Opportunities for Writers – February 2023

Opportunities for writers including writers conferences, workshops, contests, and submissions. Updated 2/7/2022.

Submit your opportunity to mail@indianawriters.org. Submit your opportunity by the 1st of the month to ensure it is included.

Have a short story, poem or other work you’re just dying to share?  Check out these publications, workshop and contest opportunities.  

*Advice on Writing Contests:  

When considering contests, look to see how they handled winners’ work from previous years: Is there a list of previous winners? Where you can go to read or have access to the winning pieces of writing? Who are the judges? Are they people who you would read yourself? If you win, what kind of audience would you receive for your work? Research contests and their reputations online. Use places like duotrope.com, Poets and Writers (pw.org), the New Pages (newpages.com), or The Review Review (thereviewreview.net), to see whether there is any other information about the contest from other sources.

Poetry Foundation LatinX Poetics Anthology Launch

Butler Bridge Program

Golden Haiku Poetry Contest

The Golden Triangle BID’s tenth annual Golden Haiku poetry submission period opens on January 9, 2023 and will close on February 5, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

Poets are invited to submit up to two original, self-authored haiku. Haiku are selected by the panel of judges, like this year’s winning haiku

Forms & Features Online–Shape Poetry at Capacity

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we focus on shape poetry in conversation with Tishani Doshi’s essay In Praise of Shape Poetry. The group will explore a wide variety of poems and conclude with a guided creative writing workshop, where participants will compose an original shape poem. 

Registration is required; space is limited. We will do our best to accommodate everyone’s wishes while allowing as many people to participate in these workshops as is possible. This program is for adult participants, aged 18 and older.

Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 6PM CST–8PM CST
Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 2PM CST–4PM CST
Thursday, February 9, 2023, 10AM CST–12PM CST

Open Door: José Olivarez, Britteney Black Rose Kapri, Vic Chávez & Raych Jackson

In-Person Attendance
All guests over the age of two must wear a mask inside the Poetry Foundation building. Guests over the age of five must show proof of vaccination and booster up to the level to which they are eligible for their age group. Guests over the age of 18 must show ID alongside their proof of vaccination. If you cannot meet these requirements, you will not be granted entry to the event. Please note that some performers may choose to perform without a mask. Guests are encouraged to register in advance.

Livestream Attendance
The livestream link will be shared with registered guests on the day of the event. In order to receive the livestream details, please register in advance here.

Poetry Foundation’s events are completely free of charge and open to the public. 

Forms & Features Online with Lisa Low

Forms & Features Online: Alliteration

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we focus on alliteration, a repetition of initial consonant sounds. The group will explore a wide variety of poems and conclude with…

Monday, February 13, 2023, 6PM CST

Registration Required

Celebrating the Visiting Teaching Artists of Forms & Features

Writing Lab Indy Presents The Writers Workshop Series

February 18 1:30 – 5:00 PM at Indianapolis Public Library- Michigan Road Branch, 6201 Michigan Road

Have an idea for a movie, but don’t know where to start? Started writing a script, but got writer’s block? Meet us @ The Writing Lab Indy!

At the 1st workshop of the New Year we will be discussing the basics of writing a feature film, where to start what makes a good film and more!

Our guest speaker will be Earvin Owensby of O Entertainments & Productions

Price includes lunch!

Questions? Contact Boss Lady Media @ 317-279-1336 or bossladymed@gmail.com

Poetry and the Meditative Mind – Veteran Writing Workshop

Another Chicago Magazine Residency

The recipient will be a nonfiction writer whose work brings uncommon insight, incisive language, and strong storytelling to the subject at hand, which could be anything that blends the political and personal, or summons justice, or dives deep into individual experience, but always with larger contexts in mind. As for tone, ACM continues to encourage play and rage and courage. ACM will consider all submissions for publication.

The Shannaghe Residency in Belfast is a solo experience in a fully renovated stable, with a full kitchen and open living room, large lofted bedroom, laundry facilities, newly installed AC/heater, internet access. The stable sits on land that extends to the Penobscot River, and is within walking distance of three bookstores, two farmer’s markets, and the bay, via a rail trail. The resident can choose a two- or three-week stay, and is responsible for travel to Bangor. The kitchen is stocked with cooking basics. Shannaghe will provide a few meals.

Eligibility

• Working in English or translating to English
• Capable of working/living solo

Apply between January 15 and March 17; the portal closes at 120 applicants. The application fee is $20, waived for BIPOC writers. The residency is available June – July, October 15 – December 31. Apply here. Applicants will submit an unpublished writing sample and a statement about the scope of the project. More details: https://anotherchicagomagazine.net

Onyxfest: Full production grants available for Black playwrights throughout Indiana

Scripts will be accepted for consideration up to midnight Friday, March 10th. Winners will be notified in the first week of April. We will also communicate with those not chosen.

Entries must be original one-act plays – between 45 minutes and an hour in length. There
may be no more than six characters per cast. The scope of OnyxFest subject matter is broad. Williams recommends that writers avoid stereotypes, degrading or disrespectful portrayals of Black life and culture, and gratuitous violence or sexual content.

To request an interview of Onyxfest organizers, please contact Teresa Francis at tfrancis@iupui.edu or Vernon A. Williams at 317.457.8779.

Fioretti Open for Submissions

Kings River Review Call for 2-Year College Student Submissions

INverse Poetry Archive Now Accepting Entries

INverse Poetry Archive Now Accepting Entries

02/01/2023

INverse Poetry Archive Now Accepting Entries(INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.) The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC), in partnership with the Indiana State Library, announced today that INverse, the state poetry archive, is accepting entries. INverse, an initiative of former Indiana Poet Laureate Adrian Matejka, celebrates and preserves the diverse range of Indiana poetry for future generations of Indiana writers and readers. The works of 33 poets were added to the poetry archive in September 2022.  “We are excited to once again open the INverse archives to entries,” said Miah Michaelsen, IAC Executive Director. “INverse is a wonderful celebration of Indiana’s diverse, creative voices and we are proud to partner with the Indiana State Library to preserve Hoosier poetry for all to enjoy. ”All eligible residents of Indiana are encouraged to submit poems to the archive for review.  Sample Submission Form Guidelines Access the Archive Entries are due April 30, 2023.

The Awakenings Review

Butler Bridge Program — Youth Writing Club

Butler University Youth Creative Writing Camp

Butler University has a summer Creative Writing Camp for students who love reading and writing, and our camp is officially open for our 26^th year! If you have any talented writers/readers or interested students entering 3rd-12^th grade this fall, please suggest our one-of-a kind camp. We are offering the following times for camp: 

Week 1 (on campus): June 12-16  

Week 2 (on campus): June 19-23 

Week 3 (virtual): June 26-30 

Young Writers: Watermelon University Open for Enrollment!

Speed City Sisters in Crime

We have opened submissions to our chapter’s ninth short story anthology, to be published in November of 2023 in time for our chapter’s 20th anniversary in 2024.

Submissions are open to all who are Speed City chapter members in 2022/2023.

Attached to this email are the complete submission guidelines for our new publication.

Title: Amber Waves of Graves
Editors: Lillie Evans, Tony Perona and Stephen Terrell
Theme: Rural settings, country graveyards and small-town life in Indiana can be beautiful. And deadly.

The complete submission guidelines are also available online on our website.

Rialto International Poetry Contest

The Flying Island

Flying Island, the Online Literary Journal of the Indiana Writers Center accepts submissions on a rolling basis from Indiana residents and those with significant ties to Indiana.

• Fiction: up to 5,000 words
• Nonfiction: up to 3,500 words
• Poetry: up to three poems, no more than 50 lines each.

Visit the journal and submit your work.

Please follow this link to carefully read their guidelines and submit your best work – the competition will be extraordinary as they have some key pieces from very well known authors already.

Old Iron Press open to submissions!

The Paper 24-7.com accepting articles

We are two small local newspapers – one in Crawfordsville and the other in Noblesville. We have an electronic Sunday edition in Crawfordsville that is similar to newspapers of yesteryear – pages devoted to food, health, home, etc. We also have a Voices section and get submissions from writers from all over.

How to submit for Sunday Voices:

E-mail your article to Tim Timmons at ttimmons@thepaper24-7.com. Do not attach the article, simply include it in the body of the e-mail. Also include a brief bio and jpeg mugshot and note that you agree for Sagamore News Media to publish your piece. Although SNM does not pay for submissions, we do have a paid Sunday readership and your work will be available to our circulation base and also on our website. SNM does not accept third-party submissions. Each one must come from the author.

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Inked Voices

A Platform for Writing Groups and an Online Space for Writers

With Inked Voices, writing groups and workshops can collaborate intimately despite distance and strange schedules. We are not a giant critique forum, but a collection of small workshopping communities.

Join the community and check out the plans

The Glacier: Poetry for the Coming Ice Age now Accepting Submissions

The Glacier is an online literary magazine based out of Indiana University South Bend. The magazine is accepting submissions of poetry, visual art, and fiction for its inaugural issue.

Curated by poet and artist David Dodd Lee and managed by editor and poet Austin Veldman, The Glacier is a sister press to both 42 Miles Press and Twyckenham Notes, both also of South Bend, Indiana.

We seek the best art possible. Accepted work will be presented in a clean online aesthetic. For an idea about how your work will be presented, please visit the latest issue of Twyckenham Notes.

Indiana Pandemic Poetry Project

COVID-19 has created a time in history like no other; students, specifically, have faced many unique challenges because of this. With this poetry project, we hope to assemble a collective reflection in response to the trials and time at home we have faced, as we work towards the end of the Pandemic together.

Indiana students in the years of study of 4th-12th grade or the undergraduate, graduate, or doctorate levels are all welcome to submit one original poem.

Storm Cellar: A Literary Journal of Safety and Danger

Storm Cellar is a nationally distributed, independent literary arts magazine rooted in the Midwest, appearing in print and ebook editions. This is a journal of safety and danger. We want your prose, poems, chimeras, and ideas penned on envelopes in buses and train cars. The magazine aims to publish amazing work by new and established writers and artists, present a range of styles and approaches, and cure (not merely displace) boredom. If you write one thing to be read while waiting for the all-clear to sound, send it here.

-La Libreta- Open for Submissions

-La Libreta- is published online three times each year. We publish the work of intergenerational writers and artists of color from the Bronx and beyond that identify as women.

– December 1st deadline – for publication on January 30
– April 1st deadline – for publication on May 30
– August 1st deadline – for publication on September 30

Please read and follow submission guidelines. 

Cutleaf Journal Open to Submissions

Cutleaf publishes a new issue twice a month. We welcome unsolicited original prose (both creative nonfiction and fiction) and poetry from established and emerging writers. 

Work published online in Cutleaf may be chosen for inclusion in the print Cutleaf Reader.

You can find updated submission guidelines here.

Acre Books, the book-publishing offshoot of The Cincinnati Review, aims to build on the excellence that its parent publication has become known for. Like CR, our small press will focus on surprising, imaginative, and absorbing works—of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, and hybrid forms—that are expertly crafted and beautifully polished, and that engage readers aesthetically as well as emotionally. We are devoted in particular to finding, and bringing to a broad readership, remarkably talented newcomers. Initially we will bring out 6 titles annually, but we intend in the coming years to expand our lists and our staff. Visit our home page to subscribe to our mailing list.

Acre’s titles are distributed by the CDC (Chicago Distribution Center).

Submit here.

The American Poetry Review Seeks Submissions

Seeking poetry submissions, submissions for first book prize, and prose writing related to poetry such as book reviews and interviews. Visit them on Submittable to learn more.

Seeking Submissions for Meditation Anthologies

Hazelden Publishing is the leading publisher of addiction recovery and self-help resources. Part of the?Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, the nation’s largest nonprofit treatment provider, we offer a variety of accessible and life changing materials–from daily meditations to evidence-based programs. 

In the past, our meditation-a-day format books have been written by a single author. Now, we are taking the opportunity of using the 365 days in a year to expand the number of voices we can uplift and recognize.?The more people who hear about the call for submissions, the more inclusive, reflective of the community, and useful the final books will be.  

Complete information about How We Heal: Meditations for Reclaiming Our Voices from Addiction and Sexual Trauma is available here: https://www.hazelden.org/store/publicpage/meditations-anthology-writing-detail 

Complete information about Leave No One Behind: Daily Meditations for Service Members and Veterans in Recovery is available here: https://www.hazelden.org/store/publicpage/meditations-anthology-writing-leave-no-one-behind 

Washington Post Seeking Op-eds

In our effort to bring in more voices from across America, the Washington Post’s op-ed department would like to hear from writers with a wide variety of backgrounds, interests and outlooks. The one constant should be that they are good writers with strong viewpoints, and value facts and reasoned argument over invective. We’ll welcome one-off submissions, or pieces on breaking news events that we solicit, but we also hope that some writers will develop into regular contributors.

The Washington Post maintains a high bar for acceptance: We receive a large volume of op-ed submissions and have limited space, so even worthwhile op-eds might not be accepted if they don’t meet our needs at the moment. But our having a designated venue for op-eds from across the country does expand the possibility that your submission could find a home here. (A good target length for op-eds is 750-800 words.)

Here are some examples of writing that would fit into this category. As you can see, the range of topics is broad – political, personal, analytical, humorous, legal, business-oriented, you name it. What ties them together is that they don’t originate in Washington or universities or think tanks or other common sources of opinion articles. They bring first-hand experience or on-the-ground knowledge to bear on matters that may be local to the writer but could easily be of interest to readers everywhere.

Extra note: It’s best to send pieces in both an attachment and pasted into the email (reading in the email is fastest, but if there are links within the text, they convert more easily from a document).

Send op-eds to Mark Lasswell, Mark.Lasswell@washpost.com

Write for Sixty Inches from Center

Sixty welcomes writers and artists of all experience levels to pitch ideas for traditional and experimental arts writing around topics, and practices that are relevant to the cultural landscapes of the Midwest.

Priority will be given to writing by, about, and for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists, artists with disabilities, and the long list of writing, art-making, and cultural practices that have been neglected in mainstream conversations and canons about art and culture. We publish writing, photography, art, archive materials, video, and conversations that are thoughtful, generative, experimental, and relatable to a variety of readers.

Once a pitch is accepted, writers have full and free access to our editors, transcribers, translators, photographers, and illustrators to support the creation and completion of the final piece.

To see what type of articles they publish and other guidelines, visit the link.

Driftwood Press Submissions Open

John Updike once said, “Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.” At Driftwood Press, we are actively searching for artists who care about doing it right, or better. Driftwood Press is a bi-annual literary magazine founded in Tampa, FL in 2013.

As of 2018, we pay our contributors (see guidelines for rates) for each contribution made to our magazine.

At Driftwood Press, we are actively searching for artists who care about doing it right, or better. We are excited to receive your submissions and will diligently work to bring you the best in full poetry collections, novellas, graphic novels, short fiction, poetry, graphic narrative, photography, art, interviews, and contests.]

Visit their website for more information and to submit your work.

Extinction Rebellion Creative Hub Open for Submissions

Welcome to the Extinction Rebellion Creative Hub: an anthology of songs, fiction and poetry that’s inspiring, meaningful and original, and that reflects the principles, concerns and values of the Extinction Rebellion from a global, regional or local perspective.

This collection is a voice and a resource for Extinction Rebellion members everywhere, and a contribution to the global XR profile in the wider world.

Find out more and submit your work.

blankcoverpress.com 
Submissions open in all genres!

For submissions, email: submissions@blankcoverpress.com 
https://blankcoverpress.com 

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: A Force Outside Myself: Citizens Over 60 Speak

Deadline: Rolling
If you are 60 or older, we’re interested in your thoughts right now and hope you can write a short first-person narrative. (100-500 words) Send entries to Kitania Folk at aforce@mcsweeneys.net and watch our site for ongoing updates.

Awakenings Review Seeks Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Photography, and Art

Established in 2000, The Awakenings Review is an annual lit mag committed to publishing poetry, short story, nonfiction, photography, and art by writers, poets and artists who have a relationship with mental illness: either self, family member, or friend. Our striking hardcopy publication is one of the nation’s leading journals of this genre. Creative endeavors and mental illness have long had a close association. The Awakenings Review publishes works derived from artists’, writers’, and poets’ experiences with mental illness, though mental illness need not be the subject of your work. Visit www.AwakeningsProject.org for submission guidelines.

Complete Guide to 2022 Artist Grants & Opportunities

A list of the top international open calls, residencies, fellowships, and awards that we believe will benefit artists during the upcoming year! The complete list is broken down into six categories: grants, residencies & fellowships, calls-for-entry, publications, COVID relief funds, and opportunity sites.

This list will be updated throughout the year, so make sure to bookmark the page, check back often. View the list.

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