55 Writing Contests in September 2022 - No entry fees

This September there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes range from $70,000 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. Most of these contests are offered annually, so even if the deadline is past, you can prepare for next year.

Good luck! 

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Smokelong Fellowship for Emerging Writers. Restrictions: All writers previously unpublished in SmokeLong Quarterly and who do not have a published chapbook or book-length work in any genre (or are not under contract for such) are eligible to apply. Genre: Flash fiction (1000 words max). Prize: $500. Deadline: Opens Sept 1 (The application fee is $8. For writers who cannot afford an application fee, there is a free submission option in Submittable.)

Stories Out of School. Genre: Flash fiction. The story’s protagonist, or its narrator, must be a K-12 teacher. Stories must be between 6 and 749 words and previously unpublished. Prize: First-prize winners receive $1000; second-prize winners, $500. Deadline: September 1, 2022.

The Michael Marks Environmental Poet of the Year will be given to a poet whose previously unpublished series of poems brings most powerfully, to a wide readership, the subject of the environment and the place of the human within it. Prize: The Environmental Poet of the Year will have their short portfolio of poems published in a pamphlet that will be sold by Wordsworth Grasmere and the British Library. They will also receive £1,000, and be invited to read at a winner’s event at Wordsworth Grasmere. Deadline: September 1, 2022.

American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prizes. Genre: English translations of poetry, fiction, drama, or literary prose originally written in Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, or Swedish by a Scandinavian author born after 1800. Prize: $2,500. Deadline: Sept 1, 2022.

AILACT Essay Prize. Genre: Papers related to the teaching or theory of informal logic or critical thinking, and papers on argumentation theory. Prize: $700 top prize. Deadline: September 1, 2022.

PEN Prison Writing Contest. Restrictions: Anyone incarcerated in a federal, state, or county prison in the year before the September 1 deadline is eligible to enter. Genres: Poetry, fiction, drama, creative nonfiction. Prize: $100 - $250 prize per category. Deadline: September 1, 2022.

On The Premises Short Story Contest. "For this contest, write a creative, compelling, well-crafted story between 1,000 and 5,000 words long in which the story’s main character(s) spend most (even better, all) of the story’s time in constant motion. For instance, they could spend the whole story in a moving vehicle. There are plenty of other ways to do it, too. (Just being on the Earth, which is spinning and moving around the sun, doesn’t count.)" Prize: Winners receive between US$75 and US$250, and publication. Deadline: September 2, 2022.

Shoreline of Infinity Flash Fiction Contest. Genre: Science fiction story about a pet. 1000 words max.  Prize: £50. Deadline: September 2, 2022.

September Selects. Restrictions: Open to any author, new or emerging, who has not yet published a novel with a major press. Genre: Unpublished fiction and narrative non-fiction between 1,000 and 2,000 words. Prize: $200. Deadline: September 4, 2022.

Furious Fiction. Genre: Flash fiction, 500 words max. "On each competition weekend, we’ll reveal a set of story prompts and you’ll have 55 hours to submit your best story of 500-words (or fewer)." Prize: $500AUD. Deadline: Opens September 2, 2022. Closes September 5, 2022. (Australian time)

Los Suelos. Genre: Short fiction on theme: Pets. Prize: $150. Deadline: September 5, 2022. 

Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Restrictions: Australian citizens or residents. Applicants must be emerging, midcareer or established Australian writers and literary sector workers (not beginners) with a demonstrated publication and/or career history. Prize: $10,000 for travel expenses. Deadline: September 5, 2022.

The Spectator. Genre: Poem. "To mark the centenary this month of Philip Larkin’s birth, you are invited to re–imagine one of his poems (please specify) in the style of a poet of your choice." Please email your entries to lucy@spectator.co.uk. Prize: £30. Deadline: September 7, 2022. 

The Blackness on Sea Poetry Prize. Genre: Poem. "The Blackness on Sea Poetry Prize is a quest to find a poem of genuine literary merit to become a lasting legacy for The Lobster Pot Pub and this delightful Village on the Firth of Forth." Prize: £1000. Deadline: September 7, 2022. 

KSP Short Fiction Competition. Restrictions: Open to Australian residents and citizens. Genre: Short fiction. Prize: $100 first place prize for youth. Deadline: September 8, 2022. (Free entry for youth only)

Young Lions Fiction Award. Restrictions: Open to US citizens 35 years of age or younger. Genre: Novel or a collection of short stories. Each year, five young fiction writers are selected as finalists by a reading committee of Young Lions members, writers, editors, and librarians. Submissions by publisher only. Authors may not submit their own work. Prize: $10,000. Deadline: September 9, 2022.

September Selects. Restrictions: Open to any author, new or emerging, who has not yet published a novel with a major press. Genre: "Submit your best prose in borrowed forms. Lists, letters, board game rules, message board posts, meeting minutes, diary entries, text messages, emails—any experimental or unconventional approach to narrative form is welcome Submissions of up to 7,000 words will be considered, but shorter is likely better (say, around 3,000 words)." Prize: $200. Deadline: September 11, 2022.

Secret Life of Data: Short Story Competition. Genre: Short story. "We are looking for creative stories that bring to life the secret life of data – perhaps imagining this life as a journey, a quest, a romance, or a tragedy; thinking of a computer’s internal architecture as a house, a jungle, a zoo, or a city; and the data as characters facing danger in the form of various digital threats and vulnerabilities." Prize: 1st prize - £1000, 2nd prize - £500, 3rd prize - £250.Deadline: September 12, 2022. 

RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction. Restrictions: The writer must be a resident of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, or have been a resident in the UK or ROI for the past three years. Genre: Nonfiction book. Prize: Two awards – one of £10,000, one of £5,000 – are offered to support writers to complete their first commissioned works of non-fiction. Deadline: September 14, 2022.

Apparition Lit. Genre: Speculative fiction; under 1,000 words based on prompt. Prize: $30. Deadline: September 14, 2022. 

Texas Teen Book Festival Fresh Ink Fiction Contest. Restrictions: Open to Texas residents enrolled in grades 6 -12. Genre: Fiction, no more than 2,000 words in length. Prize: $150. Deadline: September 14, 2022.

Forge Flash Prose Competition. Genre: Flash fiction and CNF, 1000 words max. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: September 14, 2022. Submit early in the month!

Falconer 150 Essay Competition. Genre: Essay relating to Hugh Falconer’s life or the museum bearing his name. Prize: £150. Deadline: September 15, 2022.

Last Stanza Poetry Journal: Who are You? Genre: Poetry on theme: Who are You? Prize: $100. Deadline: September 15, 2022.

US Naval Institute and CIMSEC Fiction Essay Prize. Genre: Essay. Length: 3,000 words max. "Fiction is a powerful tool for testing hypotheticals and imagining other worlds as a means of examining our own. Once again, CIMSEC and the U.S. Naval Institute have partnered to invite authors to ask "What if?" as a means of exploring different visions of the future of maritime security." Prize: First Prize: $500 and a 1-year membership in the Naval Institute and CIMSEC. Second Prize: $300 and a 1-year membership in the Naval Institute and CIMSEC. Third Prize: $200 and a 1-year membership in the Naval Institute and CIMSEC. Deadline: September 15, 2022.

The Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction for a Better World. Genre: Any nonfiction book published for children or young adults, released between January 1 and December 31, 2022, is eligible. If both an author and illustrator are listed on the book cover, the prize will be split between them. Prize: $2500 plus $1000 to purchase copies of the winning book for distribution to schools and libraries. Deadline: September 15, 2022.

The Mollie Savage Memorial Writing Contest. Genre: Science fiction/fantasy 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: September 18, 2022. 

September Selects. Restrictions: Open to any author, new or emerging, who has not yet published a novel with a major press. Genre: "Submit your best prose—fiction and CNF—told in the second person. We’re NOT looking for first person-direct address. Submissions up to 7,000 words will be considered)." Prize: $200. Deadline: September 18, 2022. 

Solarpunk Microfiction Contest. Genre; Microfiction, 250 words max. Prize: $25 and publication on the Solarpunk Magazine website. Deadline: September 22, 2022. See theme. Opens September 16.

Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction. Restrictions: Open to residents of UK. Genre: Short stories between 2000-6000 words on the theme "Music." Prize: £500 and 10 shortlisted authors will be published in an ebook anthology. Deadline: September 22, 2022.

Michael Marks Award for Poetry Pamphlets. Restrictions: Only pamphlets published in the United Kingdom are eligible. Genre: Poetry pamphlet. Prize: £5,000. Deadline: September 23, 2022.

Michael Marks Illustration Award. will recognise outstanding illustration of a poetry pamphlet published between September 18th 2021 and the closing date of September 23rd 2022. The judge will consider illustration in any medium and will be looking for a subtle and sustained relationship between image and text, as well as the overall quality of the images. Prize: £1,000. Deadline: September 23, 2022.

September Selects. Restrictions: Open to any author, new or emerging, who has not yet published a novel with a major press. Genre: "We’re bucking the Valentine’s Day tradition and celebrating anti-love. The winner of this submission call will be published on the 14th of February. Submit your best stories, fiction or CNF, that fit the theme of anti-love: breakups good and bad, celebrations of single life, or however you want to interpret this idea. Submissions up to 7,000 words will be considered." Prize: $200. Deadline: September 25, 2022. 

Shady Grove Literary. Genre: Any style, genre, tone of flash fiction. Length: 300 words max. Prize: $100. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

Backchannels. Genre: Fiction. Length: Up to 3500 words. Prize: Unspecified. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

Sejong International Sijo Competition. Genre: Sijo poem. Prize: $500. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

The Willie Morris Awards for Southern Fiction and Nonfiction. Genre: Novels and nonfiction books published in 2022. Book has to be set in one of the original eleven states in the Confederacy. (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.) Prize: $2,500.00. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry. Genre: Poem that evokes the South. Prize: $2,500 and expenses-paid trip to award ceremony in Oxford, Mississippi. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

Art of Unity Creative Award. Genre: Poetry; essays and short stories (under 2500 words); video; music; dance; performance or visual work around the theme: “Never again: Remembering to heal and overcome.” "The most important hallmark of Holocaust remembrance and education is the phrase ‘never again.’ Unfortunately, tribal divisions, ethnic cleansing and genocides continue in the 21st Century. We are looking for submissions in any creative media (which can be exhibited online), and which highlight aspects of human unity, and positive cross-pollination between groups, ethnicities, religions and/or nations." Prize: First ($100), Second ($75) and Third ($50) place awards, as well as three honorable mentions, in four categories: Poetry, Short Story, Essay. and Youth (18 and under) category. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

International Human Rights Art Festival: Creators of Justice Literary Award. Genre: Poetry, short stories and essays which use the written word to celebrate justice. Prize: First Prize: $150; Second Prize: $100; Third Prize: $50. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

Iowa Short Fiction and John Simmons Short Fiction Awards. Restrictions: Any writer who has not previously published a volume of prose fiction is eligible to enter the competition. Genre: Short story collection. The manuscript must be a collection of short stories in English of at least 150 word-processed, double-spaced pages. Prize: Publication by the University of Iowa Press, royalties. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

Cullman Center Fellowships. Fellowship. The Cullman Center’s Selection Committee awards up to 15 fellowships a year to outstanding scholars and writers—academics, independent scholars, journalists, and creative writers. Foreign nationals conversant in English are welcome to apply. Award: A stipend of up to $70,000, an office, a computer, and full access to the Library's physical and electronic resources. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

SLF Working Class Writers Grant. Genre: Speculative fiction. "These grants are awarded annually, since 2013, to assist writers of speculative literature to working class, blue-collar, poor, and homeless writers who have been historically underrepresented in speculative fiction, due to the financial barriers which have made it much harder for them to have access to the writing world. Such lack of access might include an inability to attend conventions, to purchase a computer, to buy books, to attend college or high school, to have the time to write (if, for example, you must work two jobs simply to pay rent and feed a family, or if you must spend all your waking hours job-hunting for months on end). " Prize: $1000. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

International Human Rights Art Festival: Creators of Justice Literary Award. Genre: Poetry, short stories and essays which use the written word to celebrate justice. Prize: First Prize: $150; Second Prize: $100; Third Prize: $50. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest is held four times a year. Restrictions: The Contest is 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. Professional publication is deemed to be payment of at least six cents per word, and at least 5,000 copies, or 5,000 hits. Genre: Short stories or novelettes of science fiction or fantasy. Prizes: $1,000, $750, $500, Annual Grand Prize: $5,000.  Deadline: September 30, 2022.

Jerry Jazz Musician Fiction Contest. Genre: Short fiction. Prize: $100. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

Art of Unity Creative Award. Genre: Literary (poetry; essays and short stories under 2500 words); video; music; dance; performance or visual work around the theme: “Never again: Remembering to heal and overcome.” All pieces must be previously unpublished. Prize: First ($100), Second ($75) and Third ($50) place awards, as well as three honorable mentions, in four categories: Poetry, Short Story, Essay.  and Youth (18 and under) category. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

From The Horse’s Mouth. Genre: Short story. Prize: Total prize of £150, £100 for the Adult Winner and £50 for the Younger Entrant’s Winner. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

Patricia Eschen Prize for Poetry. Genre: Poetry. Poems can be on any subject that kindles your imagination, to a maximum line length of 40 lines for each poem. Prize: Adults (over 16): 1st prize: £1000. Children (under 16): 1st prize: £150. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

Rattle's Ekphrastic Challenge. Genre: Poem inspired by work of art. (See site for image.) Prize: $100. Deadline: September 30, 2022.

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: September 30, 2022. Reprints are ok so long as you still have the rights to distribute.

Solstice Shorts Competition: Hiatus. Genre: Flash or poem (max 500 words) on the theme of Hiatus. Prize: Royalties. Deadline: September 30, 2022. Note: Contest closes after 50 submissions. Submit early!

Olde Wolf Short Story Contest. Genre: Short story. Length: 3,000 words max. Prize: $100. Deadline: September 30, 2022. This is a monthly contest.

The John Byrne Award. Restrictions: Open to residents of Scotland over 16 years old. Genre: A piece of creative work on a chosen theme or value (written work must be no more than 15,000 words in length). Prize: £250. Deadline: September 30, 2022. This is a monthly contest.

International Booker Prize. The International Booker 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. The work must be published by a UK or Ireland publishing house. Authors are not permitted to enter their own works. 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: September 30, 2022.

32 Spectacular Writing Conferences in September 2022

This September there are more than two dozen writing conferences. Many conferences and workshops will be held online, but some 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.

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

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Kaz Conference Keep Writing Virtual Nonfiction Cohort. Sept - Oct, 2022. Workshops include developmental workshops as well as talks on the practical training of writers with input from editors, publicists, agents, social media experts and productivity coaches. Because reading and reviewing other work helps to strengthen ones own writing, peer review is a requirement of all sessions. Just 10 to 16 writers are accepted for each cohort. Will be held online. Apply by August 15, 2022.

DragonCon. September 1 - 5, 2022: Atlanta, Ga. HUGE sci-fi event, with parade, autograph sessions, live performances, readings, wrestling (!), workshops on belly dancing, writing (yes, there's even some writing), art show. (This conference sounds really wild.)

WriterCon. September 2 - 5, 2022: Waterford, Oklahoma. "Discover if self-publishing is the best option for your book–and how to self-publish easily. See what techniques and tools you need to be your own best editor. Find out how to pitch to an agent–by email and in person. Go over the 7 steps to creating your fiction novel, so it’s ROCK SOLID every time. Learn about ghostwriting, which can be a lucrative market for authors. Dive deeper into children’s writing, writing for computer games, poetry, screenplays, songs, cookbooks and more. Witness how to publish on Kindle step-by-step. Uncover the latest tips, tricks and tools for marketing your book–and yourself–effectively. Talk to top agents, editors, publishers and publicists, and MORE."

The Gathering. September 3 - 5, 2022. Workshops in poetry as well as readings. 2-hour Workshops & Readings Friday night, Saturday , and Sunday. Participant Open Mics Friday and Saturday night. Will be held on Zoom. Sold out. Sign up for waiting list.

Orion Online Poetry Workshop. September 5 - October 10, 2022. Online. The Course: Unbearable Beauty and the Romanticization of Place" After all, beauty has only three possible endings, and only one of them is bearable,” said the poet Larry Levis. A poet very much associated with place, Levis mythologized the beauty of the California Central Valley while also acknowledging the unbearable violence in the landscape. How can the beauty of landscape simultaneously exist with what is unbearable about it? This workshop will explore how poets have used place, landscape, and the environment to create the tenuous emotional textures, and nuanced complexities of the spaces they inhabit. Beyond the thematic discussions of place, this course will engage in critical discussions of craft, aesthetics, poetic traditions, and contemporary modes of writing in order to encourage experimentation and innovation in people’s work to extend their modes of expression into new territories. Through generative exercises, participants will have the opportunity to write and share new work for workshopping." The Instructor: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo is a poet, essayist, translator, and immigration advocate. Duration: This class meets once a week over six consecutive Monday evenings from 6-9 pm ET. Apply by August 5th.

Orion Poetry Workshop. September 6 - November 16, 2022. Six consecutive Tuesday evenings from 7-9pm EDT. Instructor: Jennifer Elise Foerster. The course: A Poetics of Listening. Language and the environment are interwoven. How can we find language for our changing environment? How can we use language responsibly in our efforts to rebalance our humanity with the environment of the earth? In this class, we will practice poetry as a means of exploring this question. All language-making must begin with listening; listening for the sounds beneath what we think we know. Language is generated by our intelligence, but our intelligence can also override our intuition, just as it too often overrides our questioning. If I think I know what needs to be said, I’m not listening to what is occurring and I’m not listening to the questions. Questions, I believe, help us to re-orient, to re-balance, to find our way back to what we already know, to our original knowing, our original interconnectedness. Poetry is not actually a language of speaking or writing, but a language of deep listening, listening for the questions and for the original knowledge towards which these questions guide us. In this class, we will turn our attention and deep listening to the ephemeral present/presence of time and place. Close observation, methods for listening, scientific and creative inquiry, and careful writing will be fundamental to this practice. This workshop aims to be a generative space for practicing listening and creating new poetic work, and will involve a balance of reading, writing, discussion, and responding to one another’s poems-in-process. Application deadline: August 5.

Algonkian Writer Conference–New York City Pitch. September 8 - 11 (Virtual), September 22 - 25, 2022 (In person): Ripley-Grier Studios in New York City. The New York Pitch Conference and writers workshop is held four times a year and features publishing house editors from major houses such as Penguin, Random House, St. Martins, Harper Collins, Tor and Del Rey, Kensington Books and many more who are looking for new novels in a variety of genres, as well as narrative non-fiction. The event focuses on the art of the novel pitch as the best method not only for communicating your work, but for having you and your work taken seriously by industry professionals.

Building Narratives: Writing the Urban Pastoral. September 8 - October 6, 2022. Each Thursday, 7:00-9:00pm EDT. Virtual. Led by Dimitri Reyes. "If your body were a building, what experiences would make up your foundation? What might you discover while exploring the shadows you cast? In this supportive poetry workshop, we will construct urbanized spaces in our writing that reflect our motivations and individuality. By calling upon the works of Langston Hughes, William Carlos Williams, Allen Ginsberg, June Jordan and others, we will examine the synergy between our inner dialogue and how we occupy space on the page. Through generative prompts and exercises, we will pay close attention to how we navigate the world and the decisions that build our unique writing process." Limited to 12 participants.

Writing Conference of Los Angeles: September 9-10, 2022 (Virtual). This is an online “How to Get Published” writing event on September 9-10, 2022. (Writers are welcome to attend virtually from everywhere and anywhere.) 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).

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Conference. September 9 - 11, 2022: Denver, CO. Round Table Critiques, Pitch-Prep Coaching, and One-on-One Mentor appointments, as well as keeping the Saturday Publishing Professionals Panel Luncheon and the Sunday Gold Rush Winners Reading Brunch.

Poets on the Coast. September 9 - 11, 2022: La Conner, Washington. Workshop, one-on-one mentoring, craft classes, and yoga for women poets. The faculty includes poets Kelli Russell Agodon and Susan Rich. Tuition, which does not include lodging or meals, is $429. Closed.

Letters & Lines Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference. September 10 - 11, 2022: Golden, CO. This conference offers you opportunities to learn your craft, boost your career, and get feedback on your work. The schedule includes three keynotes; a industry professionals panel; 33 breakout sessions on writing, illustrating and professional development; intensives on picture books, novels and illustration; as well as critiques, portfolio reviews and showcase, a virtual bookstore of faculty titles hosted by BookBar, and more. We are offering both in-person and virtual registration. Early Bird Registration (through 7/31) is $280. Virtual (with access to keynotes, virtual manuscript critiques and portfolio reviews, and submissions to acquiring agents and editors) is $200. As a result of the dual (in-person and virtual) format, registration to receive a manuscript critique or portfolio review must be completed by the Early Bird deadline of 7/31. The additional cost is $75 (in person manuscript critique) or $50 (in person portfolio reviews, or virtual manuscript critiques or portfolio reviews).

The First Pages: An Online Creative Nonfiction Workshop. Monday, September 12 – Monday, October 17, 2022. Each Monday, 7:00-9:00pm EDT. Led by Camellia-Berry Grass. "From the first page, a writer can establish the emotional stakes and boundaries needed to foster that moment of deep connection and being seen, for which we turn to creative nonfiction. This workshop will explore strategies for achieving intimacy in personal essay and memoir right from the start. We will learn techniques to craft beginnings that invite readers into your story and voice on the terms most conducive to that relationship. Examining works by Hanif Abdurraqib, Jo Ann Beard, Joan Didion and others, we’ll consider numerous modalities—from fact to flashback, searching to speculation, mourning to myth—that will influence how we think about making first impressions. Each week we’ll generate new or alternate beginnings so you can take this workshop as purely generative or reimagine a work-in-progress." Limited to 12 participants.

Writing On The Door: Washington Island Literary Festival. September 15 - 17, 2022: Washington Island, Wisconsin. "The Washington Island Literary Festival is a moveable feast of writing, reading, discussion, and thought about the written word. Writers’ workshops, author panels and presentations, readings and parties are scheduled at various quaint, historic and beautiful venues around the Island. Participants have a unique opportunity to share time with prominent authors and dedicated readers in the intimate, friendly setting of Washington Island, a half-hour by ferry from the Door County mainland, in September’s color and warmth." 

A Weekend For Words. Sept 16 - 18, 2022: Irvine, CA. 60+ working, professional authors of fiction, nonfiction & screen, editors & agents. Costs $325-$425. Manuscript critique & one-on-one consultation additional.

Mini Writing Getaway. September 17, 2021: Atlantic City, NJ. Need a brief break from your life? Need to rekindle your love affair with writing? Join us for a welcoming getaway designed for writers of fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction and poetry. This retreat will trigger your imagination, giving you the freedom to compose new and exciting work. Spend the day immersed in the literary life: writing, discussing craft and sharing new drafts. No distractions. Led by Peter E. Murphy. Will be held in person.

UCLA Extension Writing Retreat at Lake Arrowhead. Sept 18 - 23, 2022: Lake Arrowhead, CA. Join a small group of committed writers for four full days of uninterrupted writing time at UCLA’s beautiful conference center at Lake Arrowhead. Participants will enjoy private bedrooms, private baths, and three gourmet meals each day, along with complimentary beverages all day long. The Writers’ Program will coordinate some structured activities, including pre-dinner social hours and nightly open mic events, but your time will ultimately be yours to accomplish your writing goals at your own pace. Register by September 1.

Okoboji Writers' in-person Retreat. September 19 - 21, 2022: West Lake, IA. The Okoboji Writers' Retreat features 15 speakers, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer, editors of large daily newspapers, columnists, and a literary agent. Faculty: Rekha Basu, Art Cullen, Doug Burns, Rachelle Chase, Ty Rushing, John Dinges, Arnold Garson, Jane Dystal, Lyz Lenz, James O'Shea, Rachel Yoder, Paige Windsor, and Diane Glass. Cost: $795. 

Writing on the Door: "Becoming a Master Writer," with John DeDakis September 19-23, 2022: Fish Creek, WI. "Take your writing to the next level in this series of topic-specific workshops designed to drill deeper into the finer points of story telling: memoir, journaling, characterization, dialogue, and research. In addition, you’ll learn how to overcome writer’s block whether you’re a planner, or if you write by the seat of your pants.  By the end of the series, you’ll have the skills, confidence and strategies to take your writing to a professional level. Each session will include short writing assignments, plus the opportunity to have your work critiqued."

Breakout Novel Graduate Learning Retreat. September 19 - 25, 2022: Austin, TX. An intensive week of critiques, one-on-one sessions, query clinics, brainstorming and writing. Limited to 16 students. 

49 Writers Tutka Bay Retreat. September 23 - 25, 2022: Tutka Bay, Alaska. Guest Instructor: Luis Alberto Urrea.

Hedgebrook Virtual Writers Conference 2022. September 22 - 25, 2022, "Hedgebrook is a community of visionary women writers whose stories and ideas have shaped our culture in the past, now, and for generations to come. We have tapped into this community to collectively build Hedgebrook’s first-ever Writers Conference – a three-day (virtual) intensive for writers across the globe. If you aspire to improve your craft, come learn from seasoned writers that are equipped to challenge, engage, and inform.  Our illustrious alumnae instructors craft and guide participants through interconnected lessons over the course of three days, proving “No Writer Is An Island.” Will be held online.

LiTFUSE Poets’ Workshop. September 23 - 25, 2022: Tieton, WA. The workshop features readings, performances, and meditation for poets. The past faculty included poets included Ching-In Chen, Christopher Howell, Brooke Matson, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Dennis Nurkse, Kelly Schirmann, Chad Sweeney, Dujie Tahat, Alexandra Teague, and Tobias Wray. Virtual and in person.

PNWA Conference. September 23 - 25, 2022: Lake Washington, Washington, Sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. More than 50 seminars, editor/agent forums & appointments, practice pitching, keynote and featured speakers, reception, awards ceremony. Many agents and editors attending. Will be held in person.

Nimrod Conference for Readers and Writers. September 24 - December 1, 2022: University of Tulsa, Oklahoma. "For over 40 years, Nimrod has hosted an in-person, all-day writing conference in conjunction with the publication of our fall issue. While we will not be hosting this year’s in-person events due to the continuing effects of the pandemic, we’re thrilled to host an extended period of virtual creative writing programming this fall. This year’s programming will feature several months of craft talks, Q&As, readings, and more. We will add more offerings to this schedule as they become available, so keep checking back."

Brooklyn Book Festival. September 25 - October 3, 2022: Brooklyn, NY. This year’s Festival Day and Literary Marketplace, a day-long celebration of authors and books, will take place in person in Downtown Brooklyn as well as virtually. At our live BKBF Children’s Day, families will enjoy a full day of readings, workshops, performances, book signings, yoga, and art projects with favorite authors and illustrators.  All events are free and open to the public.

The Algonkian Writer Retreat and Novel Workshop. September 28 - October 2, 2022: Algonkian Park, Virginia. "You can show us your manuscript, improve your skills, clear your head, have your work read by our writer mentors, whatever works for you, whatever helps you grow and discover your vision as a writer. You discuss with us ahead of time via the Algonkian Writer Retreat Application the goals you wish to accomplish, and we'll work with you to make it happen. Do you desire a review? A line edit? Do you wish to discuss the reality of the current fiction market, your novel project, plot and characters, or perhaps get feedback on the opening hook or a few sample chapters? Or would you simply like a relaxed and productive dialogue about your goals as a writer?"

The Pacific Coast Children's Novel Workshop & Retreat. September 29 - October 2, 2022: Santa Cruz, CA. Intensive seminar offers editor or agent feedback on selected whole-novel manuscripts, including two in-person consults with your mentor. Editor and agent critiques on your polished, opening chapters. 

Orion Online Poetry Writers' Workshop with Felicia Zamora. September 29 - November 3, 2022. The Course: Hybridity, Risk, Wonder, and Research in Ecopoetry and Climate-Focused Poetics. "Humans have a deep and complex relationship with the Earth. We are natural beings living in a natural world. As a species, we have written about the environment throughout history out of wonder, awe, reverence, confusion, terror, appreciation—and now especially—necessity—due to forces threatening our environment through degradation, destruction, and change. Artists in this workshop will be asked to consider: What is your relationship to the Earth? How do you approach environmental concerns in your poetry? How might hybridity be a useful tool in your poetic world-building? Our work will center around experimentation, risks in form and expression, incorporation of data and statistics, adding images or graphics, and seeing our work in conversation with news articles, scientists, research articles, other art/artists, place, and social discourse. We’ll make wonder and curiosity foundations for innovation in our eco-writing." Duration: This class meets over six consecutive Thursdays from 5-8 pm ET. Application deadline: TBA.

Creatures, Crimes & Creativity. September 30 -  October 2, 2022: Columbia, MD. A writer's and fan's conference for genre fiction covering mystery, suspense, thriller, sci-fi, fantasy, steampunk & horror.

Flathead River Writers Conference. September 30 -  October 2, 2022: Kalispell, MT. Writers help writers in this two day conference packed with energizing speakers and workshops. Features: Workshops, MS preparation & submission, working with agents, movie deals, media use, & children's book publishing.

The Loft's Wordsmith Conference. September 30 - October 2, 2022, Minneapolis MN. "The conference is intended for those ready to pitch their work, those already with a book out or with an agent, and those who want to get more prepared to publish their work. It's intended for prose writers and poets, genre and literary writers, beginning and advanced. In short, we are working hard to pull together a gathering that will feature meaningful sessions, workshops, one-on-one pitch and craft meetings, and networking opportunities for writers of all levels and genres." Will be held in person.

4 Agents Seeking Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Kidlit, LGBTQ, SF/F and more

Updated 2/11/26

Here are four literary agents actively seeking clients. All work with established agencies with good track records.

Emma Leong is interested in upmarket and literary fiction. She’s also on the look-out for non-fiction that explores the self, connecting literary criticism/expertise with personal narrative, whether that be through reflections on relationships, climate change, gender, loneliness, love, loss, the immigrant experience, etc. 

Carrie Howland is accepting submissions for: adult literary, upmarket, and commercial fiction as well as memoir, narrative and prescriptive non-fiction, and cookbooks.

Carlos Segarra focuses on memoirs and narrative nonfiction in the areas of pop culture, sports, journalism, politics, history, social justice and activism. In fiction, Carlos is interested in thrillers, sci-fi, magical realism, speculative fiction, own voices and historical fiction, as well as children's narratives.

Jane Chun represents Fiction: Action/Adventure, Children's, Commercial, Family Saga, Fantasy, General, Graphic Novel, Historical, Horror, LGBTQ, Literary, Middle Grade, New Adult, Science Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult. Non-Fiction: History, Illustrated, Journalism, LGBTQ, Memoir, Pop Culture, Sports, Travel.

Always check the agency website and agent bio before submitting. Agents can switch agencies or close their lists, and submission requirements can change. 

NOTE: Don't submit to two 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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Ms. Carrie Howland of Howland Literary

Carrie Howland founded Howland Literary, LLC in 2018, after thirteen years as an agent, most recently at Empire Literary. Carrie holds a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Albion College, where she was the Poetry Editor of The Albion Review. Her poetry has appeared in various literary journals and magazines. She attends several conferences, both nationally and internationally, throughout the year. Her craft talk from the Adirondack Writers Conference, "Beyond the Query Letter," is available on the Howland Literary website. In her spare time, Carrie volunteers as a foster for a local dog rescue and is an active member of the Junior League. Her passions include music, pop culture, and the Midwest. 

What she is seeking: Carrie Howland is accepting submissions for: adult literary, upmarket, and commercial fiction as well as memoir, narrative and prescriptive non-fiction, and cookbooks.

How to submit: Use her form HERE.

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Ms. Emma Leong of Janklow and Nesbit Ltd (UK)

Emma started her publishing career at Janklow and Nesbit in 2019. While assisting Rebecca Carter and Claire Paterson Conrad, she is also building her own list. She is editorially focused, and keen to work with debut writers to develop their proposals and manuscripts for submission to publishers.

What she is seeking: Emma is interested in upmarket and literary fiction. She’s looking for transporting, elegant prose which bring courage and complexity to the human experience. She loves books that contain wisdom and brutal honesty, exploring themes such as family, intergenerational trauma, identity, sexuality, love and forgiveness. She’s also interested in books that dive into the vulnerability of the millennial condition, with warmth and wit. She’s also on the look-out for non-fiction that explores the self, connecting literary criticism/expertise with personal narrative, whether that be through reflections on relationships, climate change, gender, loneliness, love, loss, the immigrant experience, etc. 

How to submit: Submissions should be sent to submissions@janklow.co.uk, following the submission guidelines here.

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Ms. Jane Chun of Transatlantic

I’m particularly interested in stories that center marginalized communities and prose that is cinematic and atmospheric with good rhythm. In both fiction and nonfiction, I’m drawn towards compelling, fresh voices that make me feel as though the writer is in the room with me, telling me their story with intimacy as if we were already acquainted. Regardless of how plot-driven a story is, characters with rich inner worlds and emotional depth are a must for me.

What she is seeking: She is interested in literary, upmarket, and commercial fiction across adult, MG, and YA and select nonfiction. She is also seeking graphic novels/nonfiction. In the fiction space, she is open to contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, speculative, and horror. In nonfiction, she is looking for memoirs; narrative nonfiction; history; investigative journalism; books about nature, climate, and science; and books about food, travel, pop culture, and cultural criticism.

How to submit: Use her querymanager HERE.

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Carlos Segarra of Creative Artists Agency

NO LONGER LISTED ON AGENCY WEBSITE

Carlos Segarra is based in the New York office and creates publishing opportunities across all agency departments, representing talent such as Tabitha Brown, Omarion, Tarana Burke and Jonathan Mannion. Carlos works across all genres of books and brings a passion for amplifying the voices of writers and characters from diverse backgrounds and experiences.

What he is seeking: In the nonfiction space, he focuses on memoirs and narrative nonfiction in the areas of pop culture, sports, journalism, politics, history, social justice and activism. In fiction, Carlos is interested in thrillers, sci-fi, magical realism, speculative fiction, own voices and historical fiction, as well as children's narratives.

How to submit: Use the agency's form HERE.

109 Paying Markets for Flash Fiction

 

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Updated 2/11/26

Flash fiction is shorter than the normal range of short stories, which are generally 3,000 words or more. The precise length remains somewhat elusive. Some literary journals ask for 2,000 words or less, others set maximum word counts in the hundreds. Each publication has its own style, its own format, and its own needs, so whether your 1,953-word short story qualifies as "flash" is entirely up to the editors.

Flash fiction is very popular. There are dozens of sites where you can read flash fiction on a daily basis. This is perfect for people who are commuting on a train, waiting to see a doctor, or have other brief, potentially interrupted periods of time to fill.

Below is a list of paying markets for flash fiction. I have included links to submission guidelines, payment information, and word counts where available. Make sure you follow their guidelines carefully. (Editors don't consider submissions that fail to follow guidelines.) None of these magazines charge submission fees.

For my excellent list of paying markets, nicely organized by genre and form, see Paying Markets.

Journal	Submission Guidelines	Payment	Notes
Confrontation	https://confrontation-magazine.org/submit/	$150-$200; more for commissioned work.	See reading period 500 words max
ergot	https://www.ergot.press/	$25	Experimental horror
Fabula Argentea	http://www.fabulaargentea.com/ index.php /submissions/	$5 up to 1000 words	Accepts all genres
Flash Fiction Online	https://www.flashfictiononline.com/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction/what-were-looking-for-and-not/	$100 for otiginals; reprints $.02 (two cents) per word	500 to 1000 words
The Orange & Bee	https://theorangebee.substack.com/p/submission-guidelines	$80	Has submission periods Also accepts poetry and nonfiction
Every Day Fiction	https://everydayfiction.com /submit-story/	$3	Up to 1,000 words
The Fifth Corner	https://thefifthcorner.ca/submissions/	Payment unspecified	original, unpublished short fiction that explores dark, unsettling, and psychologically resonant themes
Cahava	https://cahava.com/submit	5 cents/word	Short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and prose poetry
Adi Magazine	https://adimagazine.com/submissions/	$200	We are looking for pieces about practices, ideas, and movements that were/are suppressed by economic, socio-cultural, religious, or (neo)colonial powers.
Manawaker Studios	http://www.manawaker.com/ffp-submissions/	1 cent/word	Flash fiction podcast ideal length is around 800 words, but stories as short as 250 or as long as 1500 may be considered
Craft	https://www.craftliterary.com/submit/	$100	Reprints also accepted (no pay)
Baltimore Review	http://baltimorereview.org/index.php /submit	$50	You can submit up to 3 pieces of flash fiction See submission periods
The Cafe Irreal	http://cafeirreal.alicewhittenburg.com/	1 cent/word	Magical realism 2000 words max
Dream Theory	https://www.dreamtheory.media/submission-guidelines/	$30	Speculative and literary flash fiction 300 - $1000 words
The Cincinnati Review	https://www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-guidelines-2021/	$25/page	500 words maximum Submit up to 3 pieces
Electric Lit	https://electricliterature.com/submit-ebdd3b73083a	$100	Electric Lit has short, infrequent submission periods
Hollow Oak: Acorns	https://hollowoakpress.com/submissions/	$5	Speculative flash fiction. Length: 1,000-1,500 words Monthly call
Chestnut Review	https://chestnutreview.submittable.com/submit	$120	All genres 1,000 words max
Agita	https://agitamag.com/submissions/	5 cents/word	Horror or dark science fiction flash stories 1,000 words max
The Fantastic Other	https://fantasticother.com/submissions/	$5	Fiction, flash fiction, poetry, art on themes See submission periods
Tales and Feathers	http://www.augurmag.com/submissions/	11 cents CAD/word	Cozy slice-of-life fantasy short stories 2,500 words max Has submission periods
Dark Moments Patreon Monthly Challenge	https://www.blackharepress.com/submissions/#toggle-id-1	4 cents/word	100 - 2000 words Monthly call
The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts	https://matter.submittable.com/submit	$50	"We accept fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, and even kitchen sinks" See reading periods
Funny Times	https://funnytimes.com/about/ submissions/	$75	Humor 500-700 words
Futures	http://blogs.nature.com/futureconditional/ 2015/04/19/how-to-write-for-nature-futures/	$130	Science fiction 850 - 950 words
Plott Hound	https://plotthoundmag.com/submission-guidelines/	$20 for flash, 8 cents/word for original ficiton	Speculative fiction and poetry starring animals Up to 999 words for flash Has submission periods
Calliope Interactive	https://calliopeinteractive.com/open-call	5 cents/word	Speculative fiction
Gotham Literature	https://www.gothamliterature.nyc/submit	$50 - $100	Flash fiction, poetry, comics, and dialogue that can be read in under 5 minutes
Twenty-two Twenty-eight	https://www.twentytwotwentyeight.com/submissions	$30	500 - 2000 words Accepts submissions of poetry, fiction, non-fiction essays, visual art, music, and videos.
PseudoPod	http://pseudopod.org/submissions/	$20	Horror Podcast
THEMA	http://themaliterarysociety.com /submissions.html	$10	Accepts reprints Each issue has a theme
The Temz Review	https://www.thetemzreview.com/submissions.html	$20	If your pieces are fewer than 1000 words each, feel free to submit several pieces at once See submission periods
Carmen et Error	https://carmenerror.com/?page_id=19	£5	Poems, 40(ish) lines max. Fiction, 400(ish) words max
Wound Up Literary	https://woundupliterary.com/submissions/	Payment not specified "Dream small"	1000 words max
The Ex-Puritan	https://ex-puritan.ca/submissions	$150	See submission periods Submissions are free on a limited basis
Terrazzo	https://www.terrazzoeditions.com/terrazzomagsubmissions	$25	Submit up to 3 flash pieces
Gordon Square Review	http://www.gordonsquarereview.org/submit.html	$25	1,000 words max See submission periods
Slush	https://www.slushpress.com/submit	$100 AUD	Up to 5000 words Australian publication
Last Girls Club	https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/last-girls-club-lImp7	$0.01 USD per word	Feminist horror See submission periods
Wyldblood Press	https://wyldblood.com/submissions-2/	£0.01 per word for print and digital rights (to a maximum of £75)	1000 words max for flash fiction See submission periods
New Myths	https://sites.google.com/newmyths.com/newmyths-com-home/submissions	3 cents/word with a minimum payment of $50	Speculative fiction (no horror) See reading periods
The Fabulist	https://fabulistmagazine.com/about/submissions/	$100	See reading periods Fantastical and speculative fiction up to 1,000 words
Intrepidus Ink	https://intrepidusink.com/submissions/	$.02/word for flash fiction 300 – 1,000 words. $30 flat rate for short stories 1,500 – 2,500 words	Has themes See submission periods
Brilliant Flash Fiction	https://brilliantflashfiction.com/submissions/	$20	1,000 words or fewer All genres
Three-lobed Burning Eye	http://www.3lobedmag.com/ submissions.html	$30 for flash fiction	Horror and dark fantasy, magical realism, slipstream, cross genre, or weird fiction
Paranoid Tree	https://www.paranoidtree.com/submit	$50	Up to 400 words
Points in Case	https://www.pointsincase.com/submissions	$10 for lists, $35 stories under 1,000 words	Humor under 1000 words, lists
Okay Donkey	https://okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/	$20	They like the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird  1,200 words max
Mithila	http://mithilareview.com/submission-guidelines/	$10	Under 2,500 words Speculative fiction See reading periods
Daikaijuzine	https://daikaijuzine.org/guidelines	$5	See reading periods Up to 1,000 words
Timber Ghost Press	https://www.timberghostpress.com/submissions.html	$5	1000 words max Horror Opens from the 1st to the 10th of every month
The Arcanist	https://thearcanist.io/a-call-for-submissions-244f646d25a4	$50	Medium-based publication, weekly 1000 words max Speculative fiction Has reading periods
Smokelong	https://smokelong.submittable.com/submit /128/smokelong-general-submissions	$50	1000 words max Has free submissions windows
Flash Fiction Magazine	https://flashfictionmagazine.com/submissions/	$40 Only pays for stories selected for anthologies	300–1000 words
The Archive	https://www.sanspress.com/submissions	€50	We want the weird, the unexpected, the completely new. No theme, no genre, no need to be previously unpublished 2000 words max Has submission periods
Fractured Lit	https://fracturedlit.com/submit/	$50 for original micro fiction and $75 for original flash fiction	400-1000 words See submission periods
Middle House Review: Height Chart	https://middlehousereview.submittable.com/submit	$25	Up to 1000 words See submission periods
Baffling Magazine	https://www.bafflingmag.com/submissions	8 cents/word	Under 1,200 words We are looking for speculative stories that explore science fiction, fantasy, and horror with a queer bent. We want queer stories and we want trans stories and we want aro/ace stories. We want indefinable stories. We welcome weird, slipstream, and interstitial writing.   See submission periods
Short Circuit	https://short-edition.com/en/contest/short-circuit-short-circuit-02/guidelines	100 euros for short stories, 50 euros for poems	Short stories and poems of maximum 7,500 characters (spaces included) or children's works of maximum 7,000 characters.
Banshee	https://bansheepress.org/submit	"small"	Poetry, essays, flash fiction, short stories See submission periods
Variant Lit	https://variantlit.com/submit/	$10	Poetry, fiction, flash fiction, art Has submission periods
Litmag	https://litmag.com/submit/	$100	"We are drawn to big minds, large hearts, sharp pens"
Quotidian Bagatelle	https://qb.foofaraw.press/submissions/	$1	Micro stories under 250 words and short poems
Flash Point Science Fiction	https://flashpointsf.com/submissions/	2 cents/word	Speculative fiction stories from 100 to 1,000 words in length Has submission periods
Orion’s Belt	https://www.orions-belt.net/submissions	8 cents/word	Speculative fiction up to 1,200 words Has submission periods
The Masters Review New Voices	https://mastersreview.com/submissions/	$100	Open to new or emerging author who has not published a work of fiction or narrative nonfiction of novel length. 1,000 words max
Split Lip	https://splitlipthemag.com/submit	$50 - $75 per author (via PayPal) for web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies and a 1-year subscription	Fiction (flash and short stories), memoirs, and poetry. with a pop-culture twist. Submit early to avoid submission fees. See submission periods
Flash Frog	https://flash-frog.com/submit/	$25	1,000 words max
The Forge Literary Magazine	https://forgelitmag.com/submit/	$75	Open to all genres and voices  "We love flash and micro prose." Opens to free submissions on the first of the month until they hit their quota
Scrawl Space	https://scrawlplace.com/submit/	$35	CNF, Fiction, Poetry, Hybrids Must be connected to a specific place No length requirements
Havok	https://gohavok.com/submission-guidelines/upcoming-themes/	$10 for each story published in an anthology	Mystery, scifi, comedy, thriller, and fantasy 300 - 1000 words See themes
Aphabet Box	https://alphabetbox.com/submissions/	$20	Fiction, poetry 900 words max See submission periods
Cast of Wonders	https://www.castofwonders.org/submissions/	$20	Open to young authors YA Speculative fiction podcast See submission periods
Tales From Between	https://talesfrombetween.wordpress.com/submissions/	£15	2000-to-6000 words. "Not strict, we’re flexible." Accepts reprints Has submission periods
MetaStellar	https://www.metastellar.com/write-for-us/flash-fiction-story-submission/	8 cents/word	Science fiction, fantasy, horror up to 1000 words See submission periods
A Velvet Giant	https://www.avelvetgiant.com/submit	$20	"We are open to work that takes the shape of basically any format: words, recordings, visual art, hybrid forms, etc. We are open to translated original work." See submission periods
The Lorelei Signal	https://www.loreleisignal.com/guidelines	$5	Fantasy with strong female characters 1000 words max
Factor Four	http://factorfourmag.com/submissionsinfo/	11 cents/word	Science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, super hero, or any combination up to 1000 words
Adventitious	https://www.adventitious.net/submission-guidelines/	8 cents/word	Speculative, surreal, and literary fiction. Length: Flash Fiction (including Micro): Up to 1,000 words
Aquila	https://www.aquila.co.uk/contributors-guidelines.htm	£105	Short stories between 1,000 and 1,150 words; Nonfiction articles of 800 words for children
Moonstruck Books Anthologies	https://www.moonstruck-books.com/submissions	$0.10 per word	Dark fiction short stories, fairy tales, flash fiction, and novellas of 500-10,000 words Anthologies
The Colored Lens	http://thecoloredlens.com/?page_id=137752	$10	Speculative fiction 500 words and up
Teach. Write.	https://heymrswinkler.com/about/teach-write/teach-write-submission-guidelines/	$15	Fiction, nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, CNF. "I prefer writing that is either written by composition teachers and writing students or about teaching and learning."
The Fabulist	https://fabulistmagazine.com/about/submissions/	$100	Fantastical flash fiction See submission periods
In a Flash	https://inaflashlitmag.substack.com/p/submission-guidelines	$25	CNF only! See themes
Ink in Thirds	https://inkinthirds.org/submissions/	$5	Flash fiction, poetry, art See submission periods
Memezine	https://www.memezinelit.com/submit	$5	Maximum of three (3) pages 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. Has submission periods
Rough Cut Press	https://roughcutpress.com/submit/	650 words max; $25	Experimental poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art LGBTQIA writers only Themed issues
Interstellar Flight Press	https://www.interstellarflightpress.com/submissions.html	8 cents/word	Speculative flash fiction. See submission periods
The Good Life Review: "Micro Monday" (online)	https://thegoodlifereview.com/submissions/	$25	Flash fiction and CNF (500 words) and poetry See submission periods
Rat Bag Lit	https://ratbaglit.com/submission-guidelines/	Drabbles, $1, Micros, $3, Flash (1000 words max) up to $10, reprints $5, CNF, $10	Accepts flash, micros, drabbles, poetry, short stories, CNF Accepts come reprints Has free submissions periods
The Bureau Dispatch	https://www.bureaudispatch.com/submissions	$50	"Our stories often contain a hint of the speculative, a dash of the intriguing."  500 - 1,500 words See submission periods
The Offing	https://theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit	$25 - $100, depending on length and department	Back of the envelope seeks writing of any length which relates to, or draws on, science and the natural world The offing also publishes art, fiction, CNF, poetry, micro-fiction, translations, and humor
101 Words	https://101words.org/submit-your-stories/	$10 for flash fiction anthologies	Stories of exactly 101 words
Podcastle	http://podcastle.org/guidelines/	$0.06/word for original; $100 for reprints, $20 for flash fiction reprints	Podcast Fantasy
Thinking Ink Press	https://www.thinkinginkpress.com/keikos-calls/	$20	Poems or flash stories you wish someone would send you in the mail. Story length is about 100 to 300 words. Poetry length is 30 lines or fewer.
Etherea Magazine	https://ethereamagazine.com/submissions/	$25 for flash fiction (1000 words max)	Australian publication Fantasy and science fiction, 500 to 1000 words for flash fiction
Midnight and Indigo	https://www.midnightandindigo.com/write-for-us/	$100 - $200	Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, and Personal Essays written by Black women writers 1500 words minimum
The First Line	http://www.thefirstline.com/submission.htm	$25.00 - $50.00 for fiction	Fiction, poetry, nonfiction using the first line provided 300 - 5,000 words - all genres
Short Story Substack	https://shortstory.substack.com/p/coming-soon?s=r	$100	6 words - 10,000 words, any genre
Trampset	https://trampset.org/submissions-6e83932b0985	$25	3,000 words max - any genre Free submissions for broke writers
Loft	https://loftbooks.square.site/	£30	Up to 500 words All work must be free of violence Also accepts poetry and short stories (up to 3000 words)
Stanchion	https://www.stanchionzine.com/submissions	$10	Stanchion is looking for original, never-before-published short stories (3000-ish word max), flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, prose poems, stray thoughts, short screenplays, monologues, experimental work, interviews with inanimate objects, reviews of everyday items and moments, comics, black & white photography (vertical, portrait-oriented images are preferred), black & white drawings, black & white collage art, and other evocative images of mixed media artwork (you guessed it, also in black and white). Has short submission periods
The Suburban Review	https://thesuburbanreview.com/submit/	1000-2000 words (payment $200) 500-1000 words (payment $150) AUD	Poetry, prose and art on themes
Aothen Magazine	https://aothenmagazine.com/#work	$10	Ancient Greece/Roman/Egyptian related poetry, fiction (1000 words max), nonfiction (2500 words max), art, translations Quarterly submission schedule
Book Worms	https://rsaintclaire.com/	8 cents/word	Horror Short fiction 500 – 3000 words
Sasee	https://sasee.com/submissions/#writer-guidelines	Varies	Essays, humor, satire, personal experience, and features on topics relating to women 500-1000 words
Freeze Frame Fiction	https://freezeframefiction.com/write/submission-guidelines-faq/#query	$10	"Any genre, no content restrictions. We want your science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, drama, literary works, satire, bizarre fiction, or anything else you can come up with or mix together. The more original, the better. The weirder, the better.”
Abandon Journal	https://abandonjournal.submittable.com/submit	$15	Flash - up to 1000 words
Sci-fi Shorts	https://www.scifishorts.co/write-with-us	Percentage of pooled royalties	Up to 1000 words Science fiction
Air and Nothingness Press	http://aanpress.com/submissions.html	8 cents/word	Exactly 1000 words Has submission periods Speculative fiction anthologies
Goatshed Press	https://www.goatshedpress.co.uk/submito	£25	All genres Also accepts short stories, poetry, novels, novellas, graphic novels
Dream Theory	https://www.dreamtheory.media/submission-guidelines/	$30	Speculative and literary flash fiction See submission periods
The Aurora Journal	https://www.theaurorajournal.org/submit	$12	Poetry and prose 1000 words max for prose
Small Wonders	https://smallwondersmag.com/submissions/	Original flash fiction: $0.10/word Reprint flash fiction: $0.01/word or $10, whichever is more Poems: $60 Art: $125 for reprint rights	Speculative fiction and poetry with elements not of this world: fantasy, science fiction, horror 1000 words max for prose Accepts reprints
Notch	https://notch.ink/submissions/	Payment not specified	We accept all mediums–from operatic scores to tattoos. For writing: Pieces up to 1500 words are preferred. Translations accepted.
Stone's Throw	https://www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw-submissions	$25	Noir stories Themed issues 1000 - 2000 words
The Cosmic (Microwave) Background	https://www.thecosmicbackground.com/	8 cents/word	Slipstream 1000 words max
Flash Digest	https://www.hiraethsffh.com/flash-digest-guidelines	1 cent a word	Science fiction, fantasy, and spooky horror Art accepted 1500 words max
Flame Tree Press Newsletter	https://www.flametreepress.com/submissions/	8 cents/word for originals, 6 cents/word for reprints	Those submitting must sign up for their newsletter.
Matchbook	https://www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines	$20	Up to 1000 words
Afterimages	https://www.thirtywestph.com/submit	$5	Up to 1000 words
Night Shades	https://www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/	$75	Speculative fiction Up to 500 words
Neon & Smoke	https://www.neonandsmoke.com/submissions	$20	Up to 1000 words Has submission periods
Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell	Table Cell

2 New Agents Seeking Narrative Nonfiction, Memoir, Literary Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Women’s History and more

Here are two new agents actively expanding their client lists. New agents are a boon to writers. They are actively building their lists, and will go the extra mile for their clients.

Allison Malecha is is especially drawn to authors writing literary or upmarket adult fiction; narrative nonfiction, particularly with a historical or international dimension; social science; pop science; pop psychology; and memoir that touches on larger current issues or on the author's field of expertise.

Rebecca Sandell is looking for writing on art history, architecture, and women’s history as well as unusual memoir and literary fiction. 

Always check the agency website and agent bio before submitting. Agents can switch agencies or close their lists, and submission requirements can change. 

NOTE: Don't submit to two 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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Allison Malecha of Trellis Literary Management 

Allison Malecha joined Trellis Literary Management as Director of Foreign Rights after several years at Bettina Schrewe Literary Scouting, where she worked with major publishing clients in over twenty markets across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, as well as with an independent film client. Prior to working as a literary scout, she spent five years in editorial at independent publishing house Grove Atlantic, where she began building her own list under the publisher and was the in-house manager for Freeman's and The Mysterious Press. Allison grew up between the middle of Canada and the middle of the U.S, but has always found home between the covers of a book. She has a BA in Comparative Literature & Society from Columbia University, where she studied French and Czech.  

What she is seeking: Allison will be looking to represent a small, selective list of domestic clients. She is especially drawn to authors writing literary or upmarket adult fiction; narrative nonfiction, particularly with a historical or international dimension; social science; pop science; pop psychology; and memoir that touches on larger current issues or on the author's field of expertise. She likes writing that crackles, and that has wells of empathy that run deep.

How to submit: Use the agency's form HERE.

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Rebecca Sandell of Pew Literary (UK) 

NO LONGER LISTED ON AGENCY WEBSITE 

Rebecca Sandell joined PEW at the beginning of 2020. As an undergraduate she studied English at King’s College London where she also obtained her Master’s degree in eighteenth-century literature with a dissertation on William Blake’s architectural influences. She works as an assistant across all aspects of the agency with a particular focus on international rights. 

What she is seeking: She is beginning to build her own list, and is looking for writing on art history, architecture, and women’s history as well as unusual memoir and literary fiction.

How to submit: Send your proposal to submissions@pewliterary.com . Your submission should be in Word or PDF format and 1.5 or double-spaced. Accompany your submission with a cover letter that tells us a little about you as a writer.