per published page. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Haven Speculative. Restrictions: Open to submissions by authors of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other underrepresented groups. Genre: Speculative fiction and poetry. Payment: 8¢ per word for fiction and $20 for poetry. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Podcastle. Genre: Fantasy podcast. Length: Up to 6,000 words. Theme: Disability Pride & Magic. Payment: $0.06/word for original; $100 for reprints, $20 for flash fiction reprints. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Chestnut Review. Genre: Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, visual media (art/photography). Payment: $120. Deadline: March 31, 2025. Submit early in the month to avoid submission fee.

Hearth Stories. Genre: Speculative fiction. "We publish fiction and poetry that explore connection, family, relationships, comfort, and the natural world. The stories often fall into a fantasy, science-fiction, or magical realism sort of “slice of life.” Payment: 1¢ per word for accepted stories (with a minimum of $20 regardless of length. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

MetaStellar. Genre: Science fiction, fantasy or horror. 1000 words max. Payment: 8 cents per word. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

parABnormal. Genre: Nonfiction, poetry on the paranormal. "For us, this includes ghosts, spectres, haunts, various whisperers, and so forth. It also includes shapeshifters and creatures from various folklores." Payment: $25.00 for original stories, $7.00 for reprints.$6.00 for each poem. $20.00 for original articles, $6.00 for reprints. $7.00 for reviews and interviews. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Banshee. Genre: Poetry, essays, flash fiction, short stories. Payment: "Small" Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Small Harbor Publishing. Restrictions: Open to marginalized writers only. Genre: Chapbooks. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Tiger Bark Press. Genre: Poetry. "As part of Tiger Bark Press’s ongoing commitment to printing quality poetry by a diversity of voices, the press holds an open reading period throughout the month of March each year, for full-length book manuscripts by American poets who identify as Black, as indigenous, or as people of color. There is no entry fee for submission." Payment: Selected poets will be offered a standard publishing contract, with books scheduled for publication within one year of acceptance. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Riddle Fence is a Labrador and Newfoundland based quarterly magazine of arts and culture. Genre: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual art, reviews and features. Payment: $30/page. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Hub City Press. Genre: Books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. "We are seeking new and extraordinary voices from the American South." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025. 

SpecPoVerse. Genre: Speculative poetry. Payment: $5. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

The Hudson Review. Genre: Nonfiction. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: March 31, 2025. 

OCCUPYING BODIES – BODY HORROR ANTHOLOGY. Genre: Stories on the horrors of having human consciousness and occupying a body. Payment: Stories over 3,000 words will receive $10 USD. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Black Hare Press. Genre: Dark stories, in any genre. Payment: 5,000 to 10,000 words  – $20 USD, 10,000 to 17,000 words– $30 USD.. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Snafu: Contagion. Genre: Action-based horror. "Please ensure the action is central to the story, from start to finish, and don’t forget monsters! It really should be in the style of military or paramilitary action." Payment: 5 cents/word. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Graveside Press: Cryptid Anthology. Genre: Horror on theme: Cryptids. Payment: $0.02/word. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

khōréō. Restrictions: Open to writers who identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms. "This includes, but is not limited to, first- and second-generation immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, persons who identify with one or more diaspora communities, persons who have been displaced or whose heritage has been erased due to colonialism/imperialism, transnational/transracial adoptees, and anyone whose heritage and history includes ‘here and elsewhere’. We especially encourage BIPOC creators who identify as the above to submit their work." Genre: Stories and art: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. Payment: 0,10/word for fiction, $100 for nonfiction, and $40-300 for art. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Serving House Books. Genre: Poetry collections. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Inked in Gray. Genre: Full-length romance. Marginalized communities preferred. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

My Galvanized Friend. Restrictions: Submissions must be LGBTQIA+ content created by LGBTQIA+ identified submitters. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, and essays between 500 and 3,500 words as well as works of poetry and original works of art. Payment: $25 per fiction/nonfiction/essay and $10 per page of poetry. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Bethlehem Writers Roundtable. Genre: Short stories and poetry. See theme. Payment: $50.00 USD for featured authors, or $20.00 USD for stories published on their &More page and $10.00 USD for poems. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

foofaraw anthology. Genre: Speculative and literary fiction. See theme. Payment: Fiction: $0.01 per word. Poetry: $5.00. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Palimpsest Press Genre: Full-length poetry, literary fiction, and non-fiction titles that deal with poetics, cultural criticism, and literary biography. "We look for poetry that displays technical mastery, precise language, and an authentic voice, and fiction that is rich in imagery, well crafted, and focused on character development. Our non-fiction titles are essays or memoirs written by poets, and books that examine Canadian poetry and the Canadian cultural landscape. In an effort to remove barriers for BIPOC, Deaf, and Disabled authors, Palimpsest Press is officially opening submissions year-round for authors who identify as BIPOC, Deaf, or Disabled. These guidelines take effect immediately. Please include “Year-round Submission” in the email subject line if you submit outside of our designated January1st-March 31st submission period." Read their submission guidelines here. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Terrain.org. Genre: Poetry, nonfiction, fiction, artwork, videos, and other contributions on place, climate, and justice. Payment: $50. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Spirit of the Wolf. Genre: Speculative fiction stories where wolves play a major role. Payment: $20. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Dragon Soul Press: Sea of Monsters. Genre: All pirate stories are welcome. The more monsters, the better. All genres accepted. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

JMS Books. Genre: LGBTQ romance stories, 12,000 words minimum. See theme. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Utopia Science Fiction. Genre: Utopian science fiction. See theme. Payment: $0.08/word for fiction, $30 for nonfiction, $25 for poetry. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Brother Mockingbird Press Genre: Full length Women's Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Mystery, Commercial literary fiction, Thrillers, Suspense, Traditional crime (i.e. 'cozies'), Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural, Young Adult. Their new imprint, Small Town Girl, focuses on fiction and nonfiction set in or about the 1980s. Payment: Royalties. Read guidelines HERE. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Split Lip Magazine. Genre: Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Payment: $75 for poems, memoirs, flash, fiction, and art, $50 for interviews/reviews, and $25 for mini-reviews web issues. Deadline: March 31, 2025. Closes when they reach capacity, so submit early.

Gordon Square Review. Genre: Poetry, short stories, personal essays, and hybrid prose works.  Payment: $25 per prose piece and $10 per poem. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

McClelland & Stewart is a division of Penguin Random House. Restrictions: Open to Black, Indigenous, and racialized writers, as well as those of other traditionally underrepresented communities. Genre: Full-length literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Payment: Advance and royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Adroit Journal. Genre: Fiction, poetry, art. Payment: $100. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Cabin Reading Series. Genre: Poetry collections, speculative and non-speculative. Payment: Royalties. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Short Story Substack accepts one short story every month. Genre: All genres. Word count 6,000 - 10,000 words. Payment: Base Pay of $100 for the chosen story + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Deadline: March 31, 2025. Reprints accepted.

Poetry Substack accepts one poem every month. Genre: Poem. Must have a rhyme scheme or a rhythm scheme. No blank verse or free verse. Payment: Base Pay of $10 for the chosen poem + 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Deadline: March 31, 2025. Reprints accepted.

AND A FEW MORE...

Escape Plan: Earth. Genre: Pulp Mad Science Fiction. Word Count: 5,000 – 10,000. Payment: A percentage of sales divided equally between the contributing authors. Deadline: April 1, 2025.

The Paris Review. Genres: Poetry. Payment: Not specified. Deadline: Opens April 1, 2025, and closes when they reach capacity.

Zero Street Restrictions: Open to LGBTQ+ writers. Genre: Full-length literary fiction. "Zero Street will be committed to LGBTQ+ literary fiction with commercial potential, providing marginalized authors opportunities for a wide readership in the trade fiction market. The series editors are Timothy Schaffert, bestselling author of The Perfume Thief, and SJ Sindu, author of Blue-Skinned Gods. The series seeks LGBTQ+ literary fiction of all kinds, from stories of modern life to innovations on traditions of genre and are particularly interested in BIPOC authors, trans authors, and queer authors over 50." Payment: Royalties. Deadline: April 1, 2025.

The Ex-Puritan. Genre: Poetry, fiction, reviews, interviews, essays, and experimental work. "The Ex-Puritan now seeks to publish the best in all forms of writing." Payment: $100 - $200 (CAD). Deadline: April 1, 2025.

Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. Genre: Speculative stories. Payment: 8 cents/word for original work. 2 cents/word for reprints. Deadline: April 2, 2025. Opens April 1.

West Branch. Genre: Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. Payment: $50 per submission of poetry, and $.05/word for prose with a maximum payment of $100. Deadline: April 1, 2025.

The Other Stories (Audio). Genre: Horror on themes. Payment: 15 GBT. Deadline: April 1, 2025. See themes.

Ninth Letter. Genre: Fiction, CNF, Poetry. Payment: $25 per poem and $100 for prose. Deadline: April 1, 2024. Closes when they reach cap.

90 Free Writing Contests in March 2025 - No entry fees

This March there are more than seven dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes range from $27,000 to publication. None charge entry fees.

Some of these contests have age and geographical restrictions, so read the instructions carefully.

If you want to get a jump on next month's contests go to Free Contests. Many of these contests are offered annually, so even if the deadline has passed, you can prepare for next year.

Good luck! 

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United States/Japan Creative Artists Residencies. This is a 3-5 month residency in Japan. Grant: $24,000. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. Restrictions: Open to BIPOC writers. Genre: Short fiction. Prize: $1,500 top prize. Deadline: Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Tales to Terrify. Genre: Horror. Length: 1000 words max. See theme. Prize: $50. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Intrepid Times Travel Writing Contest. Genre: Factual, first-person travel story. Intrepid Times is inviting writers to explore the concept of the pilgrimage. Literary, secular, personal, or spiritual Prize: $300. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Iron Horse 2025 Chapbook Competition. Genre: Prose chapbook, between 40 and 56 pages (10,000 - 20,000 words) Prize: $1,000 honorarium and 15 copies. Deadline: Note: They will accept 25 free submissions on March 1, 2025.

North Carolina State Poetry Contest. Restrictions: Open to North Carolina residents (including out-of-state and international students who are enrolled in North Carolina universities) with no published books. Genre: Poetry. Prize: $500. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

The Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award introduces emerging writers to the New York City literary community. The prestigious award aims to provide promising writers a network for professional advancement. Since Poets & Writers began the Writers Exchange in 1984, 85 writers from 33 states and the District of Columbia have been selected to participate. Restrictions: Open to Indigenous Writers. Genre: Poetry and Fiction. Prize: A $500 honorarium; A trip to New York City to meet with editors, agents, publishers, and other writers. All related travel/lodgings expenses and a per diem stipend are covered by Poets & Writers. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Texas Review Press Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series: Virginia. Restrictions: Open to any poet born in Virginia, or currently residing in Virginia, or who lived in Virginia for 5 consecutive years at any point, who has not yet published a full-length collection of poetry. The author may have published chapbooks or books in other genres. Genre: Poetry collection. Prize: Winner will receive a standard royalty contract, and 20 copies of the published book. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Curae Prize. Restrictions: For writers who are also carers. "A carer is anyone, including children and adults who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support. The care they give is unpaid.: Genre: Short story and non-fiction/creative non-fiction. Prize: £500 top prize. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

The Ungar German Translation Award is bestowed biennially in odd-numbered years. Genre: Book-length literary translation translated from German into English and published in the United States between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024. Prize: $1,000, a certificate of recognition, and up to $500 toward expenses for attending the ATA Annual Conference in San Francisco, California. Deadline: March 1, 2025. 

Library of Virginia Literary Awards. Restrictions: Open to writers who were born in or are residents of Virginia or, in the case of nonfiction, books with a Virginia theme, are eligible. Genre: Books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction published in the previous year. Prize: $2,500. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Mississippi Artists Fellowships. Restrictions: Open to permanent residents of Mississippi. Genre: Fiction and poetry. (Plus many art forms) Prize: $5,000. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize. Genre: Pieces of any genre up to 2500 words on the theme (See website). Prize: £3,000 cash prize. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Alabama Arts Council Fellowships. Restrictions: Open to any author who has lived in Alabama for at least 2 years. Genre: Fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction of 10-20 pages. Prize: $5,000. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Steve Miller BSFS Annual Poetry Contest. Sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Genre: Speculative poetry. Prize: 1st prize: $100; 2nd prize: $75; 3rd prize: $50. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

Deep Wild Graduate Student Prize. Restrictions: Open to students currently enrolled in graduate programs. Genre: Fiction and nonfiction. "We seek work that conjures the experiences, observations, and insights of backcountry journeys." Prize:1st Place prize is $200, 2nd Place $100, and 3rd Place $50. Deadline: March 1, 2025.

"It's All Write!" Teen Short Story Contest. Restrictions: Open to Grades 6-12. Michigan residents only. Genre: Short story, and flash fiction, unpublished. Prize: 1st Place $250, 2nd Place $150, 3rd Place $100. Deadline: March 2, 2025.

The American Buffalo Books Fiction Prize. Genre: Novels — from 40,000 to 80,000 words — that are set in or explore the Midwest, the Great Plains, and/or the alleged flyover portions of the West. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: March 2, 2025. Closes when they reach their cap so submit early. 

Grant MacEwan Creative Writing Scholarship is sponsored by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Restrictions: Authors must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate creative writing program of study or mentorship. (Max age 25) Alberta residents only. Genres: Poetry, Short Fiction & Creative Nonfiction, Drama, or Graphic Novel. Prize: $7000 (CAN). Deadline: March 3, 2025.

David Nobbs Memorial Trust New Comedy Writing Competition. Restrictions: Entrants must have at least one credited broadcast comedy writing credit and live in the UK. Genre: Comedy scripts for radio or TV. Prize: £1,000 top prize. Deadline: March 3, 2025. 

Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships. Restrictions: Applicants must reside in the U.S. or be U.S. citizens. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and no older than 31 years of age as of April 30, 2024. Genre: Poetry. Prize: $27,000.  Deadline: March 3, 2025. Please register for the online portal by February 24, 2025 if this is your first application.

Hurston/Wright College Award. Restrictions: Open to unpublished Black writers who are full-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs at a college or university in the United States. Genre: Full-length fiction and poetry. Prize: $1000. Deadline: March 3, 2025.

Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism. Genre: This prize seeks to honor the best book-length works of criticism published in the US in the prior calendar year, including biographies, essay collections, and critical editions that consider the subject of poetry or poets. Prize: $10,000. Deadline: March 3, 2025 for all nominations except first time nominations.

Randall Albers Young Writers Award. Restrictions: Open to  all Chicago-area students currently enrolled in grades 9–12. Genre: Fiction, nonfiction. Prize: $250 top prize, Deadline: March 3, 2025.

Reedsy. Genre: Story on theme. See website. Prize: $250. Deadline: March 7, 2025.

The Waterman Fund Essay Contest. Restrictions: Writers who have not published a book-length work of fiction or narrative nonfiction on topics of wilderness, wildness, or the ethics and ecology of environmental issues are eligible. Genre: Personal essays between 2000 and 3000 words. "The  Waterman Fund seeks new voices on the role and place of wilderness in today’s world." Prizes: The winning essayist will be awarded $3000 and publication in Appalachia Journal. The Honorable Mention essay will receive $1000. Deadline: March 10, 2025. Extended deadline.

NEA Literature Fellowships are sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Genre: Poetry.  Prize: $50,000 grants to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. Deadline: March 12, 2025.

Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. Restrictions: Open to first-time Canadian authors. Genre: Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, and one of three types of genre fiction: Romance, Speculative Fiction, or Mystery. Prize: $20,000 CAD. Deadline: March 13, 2025.

Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest for High School Students. Restrictions: High school students living within 100 miles of St. Louis. Genre: Poetry. Prize: First prize $225, Second prize $125, Third prize $75. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Angela Jackson Award. Restrictions: Open to Black authors of published, original collections of poems written in English by Black poets who have had one full-length book of poetry published by a professional press. Cave Canem defines Black poets as any poet who identifies as a member of the African Diaspora. Genre: Poetry. Prize: $1,000, publication by Northwestern University Press, and 15 copies of their book. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

DAG Prize. Restrictions: Open to US residents working on a second book. Genre: Second book of prose in the U.S., written in English. Prize: $20,000. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award. Restrictions: This competition is open to African American poets only. Genre: Book-length poetry. Prize: $500 in cash and publication of the manuscript by Broadside Lotus Press. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

The Massachusetts Poetry Festival First Poem Contest. Restrictions: This contest is open to all New England writers or writers who have previously lived in New England. Genre: Poetry. Prize: $250 top prize. Deadline: March 15, 2025. For students and those for whom the entry fee represents a financial burden, a no-fee submission option is available.

Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Competition. Restrictions: Open to high school students. Genre: Poetry. Prize: Two high school students will be selected and scheduled to read their original work for Café Muse with established poet, Michelle Garcia King, Prince William Poet Laureate, emerita, on Monday, June 2, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. They will receive an honorarium. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Lynn DeCaro Poetry Contest. Restrictions: Open to Connecticut Student Poets in Grades 9-12. Genre: Poetry. Prize: 1st $100, 2nd $50, 3rd $25. Deadline: March 15, 2025.

53-Word Story Contest. Genre: Flash fiction of exactly 53 words based on monthly theme. Prize: Publication and a free book. Deadline: March 15, 2025. This is a monthly contest.

Forward Prizes. Genre: Collections and single poems published in the UK and Ireland are eligible for the Prizes. Must be submitted by publisher. Prize: £1,000 to £10,000. Deadline: March 16, 2025.

POPP Award: Poetry of the Plains and Prairies. Genre: Poetry of any style for their annual Poetry of the Plains and Prairies chapbook publication. "While the author(s) may call any place home, their submissions must deftly capture the feeling of, as well as the reality of, living on the plains and prairies. Authors may submit any number of poems equaling thirty to thirty-five pages in length, with no more than one poem per page. (Single poems may extend more than one page.) The selected poetry collection will be published as a limited edition chapbook, hand-printed with antique letterpress equipment." Prize: $200 and publication. Deadline: March 17, 2025.

The Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize. Genre: Book-length translations into English of either a) poetry or b) source texts from Zen Buddhism (which must not consist solely of commentaries). Both translators and publishers are invited to submit titles. Book must have been published in previous year. Prize: $6,000. Deadline: March 17, 2025.

The Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize. Restrictions: Open to writers resident in the UK and Ireland who have yet to secure a publishing deal. Genre: Proposal for a book-length essay (minimum 25,000 words). Prize: £4,000 advance against publication with Fitzcarraldo Editions. Deadline: March 17, 2025.

Collaborature. Restrictions: Submissions must be written by more than one author or include a collaboration of two people (i.e., art and poetry). Genre: Poetry, prose, art. Prize: $20. Deadline: March 17, 2025. Note: This is a monthly contest.

BBC National Short Story Award. Restrictions: Open to UK residents or nationals, aged 18 or over, who have a history of publication in creative writing. Genre: Short fiction. Prize: £15,000 to the winner, £3,000 for the runner-up and £500 for three further shortlisted writers. Deadline: March 17, 2025.

American Literary Translators Association Italian Prose in Translation Award. Genre: Translation of a recent work of Italian prose (fiction or literary non-fiction). Both translators and publishers are invited to submit titles. Book must have been published in previous year. Prize: $5,000. Deadline: March 17, 2025. 

ALTA First Translation Prize. Genre: Debut literary translation from any other language into English published in the previous calendar year. Prize: 3,000, with $2,000 bestowed to the translator and $1,000 to the editor. Deadline: March 17, 2025. 

Nancy Ludmerer Fellowship for Flash Fiction and Nonfiction. Genre: One or more flash narratives up to 1,000 words. Award: A 5-night residency at Porches. Deadline: March 20, 2025. No entry fee for the first 20 submissions received on March 20.

Tempest Prize. Restrictions: Open to  LGBTQ+ writers based in the North of England. Genre: Poetry, fiction and narrative non-fiction. Prize: £1000, access to the Northern Writers’ Awards Network and mentoring from Andrew McMillan. Deadline: March 20, 2025.

Arvon Award. Restrictions: Open to writers living in the North of England at the time of entering and planning to remain here for at least another 12 months. Genre: Full-length work of fiction, poetry or narrative non-fiction work in progress. Prize: Arvon course. Deadline: March 20, 2025.

Northern Promise TLC Awards. Restrictions: Open to people who may have faced barriers to seeing their work progress for financial reasons or issues connected to disability, ethnicity and/or sexuality. living in the North of England at the time of entering and planning to remain here for at least another 12 months. Genre: Full-length work of fiction, poetry, narrative non-fiction, or children's book in progress. Prize: In-depth editorial report on their work in progress. In addition to the Free Read, writers will receive £500 and access to the Northern Writers’ Awards Network. Deadline: Macrh 20, 2025.

Victor Howes Prize in Poetry. Restrictions: Undergraduate English majors currently enrolled at a New England college (2-year or 4-year). Genre: Poetry. Prize: $1000. Deadline: March 20, 2025.

The Finchale Award for Short Fiction. Restrictions: Open to writers based in the North of England. Genre: Short story of up to 1500 words. Prize: £1000 and access to the Northern Writers’ Awards Network. Deadline: March 20, 2025.

Sid Chaplin Award. Restrictions: Open to writers living in the North of England who identify as originating from a working-class background. Genre: Memoir, novel, young-adult novel, short-story collection or work of literary essays in progress. Prize: £2000; a manuscript appraisal from The Literary Consultancy; advisory sessions from the writer Michael Chaplin; an introduction to the North Agency; and access to the Northern Writers’ Awards Network. Deadline: March 20, 2025.

Havok. Genre: Flash fiction. See themes. Payment: $50 via PayPal for each one selected for an Anthology. No payment for online publication. Deadline: March 21, 2025.

Reedsy. Genre: Story on theme. See website. Prize: $250. Deadline: March 21, 2025.

Savage Mystery Writing Contest. Genre: Mystery short story. Prize: Winning stories are published in Toasted Cheese. If 50 or fewer eligible entries are received, first place receives a $35 Amazon gift card & second a $10 Amazon gift card. If 51 or more eligible entries are received, first place receives a $50 Amazon gift card, second a $15 Amazon gift card & third a $10 Amazon gift card. Deadline: March 23, 2025. Opens March 21.

BBC Young Writers Award. Restrictions: Open to UK residents, including residents of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, aged 14 to 18 years old, Genre: Short fiction, 1000 words max. Prize: Publication and free workshop. Deadline: March 24, 2025.

Write the World Competitions. Restrictions: Young writers ages 13-18. Genre: Essay. See theme. Prize: Best Entry: $100; Runner up: $50. Deadline: March 24, 2025. This is a monthly contest.

Greater Good Science Centre: Spreading Love Through the Media. Restrictions: Open to journalists in North America. Genre: Stories on love—from magazine articles to podcast episodes to videos for the web and social media. Prize: Grants from $5,000 to $50,000 to report and produce stories on love. Deadline: March 24, 2025.

Greater Good Science Centre: Spreading Love Through the Media. Restrictions: Open to journalists in North America. Genre: Stories on love—from magazine articles to podcast episodes to videos for the web and social media. Prize: Grants from $5,000 to $50,000 to report and produce stories on love. Deadline: March 24, 2025.

On The Premises. "For this contest, write a creative, compelling, well-crafted story between 1,000 and 5,000 words long in which someone or something important to the story is not where it/they always have been, or where it/they would be expected to be located, or is in the process of changing location from where it/they have always been. The distance it/they have moved or is traveling is not important, but the move itself must be important to the story. Whether this change in location is an improvement or a problem is up to you." Prize: $250 for first place, $200 for second, $150 for third. Deadline: March 28, 2025.

The Solitary Daisy Haiku Contest. Genre: Haiku. Prize: First place $25, second place $15, third place $10. Deadline: March 28, 2025.

Garden Party Chapbook Contest. Genre: Prose, poetry, and hybrid between 20 and 30 pages. Prize: Publication. Deadline: March 29, 2025.

Cymera-Scotland’s Futures Forum-Shoreline of Infinity Prize for Speculative Short Fiction. Restrictions: Anyone living in Scotland or who identifies as Scottish by birth or inclination, aged 14 years or over. Genre: Speculative short stories. Prize: £150. Deadline: March 30, 2025.

Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku Competition for High School Students. Restrictions: Open to students in Grades 7-12. Genre: Haiku. Prize: $50. Deadline: March 30, 2025.

Ann Petry Award. Restrictions: Open to Black authors. Genre: Previously unpublished prose, either a novel or a collection of short stories or novellas, with a minimum of 150 pages. Prize: $3000 and publication. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Airlie Prize. Genre: Poetry collection, 48 to 90 pages of original poetry in English, Prize: $1000 and publication. Deadline: March 31, 2025. No entry fee for BIPOC poets.

Ilse Schwepcke Prize for Women’s Travel Writing. Genre: Women’s travel writing in English. Prize: £5,000. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Tom Grass Spirit of Adventure Literary Prize. Genre: Stand-alone prose in either Fiction or Non-Fiction (1,500 - 3,000 words). "We invite writers to grapple with the spirit of adventure in any way they interpret." Prize: £1,000 to the winner and two runner-up prizes of £500 each. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Orwell Prize for Journalism. Restrictions: Open to a journalist for sustained reportage and/or commentary working in any medium. Genre: Published journalism. Prize: £3,000 for the best political writing first published in the UK or Ireland between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness. Restrictions: Open to a journalist for sustained reportage and/or commentary working in any medium. Genre: Reportage and/or commentary on homelessness. Entries will be encouraged from people who are experiencing or have experienced all forms of homelessness as well as journalists and others writing about or reporting on homelessness. Prize: £3,000 for the best political writing first published in the UK or Ireland between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. Genre: Poetry or literary prose. Translation of modern Arabic literature into English. Books must have been published and be available for purchase in the UK via a distributor or online. The source text must have been published in the original Arabic in or after 1967. Must be submitted by publisher. Prize: £3,000. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest. Restrictions: Open only to those who have not professionally published a novel or short novel, or more than one novelette, or more than three short stories, in any medium. Genres: Science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy up to 17,000 words. Prizes: Three cash prizes in each quarter: a First Prize of $1,000, a Second Prize of $750, and a Third Prize of $500, in US dollars. In addition, at the end of the year the winners will have their entries rejudged, and a Grand Prize winner shall be determined and receive an additional $5,000. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

City of Literature Paul Engle Prize. Genre: This prize does not recognize one work, nor is it solely limited to reflecting literary achievement. Rather, the award seeks to recognize a writer, like Engle, who makes an impact on his or her community and the world at large through efforts beyond the page. It also seeks to raise awareness about Engle and his works. Prize: $20,000. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Jack L. Chalker Young Writers' Contests. Restrictions: Open to writers between 14 and 18 years of age as of May 29 in the contest year who reside in, or attend school in Maryland. Genre: Science fiction or fantasy, 2,500 words max. Prizes: $150, $100 and $75. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Jack London Fiction Writing Contest. Restrictions: Open to U.S. students in grades 6-8. Genre: Unpublished stories. Length: 2,000 words maximum. "You and your group of friends go camping in the wilderness for a weekend adventure when an unexpected disaster strikes and leaves you stranded. Then one morning you all awaken to a set of mysterious footprints surrounding your campsite. Who or what has left them? Are they friend or foe? How will your group work together to make it out of the wilderness alive.” Prize: $250, $150, and $100. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Silvers Grants for Work in Progress. Restrictions: Open to Anglophone writers of any nationality. Genre: Long-form essays in the fields of literary criticism, arts writing, political analysis, and/or social reportage. Prize: Up to $10,000. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Sarah Mook Poetry Prize for Students. Restrictions: Students in grades K-12. Genre: Poetry. Prize: $100. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Rattle Ekphrastic Challenge. Genre: Poem inspired by artwork. (See site for image.) Prize: $100. Deadline: March 31, 2025. This is a monthly contest.

Deborah Rogers Foundation Award. Restrictions: Applicants may not be under contract to any publisher for any work or title. Applications are only open to writers who have not previously published or self-published a full length book of their own prose writing (with the exception of a collection of poetry). Entrants must write in the English language and reside within the British Commonwealth and Eire. Genre: Excerpt: 20-30,000 words of a work in progress, fiction or non-fiction, which is not under option or contract. Prize: £10,000. Deadline: March 31, 2025. Biennial award.

Parsec Ink. Genre: Speculative short story up to 3,500 words. See theme. Prize: First-place receives $200 and publication in the Confluence program book. Second-place receives $100 Third-place receives $50. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Gwenn A. Nusbaum / WWBA Scholarship. Restrictions: Open to poets at the beginning of their careers, ages 25-35 years. Prize: $1800 scholarship. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

A Public Space Emerging Writer Fellowships. Restrictions: Open to writers who have not yet contracted to publish a book. Prize: $1000 and six months of editorial support from A Public Space editors to prepare a piece of prose for publication in the magazine. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Archibald Lamp­man Award. Restrictions: Open to residents of Canada's National Capital region (Ottawa). Genre: Book of any genre published by a recognized publisher. Prize: $1500. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

The Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award. Sponsored by Sisters in Crime. Restrictions: Open to emerging writers of color. An unpublished writer is preferred, although publication of one work of short fiction or academic work will not disqualify an applicant. Prize: $2,000. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Genre: A book-length work of imaginative fiction written by a single author published in the U.S. in English or in translation to English. Prize: $25,000. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Foley Poetry Contest. Genre: One unpublished poem on any topic. The poem should be 45 lines or fewer and not under consideration elsewhere. Prize: $1000. Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Booker International Prize. The Booker International Prize for fiction translated into English is awarded annually by the Booker Prize Foundation to the author of the best (in the opinion of the judges) eligible novel or collection of short stories. Prize: £50,000 divided equally between the author and the translator. There will be a prize of £2,000 each of the shortlisted titles divided equally between the author and the translator. Deadline: For books published between May 1 and Sept 30, 2024 the entry form and physical materials are due by March 31, 2025.

#GWstorieseverywhere. Genre: Micro fiction or essay on theme. Your story must be no longer than 25 words, with a max of 280 characters, including spaces and the hashtag. Prize: Free Gotham class. Deadline: March 31, 2025. This is a monthly contest.

Apex Flash Fiction Contest. Genre: Speculative fiction, 1000 words max. Prize: 8 cents/word or $10, which ever is greater. Deadline: March 31, 2025. Note: Apex Magazine’s Flash Fiction Contest is open from the 7th until the final day of each month. The contest is themed.

Substack runs a monthly short story competition. Their mission is to "revive the art of the short story, support artists, and produce something wonderful." Genre: Short story. Length: 6000- 10,000 words. Prize: $100 plus 50% of subscription revenue to be sent by Paypal, Zelle, or check. Deadline: March 31, 2025. Reprints are ok so long as you still have the rights to distribute.