Below is a list of competitions and submissions with a closing date. If you don’t get your work in by, then it’ll be rejected out of hand. This list will not be a list of everything that is available, so please contact us with any places you have come across yourself. We will list each entry in date order, starting with the closest deadline. Finally, some magazines and competitions will have themes so always read all the terms and conditions before sending off your work.
The list will be continually updated so best to bookmark this page and keep coming back to see what new opportunities have appeared recently
October 2023
- Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars – Closing Date 15th October 2023
- Griffith Review 83: Past Perfect – Closing Date 15th October 2023
- The Pig’s Back – Closing Date 15th October 2023
- Seaside Gothic – Closing Date 15th October 2023
- Translunar Travelers Lounge – Closing Date 15th October 2023
- Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Cyberpunk Futures – Closing Date 16th October 2023
- Uncanny Magazine – Closing Date 16th October 2023
- Mythanxis Magazine – Closing Date 30th October 2023
- Brick – Closing Date 31st October 2023
- 2023 CRAFT Flash Prose Prize – Closing Date 31st October 2023
- The Paris Review – Closing Date 31st October 2023
- Winged Penny Review – Closing Date 31st October 2023
November 2023
- Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence – Closing Date 1st November 2023
- Blue Mesa Review – Closing Date 1st November 2023
- Cutleaf Nonfiction Submissions – Closing Date 1st November 2023
- Evaristo Prize for African Poetry – Closing Date 1st November 2023
- The Last Girls Club – Closing Date 1st November 2023
- Michigan Quarterly Review – Closing Date 1st November 2023
- The Rumpus – Closing Date 1st November 2023
- The Talon Review – Closing Date 5th November 2023
- The Masters Review Novel Excerpt Contest – Closing Date 12th November 2023
- Luna Station Quarterly – Closing Date 15th November 2023
- The Hudson Review – Closing Date 30th November 2023
- Spartan – Closing Date 30th November 2023
December 2023
- Burningwood Literary Journal – Closing Date 10th December 2023
- Long River Review – Closing Date 16th December 2023
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards – Closing Date 31st December 2023
- Didcot Writers: Shades – Closing Date 31st December 2023
- Rattus Futura: An Anthology of Future Rodents – Closing Date 31st December 2023
- The Way of Worlds – Closing Date 31st December 2023
January 2024
- The Fiction Desk: Ghost Stories – Closing Date 31st January 2024
- Nightmares Before Bed – Closing Date 31st January 2024
March 2024
June 2024
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