Deadlines: June & July 2023
Every middle of the month: new deadlines, new contests, and new opportunities for your work to find its audience. Here is a roundup of ten submission opportunities with deadlines in June or July, including The Sappho Prize, Poetry, Poet Lore, and more.
DEADLINE: TODAY 6/15
Palette Poetry warmly invites all women poets to submit to The Sappho Prize! This contest only accepts submissions from women poets (cis and trans). The winning poet will be awarded $3000, publication, and a brief interview in Palette Poetry. Second and third place will receive $300 and $200, respectively, as well as publication. The top ten finalists will be selected by Palette editors, and Guest Judge Evie Shockley will then select the winner and two runners-up from among the ten finalists.
Reading Fee: $20
DEADLINE: TODAY 6/15
For the November issue, Poetry is looking for original poems that engage directly with notions of lineage and influence. Your poems can be for or to or after a predecessor or contemporary; “about” lineage or influence thematically; intertextual; ekphrastic; an homage, critique, or anything between; anything that places your original work in conversation with a poetic or artistic antecedent or contemporary. Show who moves and agitates you, who paved the way for you as a poet, who didn’t, who opened imaginative doors, who tried to close them, who teaches you, and with whom you choose to be in artistic conversation and collaboration. Work will be read on a rolling basis.
Reading Fee: none
DEADLINE: TODAY 6/15
Whale Road Review is currently opento submissions of poetry for their upcoming Winter and Spring issues. Submitted work should be previously unpublished. Please send only one submission of creative work (poetry or short prose) per reading period. Simultaneous submissions are expected and welcome. WRR adores poems of all sorts. They tend to prefer shorter poems, but there is no strict line limit. Please send 3-5 poems in one attachment (.doc, .docx, or .rtf) to whaleroadreview@gmail.com with POETRY as the subject line. Whale Road Review is a labor of love and can’t offer monetary payment at this time, but has added a “tip the author” feature so readers can send money directly to writers.
Reading Fee: none
DEADLINE: 6/25
For the Summer/Fall 2023 issue, Guest Editor Ruben Quesada will curate a folio of poems engaging with Traditional Poetic Forms. Poet Lore seeks poems that adhere to the rules and structures of classic forms such as sonnets, villanelles, sestinas, pantoums, ghazals, and others. Poems should be original, unpublished works. They encourage poets to experiment with different forms and explore a wide range of themes and subjects, and are particularly interested in poems that are creative, thought-provoking, and emotionally resonant. Poet Lore pays contributors $50 per published poem. Contributors also receive one copy of their issue, plus a copy of the following printed issue of Poet Lore. Submit up to 3 poems (maximum of 8 pages).
Reading fee: none
DEADLINE: 6/30
Latin@ Literatures
Latin@ Literatures is currently accepting essays, reviews, short prose fiction (up to 5,000 words), and poetry (no more than 3 poems per contribution). All fiction, poetry, and art must be representative of Latinx artistic production. All written works may be submitted in either English or Spanish or a combination of both languages. Unless they exceed e-mail server capacity, all materials must be submitted electronically via e-mail attachment to: info@latinoliteratures.org. Written texts must be submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc), plain text (.txt), and/or appropriate html file.
Reading Fee: none
DEADLINE: 06/30
Submissions are currently open for the Fall/Winter 2023 print issue in the categories of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art. Submit up to five poems at a time. Epiphany accepts simultaneous submissions but please withdraw promptly through Submittable should your work be accepted elsewhere. They only consider previously unpublished work. All work will be considered for online publication. All submissions will receive a free digital subscription with the code included in their initial response letter. Poetry contributors will receive a payment of $75 per poem and two copies of the journal.
Reading Fee: $5
DEADLINE: 06/30
Pleiades is currently open to poetry submissions and is especially interested in reading submissions from writers from historically marginalized communities. Please send 3-5 poems. Pleiades is particularly interested in work that embraces risk and is lyrically inventive. They value work that gives voice to a range of lived experiences and employs a mastery of expression. Work of any length will be considered, and they look forward to reading your most polished poems. Please do not submit multiple packets during one submission period. Direct questions regarding poetry to Jenny Molberg and Caitlin Cowan at pleiadespoetryeditor@gmail.com.
Reading fee: none
DEADLINE: 06/30
Black Lawrence Press Open Reading Period
During the month of June, Black Lawrence Press is open to poetry manuscript submissions (full-length and chapbook). All manuscripts should include a title page, table of contents, and when appropriate, an acknowledgments page. Full-length poetry collection submissions should be 45-120 pages in length. Chapbooks should be 16-36 pages in length. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable and encouraged, but please notify the press by withdrawing your manuscript on Submittable immediately if it is accepted for publication elsewhere.
Reading Fee: $14
DEADLINE: 6/30
Chestnut Review appears four times per year online and once per year in print in an annual anthology. Submit up to three poems. Length and format are open. Poems should be single-spaced. Payment is US $120 per piece, delivered on publication. All those who submit work must be at least 18 years of age. The Chestnut Review only accepts unpublished work that has not appeared in any publicly-accessible form previously, including online. They do not accept submissions of AI-generated work, and have a 30-day response turnaround.
Reading fee: none
DEADLINE: 7/15
Hayden’s Ferry Review
Hayden’s Ferry Review is currently open for submissions in poetry. Submit a maximum of 3 poems totaling up to 8 pages. Please include your entire submission in one file and be sure your name and contact information are included on the first page of the file. Acceptable file formats include .doc, .docx, and .pdf. Please send one submission at a time and wait for a response before you submit additional work. Submitters are strongly encouraged to read the journal before submitting. Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please notify the editors immediately by adding a message to your submission in Submittable.
Reading fee: $3 (fee waived for Black & Indigenous writers)